Wednesday, September 27, 2006

State of the nation

The rumors are true - the first season of The State is now on iTunes. The show launched the careers of "Stella" trio Michael Ian "I Love the 80s" Black (weird guy on "Ed"), David Wain (director of "Wet Hot American Summer") and Michael Showalter (director and star of "The Baxter"); "Reno 911!" stars Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant and Kerri Kenney; and Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe on "Veronica Mars") - and uh, four other people.

The show was on MTV from 1993-95 and is, well, really funny. With only one way out of print official VHS release, the only way to get your hand on these eps were bootleg tapes with unbelievably questionable video quality - items that remain some of my prized possessions.

If you've never seen it, this sketch is pretty indicative as to why the show was so awesome.

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