The Nanny, Baby Dolls used to teach Parenting, and Appleheads

Dolls and allusions to dolls are no strangers on the it 90s sitcom The Nanny, starring Fran Drescher.  Today, I was watching a show where she and Max were given animatronic babies to care for while they awaiting the birth of their twins. The dolls were dressed in pink and blue, and called Karen and Frankie.   The babies cried at very inopportune moments, and at one point, Fran nearly melted poor Frankie doll on the toaster oven. At one point during the show, Fran mentioned she hard relatives who carved dried apple dolls.

Apple Head Dolls, Public Domain

The Nanny Paper Doll Public Domain



The Nanny Doll Public Domain

There have been puppets, Barbies, 18 inch type doll, stuffed animals, a doll house, and a reference to a cracked antique doll on the show.  I would love a Fran doll with her own wardrobe; I would just love her wardrobe!  Then, there are the props; ornaments, Christmas angels, figurines, small statues, jade, and Parian ware.  

Cast of the Nanny, Fran Drescher and Charles Shaughnessy, Public Domain

What can I say?  Dolls are everywhere!

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Early Version, Public Domain Image