Fran drescher biography book
Enter Whining
February 27, 2018
I just love Fran. As I was walking out of work a few months ago I noticed someone had put her book on the free cart (the nerve of them, really) and it was like Christmas morning. I was a little kid when The Nanny was originally airing, so I didn’t become acquainted with Fran until a decade or so later when I’d get insomnia and The Nanny would come on like five times a night on either Nick At Night or TV Land. If you know anything about insomnia, you know it’s a pain in the ass. When you can’t shut your mind off and are stuck in a state of constant dwelling, you need a distraction. And on many a sleepless night, The Nanny was my distraction. Fran got me through some rough patches, so I feel a special fondness towards her. (Imagine my devastation when a few years ago I began my worst bout of insomnia ever only to get up, turn on the TV, and find out they’d replaced The Nanny with Friends & Everybody Loves Raymond. Again...the nerve of some people.)
As I started to read Enter Whining, I quickly realized that while I know a lot about Fran Fine, I know very little about Fran Dresher. My info was limited to one television show and a handful of interviews I caught bits and pieces of a few years back when she was on some kind of promo run. I do remember those promotional stops revolving around the revelation that her husband of many years was gay (a rather big morsel of information she wasn’t privy to during their marriage), their subsequent divorce, and their persevering friendship. From the very beginning of this book, Peter, her ex-husband, makes an appearance on almost every page. Keep in mind this book was written while they were still married and while she was still unaware that he was gay. After reading this book, I can see why they chose to remain close friends. They were such an integral part of each other’s lives. Not that all husbands and wives aren’t integral to each other, but these two pretty much moved as one unit. They had such a supportive, respectful, fun-loving, well-working relationship, and I’m glad they were able to maintain it outside of marriage and romance. I’m sure it was devastating when she found out, be she handled it with such class.
Speaking of class. There’s a chapter in the book about when she went on Howard Stern and learned just minutes before going live for the interview that he was planning—in typical, tacky, tasteless Howard Stern fashion—to spring questions on her about a break-in and attack she’d suffered years before. This information was not widely known and obviously very sensitive subject matter. She could have walked out of the studio and resolved to never deal with Howard Stern again, but instead she allowed him to ask his insensitive questions and took the opportunity to talk about rape and shed light on her experience in the hope that it would help someone else. The way she handled that situation was exquisite. She had every right to light into Howard. But she didn’t.
While the above-mentioned chapter is serious, most of the book is a light-hearted, humorous chronicle of her career, travels, and time with family and friends. I think she’s one of the celebrities who actually is who she appears to be—genuinely real, down-to-earth, and honest. After reading this book I have a newfound respect for Fran. Not that I didn’t respect her before. She is and always has been golden in my eyes, and now with this new insight, she is even more so.
As I started to read Enter Whining, I quickly realized that while I know a lot about Fran Fine, I know very little about Fran Dresher. My info was limited to one television show and a handful of interviews I caught bits and pieces of a few years back when she was on some kind of promo run. I do remember those promotional stops revolving around the revelation that her husband of many years was gay (a rather big morsel of information she wasn’t privy to during their marriage), their subsequent divorce, and their persevering friendship. From the very beginning of this book, Peter, her ex-husband, makes an appearance on almost every page. Keep in mind this book was written while they were still married and while she was still unaware that he was gay. After reading this book, I can see why they chose to remain close friends. They were such an integral part of each other’s lives. Not that all husbands and wives aren’t integral to each other, but these two pretty much moved as one unit. They had such a supportive, respectful, fun-loving, well-working relationship, and I’m glad they were able to maintain it outside of marriage and romance. I’m sure it was devastating when she found out, be she handled it with such class.
Speaking of class. There’s a chapter in the book about when she went on Howard Stern and learned just minutes before going live for the interview that he was planning—in typical, tacky, tasteless Howard Stern fashion—to spring questions on her about a break-in and attack she’d suffered years before. This information was not widely known and obviously very sensitive subject matter. She could have walked out of the studio and resolved to never deal with Howard Stern again, but instead she allowed him to ask his insensitive questions and took the opportunity to talk about rape and shed light on her experience in the hope that it would help someone else. The way she handled that situation was exquisite. She had every right to light into Howard. But she didn’t.
While the above-mentioned chapter is serious, most of the book is a light-hearted, humorous chronicle of her career, travels, and time with family and friends. I think she’s one of the celebrities who actually is who she appears to be—genuinely real, down-to-earth, and honest. After reading this book I have a newfound respect for Fran. Not that I didn’t respect her before. She is and always has been golden in my eyes, and now with this new insight, she is even more so.
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