Mary Poppins Scene 3 Summary

Nanny 911

  • Later, George and Winifred are arguing about how to hire a new nanny. George and Winifred agree that Winifred's done a lousy job of selecting nannies—four of them have all peaced out recently.
  • George decides to write an ad for The Times, dictating to Winifred an advertisement for a strict, command-and-control nanny.
  • The kids walk into the room and apologize, and show him their own advertisement for the nanny. They want a nanny who's all kind and sweet—not a whip cracking, storm-trooper nanny.
  • The dad thinks this is the dumbest thing he's ever heard. He tears up their ad and chucks it in the fireplace, while calling The Times to place his own ad.
  • But the wind blows the pieces up the chimney…