I've been told that the TV show 'The Nanny' was veeeery much like ILL and I can really see that it's true. Was 'The Nanny' really the ILL of the 90's? Is Fran Drescher Lucille Ball's sucessor? You tell me..or us! :confused: :) :wave: :talk: :lol: :crazy:

Originally posted by .LucyManiac.
I've been told that the TV show 'The Nanny' was veeeery much like ILL and I can really see that it's true. Was 'The Nanny' really the ILL of the 90's? Is Fran Drescher Lucille Ball's sucessor? You tell me..or us! :confused: :) :wave: :talk: :lol: :crazy:

First of all, :welcome:! Always nice to see new fans around here. Second, to answer your question, Fran Drescher has always said that ILL is one of her all-time favorite shows. And I think there's no doubt that it was a major influence on "The Nanny." Also, for the most part, TN is a family show. I mean, sure, it's a lot sexier than ILL ever was, but you have to remember that was 50 years ago! So yeah, definitely "The Nanny" is a '90's version of ILL, IMO.

I agree. I think the show is kinda based on I Love Lucy.

Not even close.

If you compare the two shows, there are a lot of similarities. Some of the most noticable ones are:

Fran= Lucy
Maxwell= Ricky
Val= Ethel
I guess Niles= ARG! I forgot the guy's name! It's right there, too!!!
Maxwell yelling "MISS FINE!"= Ricky yelling "LUUUCY!"
Fran getting into some sort of trouble= Lucy getting into some sort of trouble
Fran dressing up as various characters (such as that man)= Lucy doing the same thing (usually a dancer)
Maxwell is famous= Ricky is famous
Maxwell works with the stage= Ricky works with the stage

And those are only a few. One of the obvious differences, however, is that Lucy's in black and white, and The Nanny is in color.

By the way... :welcome: .LucyManiac.

My mom was sitting there and goes "You know... this show is a lot like I love Lucy" and I agreed with her.

Dannie, you forgot one more similarity. Both Fran and Lucy went nuts whenever there was a celeb around LOL. And I believe the person you wanted to pair Niles with is Fred. Now that you bring it up, those parings actually do make sense! I never thought of that LOL!

Originally posted by Kristen
Dannie, you forgot one more similarity. Both Fran and Lucy went nuts whenever there was a celeb around LOL. And I believe the person you wanted to pair Niles with is Fred. Now that you bring it up, those parings actually do make sense! I never thought of that LOL!


Haha, RIGHT after I posted, I was like FRED!!!! AGH!!!!! THAT'S IT! I had a temporary brain freeze there...
And you're right about the celebs. lol