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Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) has been a runaway, prostitute, drug addict, and general misfit all her life. But upon her release from prison, the 46-year-old decides it's time to clean up her life, move back in with her family, and earn a high-school diploma. Starting over as a freshman, hapless Jerri returns to class amidst a hostile student body and an unhelpful, self-involved faculty--among them pseudo-sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck (Paul Dinello); ambiguously gay history teacher Charles Noblet (Stephen Colbert); and Machiavellian principal Onyx Blackman (Greg Hollimon)--while contending with a dysfunctional home life that includes her elderly father (Roberto Gari), evil stepmother (Deborah Rush), and bullying half-brother (Larc Spies). As ex-con Jerri maneuvers through the pecking order of teen life with zero social savoir-faire and her own brand of clueless prison ethics, STRANGERS WITH CANDY serves as a biting, politically incorrect satire of moralizing after-school specials and a hilarious look at the pangs of growing up--again. This collection presents the sadly defunct television series in its entirety with all three seasons.System Requirements:Running Time 660 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE
"A raucous send-up of feel-good morality plays..." David Johnson, DVD Verdict
Editor's Note
Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) has been a runaway, prostitute, drug addict, and general misfit all her life. But upon her release from prison, the 46-year-old decides it's time to clean up her life, move back in with her family, and earn a high-school diploma. Starting over as a freshman, hapless Jerri returns to class amidst a hostile student body and an unhelpful, self-involved faculty--among them pseudo-sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck (Paul Dinello); ambiguously gay history teacher Charles Noblet (Stephen Colbert); and Machiavellian principal Onyx Blackman (Greg Hollimon)--while contending with a dysfunctional home life that includes her elderly father (Roberto Gari), evil stepmother (Deborah Rush), and bullying half-brother (Larc Spies). As ex-con Jerri maneuvers through the pecking order of teen life with zero social savoir-faire and her own brand of clueless prison ethics, STRANGERS WITH CANDY serves as a biting, politically incorrect satire of moralizing after-school specials and a hilarious look at the pangs of growing up--again. This collection presents the sadly defunct television series in its entirety with all three seasons.
| Features | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Director's Cut Episodes | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 6/27/2006 |
| Running Time: 660 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 889594 | | UPC: 00097368895942 | | Number of Discs: 6 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 5 -- "[In] the cult comedy series, Jerri Blank is a forty-six-year-old ex-con who re-enters the world of high school..." 07/13/2006 p.110DVD Verdict 7 of 10
In general, unless you buy the premise, the running gags, the subtle under the gaydar humor, and attempts at social relevance, you will find Strangers with Candy a dreary, puzzling experience. For some reason, the show keeps reminding one of Pete and Pete, a Nickelodeon offering in which two brothers, both named Pete, have surreal adventures in a wacky suburban wonderworld. What both shows have in common is a droll tone, a self-satisfied inner acknowledgement that it's very funny and incredibly clever, and that only the "right" people will get it. - Bill Gibron
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