The Nanny - Season 1 Cast: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Nicholle Tom
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- DVD Release Date: 07/12/2005
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- Sales Rank: 2,789
Features
Closed Caption; Audio commentaries from Fran Drescher; "The Making of The Nanny" - a retrospective with the cast on the first season
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With a voice akin to fingernails on a blackboard, Fran Drescher would seem an acquired taste. But the comic actress’s unique leopard-skin charm carried The Nanny all the way to Nielsen’s top 25 network programs during its six-season run on CBS. This debut Nanny box set packs all 24 episodes of the 1993-94 season, with Drescher offering a handful of exceptionally informative commentaries. Drescher -- who co-created the series -- stars as Fran Fine, a nice Jewish girl from Queens who, in desperate need of work, stumbles into a gig with widowed Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), equally desperate to find a nanny for his three motherless children. Fran impulsively takes the job, undaunted by her utter lack of knowledge about life in the upper classes; and so begins the gefilte-fish-out-of-water fun. Notable episodes include "My Fair Nanny," which finds Fran very much out of place at a sophisticated tea party; "Sunday in the Park with Fran," a hilarious romp featuring unbilled guest star Dan Aykroyd; and "Fran's Choice," which forces the onetime bridal shop employee to make a tough decision when her ex-fiancé once more begs her to marry him. Probably the best of the bunch is the season finale, "I Don't Remember Mama," in which Fran accompanies Sheffield's youngest daughter, Grace (Madeline Zima), to a mother-daughter beauty pageant. The humor isn't exactly sophisticated, but there's great warmth in The Nanny, a series that relies for its appeal to a great extent on the talent and screen presence of its star. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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