MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett is making a guest appearance on the hit TV show "Modern Family."
Actor Eric Stonestreet, a Kansas City, Kansas, native who plays the character Cameron Tucker, said Wednesday that writers asked him to reach out to Brett about the part. He described shooting a scene with his "childhood hero" as "super fun" in a series of tweets that show him posing for a photo with a uniformed Brett. He says the show featuring Brett will air sometime in the spring.
There are good days and then there are...text a childhood hero and baseball icon to ask him to be on the same TV show you’re on and he says yes and then flys from KC to LA to shoot a scene with you...days. @kcroyals #georgebrett pic.twitter.com/vusvC9280N
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) January 23, 2018
Should be noted that I didn’t WRITE the part for him. Haha. Our writers did. I just asked him to do it. It will be on in the spring sometime.
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) January 24, 2018
Brett said in a tweet that flying to Los Angeles to film the episode was the "highlight of the year so far."
What a great day yesterday flew to LA at the request of Eric Stonestreet and filmed episode of modern family highlight of the year so far
— George Brett (@GeorgeHBrett) January 24, 2018
Brett also has made appearances on the TV shows "Fantasy Island," ''Arliss," and "United States of Tara."
