Claire is caught off guard when Phil‘s father shows up in an RV with a little four legged friend, and she becomes suspicious that he might be hiding a larger reason for the visit. Meanwhile, when Cameron hears Dylan is down a drummer in his band, he enthusiastically offers to fill in, and Jay and Gloria have to pay the consequences of accidentally taking Manny to see a traumatizing horror movie.

In the latest Modern Family, called "Travels with Scout," we met another member of the family--Phil‘s dad, Frank. And somehow, the fact that the always-welcome Fred Willard plays him seems natural. Apparently one jolly clown begets another. 
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