Basic Info

First Air: April 07, 1999

Rating: ⭐ 7.6/10 (36 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Last Episode

Name: The Last Temptation of Blank

Season: 3, Episode: 10

Air Date: 2000-10-02

Runtime: 25 min

Winona Ryder stars as Fran, the coolest girl in school, who makes a bet that she can make Jerri so cool that even Brent Brooks (Paul Rudd) will ask her out.

Videos

Packing a Musket, By Jerri Blank (YouTube)

Strangers with Candy

1999 3 seasons 30 episodes ⭐ 7.6/10 36 votes

Overview

Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old freshman at Flatpoint High. Jerri ran away from home and became 'a boozer, a user, and a loser' after dropping out as a teenager, supporting her drug habits through prostitution, stripping, and larceny. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she 'stole the TV'. At home, Jerri's father Guy is comatose, although he seems perfectly capable of amazing feats. Her stepmother Sara is vain and bitter, and stepbrother Derrick is a bullying jock. Jerri tries to do things the right way but always ends up learning the wrong lesson. Her hijinks often involve, either directly or indirectly, neurotic history teacher Chuck Noblet and his secret lover, sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck.