Being on a hit TV shows has its pitfalls, not the least of which is being recognized wherever you go (and losing your privacy). Ty Burrell ('Modern Family') told Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday's 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' (weekdays, syndicated) about a weird encounter he had while walking through New York's Central Park with his wife.

"We were walking through a tunnel and at the end of the tunnel was a guy who looked pretty much homeless," Burrell said. "And he was playing a fiddle with like two strings on it. And as I got toward the end of the tunnel ... he said 'Not since "Frasier" has a show come on the air knowing its tone so completely.'" Bizarre.

Watch the video after the jump.Being on a hit TV shows has its pitfalls, not the least of which is being recognized wherever you go (and losing your privacy). Ty Burrell ('Modern Family') told Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday's 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' (weekdays, syndicated) about a weird encounter he had while walking through New York's Central Park with his wife.

"We were walking through a tunnel and at the end of the tunnel was a guy who looked pretty much homeless," Burrell said. "And he was playing a fiddle with like two strings on it. And as I got toward the end of the tunnel ... he said 'Not since "Frasier" has a show come on the air knowing its tone so completely.'" Bizarre.