The State

The State: The Complete Series

MTV Networks (1993)

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3,260

TV Series | Comedy | Television

United States | English | Color | 08:34

The State was a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993 and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience. The cast consisted of 11 twenty-something comedians (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) who created, acted, wrote, directed, and edited the show.

Episodes View details

0 Unaired Pilot

Features the sketches "Chair Wrestling," "Ride," "Elevator I," "Hormones," "Cerealist Commercial," "Elevator II," "Sid and Nancy," "Capt. Monterey Jack (Cheese)," "Fire Link," and "Elevator IV."

1 Episode #1.1 48 min

Features the sketches "Boogeyman", "The Lenny Lipton Show", "Hormones", "Hops Plus", "Free Your Mind (Clown/Pirate)", "Chip's Party", "Hypothetical Question", "On-air Personality", "Mudwrestler", "Eating and Swimming", and "Forever".

2 Episode #1.2 20 min | Nov 30, 1992

Features the sketches "Cuddly Soft", "Gang Fight", "$7,000 Pyramid", "Old Fashioned Guy", "Cerialist Commercial", "Mouse Problem", "Doug & Dad", "Captain Monterey Jack (lights)", "Old Fashioned Guy", "Bigfoot in Office", and "Louie".

3 Episode #1.3 20 min | Nov 30, 1993

Features the sketches "Boogeyman", "Captain Monterey Jack (shoes)", "Pies", "Thanksgiving Dinner", "MTV Sports", "Chips Commercial", "Antonio", "Tape People", "Free Your Mind (Tapeface)", "Chair Wrestling" ,"Mr. Magina", "Gilbert Link", and "Crackers".

4 Episode #1.4 19 min | Nov 30, 1992

Features the sketches "Disclaimer", "Cute", "Ride", "Doug & Principal", "Don Law", "Light Coma", "Old Fashioned Guy", "Pants", "Captain Monterey Jack (Cheese)", "On the Table", and "$240 Worth of Pudding".

5 Episode #1.5 21 min | Nov 30, 1993

Features the sketches "God is Dead", "Mind Match", "Grandma's Potato Chowder", "Hot Pursuits", "Free Your Mind (Smoker)", "James Dixon: Guidance Counselor", "Cindy Crawford", "Old Fashioned Guy", "On-air Personailty (Youth Conference)", "Lunch with The State", "Missy Von Kimmelman", and "Louie II".

6 Episode #1.6 | Nov 30, 1993

Features the sketches "Cuddly Soft", "James Dixon: Guidance Counselor", "Hormones", "Hops Plus", "Chip's Party", "MTV Sports", "Doug & Dad", "Pants", "Lenny Lipton Show", "$240 Worth of Pudding", and "Amish Gang Fight".

Cast View all

	Thomas Lennon	Various
	Joe Lo Truglio	Various
	Ken Marino	Various
	Kerri Kenney	Various
	Michael Ian Black	Various
	Michael Showalter	Various
	David Wain	Various
	Ben Garant	Various
	Kevin Allison	Various
	Todd Holoubek	Various
	Michael Patrick Jann	Various
	Gilbert Gottfried	Soup Guy
	Nina Hellman	College Student
	Christopher Michael Gerrard	Young Kid

Crew View all

Director	Michael Patrick Jann
	David Wain
Mark Gentile
Writer	Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Robert Ben Garant, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter, David Wain, Jonathan K. Bendis, Steven Starr
Producer	Jonathan K. Bendis, Eileen Katz, Steven Starr, Carol Eng, Mark Perez, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter, David Wain, Jonathan K. Bendis, Steven Starr, Jim Sharp, Michael Patrick Jann, David Wain
Musician	Theodore Shapiro, Craig Wedren
Photography	Christian Hoagland, Garry Nardilla, Jeff Muhlstock

Edition details

Packaging	Slip Case
Nr Discs	1
Screen Ratios	Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks	Stereo
Distributor	MTV Home Entertainment
Edition Release Date	Jul 14, 2009
Regions	1