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"Strangers with Candy" (1999): Season 3: Episode 10 -- The final episode.  Jerri fall in with the cool crowd as part of a makeover bet while Flatpoint High is slowly turned into a strip mall.
"Strangers with Candy" (1999): Season 3: Episode 9 -- Jerri and Jellineck have close encounters of the school bully kind.
"Strangers with Candy" (1999): Season 3: Episode 8 -- When Jerri finds herself the victim of sexual harassment, she must decide whether to put out, put up, or shut up.
"Strangers with Candy" (1999): Season 3: Episode 7 -- When Flatpoint High turns to Jerri for an advice column, Jerri turns to sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
"Strangers with Candy" (1999): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Jerri tries to boost her track performance and gets trapped in a sordid world of steroid abuse.

Overview

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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 full episode list

Release Date:

7 April 1999 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

Good times! more

Plot:

A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman. full summary

User Comments:

Why do they take good stuff off the air? more (64 total)


Cast

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Stephen Colbert ... Chuck Noblet / ... (30 episodes, 1999-2000)
Greg Hollimon ... Principal Onyx Blackman / ... (30 episodes, 1999-2000)

Amy Sedaris ... Jerri Blank / ... (30 episodes, 1999-2000)
Deborah Rush ... Sara Blank (30 episodes, 1999-2000)

Paul Dinello ... Geoffrey Jellineck (29 episodes, 1999-2000)

Larc Spies ... Derrick Blank (27 episodes, 1999-2000)

Orlando Pabotoy ... Orlando Pinatubo (22 episodes, 1999-2000)

Maria Thayer ... Tamela 'Tammi' Littlenut (14 episodes, 1999-2000)
Sarah Thyre ... Coach Cherri Wolf (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

22 min (30 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Comedy Central more


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Trivia:

Greg Hollimon made his film debut in The Fugitive (1993) as the "Skating Orderly". In both "The Trip Back" and "Ask Jerry", Hollimon's character Principal Blackman shows off his roller skating prowess. more

Quotes:

Chuck Noblet: So, is there no Mrs. Jellineck?
Geoffrey Jellineck: No...
Chuck Noblet: Divorce?
Geoffrey Jellineck: She was, uh, she was murdered.
Chuck Noblet: Sometimes that can be just as painful.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Will & Grace: Strangers with Candice (#6.9)" (2003) more

Soundtrack:

Strangers With Candy Theme more


FAQ

Can you explain the relationship between Geoffrey Jellineck & Chuck Noblet?
In each season, what high school level is Jerri in?
Is Sara Blank Jerri's real mother?
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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Why do they take good stuff off the air?, 26 May 2003
Author: lambiepie-2 from Los Angeles, CA

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?"

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