Have we really never had a thread on The State?

The internet says it's still in the works.

WHO'S GOT SOMETHING FOR ME?

"Doug, do you even know who Bob Dylan is?"

"No, but I know he died of drugs!"

"Doug, Bob Dylan is alive and well. I produced his last 3 albums."

"Oh, you mean Uncle Robert?"

And those are the only two sketches I can really remember. I'd like it on dvd too.

FINALLY COMING OUT, SRSLY, FOR REAL GUYS:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7689

WHEN

(tho i just realized there's no actual release date given. but this doesn't look fake)

It's a marvelous day at the porcupine racetrack!

So god if you're above,
and it's orphans...that you love,
please help the porcupine I chose.

I think I might be able to do that entire sketch front to back from memory. Yikes.

How much of the music is left, or were they able to license it?

oh lol...in my highschool we had student directed plays, and my friend and i directed a version of "porcupine racetrack"

i feel really nerdy admitting that.

they took the crispy pops (and presumably all the other state sketches) off youtube, fuckerz

kingfish: dunno but perhaps that's why it's taken so damn long?

i worry that seeing it again might destroy the perception in my mind that this show is brilliant.

"would you please, AS A FAVOUR TO ME, ignore the wide open gate"

"i'm bustin' outta here!" "How??" "that wide open gate over there"

and i just remembered! the taco delivering mailman!

"I don't know, honey, but that was the longest conversation i've ever had. Goodbye mailbox."

this is the greatest news ever

'i love pants!'

'someone wants to double THEIR orphans!'

the only thing i ever really liked on the state was the bankrobbers who make their getaway in an "invisible car" (really just them running down the street, pretending to be in a car).. they "pull into" a country gas station, "steal" the gas by pumping it into their car (i.e. onto the ground) and then zoom off... just as policemen pull up in their own invisible car

* * * NOTE (Nov 1, 2007): We are sorry to report The State DVD is now NOT being released this fall. We worked closely with MTV to make a great DVD set with lots of extras for the show, and the DVDs are completed, but they has chosen not to release the set at this time. We don't know why.

:( :( :(

waaaah

laaaaaaaaame

wtfffff

sumner redstone's next meal: i want to dip my balls in it

seeing these dudes tonight at least

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/chicagoist_sarahd/2006_9_25_msmib.jpg

I bought the first season of The State through Xbox live video market place. It's crystal clear, dvd quality. So far only the first season (episodes 1-5) are available. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv/mtv.htm#S

I'm going to try to zorp this off my xbox and on to my pc (if I can figure out how) for "backup purposes".

So far xbox live looks like the only place to get quality copies.

aren't they also on itunes?

We are sorry to report The State DVD is now NOT being released this fall. We worked closely with MTV to make a great DVD set with lots of extras for the show, and the DVDs are completed, but they has chosen not to release the set at this time. We don't know why.

THIS IS LOLCAT DISINFORMATION

I SUSPECT SERIOUS CAT, HE HATES SKETCH COMEDY

The State were never that funny. Give me The Kids In the Hall over their lame-ass shit every time.

Amazon.com is willing to give you that for a large fee.

KitH 4 life, but the State had its moments too

!CONTROVERSIAL! i like the state better than KITH CONTROVERSIAL!

of course i'm the sort of guy that forgets to put all the exclamation points in, so how can you really trust my opinions?

so funny last night

I love KITH above all else, but that doesn't mean I have to love The State less (or, for that matter, Mr. Show, old SNL, less old SNL, new SNL, etc)... sketch comedy is awesome when done well! The State does it well! It's not like I have a certain amount of my time that's dedicated to watching sketch, and there's only room for KITH! Why can't we al jsut get along!!!!!

Course, there is BAD sketch comedy. That I don't watch. Example: this show in Canada with this dude named Gavin. Agh I hate it.

The Ten comes out on DVD in January. If you're a State fan and haven't seen it yet, REQUIRED VIEWING.

Sure as fuck beats Brain Candy

Michael Showalter last night: "Every time I say 'I'm outta heeeeerrrreee', a little piece of my soul comes out of my ass."

Every time I think of The Baxter I think less of Michael Showalter.

