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"God bless and think peace" - The departing words
of actress Fran Drescher as she ended her
six-year run on the popular family sitcom THE
NANNY/CBS/1993-99.
The program followed the zany antics of Fran
Fine, a middle-class Jewish cosmetics saleswoman
from Queens who became the nanny to the
Manhattan-based Sheffield Family.
At the end of the series, Fran married Maxwell
Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), a successful
widowed British theatrical producer and soon
became pregnant.
While in the delivery room, Niles the family
butler (Daniel Davis) and his fiancée Chastity
Claire Babcock (Lauren Lane), Max's long-time
business associate take their vows at an
impromptu wedding ceremony.
As C.C. and Niles say "I do," Dr Reynolds cries
"Push" to Fran as she gives birth to twins
(Jonah Samuel and Eve Katherine). A few minutes
later in a private moment, Fran greets her
newborns saying "Hello my darling child. Hello
Sweetie. Oh my God, they're beautiful."
During the last scene of the series, Fran
prepares to move to California with her new
family. Before she goes, Fran takes a last look
around at their posh Manhattan town house, finds
her old Shades of the Orient makeup case and
then remembers via flashbacks her life over the
last six years as the song and lyrics of "The
Way We Were" play ("Memories/Like the corners of
my mind/Misty water-colored memories/Of the way
we were...").
Finally, Fran leaves through the front door, but
suddenly returns because she left behind her
befuddled grandmother Yetta (Ann Morgan Guilbert)
who says "It's such a beautiful place much nicer
than the one you had in New York."
At that, the show ends. Next, Fran Drescher and
the rest of the cast made a last curtain call in
front of the studio audience. Filled with
emotion, Fran told her fans:
"Thank you, thank you everybody. Thank you so
much. Everyone here at The Nanny want to thank
you for inviting us into your homes. We
appreciate the privilege of being able to
entertain you. The entire cast and crew and
staff at The Nanny family, just love you for all
your continued love and support throughout these
six years. You will long be remembered. And so
will you. With much gratitude, thank you very
much. God bless and think peace. Goodnight
everybody."
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