The Nanny o The babysitter tells the story of Fran Fine. She is a very outgoing and charismatic working class woman, Jewish and raised in the New York area of QueensNew York, which defines part of his identity.
Very coincidentally, she gets a job as a babysitter in the house of Maxwell Sheffielda millionaire man, very refined, widowed with three children.
Fine In a very short time, the family dynamic changes and energizes this sitcom that was an icon of the 90s.
Among so many peculiarities of the program, it cannot be overlooked, as a text on the site The Nanny Wiki /Fandom says, that the program takes part of its inspiration from personal anecdotes and experiences of FR DRANT -protagonist, and also creator, producer and co-writer with Peter Marc Jacobsonwho was then her husband.
Fran Drescher took several elements from her own life for the script of the sitcom The Babysitter.One of the main points in common between fiction and reality, the Cultura Colectiva note points out, is that the character’s parents have the same names as those of the actress, Sylvia y Morty.
Besides, Drescher y Fine They are originally from Queens and are of Jewish descent.
“I was the first Jewish actress to star in a primetime series, with an openly Jewish character since 1948 – when Gertrude Berg starred The Goldbergs,” he emphasized in a note, as a reminder of Cultura Colectiva.
The Babysitter is one of the iconic shows of the 90s.Furthermore, beyond religion, he portrayed the lifestyle, tastes and dreams of the working classes of this area famous for its ethnic diversity.
“We feel with Peter -by Peter Marc Jacobsonthe co-author – who Fran Fine “It had to reflect many of my experiences and all the rich and wonderful characters I grew up with,” he concluded. Drescher in the note.
Inspiration and chance, unexpected
The Nanny TV Fandom site summarized that Drescher coincidentally coincided on a plane trip with the then president of CBS Corporation.
Drescher convinced him to set up a meeting to present a project with Jacobson. “The reality is that we didn’t have the slightest idea what to propose,” he acknowledged.
But precisely on that trip he was in the house of the legendary model Twiggythe iconic 70s model and friend of hers. One day he took the model’s daughter, who was eleven years old, for a walk around the city.
Fran Drescher received a star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame for the sitcom The Babysitter Photo REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni.At one point, the girl complained because the shoes were hurting her heels. She thought, «My God, I hope she doesn’t want me to take her home, because I want to keep walking. So I told her to step on the back of the shoes. She asked me, ‘Won’t that break them?’ I said, ‘Break them!’
The scene led her to think about a series about a babysitter who really doesn’t know how to take care of children and gives them advice that benefits her more than the little ones.
That was the germ of the sitcom The Nannywhich It had 6 seasons, released between 1993 and 1999. In addition, it was broadcast in more than 90 countries and had local adaptations in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Spain, among other places.
