The State

[Ryan]

someone mentioned this in another thread and i just realized how f'in funny these guys were..did anyone watch the reunion they had at the comedy awards show?
one of my all time favs is the one with all the superheroes and theyre giving out assignments and they tell aquaman to go talk to some fish! heahehahea
oh yeah and the one where the im gonna dip my balls in it guy shows up at the Last Supper
oh yeah! "i'm doug..and I'm outta heeeeeeeaaaa heheh heeea"

[YelloKitty]

i'm obsessed with the state. one of my favorite skits was when they were pretending they were former russian cosmonauts!?! they were wearing adidums ("more stripe for less money") and sold magic mice. the free trade agreement was working for them so well that they could now eat "three potato" or something like that. heehee i get all giddy thinking about them.

[falcor]

hahaha. i loved them!! we should petition to have them brought back.

[Ryan]

the episode where they hunt muppets and kill them by breaking their necks...
show me far!
show me near!

and the mailman who put tacos instead of the bills in the mailbox..heaheha

[BooBoo-Kitty]

alls i gotta say is "awwww yeaah, 200lbs of vanilla puddin!"

Barry baby Barry baby you see what I got here. What is it Levon. Its a box of pudding. And do you know what is says. No what does it say? It says cook and then chill, and thats what I do every night. I cook and then I chill.

Genius I tell you

Why doesnt MTV show them like at three in the morning or something.

[drahcirual]

oh man, good flashbacks... viva variety was great too.
oh yeah, anyone into the band 'cake like?' kerri kinney of the state, sings in it. big coincidence with this thread, because i've been really listening to the stuff these past two days.

[drahcirual]

Originally posted by karmapolice
Barry baby Barry baby you see what I got here. What is it Levon. Its a box of pudding. And do you know what is says. No what does it say? It says cook and then chill, and thats what I do every night. I cook and then I chill.

you rule

[YelloKitty]

does anyone have the skits and stickers video? i have it, but i was kind of disappointed because it didn't have the best skits in it (nor did it come with stickers, boo!) but still... it's better than nothing.

it was so weird seeing ken marino and michael ian black in NBC shows. at least they're making money somehow.

thomas lennon was in an episode of friends... anyone catch that?

michael patrick jann is supposedly directing a movie with janeane garofalo in it. anybody know more about this?

Call me old fashioned but I believe in one true God. He lives behind me in this lake. And his name is Mongo.

[utinni2]

Hell yeah the State was funny, who can forget the Italian family that invited "da Pope-ah" for dinner and argued that Penguins "ain't natural, they wuz man made". Oh and the Jew, the Italian and the Red Head Gay, gotta love stereotypes.

[Mr. Whole Wheat]

"Monkeys, they don't do it! ... They make amore!"

It's all about the porcupince racetrack musical.

"I know that I’m a sinner, but I really need a winner,
or the orphanage will close.
So God if your above, and it's orphans that you love,
then make my porcupine go"

or something like that. High class entertainment if you ask me.

[Asharak]

But it's no Kids In The Hall.
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A proud member of the Sara Tanaka Appreciation Society

[Ryan]

Originally posted by YelloKitty
does anyone have the skits and stickers video? i have it, but i was kind of disappointed because it didn't have the best skits in it (nor did it come with stickers, boo!) but still... it's better than nothing.

it was so weird seeing ken marino and michael ian black in NBC shows. at least they're making money somehow.

thomas lennon was in an episode of friends... anyone catch that?

michael patrick jann is supposedly directing a movie with janeane garofalo in it. anybody know more about this?
yeha i got this video too..we were so hyped up when we bought of it cuz of the stickers but then we realized there was an asterisk on the title and on the bottom it says "stickers not included" and we started crackin up

michael patrick jann is supposedly directing a movie with janeane garofalo in it. anybody know more about this? [/B]


it's called "Wet Hot American Summer". I think it's been screened and released in some festivals, but not yet in theaters...it's supposed to be hilarious...check out the info and reviews at imdb.com

[Mr. Whole Wheat]

some of the state guys have some video at heavy.com

click on the stella button at the botom

[YelloKitty]

yes. the state. has anyone seen "wet hot american summer" which was produced my a couple of state members and starred a couple of them too? its fuckin' hilarious. its on dvd!!!

[DearDieary]

One of my favorites was the one where the guy named Blueberry was screaming "I love it, I love it, I love it." That stuck in my head for weeks on end. I also really dug the sketch where this guy was having his friend housesit and he had to take care of the gigantic sea monkeys the dude had.

FISH SANDWICH CARL!....OH MY GOD! IT'S THE OWNER!

