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* Niles tricking CC into singing the "Popeye" theme like Popeye.

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* Niles tricking CC into singing the "Popeye" theme like Popeye.Popeye.
* A very cute little scene from "A Star is Unborn":
-->'''Fran''': ''(to Niles, since she and Mr. Sheffield aren't speaking)'' Well, you can tell Mr. Sheffield that I am a grown woman and can seek fulfillment anyway I wish and that he is a doodiehead. ''(exits the room)''
-->'''Niles''': ''(deadpan)'' To summarize, sir...you are a doodiehead.
-->'''Maxwell''': ''(disgruntled)'' That's the part you choose to repeat?
-->'''Niles''': Translator's prerogative.
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-->(''Gracie leaves'')

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-->(''Gracie leaves'')leaves'')
* Niles tricking CC into singing the "Popeye" theme like Popeye.
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** Int end, after getting cleared:

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** Int In the end, after getting cleared:
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-->'''Fran: (''Getting home with the baby'') Niles, do we have any old nipples around the house?

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-->'''Fran: (''Getting -->'''Fran:''' (''getting home with the baby'') Niles, do we have any old nipples around the house?
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-->'''Maxwell:''' I was just thinking before I hired you I never had the need for an emergency transvestite.

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-->'''Maxwell:''' I was just thinking before I hired you I never had the need for an emergency transvestite.transvestite.
* In "The Nanny Napper", Fran gets accused of kidnapping an infant in the subway after volunteering to hold it for the mother, only to get separated.
-->'''Fran: (''Getting home with the baby'') Niles, do we have any old nipples around the house?
-->(''the door opens and C.C. comes in'')
-->'''C.C.:''' Hello, hello!
-->(''Niles just bites his coat'')
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-->'''Fran:''' (''finding Gracie eating ice cream'') Oh my, would you look at this mess?
-->'''Gracie:''' I'm binging. I'm a little depressed about giving back the baby.
-->'''Fran:''' Aw, well, sweetie, we had to give him back, he wasn't ours.
-->'''Maxwell:''' That's right, he didn't belong to our family.
-->'''Gracie:''' Then why don't you two make a baby?
-->'''Fran:''' Take it away, Mr. Sheffield...
-->'''Maxwell:''' Well, um, we would have to be, you know, you have to be married first.
-->'''Fran:''' Oh, right, married...
-->'''Maxwell:''' There has to be an engagement...
-->'''Fran:''' I'd want a big ring, a party, don't ask...
-->'''Gracie:''' Then why don't you two get married?
-->'''Maxwell:''' (''to Fran'') I took the last one.
-->'''Fran:''' Thanks. Well, you have to be in love with the person.
-->'''Gracie:''' (''to Maxwell'') Don't you love Fran?
-->'''Fran:''' Yeah, don't you love Fran?
-->'''Maxwell:''' Well, in a Nanny-friend-boss type of way...
-->'''Fran:''' Yeah, and I love your father in a "Thanks a lot, you British cold fish" type of way.
-->'''Gracie:''' But you could have a baby and get married if you wanted to?
-->'''Fran:''' Well, uh, we'd have to be best friends to see if we can live together and, of course, there'd have to be a very strong physical attraction... Would you go to bed?!
-->(''Gracie leaves'')
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* The episode after Fran and Maxwell get engaged features a classic Niles prank. He sends two tap dancers to CC's apartment and they sing this little gem. "Fran and Maxwell are engaged/It looks like you're a loser/She'll be happy all her days/And you'll become a boozer" before they dance off. The twitch Lauren Lane does at the end of the scene only adds to the moment. This troper fell out of his chair laughing when he saw this scene.

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* The episode after Fran and Maxwell get engaged features a classic Niles prank. He sends two tap dancers to CC's apartment and they sing this little gem. gem (to the tune of "Yankee Doodle"): "Fran and Maxwell are engaged/It engaged / It looks like you're a loser/She'll loser / She'll be happy all her days/And days / And you'll become a boozer" before they dance off. The twitch Lauren Lane does at the end of the scene only adds to the moment. This troper fell out of his chair laughing when he saw this scene.



--->'''Fran:''' (''in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]]'') You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passages! (''beat'') I like it! I wonder how long it's (''switches back to her real voice'') going to last. Oh ('''shrugs''')

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--->'''Fran:''' -->'''Fran:''' (''in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]]'') You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passages! (''beat'') I like it! I wonder how long it's (''switches back to her real voice'') going to last. Oh ('''shrugs''')



--->'''Maxwell:''' I was just thinking befire I hired you I never had the need for an emergency transvestite.

