Actors Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson came to Kansas City Friday for a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City.

They left with enough material for an episode of “Modern Family.”

The three stars of the ABC comedy were trapped in an elevator for about an hour Friday night at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, where they were headliners for the Kids Night Out 2013 fundraiser.

They were among 15 people stuck in an elevator on the third floor of the hotel. Rescue workers from the Kansas City Fire Department had to work their way down from the 40th floor to reach and free the trapped people.

The actors were to appear on stage about 9 p.m. They were freed about 10 p.m.

Many thought it was a joke when the emcee announced there would be a delay in the program because the stars were stuck in an elevator.

Stonestreet grew up in Kansas City, Kan. His character, Cameron Tucker, is from Tonganoxie, Mo. He has said he wanted the show to make fun of Missouri instead of Kansas.