Fran Shaves Maxwell! | The Nanny 

Probably the most iconic comedy scene on The Nanny. The live audience's intense laughter, and Charles Shaugnessy (Maxwell) struggling not to laugh, makes the scene even better.

The whole personality of the 4 main characters condensed in less than 5 minutes 👏🏼

This scene was hilarious to begin with, but when, of all people, NILES walks in, you KNOW he's going to say something that'll make it even funnier! 🤣

Niles's single line cracks me up. He is such a mood and his smirk is priceless.

obvs an absolutely iconic moment, but Sylvia calling Fran on a random hospital phone because of an emergecy (Mike Douglas disappearing from Channel 4) is one of my very fave bits also 🤣🤣🤣 also the magazines (Super Teen --- Seventeen --- Longetivity) are HILLARIOUS!!

Her entire personality in this scene was completely 100% Lucy, and boy did she nail it. 😂😂😂😂😂

I would pay ludicrous sums of money to see the bloopers from this scene.

The audience is going crazy, by far the most inspired scene of the show 🤣🤣

The face she makes at 2:59 totally reminds me of Lucille Ball's funny face gestures. Plus this whole scene truly showcases Fran Drescher's great comedic talent.

Fran and Lucy are the most superior sitcom queens and no one can change my mind😌

2:54 Fran's "Ooooh" face cracks me up. And what happens after kept me laughing for hours. 😂

"Bucking for a raise?" The minute Niles said that, I just bursted out with laughter!

Is there a scene in the ENTIRE SERIES that beats the shaving scene? Kudos to the writers. Very funny!

I don’t know how they did that without laughing. That is the funniest episode I have ever seen of that show!

I love Nile's cheeky facial expression and grin when he walks in. And then Fran looking like a naughty child who's got caught with her hands in the cookie jar lol. Perfect timing with his line too.

That has to be the longest time hearing the audience laughing! Plus, Niles adding to the scene was just too perfect!

Cracked the shit out of me when she said ‘Well I have no idea’ 😂

Honestly, The Nanny was totally priceless. The perfect combination of “I Love Lucy” and “The Carol Burnett Show” with a dash of “Laverne and Shirley” and “Soap” thrown in for good measure. Perfect cast, perfect writing, perfect comedic timing, etc., etc. … It’s like a roller coaster ride. Exhilarating and so much fun. Need I say more? Again… Just priceless!!!

It took me a minute to figure it out who is the lady that came to fran in the beginning. It's Monicas and Ross mother 😂

I can't decide what's funnier: the studio audience howling with laughter or Charles Shaughnessy struggling to keep a straight face. I'm gonna go with the latter.

The first nurse is Monica and Ross's mother in friends !

CC took her chance!!😂😂

This is so funny you could tell the actor who plays Mr. Sheffield is trying not to laugh then Niles tops it by saying ”Bucking for a raise.”

"Bucking for a raise?" 😂😂🤣🤣

My favorite parts, doctor: shave him for surgery, Fran: well, where do you want me to shave- 😲 and Niles: bucking for a raise. LoL🤣

I remember when I first watch this episode for the first time. I couldn't stop laughing, in fact I screamed and thought I'm gonna die. "Bucking for a raise", huh, just was the icing on the cake.

this is such a wonderful, slightly racy, tribute to Lucy. I love it so much. And Niles gets props for waiting just long enough for his line.

The Nanny was seriously just a modern I Love Lucy, I swear to God.

~ring ring~ 🤨🤔 "MAAAAAA! HOW DID YOU FIND ME HERE?"

You know they only put shave cream on Max’ face to disguise his laughing 😂

Still one of the funniest moments on TV ... it's right up there with the Gone With Wind parody involving a curtain rod on Carol Burnett .... when she saw her dress "hanging in the window and just had to have it" 😁😁

in my opinion this is the funniest scene in the nanny it makes me cry with laughter every single time 😂😂😂

Waiting for the audience to stop laughing just so Niles can pull off the one-liner makes the scene, along with everyone trying to not laugh.

Niles: Bucking for a raise? LOOOOOL!

Fran Dresher definitely deserved an Emmy for her comedic acting in this scene! This is by far one of the funniest moments on television ever! 😂

This scene is still laugh-out-loud funny today!! 🤣

One of the BEST scenes EVER!!!!!! 😂

This scene with Fran brings back memories of Lucille Ball's shananigans!

This shaving cream part was funny, but so was the part earlier when C.C tells the doctor Maxwell is her husband and passionately kisses him when he’s unconscious

Fran was like the 90s version of Lucille Ball lol

For some reason this reminds me of I Love Lucy, it just seems like something she would do if put in that situation 😆. Oh poor Nanny Fine.

