I see some familiar faces.
Fond memories of my youth revolve around the television series "The State". The State was a sketch comedy show that aired on MTV from December of 1993 to July of 1995 and sparked the career of some comedians you may have seen. Members of The State have gone on to write, act in/or direct other shows and films as Wet Hot American Summer,Reno 911!, Stella, Viva Variety, and Human Giant.
There have been rumors the last few years about the series being released on DVD. As of January 29, 2008, Michael Showalter has confirmed that MTV is still delaying the release: "They have it. We've made the DVD, and it exists. It's out of our hands, and I know who has it, but I don't know why they're waiting... we've done the commentary and the deleted material and all that stuff, but I just don't know when it's coming out." [avclub.com]. The biggest setback appears to be licensing to the songs used during the skits. The cost to use the songs would be more than they would project to bring in from sales.
I was recently informed that there was a release date but As of 04/14/2009, it appears that this was just another rumor. According to The State's official website: "Despite rumors to the contrary, there is still no official release date for The State MTV series DVDs.". So MTV still does not want to shell out the money to license the songs.
So, in leiu of this infromation, I will have to stick to watching my favorite skits in crappy youtube quality. Skits like the one below. Let's see what happens when a friendly race between a father and son goes tragically wrong.
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