Mr. Jellineck: "IT'S NOT A COLD SORE! For those who mentioned the scene where Colbert and Dinello make out, they had an even hotter gay scene together in another project. Did fans of the show like the movie? Too bad they never made an episode called "Karma," eh? Now go back to the good ole days of throwing your fastfood wrappers out the car window and inhaling 2nd hand smoke in every indoor space. Although this episode aired several weeks before next weeks Jerri Is Only Skin Deep, it comes after it on the series DVD. This item: Strangers With Candy - Season One by Amy Sedaris DVD $92.97 Strangers With Candy - Season Three by Paul Dinello DVD $7.22 Strangers With Candy: Season 2 by Paul Dinello DVD $35.99 Strangers With Candy: Season 2 Paul Dinello 252 DVD 22 offers from $3.55 Strangers with Candy: The Complete Series Amy Sedaris 353 DVD 10 offers from $33.98 Pfft. Tammi's hip bones catch Mr. Noblet's eye, and Jerri considers the impact of her dietary habits. principal. XD, Sorry, it wasn't an egg; it was an actual baby that Jerri and Tammy were given to care for. R173 That's the episode I show people who have never heard of SWC (back in 2007 that was a lot of people). I was a young science teacher back then, and loved the dirty, amoral retooling of the old After School Specials. Strangers with Candy The Filmstrip Season 1 E 6 06/26/1999 Principal Blackman dons a variety of costumes in order to call out a racist student. Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News Is Back. Strangers With Candy never really became a cultural touchstone in the way that either of these shows wereand still are, to some extentand I wonder how much of this has to do with just how weird it is. Worldwide Pants, a production company owned by comedian David Letterman, was also a producer. A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman. Deborah Rush is married to Walter Cronkite's son. This show is intelligent yet crass and, refreshingly, without a laugh track. "But my vagina's all PUFFY" anyway "You stupid bloodfart! Rebecca (cult recruiter): Oh, it's just a collective cooperative community service operation outreach program project. The series was first envisioned by Amy Sedaris as a parody of after school specials. R141, the one with Jerri and Tammi (it's spelled with an i) Littlenut raising a baby together is genius, absolute genius. Sometimes its hard to tell just what point Strangers With Candy is making, or if its making one at all. Exit 57 was bizarre and hilarious. See production, box office & company info, Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses? Sensitive to the injusticeor at least her own raging libidoJerri offers the young Mr. Cotton a cigarette and a sympathetic ear. But if the point, as a comedy, is to make people laughwell, in my case they failed. Please put this out on video or DVD!!! ", LOL at Chandra Wilson as one of the prisoners at R131. The film takes place before the series. Mr. Noblet grows jealous of the special fake bond between Mr. Jellineck and Coach Wolf as Jerris control issues threaten her own fake union in a marriage experiment gone awry. 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. I'd rather be killed, raped, and eaten (preferably in that order) by Reavers than get busy with Jerri Blank. Much of Jerri's past is taken from anecdotes in The Trip Back, some of which are also in Fisher's autobiography, The Lonely Trip Back. R144 Indeed the Strangers With Candy movie recycled a lot from the show and was a huge disappointment but you shouldn't lump Brain Candy into the group. Jerri must lose weight to be in physical shape for the debate team, which she thinks is her ticket to popularity. Jerrrrrrrri Blaaaaaaank. I went as Mr. Jellineck for Halloween one year. When Jerri announces she's giving up on music, her father finds the courage to overcome his hatred of the violin. She offered a softer edge and I agree she played the straight man really well. Sedaris, Dinello, Colbert and a few other folks had a sketch comedy show for a little while before "Strangers with Candy" -- it was called "Exit 57". Join me in celebrating comedy here: https://www.jamiebenson.com/I'm fun also, follow on social.IG: https://www.instagram.com/jamiejbenson/FB: https://www.fac. Jerri takes over the school newspapers advice column from Jellineck. ;). so hot. Hello and thank you for registering. The things she does with her face and eyes are brilliant. I blurted "Oooh Florida, beautiful weather, harsh penal system" with a furrowed brow. Jerri offers a new student a homemade gift in the hopes of going with him to the school dance. R77 And that includes things I forced on a mule! As a result of the Second City connection, many episodes feature other more famous alumni like Richard Kind ("Mad About You," "Spin City") and Tim Meadows ("Saturday Night Live"). moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Pick up the Series DVD today! Its absurd messagethat a black man can be anything he wants to be, even a giant squirrelis typical of. Not sure how true it is, but I had heard a long time ago that Amy Sedaris and Alan Tudyk dated for a while, The Miracle Worker parody in the illiterate episode was funny AF. [quote] A few jokes landed badly, like a line written for Deborah Rush in a scene between her character and Principal Blackman at Jeris fathers funeral. I thought about the show again when Colbert was shedding tears for America during the Jan.6th insurrection. In the complete Season Three Box Set, the episodes "Trail of Tears" and "Is My Daddy Crazy?" Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. They, along with Greg Hollimon and many other stars of the series, were also alumni of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe. My friends and I still randomly leave voice messages for each other as Piglet. It's much crazier than anything they ever did on "Strangers with Candy." The twist is the skit turns into a Groundhog Day thing, where the girl/BF replay the end of their date about 4-5 times and Colbert/Dinello kiss each time. stars: Amy Sedaris as Jerri Blank, Stephen Colbert as Mr. Chuck Nobblets, Paul Dinello as Mr. Goffrey Jellynacks, Gregory Holliman as Principal Onix Blackman. She was very funny in Noises Off. How those kids in the audience stopped themselves from laughing out loud puzzles me to this day. Jerri wonders if she can cure her stepmother's lover's insanity in time for him to speak at Flatpoint High's Occupation Week. its a shame it got canceled. Or how about the time Jerri joined the cult (because she had the hots for a skinny blonde gal) and the cult was trying to get her to leave? One of the best shows on comedy central. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. Strangers with Candy S1 E6. Jerri learns the value of sanity when Stew, her mom's meat man, goes nuts. site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, When you work from your home and johns call on the phone, you're a call girl. I have this memory of telling a friend "I watched the Strangers with Candy movie so you don't have to". And this is a middle-aged woman! Some features on this site require registration. 07/19/1999. It seems like the writers perfect every little joke. The writing is some of the best I've ever seen on television, every sentence uttered by every character is funny. A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman. The 30 episodes are spread over six DVDs, which arrive in one of the nicer package concepts I've seen recently. Her friends and her enter a science fair and want to win so that Jerri's father (Dan Hedaya) can be proud and maybe awake from his coma. I watched these episodes when they first aired on Comedy Central, and I thought they were hilarious. R154, I seem to remember in the DVD commentary them saying that it was almost impossible to find an old person who could hold the frozen positions and so they didnt get to use that gag very often because it ruined the effect of the actor couldnt hold the position convincingly. A prequel to the critically-acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46-year-old ex-junkie ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to restart her life. why do they always cancel the best shows. [quote] Does anyone remember the 90s Comedy Central show called Strangers with Candy?, In order to teach you the responsibilities of caring for a 10-pound baby, Im giving you a 10-pound baby.. Some of my favorite episodes include the one where Jerri is anorexic for like one day, the one where Jerri becomes an abusive husband when she and Tammy Littlenut are paired up to care for an egg, and the one where Jerri and some guy are paired up as husband/wife for a class project and she begins to take it for real, even accusing his actual girlfriend of being his mistress. While Jerri sparks a joint in the park, Tammi sells a bake sale brownie to a not-so-undercover officer. The one thing that I found to be somewhat entertaining was the relationship between the two male teachers. That's right. . When you walk 'til you limp and give a cut to a pimp, you're a street whore. I find it hysterically funny. A teaser trailer for the film was released in April 2006. Bizarre, hilarious sitcom from Second City vets, You'll be transfixedfor better or worse. Strangers with Candy S1 E6. Strangers With Candy Season 1 $14.49 Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. Principal Blackman and Percy Kittens devise a clever plan to uncover a racist. Jerri's violin studies keep her from hanging out with Orlando, and Mr. Noblet takes a special interest in her extremities. Im always reluctant to over-analyze Strangers With Candy, but its tempting to read this episode as a statement about hypocritical squeamishness over the use of the n-word. 06/26/1999. Every episode features a warped theme or moral lesson and ends with the cast and other featured actors from the episode dancing. Jerri gets chummy with the most popular girl in school and finally gets to be cool. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site Amy looks just like her, and would have made a more convincing Judy than Renee Z. feature the original aired episodes, but in the Complete Series Box Set they are director's-cut episodes. The second episode opening scene in which Noblett and Jellineck met in the bathroom WAS really hot. All you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device. Sarah Thayer was so good. The guy was FREAKING HOT!!! Reuniting the cast and writers from the original series . Stranger's With Candy has such a funny premise, and a highly un-believable one that you just have see it to believe it. Chris Carmack at his yummy freshest, giving Jeri his jumbo frank in secret. You're Hitlers! racism, dealing with peer pressure (as well as pressure from the principal and teachers), accepting a new student, coping with an extremely dysfunctional . I literally cannot remember a single thing about it and thus cannot be SURE I watched it. Yeah? Although Comedy Central shows it currently at 3am during the week I know it will be off the air soon. 02:11. Great fun - surrealism you can only find on short-lived shows. - All pumpkins are racist. S3 E10. Can she learn to read? Amy Sedaris is outrageously funny as Jerry Blank, a 47 year old reprehensible ex-convict trying to graduate Flashpoint High "right where she left off." I know, it sounds like a fevered dream. This is a comedy of epic proportions. Here's what the distributor says about their film: "STRANGERS WITH CANDY is a prequel to the Comedy Central series of the same name, "the story of Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris), a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over, only to confront the most dangerous gang of allthe cool kids. How I Met Your Mother (2005) - S02E10 Romance, Strangers with Candy (1999) - S01E07 Feather in the Storm, Good Times (1974) - S01E05 Michael Gets Suspended, Community (2009) - S03E15 Origins of Vampire Mythology. HOT APP STORIES QUIZZES DISCOVER MEMES EMOJI It's called satire, in the vein of Swift and Voltaire. She mentions lots of NC specific things in just the first season. She decides to start her life over, and that means entering high school as a freshman. My favorite quote: Whats the difference between being married and in love, and single and in the backseat of a car?, Strangers With Candy Unaired Pilot- Retardation, A Celebration. Glint, Glimmer in some parts of Mexico its known as Satans Hairlip. Nice camel toe., Student in Noblets class: What happened to Martin Luther King?Noblet: Im not sure.. YOUR FAVORITE COMEDY CENTRAL SHOWS ARE ON PARAMOUNT+. Jerri Blank: "Packing a Musket", by Jerri Blank. Sedaris, Colbert, Dinello, and Rouse (along w/ Jodi Lennon) had previously created the short-lived, underrated, Cable Ace Award winning "Exit 57" for Comedy Central, which was equally brilliant. She is oblivious to her husband's relationship with Geoffrey Jellineck. And then I laughed really hard., Why does YOUR finger smell like HIS ass?. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she "stole the TV.". Full Ep. Of course, seeing as Strangers With Candy is based entirely on Spoof Aesops, Jerri's intentions of leaving her twisted, drug-addled past behind her never come to fruition. After hearing about Jerri's homecoming queen nomination, Mr. Jellineck offers her some tips on winning the hearts of the people. Flatpoint High is in the grip of a racist who spray-painted an ethnic slur on the wall. Her real motive isnt protecting Pauls reputation, its getting him in the sack. The show follows the old formula of each episode dealing with one situation of a teenager's life and how they learn from it. Pizza!" Also some very clever sight gags, implying that she pulls the baby out of her knapsack, and also when she hands the baby a dangerous sharp cut open soda can, only to find he has toppled off the dresser into a laundry basket. Thanksgiving Pageant. Noblet). lol. The League (2009) - S04E03 The Freeze Out. "I'm as moist as a snack-cake down there!". Maybe he's happier behind the camera. Bayonne High School - Avenue A & 28th Street, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. Strangers with Candy S1 E10. Paul Cotton (Jared Ryan): Jerri's love interest who gets to see her "Liberty Bell" in. Jerri opens up about a tragic incident at Flatpoint High and learns a lesson in racial tolerance. the web and also on Android and iOS. I am glad they did though.". In the end, Jerri shrugs and offers up a simpler motive: I dont like black people. At least shes being honest. Give this show a chance, you will not regret it. You know the Noblet and Jellinek scene in the bathroom is actually a parody of a scene in Prick Up Your Ears, the Joe Orton bio starring Gary Oldman, Vanessa Redgrave and Alfred Molina. It was either an old interview or dvd commentary but I remember Amy mentioned a line the censors wouldnt allow from one of the episodes (I think the sexual harassment one) where Jerri tells a potential date, Hey maybe I could jerk you off and you could pour beer over me!, Jerri and Orlando playing the "Presidential Assassin" video game at the mall when she joins the cult--"Look at George Washington's false teeth fly!". There's some familiar faces from SCTV, and Amy Sedaris is a genius. Sedaris herself is pretty talented and orbits around the edges of real success, with some character acting that she pulls off convincingly. A DVD of the film was released in November 2006. Desperate to stay on the track team, Jerri abuses. 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