While never truly a great show, The Nanny turned The Sound of Music-like premise on its head and added a deliciously tacky Queens, New York sheen. Much of the show was rooted in the fact that Fran Fine was a Jewish American princess was dropped into a world of emotionally restrained and stiff-upper-lipped WASPs and English blue bloods. We all knew that it was only a matter of time before Fran and ... read more
Description:Fran Fine, a whiny, nasal-voiced Jewish woman from Flushing, New York, has just been fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. She ends up selling cosmetics in Manhattan. This takes her to the home of Maxwell Sheffield, a rich, widowed English Broadway producer. She is mistaken to be applying for the job of nanny to Maxwell'sFran Fine, a whiny, nasal-voiced Jewish woman from Flushing, New York, has just been fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. She ends up selling cosmetics in Manhattan. This takes her to the home of Maxwell Sheffield, a rich, widowed English Broadway producer. She is mistaken to be applying for the job of nanny to Maxwell's three children and is hired for that purpose. She becomes quite attached to the children, Maggie, Brighton, and Grace, and becomes great friends with the butler, Niles. There is sexual tension between her and Mr. Sheffield, which is complicated by the fact that his partner, C.C. Babcock, likes him.
"Fran Drescher as Ms. Francis Fine
Charles Schaughnessy as Maxwell Scheffield
Daniel Davis as Niles the Butler
Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock
Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Scheffield
Nicholle Tom as Maggie Scheffield
Madeline Zima as Grace Scheffield
This is probably one of those love it or hate it kind of shows. The one thing it had going for it was it was not your average 'who's the boss' or Mr. Belvedere' show about babysitting. Fran Drescher added her own eccentricities to her rol"
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“While never truly a great show, The Nanny turned The Sound of Music-like premise on its head and added a deliciously tacky Queens, New York sheen. Much of the show was rooted in the fact that Fran Fine was a Jewish American princess was dropped into a world of emotionally restrained and stiff-upper-lipped WASPs and English blue bloods. We all knew that it was only a matter of time before Fran and her boss ended up together, the kids would eventually love her and think of her as their mother, and so on and so forth. But The Nanny was designed as comfort food, like most sitcoms.
One’s tolerance for the show depends entirely on how one takes to Fran Drescher. I find her I Love Lucy-esque antics to be endearing, her nasal whine to be a bit of character in an otherwise bland setting” read more