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--->'''Maxwell:''' -->'''Maxwell:''' I was just thinking befire before I hired you I never had the need for an emergency transvestite.
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** And C.C.'s reaction when she processes what really happened.
-->'''C.C.:''' The things I said! The things he... you know he's got quite a vocabulary for a fifteen year old.

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** It was the longest period of StudioAudience laughter in the show's entire run. What makes the scene hysterical is Niles' reaction: [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "Bucking for a raise?"]]

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** It was the longest period of StudioAudience studio audience laughter in the show's entire run. What makes the scene hysterical is Niles' reaction: [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "Bucking for a raise?"]]



---> '''[[ThatsWhatSheSaid Niles: Was it bad for you as it was for me?]]'''

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---> '''[[ThatsWhatSheSaid Niles: -->'''Niles:''' [[ThatsWhatSheSaid Was it bad for you as it was for me?]]'''me?]]



-->'''Fran''': ''(with the dress over her head)'' Oh, Mr. Sheffield, I'm so hot!
-->'''Maxwell''': Don't worry, Miss Fine, we'll get it on! I can't do this: get on the bed! ''(He tosses her on the bed and takes the dress off and then sees Niles in the door way grinning)''
-->'''Niles''': If you let me tell Ms. Babcock about this, I'll work free for a year.

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-->'''Fran''': ''(with -->'''Fran:''' (''with the dress over her head)'' head'') Oh, Mr. Sheffield, I'm so hot!
-->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' Don't worry, Miss Fine, we'll get it on! I can't do this: get on the bed! ''(He (''He tosses her on the bed and takes the dress off and then sees Niles in the door way grinning)''
-->'''Niles''':
grinning'')
-->'''Niles:'''
If you let me tell Ms. Babcock about this, I'll work free for a year.



-->'''Fran''': Well, you can return this. It's what I was going to wear on our honeymoon night.
-->'''Maxwell''': There's nothing in here but lip gloss...''(He pauses as he gets it)''
-->'''Fran''': ''(She smiles and winks)'' Suffer.

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-->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' Well, you can return this. It's what I was going to wear on our honeymoon night.
-->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' There's nothing in here but lip gloss...''(He (''He pauses as he gets it)''
-->'''Fran''': ''(She
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-->'''Fran:''' (''She
smiles and winks)'' winks'') Suffer.



-->'''Maxwell''': How about I be your new best friend? What would you two normally do together?
-->'''Fran''': Uh...make out? ''(flirty smile)''

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-->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' How about I be your new best friend? What would you two normally do together?
-->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' Uh...make out? ''(flirty smile)''(''flirty smile'')



-->'''Maxwell''': The truth is that I hired you.
-->'''Fran''': ''(gasps)'' I'm a ''hooker''?! ''(Beat)'' Well, that explains my shoes...

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-->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' The truth is that I hired you.
-->'''Fran''': ''(gasps)'' -->'''Fran:''' (''gasps'') I'm a ''hooker''?! ''(Beat)'' Well, that explains my shoes...



-->'''Fran''': You're ''gay''? OH THANK GOD! ''(she hugs her and then stops when she thinks about how that sounds)'' Um...I'm letting go and you're not. Why?
-->'''Agent''': Aren't you gay too?
-->'''Fran''': No.
-->'''Agent''': Well, I just thought since you're over 30 and you're unmarried...
-->'''Fran''': Oh, no. I'm not gay. I'm just pathetic!
* The scene in "Green Card" where Filipe hits on C.C. Everything from " 'Allo, Ca-Ca!" to "Did Ca-Ca do a no-no in the kitchen?!"

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-->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' You're ''gay''? OH THANK GOD! ''(she hugs her and then stops when she thinks about how that sounds)'' Um...I'm letting go and you're not. Why?
-->'''Agent''': -->'''Agent:''' Aren't you gay too?
-->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' No.
-->'''Agent''': -->'''Agent:''' Well, I just thought since you're over 30 and you're unmarried...
-->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Oh, no. I'm not gay. I'm just pathetic!
pathetic!]]
** This scene in "Oy Vey, You're Gay" where the PR agent has Maxwell walk up the stairs in a new wardrobe:
-->'''Niles:''' Did you see how many holes he has in his jeans?
-->'''Fran & C.C.:''' (''longingly'') Twelve.
* The scene in "Green Card" where Filipe hits on C.C. Everything from " 'Allo, "'Allo, Ca-Ca!" to "Did Ca-Ca do a no-no in the kitchen?!"



* This scene in "Oy Vey, You're Gay" where Maxwell hires a lovely PR agent and walks up the stairs in a new wardrobe:
-->'''Niles''': Did you see how many holes he has in his jeans?
-->'''Fran & C.C.''': ''(longingly)'' Twelve.



