Fran, Val and C.C. all go out together and Fran is the only one who doesn't find a date.Fran, Val and C.C. all go out together and Fran is the only one who doesn't find a date.Fran, Val and C.C. all go out together and Fran is the only one who doesn't find a date.
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- Dancing Woman in Restaurant
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title is based upon the expression "the fifth wheel" meaning a useless extra item on a four wheel vehicle.
- GoofsThe audience and Fran alike are laughing when Sylvia tells of her new diet: eating butter out of a tub and not the bread and, she explains, eating fats without bread (or grains) like ice cream without the cone. She is 100% right. There are several diets based on cutting grains and increasing fats to lose weight, including Atkins, The Carbohydrate Addicts' Lifespan Program, low carb diets, diets for diabetics and insulin resistance, Factor X diets and more. The Nanny often made fun of overweight people with the focus on Sylvia Fine, but this time her character was absolutely right so the laughter was misguided and so was Fran.
- Quotes
C.C. Babcock: I've got to hurry home and get on the internet. I met the most fabulous man online.
Fran Fine: Oh? What's his name?
C.C. Babcock: I don't know. We go by screen names. His is Porschepuppy.
Brighton Sheffield: [just coming into the conversation] YOU'RE goodandplenty?
C.C. Babcock: [sitting down on the stairs] I am so embarrassed! The things I said. The things he said... you know, he's got quite a vocabulary for a fifteen year old.
Niles: Oh cheer up. You should be happy someone's still interested in those old floppy disks.