Style and Flair: A Retrospective of The Nanny

I never watched The Nanny when I was younger, and watching it now made me realize I missed a show worth checking out. While it shows its age in some moments, many of the jokes and its style really hold up.

This is one of the most requested shows I've had for a while, and it's nice to finally be covering it here. I hope everyone enjoys it!

0:00 - Intro
17:00 - Something Old and Something New
23:59 - A Solid Start and a Better Future
25:47 - Since When Does a Nanny Watch Kids?
29:29 - The Chatterbox
30:42 - Fran's Faith
40:03 - Silvia is Fat
43:15 - Chester
45:10 - Niles and C.C.
50:53 - The Nanny Meta
54:17 - How He Became Mr. The Nanny
1:06:47 - The Nanny Gets Her Notice
1:10:41 - The Nanny Finale
1:15:46 - A Nanny to Remember

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[ruminationstation]

I'm so confused by the accusation of that op-ed that the show doesnt portray jewish women as as sexy as gentile women. The fact everyone drools over Fran is one of the most reoccurring jokes

[spadinnerxylaphone]

The relationship (if you can call it that, which I believe you can) between Fran and Maxwell's first wife is so sweet. She loves those kids like her own, but is never so jealous as to want them to forget their mother who passed. Maxwell will ALWAYS love her, and he loves Fran too. She gives the two her blessing from the afterlife because Fran is a great person who will make her family happy.

[rollerblaze]

Fran Drescher doesn’t get the credit for being a comic actor on par with Lucille Ball. She is so damn talented!

[WinterWind]

The Nanny is a show you can rewatch repeatedly, it's always got something witty to notice

[gingergoddess]

I never minded that The Nanny followed most of the typical will-they-won't-they sitcom beats. As you said, it wasn't meant to be innovative, it was just supposed to be a fun show, and it sure was. I kind of see it as a fairytale for and from the 90s (Drescher once called her vision a 'Sound of Music for the 90s'), and fat jokes and jokes aside, I feel like it aged better than Friends.

[sonorasgirl]

Fran is an ICON - her role in the strikes are just as inspiring as her acting career. She’s been stubborn and passionate and I love that about her.

[katarinakrnjevic]

The nanny should get same popularity as Seinfeld, friends, fresh prince of Bel air . They got so many funny characters and Fran and Charles had very good chemistry and also Daniel Davis and Lauren Lane.

[idongesitusen]

Much like Golden Girls, this is comfort tv. I can put any episode on and enjoy it.

[chenzenzo]

The Nanny (and Fran Drescher) is an American staple!
So many Jewish writers, comics and actors struggled so that it could be possible for a girl like Fran to become America's darling. Now Fran is the president of SAG-AFTRA and many studio executives worst nightmare, but she'll always be this gorgeous, gregarious Goddess from Queens to me.
Still can't believe Daniel Davis is from Arkansas. ❤❤❤❤

[tenfivesmiths]

THE BIGGER THE HAIR THE SMALLER THE HIPS!
thank you for everything, Fran.
You've shaped and inspired me.
And thank you Jose, after all these years, for covering The Nanny too

[baileyr]

I always thought Niles and CC actually did make sense to me romantically because most of the time, it felt like the remarks and jokes was friendly most of the time, i mean, they both had moments where it stepped over the line, and with the wealth and class differences, i see how it would have been downplayed into insulting, but i don’t know, i always thought it worked better than most.

[alterego]

As a fat person, Sylvia’s jokes never bothered me. The jokes weren’t always about her being fat but more about her love of food and it being so absurd. Donating a cake you licked the icing off of? Lol come on!

[glittery_cucumber]

I thought I knew everything about this show, but the fact that Niles is Niles' last name shook me to my core.

[Zacman]

The outfits in this show were great.
Not just Fran's.

[syria]

Some of my favorite memories were watching The Nanny with my grandma. I love your tv retrospectives

[Bpaynee]

So many great memories watching this show with my sister. Even though this show was definitely silly at times, there was something about it that felt so real. It really felt like a window into another world, I will always love Fran, the Nanny we all need, haha

[chelmrtz]

Representation by just letting people be who they are and do the things they would normally do is major.

[AtlasBlizzard]

This is one of few sitcoms where I feel that every single element worked. The cast were all spotless, the writing was excellent, the humor and acting of such humor was top-notch. Plus it's one of few shows that got the will-they-won't-they trope right, because both relationships had an actual payoff. The supporting cast were all great too, especially Sylvia and Yetta. One of my favorite shows to this day!

[cheddarssalad]

There is a moment in this show that has stuck in my mind forever. It was late in the run so Fran and Mr Sheffield were together and the same with Niles and CC. For reasons I don’t remember Fran was talking to a psychic and her predictions were coming true. The one Fran and Niles were worried about was one where Mr Sheffield would end up in bed with a “leggy blonde.” But when Niles ended up in in a bed with Sheffield for reasons I don’t remember he exclaims, “I was the leggy blonde!” It still makes me laugh.

This show holds an inexplicable place in my heart. Maybe as a kid I appreciated the class dynamic. Who’s to say. Now I appreciate Fran Dresher for other reasons. To quote DS9, she’s more than a hero; she’s a union man.

[FrumiousMing]

I was raised on The Nanny, it was such a great show. I think her fashion was so formative for me, all bold colors and slightly eccentric prints. I definitely think this show is why I love those things.

Also the back-and-forth quips between Niles and CC definitely influenced my humor. But then again I also watched Frasier growing up xD