Remember
those uplifting and positive message pounding after school specials that taught
us how to deal with the dangers of being a clueless kid? Throw everything those
shows ever taught you out the window along with your morals and any political
correctness and you have STRANGERS WITH CANDY. Comedy Central's comedy classic
is headed for the big screen and they're bringing along some new friends. New
York's favorite couple, Mathew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have signed on
to the production that is scheduled to start shooting in June of this year.
Strangers became a cult hit with it's dark satire and effort to pull no punches
with controversial plots and dialogue. Amy Sedaris, who headlines as Jerri
Blank, and co-creators Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert (The Daily Show)
starred in the show about a 46 year old high school freshman that looks to turn
her life around after 30 years of mixing in booze, drugs, pimps, and prison. The
show ran for three seasons starting in 1999. Sedaris is good friends with
Broderick and Parker and had a recurring role as Carrie Bradshaw's editor on
HBO's Sex and the City. TV Guide says that
Parker will play a "very funny, sexy French teacher" and Broderick will be a man
"who comes between Jellineck and Noblet," two teachers with a taboo
fondness of each other, played brilliantly by Dinello and Colbert.
The first two seasons of the show are available on DVD now with the last
season set for this coming fall. You can read all about the show and it's stars
at my favorite SWC website, JerriBlank.com.
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