Saturday 9: The Nanny

Saturday 9: The Nanny (1993)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This week's song is the theme from a sitcom that originally aired from 1993 to 1999. Were you a fan?

A. No. I did not watch this show.

2) The song tells us that Fran once worked in a bridal shop. Have you ever worked in a retail setting?

A. I had a friend who set up a "general store" type establishment in downtown Roanoke back in the mid-1990s. I worked for her for about a year, helping stock and acting as a sales clerk. I learned a lot. For one thing, the markup on everything is at least 100% but frequently as much as 300%. That is why stores can have big sales - they have lots of room to lower prices before they reach their actual purchase price.

3) The kids in the Sheffield household appreciate their nanny's "joie de vivre," which is defined as "exuberant enjoyment of life." Are you feeling joie de vivre this morning?

A. I rarely feel joie de vivre.

4) "The Nanny" is the colorful one, the one who wears red when everyone else wears tan. What color do you think you look best in?

A. Blue or black.

5) The TV show, The Nanny, was the brainchild of actress Fran Drescher. She got the idea while visiting her an old friend in London. Her friend's pre-teen daughter enjoyed having Fran as a confidante and shopping buddy. Do you enjoy shopping as a leisure activity? Or would you prefer to just dash into a store, grab what you need, and get out and go home?

A. I go in, grab what I need, and get out of there. The exception would be book stores, electronic shops, and office supply stores. I don't mind lingering in those places. But dress stores? Shoe stores? Blah.

6) The friend Fran was visiting in London was Twiggy, who was the world's most famous model in the 1960s. Name another famous model.

A. Cindy Crawford.

7) The Nanny: The Complete Series is available on DVD on Amazon. It consists of 19 discs and takes 55 hours to watch, start to finish. What TV show have you recently binge watched?

A. The last show I binge-watched was Downton Abby and that has been at least a year ago if not longer. I don't generally binge-watch TV. Actually I don't watch that much TV, comparatively speaking.

8) The Nanny theme was sung by Liz Callaway. Her father, the late John Callway, was a long-time Chicago newscaster. Have you, or has a loved one, ever been on TV?

A. I have been on TV, a very long time ago. It had something to do with school. Oh shoot, I was in a TV news interview not that long ago. Duh. Here's a link: http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Proposal-for-new-substation-in-Botetourt-485193201.html

9) Random question -- Which of these adjectives comes closest to describing you: sexy, sophisticated or down-to-earth?

A. Down-to-earth, I suppose. I'm certainly not sexy, and I don't think of myself as sophisticated.
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