The Nanny

A Fine Family Feud - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: When Niles is putting the flowers in the vase, there are 3 sitting on the table, he goes over to the door and when he comes back they are now facing a different direction. Niles then puts two of the flowers in the vase, he picks up the third one but puts it back on the table. The next time we see the table the flower has disappeared then reappears in the next shot.

Bowling255

Fran-Lite - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: When Fran is talking to Brighton in his room, Brighton puts his baseball glove on his bed near the edge. Later it is seen in the middle, then when he goes and lies on his bed it is back near the edge.

Bowling255

Fran-Lite - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: Fran puts the magazine on the chair and sits down on part of it. The next time we can see the magazine she is no longer sitting on it, and it is now facing the opposite direction.

Bowling255

The Gym Teacher - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: After all the actors have left Fran and Maxwell start to leave the room Fran is holding a clipboard by the side, in the middle. When they go into the hallway she is now holding it by the bottom.

Bowling255

The Gym Teacher - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: In the kitchen at the beginning when they are sitting at the table Fran says "Gracie when do you come up with these things." There is a note pad with a pencil on it in front of Grace. The shot changes and Fran is holding the pencil - the next shot Grace is now holding it.

Bowling255

Sunday in the Park with Fran - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: When C.C. is trying to get Grace to play with the son of the Broadway critic she is coloring with a green crayon. Near the end of the scene it is suddenly a red one, and the paper she is coloring on is all red with no green so she could not have changed colors.

Bowling255

The Boca Story - S4-E25

Continuity mistake: When Fran's in the kitchen making an ice cream sundae she tops it with a lot of whip cream, but after Fran pulls a tissue out of Gracie's shirt, when she and Maxwell sit down all of the whip cream suddenly vanishes, but then it reappears.

Super Grover

The Pre-nup - S5-E20

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Val and Fran are in the kitchen, Fran jiggles her tea bag, the removes it and places it on the napkin beside her. Brighton enters and after a brief conversation Fran returns to the table carrying cream and sugar. She then jiggles and removes the teabag from her cup again. (00:07:00)

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Suggested correction: Fran is in the kitchen with her mother, not Val.

Your Feets Too Big - S3-E20

Continuity mistake: When Sylvia comes in and wakes Fran, she puts her hands on her Hips when she says "grow old with dignity", and when the shot changes her hands are at her sides.

The Nanny Napper - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: While Fran and Maxwell are changing the baby in the kitchen, the jar of baby food moves from next to the baby's head to next to his feet between shots.

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Brighton Sheffield: Yeah, it just so happens that your voice carries.
Fran: To your bedroom?
Brighton Sheffield: To Michigan.

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Trivia: Ann Morgan Guilbert plays Yetta Rosenberg, the mother of Sylvia Fine (Renee Taylor). In real life, Guilbert is only five years older than Taylor.

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Question: This might be a stupid question, but why do all three of the children speak in typical American voices? Wouldn't their speech have a British influence because of their father, and also Niles?

Answer: Children's brains and language skills are still developing at that age and they adapt to the environment they live in. My former boss was born in England and moved to the US at about eight years old. She completely lost her British accent by her teens, even though her parents still spoke as typical English citizens. A Japanese co-worker and his wife, also Japanese, spoke English as their second language. Their two children learned both English and Japanese simultaneously while growing up and spoke each language with the appropriate accent.

raywest

Answer: Kids tend to take on the accident of where they live. I once had a British student who lost his accent after a couple of years in the US.

Brian Katcher

Not just where they live, but also after their peers (who live there, but you know what I mean).

KeyZOid

Answer: Not necessarily. Their late mother being American would've probably made the most impact on their speech, considering most kids spend most of their early years more with their mothers than fathers.

Rob245

Gracie is young enough that she doesn't remember her mother. The episode "I Don't Remember Mama" was about this.

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