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Strangers with Candy
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Old Habits, New Beginnings

  • Episode aired Apr 7, 1999
  • TV-14
  • 23m
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Amy Sedaris in Strangers with Candy (1999)
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Meet Jerri Blank, a 46-year-old "boozer, user and a loser" who is trying to put her life back together again by going back to high school. One day Jerri tries to throw a party to become more... Read allMeet Jerri Blank, a 46-year-old "boozer, user and a loser" who is trying to put her life back together again by going back to high school. One day Jerri tries to throw a party to become more popular, but when she finds out no one is coming, Jerri uses her knowledge of drugs to lu... Read allMeet Jerri Blank, a 46-year-old "boozer, user and a loser" who is trying to put her life back together again by going back to high school. One day Jerri tries to throw a party to become more popular, but when she finds out no one is coming, Jerri uses her knowledge of drugs to lure the popular kids to her party. During the process two lives are ended and Jerri, kind o... Read all

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    • Peter Lauer
  • Writers
    • Paul Dinello
    • Amy Sedaris
    • Mitch Rouse
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    • Stephen Colbert
    • Paul Dinello
    • Greg Hollimon
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    • Director
      • Peter Lauer
    • Writers
      • Paul Dinello
      • Amy Sedaris
      • Mitch Rouse
    • Stars
      • Stephen Colbert
      • Paul Dinello
      • Greg Hollimon
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    Stephen Colbert
    Stephen Colbert
    • Chuck Noblet
    Paul Dinello
    Paul Dinello
    • Geoffrey Jellineck
    Greg Hollimon
    • Principal Onyx Blackman
    Roberto Gari
    Roberto Gari
    • Guy Blank
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Sara Blank
    Larc Spies
    Larc Spies
    • Derrick Blank
    Amy Sedaris
    Amy Sedaris
    • Jerri Blank
    Orlando Pabotoy
    Orlando Pabotoy
    • Orlando Pinatubo
    • (as Orlando Abdo)
    Jenna Lamia
    Jenna Lamia
    • Poppy Downes
    Audrey Owen Bates
    • Cody
    • (as Audrey Owen)
    Sarah Thompson
    Sarah Thompson
    • Popular Girl #1
    Sarah Thyre
    • Coach Cherri Wolf
    Mitch Rouse
    Mitch Rouse
    • Officer Savillion
    Susan Gordon-Clark
    Susan Gordon-Clark
    • Mrs. Downes
    • (as Susan Gordon Clark)
    Paul Dawson
    Paul Dawson
    • Paul
    Karen Starc
    Karen Starc
      Aisha Henderson
      Alex D. James
      • Brad
      • (as Alex James)
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        • Amy Sedaris
        • Mitch Rouse
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        Poppy Downes: And meanwhile, our brothers from the east were eating bowls of rice safely nestled in their internment camps.

        Mr. Chuck Noblet: Excellent report, Poppy. It's important that we never forget the atrocities the Japanese committed against our boys.

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