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Listen to interviews with Sarah Thyre and Anne Beatts
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Late Night, Saturday Night Live, Web, Celebrities, Strangers With Candy  An acquaintance of mine used to ask me if I ever listened to The Sound of Young America, and I told her I didn't like it. As it turns out, I had it confused with some low-rent internet podcast with a similar name I cannot recall at the moment.
Anyway, Jesse, the fellow who helms Sound of Young America, recently had a couple great interviews with some very funny women. First, he interviewed Anne Beatts, who was the first female editor of National Lampoon, wrote...
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Catch Amy Sedaris in an online-only episode of Andy Barker, P.I.
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Strangers With Candy  Julia mentioned previously that Amy Sedaris would be appearing in a guest role on Andy Barker, P.I. Well, Julia wasn't lying, but you won't see the episode on TV. Instead, click on over to NBC's site to see "The Lady Varnishes," in which Sedaris plays a sex-crazed older woman who spent some time in the slammer. Funny, that sounds an awful lot like her Jerri Blank character from Strangers with Candy. The two characters do share similar traits, but who the heck cares, I'd give my left leg to see Sedaris in anything (and that...
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The Five: Tough broads
Filed under: OpEd, The Five, Celebrities, Firefly, The X-Files, Strangers With Candy  With Helen Mirren's Detective Tennison bowing out on Sunday's Prime Suspect finale, television is losing one of its finest tough broads.
Tough broads have feelings and faults, but they're nobody's baby. They also don't give a crap what you think of them. They dress for utility not for style, and they work -- usually in domains stereotypically belonging to men.
We'll miss you, Detective Tennison. You are the inspiration for this list of tough TV broads - the ones little girls and little...
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Strangers with Candy: The Trip Back
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Retro Squad, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy  (S01E10) Well, kids, this is the finally episode of Strangers with Candy, season one. I hope everyone enjoyed this little trip down memory lane and that you found these reviews to be equal parts informative and arousing. This episode brings everything full circle and Jerri ends up back in prison again by the end, though she informs us she'll be out in time to start school once the summer is over.
At the beginning of the episode, Jerri is elated to learn she's getting a D in history, which means...
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Strangers with Candy: To be Young Gifted and Blank
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Podcasts, Retro Squad, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy  (S01E09) This episode begins with Jerri in band practice playing the timpani. Well, she doesn't really play the drums so much as she beats them ferociously. Fed up, Mr. Jelineck kicks her out of band permanently, telling her he'd like to see her "at a quarter after never."
While alone in the bandroom she picks up a violin, and much to her and Mr. Noblet's surprise, she has a natural talent for the instrument. Mr. Noblet takes her under his wing so she can train and win an upcoming music...
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Strangers with Candy: Feather in the Storm
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Retro Squad, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy  (S01E08)
Mr. Jelineck:Your daughter has a disease we call anorexia. Sara Blank:Is that contagious? Mr. Jelineck:Yes. It often sweeps through third world countries that are stricken by drought. A new character is introduced in this episode: Stew, the Blank's meatman. Basically, he's like a milkman, except he delivers meat. And much like the fabled milkman, he also seems a bit more interested in the lady of the house than he should be. He immediately makes himself at home in the household, taking on the role of "father" even though their real dad is...
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Weak Comedy Central love for Strangers With Candy
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, TV on the Bigscreen, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy  On Friday night, Comedy Central aired a Strangers With Candy mini-marathon, hosted by the stars (Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello) to promote the film. It was great and all, but I was annoyed to see the ridiculous time slot they stuck it in... 1:00 AM to 3:30 AM. Seriously, Comedy Central? You're going to hand over the throwaway time for one of your original series, but play nice with My Super Ex-Girlfriend and their "Sunday with the Guys" afternoon slot? I...
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The inspiration for Jerri Blank
Filed under: Celebrities, Strangers With Candy  Fans of Strangers with Candy know that Amy Sedaris based the character of Jerri Blank somewhat on real-life ex-junkie/prostitute Florrie Fisher, the centerpiece of a 1970 documentary titled The Trip Back. The documentary was just one of many television specials created during the 70s and 80s to scare kids silly when it came to drugs, or not scare them at all, depending on how much a rambling middle age woman actually frightens you. I've stuck a clip of Fisher ranting about LSD after the jump, but if you want a little more of her wit and wisdom, click here.
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Strangers with Candy: Let Freedom Ring
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Retro Squad, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy  (S01E07)
Mr. Noblet (after showing his class a tape of Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech): King's dream was of an America without racism of any kind. The tragedy of course is that all this footage is in black and white. Imagine how powerful it would have been in color. In this episode, a student spray paints the N-word in the hallway, and all of Flatpoint High is turned upside down as they try to figure out who did it. The easiest humorous route to take would have...
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Strangers With Candy reunion on The Colbert Report -- VIDEO!
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, TV on the Bigscreen, Video, Web, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy  The guest for last night's Colbert Report was Amy Sedaris. I was curious to see how Stephen Colbert would interview her, since she was there to promote a project in which he is also heavily involved (Strangers With Candy, both the TV and bigscreen versions). He didn't acknowledge the fact that he's in the film, but I'm pretty sure most of the audience already knew what was going on. Anyway,...
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