The Nanny - As If You Needed ANOTHER Reason to Buy 'The Complete Series' DVDs!...

Back in February we brought you Shout! Factory's press release for the long-awaited DVD release of The Nanny - The Complete Series. This 19-disc set is in stores on May 26th, but - as we previously reported - Shout! has made it available early (April 21st) for folks who pre-ordered it straight from their studio's online store. Now we thank one of those folks, Anthony Sorrentino, for pointing out to us that there are MORE extras included on the Bonus Disc for that set than Shout! mentioned in their press release...or on the box, or on their website!

There's the 3 commentary tracks by show star Fran Drescher on the Pilot episode and the episodes "Imaginary Friend" and "I Don't Remember," and there's the featurette "The Making of The Nanny." Then there are two more featurettes, "The Unique Vision of The Nanny" and "The Nanny Finds a Home"...which likely comprises the special feature Shout! speaks of when they mention an extra about how Executive Producers "Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson tell the real behind-the-scenes story of The Nanny in a new never-before-seen interview." But the truly unexpected item is one that had our reader, Anthony, more excited than anything else: "The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember." This hour-long special ran on the Lifetime cable network in December 2004, reuniting all of the cast at Fran's California home except for "Niles" (Daniel Davis, also remembered as "Moriarty" in a pair of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes), who was busy on Broadway at the time.

Anthony, our reader, wanted us to make sure everybody knew about this excellent item that was included on the set, and we agreed it was a good idea to pass it along to the rest of our readers. Why isn't it mentioned on the box? Or, for that matter, in the booklet included in the set that describes the contents? Probably the special was legally cleared by Shout! Factory at the very last minute, after all the boxes and booklets had already been printed. This is unlikely to be available outside of The Complete Series, so be sure to get your copy!