--->'''Maxwell''': Don't swallow, or it will kill you.
--->'''Fran''': [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You mean my mother was right?!]]

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--->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' Don't swallow, or it will kill you.
--->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You mean my mother was right?!]]



--->'''Fran''': Oh my God. I've moved in with ForrestGump!

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--->'''Fran''': --->'''Fran:''' Oh my God. I've moved in with ForrestGump!



--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passages! (beat) I like it! I wonder how long it's ''(switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''
* '''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?

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--->'''Fran(in --->'''Fran:''' (''in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That voice]]'') You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passages! (beat) (''beat'') I like it! I wonder how long it's ''(switches (''switches back to her real voice)'' voice'') going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''
('''shrugs''')
* '''Yetta''': '''Yetta:''' Wait, who's purse is this?



-->'''Maxwell''': The manuscript was in Fran's purse.
-->'''C.C.''': I'll '''KILL''' you! (She grabs a pillow and tries to smother Fran on the couch)
-->'''Niles''': Sir, aren't you going to stop her?
-->'''Maxwell''': (watching passively) Yes.

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-->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' The manuscript was in Fran's purse.
-->'''C.C.''': :''' I'll '''KILL''' you! (She grabs a pillow and tries to smother Fran on the couch)
-->'''Niles''': -->'''Niles:''' Sir, aren't you going to stop her?
-->'''Maxwell''': -->'''Maxwell:''' (watching passively) Yes.



-->'''Fran''': Sorry that I had to get tough with you, but you had to learn!

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-->'''Fran''': -->'''Fran:''' Sorry that I had to get tough with you, but you had to learn!
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-->'''Maxwell:''' When was the last time he passed for Cher, ''Sea World''?!

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-->'''Maxwell:''' When was the last time he passed for Cher, ''Sea World''?!World''?!
** And before his appearence;
--->'''Maxwell:''' I was just thinking befire I hired you I never had the need for an emergency transvestite.

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-->'''Maxwell''': Don't worry, Miss Fine, we'll get it on! ''(He tosses her on the bed and takes the dress off and then sees Niles in the door way grinning)''
-->'''Niles''': If you let me tell Ms. Babcock, I'll work free for a year.

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-->'''Maxwell''': Don't worry, Miss Fine, we'll get it on! I can't do this: get on the bed! ''(He tosses her on the bed and takes the dress off and then sees Niles in the door way grinning)''
-->'''Niles''': If you let me tell Ms. Babcock, Babcock about this, I'll work free for a year.



-->'''Maxwell''': There's nothing but lip gloss in here...''(He pauses as he gets it)''

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-->'''Maxwell''': There's nothing in here but lip gloss in here...gloss...''(He pauses as he gets it)''



-->'''Fran''': ''(gasps)'' I'm a ''hooker''?! ''(Beat)'' Well, that does explain my shoes...

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-->'''Fran''': ''(gasps)'' I'm a ''hooker''?! ''(Beat)'' Well, that does explain explains my shoes...



* At least once per episode, but some are exceptionally noteworthy. For instance, "A Close Shave" when Niles catches Fran (who had been substituting for Maggie at a hospital as a candy stripper) about to shave Mr. Sheffield for surgery. And we ain't talking about his ''face''.
* The funniest part of the above scene, to me, is watching Daniel Davis's face, as he tries to stay in-character and not burst out laughing.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYcix0P224 Marvin Nathan's drag performance]] as {{Cher}}, full stop.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYcix0P224 Marvin Nathan's drag performance]] as {{Cher}}, full stop.stop.
-->'''Maxwell:''' When was the last time he passed for Cher, ''Sea World''?!
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-->'''Fran''': Sorry that I had to get tough with you, but you had to learn!

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-->'''Fran''': Sorry that I had to get tough with you, but you had to learn!learn!
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYcix0P224 Marvin Nathan's drag performance]] as {{Cher}}, full stop.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KnI7wfdusM You realize, of course, now I'm going to have to kill you.]]

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KnI7wfdusM You realize, of course, now I'm going to have to kill you.]]]]
* In "A Kiss is Just a Kiss", Mr. Sheffield doubts Fran's "kissing prowess", so she proves him wrong right there on the couch, inducing a PostKissCatatonia for Mr. Sheffield and dispatching him with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome one awesome quote]]:
-->'''Fran''': Sorry that I had to get tough with you, but you had to learn!
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* '''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?

