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The Nanny

Yetta's Letters

  • Episode aired Jun 16, 1999
  • 30m
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S6.E18
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Fran Drescher, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Renée Taylor in The Nanny (1993)
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Maxwell uses Yetta's letters as the basis for a play on Broadway beating out Andrew Lloyd Webber who also wanted to use them.Maxwell uses Yetta's letters as the basis for a play on Broadway beating out Andrew Lloyd Webber who also wanted to use them.Maxwell uses Yetta's letters as the basis for a play on Broadway beating out Andrew Lloyd Webber who also wanted to use them.
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  • Director
    • Peter Marc Jacobson
  • Writers
    • Robert Sternin
    • Prudence Fraser
    • Peter Marc Jacobson
  • Stars
    • Fran Drescher
    • Charles Shaughnessy
    • Daniel Davis
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  • Director
    • Peter Marc Jacobson
  • Writers
    • Robert Sternin
    • Prudence Fraser
    • Peter Marc Jacobson
  • Stars
    • Fran Drescher
    • Charles Shaughnessy
    • Daniel Davis
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    Fran Drescher
    Fran Drescher
    • Fran Sheffieldas Fran Sheffield
    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
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    Benjamin Salisbury
    Benjamin Salisbury
    • Brighton Sheffieldas Brighton Sheffield
    Madeline Zima
    Madeline Zima
    • Grace Sheffieldas Grace Sheffield
    Renée Taylor
    Renée Taylor
    • Sylvia Fineas Sylvia Fine
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    • Yetta Rosenbergas Yetta Rosenberg
    • (as Ann Guilbert)
    Rachel Chagall
    Rachel Chagall
    • Val Torielloas Val Toriello
    Renee Cohen
    • Young Yettaas Young Yetta
    Jared Doud
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    Ryan McPartlin
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    James Edson
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      • Peter Marc Jacobson
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      • Robert Sternin
      • Prudence Fraser
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    Storyline

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    Fran and Maxwell are aghast after they find Niles and C.C. in bed together. Luckily Niles and C.C. didn't see Fran and Maxwell. With this new turn of events, both Niles and C.C. rescind their respective resignations. Meanwhile, Maxwell's latest play closes prematurely without making it to Broadway. In place, he's looking for a new production to mount. Fran thinks that the love letters that Yetta wrote to her true love - a dining room captain on the ship she took when she emigrated to the US to meet her prearranged marriage partner, that being Fran's eventual Grandfather - would make great material for a play. Without reading the letters, Maxwell thinks not. However, Andrew Lloyd Webber thinks they would; the letters were mistakenly sent to him. Webber is in negotiations with Yetta for the rights. However, Sylvia tells them that she has Yetta's power of attorney. Sylvia ends up not being a push-over in her own negotiations with her son-in-law. However, Maxwell eventually does get the rights and mounts the musical instead of Webber. It's a huge hit. For the first time, Maxwell has beaten his arch rival. The next step is to make the musical into a movie, but someone may have beaten him to the punch. —Huggo
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    • Trivia
      When Fran and Maxwell are questioning if Yetta (Ann Morgan Guilbert) is of sound mind, she often refers to them as Rob and Laura Petrie of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961). Guilbert played Millie Helper/Crumbermacher in 63 episodes in that show.
    • Quotes

      Niles: [coming into the kitchen singing after Fran and Maxwell saw him and C.C. in bed together] I'm too sexy for my apron, too sexy for my bagel holder, too sexy for my sub-zero, too sexy...

      Niles: [notices Fran and Maxwell] I, uh, I couldn't sleep. I was, uh...

      Fran Sheffield: Too sexy?

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      References The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 16, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • CBS
      • Highschool Sweethearts
      • Sternin & Fraser Ink
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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