Modern Family’s Sidesplitting Premier

       After sweeping the Emmy awards on September 18^th, the popular show Modern Family had to wow audiences on its September 21 premier. Of course, the hilarious show that no one can resist was successful in its one hour, two-episode premiere. To kick off the fall season, the Dunphy, Pritchett, and Tucker-Pritchett families traveled to a “Dude Ranch” in Wyoming. In this episode, all three families had to deal with many issues. Claire Dunphy was upset because her older daughter, Haley, brought her boyfriend on the trip, who then proposes later on in the episode. Phil was using the vacation to impress Jay and prove that he is manly. Haley was upset at her mother, as many teenagers are, because she thinks Claire is over-possessive about Dylan, and Alex was having mixed emotions of her own when a boy she does not like “steals” her first kiss. In the Pritchett family, Jay was upset because the cowboy was hitting on his wife, Gloria, who was oblivious. Finally, Mitchell was frustrated because he decided that if he was going to raise a boy, he had to be manlier himself, which led him to setting off one of Luke’s fireworks. I loved this episode, and I thought it was an exceptional start to a brand new season.

            To conclude a night of comedy, there was a second episode that was even funnier than the first. The purpose of this episode was for Cam and Mitchell to announce to the rest of the family their decision to adopt a boy. The only problem was that Lily was opposed to sharing her dads because Cam coddled her and she picked up a sharing issue from Mitchell. Then, in the Dunphy family, Claire was trying to prove to her family that she was right about everything while her family was making fun of her. Lastly, Manny was struggling with the fact that he stole a locket from a girl and could not bring himself to admit it, but Jay predicts this and embarrasses him. After watching these two episodes, my stomach hurt and my throat was hoarse from laughing too much. If you do not already watch Modern Family, you need to, and I cannot wait to see the ridiculous variety of stories unfold in this upcoming season. - By Charlotte Z.

Glee Season Premiere

         The “Glee” season premiere on September 20th was full of news about each character and their last days in New Directions. Rachel Barry, Finn Hudson, Kurt Hummel, Mike Chang, etc. will be graduating from high school and Glee Club this season. Overall, I thought the premiere was okay. I think the songs were not as amazing as they could’ve been. The idea of the “Purple Piano” was clever, but it lacked the interest that most other episodes have. Mr. Shue went overboard with firing Santana from glee and then not allowing Sugar to take part. Then he glitter- bombed Sue. Sue deserved it though. She is still up to her nasty ways, but this time she is forcing parents to believe the arts at school are a waste of money and overall a dumb idea. She wants to end Glee Club, as always. Not only does she do this, but she destroys one of the purple pianos. Another character who has lost it is Quinn. She changed her whole look and quit glee. I think she just doesn’t know what to do know that she lost her daughter. Although at the end of the 2nd episode she is back to normal, she wants to get her daughter back. This is not a good idea on Quinn’s part, but we shall see what happens in episodes to come. – By Maggie Small