Mark Maynard - the odd origins of 'strangers with candy'

06/29/06

10:48:27 pm, by mark - Pop Culture, Art and Culture

the odd origins of 'strangers with candy'

I had absolutely no idea that Jerri Blank, the high school-attending former prostitute and drug addict portrayed by Amy Sedaris in “Strangers with Candy” was based on a real person. I’m very confused right now, and, I think, even more impressed with Sedaris. (via Metafilter)

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Comment from: Tony Buttons Esq. [Member]

She looks like Richard Pryor after he freebased his face.

Permalink 06/30/06 @ 13:33

Comment from: julesabu [Member]

That is a fabulous link. It's hilarious that the "adults" in charge, would expose teens to such freaks in the interest of "saving" them. I remember reading a typically overwrought account of an acid trip in my mom's Reader's Digest when I was 12. I couldn't wait to try it after that.

Permalink 07/01/06 @ 10:18

Comment from: Dave [Member]

· http://tikilounge.blogspot.com

Please do not post pictures of Amy Sedaris ever again. My eyeballs have imploded from the horror. She wasn't just hit with the ugly stick. The ugly tree fell and crushed her.

Permalink 07/01/06 @ 16:35

Comment from: schutzman [Member]

· http://maproomsystems.org/

I agree, Dave, she can be truly hideous.

But only when she wants to be:

Amy Sedaris Pictoral

Permalink 07/01/06 @ 17:51

Comment from: Dave [Member]

· http://tikilounge.blogspot.com

Whoa. Nice rack.

Permalink 07/03/06 @ 15:11

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