It was a celebration of all things Jewish, and yet it was relatable to any one of any culture. The storylines were typical fish-out-of-water stuff, as streetwise Fran mistakenly caused near catastrophe, but with quick thinking and the help of guest celebrity is able to save the day in style. There was also a crazy funny performance by Dick Van Dyke, Show vet Ann Guilbert as slightly dotty grandma Yetta. Even though she lives amongst upper crust, Queens Jewish life always follows Fran around, mostly in form of her dim best friend Val, her loud, boisterous mother and father. Niles regularly stole scenes from his more demonstrative co-stars. As Niles, Daniel Davis was this Show secret weapon, creating one of the most deadpan hilarious characters of 90s television. Sheffields snooty assistant CC and Sheffields crusty butler Niles. Therefore, Fran moves in amongst upper crust, sharing a to-die-for mansion with family as well as Mr. Making that even better, they are kids of gorgeous and rich Broadway musical producer Maxwell Sheffield. Fran Fine was a flashy girl from Flushing, queen-big hair, tight clothes, nasal voice, working class Jewish attitudes-who through completely ridiculous set of situations that could never occur in real life, became a nanny for three neurotic children. And yet Nanny was as simple as simple can be: old sitcom standby storyline of person who has no business bringing up small children suddenly landing into care-giving position. Still, even with those later, less-rewarding episodes, this box set is a multitude of riches. You may just want to skim over the last couple of seasons. The first season alone still has as many laughs as just about any sitcom made in the 1990s. Okay, towards the end, the show gets long in teeth and they finally succumb to the will-they-or-wont-they trap that has killed so many sitcoms, but for the first few seasons at least, Nanny was a perfect storm of actress and role. It most certainly ages better than Friends or Frasier or draw Carey Show or Mad About You. When it was hitting on all cylinders, Nanny was fun than just about any other network sitcom on television in the 1990s, with the exception of Seinfeld. Its hard to remember now, with all the years of reruns, jokes about Fran Dreschers voice, Beautician and Beast, oddball tabloid stories, Happily divorce and inevitable marching on of time, but for the brief white hot pop culture period, Nanny was by far one of the funniest shows on television.
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