[The Last Kennedy]

Wet Hot American Summer is the best movie ever! It's the sickest humor that defines me exactly. If you get the DVD there is around 5 hours of extras, and you can see all the stuff they've been in, in their bios, which is a shitload of wierd stuff, like NYPD. Michael Showalter, I thinks thats how you spell it, will be in that new movie Signs coming out, by the guy who did 6th Sense and Unbreakable. You can find a ton of their episodes along with Upright Citizens Brigade and Tenacious D at http://www.statemedia.net i think. Statemedia something, use a search engine. But, even better, you can find their Stella skits there. A side project by the guys who did the state. They are incredible sick since they aren't censored. They do these skits live in New York and have been for a long time. Finally, an advantage to live on the East Coast!

[YelloKitty]

wow! thanks kennedy! i'll definitely search it tomorrow at work!

and wet hot american summer definitely kicked my ass. it was like an extra long episode of the state, wasnt it?

[el Scorcho]

Originally posted by BooBoo-Kitty
alls i gotta say is "awwww yeaah, 200lbs of vanilla puddin!"

$240 worth of pudding.

"you may be asking yourself, 'Barry and Levon, where did you get $240?'"

"shhhh, it ain't none of your concern"

[YelloKitty]

thanks wabi.

;)

[utinni2]

yeah that show was funny

[YelloKitty]

i just need to remind you all that lots of state skits, plus the cbs special that nobody watched, and some stella videos can be seen here:

http://www.statemedia.net

[djbadmonkey]

awesome, thanks YK. You are the cool.

[Rad Rockin Rikku]

Here you go.
www.statemedia.net/state.php

[Batsu]

"Ass meets chair - siddown!"

Thanks YK - You da bomb.

[ironmonqui]

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~amg309/tapeface.jpg
Michael Ian Black as "tapeface"


http://www.comedycentral.com/images/press/gallery/m/reno911/Travis_Junior.jpg
Ben Garant in Reno911 (the only pic I can find)

Out-of-date pic notwithstanding, Kerri Kenney is the only one with a readily available website...

http://www.kerrikenney.com/kerrimap20413b.jpg (http://www.kerrikenney.com/)<click...?]

It's fuckin' hard to find pics of them, too! Where the hell is Kevin Allison? He was awesome!

[ironmonqui]

Originally posted by Tarasitah
Michael Showalter has a website here. (http://www.michaelshowalter.net)
His story about being arrested during the 4th of July last year is hilarious.

Sweet!

http://www.michaelshowalter.net/images/mug02bw.jpg http://www.michaelshowalter.net/snaps.html http://www.michaelshowalter.net/images/mug01bw.jpg

[35ft6]

Wet Hot American Summer was fucking hilarious. Especially if you ever spent a summer working as a counselor at a Jewish summer camp in the Northeast.

[YelloKitty]

After ten years of popular demand, The State is available again! The first season of the 1993-95 MTV Series is NOW AVAILABLE on iTunes Music Store. Depending on how many people download, MTV will release subsequent seasons, and then eventually, hopefully, a DVD.

The first season includes introductions of favorite State characters Doug, Louie, Barry & Levon. Featuring Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Ben Garant, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter and David Wain. Just go to the "TV Shows" section of the iTunes Store and choose "MTV"

http://www.the-state.com/

[shawgirl74]

Aww, i-tunes :(. Hope this goes over well so my ass can get the DVD!

Good news!

[Rad Rockin Rikku]

Royally awesome! I may just buy an ipod now.

[35ft6]

Lots of their episodes and sketches are on Youtube. But, yeah, the video quality is awful.

[35ft6]

Finally, they're going to put out a DVD.

Don Law (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjzp37yaCQ#LVEiOyW5VrU). Never saw this one. Also, the Cavanagh commercial is classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdQfUz4mLM&mode=related&search=).

[650lex]

Finally!
I miss The State!

[35ft6]

^ IMO, they're still the best sketch comedy troupe of all times. Yes, better than Kids in the Hall! Yuck.

[650lex]

Wow - that's a bold statement
I still love Kids in the Hall better - sorry!

[35ft6]

^ Never understood what the fuss was about. They were funny maybe 5% of the time. And Wet Hot American Summer was way funnier than Brain Candy.

[650lex]

i haven't watched enough State sketches to really compare
i have watched a lot of Kids in the Hall and i really liked it because it was just really out there.

plus my little sister started watching it at 8 years old and for some reason she really got it
she still loves it till this day!

[35ft6]

Originally posted by 650lex
i haven't watched enough State sketches to really compare
i have watched a lot of Kids in the Hall and i really liked it because it was just really out there. I the one sketch I really liked was where this boy just says really crazy shit to this guy painting his chair green. Also loved Chicken Kabob sketch.

I don't know, maybe I was too stupid to fully appreciate them. That's cute that a 9 yo would like it. I remember my brother liking some truly crap songs when he was a little kid. It's cute now. I wish I was a better brother to him. But I digress...

[feralmuppet]

Originally posted by 35ft6
Finally, they're going to put out a DVD.
I want to dip my balls in it!

