The Nanny (TV Series)

The Nanny-in-Law (1994)

Lauren Lane: C.C. Babcock

Quotes 

• C.C. Babcock : There's something positively delightful about this evening. I can't quite put my finger on it.

  Niles : Where's Miss Fine?

  C.C. Babcock : [Smirking]  Oh, that's it.

  Fran Fine : [Entering the room, wearing a traditional nanny suit]  I'm sorry I'm late, but it's hell finding white shoes in winter. The hat was easy, Howard Johnson's...

  [Everybody stares at her, mouth open] 

  Fran Fine : Children, it's not polite to stare.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Miss Fine, you... you look like a... a...

  Clara Mueller : [Stunned]  nanny!

  Maxwell Sheffield : [to Nanny Mueller]  Yes, that's it! I just didn't put it together.

  Fran Fine : I don't want to disturb you. I just thought I'd take my dinner and eat it in the kitchen,

  [stiffly] 

  Fran Fine : where I belong.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Miss Fine, please don't be so silly. Come and join us.

  Fran Fine : No, no. The kitchen is where a proper nanny eats.

  [to Maggie still staring at her] 

  Fran Fine : Maggie, shut your mouth. We are not a Pez dispenser.

  [Walks out of the room with a quick bow] 

  C.C. Babcock : [Exulting, with a haughty voice]  Nanny Mueller, it's amazing what you've done with Miss Fine!

  Clara Mueller : Oh, that's nothing. I had a Schnauzer once that gave me more trouble.

  Maxwell Sheffield : [Shocked]  Nanny, are you comparing Miss Fine to a dog?

  Clara Mueller : Not at all. Schnauzer had a pedigree.

  [C.C. bursts into laughter] 

• Fran Fine : Oy, were all you blue bloods raised by nannies? What were your parents doing?

  Maxwell Sheffield , C.C. Babcock : [Together, realizing they never thought of that]  I don't really know./I have no idea.