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.
Maxes first wife, Sarah. Absolutely demo started HER sense of humor in selecting FRAN, of ALL the world, to bring Joy to her children and her childhood love. 🎉🎉🎉I like to think Sarah had a delicious sense of the absurd, constantly ROARING with laughter as she watched her selection of The Nanny become her children's beloved guidebooks and comforter. What greater gift could a mother provide under the circumstances?❤❤❤🎉
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.
Those other shows were on NBC. Network affiliation can often have long term effects. NBC promoted the hell out of their sitcoms, especially their Thursday night lineup.
In Germany "The Nanny" is FAR more popular than "Seinfeld" or "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". Many Germans don't even know "Seinfeld" but we all know and love "The Nanny".
I always found Seinfeld average at best. With maybe 3 minutes or so of absolute rofl moments per episode. Friends has aged worse than ANY sitcom in history. It's borderline unwatchable these days. Fresh Prince was of it's time. That's totally unwatchable these days. The Nanny is just chock full of likeable characters. Which is in my opinion what keeps it fresh.
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.
Too, like ther is stuff that ewasy can be put on the , yeah its bloody tv, whta relationships are there healthy, plus it makes sense given their chemestr
@@janettewebster2151 absolutely, and she is one of the few that can do it. I remember when will & grace tried to do a Lucy thing…it wasn’t ummmm, as delightful as I would have hoped.
Fun fact: Does anyone remembers that movie "The Beautician and the Beast"? Fran played a character similar to the Nanny, so in Spanish, the film was retitled "La niñera y el presidente" (The Nanny and the President).
@@thatvalensteingirl It's from 1997, the Nanny was already in its 4th season. And it was because of the success of the Nanny that Fran was able to make this movie.
Traditional English style Butlers are always referred to by their surname, like Carson in Downton Abbey (not Mr Carson, just Carson). Though I don’t know how I knew this as a child watching the Nanny. Not many butlers, English or otherwise, in regional Australia.
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
Daniel Davis one of the few american actors who could convincingly act british. In fact so well it didn't even register to me at first that he was born in Arkansas.
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
my mother loved this show to the point where my brother and i are named after maxwell and niles. so obviously this show was an important part of my childhood lol. thanks for the look back. Also Fran Drescher is based and iconic!
You and your brother are named after these iconic tv characters! This is the wildest thing I have read in a while! Thanks for sharing, and have a good week. : )
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!
Wow I can’t believe you did it. This was my family’s favorite show growing up. We all had separate favorite tv shows we loved more, but this is the one we could put on and could satisfy everyone. It was basically our digital campfire. We used up whole blank tape of to record a Nanny marathon, commercials and all, and we just watched that thing over and over again.
Have you thought to record the tape and keep the commercials? You're not getting them back apart from the tape. Put those commercials on YT, people will love that! By recording them I mean rip the tape on a cd then choose the footage.
Same. I love that Jose includes this kind of stuff in these videos. A little over a year ago i had to put my Yorkie down to rest, after getting a great 16 years with him.
I'm Russian, so I had My Wonderful Nanny (Моя прекрасная няня) when I was very little, and I remember loving it so much, I still remember every word of the opening theme (which was also animated like the original), I remember the wedding episode very vividly and how happy I was. Russian nanny Vika was actually made to be Ukrainian, from Mariupol, and she moved to Moscow at 15. It makes my heart break how much everything has changed since 2004 when the 1st season came out. To keep the butler's British sense of humor the writers made it so our Niles, named Konstantin, used to work in the British Embassy. We had many celebrity cameos as well, even our own 7th season with original scripts. They even showed Vika's father in the flesh. I've been waiting for so long for you to do this retrospective, thank you so much Jose! I'm always amazed at how much of the original script the writers try to save in the adapted version. For example, I was on the floor when I realized that Russian 'Married with Children' adaptation kept the episode about Al's trans friend almost fully intact, with little to no changes!
This was my most wanted and awaited José retrospective and it did not disappoint. The Nanny is my all time favorite sitcom, I watched the reruns of it almost obsessively as a teen and always love coming back to it. As someone who grew up Jewish, I definitely saw a lot of my family in the Fines, and I feel the show had a whole lot of heart.
