The Nanny (TV Series)

Sara's Parents (1998)

Fran Drescher: Fran Sheffield

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Quotes 

• Maxwell Sheffield : They think you're an unfit mother.

  Fran Sheffield : Unfit?! I'm in the best shape of my life.

• Fran Sheffield : [after Sarah's parents catch Fran flashing Maxwell]  Oh I am SO embarrassed!, but you know, she looked shocked but he gleamed at me a little.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Well I think I smoothed things over with them when I told them that my naked nanny in the living room was now my naked wife.

  Fran Sheffield : Oy, I just hope she didn't hurt her head when she fainted.

• Fran Sheffield : Who compares a wife to cheese?

• Fran Sheffield : Ma, I'm having a crisis, why don't you have anything sweet in the house?

  Sylvia Fine : I threw it all out. According to my weight chart, I should be 7 foot 1.

  Val Toriello : Why don't you try to solve your problems the way normal people do? Without food.

  Fran Sheffield : [looks at Sylvia]  You wanna try it?

• Niles : What have you cooked?

  Fran Sheffield : [picks up an almost empty pitcher]  Juice. Plus I managed to save three muffins that didn't burn.

  Niles : What about these with the icing on them?

  Fran Sheffield : Oh don't touch those, that's fire extinguisher foam.

• Sylvia Fine : His in-laws have money, when you have that much, you can find out anything about anybody.

  Fran Sheffield : Oh my God, what could they find out about me, Val? I did a lot of stupid things, does that mean I remember them all?

  Val Toriello : Well you did spend a night in jail, but they let you go once you proved it was just powdered sugar on your nostril.

  Fran Sheffield : Oh yeah.

  Val Toriello : And in high school you spent a lot of time in the principal's office, does that really mean you're responsible for his divorce?

  Fran Sheffield : That's enough, Val.

  Val Toriello : And remember the time you went to Alcapulco?

  Sylvia Fine : When were you in Alcapulco?

  Fran Sheffield : She means the restaurant, remember Ma, you sold the dip?

  Sylvia Fine : Oh yeah.

• Fran Sheffield : [about Sara's parents]  I just want everything to be so right. I mean, while they're here, I just want to come across as the perfect wife and mother.

  Maxwell Sheffield : And after they're gone?