MODERN FAMILY: WINNER WINNER TURKEY DINNER (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series, a "mockumentary" about the eccentric individuals comprising three inter-related families in Los Angeles. In this episode, on Thanksgiving, Jay offers his characteristic "stingy praise" to his entire family, all of whom have recently made significant accomplishments. Earlier in the day, Cam, fretting over an upcoming football game, returns home with Lily to find that Mitchell has bravely fought off a burglar and injured himself in the process. Claire prepares to run a 5K marathon, though Alex plots to exploit her efforts with varying levels of reinforcement for the sake of her psychology paper, and Luke babysits Joe as Manny prepares for an epic Black Friday sale. Phil recruits Hayley to assist him with a dangerous WWII-era magic trick, and when Gloria spots Joe in a precarious position on Luke's social-media feed, he quickly lies and claims the photo is merely a humorous Photoshop job.
During the football game, "glory hound" Cam gives in to temptation when he accidentally overhears the other coach's play over his walkie-talkie, and he later confesses to Mitchell that he "won" the game by dishonest means. Luke cajoles Manny to make the fake photos to convince Gloria of his artistic skills, and Phil, not wanting to be the only "loser" in the family, battles his claustrophobia as he attempts to escape a phone booth filled with water. Alex figures out that Claire "won" her race by taking a shortcut and omitting two whole miles, and Claire deduces that Mitch in fact injured himself during a silly stunt and invented the burglar story to cover it up. Jay admits that Joe has been expelled from school because of his own argument with the overly liberal staff, and when Joe offers a decidedly Jay-like rendition of the story of Thanksgiving at dinner, everyone sees through the ruse. Gloria admits that she achieved Jay's challenge of 10,000 steps by clipping her pedometer to Claire, and Manny's role as secret Photoshopper is revealed when Luke bungles a faked picture of his mother's "full" marathon route. Claire reveals Mitch's lie, and he reveals Cam's – but everyone is distracted when Phil actually pulls off the phone-booth stunt in a very impressive manner. Late at night, Mitch begins to regret challenging the competitive Cam to 10,000 steps as well. Includes commercials and promos.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:31:02
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 131599
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: LGBTQ+ Collection - Comedy; Comedy; Thanksgiving
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2009-2020
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Coco" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Justice League" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Thor: Ragnarok" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Wonder" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - 23 and Me DNA testing services
- TV - Commercials - Apple iPhone X
- TV - Commercials - Buick automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Cricket Wireless cellular services
- TV - Commercials - Google Home devices
- TV - Commercials - Olay Ultra Moisture body wash
- TV - Commercials - Pillsbury products
- TV - Commercials - Samsung cellular phones
- TV - Commercials - Shark Ionflex 2X vacuum cleaners
- TV - Commercials - Target stores
- TV - Commercials - Tide Pods laundry detergent
- TV - Commercials - Wal-Mart stores
- TV - Promos - "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"
- TV - Promos - "American Housewife"
- TV - Promos - "CMA Country Christmas"
- TV - Promos - "Grey's Anatomy"
- TV - Promos - "How to Get Away with Murder"
- TV - Promos - "Scandal"
- TV - Promos - American Music Awards
CREDITS
- Danny Zuker … Executive Producer
- Jeff Morton … Executive Producer
- Paul Corrigan … Executive Producer
- Brad Walsh … Executive Producer
- Abraham Higginbotham … Executive Producer
- Elaine Ko … Executive Producer
- Stephen Lloyd … Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Richman … Executive Producer
- Jack Burditt … Executive Producer
- Jon Pollack … Executive Producer
- Vali Chandrasekaran … Executive Producer
- Steven Levitan … Executive Producer, Created by
- Bill Wrubel … Executive Producer, Writer
- Sally Young … Producer
- Mariel Paniagua … Co-Producer
- Ryan Walls … Co-Producer
- Beth McCarthy Miller … Director
- Christopher Lloyd … Created by
- Gabriel Mann … Music by
- Ed O'Neill … Cast, Jay Pritchett
- Sofia Vergara … Cast, Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
- Julie Bowen … Cast, Claire Dunphy
- Ty Burrell … Cast, Phil Dunphy
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson … Cast, Mitchell Pritchett
- Eric Stonestreet … Cast, Cameron Tucker
- Sarah Hyland … Cast, Haley Dunphy
- Ariel Winter … Cast, Alex Dunphy
- Nolan Gould … Cast, Luke Dunphy
- Rico Rodriguez … Cast, Manny Delgado
- Aubrey Anderson-Emmons … Cast, Lily Tucker-Pritchett
- Jeremy Maguire … Cast, Joe Pritchett
- Teri Gamble … Cast, Principal
- Lesley Braun … Cast, Upper Valley Coach
- Joseph Callari … Cast, Congressman Morley
- Xavier Shelton … Cast, Football Player