Strangers with CANDY
Does anyone remember the 90’s Comedy Central show called “Strangers with Candy?” It features Amy Sedaris as the troubled lead character (“Geri Blank”) and features a very young Stephen Colbert playing a high school teacher (“Mr. Noblet”). The premise is that Geri fell into a life of crime as a high school student and spent ~30 years of hard time. 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.
It is a send up of the bullshit hassles of high school, and is a mockery of after-school specials. For those unfamiliar with those, they were very preachy situation dramas (such as bullying of a new student, or an alcoholic parent, or discovering one’s aunt can’t read, etc.) capped off with a trite, moralistic conclusion. You can watch it on Comedy Central or Paramount+.
It could never be made today because of its frequently sexist, homophobic, and racist comments, and outrageous situations (such as Geri selling a baby on the black market). However, it is a comedy. I find it hysterically funny. 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.
Any other fans?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 188 | May 2, 2024 2:48 PM
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Remember it, I have the full series on DVD!
"I'm as moist as a snack-cake down there!"
by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 25, 2022 5:38 PM
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A friend dragged me to the movie against my will because I never saw the tv series and I didn’t think I would get it. Well I got it real fast. I literally peed my pants. I jumped out of my seat and got to the men’s room just in time. I don’t think I’ve ever heard laughter like that in a movie theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 25, 2022 5:38 PM
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I LOVE this show but it is definitely not for everyone. Honestly I silently judge the hell out of people who don't think it is funny. I love how Mr. Noblet hates Jerri yet they are both stuck in a symbiotic relationship.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 25, 2022 5:41 PM
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Love, love, love this show. Downloaded every episode.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 25, 2022 5:41 PM
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I love the down-low closet romance between Stephen Colbert and the Art teacher.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 25, 2022 5:42 PM
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[quote]Does anyone remember the 90’s Comedy Central show called “Strangers with Candy?”
No, no one remembers it, and it most certainly isn't quoted constantly on Datalounge.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 25, 2022 5:43 PM
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I didn't really get it during its first run, but after rewatching it I think it's a scream.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 25, 2022 5:43 PM
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Florrie Fisher, the motivational speaker who was Amy Sedaris's inspiration for Jerri
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | February 25, 2022 5:45 PM
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OP, I came to this thread as soon as I felt like it.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 25, 2022 5:45 PM
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“I love the hole AND the pole!”
-Geri Blank
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 25, 2022 5:45 PM
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I've just been invited to my first orgy. Should I bring hot fruit?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 25, 2022 5:46 PM
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It seems longer ago than 2001, honestly. Loved it, but haven’t seen the movie yet. I thought at the time that people said it wasn’t very good, glad to hear a different opinion.
R8, I came here to post that video! Amy looks just like her, and would have made a more convincing Judy than Renee Z.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 25, 2022 5:47 PM
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[quote] Does anyone remember the 90’s Comedy Central show called “Strangers with Candy?”
Hon, do you know where you are?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 25, 2022 5:50 PM
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“In order to teach you the responsibilities of caring for a 10-pound baby, I’m giving you a 10-pound baby.”
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 25, 2022 5:51 PM
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And just remember, r15, babies don't cost money, they make money. Especially the little white ones.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 25, 2022 5:55 PM
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My ovaries are diseeeeeeeased!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 25, 2022 5:58 PM
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R5, when they slam the art room door and start making out and Stephen reaches up swipes the lightbulb and smashes it out? Fucking hot. The hottest thing I saw on TV in my life to that point.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 26, 2022 12:50 AM
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I used to repeatedly rewind the scene where Colbert poses nude for an art class. I swear you could see his dangly bits at one point.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 26, 2022 1:49 AM
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Oh Ramon! (Jerri wistfully remembering Ramon the donkey, her co-star in Tijuana)
by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 26, 2022 1:52 AM
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V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! What's that spell?
Jerri: Fandango? Hobocamp? HOBOCAMP!
