Nanny and the Professor

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Comedy

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.

Episodes

Cast

Nanny Will Do

1. Nanny Will Do

21st Jan 1970

A mysterious British nanny with psychic powers arrives at the Everett home to take care of the widwed professor's three children.

The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out

2. The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out

28th Jan 1970

Everyone pooh-poohs the imaginary beastie that's giving Prudence nightmares. But Nanny, true pixie that she is, maps inventive strategems to trap the thing.

The New Butch

3. The New Butch

4th Feb 1970

Prudence wants to learn to read, and Butch is feeling rejected. Nanny's solution: a typewriter that leaves messages for Prudence--and a scheme with a message for Dad.

The Scientific Approach

4. The Scientific Approach

11th Mar 1970

Everett invites a lady psychologist home to dinner, unmindful of how she might react to his children's--and Nanny's--flights of fancy.

The Astronomers

5. The Astronomers

18th Feb 1970

With his dad's beat-up old telescope, some amazing beginner's luck and Nanny's mysterious touch, Butch makes an astronomical discovery that creates a hubbub in the scientific world.

Spring, Sweet Spring

6. Spring, Sweet Spring

25th Feb 1970

It's positively weird. A series of mishaps stops the Everetts as they go their separate ways on a Saturday. Nanny, it seems, was thinking of a family picnic....

Nanny on Wheels

7. Nanny on Wheels

4th Mar 1970

The professor stands bemused and amazed at Nanny's solution to the second car problem: a 1930 Model A that will require a miracle to be run--even by Nanny.

Strictly for the Birds

8. Strictly for the Birds

11th Mar 1970

A grumpy zoologist has Nanny arrested for spiriting three ducklings out of a public park. Neither the grump nor the presiding judge is prepared for Nanny's defense ploy.

The Tyrannosaurus Tibia

9. The Tyrannosaurus Tibia

18th Mar 1970

Waldo finds a dinosaur bone and buries it in Nanny's garden.

I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree

10. I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree

25th Mar 1970

The city's street widening project requires that the tree containing the children's tree house be cut down.

The Games Families Play

11. The Games Families Play

1st Apr 1970

The family is upset when the professor admits that his potential new job will require moving to a new house.

An Element of Risk

12. An Element of Risk

8th Apr 1970

The professor is afraid of seeing an old girlfriend, and Prudence is afraid of blowing up a balloon.

The Philosopher's Stone

13. The Philosopher's Stone

15th Apr 1970

Nanny says that the stone she gives Hal will grant him three wishes.

A Fowl Episode

14. A Fowl Episode

22nd Apr 1970

The entire neighborhood is waking up to the noise of Prudence's pet rooster.

Nanny and the Smoke-Filled Room

15. Nanny and the Smoke-Filled Room

29th Apr 1970

When Butch decides to run for homeroom president, Nanny decides to give him a little help.

First air date

21st Jan 1970

Last air date

27th Dec 1971

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks