: Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell) earned a Primetime Emmy nomination specifically for his performance in this episode, largely due to his physical comedy battle with a stray pigeon.
: Sofia Vergara later joked that the set felt like a "war zone" because the crew was laughing so hard they could barely hold their equipment steady while the cast slipped in the mud.
Watch the cast and crew bring the chaos of the family portrait to life in this behind-the-scenes look: