Aug 6 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy8/6/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy8/6/12Strangers With Candy: “The Trip Back”Meredith Blake161SaveIf you’re reading this, I probably don’t need to tell you that “The Trip Back” takes its name from the 1970…
Jul 30 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/30/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/30/12Strangers With Candy: “Jerri Is Only Skin Deep”Meredith Blake76SaveOver the course of nine episodes of Strangers With Candy, Jerri’s social status at Flatpoint has fluctuated more…
Jul 23 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/23/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/23/12Strangers With Candy: “To Be Young, Gifted, And Blank”Meredith Blake78SaveFrom episode to episode of Strangers With Candy, Jerri Blank’s hopes and dreams tend to shift rather dramatically.…
Jul 16 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/16/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/16/12Strangers With Candy: “Feather In The Storm”Meredith Blake123SaveDuring its original run on Comedy Central, the crude, politically incorrect Strangers With Candy drew comparisons to …
Jul 9 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/9/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/9/12Strangers With Candy: “Let Freedom Ring”Meredith Blake228SaveAs we all know by now, Jerri Blank is a woman of contradictions: A social misfit who rejects the few people who…
Jul 2 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/2/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy7/2/12Strangers With Candy: “Bogie Nights”Meredith Blake96SaveWriting about Strangers With Candy is fun, but it also presents something of an intellectual challenge. It’s such a…
Jun 25 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/25/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/25/12Strangers With Candy: “Who Wants Cake?”Meredith Blake160SaveStrangers With Candy is often described as a “high school satire” or a “parody of after-school specials,” but as…
Jun 18 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/18/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/18/12Strangers With Candy: “Dreams On The Rocks”Meredith Blake158SaveSo far in our look back at Strangers With Candy, Jerri has grappled with big, scary issues like drug addiction, peer…
Jun 11 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/11/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/11/12Strangers With Candy: “A Burden’s Burden”Meredith Blake208SaveAlthough I’m reluctant to start tossing out the superlatives this early in my look back at Strangers With Candy,…
Jun 4 2012SaveTV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/4/12TV ReviewsStrangers With Candy6/4/12Strangers With Candy: “Old Habits, New Beginnings”Meredith Blake321SaveStrangers With Candy debuted on Comedy Central in April 1999—a cataclysmic moment in the history of American…