My dear Sylvia was the main reason I started watching the show back in the 90s...my happiest times are when she comes up in a Nanny episode!! Renee is just magical
Family is about love, not DNA tests. It was so lovely to see Fran’s “fake” mom show her so much compassion and kindness even though they turned out not to be related. :) And of course, that raisin kugel helped! :p
@Logia SD I think the episode "Immaculate Concepion" proves Fran's true good nature. When it turns out that Maxwell's father is leaving his entire estate to a love child named Concepion no one knew about, all of the Sheffields, plus Sylvia, are upset about losing the money and call her cruel names, but Fran tries to remind them that they shouldn't be selfish. Sylvia forces Fran to go to Concepion and try to get the inheritance, but Fran instead recognizes that Concepion had a really difficult life and treats her with kindness and respect instead. Fran truly sees the good in EVERYONE, rich or poor. :D I think we should all be a little more like Fran (it would certainly help me with my fashion sense!).
@N why? I do not think that is the case, and I speak from my experience as a gay man. Thankfully, my own family was extremely accepting and loving when I came out, but oh, there are so many stories...parents who turn their own children out of the house, siblings who act like they're not related...I have a friend who's been happily married for eight years, and his parents absolutely refuse to meet his husband just because he's a man. DNA can be important, but it's no guarantee of unconditional love. To anyone watching this video who feels distanced or exiled by their own family--I hope that you will find a true family of love someday! :D
I never saw that episode, but I love it. I’m glad they “went there” in a funny and respectful way. This show doesn’t get enough credit for being ahead of its time.
I love how Sylvia always turns the situation into her own favor! (she says the fake mother can't be Fran's mother because she's black and at the end, that doctors make mistakes...) 🤣🤣
@@cristianfernandezrodriguez9077 yeah she was also on gimme me a break. That's why the audience clapped her. She was known for those things when she came on the nanny.
@MaryamMure Rachel is played by Telma Hopkins one half of Dawn from Tony Orlando and Dawn. Another claim to fame is backup singer who said "Shut your mouth" on Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft".
I’ve always wondered if the brothers were happy that she wasn’t related to them after the call or were they in fact lying about the DNA test results and covering up the fact that Fran is half black? This scene is ambiguous
@@anniehovsepian6173 Technically we also don’t know who was on the phone, if someone was even on the phone… Unless they also got the physical paperwork, but technically they could have forged that as well…
So if Fran was "switched" at birth then where is the other daughter? Unless its one of the sons but I don't see how you can get a boy and girl mixed up in the hospital?
Her "birth" mother explains that she and her DAUGHTER were the ones who found out and had been devastated. The sister doesn't live with the two brothers and their mother.
@Martin B I wondered the same thing. Evidently the Mom had her DNA checked and wasn't a match. Not enough time for that subplot. I guess that's why they call it "The Nanny".
@@anniehovsepian6173 Apparently some countries didn't air this episode. So if you're outside of the US, it might not have been in syndication where you live.
@Logia SD we don't know its harmless, that's your interpretation. Yes there's horrific crap happening 24/7 a over the world. But this is a tv show and everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
This was loosely inspired by the Dick Van Dyke episode that got the biggest laughs. The title was "That's My Boy?", and was the first episode of Season 3.
Omg 😯 fran I like your red hair 👩🦰 thing and also short omg cute love 💕 you so much take care everyone’s your grandma 👵 really pretty friend so sweet love 💕 you girl so much
@@AngelusBrady that's not true, my mom has the same skin tone as the bio mom and I have a similar (but warmer) coloring to Fran. It happens, it usually means there's a skin condition but it does happen.
@@biguattipoptropica You basically just said that your skin tone is darker than Fran's. But yeah they could just explain it away as vitiligo like what Michael Jackson had.
Throughout the episode Fran is shown to be a bit flighty and rude compared to the brothers, not to mention the amount of stress it was putting on everyone and Sylvia's interruptions. They were probably just relieved that they wouldn't have to put up with them.
This is a horrible episode. Fran's Jewish heritage is part of what made this show so great -- I do NOT like the producers bringing in another ethnic group to dilute the Jewish heritage and identity.
@@tired690 I am jealous of Northern European Jews, because I think they are among the most intelligent people on Earth. I wish I were part of them. I do have several friends from this background. Very impressive people.
