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Season 1

  • Pilots

    SPECIAL 0x1 Retardation: A Celebration (Unaired Pilot)

    • April 6, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    The unaired pilot episode. Jerry is forced to spy on her locker mate, who has been suspected of being retarded. The differences between this episode & "Who Wants Cake?": - Different sets - Different actors for the bit parts - Jerri's mother is played by Sarah Thyre (or Coach Cherri Wolf on the main show) - Chuck Noblet (Stephen Colbert) and Geoffrey Jellineck (Paul Dinello) are doctors at a local hospital instead of teachers at the school This episode was reshot with the finalized cast and sets, and aired as the 4th episode of the 1st season, "Who Wants Cake?". Jokes that were in this episode but cut from "Who Wants Cake?" were reworked into later episodes.

  • Movies

    SPECIAL 0x12 The Trip Back

    • April 5, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris based 'Strangers with Candy' around the concept of Florence "Florrie" Fisher going back to high school as a student. In The Trip Back, Florrie is seen giving a motivational speech and taking questions in a 1970's New York high school.

  • S01E01 Old Habits/New Beginnings

    • April 7, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri tries to fit in by mixing up a batch of the drug concoction Glint for Poppy, the most popular girl in school... with mixed results.

  • S01E02 A Burden's Burden

    • April 14, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    In order to teach students the responsibility of taking care of a baby, Coach Wolf gives each student a baby.

  • S01E03 Dreams on the Rocks

    • April 21, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri's starring role in the school play stirs up a dangerous cocktail of jealousy and regret in her stepmother, Sara

  • S01E04 Who Wants Cake?

    • April 28, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri is told she must help Principal Blackman out by turning snitch and rooting out the school retard if she wants to go on the class trip to Good Time Island.

  • S01E05 Bogie Nights

    • June 14, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri falls for a transfer student and later discovers the terrible secret that will keep them apart forever.

  • S01E06 Let Freedom Ring

    • June 21, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Flatpoint High is up in arms to find out whodunit after someone scrawls a racial slur on the wall.

  • S01E07 Feather in the Storm

    • June 28, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri finds her calling on the debate team, but can she make it through the dangerous physical training for the big competition?

  • S01E08 To Be Young, Gifted and Blank

    • July 5, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Noblet discovers that Jerri is a violin prodigy and ruthlessly grooms her to become the star he always wanted to be.

  • S01E09 Jerri is Only Skin Deep

    • July 12, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Desperate to become homecoming queen, Jerri concocts some unique strategies to eliminate the competition.

  • S01E10 The Trip Back

    • July 19, 1999
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri reverts back to her old ways and succumbs to drugs in an attempt to win the affection of a beautiful female stoner

  • Behind the Scenes/ Makings Of Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x2 Interview with Charles 'Chuck' Noblet & Geoffrey Jellineck

    • June 18, 2006
  • Behind the Scenes/ Makings Of Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x3 Interview with Geraldine 'Jerri' Antonia Blank

    • June 18, 2006
  • Behind the Scenes/ Makings Of Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x4 Interview with Principal Onyx Blackman

    • June 18, 2006
  • Deleted Scenes

    SPECIAL 0x11 Deleted Scenes - Season 1

    • July 20, 1999

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Virgin Jerri

    • January 17, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri's back out of prison and back to being a freshman at Flatpoint High. . . again. She's determined to be a proper girl, if only that little devil on her shoulder would stop trying to convince her otherwise. Coach Wolf encourages her female students to remain chaste and convinces Jerri that she can reclaim her virginity. All the girls take to wearing ""Never Been Touched"" ribbons with a cherry dangling from them.

  • S02E02 Behind Blank Eyes

    • January 24, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri falls for Alan, a blind boy at her school with football aspirations. The rest of the team, however, is skeptical about his abilities, but with Jerri's encouragement, Alan rises to the occasion.

  • S02E03 Yes You Can't

    • January 31, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Everyone's got careers on the brain during Flatpoint's ""Yes You Can't"" career exploration week -- and not just the students. Mr. Noblet revisits his dreams of rockstardom, Mr. Jellineck quits teaching to pursue his art, and Jerri tries to decide between a career in the flower factory or as a junkie whore.

  • S02E04 The Goodbye Guy

    • February 7, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri suffers a devastating loss and can find no sympathy for her grief, though Mr. Jellineck chips in with his special blend of self-important empathy. The Father-Daughter Sack Race plays a pivotal role in this Very Special Episode.

  • S02E05 The Blank Page

    • February 21, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri has a difficult time in Noblet's class when she's asked to read from Moby Dick. When she realizes that cheerleaders get all the guys, plus they're treated with kid gloves in class, she decides to try out for the Donkettes squad. She learns right away that cheerleaders need to know how to spell. Her illiteracy is quickly revealed and Jerri is immediately subjected to complete humiliation.

  • S02E06 Hit and Run

    • February 28, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Someone hits Mr. Jellineck with their car, and the whole school is turned upside-down trying to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Jerri wrestles with her conscience, and Mr. Noblet considers revealing his secret feelings for Geoffrey in an effort to encourage his recovery.

  • S02E07 To Love, Honor and Pretend

    • March 6, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Coach Wolf assigns marriages for her students for a class project. Jerri get paired up with Ronnie Leggett. After Jerri finds problems with her new “marriage,” she learns that it is not as easy as she thought it will be. Will Jerri be able to save her “marriage” and her grade?

