The Nanny - The Complete First Season

The Nanny Overall Review: I felt that it was a very funny show. I love the way that Niles is always shutting up CC. I think that, now that I am older, the relationship between Max and Fran didn't blossom as quickly as it feels like it did in the show, which was more true to how it would have happened in real life, and I find that very satisfying now that I am in my 20's. No matter how many times I watch it, I still find myself laughing at the jokes because they never seem to get old.The DVD Collection Review: I liked the way these discs were done. They were typical, three disc, two cases, classical binding, not the fold open kind that I find annoying.Episode Reviews"The Pilot" I thought this episode was very funny and it caught my attention. The jokes were not as good as they are later in the series, and the house and clothing isn't as great, but it was a great start to the series."Smoke Gets in Your Lies" I found most of the jokes, post caught smoking, the funniest. The clothing in this episode wasn't the best in the series, but it was true to the time."My Fair Nanny" This episode was entertaining, it was filled with nothing but joke after joke. The parody on "My Fair Lady" was very classic, they even talk about the marbles. The writer of this episode did an amazing job with a modern re-telling."The Nuchshlep" I found this a very funny episode, it reminded me of the first time I ever went out on a date, only I was a double date not a Nuchshlep. The jokes and the clothing was nice in this episode, along with the overall story arc"Here Comes the Brood" The dress Fran has to wear is the funniest thing I have ever seen, she looks like Princess Peach in a cheesy live-action Mario, almost like an 80's flick. The jokes were somewhat funny in this episode, however, the storyline was the charming part, and heart warming. The song the little boy sings gets stuck in your head, just a warning."The Butler, the Husband, the Wife, and her Mother" This was my least favorite episode. I didn't like the storyline, the jokes, or the overall theme of this episode. The idea that a mother only finds her child worth something if she gets married and has children is upsetting."Imaginary Friend" This was a pleasantly funny episode, but the way they talk about therapy wasn't very PC. I really don't understand why Gracie is in therapy, I mean many kids lose a parent and go on to live happy, normal lives without therapy."The Christmas Show" This episode was very typical of Christmas stories, Santa coming through with the impossible at the last moment. It was a bit cheesy, though. The clothing was too season and festive, and the ideals behind bouncing checks and charities over family weren't pleasant. I couldn't understand why Fran and the children didn't go to the charity with their father, they would have had Fran to watch them."Personal Business" I couldn't stop laughing that they had "Patch" from days of our life on the show, and the "Patch" jokes they made in the show. The way they talk about Soap Operas seems so true, they are drama at its best. Fran's clothing is amazing in this episode, and did I mention I loved see, Patch, LOL. Seriously, the episode as a whole was one of my favorites, great clothing, good story, fun jokes (the hand motion one is the best), and special, sexy guest stars. Fun for all!"The Nanny-In-Law" I wasn't fond of this episode, though it was funny and the clothing was great, I couldn't get over Nanny Muller. I like to watch sitcoms to unwind and escape real life and her nanny was just like my grandmother, and although I love my grandmother she isn't funny and she is real life so that destroyed the un-real fantasy of the sitcom that I was seeking. Besides, they make you want to hate Nanny Muller and it made me feel a little like they were attacking my grandmother and that upset me because I'm protective of my loved ones."A Plot For Nanny" This episode was very funny, mostly the conversation about "the talk" that happened with Max and Fran. The clothing was great, and it was, what I felt, was the first time Max and Fran started to have a sexual/romantic chemistry build. The jokes were very funny as well."The Show Must Go On" This episode was funny in many respects, but in others it was upset. I work in show-business, Indie Productions that is, and it isn't about who you know in the Indie world, and I wouldn't cast a family member over someone with obvious talent. I thought that way he treated the children was unreasonable in many respects, but also, that if it were a real production and not a school one that the way he treated them was very true to real-life Broadway."Maggie the Model" I really hated Chloe Simpson. I really just downright hated her. I couldn't get into the episode because her character made my skin crawl so much. It wasn't on the top of my good episodes list."The Family Plumbing" It was an okay episode. However, the jokes weren't the best and the little girl's voice drills into your brain. I wasn't a fan of the episode as a whole. The best thing to come out of it was the joke about 14 year old boys, I use it often, other than that this episode was a plain-blaw wash."Deep Throat" It was a funny episode, especially the end of the episode. It was also the first time that you knew Max loved Fran because he chose her over CC"Schlepped Away" This episode was extremely funny, from the food jokes to the family jokes."Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off" The fashion of this episode was too die for. I loved it so much. The dress Fran wears to the wedding is amazing. The idea of falling in love with someone of another class is classic and fun. The way the nanny handled it was great."Sunday in the Park with Fran" I wanted to kill that child, or, at the very least, put him over my knee and spank him. The episode was funny, but Frank Sr. was a horrible father and I wanted him to get over himself."The Gym Teacher" It was a funny episode, I had gym teachers in middle school I felt that way about. I loved my high school gym teacher though, she was great"Ode to Barbara Joan" The Bob Mackie dress was amazing, I wish he still did gowns like that all the time. The jokes were funny, and the number of Barbara fan stuff they made up."Frannie's Choice" I wasn't a fan of this episode, it came across as lust and horniness is a good reason to consider marriage."I Don't Remember Mama" This was such a sad episode, and the way the children in the pageant acted, and the mothers, that was tame compared to the mothers in the pageants I was in as a child.

