The Nanny: The Complete Series [DVD]

"The Nanny named Fran" is the genius creation of Fran Drescher. Nobody else could play Fran Fine, the delightful sexy nanny that we have all grown to love and love more. She is sweet, not always the brightest thinker, very beautiful and sexy, has a nasely voice, looks great in the shortest colorful dresses ever, and a big heart of gold. If you do not fall madly in love with Fran Fine in the first episode, you are dead inside. If you do not laugh through every episode, you have no sense of humor of any kind. Fran Drescher may have been the main character, but the entire cast were equal as stars. Every cast member had memorable lines and center screen positions to give each one an equal shot at the spotlight. The show would not have been the same if any one of them had left the show. The Nanny was one of the few comedies done with intelligent humor that made sense and produce the funniest dialogue that TV has not shown us for many years. They don't make comedies like this anymore. I have to give a shout out to Shout Factory for their expert packaging of this series. Every disc is clean, Every episode is in crystal clear sharp picture with vivid color and perfect contrast. Every episode is in full Dolby Stereo 2.0 with the highest audio quality. The audiophile and videophile in me is very pleased with the DVD quality. The series was done in the old 480 line, 4 x 3 standard video and 2 channel stereo sound. And they were transferd to DVD so well that certain scenes come close to HD quality The packaging is also genius. Two seasons per DVD box. Three discs per season in a regular sized DVD case with 2 flip trays that hold and separate each disc from the others. Easy to access and they can not get scratches Three DVD cases holding all 6 seasons in one very nice and solid cardboard box sleeve. There is also a bonus disc with the making of the Nanny. Plus a full color booklet showing every episode title and a program description of each episode, with photos. You can not ask for a more professional packaging. Shout Factory should teach the other video producers how it is supposed to be done right. Thank you to Shout Factory for giving us the Nanny with such high quality standards. And thank you to Fran Drescher for her wonderful creation and warming our hearts for the original 6 years of the show. And now she will warm our hearts for many years to come thanks to Shout Factory.

I have been waiting for years for this compete set to come out. For years we only had the first 3 years of the show out on DVD. The Nanny is probably my favorite comedy show of all time. Before the show aired I happened to be at a Star Trek convention and saw Daniel Davis (played Moriarty on ST:TNG and Niles on The Nanny) and he said he was going to be doing a sitcom and asked that we watch it. I watched the first episode and fell in love. Fran Drescher is the funniest woman on television since Lucy. She does so many of the facial expressions that made Lucy so funny but with her own spin on it. The whole show's ensemble cast is so good. The casting department deserves a high five. While I loved the pairing of Mr. Sheffield and Fran I was just enamored with the possibility of Niles and CC becoming a couple. They hated each other so much and their quips and digs at each other had me in stitches. Niles and CC had so many great moments; from Niles dancing a la Tom Cruise in Risky Business to them waking up drunk on the sofa with Niles having lipstick all over his face and caught by Fran and Mr. Shefffield. Probably the one scene though that makes me laugh till I cry even now though is when Mr. Sheffield has surgery and Fran is thought to be a nurse and is ordered to shave his pelvic area. She can't get out of it so she has the can of shaving cream under the covers and it looks so risque. The crowning moment is when Niles walks in, looks at what's going on and says with a straight face, "Bucking for a raise?" Funniest thing EVER!! Buy this set of DVDs. You will have a such a great time watching and re watching this great show!

