One of my most prized possessions

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Tpadfw@reddit

I was born on a houseboat in Spain but I guess that’s not really appropriate.

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SometimesUnkind@reddit

Call me old fashioned, but I believe that there is only one true god. And he lives in this lake. And his name is Zorgo.

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Dude that’s like half the cast of Wet Hot American Summer. I got in trouble once burning a copy of that for my cousin on a CDR. Aunt thought it was porn cause the name lol. Only way she calmed down about it is when we kinda forced her to watch. She choked laughing at the Higher and Higher song/workout part.

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AMJN90@reddit

What is this picture from? The only person I recognize is Joe...

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lizardsonmytoast@reddit

I loved the state so fucking much.

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hans-wermhat-340@reddit

![gif](giphy|Ia3gqdX6RT8PlvrFIS)

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GoatTnder@reddit

It's weird seeing Joe Lo Truglio look cool.

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Esternaefil@reddit

What do you mean? He always looks cool! ![gif](giphy|26tPhr6DjnYB0Gxgc|downsized)

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HamboneBanjo@reddit

![gif](giphy|6UfkcgEjtkUZiPQcLo)

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allthesamejacketl@reddit

I just really love Kerri Kenney. She was on Lovett or Leavitt this past weekend.

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JayRay_44@reddit

I had such a crush on her. Thought she was quirky and cute. I really need to rewatch my old DVDs of The State…

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thatstwatshesays@reddit

Loved her in “Four seasons”

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Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit

I’m watching that right now. Halfway through Fall.

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Gnagus@reddit

One of the best guests in a while for me! But I'm pretty old.

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allthesamejacketl@reddit

Ain’t we all 🙃

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AppropriateTouching@reddit

"I have some terrible news for you"

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bionicjoe@reddit

Is that actually him? I was going to make a joke about this. Now I don't know.

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GoatTnder@reddit

Absolutely is.

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anarchetype@reddit

I still find it weird seeing him *not* look cool. Same goes for seeing Michael Showalter with all of the weight he gained. Although I've gotten so used to David Wain's bald head that it's weird seeing him with hair here.

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Busch_Leaguer@reddit

What do you’re an?

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ShutYourDumbUglyFace@reddit

I wondered if that was Charles Boyle!

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Pitiful-Pension-6535@reddit

Also Captain CJ. *If you see something, say something. Come on and party tonight*

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poindxtrwv@reddit

The show that truly sparked my interest in sketch comedy.

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pi_guy@reddit

A combination of the State and Mr. Show with Bob and Dave and early Late Night with Conan O'Brien were all peak comedy for me.

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MechaNickzilla@reddit

All of these somehow sat just under Sifl n Olly for me. https://i.redd.it/tgygis7o001f1.gif

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freeloosedirt@reddit

None of them are as crescent fresh

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nerdburgger84@reddit

Totally non-cress

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pi_guy@reddit

Yeah…whatever! 🤪

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Academic_Deal7872@reddit

And then, it's 3 a.m. I'm on the corner, wearing my leather And this dude comes up to me, and says, "Hey, punk" I'm like, "Yeah, whatever!"

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nefastvs@reddit

Then up comes Zafo…

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NickAndHisGuitar@reddit

Take it from me, I love you!!!

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AppropriateTouching@reddit

They were all peak comedy period. Also cant forget Kids in the Hall.

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Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit

Same It was perfect for when it came out, too. So many great bits. It’s a shame that most just remember Louie and Doug. Not knocking those sketches, I just like the deep cuts a little more. Grandmas potato chowder, hepcat, the one where the kids feet are ham sandwiches, things to do on vacation, chicken sandwich carl, kabuki Doug. lol what a show.

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

They're almost all great, but Porcupine Racetrack is the pinnacle for me.

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Quackoverride@reddit

Porcupine Racetrack was glorious

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OwlsKilledMyDad@reddit

The sun, the track, and por-cu-pines… the recipe, for fun!

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cityshepherd@reddit

Sideways House is peak comedy, even though it’s not funny (it’s dangerous)!

