MODERN FAMILY

I (we) still watch most of the O'Reilly Factor on TV but have sworn off the other political shows. If I want to feel BAD, I'll just hit my thumb with a hammer. Instead, we have taken up watching a few sitcoms such as 30 ROCK and MODERN FAMILY.

30 Rock stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, neither of whose politics are my politics. Tina is the woman that played Sarah Palin on SNL. They are dyed-in-the-wool "lefties." Despite that, the show is Pee-your-pants funny. Tina Fey produces, writes, directs, and stars in it. All the things that could be funny about Saturday Night Live but usually are not because SNL's audience has morphed into stoned college students, can be found in 30 Rock.

Our other favorite half hour show is Modern Family. It is about members of a family.... the father, his second wife, his gay son and his significant other, his goofy daughter and her dysfunctional family of of texting-teenagers. The family members all live near one another. The father is played by the guy who played Al Bundy on another sitcom. His new wife is the unfortunate young thing in this photo, Sofia Vergara. Her character is that of an extremely beautiful woman, constantly in decolletage, with a flip side of crazy latina loud stubbornness. Think I-Love-Lucy meets Miss Argentina. In one episode she and her husband went next door to meet a new neighbor whose dog was constantly barking. The neighbor took one look at Sofia and said "You are a lucky man." The husband said "Wait a few minutes and see if your opinion remains the same." Shortly thereafter... Sofia's character goes off on a tirade that was like fingernails on a chalkboard. Funny Stuff.