# Strangers With Candy: The Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629 "2004-03-16T14:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/1 "2004-03-16T14:25:15Z")
“Cutest couple in the class: Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick will team up for “Strangers With Candy: The Movie” – a feature version of the Comedy Central cult fave set in high school. (TV Guide)” I didn’t even like the show, but this sure seems like a travesty to me. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/2 "2004-03-16T16:53:14Z")
Well, Stephen Colbert is writing (and has a role in it)…so maybe it won’t be too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/3 "2004-03-16T17:28:16Z")
> [@whistlepig](#): > > I didn’t even like the show, but this sure seems like a travesty to me. Well, different strokes. I, for one, think that the show is absolutely brilliant. In fact, I’m hard pressed to come up with a show in the history of television (with the obvious exception of South Park) that has been more consistently edgy, pushing the boundary for what is in good taste. There are no sacred cows on this show, as they go after subjects as race, class, gender, and disabilities of all kinds. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/4 "2004-03-16T17:34:07Z")
The only bit in the show that made me smirk was whenever they would mention the principal’s name… I think it was Ebony Blackman. It’s just… heh. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/5 "2004-03-16T18:58:46Z")
Stephen Colbert as teacher: “Who doesn’t not want to avoid passing the exam?” Most of the student raise hands with befuddled looks on there faces Stephen Colbert: “All of you who raised your hands will fail as you requested.” ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/6 "2004-03-16T19:00:41Z")
their\*…damnit ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/7 "2004-03-17T02:59:19Z")
“I’m not adopted and I’m not an Indian. It’s just a coincidence that I have a love of gambling and booze and a knack for catching syphilis.” Jerri Blank ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/8 "2004-03-17T03:00:57Z")
It won’t be the same without Amy Sedaris. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/9 "2004-03-17T05:08:15Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > It won’t be the same without Amy Sedaris. She’s attatched, according to imdb. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/10 "2004-03-17T05:54:39Z")
You scared me for a second. I thought you meant SJP was going to be playing Jerri. This sounds like fun. It touched the same part of me that the Upright Citizens Brigade did. All the wrong places in all the right ways. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/11 "2004-03-17T06:38:39Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > You scared me for a second. I thought you meant SJP was going to be playing Jerri. This sounds like fun. It touched the same part of me that the Upright Citizens Brigade did. All the wrong places in all the right ways. Just like summer camp! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/12 "2004-03-17T23:44:57Z")
Amy is close friends with SJP. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-with-candy-the-movie/234629/13 "2004-03-17T23:48:41Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > I think it was Ebony Blackman. Onyx Blackman