Amy Sedaris IS Jerri Blank IS Florrie Fisher
Monday, July 10, 2006 at 2:53AM
Jerri Blank is practically a Chicagoan herself, what with her creator Amy Sedaris having been through the Second City program with "
Strangers With Candy
" co-creators Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello. But did you know that the 46-year old former prostitute and recovering drug addict Blank had a real-life inspiration? A 47-year old, yes, former prostitute and recovering drug addict. Her name was
Florrie Fisher
, and she toured high schools across America in the 1970's, verbally bludgeoning kids with her special brand of bombastic, wild-eyed anti-drug message. With the
clips
up at
YouTube
it's pretty clear than Amy nailed it - the hair, the grimacing facial expressions, the rambling intensity.
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