When I was 10, we moved states and only had rabbit ears for our tv for a time. I found a channel that basically only played The Nanny and Golden Girls back to back and I’m so grateful
I loved this show when I was in middle school! I also loved 3rd Rock From The Sun, and I think that would be a fantastic show for a retrospective.... Thank you for another great video as always! 💜
I always loved the Nanny. It was a part of my childhood and I remember watching the shows final. I know the to shows are very different, but I can't help but think of the Nanny as the 90's equivalent of I Love Lucy and can't help but see similarities in he comedy and certain elements between the two shows.
I hated how they changed Max's sister in later seasons, but I also get what they were trying to convey. She was far more endearing in her debut episode
I do wonder if in-universe, she changed drastically from her debut due to her failing marriage and possibly, some resentment towards Fran for pushing her to marry Lester in the first place.
@@truefenriz It very well could be. Unfortunately we only saw her in two episodes in the whole series if I'm not mistaken, which made her change in personality so jarring.
I think if cc and niles managed to genuinely open up to eachother their marriage could just work. They're very simmilar in their cynicism and their trust issues and their want for something more in life
When the strike started and I think, it was revealed that Fran Drescher was the leading role for the union, many were surprised. After seeing this retrospective which talks about what a power-woman she is, I am no longer surprised. She really ran her own then and now!
My wife grew up watching reruns of this show, and I had no idea it existed until a few years ago, when we watched the first few seasons together. A lot of it holds up surprisingly well, despite being - obviously, but nostalgically - very Of Its Time
Renee Taylor, prior to The Nanny was a very talented comedy writer. I was in one of her plays back when I was doing AADA's summer program. Lovers and Other Strangers, scene 2.
Thank you so much for covering The Nanny. It’s so much of a comfort watch for me, warts and all. I remember watching it with my mom and grandmother on Mondays when it aired with Cybil.
The Nanny is my favorite classic sitcom and your classic sitcom series is one of my favorite things on the internet. Thank you for blessing us today, Jose! 💖
The Nanny is the only sitcom I can watch repeteadly anytime anywhere and still have a good time no matter what episode is on... Aside from that animated special and the spin-off episode.
I can forgive Shaughnessy dressing in “brown face” only because the purpose was to emphasize that this character was another Mr. Sheffield. It wasn’t about casting a white person and taking the role away from an Arab person. It wasn’t about mocking Arab people. It was about showing that this guy was basically the same guy.
I am thrilled that you made this! However, this retrospective really could have done with a reference to Mina Le's fashion analysis! I was really expecting that because you also included Matt Baume in your Frasier retrospective!!
This is one of the shows I watched with my mom growing up. Now that she's gone, reruns offer beautiful memories ❤ *I think the show ended exactly when it should have. It was hard to see it end, but it ended with grace
Sylvia was endearing and gorgeous. As an overweight woman, I loved everything about her - especially the food jokes. People who are hurt by the kind of comedy shouldn't watch. It's not for them.
I don't quite agree with the Silvia is fat portion, only because it's Fran's worst fear to end up like her mom. Fran herself has a lust for food that rivals her mother's. So with every bite Fran sees her mom eating she sees herself becoming her mother, with the pressure of still being unmarried and childless.
Ironic that this video came out today because I have been thinking about the episode where Fran eats Wasabi and her voice changes just about everyday for like the past week
I felt in my spirit you were going to make this one day and I’m so happy you did. I love this show and used to watch it a lot when I was younger. I still go back to it now
This video was a perfect deep dive retrospective! You did such a wonderful job conveying the many reasons we all fell in love with this show. Thank you!
Loved this - really enjoyed watching and listening. Why this has not been broadcast and had a wider audience is a shame.... thank you very much from a 'Nanny' fan in the UK :)
Madeline Zima also this past year played a recurring character on DC's Doom Patrol (also on Max) that's a purposely cartoony persona and she does such a good job at balancing the comedy of the character with the drama of the show. She really doesn't get credit for how she really was and remains on a very different level from most other 90s sitcom kids.
My brother was a writer for The Nanny. He created the character of Yetta specifically for Anne Morgan Gilbert. The SAG AFTRA strike has been settled but there are a number of actors who are not happy with the terms.
I’m glad José decided to review Sony-owned sitcoms. They own a huge library of sitcoms ranging from 1950’s classics like Father Knows Best all the way until the just recently ended The Goldbergs. I especially hope he can review Norman Lear’s catalog!
