FUNNY! reads as some futura prototype project of ilx I can't believe it doesn't have a thread?! strikes the same mix of knowing/sincerely schlocky, with mild ethnic subversion hidden in plain sight, professional, roffle-hungry stupidity.(i know i'm reaching, in your favor). Fran is hot. The butler is a super bitch. I miss those broad oldschool sitcom antagonisms like Martin and Pam, Fred and Aunt Esther, et al. the babcock/butler(i forget his name) belongs in the pantheon. Well, yeah.
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 07:41 (eighteen years ago)
I am honestly surprised Skot didn't start this thread!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2008 07:46 (eighteen years ago)
CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC
― get bent, Thursday, 28 February 2008 07:53 (eighteen years ago)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41570000/jpg/_41570550_nanny_bbc203.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 February 2008 07:55 (eighteen years ago)
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/Supernanny_228x314.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 February 2008 07:58 (eighteen years ago)
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_01/NaniR_468x332.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 February 2008 07:59 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.apollobayfamilyfarm.com/site/apollobayfamilyfarm/images/goats02.jpg
Enough with your false nannies.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/mattlcohen/NervyB/Nanny_Fran_Drescher.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:00 (eighteen years ago)
Sorry, I thought of Wendy Craig when I read the thread title and then shit just got out of hand.
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:01 (eighteen years ago)
fucking dud
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:32 (eighteen years ago)
fie
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:56 (eighteen years ago)
what's dud about it
the kids were annoying as fuck but that was the point kinda
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:57 (eighteen years ago)
great cast. niles is fantastic
― electricsound, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:57 (eighteen years ago)
whats dud about it? it was corny as fuck, the jokes were all recycled from older sitcoms, was produced during the era that killed sitcoms, cheap use of terrible stereotypes for a laugh, fran has no comedy chops, etc, etc, etc.
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 08:58 (eighteen years ago)
Remember the episode where she did something Jewish, the boss did something English and the butler did something bitchy gay??
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:32 (eighteen years ago)
Did this ever get on british tv? I don't remember it at all. Wendy Craig's nanny however is comedy gold.
― Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:35 (eighteen years ago)
It was (maybe still is) on Living TV on cable and Satellite and I believe it was on Channel Five for a while.
― treefell, Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:37 (eighteen years ago)
Remember the episode where she did something Jewish, the boss did something English and the butler did something bitchy gay?? then what?
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:42 (eighteen years ago)
Comedy gold was alchemized before our very eyes.
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:43 (eighteen years ago)
thank you
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:45 (eighteen years ago)
Bette Davis owns this thread.
http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/files/2007/03/nanny.jpg
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 28 February 2008 13:22 (eighteen years ago)
HA thank you for starting this thread! classsic
― Surmounter, Thursday, 28 February 2008 15:11 (eighteen years ago)
I thought "Beautician and the Beast" was a surprisingly entertaining movie.
I think Drescher should come out with a tell-all book about her battles with anorexia and how Stanley Spudowski was more intelligent than he let on in his kids' show.
― Abbott, Thursday, 28 February 2008 16:51 (eighteen years ago)
JW's <fran_wallpaper.jpg>
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 28 February 2008 16:53 (eighteen years ago)
!!!!!!!!
I must see this!
JW, out it!
― Abbott, Thursday, 28 February 2008 16:54 (eighteen years ago)
God this show is so C. I just learned it's on every night from 11 to 1 and it has quickly become my favorite part of the day. Where do they live? UES?
― when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's annoying. (Stevie D), Monday, 18 October 2010 04:08 (fifteen years ago)
Ha, I kind of hated this.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 18 October 2010 04:20 (fifteen years ago)
I love this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ocKU6riQzU
― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:01 (fifteen years ago)
this one toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XXPZY342K0
― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)
Jeez, Latinos really LOVE zany sound effects.
― when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's annoying. (Stevie D), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:14 (fifteen years ago)
and having only one name.
― when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's annoying. (Stevie D), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:17 (fifteen years ago)
omg Russian fake Fran Drescher
― 17th Century Catholic Spain (Abbbottt), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:18 (fifteen years ago)
was this the last great sitcom theme?
― womack and bolio's (donna rouge), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)
... and then there's this, which appears to be from a Russian sketch-comedy show of some sort:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8t9wUpTGp8
― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:31 (fifteen years ago)
xp good question... both 30 Rock and The Office have pretty catchy intro tunes, although they are obviously in a completely different style... I'll have to think about this one.
fwiw I do really dig the theme song to Superjail (Adult Swim cartoon)
― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:33 (fifteen years ago)
Guys I really hope you like my new tattoohttp://www.checkoutmyink.com/assets/photos/0161/1748/nanny_large.jpg?1258578475
― when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's annoying. (Stevie D), Monday, 18 October 2010 20:35 (fifteen years ago)
Isn't it cute how in the opening cartoon, even after she's been kicked out of her bridal shop, she still has the composure and tact to wave at you?
― twisted sister hazel dickens (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 05:34 (fifteen years ago)
Bette Midler: "I adore your accent!"Fran: "Oh thanks, I owe it all to Queens."Bette Midler: "Same with me and my career!"Both: "AAAAHHHHH!!!"
fucking love this show.
― jj n° fad (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:16 (fourteen years ago)
i can imagine the exact tone and pitch of voice with which that AAAAHHHHH!!! happens
― spätzle logic (donna rouge), Thursday, 5 May 2011 05:30 (fourteen years ago)
Mr. Sheffield was kind of hot but I hated his wardrobe. Sure, he had suits but they were the ugliest mismatched suits on the face of the planet.
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:08 (fourteen years ago)
They're airing the pilot tonight!!!
I'll live-blog it:
It's a cold open. She's working at a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens, and her boyfriend breaks up with her and fires her on the spot. It's crushing.
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)
It's really dark! Brighton keeps staging suicides in a very "Harold and Maude" fashion (we're introduced to him with a fake knife sticking out of his chest as he enters the frame and proceeds to collapse onto the floor), and there's a gag where Gracie comes home from school and Mr. Sheffield asks her how her therapy session went (they did some regression therapy and helped her tap into her childhood).
Fran arrived at Mr. Sheffield's door. She was there to sell make-up, but was mistaken by Niles for a nanny arriving for her interview. Fran writes her resume in lipstick!
The set of Mr. Sheffield's office is the same, but the house is totally different (slightly less regal, front door on the left instead of the right)
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 03:16 (fourteen years ago)
Fran's wearing a polka-dot suit jacket with a large collar shaped/colored/patterend like a watermelon
Fran ask's Gracie how she's doing; she replies "I feel empty and alone"
There's a really pronounced flirtation btwn CeCe and Mr. Sheffield, but it seems to be mutual! Very weird.
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)
All in all I give it a B+ wd watch again
I have only watched this show once or twice but as I am caring for a sick animal and he loves this show, must be the lack of negativity. Not a huge fan of sitcoms but a nice break from the documentaries I usually watch.
― Die, Foghat, Die (Mount Cleaners), Thursday, 15 September 2011 22:39 (fourteen years ago)
Did you know that Fran is on her wasabi voice 100% of the time in the German dub
― oder doch?, Wednesday, 13 August 2025 13:59 (seven months ago)