Sure as fuck beats Brain Candy

-- da croupier, Friday, November 16, 2007 12:42 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

so does panic room
and 300
and the modernized, high-school rendition of hamlet i shot on a dv cam at 17 for an english project

seriously, brain candy was awful

DAMN THIS SIDEWAYS HOUSE

Brain Candy had moments! The Baxter is awful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtcbVUNO1NY

God I can't wait to see this again

I liked The Baxter ... a lot.

sorry dudes

why?

hey its your brain, eyes, ear and DVD player. i know a few people who thought it was "cute" enough to be passable. I'm just shocked somebody from the State could serve up so many stale romcom cliches with barely a hint of self-awareness.

DVDs extras for the Ten look great too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf04ToEYUG4

I don't really remember it that well but:

* a genuine romantic comedy that i could watch with sarah that was not cliched or stupid and was actually funny and had jokes
* I have long been fascinated by the concept of the Baxter, though I never called it that, but like bill pullman's character in sleepless in seattle
* michelle williams

i think people who went in expecting some kind of crazy edgy "the state" movie would be disappointed, but as a romantic comedy it was like 9,000 times better than almost everything else that you get forced into watching with your gf/wife. i think that's what showalter was aiming for too, to make a good romantic comedy, not anything subversive or edgy

plus michelle williams

yeah, i guess if i was expecting a romantic comedy with cool people in it, rather than wet hot american summer pt II, that would have helped

paul rudd and justin theroux were funny in it

if sleepless in seattle was a state movie bill pullman would have paused for a second and then shot himself at the table right after telling Meg Ryan she should break their engagement and go meet the man she's been stalking at the Empire State building.

my gf thankfully does not make me watch movies that are 9,000 times worse than the baxter. And those that are, like say, Rumor Has It, are probably more entertaining in their wrongness. I wish I didn't remember how cliched the Baxter was either (what in the movie was NOT cliched?). I would have listened to Showalter's CD by now, then.

The one good scene was when all the state guys showed up and just riffed.

the only difference between the Baxter and every other movie about two people in unbelievably awful relationships who eventually realize they belong together is that they wore cuter clothes.

the Baxter was weird, like, i don't like many zany indie comedies, but i see even less of a point in doing an indie comedy that's exactly like every mainstream rom com. they could've dropped Ben Stiller in Showalter's role and wouldn't have had to change anything else for it to be indistinguishable from your garden variety crappy Ben Stiller movie, including the supporting cast.

Pitchfork: Another one of your blog posts mentioned a reunion of the State.

Michael Showalter: Yeah. We're making a movie together. It's sort of on hold because of the writers' strike. But I think within the next two years, you will be hearing about a State movie. In the vein of a Monty Python film, which is to say a sketch comedy film. Like The Meaning of Life or something.

Pitchfork: And it's going to be about U.S. history?

MS: It's going to tell the story of the history of the United States. Great moments in American history as told by the State.

Pitchfork: It sounds a little like [Mel Brooks'] History of the World: Part I too.

MS: I think that's a fair comparison, although I don't think it will in any way resemble History of the World. Because our definition of great events is fairly broad. And fictional. It's not been written yet, which is the truth. So I'm speculating.

Pitchfork: Is everyone from the State going to be in it?

MS: Yeah. Everybody. A total, full reunion.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Sm-dKHhaa/

I still think about that one sketch about "the Cracker family" who would stuff their faces full of saltine crackers and every time they talked everyone got covered in cracker dust. I have not been able to find it on YouTube or anywhere else

oh yeah

http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crackers-thestate.jpg

seems like they did a lot of sketches with that premise, where it was basically just a typical american nuclear family living in a sitcom tv set except one thing was off: either they only ate saltines, or they drank too much coffee, or the house was sideways for some reason ("my boy is dead and this house killed him as it will kill every last one of us!")

then again I guess that might be the single most common sketch premise of all sketch comedy shows ever

but there will only ever be one Porcupine Racetrack.

except for this week's new one. but probably no others after that

That was awesome, but Showalter's looking pretty rough.

Michael Ian Black on the other hand looks pretty much the same as he did 20 years ago

still remember that guy as "Johnny Bluejeans" on Viva Variety. I think I was like, 10 when that aired, didn't really "get it" but still watched it every week