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S1.E4
When a school field trip to Good Time Island is coming up, Jerri couldn't be more exited. However Principal Blackman is out on a witch hunt to figure out who the school problem is. So Mr. Noblet asks...
S1.E10
Jerri is struggling for a passing grade to move on to Sophmore year. Mr. Noblet tells her if she can pass the final she will be able to pass the year, but instead of studying Jerri meets up with a ...
S2.E5
A horrible hit and run accident leaves Jellinek without his much-prized face and Noblet and Jerri feeling guilty and morose. Blackman leads the charge to find the guilty party by recreating the ...
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| Paul Dinello | ... | Geoffrey Jellineck / ... 31 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
| Stephen Colbert | ... | Chuck Noblet / ... 31 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
| Amy Sedaris | ... | Jerri Blank 31 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
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Greg Hollimon | ... | Principal Onyx Blackman 30 episodes, 1999-2000 |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Sara Blank 30 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
| Larc Spies | ... | Derrick Blank 28 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
| Orlando Pabotoy | ... | Orlando Pinatubo 22 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
| Maria Thayer | ... | Tammi Littlenut 14 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
| Sarah Thyre | ... | Coach Cherri Wolf / ... 14 episodes, 1999-2000 | |
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Jerri Blank is a 46-year-old "boozer, user and a loser" who tries to put her life back together again. The reformed runaway and addict returns to high school as a freshman, where she tries to fit in and act hip with girls 1/3 her age. Unfortunately, she hasn't quite shed her immoral background or acquired any ethics, and her bizarre family and frustrated schoolmates have trouble interacting with her. Written by Michael "Rabbit" Hutchison <rabhutch@spacestar.net>
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The character of Jerri is based on motivational speaker Florrie Fisher, who travelled high schools in the 1970s talking about her fall from 1940s socialite to a heroin addicted prostitute in the 1960s. Many lines of dialogue in the show are taken verbatim from a recording of a speech she gave to a New York high school, which circulated for many years on the cult video market as "The Trip Back". In real-life, Fisher fell out of the public eye in the early 1970s, and for many years was believed to be missing and presumed dead. In the late 2000s, researchers turned up an interview with Mike Douglas in a 1973 issue of the Rotary Club publication "The Rotarian", in which Douglas recounted interviewing Fisher. According to Douglas, Fisher's disappearance was due to her being taken to a Miami hospital in the middle of her lecture tour, where she was diagnosed with liver cancer. The disease resulted in kidney failure, and she ultimately died of a heart attack on May 26, 1972 at the age of fifty-four. See more »Goofs
Derrick Blank is frequently referred to as Jerri's stepbrother. He is actually her half-brother. See more »Quotes
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At the end of every episode while the credits are rolling you see the cast in that episode dancing. See more »Alternate Versions
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I'm surprised to see only one negative review on IMDB. Having been a fan of the show since its debut, I knew from the start it would be a love or hate series for many people.
It's a great show not for its intellectual qualities (or on the surface, lack thereof), but its originality. Teen dramacom parodies have come before, though none as brave as this. SwC reminds me in part of the Nickelodeon series from the early-mid 90s such as "Salute your Shorts", which is perhaps why I and many others who grew up in that era have a soft spot for it.
It's sad to think we might not see many more divisive T.V series. The dumbing down of the masses by shows in which greedy people vote one another off fake islands ensures subtly and wit will soon be regarded as the real enemies of television.