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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.

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8.3/10   1,739 votes
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7 April 1999 (USA) more
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Good times! more
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A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman. full summary
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Great fun - surrealism you can only find on short-lived shows. 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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22 min (30 episodes)
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Jerri's father Guy was killed off in the second season when creators ran out of ideas for the running gag of Guy never moving on camera. They described Guy as going from the easiest character to write for to the hardest one. 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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Strangers With Candy Theme more

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Is Sara Blank Jerri's real mother?
In each season, what high school level is Jerri in?
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18 out of 19 people found the following review useful.
Great fun - surrealism you can only find on short-lived shows., 11 March 2004
Author: Sintek from Sattellite of Love

I'm surprised to see only one negative review on IMDB. Having been a fan of the show since its debut, I knew from the start it would be a love or hate series for many people.

It's a great show not for its intellectual qualities (or on the surface, lack thereof), but its originality. Teen dramacom parodies have come before, though none as brave as this. SwC reminds me in part of the Nickelodeon series from the early-mid 90s such as "Salute your Shorts", which is perhaps why I and many others who grew up in that era have a soft spot for it.

It's sad to think we might not see many more divisive T.V series. The dumbing down of the masses by shows in which greedy people vote one another off fake islands ensures subtly and wit will soon be regarded as the real enemies of television.

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