Now, Saeed, I want to ask you what grabbed you about it when you started watching it now? HOLMES: The show was famous for Drescher's bold performance and also for her outstanding wardrobe, which was established in the first few years by costume designer Brenda Cooper. If you're guessing there is sexual tension between Maxwell and Fran, you have definitely seen television before. Rounding out the main cast are Daniel Davis as the butler, Niles, and Lauren Lane as Maxwell's icy business partner C.C. He hires her to take care of his kids - teenager Maggie, played by Nicholle Tom, wiseacre middle child Brighton, played by Benjamin Salisbury, and extremely serious little Grace, played by Madeline Zima. While she's on her rounds, she meets Maxwell Sheffield, a wealthy widower and Broadway producer played by Charles Shaughnessy. Fran loses her job and gets dumped by her boyfriend, so she winds up selling makeup door to door. So I'm so glad you could.įor anyone who is not familiar with the premise because they have not heard the iconic theme song written and performed by Ann Hampton Callaway, here are the basics. Talking about "The Nanny." And I knew that we had to get you to come and talk to me about it. HOLMES: You, like me, have been diving into "The Nanny".
HOLMES: You know, sometimes there's only one guest that can possibly join you for a particular conversation. With me from his home in Columbus is Saeed Jones, author of the memoir "How We Fight For Our Lives." Welcome. And today we're revisiting "The Nanny" and taking your questions on today's episode of POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR from NPR.
And what that means is that a comedy that spent years a little under the radar has roared back into the public conversation.
More than 20 years after it ended, the show has made it to a major streaming service. HOLMES: "The Nanny," starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, nanny to the wealthy Sheffield family, originally ran from 1993 to 1999. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE NANNY NAMED FRAN")ĪNN HAMPTON CALLAWAY: (Singing) She had style. She was working at a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens, and now she's on HBO Max.
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