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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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    Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 2 - The Flower Children
    5.7/10(34 votes)

    #1 - The Flower Children

    S3:E2

    Prudence tries to get her seeds to grow faster while the Professor upsets his new girl friend when he doesn't try to save a dying tree.

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  2. Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 4 - South Sea Island Sweetheart
    6.0/10(32 votes)

    #2 - South Sea Island Sweetheart

    S3:E4

    Nanny's Uncle Horace (Ray Bolger) visits from the South Seas to perform a rain dance in order to cure a drought.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 17 - The Man Who Came to Pasta
    6.1/10(33 votes)

    #3 - The Man Who Came to Pasta

    S2:E17

    An Italian director is invited to dinner at the Everett house, but can't leave as his supper makes him ill.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  4. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 18 - The Art of Relationships
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #4 - The Art of Relationships

    S2:E18

    Nanny takes some night school courses and falls for that school Professor (Bert Convy)

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #6 - 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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  8. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 20 - The Prodigy
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #7 - The Prodigy

    S2:E20

    A 12 year-old genius comes for a visit causing jealousy in Hal

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 1 - Oh, What a Tangled Web
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Oh, What a Tangled Web

    S3:E1

    Hal falls madly for Bunny, a swinging chick who comes on to him during a Sadie Hawkins dance. ""You look just like Robert Redford!"" exclaims Bunny. Hal is smitten by Bunny's feminine wiles. After Bunny imparts that she is fifteen years old, thirteen year old Hal tries to impress her by claiming to be sixteen. Complications ensue the next day, when the assertive Bunny calls Hal and asks him to pick her up for the movies. Flustered Hal blurts out that he will be right over, in spite of the fact that he is too young to drive. Nanny decides to bail out Hal, and she gives him a ride to pick up Bunny. Bunny is confused, and perhaps suspicious as to why Hal isn't driving, but Nanny explains she is driving because that ""she loves to drive - even in Los Angeles."" While at the movies, Francine, Hal's thirteen year old next door neighbor sits down in front of Bunny and Hal. Francine, who has a crush on Hal, expresses surprise to see Hal with a high school girl. Bunny reacts icily to Francine

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  10. Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 12 - The Great Debate
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #9 - The Great Debate

    S3:E12

    Nanny and Hal help the Professor keep a basketball player from failing math.

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  11. Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 15 - Whatever Happened to Felicity?
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Whatever Happened to Felicity?

    S3:E15

    Prudence, being ignored by her brothers, becomes attached to Nanny's old doll.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #11 - 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.

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

    #12 - 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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  14. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 8 - The Masculine-Feminine Mystique
    7.1/10(36 votes)

    #13 - The Masculine-Feminine Mystique

    S2:E8

    The Professor's new assistant is a bit of a feminist.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  15. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 9 - The India Queen
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #14 - The India Queen

    S2:E9

    Hal and Butch work on a raft.

    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 19 - The Balloon Ladies
    7.1/10(35 votes)

    #15 - The Balloon Ladies

    S2:E19

    Two of Nanny's aunts (Ida Lupino & Marjorie Bennett) arrive for a visit by BALLOON

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 5 - Aunt Henrietta's Premonition
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #16 - Aunt Henrietta's Premonition

    S3:E5

    Nanny's pychic aunt (Elsa Lanchester) predicts Nanny will be menaced by a man with a mustache.

    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 3 - Star Bright
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    #17 - Star Bright

    S2:E3

    Prudence 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 12 - From Butch, With Love
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    #18 - From Butch, With Love

    S2:E12

    Butch tries to earn enough money to buy an old record player.

    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  20. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 15 - Separate Rooms
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    #19 - Separate Rooms

    S2:E15

    Butch and Hal have a fight and demand to have separate bedrooms

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 22 - The Unknown Factor
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    #20 - The Unknown Factor

    S2:E22

    Butch enters a fishing contest in hopes that he can buy Nanny a present.

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  22. Nanny and the Professor Season 3 Episode 9 - The Conversion of Brother Ben
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    #21 - The Conversion of Brother Ben

    S3:E9

    The Professors RICH brother (Robert Sterling) donates two million dollars to his brothers college.

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

    #22 - 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

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

    #23 - Nanny and the Smoke-Filled Room

    S1:E15

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

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  25. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 4 - E. S. Putt
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #24 - E. S. Putt

    S2:E4

    Butch breaks his dad's lucky putter right before a big tournement.

    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Nanny and the Professor Season 2 Episode 10 - The Visitor
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #25 - The Visitor

    S2:E10

    Butch's pen-pal, a runaway orphan from Canada, shows up at the Everett home.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Flower Children" is the worst rated episode of "Nanny and the Professor". It scored 5.7/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Bob Mosher, it aired on 9/20/1971. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "South Sea Island Sweetheart".