The first season is perhaps the best one in this excellent show. The children are younger, and you can really see Fran in action as a good, if wildly unconventional, nanny. The actors are all strong, and the characters likewise. The only exception is C.C., whose exact character nuances continued to evolve through the first few episodes.This season includes the hilarious imaginary friend episode, the cemetery plot episode, and the episode in which Mr. Sheffield's entire family gets stuck at the home of Fran's working-class family during a snowstorm.Buy this first season DVD today, and welcome Fran, the Sheffieldsn, Niles the butler, and C.C. the cutthroat business associate into your home--you won't regret it!1.1: PilotFran Fine is fired from her job at a bridal boutique after her boyfriend (the owner) dumps her. So Fran takes a job selling make-up door to door, where she stumbles across the home of Maxwell Sheffield, the "famous" Broadway producer. Maxwell is desparately trying to find a nanny, and after a hesitant start, he decides to test Fran out as the answer to his problems.1.2: "Smoke Gets in Your Lies"Fran talks about her rebellious high school days, and Brighton reads that as a green light to try smoking. So Fran tries to redeem herself by showing Brighton a real life example of a smoker: her chain-smoking Grandma Yetta.1.3: "My Fair Nanny"Fran gets etiquette lessons from Niles and Maxwell so she can hold a mother-daughter tea for Maggie.1.4: "The Nuchslep"Tensions arise after Fran chaperones Maggie on a date and the young man (Jimmy Marsden) seems to be more interested in Fran.1.5: "Here Comes the Brood"C.C. takes the children to the zoo, but when the whole affair is a dismal failure, she tells the children that Fran only spends time with them because she is paid to. So Grace runs away to find Nanny Fine at her parents' house, and ends up at the wedding of a friend of the Fine's.1.6: "The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother"Niles is worried because the Butler's association is coming to evaluate him. Meanwhile, Fran's mother tells some friends that Fran is married to Maxwell. When one thing leads to another, Fran is impersonating the lady of the house, Niles is impersonating her husband "Maxwell", and Maxwell is impersonating Niles!1.7: "Imaginary Friend"Fran is in big trouble when she accidently eats Grace's imaginary friend, prompting a scolding from Maxwell, and a trip to the shrink for Grace, Maxwell and Fran.1.8: "Christmas Episode"Fran spends her first Christmas at the Sheffields, but she is appalled when she finds out that Maxwell hires a professional "gift buyer" to get the children's gifts.1.9: "Personal Business"Fran figures she only has one life to live, so she agrees to help Maxwell close a casting deal by dating a young and restless soap-opera star.1.10: "The Nanny-In-Law"When Maxwell's childhood nanny (Chloris Leachman) visits, she is appalled by Fran's unique child care methods.1.11: "A Plot for Nanny"Fran's mother has a surprise gift for her: a cemetary plot. And it's not exactly a grave undertaking for Fran when she begins dating the gorgeous funeral director (Matt McCoy).1.12: "The Show Must Go On"The spotlight is on Fran when Maxwell volunteers her to direct Grace's school production, but he soon takes over.1.13: "Maggie the Model"Maxwell's supermodel old flame (Lesley-Anne Down) returns, prompting Maggie to try to become a model.1.14: "The Family Plumbing"Fran's doddering Uncle Irving shows up to fix the plumbing, and he's asssisted by Fran's young cousin Tiffany, whom Fran catches kissing Brighton!1.15: "Deep Throat"Fran is the one who requires TLC when she has to have her tonsils removed.1.16: "Schlepped Away"It's the Holidays, and the Sheffields are heading off to the tropics. All seems to be going well, until everyone gets snowed in at Fran's parents' house, including all of the Sheffields, Niles, and C.C.1.17: "Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off"Maxwell's sister (Twiggy Lawson) visits New York to get married, but it doesn't take Fran long to figure out that Maxwell's sister only has eyes for her chauffeur.1.18: "Sunday in the Park with Fran"When Grace is getting bullied by the son of an influencial theater critic, C.C. convinces Maxwell that Grace should invite the child over. But when the boy is a beast, and Fran hits him with a bagette, it's all Maxwell can do to convince the critic that no harm was done.1.19: "The Gym Teacher"Maggie's has a new gym teacher (Rita Moreno): the same tough-as-a-drill- sergeant gym teacher who terrorized Fran in high school.1.20: "Ode to Barbara Joan (a.k.a. Daddy Dearest)"C.C.'s dad (Robert Culp) is in town, but he and C.C. don't get along, so when he has tickets to a Streisand concert, he invites Fran instead!1.21: "Frannie's Choice"Danny, the guy who originally dumpted Fran, gets dumped by his girlfreind, so he proposes to Fran, who says yes. But no one is happy about this, including Niles, her mother or the Sheffield family, and Fran is left to decide whether leaving the Sheffields is the right thing to do.1.22: "I Don't Remember Mama"Fran encourages Maxwell to abandon his attempt to take the kids' minds off Mother's Day, so he takes them to the country club, where Fran promptly enters herself and Grace in a "Mother-Daughter Beauty Pagent".