Know what is a very underrated sitcom? The 80s reboot of leave it to beaver (still the beaver 🦫 and new leave it to beaver); it’s on TH-cam I recently found it (I was born in the late 80s so I was too little to have remembered it) but I recommend it. Wally and the beaver as well as Eddie and Lumpy have their own children. The Haskell sons are played by Ken Osmonds real life sons and their family is so funny and interesting.
Oh dear, these modern views of how jokes are ‚hurting‘ some people. I, as a fat person, love the character of Sylvia, and the jokes are so funny and on point. As a disabled comedian once said on stage : ‚we have the same rights like you and as such, we have the right to be made fun of.‘ When we are no longer made fun of, we take ourselves too serious. Look at the uncomfortably marginalized and dutiful allying young people, they need to be humbled and ridiculed again, because they have been risen to be unbearable.
Sounds like another comedian whining about not wanting to write different material to appeal to modern audiences based on that remark about young people. I want to know when did it become the audience's job to find anything a comedian says funny and not the comedians job to improve their material when it falls flat? It seems like any time a comedian has their material criticised these days they complain about it instead of adapting. You can't just keep using the same formula forever and not expect it to get stale. Millennials overall don't respond to the boomer humor of "I hate my wife" for example. The funniest thing those types ever say is suggesting young people these days have no sense of humor because all the groups they accuse of it are constantly joking about their own experiences and the state of the world. Hell jokes that would probably offend some of the older generations who are whining because their jokes aren't landing with newer generations. People want a better written joke than "haha fat." these days regardless of whether they think its offensive or not.
@@shadenox8164 first, my fault, I missed out on marking the quote properly. But otherwise no, we all need our snowflake opinions to be challenged. Comedians must not appease us, they must challenge us from all sides, like court jesters had to speak facts to their masters.
Honestly, If I had known myself more when I was watching The Nanny as a kid, I would probably have payed a bit more attention to the message (via Sylvia's weight jokes) that you can love food, and have it also be appreciation for actual good food, and learn moderation so it isn't unhealthy to love food. Something I did not actually pick up on until I was about 30 or so and watching re-runs.
I love these retrospectives…. I only wish there were a lot more! We needs ones on the following shows: Three’s Company, Will and Grace, Friends, Alice, I Love Lucy, 2 Broke Girls, Good Times, Family Matters, Big Bang Theory, oh I could make this list ALL DAY lol
Hi hello, I'm the person you made this video for. I've seen every episode 10 times (not hyperbole, I've been counting). Thank you for all your hard work
I can't believe you didn't talk more about the Russian version, as it plays into your talk about "How long can you do the will they/won't they". For those that don't know the Russian version of The Nanny was SO beloved that their Sixth Season opens... to reveal Season 5 was a dream. The Maxwell character never proposed and they did all new original scripts, many of which were actually rejected scripts from The Nanny. Eventually the show DID end like the American on... only for it to get a 7th season that dealt with the death of the Sylvia character (her actress died in real life) and the Fran character's father moving in with the family. While I've never seen it such a thing is an interesting "What If?" for The Nanny
In the Italian edition they always found a way to justify with the dialogues all the Jewish references. Francesca (that's how she's called in Italian) had Jewish relatives (that's how they explained the Jewish wedding), tried Jewish experiences in her life for fun, but still was italian. In the Kibbutz episode she says that she escaped there with her jewish boyfriend. All the Jewish references in the dialogues were changed with references to italian culture (she is from Frosinone in our version). Also in the italian dub Sylvia (called Assunta in italian) and Yetta are both her aunts, it's implied that her mother is still in Italy. It's weird, but if you ask an Italian is very weird to discover that she is NOT italian in the original version. "La tata" was very loved in Italy and still is part of our pop culture.
I grew up with The Nanny and I’ve always loved it. Looking back at it now, I think it was this show that made Judaism and Jewish culture feel like just another part of American life. It was normalized. I grew up in a very Christian area so I wasn’t exposed to this in my real life. I hope Fran Drescher knows what a positive impact she’s had on American culture.
I love The Nanny, I've seen it a million times. I highly recommend Hot in Cleveland if you like The Nanny. It does a lot of similar things like being aware its a show and deconstructing sitcom tropes in a fun way. Plus it stars former sitcom actors and they all start out as common sitcom female tropes.There are also a lot of guest stars from other sitcoms. Plus Betty White is apart of the main cast, if that doesnt convince you idk what would.
Great commentary as per usual José. Would absolutely love retrospectives on Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond and King of Queens. I can't imagine the amount of research you put into these videos and I sincerely appreciate it.