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* '''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?this?
* At least once per episode, but some are exceptionally noteworthy. For instance, "A Close Shave" when Niles catches Fran (who had been substituting for Maggie at a hospital as a candy stripper) about to shave Mr. Sheffield for surgery. And we ain't talking about his ''face''.
* The funniest part of the above scene, to me, is watching Daniel Davis's face, as he tries to stay in-character and not burst out laughing.
* In "Fran Gets Mugged":
-->'''Maxwell''': The manuscript was in Fran's purse.
-->'''C.C.''': I'll '''KILL''' you! (She grabs a pillow and tries to smother Fran on the couch)
-->'''Niles''': Sir, aren't you going to stop her?
-->'''Maxwell''': (watching passively) Yes.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KnI7wfdusM You realize, of course, now I'm going to have to kill you.]]
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** Fran's reaction makes it all the more funnier:
--->'''Fran''': Oh my God. I've moved in with ForrestGump!
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** Oh But it get's better:This is how she found out they got engaged. How do we know this? When Maxwell comptemplated how to break it to C.C. Niles smugly anoucned he'd taken care of it and... well you know the rest. Hehheheheheh.

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** Oh But Oh, but it get's better:This is how she found out they got engaged. How do we know this? gets better. When Maxwell comptemplated contemplated how to break it to C.C. , Niles smugly anoucned announced he'd taken care of it and... well you know the rest. Hehheheheheh.
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**Oh But it get's better:This is how she found out they got engaged. How do we know this? When Maxwell comptemplated how to break it to C.C. Niles smugly anoucned he'd taken care of it and... well you know the rest. Hehheheheheh.
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (beat) I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! passages! (beat) I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches ''(switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''
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* -->'''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?

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* -->'''Yetta''': *'''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?
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* --->'''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?

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* --->'''Yetta''': *-->'''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (beat) I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (beat) I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''''(shrugs)''
*--->'''Yetta''': Wait, who's purse is this?
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (''[[{Beat}]]'') I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (''[[{Beat}]]'') (beat) I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (''[[{{Beat}}]]'') I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passage! (''[[{{Beat}}]]'') (''[[{Beat}]]'') I like it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passeges. I like it. I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passeges. passage! (''[[{{Beat}}]]'') I like it. it! I wonder how long it's ''switches back to her real voice)'' going to last. Oh ''(shrugs)''
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal accent)''': You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passeges. I like it. I wonder how long it's (switches back to her real voice) it's going to last. (shrugs)

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal accent)''': You know, that and [[AudioErotica deeper voice]])''': Wow! That mustard REALLY clears up the nasal passeges. I like it. I wonder how long it's (switches ''switches back to her real voice) it's voice)'' going to last. (shrugs)Oh ''(shrugs)''
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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal accent)''': You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the sinuses.

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--->'''Fran(in a completely normal accent)''': You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the sinuses.nasal passeges. I like it. I wonder how long it's (switches back to her real voice) it's going to last. (shrugs)

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* In one episode Val and Fran move into an apartment together. Fran spots a cockroach and tells Val to "Take off your shoe and kill it". So she takes off her shoe and stomps her bare feet on the cockroach.

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**Also in that episode, Fran has to get the poison out of Maxwell by sucking it out.
--->'''Maxwell''': Don't swallow, or it will kill you.
--->'''Fran''': [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You mean my mother was right?!]]
* In one episode Val and Fran move into an apartment together. Fran spots a cockroach and tells Val to "Take off your shoe and kill it". So she takes off her shoe and stomps her bare feet on the cockroach.cockroach.
* When Fran mistakes wasabi for mustard. She piles it on her sushi, and you slowly see her eyes getting wider, until she falls over.
--->'''Fran(in a completely normal accent)''': You know, that mustard REALLY clears up the sinuses.
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-->'''Fran:''' [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]

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-->'''Fran:''' [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]
*In one episode Val and Fran move into an apartment together. Fran spots a cockroach and tells Val to "Take off your shoe and kill it". So she takes off her shoe and stomps her bare feet on the cockroach.
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---> '''[[ThatsWhatSheSaid Niles: Was it bad for you as it was for me?]]'''

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** It was the longest period of StudioAudience laughter in the show's entire run. What makes the scene hysterical is Niles' reaction: "Bucking for a raise?"

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** It was the longest period of StudioAudience laughter in the show's entire run. What makes the scene hysterical is Niles' reaction: [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "Bucking for a raise?"raise?"]]



* The episode "The Fifth Wheel" when Fran and C.C. give up men after C.C. discovers the man she was talking to online was really Brighton.

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* The episode "The Fifth Wheel" when Fran and C.C. give up men after C.C. discovers the man she was talking to online was really Brighton.Brighton.
* In "Honeymoon's Overboard", Fran and Maxwell are stranded on a deserted island as something appears to sting him:
-->'''Maxwell:''' I can't feel anything in half my body.
-->'''Fran:''' Which half?
-->'''Maxwell:''' The lower half.
-->'''Fran:''' [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]

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