Strangers With Candy
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First episode date | April 7, 1999 |
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Final episode date | October 2, 2000 |
Networks | Comedy Central |
Creators | Amy Sedaris |
Stephen Colbert | |
Paul Dinello | |
Mitch Rouse | |
Sep 25, 2000 | |
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ID | 1406015 |
About Strangers With Candy
A spoof of the after-school specials of the 1970s and 1980s, "Strangers With Candy" is the story of 46-year-old Jerri. She ran away from home and became "a boozer, a user, and a loser" after dropping out of high school as a teenager, supporting her drug habits through prostitution, stripping and larceny. She has been to prison several times and wants to be a popular student at Flatpoint High. Possibly illiterate, she tries out eating disorders so people will like her, and at home, she has to deal with her mother's alcoholism. …