Strangers with Candy: Let Freedom Ring Rewatch

September 18, 2016 8:47 AM - Season 1, Episode 6

An investigation begins after an ethnic slur is spray-painted on the wall at Flatpoint High. Jerri rings the Liberty Bell.
posted by duffell (3 comments total)

Several choice moments in this episode:

"What happened with Martin Luther King?" [pauses] "I'm not sure."

Principal Blackman listing off classifications of human stool off-the-cuff was perfect. "Would you say it was firm? Would you say it was aggressive or presumptuous? Would you call it moody?"

Tim Meadows' advice on how to deal with anger. Ha, amazing.

Jerri's sex-talk in this episode (in the cafeteria with Paul Cotton) is the best-worst *yet*.
posted by duffell at 8:50 AM on September 18, 2016

I've greatly enjoyed the cast album of Hamilton, but whenever I try to imagine a live show, I can't help but picture this.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 7:36 PM on September 18, 2016

Two fun details about this episode:

Percy Kittens would go on to be a recurring character as a fake guest on The Colbert Report. I may be wrong, but I think he's been on Colbert's Late Show, too.

The scene where Blackman and Kittens have that long, long pause before Blackman finally says, "I recognize it," was actually a flub when Greg Hollimon couldn't remember his line. The show's creators liked the scene that way, and left it. (I've always thought Hollimon was insanely underrated on this show. He was just the best, and it's too bad we haven't seen more of him since.)
posted by Ursula Hitler at 10:37 PM on September 18, 2016 [1 favorite]