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Strangers with Candy

  • TV Series
  • 1999–2000
  • TV-14
  • 22m
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Strangers with Candy (1999)
A forty-six-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman.
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A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman.A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman.A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman.

  • Creators
    • Stephen Colbert
    • Paul Dinello
    • Mitch Rouse
  • Stars
    • Amy Sedaris
    • Paul Dinello
    • Stephen Colbert
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    • Creators
      • Stephen Colbert
      • Paul Dinello
      • Mitch Rouse
    • Stars
      • Amy Sedaris
      • Paul Dinello
      • Stephen Colbert
    • 70User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Amy Sedaris
    Amy Sedaris
    • Jerri Blank
    • 1999–2000
    Paul Dinello
    Paul Dinello
    • Geoffrey Jellineck…
    • 1999–2000
    Stephen Colbert
    Stephen Colbert
    • Chuck Noblet…
    • 1999–2000
    Greg Hollimon
    • Principal Onyx Blackman
    • 1999–2000
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Sara Blank
    • 1999–2000
    Larc Spies
    Larc Spies
    • Derrick Blank…
    • 1999–2000
    Orlando Pabotoy
    Orlando Pabotoy
    • Orlando Pinatubo
    • 1999–2000
    Sarah Thyre
    • Coach Cherri Wolf…
    • 1999–2000
    Maria Thayer
    Maria Thayer
    • Tammi Littlenut
    • 1999–2000
    Roberto Gari
    Roberto Gari
    • Guy Blank…
    • 1999–2000
    Dolores Duffy
    Dolores Duffy
    • Iris Puffybush…
    • 2000
    Troy Metcalf
    Troy Metcalf
    • Troy
    • 2000
    Patrick Blindauer
    • Chip Beavers
    • 1999–2000
    David Pasquesi
    David Pasquesi
    • Stew
    • 1999–2000
    Virginia Williams
    Virginia Williams
    • Ginger…
    • 2000
    Heather Magee
    • Shannon Tudyk
    • 2000
    Matthew Sean Blumm
    Matthew Sean Blumm
    • P-John
    • 1999–2000
    Chuck Caruso
    • Trake
    • 1999–2000
    • Creators
      • Stephen Colbert
      • Paul Dinello
      • Mitch Rouse
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    freefall_wthout_a_parachute

    one of the best shows out there. its a shame it got canceled.

    many people fail to see the brilliance in strangers with candy.it is an extremely funny show.there are also a lot of subtle jokes or references that may go above the viewers head but if gotten, are hilarious.

    there could'nt be a better cast for SWC. they are all talented,funny individuals who also come up with some of the script and often improvise certain lines that turn out as if planned.

    the show requires an open sense of humor. those who lack that open humor might find some of the material offensive. what they need to realize is that the writers are not white supremist or hateful ignorant racist and there intent is not to come off in that light. rather, there intent is to be comedic and that is plain to see. all in all, i believe strangers with candy is one of the best shows thats been aired.
    Sintek

    Great fun - surrealism you can only find on short-lived shows.

    I'm surprised to see only one negative review on IMDB. Having been a fan of the show since its debut, I knew from the start it would be a love or hate series for many people.

    It's a great show not for its intellectual qualities (or on the surface, lack thereof), but its originality. Teen dramacom parodies have come before, though none as brave as this. SwC reminds me in part of the Nickelodeon series from the early-mid 90s such as "Salute your Shorts", which is perhaps why I and many others who grew up in that era have a soft spot for it.

    It's sad to think we might not see many more divisive T.V series. The dumbing down of the masses by shows in which greedy people vote one another off fake islands ensures subtly and wit will soon be regarded as the real enemies of television.
    8lambiepie-2

    Why do they take good stuff off the air?

    Stranger's With Candy has such a funny premise, and a highly un-believable one that you just have see it to believe it. I loved this series, bravo for Comedy Central to show it. In some respects it was like a very warped after school special but mixed in were themes of older adults trying to attend 'school', to compete against youngsters, and re-live a hey-day they never had in the first place.

