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|Title = Winner Winner Turkey Dinner |
|Title = Winner Winner Turkey Dinner |
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|season = [[Season 9|9]] |
|season = [[Season 9|9]] |
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|episode = 7 |
|episode = 7 |
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|airdate = November 15, 2017 |
|airdate = November 15, 2017 |
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|previous = [[Ten Years Later]] |
|previous = [[Ten Years Later]] |
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| − | |next = [[Brushes with Celebrity]] |
+ | |next = [[Brushes with Celebrity]] |
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| − | '''Winner Winner Turkey Dinner''' |
+ | '''Winner Winner Turkey Dinner''' is the seventh episode from [[Season 9]] of ''[[Modern Family]]'', it aired on November 15, 2017. |
==Plot Summary== |
==Plot Summary== |
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==Episode Description== |
==Episode Description== |
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| + | This is Thanksgiving. Jay honors the entire family on their recent success but Phil feels like an outcast because with Haley they practiced a magic tour which did not happen very well. |
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| + | However, secrets are revealed as Jay actually got Joe fired from kindergarten, Manny and Luke wanted popularity with an Inseam application, Claire inadvertently cheated during a race, Gloria wrongly uses a pedometer and Cameron stole his opponent's strategy during a game. |
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| + | Mitch, on the other side, pretended to get rid of a burglar but he actually decided to practice a martial sport and ended up knocking himself with nunchakus. |
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| + | Phil practices the tour in front of the family but it fails and he almost drowns... until he reveals that he tricked them and gets some applauses. |
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==Main Cast== |
==Main Cast== |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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| + | * Mitch calls Cam by his full name in this episode. |
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| + | * This is the last episode to be directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. |
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==Continuity== |
==Continuity== |
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+ | *This is the fifth Thanksgiving episode, after "[[Punkin Chunkin]]" (2011), "[[Three Turkeys]]" (2014), "[[Phil's Sexy, Sexy House]]" (2015) and "[[Thanksgiving Jamboree]]" (2016). |
| + | * The Football player and Congressman return in this episode. |
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| + | * Luke and Joe interact with one another for the first time in this episode. |
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| + | * The congress Man appears for the last time. |
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==Cultural References== |
==Cultural References== |
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*The title refers to the phrase "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!", which is said to go back to Las Vegas slang -- the minimum bet was $2, and a chicken dinner was $1.79, so if you won a small bet you would have enough to buy a dinner. |
*The title refers to the phrase "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!", which is said to go back to Las Vegas slang -- the minimum bet was $2, and a chicken dinner was $1.79, so if you won a small bet you would have enough to buy a dinner. |
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==Reviews== |
==Reviews== |
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| + | *The A.V. Club gave it a a "C", calling it "an episode that’s heavy on the contrived, outlandish scenarios, but doesn’t have that emotional aspect to act as an anchor." |
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| − | *The A.V. Club |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Season 9]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 13 July 2022
Winner Winner Turkey Dinner is the seventh episode from Season 9 of Modern Family, it aired on November 15, 2017.
Plot Summary
During Jay's Thanksgiving toast, he honors the entire family on their recent successes, even though everyone knows that isn't quite true. As everyone desperately tries to hide the facts about their perceived triumphs, Phil works hard to master a classic magic trick and prove he's not the family failure.[1]
Episode Description
This is Thanksgiving. Jay honors the entire family on their recent success but Phil feels like an outcast because with Haley they practiced a magic tour which did not happen very well.
However, secrets are revealed as Jay actually got Joe fired from kindergarten, Manny and Luke wanted popularity with an Inseam application, Claire inadvertently cheated during a race, Gloria wrongly uses a pedometer and Cameron stole his opponent's strategy during a game.
Mitch, on the other side, pretended to get rid of a burglar but he actually decided to practice a martial sport and ended up knocking himself with nunchakus.
Phil practices the tour in front of the family but it fails and he almost drowns... until he reveals that he tricked them and gets some applauses.
Main Cast
(The characters striked out do not appear in this episode)
- Jay Pritchett
- Gloria Pritchett
- Manny Delgado
- Joe Pritchett
- Claire Dunphy
- Phil Dunphy
- Haley Dunphy
- Alex Dunphy
- Luke Dunphy
- Mitchell Pritchett
- Cameron Tucker
- Lily Tucker-Pritchett
Guest Starring
- Teri Gamble as Principal
- Lesley Braun as Upper Valley Coach
- Joseph Callari as Congressman Morley
- Xavier Shelton as Football Player
Trivia
- Mitch calls Cam by his full name in this episode.
- This is the last episode to be directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller.
Continuity
- This is the fifth Thanksgiving episode, after "Punkin Chunkin" (2011), "Three Turkeys" (2014), "Phil's Sexy, Sexy House" (2015) and "Thanksgiving Jamboree" (2016).
- The Football player and Congressman return in this episode.
- Luke and Joe interact with one another for the first time in this episode.
- The congress Man appears for the last time.
Cultural References
- The title refers to the phrase "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!", which is said to go back to Las Vegas slang -- the minimum bet was $2, and a chicken dinner was $1.79, so if you won a small bet you would have enough to buy a dinner.
Reviews
- The A.V. Club gave it a a "C", calling it "an episode that’s heavy on the contrived, outlandish scenarios, but doesn’t have that emotional aspect to act as an anchor."