This was one of those shows I never specifically tuned into... but if it were on I'd watch it perfectly happily. Truth be told that us probably the way to get a long running show - be a show that can be watched here and there. But I have to say - I have always adored Fran Drescher. She's always nice to see onscreen because she us always the best thing there...
Very insightful. Always thrilled to see a new José retrospective of the shows I grew up watching. I always saw The Nanny as a contemporary I Love Lucy w/a modern sensibility. I don't think the show would exist w/out that blueprint.
My favorite part of all your reviews will always will be mentioning the pets in the shows, it´s amazing how little it´s spoken about them when I´m sure they had a pretty big impact on ratings, otherwise not every show would have introduced a dog on their later seasons.
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.
That was a beautiful scene, especially when Sara tells Maxwell that she sent Fran to him. I don't understand why the uploader thought it was weird.
Fr that scene was sweet
@@AtlasBlizzard yeah i looked it up on TH-cam (haven’t watched the show since it aired in the nineties) and it was a very sweet scene indeed
Maxes first wife, Sarah. Absolutely demo started HER sense of humor in selecting FRAN, of ALL the world, to bring Joy to her children and her childhood love. 🎉🎉🎉I like to think Sarah had a delicious sense of the absurd, constantly ROARING with laughter as she watched her selection of The Nanny become her children's beloved guidebooks and comforter. What greater gift could a mother provide under the circumstances?❤❤❤🎉
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.
Much like Golden Girls, this is comfort tv. I can put any episode on and enjoy it.
And three's company
Same. I bought the whole box set of The Nanny years ago, and I never get tired of it.
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.
Niles and C.C. are a comedy powerduo.
I think it does have the same popularity, among women at least
Those other shows were on NBC. Network affiliation can often have long term effects. NBC promoted the hell out of their sitcoms, especially their Thursday night lineup.
In Germany "The Nanny" is FAR more popular than "Seinfeld" or "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". Many Germans don't even know "Seinfeld" but we all know and love "The Nanny".
I always found Seinfeld average at best. With maybe 3 minutes or so of absolute rofl moments per episode.
Friends has aged worse than ANY sitcom in history. It's borderline unwatchable these days.
Fresh Prince was of it's time. That's totally unwatchable these days.
The Nanny is just chock full of likeable characters. Which is in my opinion what keeps it fresh.
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.
Too, like ther is stuff that ewasy can be put on the , yeah its bloody tv, whta relationships are there healthy,
plus it makes sense given their chemestr
Their relationship made sense and I thought it flowed smoothly.
Fran Drescher doesn’t get the credit for being a comic actor on par with Lucille Ball. She is so damn talented!
Didn’t they do an I love Lucy themed episode?? Or am I making that up? I really think they did though lol
@@alterego2978 they definitely did dick van dyke but I don’t think she did Lucy. Roseanne did Lucy I think though
@@alterego2978there was an episode with a reoccurring lucy you’ve got some splainin to do joke and a dream sequence with lucy
Fran was very much influenced by Lucy ❤
@@janettewebster2151 absolutely, and she is one of the few that can do it. I remember when will & grace tried to do a Lucy thing…it wasn’t ummmm, as delightful as I would have hoped.
Fun fact: Does anyone remembers that movie "The Beautician and the Beast"? Fran played a character similar to the Nanny, so in Spanish, the film was retitled "La niñera y el presidente" (The Nanny and the President).
I thought that movie was meant to be like a backdoor pilot for The Nanny.
@@thatvalensteingirl It's from 1997, the Nanny was already in its 4th season. And it was because of the success of the Nanny that Fran was able to make this movie.
I actually love that movie and was surprised it wasn't mentioned in this video. It's not great art but it's a fun movie.
The first 20/25 minutes of that movie is off the hook funny.
The actor was Timothy Dalton... 007 james bond
I thought I knew everything about this show, but the fact that Niles is Niles' last name shook me to my core.
Traditional English style Butlers are always referred to by their surname, like Carson in Downton Abbey (not Mr Carson, just Carson).
Though I don’t know how I knew this as a child watching the Nanny. Not many butlers, English or otherwise, in regional Australia.
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
Daniel Davis one of the few american actors who could convincingly act british. In fact so well it didn't even register to me at first that he was born in Arkansas.