    Jeri is a character that is trying to get her life back ontrack, and at her age, she went right back to the beginning, the high school she dropped out of. Oh -- gosh-- how funny it would be to see ANY of the high school drop outs decide to go back after 15, 20, 25 years of leaving and to RE-LIVE that horror all over again!!!

    This series was funny, bittersweet, and yes, more like a warped after school special but the question "Strangers With Candy" asked that we all should be asking is:

    "Do I set my work aspirations higher or do I chose to work at the plastic flower plant plant like everyone else?"
    ne0realism_it

    Cancer? That's hilaaaaaaaarious...

    When I first saw Strangers with Candy back in 1999, I was appalled. First of all I could hardly look at the character of Jerri Blank without wanting to vomit. But after finally giving it a chance I fell in love with the show. It's genius! Drugs, eating disorders, death of a parent, peer pressure, premarital sex...SWC is like Beverly Hills 90210 on acid (fashioning itself off of cheesy afterschool specials). The cast was great, the writing flawless. It sucks that this show was so underrated while it was on the air.
    Philloz3000

    Brilliant Satire, soon to be a movie

    Amy Sederis is brilliant as Jerri Blank amid a cast of other excellent comic writer/actors, including Paul Dinello and "The Daily Show's" Stephen Colbert. It had me consistently on the floor with it's inventiveness, audacity and vicious wit (i.e., the prayer at the Families of Alcoholics meeting: "Dear God, please give me the strength to blame those who did this to me, to accuse those who didn't, and the wisdom to know the difference.") It's long since disappeared from Comedy Central, but DVDs of Seasons One and Two are out, and a movie version by the same team is on its way for 2005. BTW, whoever suggested that the writers were "white supremists," I sincerely hope you are joking. It's called satire, in the vein of Swift and Voltaire.

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    • Trivia
      The character of Jerri is based on motivational speaker Florrie Fisher, who travelled high schools in the 1970s talking about her fall from 1940s socialite to a heroin addicted prostitute in the 1960s. Many lines of dialogue in the show are taken verbatim from a recording of a speech she gave to a New York high school, which circulated for many years on the cult video market as "The Trip Back." In real life, Fisher fell out of the public eye in the early 1970s, and for many years was believed to be missing and presumed dead. In the late 2000s, researchers turned up an interview with Mike Douglas in a 1973 issue of the Rotary Club publication "The Rotarian," in which Douglas recounted interviewing Fisher. According to Douglas, Fisher's disappearance was due to her being taken to a Miami hospital in the middle of her lecture tour, where she was diagnosed with liver cancer. The disease resulted in kidney failure, and she ultimately died of a heart attack on May 26, 1972, at the age of 54, though her death went unknown for decades.
    • Goofs
      Derrick Blank is frequently referred to as Jerri's stepbrother. He is actually her half-brother.
    • Quotes

      Jerri Blank: "Packing a Musket", by Jerri Blank. When you work from your home and johns call on the phone, you're a call girl. When you walk 'til you limp and give a cut to a pimp, you're a street whore. When they're beggin' you please to get down on your knees near their groinage, excusa me, but you see, don't you touch where they pee without coinage.

      Mr. Chuck Noblet: Thank you, Jerri...

      Jerri Blank: When I straddle and squat, to show you my...

      [Bell rings]

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of every episode while the credits are rolling you see the cast in that episode dancing.
    • Alternate versions
      In the complete Season Three Box Set, the episodes "Trail of Tears" and "Is My Daddy Crazy?" feature the original aired episodes, but in the Complete Series Box Set they are director's-cut episodes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Strangers With Candy Theme
      Composed by Mark Levenson

      Producer Bob Golden

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Comedy Central
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Незнакомцы с конфеткой
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Comedy Central
      • Paramount Home Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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