The Nanny (TV Series)

Franny and the Professor (1995)

Fran Drescher: Fran Fine

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Quotes 

• Brighton Sheffield : [testing Fran's TV knowledge]  Channel 29, what follows "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir"?

  Fran Fine : That would be "Family Affair", the episode where Mr. French accidentally drops Mrs. Beasley off the terrace, followed by "The Munsters" with Marilyn Number 2, followed by "Bewitched" with Darrin Number 1 but Mrs. Kravitz Number 2.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Bravo, Miss Fine. You seem to know more about sixties television than most people your age have forgotten.

  Fran Fine : Well, are you calling me old or just stupid?

  Maxwell Sheffield : You have a childlike quality that I find absolutely charming.

  Fran Fine : [to Niles]  Childlike?

  Niles : [translating]  Just stupid.

• Fran Fine : It's nice to have a man around who notices my inane intelligence.

• Fran Fine : Remember when I first moved here and you asked me, "Where was the Cabernet?", and what did I say?

  Maxwell Sheffield : Next to Cabin B.

• Alex Trebek : [during Final Jeopardy]  Fran?

  Fran Fine : Well, my mother and I were on our way to Israel on El Al, and who was sitting next to us but Diana Kind, a.k.a. Barbara Streisand's mother, in *coach* - they got a lot of unresolved issues, those two - on her way to see the pyramids in Giza...

  Alex Trebek : So your response is Giza?

  Fran Fine : No, Mr. In-a-Hurry. But talking about Streisand and Egypt reminded me of Omar Sharif who, according to my Funny Girl trivia book, was *not* the first actor cast in the role of Nicky Arnstein, but was born in...

  Alex Trebek : MISS FINE!

  Fran Fine : [shouting]  What is Alexandria?

  Alex Trebek : [shocked]  That's right.