They discover Jerri is illiterate while she goes to cheerleading try-outs. The DVD commentary of the cast said they'd already established that Jerri could read in the previous season but didn't care because this was funny as shit.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 26, 2022 1:58 AM
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Good Time Island? With full release?!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 26, 2022 2:08 AM
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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?
by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 26, 2022 2:24 AM
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You’re only as ugly as we think you are.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 31 | February 26, 2022 3:37 AM
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“I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. And then I laughed — really hard.”
by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 26, 2022 3:41 AM
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“You can’t re-fry things, Jerri.”
by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 26, 2022 4:00 AM
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“Why does YOUR finger smell like HIS ass?”
by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 26, 2022 4:01 AM
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Let’s just say… it’s a bong.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 26, 2022 4:21 AM
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Cancer? That’s hil-ar-ious!
by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 26, 2022 4:27 AM
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Packing a Musket' a poem 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.
When I straddle and squat, to show you my...
by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 26, 2022 4:27 AM
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I’m sorry for all those hurtful things I said about you…you dirty, dirty Jew Diary.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 26, 2022 4:29 AM
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But I'll be the laughing stock of Flatpoint High!!!
by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 26, 2022 8:22 AM
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There’s a scene in the movie with Colbert on a bowling alley that made me feel funny…down there.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 26, 2022 8:33 AM
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R41, you’ve got 15 minutes to shove some pie down that hole of yours, then it’s camper time!
by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 26, 2022 10:28 AM
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That "Pizza! Pizza!" was SO HOT!!! I would be like Jerri and be his fuck-buddy on the down-low. If I recall, he didn't mind fucking her; he just didn't want people to know and taint his reputation. I don't know why people were trying to shame her about being his doormat. The guy was FREAKING HOT!!!
by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 26, 2022 10:44 AM
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*That "Pizza! Pizza! guy was SO HOT!!!
by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 26, 2022 10:45 AM
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R45, that’s Jeremy Davidson, and he’s STILL hot!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | February 26, 2022 11:59 AM
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I’m ready for camper time!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 47 | February 26, 2022 12:02 PM
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“I woke up with blood on my ass. We all just laughed, and got high.”
I thought about the show again when Colbert was shedding tears for America during the Jan.6th insurrection. It boggles my mind that he went from the fry daddy to late night.
Also, I own a novelty Flatpoint High t shirt.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 26, 2022 12:25 PM
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Gimme your pinky so I can make it was all stinky!
by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 26, 2022 12:45 PM
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[quote]racist and sexist drugs
Pics please.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 26, 2022 12:48 PM
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You don’t wanna hit me OR screw me?? Bring a book!
by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 26, 2022 1:07 PM
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The monkey’s washing the duck!!!
by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 26, 2022 1:10 PM
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I've always wondered if Amy Sedaris and Colbert ever banged.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 26, 2022 1:26 PM
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“I’m not adopted and I’m not an Indian! it’s just a coincidence that I have a love of gambling and booze, and a knack for catching syphilis.”
by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 26, 2022 1:58 PM
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"I do like black people. It just took a white one to prove it to me."
by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 26, 2022 2:07 PM
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"Greeks are just Jews without money."
by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 26, 2022 2:07 PM
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[quote] I used to repeatedly rewind the scene where Colbert poses nude for an art class. I swear you could see his dangly bits at one point.
One of the earliest episodes had Colbert's character walking in on Paul Dinello's in the mens room and they suddenly go at it. It made me rock hard, they had chemistry off the wall.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 26, 2022 2:07 PM
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"Cancer? That's hilarious!"
by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 26, 2022 2:08 PM
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Amy and Paul Dinello (Mr. Jellineck) used to be a couple, R54. The two of them plus Colbert are good friends and the writers/creators of the show. I'd hate to think Stephen would fuck his best friend's ex, plus I believe he was married for most of the time they've known each other.
