Nanny and the Professor (1970)
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.
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Episode 1 - The Human Element
Release Date: 1970-09-25Professor is working on a computer program. Nanny takes the children in ""Arabella"", her car named after her Aunt. 3 boys laugh at Nanny and the children because of Nanny's car, calling it Yellow Arabella. The 3 boys hassle Butch and Hal about Arabella and they propose a race. Nanny laughs at the prospect of racing Arabella but says there is no race because old cars aren't to be raced, but to be loved for. After Nanny turns the boys challenge of a race down they ask their father who also says he agrees with Nanny. He suggests another way to have a race...using the computer program he has been working on. The bully boys father says his Buckingham will beat Arabella even through the computer race. The boys read all of their car information to the Professor who inputs the data into his computer. The Buckingham wins the computer data race and the Everett boys are disappointed. The family goes for a trip in Arabella and meet up with the Buckingham (magically of course!) along the way.
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Episode 2 - The Haunted House
Release Date: 1970-10-02Nanny and the children explore a haunted house inhabited by an old actor.
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Episode 3 - Star Bright
Release Date: 1970-10-09Prudence wishes for a different part in a school play. The Professor must decide whether or not to hire an old professor or a young one.
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Episode 4 - E. S. Putt
Release Date: 1970-10-16Butch breaks his dad's lucky putter right before a big tournement.
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Episode 5 - Back to Nature
Release Date: 1970-10-23Nanny and the family go camping!!!
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Episode 6 - A Letter For Nanny
Release Date: 1970-10-30Nanny receives a letter that makes her a little unhappy and the children try to cheer her up.
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Episode 7 - The Great Broadcast of 1936
Release Date: 1970-11-06Nanny's automobile ""Arrabella"" radio only broadcasts shows from the 1930's
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Episode 8 - The Masculine-Feminine Mystique
Release Date: 1970-11-13The Professor's new assistant is a bit of a feminist.
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Episode 9 - The India Queen
Release Date: 1970-11-20Hal and Butch work on a raft.
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Episode 10 - The Visitor
Release Date: 1970-12-04Butch's pen-pal, a runaway orphan from Canada, shows up at the Everett home.
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Episode 11 - My Son, the Sitter
Release Date: 1970-12-11Hal believes he is old enough to watch his siblings and is put to the test.
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Episode 12 - From Butch, With Love
Release Date: 1970-12-18Butch tries to earn enough money to buy an old record player.
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Episode 13 - The Humanization of Herbert T. Peabody
Release Date: 1970-12-25Nanny and the kids help out an old puppeteer.
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Episode 14 - A Diller, a Dollar
Release Date: 1971-01-08Prudence and her new teacher both start their first day of school.
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Episode 15 - Separate Rooms
Release Date: 1971-01-15Butch and Hal have a fight and demand to have separate bedrooms
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Episode 16 - The Human Fly
Release Date: 1971-01-22Nanny's Uncle Alfred comes to visit her. Of course every one knows actor John Mills (Uncle Alfred) is series star Miss Juliet Mills daddy.
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Episode 17 - The Man Who Came to Pasta
Release Date: 1971-01-29An Italian director is invited to dinner at the Everett house, but can't leave as his supper makes him ill.
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Episode 18 - The Art of Relationships
Release Date: 1971-02-05Nanny takes some night school courses and falls for that school Professor (Bert Convy)
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Episode 19 - The Balloon Ladies
Release Date: 1971-02-12Two of Nanny's aunts (Ida Lupino & Marjorie Bennett) arrive for a visit by BALLOON
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Episode 20 - The Prodigy
Release Date: 1971-02-19A 12 year-old genius comes for a visit causing jealousy in Hal
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Episode 21 - How Many Candles?
Release Date: 1971-02-26This episode begins with the children coming home from school to find Nanny in bed with the ""dreaded lergys"". The children are preparing to attend Francine's costume party. When Butch goes into Nanny's trunk to get out some make-up he sees a passport with Nanny's photo giving he date of birth as April 18, 1864, making her 106 years old. Since the 18th is the following day the children prepare to throw her party. The professor keeps trying to get Nanny to reveal her real age. She mentions how she is the image of her great-aunt who lived to a very advanced age. Just as the Professor thinks he has solved the passport riddle Nanny mentions her great-aunt's was a Libra (October).
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Episode 22 - The Unknown Factor
Release Date: 1971-03-05Butch enters a fishing contest in hopes that he can buy Nanny a present.
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Episode 23 - Kid Stuff
Release Date: 1971-03-12To raise money to restore a park fountain, Nanny and the children put on a show.
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Episode 24 - The Communication Gap
Release Date: 1971-03-26The Professor gets a love note from one of his students