Since this seems like the most widespread but very worthy news item of the day, that pesky sketch comedy show that MTV of all channels greenlit back in the early '90s will finally be available for your DVD purchase.
The State will come out on a five-disc set July 14. Of course, the DVD release has been long rumored since DVDs went widespread, which is a good six years after the show went off the air.
If you're asking what's so special about this show, then you have no extreme sense of twisted humor. I remember this show. I was exposed at the ripe young age of 9 to the wacky hijinx of the crew that includes those who would be later known as Deputy Weigel (Kerri Kenney-Silver), Lt. Dangle (Thomas Lennon), Michael Ian Black (Michael Ian Black), David Wain (David Wain), and Michael Showalter Show Alter's own Michael Showalter.
You have to imagine being very impressionable and being exposed to such innate humor that when you grow up, you realize what exactly went on in that one sketch about the hormones rubbing up on each other. Literally, there was a sketch about guys in body suits rubbing up on each other representing a man and woman's hormones. Funny shit. And very significant, too, as the troupe of 11 young talents would go on to create cultish humor among those in the know. Plus, no sketch comedy cast could pull off dudes in drag better than The State. Yeah, yeah, Kids in the Hall did it just as well, I guess.
MTV.com is streaming full eps of the first season. That should hold you over until the DVD release.
The State will come out on a five-disc set July 14. Of course, the DVD release has been long rumored since DVDs went widespread, which is a good six years after the show went off the air.
If you're asking what's so special about this show, then you have no extreme sense of twisted humor. I remember this show. I was exposed at the ripe young age of 9 to the wacky hijinx of the crew that includes those who would be later known as Deputy Weigel (Kerri Kenney-Silver), Lt. Dangle (Thomas Lennon), Michael Ian Black (Michael Ian Black), David Wain (David Wain), and Michael Showalter Show Alter's own Michael Showalter.
You have to imagine being very impressionable and being exposed to such innate humor that when you grow up, you realize what exactly went on in that one sketch about the hormones rubbing up on each other. Literally, there was a sketch about guys in body suits rubbing up on each other representing a man and woman's hormones. Funny shit. And very significant, too, as the troupe of 11 young talents would go on to create cultish humor among those in the know. Plus, no sketch comedy cast could pull off dudes in drag better than The State. Yeah, yeah, Kids in the Hall did it just as well, I guess.
MTV.com is streaming full eps of the first season. That should hold you over until the DVD release.
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