I've always thought Paul Dinello was really handsome and funny, and wondered why he didn't have a bigger acting career. Looks like he's stuck with Colbert as a writer and producer on both his Comedy Central show and the Late Show. Maybe he's happier behind the camera.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 26, 2022 2:09 PM
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OP’s next thread:
“Has Anyone Seen This Show Called ‘The Golden Girls’?”
by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 26, 2022 2:17 PM
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At the time, Strangers with Candy was really “out there” and a real guilty pleasure. I was a young science teacher back then, and loved the dirty, amoral retooling of the old “After School Specials”.
A few jokes landed badly, like a line written for Deborah Rush in a scene between her character and Principal Blackman at Jeri’s father’s funeral.
Sedaris herself is pretty talented and orbits around the edges of real success, with some character acting that she pulls off convincingly.
Jeri Blank, the character, was pretty masterful. Some of her dialogue, particularly the sharp jabs at her brother and step mother, were legitimately course and dark, and very funny. I liked it when she added the prefix “STEP” when addressing Deborah Rush’s character, and Larc Spies’, Derek “my step-FAG!” That was rough, fucked-up dialogue, and very funny.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 26, 2022 2:43 PM
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I still make jokes about not wanting to participate in the goings on around me by claiming “I just wanna read my Gladiator magazines.”
by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 26, 2022 5:09 PM
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Every few years I watch that video with Florrie Fisher, and every time I watch it it's even more insane than I remember. It's much crazier than anything they ever did on "Strangers with Candy." How those kids in the audience stopped themselves from laughing out loud puzzles me to this day. They listen so politely.
Florrie was dead just two years after she made that video because she ruined her health so badly with all the drugs she did.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 26, 2022 5:45 PM
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Who are you? Jeri Blank
No, who are you? Jeri Blank
No, who arrrrrre you? Jerrrrrrrri Blaaaaaaank
by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 26, 2022 6:06 PM
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Glint, Glimmer… in some parts of Mexico it’s known as Satan’s Hairlip.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 26, 2022 7:25 PM
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Chris Carmack at his yummy freshest, giving Jeri his jumbo frank in secret.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 26, 2022 7:29 PM
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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).
My favorite quote: “What’s the difference between being married and in love, and single and in the backseat of a car?”
by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 26, 2022 7:29 PM
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Strangers With Candy Unaired Pilot- Retardation, A Celebration
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 74 | February 26, 2022 8:04 PM
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Jerri did you do something new to your hair? It looks...destitute.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 26, 2022 10:21 PM
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Rebecca (cult recruiter): Oh, it's just a collective cooperative community service operation outreach program project.
Jerri: Okay, as long as you're not a cult.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 26, 2022 10:25 PM
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I did things I wouldn't force on a mule!
by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 26, 2022 10:29 PM
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It's JERRI, you pan-faced chimps.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 26, 2022 10:32 PM
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R77 And that includes things I forced on a mule!
by Anonymous | reply 79 | February 26, 2022 10:34 PM
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If you're gonna reach for a star, well, reach for the lowest one you can.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 26, 2022 10:35 PM
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Stew the meat man! His slow burn when he was ordering Jerri to "eat the brisket" made me come.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 26, 2022 10:40 PM
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[quote] Stew the meat man!
The one where Stew went crazy and was stapling cheese squares to the roof!
by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 26, 2022 11:25 PM
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[quote]Chris Carmack at his yummy freshest, giving Jeri his jumbo frank in secret.
That's right. R44 here. I conflated my two stories/hunks.
Chris Carmack was the jock who used Jerri as a fuck-hole but didn't want to be seen with her.
Jeremy Davidson played the sexy stud in the episode where Jerri becomes a born-again virgin, but I don't recall if he was nasty to her.
Either way, I wanted both. Bad.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 26, 2022 11:39 PM
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Jerri preferred to date her long lost son over that nice Spike Jabber!
by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 26, 2022 11:40 PM
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Do a lot of the people die of sifilis?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 88 | February 27, 2022 12:11 AM
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[quote] A few jokes landed badly, like a line written for Deborah Rush in a scene between her character and Principal Blackman at Jeri’s father’s funeral.