['jim]

Originally posted by Asharak
But it's no Kids In The Hall.
__________________________________________________________
A proud member of the Sara Tanaka Appreciation Society


Wow this thread is pre-sigs. Wonder what Ms. Tanaka is up to.


I watched the first season of Stella the other day, that was a great show (for only one season.) Maybe even funnier that the State itself. It's 3 of the State guys.

['jim]

http://www.stellacomedy.com/index.php

[35ft6]

Great scene from Wet Hot American Summer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je0rAJ3IiQs).

[frontwards]

COME TO THE SAN FRANCISCO SKETCHFEST in LATE JANUARY for all these events:

THE STATE REUNITES!
All eleven members of THE STATE will be performing together for the first time in over ten years, at the San Francisco Sketchfest. It will be an evening of ALL NEW sketch material, written and performed by The State (Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Robert Ben Garant, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter and David Wain).
THE STATE LIVE
Jan 24, 8pm & 10pm, Eureka Theatre. Tickets go on sale Dec 14th.

WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER SCREENING
Late night after The State show, there will be a special screening of Wet Hot American Summer hosted by filmmakers David Wain & Michael
Showalter, along with cast members Janeane Garofalo, Michael Ian Black, Zak Orth, Ken Marino and Joe Lo Truglio.
Jan 24, Midnight, The Clay Theatre, SF

THE STATE TRIBUTE
Sketchfest will host a tribute/conversation/retrospective with all of the members of The State and host Janeane Garofalo.
Jan 25, 2pm, Herbst Theatre, SF

STELLA: THE CLASSIC NIGHTCLUB SHOW
Hosted by Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain, with guests Thomas Lennon, Tig Notaro, Nick Kroll, The Doilies, and house
band Wil Blades.
Jan 25, 8pm, Cobb's Comedy Club, SF

For tickets and all other info, check out the Sketchfest website.
http://www.sfsketchfest.com (This year's sketchfest also features appearances by Tim & Eric, Robert Smigel, Dana Carvey, Fred Willard,
Martin Mull, Upright Citizens Brigade, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm and dozens more....)

* * *

ALSO two new STELLA (Showalter, Wain, Black) shows:
Jan 20: SEATTLE - Neumos
Jan 21: PORTLAND - Aladdin Theater
info at http://www.stellacomedy.com

[feralmuppet]

I want to dip my ballz in it.

[Hap]

Gotdamn, the posters at the start of this thread is the freaking GR Lounge Hall of Fame.

I love my gramma's potato soup. And yes, I have sex with her.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by DearDieary


FISH SANDWICH CARL!....OH MY GOD! IT'S THE OWNER!

i will always love this one..

[shawgirl74]

Originally posted by frontwards
COME TO THE SAN FRANCISCO SKETCHFEST in LATE JANUARY for all these events:

THE STATE REUNITES!
All eleven members of THE STATE will be performing together for the first time in over ten years, at the San Francisco Sketchfest. It will be an evening of ALL NEW sketch material, written and performed by The State (Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Robert Ben Garant, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter and David Wain).
THE STATE LIVE
Jan 24, 8pm & 10pm, Eureka Theatre. Tickets go on sale Dec 14th.

WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER SCREENING
Late night after The State show, there will be a special screening of Wet Hot American Summer hosted by filmmakers David Wain & Michael
Showalter, along with cast members Janeane Garofalo, Michael Ian Black, Zak Orth, Ken Marino and Joe Lo Truglio.
Jan 24, Midnight, The Clay Theatre, SF

THE STATE TRIBUTE
Sketchfest will host a tribute/conversation/retrospective with all of the members of The State and host Janeane Garofalo.
Jan 25, 2pm, Herbst Theatre, SF

STELLA: THE CLASSIC NIGHTCLUB SHOW
Hosted by Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain, with guests Thomas Lennon, Tig Notaro, Nick Kroll, The Doilies, and house
band Wil Blades.
Jan 25, 8pm, Cobb's Comedy Club, SF

For tickets and all other info, check out the Sketchfest website.
http://www.sfsketchfest.com (This year's sketchfest also features appearances by Tim & Eric, Robert Smigel, Dana Carvey, Fred Willard,
Martin Mull, Upright Citizens Brigade, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm and dozens more....)

* * *

ALSO two new STELLA (Showalter, Wain, Black) shows:
Jan 20: SEATTLE - Neumos
Jan 21: PORTLAND - Aladdin Theater
info at http://www.stellacomedy.com

oh wow. that is incredible!

[charlie bucket]

sf sketchfest would be rad

speaking of the state i liked the show back in the day ok. not a huge fan but it was alright. they as a group did a show in LA as a one time thing it was earlier this year and it was really funny. maybe 90 minutes or so of sketches, good stuff.

[Asharak]

I watched the "Monkey Torture" sketch again not too long ago. Still brilliant.

I can't find the "Eating Muppet" one anywhere, though.