Editing Strangers with Candy (section)

===Casting===
When writing the pilot, the writers would perform the characters, and realized that they were imitating [[Greg Hollimon]] when they read Principal Blackman's lines.<ref name="Paley"/> Colbert called Hollimon to play the part, but his mother, who had [[dementia]], forgot to pass him the message. A few weeks later [[Rose Abdoo]] was able to contact him, and he flew to New York to film.<ref name="Hollimon">{{cite web| title=Greg Hollimon Talks about working on Strangers with Candy| first=Jimmy| last=Carrane|work=Improv Nerd Podcast|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKSlejK7CY|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 28, 2023| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The creators, Hollimon, and many other stars of the series, were also alumni of [[Chicago]]'s [[The Second City|Second City]]. [[Roberto Gari]] was chosen for the role of Jerri's father Guy as he was the only actor who was able to do the character's poses and keep still for a long period of time.<ref name="Paley"/>