Nanny and the Professor

1970

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Released: 21 January 1970 Ended
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Country: United States of America
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Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.

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Comedy, Sci-Fi

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ThiefHott Too much of everything
Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Sacqueboutier An endearingly charming little show starring Juliet Mills (daughter of John Mills and sister to Hayley) as a (somewhat) magical British nanny who suddenly (and unexpectedly) shows up on the doorstep of a college professor to apply for the job of nanny. Through her optimism, charm, and intuition, she immediately sets about setting everything right and solving all of the families problems in 25 minutes every week.Obviously based on the popularity of Mary Poppins, it was another addition to the "magical" sit-coms of the 60s (Bewitched and Jeannie are the gold standards there). However, unlike those to shows, this one got a bit of a late start. Had it launched five years earlier (and had ABC left it in a better time slot), I believe it would have lasted much longer. Alas, by the time 1970 rolled around, times and sensibilities had changed. We had experienced a lot of national tragedies (assassinations, Kent State, Manson murders) and were in full knowledge of the Vietnam War, and the idea of having one's problems magically solved in just 30 minutes weekly was becoming more and more unbelievable. Alas, Nanny never really found her footing quite as well as Samantha and Jeannie.I've been getting reacquainted through GetTV and have enjoyed the little walk through my childhood. The opening theme song is catchy, but again, not "classic" in any way...a kitschy work hopelessly mired in the 60s pop/rock style.Possibly the best thing about this show is that it gave us Kim Richards, a precious and precocious little actor who went on to other shows. Alas, she has retired from acting. Best wishes to her and her endeavors.To by all means try to catch this show. It's light entertainment and pure escapism. You won't be disappointed.
Stebaer4 My Mom,Mary said it got canceled for being too much of a takeoff on Mary Poppins I then told My Older Brother J.Kevin this and he then had said to me "Oh no People liked it but it got too silly."Also then as I added to that "Too quickly."Then my Mom agreed to that last part that I'd added to it.At first it was on Friday night and sandwiched between "The Brady Bunch"and"The Partridge Family."But then for the following season it switched to Monday Nights and got canceled half way through the TV Season.Then The Following 2 Falls all of the cast would get to reunite to supply their voices for 2 one hour cartoon features on The abc Saturday Superstar Movie.Truthfully,Stephen "Steve" G. Baer a.k.a."Ste"of Framingham,Ma.P.S. As I've told before on this site I got Ste as The result of My Older Brother J.Kevin,who's mentioned above,being a year older than me and unable to say Stephen at the time and of which is why I couldn't be brought up to prefer Stephen.
motownfn Return with me, if you will, to Friday night in the fall of 1970...I was 4 years old and remember this show with fond memories. I recall that this was sandwiched between "The Brady Bunch" and "The Partridge Family" on ABC. Many years passed and then in the mid '90s, it reappeared on the FX cable station. Luckily, I recorded some of the episodes and still have them. When I've mentioned this show in the past, my friends didn't recall it. I always remembered Juliet Mills and how I wished I had someone like her in our home. She wasn't a witch, but possessed psychic ability and always had a sweet disposition that was irresistible. I also remember Waldo, the family sheepdog and the rooster, Sebastian. I wish this would get released on DVD for those of us who want a reminder of a simpler time when television was clean and wholesome.
glassman-4 I liked this show as a variation of the popular "magic" sitcoms. Nanny never performed outlandish or obvious feats of prestidigitation, but it was obvious that paranormal things happened around her. The most common was Nanny saying "I'll get it," BEFORE the telephone or doorbell rang. In fact, it was never completely clear to the family that she had any powers, a la Gladys Kravitz on "Bewitched," for lack of a better comparison. As the theme song goes "Since the day that Nanny came to stay with us, fantastic things have been happening. Is there really magic in the things she does, or is love the only magic thing that Nanny brings?"Once it was hinted that although she appeared to be a young woman (20s to 30s) she may have been hundreds of years old. However, this as most things about her background, were never resolved. This was a clear ripoff from the first season of Bewitched. The show had a cute simple animated opening and memorable theme song, as was de rigeur for the decade's magic sitcoms, and of course the 1990s unrelated Fran Drescher vehicle "The Nanny."I also loved the family's big shaggy dog. I haven't seen this since the reruns in the late 1970s, except for the premiere which was shown once on TV Land around 2000, so I won't comment on the overall writing and production quality. I just remember enjoying it as a kid, and was upset that it was only rerun for a short time.