That her husband requested no darkies at his funeral? lol
by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 27, 2022 1:05 AM
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Deborah Rush is married to Walter Cronkite's son. Their college-age son committed suicide a few years ago.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | February 27, 2022 1:31 AM
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I'm gonna make your pinky all stinky.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 92 | February 27, 2022 2:48 AM
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Does anyone remember Will and Grace or Ally McBeal or Sex in the City???!!
by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 27, 2022 2:52 AM
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I didn't know that, r91, how sad. I've always liked her performances. She was very funny in Noises Off.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 27, 2022 3:23 AM
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But my vagina is all puffy!
by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 27, 2022 4:16 AM
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Paul Dinello looks like he has a big one.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 27, 2022 4:33 AM
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Does anyone remember…. Yeah it’s a major cult hit that spawned a (shit) film. Colbert was hardly a young boy in it, either:
by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 27, 2022 4:58 AM
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Paul Dinello was (is?) so hot. I went as Mr. Jellineck for Halloween one year. I had a friend curl my hair, wore a big paint splattered smock, bikenstocks with socks, glasses on a chain, and a Flatpoint High faculty badge. Only like 5 people knew who I was supposed to be, but I had a blast. I would still like to go as Jerri at some point, but that would be a lot more work.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | February 27, 2022 5:21 AM
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I like your new fake mustache. Looks real.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | February 27, 2022 6:25 AM
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Hard to believe Stephen Colbert could be involved with this and turn out to be such a knitted brow, neo-puritan, woke preacher.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 27, 2022 6:30 AM
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What do you mean, woke preacher, r101?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | February 27, 2022 6:32 AM
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Stephen, in a post-credits sequence
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 103 | February 27, 2022 6:39 AM
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[quote]It could never be made today because of its frequently sexist, homophobic, and racist comments, and outrageous situations
Pfft. OP. 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.
Shows these days can very much get away with PARODYING sexism, homophobia, racism, and outrageous behaviors. See the emphasis on PARODYING there? Yeah? That's the key. Shows can't get away with actual homophobia and racism (tho many do in subtle ways still) and some get in trouble then CLAIM they were parodying - but actual comedic PARODYING of bigoted stuff is still done.
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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 105 | February 27, 2022 6:59 AM
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Audrey Stupina is a whore!
by Anonymous | reply 106 | February 27, 2022 7:17 AM
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Shut your dirty little mouth!
by Anonymous | reply 108 | February 27, 2022 12:06 PM
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Mr. Jellineck: "IT'S NOT A COLD SORE! My lip walked into a door."
Jerri: "Looks like a cold sore."
by Anonymous | reply 109 | February 27, 2022 4:01 PM
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Jerri banged the class nerd so hard she made him gay!
by Anonymous | reply 110 | February 27, 2022 5:18 PM
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No mention of me, Iris Puffybush?
by Anonymous | reply 112 | February 27, 2022 6:14 PM
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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. So come on down and work for the artificial flower factory. Why fight it?”
by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 27, 2022 8:07 PM
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"My husband specified 'No Darkies' at his funeral."
by Anonymous | reply 114 | February 27, 2022 8:17 PM
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Wasn't it the artificial plant plant?
by Anonymous | reply 115 | February 27, 2022 9:49 PM
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Thank you, Jesus, Daddy and the Spook!