I just finished watching the entire set last night and it was absolutely fantastic. First off, the quality of the DVDs is amazing. The bonus DVD was awesome. It even features "A Nosh To a Remember" - the reunion at Fran's house. It is not mentioned in the advertising so it was a nice surprise. They are complete shows. I've been watching The Nanny on reruns on TV Land and you tube and of course portions of the shows were deleted to shorten the time. I had forgotten what the whole shows were like. With the original shows it now ties them in together better because you can definitely see the gaps on the reruns. I didn't have the first 3 seasons so this was a gift to myself and definitely with it. I pre-ordered from Charlie Shaughnessy's Amazon site so portions of the sale goes to the Diabetes Research (check out his website, it's great). I previously ordered The Nanny (before this was announced) from DVD Entertainment and was so disappointed. The quality was not good. It's like they just videotaped the shows and put on disc. It was about half the cost so you get what you pay for. As soon as I knew this was out I ordered and was not disappointed. You will not be disappointed by buying this!! If I have a complaint it is that in a couple of the shows the music is not the same, but it does not take away from,the show one bit. They inserted appropriate music. It's just that I knew what the music should have been. I asked Peter Marc Jacobson and he said it was probably because of music license issues. Maybe too because Sony did not put these out. What I like too is that they included the Season 3 Valentine's show "Love Is a Many Blundered Thing" that is never on reruns or you tube. And....on you tube the shows have muted parts which I never understood why. Now, everything is as the way it was shown on T V. It's so sad the show had to end but Peter and Fran explain why on the bonus feature. The packaging is great, the DVDs are packaged great, there's a booklet that explains each episode with pictures if the shows. Shout did a great job and I would definitely buy from them again.

Finally we have the complete set of this great show. This is one of the best put together box sets I've ever seen. The quality is great, the discs and transfers of the episodes as well as the sound quality are all perfect. All the episodes are full length and unedited, which was awesome, there were some moments we had never seen before. The packaging is fantastic, if you've ever bought a complete series box set before than you know that sometimes the packaging can really suck. Sometimes it can scratch the discs, sometimes it won't sit on the shelf right and end up getting damaged, I'm sure you all have your own horror stories when it comes to this subject. The packaging for this is not like that. The seasons come in modified regular DVD cases, two seasons for each case, all the discs have their own spaces. And all three seasons cases and the bonus disc as well as the small booklet are held in this great really thick cardboard box that's pretty much perfect and it's the size of regular DVDs. I know first hand that it can stand to be dropped a few times with no damage. When it comes to special features, while there's a bonus disc, there's still not a lot. They got Fran Drescher to do some episode commentaries, it's only on three episodes though all of which are in the first season. I wish she had done some more on episodes from other seasons. The bonus disc does indeed have the Nanny Reunion A Nosh to Remember special, oddly enough as a bonus on the bonus disc. Along with three behind the scenes features. It's nice to have the special even though Daniel Davis isn't in it. The features shed some light on what went on behind the scenes and how the series was picked up by CBS. This is a great investment if you love this show, and I completely recommend getting this.

The Nanny was a great show. It's also a product of its time. It was video taped in SD, so the best transfers will still look like they were video taped in SD. The picture quality is the same as most shows taped during this time. I picked this DVD set up at a great sale price and am happy so far with the purchase. There is one DVD with some bonus material. The other discs are strictly the show and offer no bonus materials aside from a handful of audio commentaries. If you are a fan, you won't be disappointed.

Love this series

This feels like a new entry into the classic t.v. sitcom. Fran shines in this series. I'm not usually into romance, but every now and then, it's nice to follow a character who just wants to fall in love and be loved. The sad part of this series, is that it contains the type of idealized fantasy that doesn't really happen in real life, but maybe that's why it was popular. Fran, who may have been unskilled, lazy, and self-centered, did get away with murder, but was the kind of character with a lot of warmth and heart. On a practical note, I feel like I got my money's worth. There is a lot of episodes to go through, and I felt like there was a large re-watchability factor to this show, so the price I got this box set at, felt fair for how many times I watch it. If one wants to get lost in some clever comedy, a charming cast, and a fun leading lady, this show is for you.

I had been waiting months for this to be released and ordered it right away! It's a great show, with great jokes, and anyone that puts the actors down for their performance in this television show has clearly never watched a 90's sitcom in their lives. It's no worse than the acting in Full House. The bonus disc does include "A Nosh to Remember", which wasn't really what I expected it to be, but it's still worth a watch, it was nice to see all of the actors together again (except for Daniel Davis :( ) . Fran Drescher is a role model for me, possibly because she reminds me a little of my deceased mother who was raised in Brooklyn (and eventually went on to live in a two story house on Long Island ;) - although not Great Neck). Definitely worth the purchase, I would recommend this set to anyone who likes sitcoms or Fran. It arrived as expected, right on time with no damage and great packaging. The quality was not updated for the DVD release, it was the same quality that you would expect from the 90's, but much better quality than YouTube.