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
1:05:55 that sound she makes falling off the boat is so realistic to me somehow. Not a giant cartoon scream, but just a little yelp of pure shock
my mother loved this show to the point where my brother and i are named after maxwell and niles. so obviously this show was an important part of my childhood lol. thanks for the look back.
Also Fran Drescher is based and iconic!
You and your brother are named after these iconic tv characters!
This is the wildest thing I have read in a while!
Thanks for sharing, and have a good week.
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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!
Wow I can’t believe you did it. This was my family’s favorite show growing up. We all had separate favorite tv shows we loved more, but this is the one we could put on and could satisfy everyone. It was basically our digital campfire.
We used up whole blank tape of to record a Nanny marathon, commercials and all, and we just watched that thing over and over again.
Have you thought to record the tape and keep the commercials? You're not getting them back apart from the tape. Put those commercials on YT, people will love that! By recording them I mean rip the tape on a cd then choose the footage.
The appendectomy scene is one of the best moments in TV history.
"Bucking for a raise?" Ahhhhh love Niles.
Oh, I wasn’t ready for the section about Chester. I felt that poem deeply. Over the summer we lost our 14yr old dog. Thank you for sharing that.
Same. I love that Jose includes this kind of stuff in these videos. A little over a year ago i had to put my Yorkie down to rest, after getting a great 16 years with him.
I'm Russian, so I had My Wonderful Nanny (Моя прекрасная няня) when I was very little, and I remember loving it so much, I still remember every word of the opening theme (which was also animated like the original), I remember the wedding episode very vividly and how happy I was.
Russian nanny Vika was actually made to be Ukrainian, from Mariupol, and she moved to Moscow at 15. It makes my heart break how much everything has changed since 2004 when the 1st season came out.
To keep the butler's British sense of humor the writers made it so our Niles, named Konstantin, used to work in the British Embassy.
We had many celebrity cameos as well, even our own 7th season with original scripts. They even showed Vika's father in the flesh.
I've been waiting for so long for you to do this retrospective, thank you so much Jose! I'm always amazed at how much of the original script the writers try to save in the adapted version. For example, I was on the floor when I realized that Russian 'Married with Children' adaptation kept the episode about Al's trans friend almost fully intact, with little to no changes!
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Rachel Bloom writing the lyrics for a Nanny musical? Sounds like a perfect fit!
Or a musical about yettas letters?
This was my most wanted and awaited José retrospective and it did not disappoint. The Nanny is my all time favorite sitcom, I watched the reruns of it almost obsessively as a teen and always love coming back to it. As someone who grew up Jewish, I definitely saw a lot of my family in the Fines, and I feel the show had a whole lot of heart.
This show, the golden girls, murder she wrote - all partially shaped my humor as a kid lol
When I was 10, we moved states and only had rabbit ears for our tv for a time. I found a channel that basically only played The Nanny and Golden Girls back to back and I’m so grateful
I feel like the evolution of Fran’s eyebrows is as iconic as the show itself
I loved this show when I was in middle school! I also loved 3rd Rock From The Sun, and I think that would be a fantastic show for a retrospective....
Thank you for another great video as always! 💜
yess i used to watch that all the time!
I was obsessed with 3rd Rock from the Sun got a while in school
The Nanny certainly had style and grace - love the show and love Fran Drescher
With Mathew Perry's recent passing, this would be a good time to do a retrospective on Friends.
I just binged this whole series like a month ago. I love this show! And Fran in real life is a inspiration. I think I'm going to rewatch it again.
What are you watching it on? Like are you streaming it? Or do you own the seasons on DVD or something?
@@karmAnonymous it's on HBO max
"Imaginary Friend" and "I Don't Remember Mama" are two of my favorite episodes... so beautiful ❤
I always loved the Nanny. It was a part of my childhood and I remember watching the shows final. I know the to shows are very different, but I can't help but think of the Nanny as the 90's equivalent of I Love Lucy and can't help but see similarities in he comedy and certain elements between the two shows.
I always saw it similarly to I Love Lucy too! Especially when she and her best friend get into scrapes.
Yes! And it seems to me that after Fran & Max married, the show could have evolved into a version of Lucy & Ricky's I Love Lucy charm!
I hated how they changed Max's sister in later seasons, but I also get what they were trying to convey. She was far more endearing in her debut episode
I know! They completely changed her character
I do wonder if in-universe, she changed drastically from her debut due to her failing marriage and possibly, some resentment towards Fran for pushing her to marry Lester in the first place.
