Vincent, better known as Shorty, is Jay Pritchett's best friend. Show He first appears in "Fifteen Percent" as part of a group of Jay's friends that Jay is chatting with outside a café. After Jay introduces Cameron to his friends as "a friend of Mitchell's", Mitchell is incensed and decides to confront his father about it. Mitchell then tells him that he believes Shorty is gay. Jay vehemently denies it, but when he confides in Gloria about Mitchell's opinion, she agrees with Mitchell, since Shorty has never tried to flirt with her. She convinces Jay to talk to him about it, and he invites Shorty to play golf. He begins noticing signs after he starts watching how Shorty acts and comes to think it may be possible. Jay settles for coffee and finally tries to get Shorty to open up. Jay, presuming that Shorty is about to come out of the closet, admits he didn't handle the situation well with his son, and offers his support to Shorty. Shorty tells him, however, that he is not gay, but that he owes a bookie $20,000. He assumes that Jay is willing to lend him the money, and considers his generosity "beautiful". Jay confronts Mitchell, telling him that in offering his support to Shorty, he's had to loan him $20,000 to cover gambling debts. It turns out that Mitchell never believed that Shorty is gay, and that he was teaching Jay a lesson for introducing Cameron as "a friend of my son's". But Mitchell tells his father he's proud of him for being more open-minded than he was when Mitchell was younger. Shorty reappears in "Treehouse", with his girlfriend Darlene. When Gloria sees that Shorty spends a lot of time with Darlene, she gets mad because she and Jay hardly ever do something together. Shorty invites Jay and Gloria for salsa dancing, Gloria's favourite activity, where Darlene tells Gloria she coming would be doing her a favour because Shorty never stops dancing. Jay rejects the offer, which makes Gloria angry and she decides to go ahead without Jay anyway. But later, Jay takes a placebo pill that Mitchell gave him to boost his confidence to dance, and he finally meets Gloria – who could not bring herself to dance without her husband – at the club to dance the salsa together. In "Bringing Up Baby", he, Phil and Miles kidnap Jay and bring him to a boat to surprise him for his 65th birthday. Shorty also tries to convince Phil to grow a beard. In "Three Dinners", he and Darlene announce to Jay and Gloria that they are moving to Costa Rica. Jay gets upset with the news and reacts negatively. He tries everything to change Shorty's mind but the two of them end up fighting, with Shorty storming off. Gloria and Manny try to make Jay admit that the reason he reacted that way is because he is afraid that Shorty will like Costa Rica and he won't come back. Even though Jay denies it, he later accepts the possibility of "losing" his best friend and when Shorty comes back to get the jacket he forgot, Jay gets very emotional when he tells him goodbye. In "Sex, Lies & Kickball", Shorty is spotted by Gloria and Jay in their car, and they decide to say hello to him. Shorty says he's only in town for a couple of days and will be heading back to Costa Rica. Gloria tells Jay that is Shorty is a very successful businessman after starting a fruit juice company there. Gloria and the now-laidback Shorty proceed to spend the entire day together, much to Jay's dismay as he had wanted to spend time with his best friend. Later on, Jay decides to let Shorty know that he is supportive of him no matter what, but Shorty confesses that he's been lying: his company didn't take off, he lost all of his money and belongings, and his wife Darlene left him for another man. He had been too embarrassed to tell Jay as Jay had warned him of this exact thing before he left for Costa Rica. Jay says that even though he's said all that, he'll still help his best friend get back on his feet. Trivia
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"A Stereotypical Day" is the second episode of the eighth season of the American sitcom Modern Family. It aired on September 28, 2016 on American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode is directed by Ryan Case and written by Stephen Levitan. Plot[edit]Alex (Ariel Winter) gets mononucleosis during the summer vacation. Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and Luke (Nolan Gould) all try to use her condition to their advantage. Claire wants Alex to be the boring member of the family so she can be fun, Phil had a traumatic experience after he accidentally locked himself in a closet for 18 hours during an open door day and is denied a therapy dog and Luke wants Alex’s laptop in order to steal all her homework. Alex finally breaks down and wants to go back to Caltech, encouraged by Haley (Sarah Hyland) who is worried that Alex will discover that she's been fired from her job. Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) learn that Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) made a new friend, Tom (Jackson Millarker) who is transgender. They overhear her call him a weirdo, and worry about her having a judgemental attitude. They visit Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofía Vergara) for advice, who make them realize that they in turn need to tolerate her beliefs even if they don't agree with them. They later learn that Lily only called Tom a weirdo because he insulted the couple due to the mural on Lily's wall that Cameron painted the day they brought her home. Mitchell and Cameron apologize, and Lily admits that she hates the mural too. The two agree to paint over it, but feel better when they see Lily has a framed photo of it next to her bed. Manny (Rico Rodriguez) wants to be a communist so he can please a girl he met during the wedding and Joe (Jeremy Maguire) decides to live outdoors. Jay decided to put security cameras in his garden but on the same day, an African American family moves into the house opposite his. Not wanting to appear racist, Jay overcompensates, only to be reassured by his new neighbor Shawn. Reception[edit]Kyle Fowle of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C−.[1] References[edit]
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Who is Jay's black friend in Modern Family?Vincent, better known as Shorty, is Jay Pritchett's best friend. He first appears in "Fifteen Percent" as part of a group of Jay's friends that Jay is chatting with outside a café. After Jay introduces Cameron to his friends as "a friend of Mitchell's", Mitchell is incensed and decides to confront his father about it.
Who played Jay's best friend on Modern Family?Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award–nominated performance in Bullets Over Broadway, the 1993 film A Bronx Tale, based on his play of the same name, and his recurring role as Shorty in Modern Family.
Who plays the black neighbor in Modern Family?There goes the neighborhood! Steve Zahn (Treme, Mind Games) is joining Modern Family's upcoming sixth season in the recurring role of Ronnie, the patriarch of the new family that moves in next door to the Dunphys. Word is Ronnie and his brood will be the neighbors from hell.
Who was Jay's friend?Jay's only friend who genuinely likes him is Neil, mostly because he is naïve enough to believe Jay's stories.
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