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08-09-2022, 06:03 PM
https://www.looper.com/957523/modern-family-fans-crowned-this-movie-parody-scene-the-best-in-the-series/
Fans think Modern Family's parody of The Godfather is killer stuff
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As the "Modern Family" Season 4 episode "Fulgencio" progresses, we see Phil and Claire Dunphy (Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen) acting as godparents at the christening of Jay and Gloria Pritchett's (Ed O'Neill and Sofia Vergara) newborn baby. But as Phil takes his baptismal vows, the scene is intercut with a montage featuring young son Luke Dunphy (Nolan Gould) comically reenacting classic mafia-vengeance moments from "The Godfather," including, naturally, a climactic shot of a horrified kid waking up to find a severed stuffed toy zebra head in his bed.
Redditor u/Minute-Egg (https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/piwlhk/best_scene_in_a_sitcom_ever/) started a discussion thread featuring the above sequence titled "Best scene in a Sitcom. EVER," prompting other users to applaud the cinematic spoof, including u/Divyansh-the-gr8 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/piwlhk/comment/hbsvz93/), who declared, "The 'Godfather' reference absolutely killed me!!" Redditor u/eaglesk (https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/piwlhk/comment/hbt0spg/) didn't even have to watch the film in question to get it. "I haven't even seen '[T]he [G]odfather,'" they admitted, "but I knew instantly this is what it was referencing."
As it turns out, the scene's star also approves. Gould told MEA WorldWide (https://meaww.com/modern-family-ending-nolan-gould-luke-dunphy-growing-up-on-abc-show-interview-final-season) in a 2019 interview, "My favorite moment for Luke was in that 'Godfather'-like sequence where Luke is wreaking havoc. I just had a lot of fun shooting [it]."
Fans think Modern Family's parody of The Godfather is killer stuff
AOtRImKBjDQ
As the "Modern Family" Season 4 episode "Fulgencio" progresses, we see Phil and Claire Dunphy (Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen) acting as godparents at the christening of Jay and Gloria Pritchett's (Ed O'Neill and Sofia Vergara) newborn baby. But as Phil takes his baptismal vows, the scene is intercut with a montage featuring young son Luke Dunphy (Nolan Gould) comically reenacting classic mafia-vengeance moments from "The Godfather," including, naturally, a climactic shot of a horrified kid waking up to find a severed stuffed toy zebra head in his bed.
Redditor u/Minute-Egg (https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/piwlhk/best_scene_in_a_sitcom_ever/) started a discussion thread featuring the above sequence titled "Best scene in a Sitcom. EVER," prompting other users to applaud the cinematic spoof, including u/Divyansh-the-gr8 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/piwlhk/comment/hbsvz93/), who declared, "The 'Godfather' reference absolutely killed me!!" Redditor u/eaglesk (https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/piwlhk/comment/hbt0spg/) didn't even have to watch the film in question to get it. "I haven't even seen '[T]he [G]odfather,'" they admitted, "but I knew instantly this is what it was referencing."
As it turns out, the scene's star also approves. Gould told MEA WorldWide (https://meaww.com/modern-family-ending-nolan-gould-luke-dunphy-growing-up-on-abc-show-interview-final-season) in a 2019 interview, "My favorite moment for Luke was in that 'Godfather'-like sequence where Luke is wreaking havoc. I just had a lot of fun shooting [it]."