The State

TV Series
1993–20091993–2009
TV-14TV-14
30min

The State (1993)

Each episode contains 30 minutes of extremely bizarre and funny sketch comedy performed by THE STATE, an 11 member sketch comedy troupe who wrote and starred in various sketches seen through... Read allEach episode contains 30 minutes of extremely bizarre and funny sketch comedy performed by THE STATE, an 11 member sketch comedy troupe who wrote and starred in various sketches seen throughout the program.Each episode contains 30 minutes of extremely bizarre and funny sketch comedy performed by THE STATE, an 11 member sketch comedy troupe who wrote and starred in various sketches seen throughout the program.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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4 seasons

3 years

Kevin Allison and Michael Showalter in The State (1993)

David Wain in The State (1993)

Thomas Lennon in The State (1993)

Robert Ben Garant, Todd Holoubek, Kerri Kenney, and David Wain in The State (1993)

Michael Ian Black and Thomas Lennon in The State (1993)

Michael Ian Black and Ken Marino in The State (1993)

Kevin Allison and David Wain in The State (1993)

Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Todd Holoubek, Kerri Kenney, Joe Lo Truglio, and Michael Showalter in The State (1993)

Kevin Allison and Ken Marino in The State (1993)

The State (1993)

Kevin Allison in The State (1993)

The State (1993)

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Michael Ian Black

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Robert Ben Garant

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Michael Patrick Jann

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Michael Showalter

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Variousas Various

27 episodes27 eps • 1993–1995

Christopher Michael Gerrard

Young Kidas Young Kid

1 episode1 ep • 1993

Gilbert Gottfried

Soup Guyas Soup Guy

1 episode1 ep • 1993

College Studentas College Student

1 episode1 ep • 1993

Selfas Self

1 episode1 ep • 1994

Fanmail Guyas Fanmail Guy

1 episode1 ep • 1994

Selfas Self

1 episode1 ep • 1995

Variousas Various

1 episode1 ep • 1995

Each episode contains 30 minutes of extremely bizarre and funny sketch comedy performed by THE STATE, an 11 member sketch comedy troupe who wrote and starred in various sketches seen throughout the program.

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Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- TV-14
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The cast was extremely reluctant to write material for recurring characters, but pressure from the network forced them to do so. When the character of Doug and his catch phrase "I'm outta heeeere..." began to catch on, Michael Showalter, who played and created Doug, conceptualized the second season sketch in which Doug gets annoyed by everyone finding his rebellious slogan charming.

Quotes
Captain Monterey Jack: Well I got to go guys but remember this- Thomas Edison was a great man, but he was a bastard to his wife and kids. I'm Captain Monterey Jack, thanks for your time!

Connections
Edited into MTV: The State, Skits and Stickers (1995)

Soundtracks
Boys and Girls - Action!
by Craig Wedren and Eli Janney

Top review

One of the best TV shows EVER!

"The State" was a brilliantly funny sketch comedy show that ran on MTV in the mid-90's. By far the best and smartest show that has ever graced MTV. Each cast member was extremely talented (especially Thomas Lennon) and every skit was about a million times funnier then anything that has been on "Saturday Night Live" in the past 10 years. There is a VHS tape that is available with about an hour and a half of "The State" skits on it. But this tape does not even come close to representing the best of what ran on the show. I hope that one of these days MTV will get their act together and either re-run all of "The State" episodes or put them out on tape. Or, an even better scenario would be for "The State" to get back together and have a TV show again. By far one of the best shows EVER on TV.

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Dec 5, 2000

Release date
- January 1994 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- The State: Full Frontal Comedy
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Runtime
- 30min
Color
- Color

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