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The Nanny

Smoke Gets in Your Lies

  • Episode aired Nov 10, 1993
  • 30m
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Fran Drescher and Charles Shaughnessy in The Nanny (1993)
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As a result of Brighton getting caught smoking, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta who has been smoking all her life.As a result of Brighton getting caught smoking, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta who has been smoking all her life.As a result of Brighton getting caught smoking, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta who has been smoking all her life.
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  • Director
    • Lee Shallat Chemel
  • Writers
    • Robert Sternin
    • Prudence Fraser
    • Peter Marc Jacobson
  • Stars
    • Fran Drescher
    • Charles Shaughnessy
    • Daniel Davis
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  • Director
    • Lee Shallat Chemel
  • Writers
    • Robert Sternin
    • Prudence Fraser
    • Peter Marc Jacobson
  • Stars
    • Fran Drescher
    • Charles Shaughnessy
    • Daniel Davis
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    Fran Drescher
    Fran Drescher
    • Fran Fineas Fran Fine
    Charles Shaughnessy
    Charles Shaughnessy
    • Maxwell Sheffieldas Maxwell Sheffield
    Daniel Davis
    Daniel Davis
    • Nilesas Niles
    Lauren Lane
    Lauren Lane
    • C.C. Babcockas C.C. Babcock
    Nicholle Tom
    Nicholle Tom
    • Maggie Sheffieldas Maggie Sheffield
    Benjamin Salisbury
    Benjamin Salisbury
    • Brighton Sheffieldas Brighton Sheffield
    Madeline Zima
    Madeline Zima
    • Grace Sheffieldas Grace Sheffield
    Carol Channing
    Carol Channing
    • Carol Channingas Carol Channing
    Rachel Chagall
    Rachel Chagall
    • Val Torielloas Val Toriello
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    • Yetta Rosenbergas Yetta Rosenberg
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    Michael C. McCarthy
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    Blanche Rubin
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    Timothy Thompson
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      • Lee Shallat Chemel
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      • Robert Sternin
      • Prudence Fraser
      • Peter Marc Jacobson
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    Fran wants Maxwell to be more involved in his children's lives; her latest request is for the entire family to attend a carnival at Brighton's school. Maxwell declines because of work commitments, but Fran is relieved that he isn't going when Brighton is caught smoking at school--and she realizes that he got the idea to smoke from a story she told him. Brighton originally decides to blackmail Fran into not telling Maxwell, but she feels that she needs to tell him--but he's too busy to listen to anything Fran must tell him about his children. But when Maxwell decides to go to the carnival when he would be speaking to Brighton's headmaster, Fran must tell him about Brighton. Brighton doesn't tell on Fran, but later Fran confesses to Maxwell that she inadvertently gave Brighton the idea. Maxwell is initially angry with Fran, but he also realizes that Brighton did not tell on Fran, meaning that he has bonded with his new nanny--a first for him. But they still need to show Brighton the hazards of smoking, so Fran decides to pull out the big guns and introduce him to her chain-smoking Grandma Yetta. —Huggo
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    • Trivia
      Brighton comments of how he smoked a cigarette but did not inhale. This is a reference to Bill Clinton's answer when asked if he had ever smoked marijuana.
    • Goofs
      This is grandma Yetta's first appearance on the show. Her personality is very different than in later episodes,she is much more serious and lucid.
    • Quotes

      [the doorbell rings at the Sheffield mansion]

      Fran Fine: Oh, that's Val. You know, it's her first time to the mansion and she's my best friend, so I just want her to drop dead.

      Niles: How thoughtful. I'll leave, you pose.

      [as Niles gets and opens the door, Fran strikes a pose for Val]

      Val Toriello: [with a look of amazement on her face as she enters the mansion] I'm droppin' dead.

      Niles: [to Fran] Mission accomplished.

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      Featured in Making the Nanny (2005)

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • CBS
      • Sternin & Fraser Ink
      • TriStar Television
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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