@@truefenriz It very well could be. Unfortunately we only saw her in two episodes in the whole series if I'm not mistaken, which made her change in personality so jarring.
It's always a good day when José drops more in-depth, thoughtful content.
I think if cc and niles managed to genuinely open up to eachother their marriage could just work. They're very simmilar in their cynicism and their trust issues and their want for something more in life
She had style! She had flair! She was THERE! That’s how she became the nanny 💅🏼
When the strike started and I think, it was revealed that Fran Drescher was the leading role for the union, many were surprised. After seeing this retrospective which talks about what a power-woman she is, I am no longer surprised. She really ran her own then and now!
Thank you for this outstanding and entertaining analysis of my ABSOLUTE favourite sitcom of the 1990ies
My wife grew up watching reruns of this show, and I had no idea it existed until a few years ago, when we watched the first few seasons together. A lot of it holds up surprisingly well, despite being - obviously, but nostalgically - very Of Its Time
Renee Taylor, prior to The Nanny was a very talented comedy writer. I was in one of her plays back when I was doing AADA's summer program. Lovers and Other Strangers, scene 2.
Thank you so much for covering The Nanny. It’s so much of a comfort watch for me, warts and all. I remember watching it with my mom and grandmother on Mondays when it aired with Cybil.
The Nanny is my favorite classic sitcom and your classic sitcom series is one of my favorite things on the internet. Thank you for blessing us today, Jose! 💖
The Nanny is the only sitcom I can watch repeteadly anytime anywhere and still have a good time no matter what episode is on... Aside from that animated special and the spin-off episode.
I can forgive Shaughnessy dressing in “brown face” only because the purpose was to emphasize that this character was another Mr. Sheffield. It wasn’t about casting a white person and taking the role away from an Arab person. It wasn’t about mocking Arab people. It was about showing that this guy was basically the same guy.
I am thrilled that you made this! However, this retrospective really could have done with a reference to Mina Le's fashion analysis! I was really expecting that because you also included Matt Baume in your Frasier retrospective!!
Listen I love The Nanny so much, it was my favorite show as a kid and will ALWAYS be one of my favorite comfort shows
This is one of the shows I watched with my mom growing up. Now that she's gone, reruns offer beautiful memories ❤
*I think the show ended exactly when it should have. It was hard to see it end, but it ended with grace
Any retrospective on this show would certainly be incomplete without the phrase "I don't doubt the sexual power of Fran Drescher"
Sylvia was endearing and gorgeous. As an overweight woman, I loved everything about her - especially the food jokes. People who are hurt by the kind of comedy shouldn't watch. It's not for them.
I agree. All this pearl-clutching criticisms are getting old.
It was the 90s and humor was different
most of te jokes were not even fat jokes, were more directed to her love of food and how often she eats
you can be thin and enjoy eating a lot though@@lucasb9285
My absolute fav show, i watch it all the time and im so happy you made a retrospective about it, a perfect creator for it ❤
I loved this show as a kid. Still do. Lots of great moments
I don't quite agree with the Silvia is fat portion, only because it's Fran's worst fear to end up like her mom. Fran herself has a lust for food that rivals her mother's. So with every bite Fran sees her mom eating she sees herself becoming her mother, with the pressure of still being unmarried and childless.
Ironic that this video came out today because I have been thinking about the episode where Fran eats Wasabi and her voice changes just about everyday for like the past week
A classic, and really shows how it feels to actually eat wasabi, and it is that feeling that makes wasabi so great. To feel it cleans your sinuses.
A few months ago, I was scrolling through your videos trying to see if you had a Nanny retrospective and today my prayers have been answered. Mazel!
I felt in my spirit you were going to make this one day and I’m so happy you did. I love this show and used to watch it a lot when I was younger. I still go back to it now
This video was a perfect deep dive retrospective! You did such a wonderful job conveying the many reasons we all fell in love with this show. Thank you!
Thanks for covering this show, I used to watch it every week with my mum!
There were so many good shows in the 90s, The Nanny was definitely one of them!
I JUST LOVE THE NANNY STILL DO AND WATCH WHEN EVER I COME ACROSS A. VIDEO! THANK YOU FRAN . ❤❤❤❤
TIL Niles' first name was Edward...I've been watching the reruns forever and NEVER knew this (Must've missed that episode)
Same!