by Anonymous | reply 116 | February 27, 2022 11:05 PM
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All right everybody, for tomorrow I want you to write a history poem on Hiroshima. But nothing too faaaaggghy.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | February 27, 2022 11:13 PM
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R114 As much as I enjoyed the series, that scene hurt, and I felt really sorry for the actors, Deborah Rush and Greg Hollimon.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | February 28, 2022 12:04 AM
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Because of this thread, I've spent the entire weekend watching this series. It's good. It would have been Twitter cancelled after 1 episode today, but I'm glad Paramount + shows it.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | February 28, 2022 1:08 AM
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Next, R119, see "Another Period" on Comedy Central streaming app - funny shit
by Anonymous | reply 120 | February 28, 2022 1:39 AM
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"It looks like two longshoremen fighting over a squirrel"--the reverend looking at Jerri's nude photo
by Anonymous | reply 121 | February 28, 2022 6:11 AM
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R120 Another Period is great. Helen Keller doing cocaine FTW.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | February 28, 2022 6:26 AM
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Another vote for Another Period.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | February 28, 2022 11:16 AM
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Something about "the bacon strip" .....
by Anonymous | reply 124 | February 28, 2022 12:58 PM
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Thanks to R119! I didn’t realize it was on Paramount+. I watched a few episodes last night and laughed and laughed and laughed…
The second episode opening scene in which Noblett and Jellineck met in the bathroom WAS really hot. The way Jellineck was standing so closely behind Noblett as he used the urinal was extremely erotic.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 28, 2022 5:27 PM
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This always fascinated me about Dolores Duffy, aka Iris Puffybush.
Dolores Dwyer (married name Duffy; December 25, 1934 – October 29, 2011) was an American sprinter. She competed in the Women's 200 metres event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In her later life, she became an actress, which included a role in the television show Sex and the City.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | February 28, 2022 11:14 PM
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“ Orlando, you can't be a pilgrim. The pilgrims had snowy white skin to match their pure Christian souls. They didn't sacrifice coconuts to their monkey gods.‘
by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 28, 2022 11:25 PM
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Why don’t I take off my pants and panties?
by Anonymous | reply 130 | February 28, 2022 11:55 PM
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Did fans of the show like the movie? I thought it was horrible, but ultimately conceded it captured the overall essence of the show.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | March 1, 2022 7:35 PM
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I liked when Chris "welcome to the OC, bitch" Carmac played a hot jock. One morning he told Jerri "Every morning at 9:30 me and my bros go to the boys room to take a dump, and if I'm late, they start without me."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 134 | March 1, 2022 8:08 PM
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LOL at Chandra Wilson as one of the prisoners at R131
by Anonymous | reply 135 | March 1, 2022 8:45 PM
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I wouldn't mind shoving something in that can of yours.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | March 1, 2022 11:03 PM
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Maybe there should be a thread dedicated to all of the great character names: Onyx Blackman, Iris Puffybush, Jimmy Tickles, Tammy Littlenut (aka Coppertop), Percy Kittens, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | March 1, 2022 11:10 PM
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R133 The movie was pretty much unwatchable, just putrid.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | March 1, 2022 11:30 PM
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For those who mentioned the scene where Colbert and Dinello make out, they had an even hotter gay scene together in another project. 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". Pretty sure it was on Comedy Central and it was random skits, funny with a touch of the absurd.
They did a sketch where a girl comes home from a date, her boyfriend (Dinello) is with her. They go to the basement where her father (Colbert) is sculpting a squirrel. The girl goes upstairs for something and the dad offers to give the BF tips on how to make out. Next thing they're basically French kissing. 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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 140 | March 1, 2022 11:30 PM
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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. XD
by Anonymous | reply 141 | March 1, 2022 11:49 PM
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Sorry, it wasn't an egg; it was an actual baby that Jerri and Tammy were given to care for. Haha
by Anonymous | reply 142 | March 2, 2022 1:28 AM
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Exit 57 was bizarre and hilarious. All 12 full episodes are on YouTube. It’s fun seeing young and cute Amy, Stephen and Paul..and hottie Mitch Rouse, who was on a couple of episodes of SATC.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | March 2, 2022 1:32 AM
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R141, the one with Jerri and Tammi (it's spelled with an i) Littlenut raising a baby together is genius, absolute genius. There's a part where Jerri runs her finger around Tammi's mouth that is Robert De Niro in Cape Fear terrifying.