  • S02E08 The Blank Stare (1)

    • June 19, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Feeling rejected by her classmates and abandoned by her family, Jerri is seduced into joining a religious cult.

  • S02E09 The Blank Stare (2)

    • June 26, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    After first attempting to stop Jerri from escaping, the leader of the cult realizes how annoying she is and tries to get rid of her, while Principle Blackman, Mr. Noblet and Mr. Jellineck try to rescue her.

  • S02E10 A Price Too High for Riches

    • July 3, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri struggles with class issues as the new shoe of the moment ("Flairs") is a wee bit out of her price range. She snags a job at the local shoe store and schemes to procure a pair of the salacious shoes in time for popular rich girl Melissa's party. However, Orlando has a party scheduled for that same evening, and Jerri's snobbery regarding his lower-income-bracket party threatens their friendship.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Jerri's Burning Issue

    • July 10, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    After deflowering a male classmate, Jerri finds out that she has contracted a series of STDs (syphillis infested with crabs which are carrying gonorrhea) and must inform all her partners of her discovery. Meanwhile, Mr. Jellineck and Mr. Noblet have problems concealing their own bout with a particularly noticeable STD.

  • S03E02 Is Freedom Free?

    • July 17, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Told in her art class to photograph something that represents freedom, Jerri creates a nude self-portrait which is immediately banned by the principal. So Jerri goes on a hunger strike.

  • S03E03 Trail of Tears

    • July 24, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    When Jerri discovers her American Indian heritage, she attends a camp run by a councilor who teaches adopted Indian children about aspects of their culture, such as alcoholism and gambling.

  • S03E04 Invisible Love

    • July 31, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri and class hunk Laird are having a fling, but he is insistent on keeping it a secret. So Jerri finds herself forced to hide out in odd places like Laird's locker, the trunk of his car, a trash can, etc., so they can continue their secret rendezvous. Meanwhile, Jerri's stepmother experiences relationship troubles with Stew, prompting an unusual bonding moment between stepmother and stepdaughter.

  • S03E05 Is My Daddy Crazy?

    • August 14, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri's new daddy Stew starts to act very strangely, which makes Jerri reluctant to bring him to class for Occupation Week.

  • S03E06 Blank Relay

    • August 21, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri joins the track team, but years of hard living have taken their toll on her physique. She turns to supplements of a most dubious nature to improve her performance, and the results surprise everyone at Flatpoint.

  • S03E07 Ask Jerri

    • September 11, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    At the bequest of Mr. Noblet, Jerri takes over an advice column formerly penned by Mr. Jellineck, which results in diabolical intentions on Geoffrey's part towards Chuck, and anger from nearly everyone in Flatpoint High towards Jerri.

  • S03E08 Sexual Harassment (a.k.a. There Once Was a Blank from Nantucket)

    • September 18, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    Jerri is asked out at a school wrestling game, but the boy later takes back his offer because other boys are saying mean sexual things to Jerri and she does nothing about it. So Tamela tells her she was a victim of sexual harassment and she needs to stick up for herself. Jerri later starts liking another guy, but is afraid it will end soon because of the other guys harassing her.

  • S03E09 Bully

    • September 25, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    A new student comes to Flatpoint High, who turns out to be a bully who everyone is afraid of. When Jerri stops a fight with the bully and her friend Tammy, the bully schedules a fight for after school. Everyone keeps telling Jerri that she shouldn't fight and find peace, but Jerri feels she should live by the street code and fight. Geoffry gets a bully of his own when a homosexual hater substitute confronts him.

  • S03E10 The Last Temptation of Blank

    • October 2, 2000
    • Comedy Central

    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.

  • Movies

    SPECIAL 0x7 Strangers with Candy: The Movie

    • June 28, 2006

    A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

  • Bloopers

    SPECIAL 0x8 Bloopers

    • October 2, 2000
  • Season Recaps

    SPECIAL 0x9 Dance Sequence Compilation

    • October 3, 2000
  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x10 Reno 911! Quickie

    • June 18, 2006

  • Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x13 A Message from Bob Whitely

    • June 27, 2006

    Bob Whitely (Will Ferrell) describes his Cultural Immersion Camp.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x14 Cabo San Fresca Scrapbook

    • December 5, 2021

    Charles 'Chuck' Noblet & Geoffrey Jellineck present a slide show that details their "school sponsored and funded research trip."

  • Behind the Scenes/ Makings Of

    SPECIAL 0x15 Storyboard Animation

    • June 27, 2006

    Watch some original storyboard alongside the actual opening.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x16 Filmstrip with Jellineck and Noblet

    • June 26, 2006

    Charles 'Chuck' Noblet & Geoffrey Jellineck present a slide show that details their "school sponsored and funded research trip."

  • Deleted Scenes

    SPECIAL 0x17 Deleted scenes

    • June 27, 2006

  • Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x18 The Museum of Television and Radio Interview

    • June 26, 2006

Additional Specials

  • Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x5 Interview with Ward Sutton

    • June 18, 2006
    • Comedy Central
  • Cast Interviews

    SPECIAL 0x6 Q&A With The Cast

    • June 18, 2006
    • Comedy Central

    Filmed at the Museum of Television & Radio, the cast is interviewed about their characters in the show.