Loved this - really enjoyed watching and listening. Why this has not been broadcast and had a wider audience is a shame.... thank you very much from a 'Nanny' fan in the UK :)
Madeline Zima also this past year played a recurring character on DC's Doom Patrol (also on Max) that's a purposely cartoony persona and she does such a good job at balancing the comedy of the character with the drama of the show. She really doesn't get credit for how she really was and remains on a very different level from most other 90s sitcom kids.
She was also the highlight in 1 episode of season 2 of YOU.
I honestly don't understand why José did not mention her guest role on Grey's Antony!
My brother was a writer for The Nanny. He created the character of Yetta specifically for Anne Morgan Gilbert.
The SAG AFTRA strike has been settled but there are a number of actors who are not happy with the terms.
Apearently the voice actors got screwed over, and werent asked. God voice actors wont ever taken as pretty hard acting it is, wont it.
she was the first style icon i remember trying to emulate she was so fun!!!
I’m glad José decided to review Sony-owned sitcoms. They own a huge library of sitcoms ranging from 1950’s classics like Father Knows Best all the way until the just recently ended The Goldbergs. I especially hope he can review Norman Lear’s catalog!
Know what is a very underrated sitcom? The 80s reboot of leave it to beaver (still the beaver 🦫 and new leave it to beaver); it’s on TH-cam I recently found it (I was born in the late 80s so I was too little to have remembered it) but I recommend it. Wally and the beaver as well as Eddie and Lumpy have their own children. The Haskell sons are played by Ken Osmonds real life sons and their family is so funny and interesting.
Oh dear, these modern views of how jokes are ‚hurting‘ some people. I, as a fat person, love the character of Sylvia, and the jokes are so funny and on point. As a disabled comedian once said on stage : ‚we have the same rights like you and as such, we have the right to be made fun of.‘ When we are no longer made fun of, we take ourselves too serious. Look at the uncomfortably marginalized and dutiful allying young people, they need to be humbled and ridiculed again, because they have been risen to be unbearable.
Sounds like another comedian whining about not wanting to write different material to appeal to modern audiences based on that remark about young people.
I want to know when did it become the audience's job to find anything a comedian says funny and not the comedians job to improve their material when it falls flat? It seems like any time a comedian has their material criticised these days they complain about it instead of adapting. You can't just keep using the same formula forever and not expect it to get stale. Millennials overall don't respond to the boomer humor of "I hate my wife" for example.
The funniest thing those types ever say is suggesting young people these days have no sense of humor because all the groups they accuse of it are constantly joking about their own experiences and the state of the world. Hell jokes that would probably offend some of the older generations who are whining because their jokes aren't landing with newer generations. People want a better written joke than "haha fat." these days regardless of whether they think its offensive or not.
@@shadenox8164 first, my fault, I missed out on marking the quote properly. But otherwise no, we all need our snowflake opinions to be challenged. Comedians must not appease us, they must challenge us from all sides, like court jesters had to speak facts to their masters.
Honestly, If I had known myself more when I was watching The Nanny as a kid, I would probably have payed a bit more attention to the message (via Sylvia's weight jokes) that you can love food, and have it also be appreciation for actual good food, and learn moderation so it isn't unhealthy to love food. Something I did not actually pick up on until I was about 30 or so and watching re-runs.
You know i was just thinking somebody should do a video essay on the nanny. Went looking, there's nothing but this, well done
How come you dont have 10M subscribers?? this was an amazing forencic analysis of one of my favorite sitcoms. Amazing job!!!
I love these retrospectives…. I only wish there were a lot more! We needs ones on the following shows: Three’s Company, Will and Grace, Friends, Alice, I Love Lucy, 2 Broke Girls, Good Times, Family Matters, Big Bang Theory, oh I could make this list ALL DAY lol
Ooooh shit, The Nanny reruns freaking rocked growing up.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO DO THIS SERIES FOR YEARS. THANK YOU.
This, Roseanne & Family Matters back to back. Damn, what happened to Nick at Nite?
You can only hold that much power for so long.
I watched the whole 6 seasons of The Nanny and pretty agree with all the concepts you brought up in this video. Well done! 👏🏻👍🏻
Hi hello, I'm the person you made this video for. I've seen every episode 10 times (not hyperbole, I've been counting). Thank you for all your hard work
Babies are named after Fran & Max's respective grandparents, I believe
I can't believe you didn't talk more about the Russian version, as it plays into your talk about "How long can you do the will they/won't they".
For those that don't know the Russian version of The Nanny was SO beloved that their Sixth Season opens... to reveal Season 5 was a dream. The Maxwell character never proposed and they did all new original scripts, many of which were actually rejected scripts from The Nanny. Eventually the show DID end like the American on... only for it to get a 7th season that dealt with the death of the Sylvia character (her actress died in real life) and the Fran character's father moving in with the family.
While I've never seen it such a thing is an interesting "What If?" for The Nanny
In Sweden, this was so popular. Pretty sure a lot of people still rewatch it from time to time
Love these videos. Hopefully you can get to King Of Queens and ER
In the Italian edition they always found a way to justify with the dialogues all the Jewish references. Francesca (that's how she's called in Italian) had Jewish relatives (that's how they explained the Jewish wedding), tried Jewish experiences in her life for fun, but still was italian. In the Kibbutz episode she says that she escaped there with her jewish boyfriend. All the Jewish references in the dialogues were changed with references to italian culture (she is from Frosinone in our version). Also in the italian dub Sylvia (called Assunta in italian) and Yetta are both her aunts, it's implied that her mother is still in Italy. It's weird, but if you ask an Italian is very weird to discover that she is NOT italian in the original version.
"La tata" was very loved in Italy and still is part of our pop culture.
it’s such a random present when youtube gives you a video essay on something you love but is not the target of much conversation
Niles and Fran's friendship was the best part for me.
Yes, I've been waiting for José to tell the tale of Comrade Fran, the hero who brought Hollywood to it's knees. ✊
Thanks for this, my mother and sister and me loved this serie, we watched it with dinner throught the 90's. It was very wholesome and funny.
Finally the nanny! One of my favourite shows! Thank you for this recap. ❤
Can you do Cybill next? 😊
I was waiting for ages for The Nanny to appear on your channel!!
I grew up with The Nanny and I’ve always loved it. Looking back at it now, I think it was this show that made Judaism and Jewish culture feel like just another part of American life. It was normalized. I grew up in a very Christian area so I wasn’t exposed to this in my real life. I hope Fran Drescher knows what a positive impact she’s had on American culture.
I love The Nanny, I've seen it a million times. I highly recommend Hot in Cleveland if you like The Nanny. It does a lot of similar things like being aware its a show and deconstructing sitcom tropes in a fun way. Plus it stars former sitcom actors and they all start out as common sitcom female tropes.There are also a lot of guest stars from other sitcoms. Plus Betty White is apart of the main cast, if that doesnt convince you idk what would.
Great commentary as per usual José. Would absolutely love retrospectives on Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond and King of Queens. I can't imagine the amount of research you put into these videos and I sincerely appreciate it.
This was one of those shows I never specifically tuned into... but if it were on I'd watch it perfectly happily. Truth be told that us probably the way to get a long running show - be a show that can be watched here and there. But I have to say - I have always adored Fran Drescher. She's always nice to see onscreen because she us always the best thing there...
This was really well done. Thoroughly enjoyed, thank you!
Aah this was a fantastic video honoring a fantastic show! Thanks José
Very insightful. Always thrilled to see a new José retrospective of the shows I grew up watching. I always saw The Nanny as a contemporary I Love Lucy w/a modern sensibility. I don't think the show would exist w/out that blueprint.
Exactly the video I needed today! I realized watching these I've seen most of this show, didn't even know it.
the way i recently started watching The Nanny while thinking "damn, I'd kill for a José video about this"
what a lovely early christmas present
“While I don’t doubt the sexual power of Fran Drescher..” is an iconic Jose line.
I love your retrospectives i will tune in to every single one!!!
your retrospectives are incred
My favorite part of all your reviews will always will be mentioning the pets in the shows, it´s amazing how little it´s spoken about them when I´m sure they had a pretty big impact on ratings, otherwise not every show would have introduced a dog on their later seasons.
Also loved the Frasier pet reference!
This was so well put together I enjoyed it.
THE ORIGINAL FINALE HAPPENED ON THE EXACT DAY I WAS BORN OMFG
I love The Nanny! I even have my 10 month old watching it..she loves the theme song!!
Omg, stop being so sensitive. Sylvia loves food and is overweight. It’s ok and funny. Even nowadays. I’m overweight myself 😅
Am I hallucinating or is this a repost? Or maybe I watched it already and didn't realize haha
Great content as always!
Rachel Bloom would be an AMAZING Nanny. She should not only write the lyrics, but star in the show.