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The Best Episodes of Nanny and the Professor Season 1

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 1 - Nanny Will Do
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #1 - Nanny Will Do

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 2 - The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out
    7.0/10(35 votes)

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

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 3 - The New Butch
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #3 - The New Butch

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  4. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 4 - The Scientific Approach
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #4 - The Scientific Approach

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  5. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 5 - The Astronomers
    7.1/10(35 votes)

    #5 - The Astronomers

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 6 - Spring, Sweet Spring
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #6 - Spring, Sweet Spring

    S1:E6

    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....

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 7 - Nanny on Wheels
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #7 - Nanny on Wheels

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 8 - Strictly for the Birds
    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #8 - Strictly for the Birds

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  9. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 9 - The Tyrannosaurus Tibia
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #9 - The Tyrannosaurus Tibia

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.

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  10. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 10 - I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #10 - I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  11. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 11 - The Games Families Play
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #11 - The Games Families Play

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 12 - An Element of Risk
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    #12 - An Element of Risk

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  13. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 13 - The Philosopher's Stone
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #13 - The Philosopher's Stone

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  14. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 14 - A Fowl Episode
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #14 - A Fowl Episode

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.

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  15. Nanny and the Professor Season 1 Episode 15 - Nanny and the Smoke-Filled Room
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #15 - Nanny and the Smoke-Filled Room

    S1:E15

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

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Lila Garrett

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Nanny Will Do" is the best rated episode of "Nanny and the Professor" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Peter Tewksbury and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/21/1970. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out".