Jerri and Mr. Jellineck have close encounters of the school bully kind. When poor Tammi asks Jerri to take the baby during gym class, Sedaris face drops into a cold stare, and she protests like a selfish prick . I love Jerri of course, but for me, Amys best character ever is foul-mouthed teen, Piglet. However, it is a comedy. racism, dealing with peer pressure (as well as pressure from the principal and teachers), accepting a new student, coping with an extremely dysfunctional . Orlando, you can't be a pilgrim. Why fight it?, "My husband specified 'No Darkies' at his funeral.". Oct 02, 2000. True story: I had recently started work in Southeast Asia at an English language school and was hanging out with a group of teachers when one mentioned her hometown in Florida. From racism and classicism to bisexuality and class bullying, Strangers With Candy made the case for smart writing in an irreverent setting. And yet when he finally gets to the part of the story where he sees the graffiti, Jellineck is too verklempt to utter the n-word. I find myself still laughing at some of the jokes days after I watch it. It would have been Twitter cancelled after 1 episode today, but I'm glad Paramount + shows it. Stew the meat man! Florrie was dead just two years after she made that video because she ruined her health so badly with all the drugs she did. This show was so original in so many ways. This week we arrive at Let Freedom Ring, an episode that boldly illustrates the ongoing problem of racism in contemporary American society (or something like that). HOT APP STORIES QUIZZES DISCOVER MEMES EMOJI The girl goes upstairs for something and the dad offers to give the BF tips on how to make out. I thought at the time that people said it wasnt very good, glad to hear a different opinion. Strangers with Candy is one of the rare shows where the series finale ranks among the top 3 funniest episodes (Winona Ryder and Amy Sedaris surprisingly had a lot of chemistry). Please put this out on video or DVD!!! 2023 Comedy Partners. 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. R77 And that includes things I forced on a mule! 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. Sedaris, Colbert, Dinello, and Rouse were cast members of the short-lived Comedy Central series Exit 57. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Really! I thought about the show again when Colbert was shedding tears for America during the Jan.6th insurrection. It delivered excellent performance from all the staff, but Colbert is notable because he co-created the show and wrote many episodes and frequently does musical dance numbers. Director Paul Dinello Writers Stephen Colbert (series Strangers with Candy) Paul Dinello (series Strangers with Candy) Amy Sedaris (series Strangers with Candy) Stars Amy Sedaris Stephen Colbert Wicked Stepmother: This goes without saying. Jerri must confront her racist views when a secret from her past reveals surprising news about her heritage. That "Pizza! Noblet, whos been watching through a window in the classroom door (I love how Noblet is the protector in this relationship, and Jellineck the delicate flower who emits high-pitched screams), urges Kittens to stop with the interrogation. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Principal Blackman dons a variety of costumes in order to call out a racist student. why do they always cancel the best shows. Jerri Blank: "Packing a Musket", by Jerri Blank. R41, youve got 15 minutes to shove some pie down that hole of yours, then its camper time! 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. And is she framing Paul? Jerri tries to boost her track performance and gets trapped in a sordid world of steroid abuse. Stephen Colbert does a good job, but Paul Dinello goes further! It tells the story of Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) the 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school to pick up right where she left off. Mr. Jellineck: "IT'S NOT A COLD SORE! Jerri agonizes over what she wants to do with her life while Mr. Jellineck quits teaching to become a starving artist. 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. While she tries to navigate the sightless world, he fights for the right to play on the football team. . You're racist pedophiles! Now, at age 46, she returns back to the same high school and is treated like any other high school student (even though she uses foul language, tells racist and sexist drugs, and frequently talks about giving somebody the shiv, etc. That episode in which Jerri and Tammi co-parent the baby for health class is probably the best in the series. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. Theres a scene in the movie with Colbert on a bowling alley that made me feel funnydown there. That her husband requested no darkies at his funeral? I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. I've always thought Paul Dinello was really handsome and funny, and wondered why he didn't have a bigger acting career. (Who knew Blackman had such a scatological fixation?) And I was teaching kids some of the time. When Geoffrey leaves Noblet's classroom with the sign up sheet and mug, he is seen next in the hallway with only the sign up sheet for the science fair that he posts on the bulletin board. Helen Keller doing cocaine FTW. I have this memory of telling a friend "I watched the Strangers with Candy movie so you don't have to". Paul Cotton (Jared Ryan): Jerri's love interest who gets to see her "Liberty Bell" in. No, no one remembers it, and it most certainly isn't quoted constantly on Datalounge. The one thing that I found to be somewhat entertaining was the relationship between the two male teachers. Strangers with candy is, well, THE BEST COMEDY EVER. Yarn is the best way to find video clips by quote. 