A forty-six-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman.
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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...
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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 ...
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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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| Series cast summary: | |||
| 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 »Crazy Credits
At the end of every episode while the credits are rolling you see the cast in that episode dancing. See more »Alternate Versions
In the the complete season three box set, episodes "Trail of Tears" and "Is My Daddy Crazy?" feature the original aired episodes, however in the complete Series Box Set they are director's cut episodes. See more »On IMDb TV, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
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Amy Sederis is brilliant as Jerri Blank amid a cast of other excellent comic writer/actors, including Paul Dinello and "The Daily Show's" Stephen Colbert. It had me consistently on the floor with it's inventiveness, audacity and vicious wit (i.e., the prayer at the Families of Alcoholics meeting: "Dear God, please give me the strength to blame those who did this to me, to accuse those who didn't, and the wisdom to know the difference.") It's long since disappeared from Comedy Central, but DVDs of Seasons One and Two are out, and a movie version by the same team is on its way for 2005. BTW, whoever suggested that the writers were "white supremists," I sincerely hope you are joking. It's called satire, in the vein of Swift and Voltaire.