Strangers with Candy / 10 Things You Didn't Know (and Love Letter to Amy Sedaris)

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Jamie Benson, proclaimed “one of the strongest, hottest contemporary dancers of his generation" by LA Times critic Lewis Segal, and “crazy” by Dance Enthusiast’s Christine Jowers, is a choreographer and comedian. Benson's lowbrow meets highbrow dance work has been presented at the Park Avenue Armory, Luckman Arts Complex, Bootleg Theater, NY Transit Museum, and Proctor’s Theater. Called "Chaplin-like” by Backstage and “insightful and irreverent” by LA Weekly’s Ann Haskins, Jamie Benson has been featured in the New York and LA Times, the Phaidon Press book Wild Art, and was awarded funding from the Brooklyn Arts Council.

As a comedian, Benson has performed for Broadway Comedy Club’s Yaaas Fest and Thoroughly Gay Thursdays. His video sketch Avenue WTF was an official selection for Philly Sketchfest, Battle of the Sketches, Portland Comedy Film Festival, NYC Short Comedy Film Festival and NYC Independent Film Festival. As a producer spotlighting LGBTQIA+ talent, Benson has presented 50+ stand up, sketch, dance, and cabaret acts with The Straight Man at Peoples Improv Theater.

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If you enjoy this iconic Amy Sedaris character and cult comedy television series, please comment your comments in the comments and we'll dish on this strange comedy central show.

#AmySedaris #JerriBlank #StrangerswithCandy #StephenColbert #PaulDinello #10ThingsYouDidntKnow #CultComedy

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RESEARCH / CLIP ATTRIBUTION / RECEIPTS:
-Scott, A.O. “In 'Strangers With Candy,' Amy Sedaris's Jerri Blank Is Streetwise and Starting Over.” The New York Times, 28 June 2006, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/mo....
-Schrodt, Paul, and Esquire. “Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello on Why 'Strangers with Candy' Should Never Come Back.” Esquire, Hearst Corporation, 7 Oct. 2017, https://www.esquire.com/entertainment....
-GuideNews, TV. “TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever: TV Guide.” TVGuide.com, NTVB Media, 29 June 2007, https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult....
Milne, Carly. “Back-to-School Throwback: Celebrities Who Were in after-School Specials.” Yahoo!, Verizon Media, 6 Sept. 2017, https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/b....
-Schrodt, Paul. “Strangers with Candy”: A mini oral history. GQ, June 5, 2018
-“The Story of Kim's Video & Music, Told By Its Clerks and Customers.” Bedford Bowery, 22 Aug. 2014, https://bedfordandbowery.com/2014/08/....
-Birmingham, Steve. “Blank Generation.” Amy Sedaris on 'Strangers With Candy' - Screens - The Austin Chronicle, Nick Barbaro, 21 July 2006, https://www.austinchronicle.com/scree....

(I wish we could watch strangers with candy on Netflix or something.)

0:00 Introduction
0:53 INTRODUCTION / CELEBRATION
2:49 JERRI WAS ODDLY PROGRESSIVE
3:58 INSPIRED BY FLORRIE FISHER AND GIULIETTA MASINA
4:15 THE TRIP BACK
5:38 HAD COMPETING PITCHES
5:48 MYSTERIES OF THE INSANE UNKNOWN
6:47 UNAIRED PILOT WAS PRETTY DIFFERENT
7:52 POPPY'S DEATH INSPIRED BY TRUE STORY
8:42 PLACEHOLDERS AND MISTAKES WERE KEPT
9:23 ONLY ONE THING CENSORED (SORTA)
11:04 DAD WAS HARD TO WRITE FOR SO...
11:46 BONO WAS ALMOST IN IT
12:48 DEMISE WRITTEN INTO THE SCRIPT
13:08 CONCLUSION / REFLECTIONS

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