The way that I felt about the Strangers movie is the same as how I felt about the Kids In the Hall, AbFab, MST3K, etc movies. The recycled shit from the series and watered it down to appeal to a broader audience.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | March 2, 2022 5:07 AM
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Babies don’t cost money, they make money…especially the little white ones.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | March 2, 2022 6:18 AM
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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. It is wonderful.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | March 2, 2022 6:33 AM
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Paul Dinello in that speedo…
by Anonymous | reply 148 | March 2, 2022 7:10 AM
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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.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | March 2, 2022 10:23 AM
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R141 Exactly. That episode in which Jerri and Tammi co-parent the baby for health class is probably the best in the series. Sedaris is very dark and very funny when she turns Jerri into a dominant control freak and basically menaces poor Tammi. And Sarah Thayer plays the straight character amazingly, all innocent and confused by Jerri’s creepy misogyny.
I think in one scene Sedaris literally growls and huffs at the Baby. 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 . It’s pretty amazing.
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. “I’m going to call you Dizzy!”.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | March 2, 2022 11:37 AM
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Sarah Thayer was so good. She offered a softer edge and I agree she played the straight man really well.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | March 2, 2022 11:47 AM
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I always thought the episode “Bully” was one of the series’ best.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | March 2, 2022 1:02 PM
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I'm pretty sure I saw the movie, but I have no memory of it if I did. I have this memory of telling a friend "I watched the Strangers with Candy movie so you don't have to". Yet... I literally cannot remember a single thing about it and thus cannot be SURE I watched it. Was it so bad I completely blocked it from my memory?
by Anonymous | reply 153 | March 2, 2022 1:39 PM
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In the movie, how came they made Jerri's father look like he was just sleeping most of the time; head bowed, eyes closed. On the show, he had his eyes open and would often be striking some hilarious pose when the camera cut to him. That was better comedy.
Also, movie Derek and movie Orlando both sucked big balls! Why didn't the original actors return?
by Anonymous | reply 154 | March 2, 2022 1:44 PM
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I could swear it’s because both actors had grown and looked too adult to return.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | March 2, 2022 1:48 PM
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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 didn’t get to use that gag very often because it ruined the effect of the actor couldn’t hold the position convincingly.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | March 2, 2022 2:37 PM
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R152, perhaps you would. Too bad they never made an episode called "Karma," eh?
by Anonymous | reply 157 | March 2, 2022 5:34 PM
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R154 I know Amy said Derek was too old, he looked like a “longshoreman.” Orlando had probs with some of the racist jokes in the show & didn’t want to come back to be made fun of.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | March 2, 2022 8:37 PM
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[quote] Sarah Thayer was so good. She offered a softer edge and I agree she played the straight man really well.
Sara Thyre played the lesbian gym teacher. Maria Thayer played Tammi Littlenut.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | March 2, 2022 8:42 PM
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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. I blurted "Oooh Florida, beautiful weather, harsh penal system" with a furrowed brow. Didn't even think anyone heard me. A few weeks later I was talking to someone and they casually mentioned my incarceration in Florida. Apparently not only did no one get the reference, which wasn't that surprising, but assumed it was a fact and didn't give two shits. WTF. And I was teaching kids some of the time.
Strangers with candy indeed.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 2, 2022 9:20 PM
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I love Jerri of course, but for me, Amy’s best character ever is foul-mouthed teen, Piglet. My friends and I still randomly leave voice messages for each other as Piglet. Skip to 2:40 for Piglet if you want, but this whole interview is fabulous. It was when SWC was first airing. Amy is one of the best talk show guests ever.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 161 | March 3, 2022 10:36 AM
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Amy blowing Dick Clark’s mind.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 162 | March 3, 2022 10:43 AM
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I may be misremembering this,, but I could swear it was an actual episode. Jerri had the hots for her stepbrother's new friend,. At one point, he approaches her while she is painting her toe nails. She becomes so flustered that she quickly runs out of the room, only leaving her feet behind. Once they realize the rest of the body is gone, they hop off the couch and chase after her. I know, it sounds like a fevered dream.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | March 3, 2022 11:00 AM
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Yes R163 I think that’s the episode where she tries to reclaim her virginity.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 3, 2022 11:11 AM
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"I could chip a tooth on that!"