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? A Familiar Face Returns in Teen Wolf: The Movie. There's some familiar faces from SCTV, and Amy Sedaris is a genius. I feel Jerri's juvenile delinquent antics deeply, they were a part of my youth too. As of 2022, it is available to watch on Paramount+. moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. : Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs. 02:11. Orlando warns Jerri to stay away from the wrong crowd, but Trish's skunk weed proves to be too difficult to pass up. The guy was FREAKING HOT!!! The only witness to the crime is Paul Cotton, a seemingly harmless student who tells Principal Blackman he was in the bathroom doing a number two at the time of the incident. Desperate to stay on the track team, Jerri abuses. 07/24/2000. She offered a softer edge and I agree she played the straight man really well. I always thought the episode Bully was one of the series best. its just a coincidence that I have a love of gambling and booze, and a knack for catching syphilis., "I do like black people. All Rights Reserved. Why didn't the original actors return? I've always wondered if Amy Sedaris and Colbert ever banged. Homecoming-Queen hopeful Jerri struggles with the Inner Beauty category. Yeah? After hearing about Jerri's homecoming queen nomination, Mr. Jellineck offers her some tips on winning the hearts of the people. 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. This is the company's first feature film production. She was very funny in Noises Off. That was better comedy. Dr. Dre put the kibosh on Majorie Taylor Greene. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she "stole the TV.". Easily It's very different from most sitcoms, and most of the timing and originality of the jokes are pulled off terrifically. Jerri: Okay, as long as you're not a cult. After spending time in the slammer for stealing a TV, Jerri decides to abandon her life of debauchery and go back to exactly where she left off- as a freshman at Flatpoint High. Meanwhile, Jellineck is dealing with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress. Words cannot explain Strangers with Candy. While Jerri sparks a joint in the park, Tammi sells a bake sale brownie to a not-so-undercover officer. Fanpop community fan club for Strangers With Candy fans to share, discover content and connect with other fans of Strangers With Candy. As the victim of sexual harassment, Jerri must decide whether to put out, put up or shut up. I watched these episodes when they first aired on Comedy Central, and I thought they were hilarious. Jerri learns the value of sanity when Stew, her mom's meat man, goes nuts. so hot. They go to the basement where her father (Colbert) is sculpting a squirrel. Im going to call you Dizzy!. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. I'd look up the name, but Ill just call him the Daily Show corrospondentclassic. Jerri Blank discovers her mother has died, her father, Guy, has remarried to the hateful Sara Blank, and she has an arrogant half-brother Derrick. [quote] Sarah Thayer was so good. If you are completely open to a show that is comically insulting to every conceivable special interest group (and I belong to one!) R45, thats Jeremy Davidson, and hes STILL hot! strangers. Two longshoremen fighting over a squirrel Learning all the right lessons the wrong way. Sensitive to the injusticeor at least her own raging libidoJerri offers the young Mr. Cotton a cigarette and a sympathetic ear. Watching this show is much like watching a beautiful woman pick her nose. get your hands on this. Amy Sedaris said of Jerri Blank that "she's like a rash; you never know when she's going to pop up. The League (2009) - S04E03 The Freeze Out. They discover Jerri is illiterate while she goes to cheerleading try-outs. Even tho you're savvy enough to get "Strangers with Candy", you're just another pedestrian elderly idiot with statements like the one I quoted above. Jerri Blank describes herself as a "boozer, user and a loser," and when she gets to redo her high school years and turn her life around, her comically bad judgment sticks. I was completely drawn in. A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10:00p.m. (ET). Jerri offers a new student a homemade gift in the hopes of going with him to the school dance. What does the title "Strangers with Candy" mean? I liked when Chris "welcome to the OC, bitch" Carmac played a hot jock. Gonads? I mean, how often does that happen in a show? It attracts you and repulses you simultaneously. In the faculty shower, Noblet confesses his concerns about Jellinecks state of mind to Blackman, who decides to call in former grief counselor Percy Kittens (played be the great but terminally underused Tim Meadows) for assistance. Four pals must break an evil spell and change their fates when a classic kid's game to predict the future comes back to haunt them in the Comedy Central original movie Cursed Friends. A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman. Flatpoint High is in the grip of a racist who spray-painted an ethnic slur on the wall. Flairs, a shoe with a ridiculously long lace, take the fashion world by storm and become the key to Jerris social success. I dont think Ive ever heard laughter like that in a movie theatre. R112 There's a job waiting for you down the block from your house that doesn't require a thought in your head or a hope in your heart. Jerri must lose weight to be in physical shape for the debate team, which she thinks is her ticket to popularity. The film takes place before the series. Jerri: Hows it goin, Susie? If you can't find the email you can resend it here. Its reminiscent of the episode Dreams On The Rocks, where Saras drinking is a problem not because its a threat to her health, but because it might embarrass Jerri. Colbert making like Annie Sullivan and Jerri like Helen Keller. So I thought I'd check this one out. Disaster follows, especially in the relationship between Jellineck and Noblet. (Jerri wistfully remembering Ramon the donkey, her co-star in Tijuana). She gropes around for an explanation, claiming the graffiti was meant to be a parable, or a pun, or maybe it was a riddle. with. After Jerri becomes perfectly assimilated into the cults mindset, its leader finds that sometimes cults have to be selective with their recruits. Jerri had the hots for her stepbrother's new friend,. 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