In honor of the Friends reunion, this is who I bumped into my first day on the Modern Family set...3yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
I share one cool thing with Julie: a birthday...this is us during the last week of filming...3yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Millie Bobby Brown, before she was Stranger Things Millie Bobbie Brown, on set for her 12-second guest starring stint (Manny steals her bike)4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Perhaps the only Modern Family photo of Jay & Gloria's wedding (on the Pritchett house set). They did a special shoot for it. Rico smiled in all of the pics but then was told to try one in which Manny didn't seem so happy with the situation. (photo courtesy Josh Elliot)4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Okay, I couldn't resist one more photo. Why? Because we're all Modern Family fans and it's Ed O'Neill (with my book). And his quote: The Modern Family story is all captured by Marc Freeman in this beautifully written book. I love it.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
It takes brave souls to do this and smile (Behind the scenes, on set)2yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
4 ways to hide Julie Bowen being 8 months pregnant while filming the Modern Family pilot: pillows (Julie improvised that), laundry, cereal boxes and elevated kitchen island, and angling4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Here's Rico pushing my book, which came out Tuesday. He did it without prompting. Rico is a really cool dude.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Remember when? Here's a photo of the Modern Family kids from way back when. And here's my horrible no good punchline for the day. Have you ever noticed how Aubrey can just light up a room with her presence?4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
On the set of Las Vegas episode - a cast favorite: (left to right) Ty, writer Brad Walsh, Stephan Merchant, Rebarkah, Fred Armisen, Chris Lloyd, writer Paul Corrigan4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Some Faux pictures of Dunphy family hanging on Dunphy house walls since Modern Family pilot4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Modern Family set secrets: The hidden room at the base of the Dunphy staircase (seen in the background at times). Meant to be an unseen dining room. In reality, a space for a camera to fit. Ends up as a hallway to nowhere.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Modern Family Rejection!! This scene from the pilot was improvised. They secretly told Ty to reject everything Nolan put up, but didn't tell Nolan. When I told Ty that, he felt horrible, because Ty's the nicest man in the world.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
I posted this on Facebook, but worth showing here too, about casting Claire. Lisa Kudrow was the prototype (although never offered the role) and Constance Zimmer, Ashley Jensen, and Rachael Harris were finalists at one point or the other.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Sofia was pretty open to doing anything for a laugh (this photo is in-between takes - hence the smartphone)4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
This painting is even more disturbing in person that on the TV show.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Yes, it's a joke but it remains by far the most disturbing art ever made for the show... :)3yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Behind the scenes sweetness: Every year, Nolan (Luke) made holiday ornaments for the entire cast and crew, with a picture inside of the Modern Family cast for that particular year, Ed O'Neill said he was really going to miss that.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Fascinating original character profiles for Modern Family pilot (btw -there are many casting chapters in my oral history book). Shows that where you start isn't always where you finish.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
So I was in the props room talking to the props master and spied a few of these on the workbench. I asked to take one as a memento and he kindly handed it to me. Look at the nutritional value. More sodium than canned soup. Actually, that they even bothered to fill all that information in...4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Behind the scenes: The miniature model designed to help plan out Phil's tree house4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Nothing's Happening! For this famous scene in Caught in the Act, Nolan Gould didn't no his birds from his bees and had no idea what the joke was about how mom and dad were positioned.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Final Days Were a HUG-FEST (I write about some of it in my Modern Family book - due May 19th FYI )4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Bad Modern Family Art stashed away in the props room: Remember these from episodes?4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Modern Family Surprise Trivia - On-set mail with fake home addresses for the Dunphy and Pritchett families i.e. Props to the props department4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
More props: Pages from Eric Stonestreet's real Fizbo scrapbook. The page on the left inspired the writers to do the first Fizbo episode. The one on the right was added during the show.4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
A finale Easter egg pointed out to me on set. Look at how Knick-Knacks is misspelled on the box. Is it surprising neither Haley or Dylan can spell?.3yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
Modern Family's original character prototypes for network pilot pitch4yr ⋅ LevitanLloyd ⋅ r/Modern_Family