by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 3, 2022 11:28 AM
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Alan Tudyk as the sexy cult leader.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 3, 2022 11:30 AM
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R166 he was such a dreamboat in this! My first exposure to him. He looked so angelic that he really sold his introduction, when they suspended him in the air, as if he were an angel coming down from the rafters.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | March 3, 2022 11:40 AM
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Then Alan’s character loses his serenity as he becomes increasingly frustrated with Jerry. Very funny episode.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | March 3, 2022 11:45 AM
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I learned at a Unitarian Universalist church that “I’m going to sit at the welcome table” is actually a real song. I had to stop myself from cracking up or obnoxiously singing it like Jeri did.
Not sure how true it is, but I had heard a long time ago that Amy Sedaris and Alan Tudyk dated for a while…
by Anonymous | reply 171 | March 3, 2022 12:10 PM
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I got somethin' to SAAAAYYYYY!!!
by Anonymous | reply 172 | March 3, 2022 3:50 PM
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The Miracle Worker parody in the illiterate episode was funny AF. 😂 Colbert making like Annie Sullivan and Jerri like Helen Keller. 🤣
by Anonymous | reply 173 | March 3, 2022 4:07 PM
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R173 That's the episode I show people who have never heard of SWC (back in 2007 that was a lot of people).
Watching them watch it with wide eyes and dropped jaws is hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | March 3, 2022 6:17 PM
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R170 Yes, Jerri wants to ride that into the floor, and it's freaking him out.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | March 3, 2022 8:37 PM
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I'd rather be killed, raped, and eaten (preferably in that order) by Reavers than get busy with Jerri Blank.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | March 3, 2022 8:43 PM
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It was either an old interview or dvd commentary but I remember Amy mentioned a line the censors wouldn’t 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!”
I think about that line a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | March 3, 2022 8:58 PM
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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!"
Then she's on the upper floor dropping cups of her 'grape sody' on people below.
I feel Jerri's juvenile delinquent antics deeply, they were a part of my youth too. ;)
by Anonymous | reply 179 | March 3, 2022 11:16 PM
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I’ve been watching the show and it’s funny that you can tell Amy’s NC roots in this show like the recent “At Home With…” show. She mentions lots of NC specific things in just the first season.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | March 4, 2022 12:37 AM
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I love the lie detector scene..
“What’s your favorite color?”
“LEMON!”
****bzzzzz*****
“….rust…”
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 181 | March 4, 2022 12:42 AM
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I know the right spelling so I’m pretty sure my mistake was due to auto correct.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | March 4, 2022 12:42 AM
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I remember the blind guy was hot.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | March 5, 2022 4:24 AM
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This is one of the greatest sitcoms ever, but the final season is terrible. Jerri bringing her father's urn to the tandem race is one of the funniest scenes ever.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | March 16, 2023 2:57 PM
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In one of his books — I forget which — David Sedaris tells a hilarious story about Amy, as a child, freaking out mall goers by pretending to drown her baby doll in a mall fountain while screaming, “You made me do this!”
by Anonymous | reply 185 | March 16, 2023 3:21 PM
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Op, love the movie but the series seems drawn out
by Anonymous | reply 186 | March 17, 2023 2:15 AM
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Dinello was and is smoking hot.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | May 2, 2024 2:06 PM
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I just watched the pilot on YouTube:
“Most gays are retarded.”
I’ve never felt more seen. Thank you for letting me know about this brilliant show, I’ve got some binging to do now.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | May 2, 2024 2:48 PM
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