We've
previously reported about the
June 27th release date of
Strangers With Candy - The Complete Series, a 6-DVD set that is timed to tie in with the Summer release of a new big-screen film version of the Amy Sedaris show. Now Paramount and Comedy Central have made the formal announcement, verifying the date and giving this description:
Set in suburban Flatpoint, USA, Strangers with Candy twisted the conventions of the After-School Special to create a completely original comedy series. Each half hour follows the misadventures of Jerri Blank, a 46 year old high school dropout who has spent the last 32 years in and out of prison - a self described "boozer, user and loser." Strangers with Candy commences as Jerri decides to pick up her life exactly where she left it: living at home and starting ninth grade. Faced with classic high school dilemmas every week, Jerri's old habits - as well as the misguided advice of her self-centered teachers - cause her to resolve each crisis by learning the wrong lesson from every scenario.
The announcement also confirms the previously reported extras: "
director's cuts of several episodes, 20 minutes of deleted scenes, audio commentaries and more." Running time is 759 minutes. As you can see below, the packaging is in a special "Trapper Keeper" design, similar to the school notebooks that were so popular in the 70s/80s. In the description above, the studio compares
Strangers With Candy to the
After-School Specials...ironic, since the DVD releases of the
After-School Specials were the first to use "Trapper Keeper" packaging. But it works here, too!
