strangers with candy

Jerri Blank: Faggot.
Chuck Noblet: What did you just call me?
Jerri Blank: Well, what did you hear?
Chuck Noblet: I'd rather not repeat it.
Jerri Blank: Then I guess we'll never know.


the inspired main character in this WONDERFUL tv series (that was later made into a film in 2005) is jerri blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-prostitute who on getting out of jail goes back to being a high school freshman at Flatpoint High. she is played by the amazing kook that is amy sedaris. and well, if you like your comedy politically incorrect, irreverent yet pertinent, effortlessly original, bit caustic. bit gross. bit cruel. touching at times. then look no further. this is a keeper.

this is what one IMDB user had to say:

Words cannot explain Strangers with Candy. You need to see it to believe it and even then you'll be scratching your head in disbelief (while laughing your ass off of course).

The premise is that of a sick and twisted after school special from hell where all of the wrong lessons are learned. (Great one from Jellineck – `if you're going to smoke marijuana you have to be prepared to spend a lot of time laughing with your friends').

It is one of the smartest, subversive and exhilaratingly un-pc shows ever. It a makes fun of authority figures, the handicapped, minorities and that's just for starters. Each episode is crammed with one-liners and sight gags so numerous they'll make your head spin.

It's all in the delivery, folks. Principal Blackman (Gregory Hollimon), Noblet (Steven Colbert) and Jellineck (Paul Dinello) are all pitch perfect. (they are the teachers, one of them married, having secret affair everyone knows about).