It can be hard to believe that it has been 12 years since The Nanny made its debut on TV, and here is the first season of this TV series. In case you have forgotten, Fran Fine (Fran Drescher) was working in a bridal shop, and her boss was Danny Imperiali (Jonathan Penner), who was also her fiance, but then he deicdes that they should start to see other people, and that is when he lays eyes on Heather Biblow. And decides to hire her for a job, and fires Fran Fine, and replaces with Heather Biblow. So she goes to the Sheffield residence, to sell make-up, and the bulter Niles (Daniel Davis) mistakes her for looking the job as the new Nanny, but he gets Maxwell Sheiffield (Charles Shaughnessy) to intreview Fran for the job, and Brighton (Benjamin Salisbury) who faked antoher death, she takes her interview and also meets Maggie (Nicholle Tom) and the youngest Gracie (Madeline Zima), and Maxwell hires Fran on a trail basis. Maxwell works as a broadway producer and has Chastity Claire "C.C." Babcock (Lauren Lane) has his business partner. Rachel Chagall who is Fran's best friend in real life plays Val Toriello, Renée Taylor plays Fran's Mom, and Ann Morgan Guilbert plays Yetta who is Fran's grandmother. There are 22 episodes in this season, hte one I think they over act, which is the Sheffield, which is just Maxwell Sheiffield, Gracie and Fran is Imaginary Friend, when Fran suspposly eats Gracie's imaginary freind, there is a new making of, that you see the cast then and now, mostly it would be the children that has chaanged from then to now, so if you are a fan of the Nanny, you wil want to add this dvd to your collection of dvds, I did.

It is a different language cover but can pick english as audio.

Definitely an acquired taste,The Nanny quickly became one of the most popular sitcoms on tv,thanks to the wonderful Fran Drescher in the title role.With her unique laugh and unmistakeable voice,she became instantly recognizable to audiences in this first season of episodes.

Enjoyed this series on tv so purchased this set. It is very enjoyable with some laugh out loud moments. Very good reproduction too.

Hope they do the other seasons on dvd, loved this on sky. Fran Drescher is sexy, funny and quick witted.

super!