Classic. I watched this when it originally aired in 1995 and was in my college dorm... Everyone else on the floor was watching it too and was in hysterics

2:39 I dunno why but the way the doctor said that is totally hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is one of the funniest scenes ever 😂😂

I don’t know HOW but the actor playing Maxwell must had done this a thousand and one times to NOT laugh 😂

This scene is hilarious! Fran reminds me so much of Lucile Ball. Fran Drescher is simply great! Love her ❤😂

CLASSIC!! Classic scene. This will never not make me laugh til my sides are hurting.

3:40 - 3:59 when people complain about the laugh track , or just straight up tin-foil hat about the fact that the studio audience never existed... this scene right here. Almost 20 seconds of dead air because they had to wait for the audience to settle down, before Daniel could deliver the punchline. Another notable moment was in Friends, when Brad Pitt cameo-d on the show. When he walked through that door, the studio audience wouldn't settle down for a reported 2 entire minutes. In this episode, luckily it was only less than 20 seconds. But you can't broadcast 2 minutes of people laughing/cheering. The show needs to go own, shows after it need to come on, and commercials in between. And so that's where you use a recorded short duration laugh/cheer. The inverse is also true, for when they think there should've been a bigger response. Not necessarily to make unfunny look funny or anything, but like when a particular scene took multiple takes, and only on the say 19th take did it work. The audience is obviously not gonna laugh at a joke 19 times the same way. Thus, laugh track.

Omg, that series will always be a gem ❤❤❤

Speechless beyond words. Bucking for a raise will always be favorite one-liner. 🤣🤣🤣

Sylvia will find you no matter what 😂🤣

You can hear Charles laughing when Fran started spraying the shaving cream on him.

"Bucking for a raise"😅😅😅😅 Iconic!!!!

A great call back to many of the great scenes in *_I Love Lucy_* ....

Funniest moment in the entire series. 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bucking for raise - he's still the best.

True humor...really...I can't stop laugh with Fran

Ive seen this so many times and it always makes me laugh, without fail

Seen this so many time, but the first-time at 3:32 to 3:36 Maxwell eyebrows goes up lol, he's trying so hard to be still 😂

This is my favorite scene in the show, I'm so glad it got uploaded! XD I wish the part with the kitchen was included, but this is perfect as is ^_^

how this clip doesn’t have a million views is beyond me

The nurse who asks Fran to stay is Christina Pickles who played Helen Rosenthal on St. Elsewhere and who would later play Ross and Monica’s mother Judy Geller on Friends.

What are you doing?! Well, I have no idea. I mean, the man has a SLIGHT five o'clock shadow, but it's not like he's going to a bar-mitzvah! Shave him for surgery! Well, where do you want me to shave hi-OOOOHHHH!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Nanny's face on d ohhhwwwwww 😂😂😂 I'm just jaw drop all day

Probably one of the most iconic scenes from "The Nanny"! 😍👌🏻👑 « Bucking for a rise ? » haha, just pure gem😆

Ross and Monicas Mom .... fabulous 💋💋💋

Doctor: Are you the wife? CC: *thinking a moment* YES. CC positively LEAPT at that opportunity! XD

One of the best scenes of the entire show!! 🤣

One of the funniest episodes ever! 😂😂😂😂😂

OMG what I would have given to be there live and just lose it laughing with the whole audience.

JTT on the front of SuperTeen magazine at 0:00. This is definitely the 90s.

Charles Shaungnessy sure got the giggles.

I've always lovedd this scene😂😂😂❤

And...... following all the comments....Charles Shaughnessy struggling to keep a straight face... In a pandemic such as covid-19..........SO... Wonderful......Old skool laughs..... GREAT 👍

God I haven't laughed this hard in so long!! LUV it!!

I love this show! The best comedy.

To me this is one of THE Nanny scenes. I love this show!

Very I Love Lucy. That’s classic comedy right there!

The most iconic scene from The Nanny!

LMAO at this scene, *especially* the scene where Fran had to shave Max ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 😄😆😂🤣 That said, I wonder if Max actually " out like a light " for that scene ? ! ? ! 🤔

I love this scene. Hilarious😂

The most epic episode ever

The most crazy funny episode....😂😂😂😂😂

Niles always there at the right time. bucking for a raise??? 🤣

One of my Favourites Episodes... Still laughing today..

The best scene ever !!!!

imagine his reaction when he found out

Poor Charles couldn't stop giggling

that's ross and monica's mom

absolutely hilarious!

Niles! XD

This scene cracked me up so much when I first saw it! 😂😂

I can't stop laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ICONIC

Would love to see the bloopers on this

This definitely has the makings of a I love Lucy moment

I like this episode, the only time that CC wins 😁

Hahahahahaha I've just watched this cap 😂😂😂😂

Whoa Ross and Monica's mother is a doctor

OMG Mama Geller!!