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List Price: $24.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 365
Released: July 12, 2005 |
| Our Price: $9.50 |
| Used Price: $9.28 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, Madeline Zima, and Renee Taylor star in this hilarious sitcom about the nanny with the face from Vogue and the voice from Queens. This DVD collection includes all 24 episodes from the first season of this hilarious show. Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a diva down-on-her-luck who finds herself hired for a job she never even applied for! Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with the blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, comedy is red hot!
Description of The Nanny - The Complete First Season:
Sony brings to DVD the first season of this one-of-a-kind sitcom starring Fran Drescher as the warm-hearted, nasal-voiced nanny from Queens who lands a job caring for three children of a wealthy, widowed Broadway producer from Manhattan. During the show’s six-year run (1993-1999), Drescher dazzles as Fran Fine in a role she created and developed (as writer and producer in several episodes) and obviously relishes, whether she’s flirting, whining, sparring, or showcasing her sensational wardrobe. The three-disc collection features 22 episodes beginning with "The Pilot," when Fran knocks on the Sheffield’s door and is mistakenly hired as their new nanny, establishing the show’s shtick of "blue collar meets blue blood." Immediate chemistry between Nanny Fine and Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy, "Days of Our Lives") fuels the storylines while the sarcastic repartee of Sheffield’s assistant, C.C. Babcock (Lauren Lane) and Niles the Butler (Daniel Davis) further ignites the entertainment. Season highlights include "The Butler, the Husband, the Wife, and Her Mother," when the family enters a parallel universe in a hilarious turn of events; and "Imaginary Friend," the season’s turning point where Drescher’s physical comedy (inspired by Lucille Ball) is given free reign. Celebrity guests include Carol Channing, Cloris Leachman, and Patti LaBelle (in the finale). Don’t miss the bonus material: a heartwarming "making-of" retrospective with the cast, and Drescher’s audio commentary during "I Don’t Remember Mama." Mild profanity and sexual innuendo. (Ages 12 and older) --Lynn Gibson
The Nanny - The Complete First Season Reviews:
hilarious, a must have 
2009-12-21 - I love the nanny and was so happy to receive this dvd in perfect condition and expediently from the seller. If you can get past Fran Drescher's character's voice, the episodes are really cleverly written and very funny. I would recommend this dvd to anyone. As one can guess from the title, the episodes are about a woman who nanny's a rich Broadway producer's children. The character's are all so quirky and hysterical. Please watch and enjoy.
Just as funny as I remember
2009-08-17 - I remember watching The Nanny when I was much younger (a little too young to get all of the jokes, I now realize...). Recently, I'd been catching bits and pieces of it on Nick at Nite (which makes me feel pretty old). When I looked up the season set on Amazon, I couldn't believe the ridiculously low price, so I bit.
The show suffers from the problem all shows have, working through the first couple of episodes--introducing characters and plot, finding its voice. But it is a very quick affliction. By episode three or so, the show was great. I found myself laughing out loud. The writing is wonderful, and the cast has good chemistry.
I am pleased to see this show on DVD, and am back to pick up the second season.
funniest, witty and heart-warming
2009-06-09 - The Nanny is the funniest of all comedies for me. The humor is so much witty, unique, original and heart-warming. It's a classic story about a low class woman falling into the lives of a rich elite family. The twists to this classic story makes it very hilarious and exciting - the "Queens/Jewish" cultural background of the nanny, the Broadway musical career of the producer widowed father, the wittiness of the repressed butler and the outrageous wickedness of the producer's assistant that always gets overthrown by the butler.
The audio commentary of Fran Drescher on season 1 episodes gives small interesting trivias to the tv show. It proves that this was not just a regular tv show project but was very near and dear to Fran in real life, because of how much she and her team brought into it from who she is, her family and close friends.
I cannot wait for the whole tv series to be completed in DVD. To Sony Pictures, please make the succeeding dvd seasons more exciting with additional special features.
The Nanny- Non Stop Laughter
2008-10-25 - From this sitcoms very first episode, the series was filled with laughter, love, and emotion. Great entertainment for the entire family guaranteed to keep a smile on your face throughout every episode! A great series to own so that you can watch it for years to come! Wish that they would hurry up already and put out the remaining seasons for fans to purchase!
Incomplete Languages 
2008-10-07 - I think is great to have The Nanny on DVD, but in the info says that has two languages: English and Yiddish and it only came in English. One of the reason that I bought this product was because it supposly came in Yiddish.
