Is Strangers with Candy easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 75% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Strangers with Candy violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 70% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Strangers with Candy scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Strangers with Candy sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Strangers with Candy

Name: Strangers with Candy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1999
Rating: 7.457
Cast: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, Greg Hollimon, Roberto Gari

Doing things right....the second time around.

Created by Mitch Rouse, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert

On Comedy Central

1999–20003 seasons30 episodes23 min7.5 / 10

A campy, absurdist dark comedy that mines comedy from a deeply damaged protagonist's inability to learn, built on satire of redemption narratives and high school conventions.

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.

Clusters

Comedy That Excavates Despair Anarchic Shock Comedy

Genres

Comedy

Keywords

Neurosis High School Stepbrother Satire Dark Comedy Second Chance Campy Catatonic State Closeted Homosexual Stepmother Stepdaughter Relationship Former Thief Absurd Hilarious

Questions people ask

Does Strangers with Candy leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 81% of series.
Is Strangers with Candy easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is Strangers with Candy violent? Not especially. Less violent than 70% of series.
Is Strangers with Candy scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.
Is Strangers with Candy sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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