As comedies go, The Nanny is pure gold as Fran charms Niles The Butler (Daniel Davis) and helps bring order and love into the stuffy and unhappy Sheffield family. Maxwell Sheffield, (the excellent Charles Shaughnessy) a top Broadway producer and new widow, mistakes Fran as a possible nanny for his three children, Maggie, Brighton, and Grace. So, I’m gonna take a quick break, let my good friend Jennifer Gualdoni (Read more of her musings HERE) gloat about this show for a minute.Īs a teenage girl in the mid-90’s, it was a weekly ritual watching Fran Drescher every Wednesday night in her hit sitcom, “The Nanny.” Fran Fine, a feisty and hilarious Jewish girl from Flushing, gets dumped and fired by her boyfriend, Danny, and somehow knocks on the right door while selling Shades of the Orient make-up. Luckily, I know a super fan of the show, and she agreed to show it some love for me. Being that this is a really nice set Shout! Factory has put together, I feel this review should be a celebration of the series rather than me ho’humming about it and not really enjoying myself. Surprise! I’m not the biggest fan of The Nanny. Both an homage to and a subversive take on the classic comedies of the Baby Boomer generation and featuring an unbelievably bright roster of hilarious guest stars, The Nanny is a delightful addition to your television collection – finally available in a complete series collection from your favorite video babysitter, Shout! Factory. Sheffield (Charles Shaugnessy), his boisterous brood (Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury and Madeline Zima) and his wisecracking staff (Lauren Lane and Daniel Davis), each hilarious episode of The Nanny will now be available, many on DVD for the first time. Detailing the comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine (Drescher), her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Starring the one and only Fran Drescher in her signature role, The Nanny charmed television audiences throughout its six-season network run. That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel) is here at last in The Nanny: The Complete Series.

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