PROVINCETOWN — Provincetown loves Fran Drescher.

That’s an easy enough thing to say and you hear it all the time when performers step on stage in a favorite city. But in this case it’s true times 100. Let me just ask you: When was the last time you saw an audience give a performer a standing ovation before the show begins? That’s what happened when Fran Drescher (“The Nanny” “Happily Divorced”) stepped onto the stage Saturday at Town Hall (as part of Rick Murray's Crown & Anchor Cabaret Series) for a little schmoozing with her adoring fans.

It’s easy to love Drescher for her comedic genius alone, which was on full display for the first, stand-up portion of the show, where the famous New York accent punctuated jokes about her family and childhood, relationships and marriages, weight loss, aging and show business. Just a few examples:

“I’m having a problem with weight loss. I have to lose 10 pounds before I can say I need to lose 10 pounds.”

“All mothers give their children advice. Most mothers say, ‘Brush your teeth before bed.' My mother said, ‘When you go to a buffet, skip the salads and go right for the carving station.’”

“When I first had the idea for ‘The Nanny’ I happened to be on a plane with the president of CBS and I decided to corner him. Where was he going to go, to coach? So I said, imagine ‘The Sound of Music’, but instead of Julie Andrews, I come to the door. He said, 'Sold!’”

For the second segment, Drescher and ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson did an interview session about their life and relationship (they’ve known each other since they were 15 and have continued a close relationship post-divorce). That gave the comedian the chance to talk about “everyone’s right to live an authentic life” (Jacobson realized he was gay during their marriage) and one more reason for the Provincetown audience to love the LGBT activist.

The show wound up with a Q&A, when the evening’s two-way love affair was really on display. Audience members talked about what the star’s role-modeling, activism and sharing of her experience as a cancer survivor in her book “Cancer Schmancer” have meant to them. Then there was another standing ovation. This was a very predictable happy ending.