In the episode, Cameron takes control of the spring musical at Luke and Manny's school, while Jay's brother pays him a visit, and Phil tries to get the family to be in his new real estate advertisement.

At the Pritchett-Delgados', Jay (Ed O'Neill) is expecting Donnie (Jonathan Banks), his brother, to arrive for a visit.

All day long, Jay continues arranging pranks on his brother over Gloria's (Sofía Vergara) protests.

Meanwhile, Phil has had many calls asking about the ad, but he makes such general references about what he is advertising that his callers still believe that he is selling sex services.

Mitchell refuses, but he does tell Manny what to say to Cameron, who at the end does not listen to the kids and imposes his show on them.

The show still goes on with a number of mishaps, including an accident involving Joan of Arc and a fire extinguisher.

Among a shocked audience, the only one enthusiastically clapping is Mitchell while Jay gives a vague smile and Donnie and Haley are the only ones who laugh.

As everyone leaves, Claire discovers that Phil has disappeared and has been trying to rip the wrapping off with no success, so she finally sees the reason why men have been honking at her all day long.

[6] In its original American broadcast, "The Musical Man" was viewed by an estimated 9.608 million households and received a 3.9 rating/10% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.

He also praised the ending featuring the kids holding up the sign "We Love The F Word" writing that "it was one of those classic farcical moments where every little element came together to a really funny crescendo.