The Nanny Funniest Moments Ranked

"The Nanny" team loved to draw from other pop culture texts — especially in its episode titles, which ran the gamut from "A Star is Unborn" to "Frannie's Choice" to "Franny and the Professor." But the show also often made references to other TV and film in the actual episodes as well — and Season 2's sixteenth episode "Canasta Masta" is a prime example. The episode itself is about Brighton replacing Fran on Sylvia's canasta team, but the standout comedy moment has nothing to do with card games.

The hilarious moment in question has Niles sliding into the camera's view without his pants, channeling Tom Cruise in "Risky Business." With the mansion to himself, our favorite Butler lip syncs "Old Time Rock & Roll" into a makeshift microphone while clad in sunglasses, a White button-down, his boxers, and socks with garters. As he dances around the entryway — quite well, we might add — he gets wilder and wilder, even going so far as to take his "microphone" duster and start strumming it like a guitar.

It is a cute scene, but what takes it over the top is the moment that Niles' rival C.C. opens the front door behind him. He sees her, shuts the music, and says, "You realize, of course, now I'm going to have to kill you." And while the enemies eventually become love interests and marry later in the show, this moment was a fantastic win for C.C., who always seemed one step behind in their feud.