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Major spoiler here at Modern Family TV Series. The Hawaii trip was the topic during the 2010 PaleyFest held recently. You will never imagine what the cast has revealed regarding their summer vacation. I think that this will be super fun and it will really mark the legend that is, "Modern Family". Here it is from William Keck at TV Guide Magazine:
At the annual PaleyFest’s Modern Family panel, the cast of ABC’s comedy hit talked up their upcoming Hawaii episode, which finds the Dunphy and Pritchett families getting their Aloha on. Here’s what to expect from the very special episode.
“We’re celebrating Jay’s birthday,” says Ed O’Neill, who plays Grandpa Jay. “So everybody goes.”
The trouble starts with a phone call from Jay’s brother, whom Ed says, “points out that I’m the same age our dad was when hedropped dead. With that news, I start to go to the spa more and start to overdue it trying to get in shape.”
When Jay fails to show for the big birthday dinner luau, concerned son-in-law Phil goes looking for him and finds grandpa in a hammock, felled by a sore back. “I can’t get out so he tries to help me out,” says Ed. “Then he falls in, it flips and we end up upside down together.” (Sounds almost like the Moon Landing Jay experienced in the gym locker room with Cam.)
“I can’t wait for that!,” explains Ty Burrell (Phil), who amazingly has never been to Hawaii and is looking forward to consuming massive quantities of seafood. “I have been loving the physical stuff and I love working with Ed. But we’ll both have to brush our teeth before that scene.”
Meanwhile, gay dads Cameron and Mitchell will be exploring Maui’s lavender farm. “I’m trying to pull Cameron away from the pool to come with me to this farm,” says Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell. “And we might have a similar situation to where we locked baby Lily in the car.” This time: she’ll likely be left in an elevator!
Julie Bowen, who may also use her time there to turn up on Lost as Jack’s estranged wife Sarah, just hopes the vacation episode doesn’t come off looking too ‘Very Brady’.
“We find a tiki tiki,” Julie kids of the episode, which will be shot on the grounds of Maui’s Four Seasons.
