Hollywood writers are striking as well, resulting in a shutdown of production. 'The entire business model has been changed by streaming, digital, AI,' Drescher said in her speech. The union is demanding better pay and working conditions, as well as contracts that address concerns over artificial intelligence. “I will say a very fitting episode of The Nanny is that she almost gets fired because she REFUSES to cross a picket line! (It was literally the moment that taught me about picket lines as a kid),” another person tweeted. “Just something for me to feel joy about.” “It’s times like this when I’m reminded that the first time I learned about not crossing the picket line was from The Nanny and Fran Fine refusing to cross a picket line,” one person wrote on Twitter. Others revealed that they first learned about strikes and picketing from that 1994 episode of “The Nanny.” “i love fran drescher and may i remind you that the nanny, fran fine, would never cross a picket line,” another person wrote. “Fran been holding it down since The Nanny,” another person tweeted. You cannot keep being dwindled and marginalized, disrespected and dishonored,” she said in her July 13 press conference.įans were quick to react to this apparent example of life imitating art. The episode clip began making the rounds after Drescher, who is the president of SAG-AFTRA, shared her union’s demands for better pay and fairer contracts. She explains her family’s support of strikes, saying if she crossed the picket line, her aunt would “roll over in her grave, which was paid for by her union.”įran also says her mother had three rules: “Never make contact with a public toilet,” “never wear musk oil to the zoo” and “never, ever, ever cross a picket line.”

“Wait a minute, are the busboys on strike?” she says. Sheffield.īut then she notices that the busboys for the event are picketing with signs outside the venue. In the 1994 episode from the show’s second season, Fran is about to walk into a swanky party with her boss, Mr.

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