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jawnbaejaeger@reddit

"Go you porcupines, go go go! Go you porcupines, don't be slow!"

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MechaNickzilla@reddit

Nobody’s going to even mention Froggy Jamboree?!

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pi_guy@reddit

Speaking of deep cuts, did anyone watch the original Stella shorts before the series came out on Comedy Central?

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Hellament@reddit

No, but I’ll have to look for them…Stella is such a gem. Shame it didn’t run longer, but I can certainly see it not being for everyone.

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pi_guy@reddit

I think if you search Stella shorts on YouTube you can find most of them. I don’t even remember how I watched them at my friends in the early 2000s, it was either some bootleg dvd or maybe one of the early versions of YouTube

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Hellament@reddit

Thanks, just watched a few…I definitely have never seen these!

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Starshine2977@reddit

Grape soda Carl!!!! My husband and I randomly say this to each other - always cracks us up!!! 😆😆

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jawnbaejaeger@reddit

My partner and I do "CHICKEN SANDWICH, CAAAAAARL!" at each other. :D

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machomansavage666@reddit

AND KEEP IT DOWN!

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Narrow_Grapefruit_23@reddit

And I take my sketch comedy VERY seriously

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chuck-lechuck@reddit

I am from Canada. What show is this? I can’t tell from the comments and we didn’t have MTV (even after we let you have Tom Green)!

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TripleMalahat@reddit

It’s ok. We had Kids in the Hall and Four on the Floor up here.

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mdawe1@reddit

Kids in the hall was legit unhinged and could never be made today

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t3m3r1t4@reddit

A national treasure. I PINCH YOUR HEAD. Thanks for the laughs, Lorne.

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nerdburgger84@reddit

I had the Pear Dream again...

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nerdburgger84@reddit

Tom Green has his place in my heart but first is Kids in the Hall, and The State!

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Infrathin81@reddit

Full seasons are on Paramount plus.

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fanman3174@reddit

The state is on Paramount+ in the US so maybe it’s available in Canada?

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

A sketch comedy show called The State that aired on mtv in the mid 90s.

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

I don’t remember this at all. Not even a faint niggling of a memory rattling around in my brain.

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Steely-Dave@reddit

Maybe you are one them OLD Xenny’s. 😅

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

Haha old at heart, yes - always did prefer VH1 to MTV. The Behind the Music program always interested me more than MTV “reality”.

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punkdrummer22@reddit

Yeah me too. Had no idea what this was.

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KelseyOpso@reddit

So cool.

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Lawrenceburntfish@reddit

I WANNA DIP MY BALLS IN IT

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FatherPrax@reddit

I somehow never recognized that Boyle's actor was originally from The State.

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MikeRoykosGhost@reddit

I'm really looking forward to the documentary about them coming out this year.

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Defiant-Difference17@reddit

I'm Doug... and I'm outta heerrrrre

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Stock-Signature7014@reddit

I don't want to be your PrinciPULL. I want to be your Princi-PAL!

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xpacean@reddit

“Do you even know who Bob Dylan is?” “… no, I just know he died of a drug overdose.” “Son, Bob Dylan is alive and well. I produced his last three records.” “Oh, you mean Uncle Robert?”

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Steely-Dave@reddit

Can’t cage me up like some manimal.

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Stock-Signature7014@reddit

This is fantastic!!! Loved The State.

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Yankee_Jane@reddit

I had such a thing for (Robert) Ben Garant, and still do. He very much formed the "type" of guy I went after through my whole life, in both personality and appearance.

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RoyDonkJr@reddit

I got to go to the taping of the final show and met (and probably annoyed) the whole cast. Got them all to sign a copy of the set list for the day but I lost it along with my backstage pass in a flood.

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hammnbubbly@reddit

Jake, I love the tacos. They’re maybe the best tacos I’ve ever had.

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Mshads@reddit

I say this every taco night, and I will continue to do so, completely misunderstood, until my kids watch this show and get some culture.

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malthar76@reddit

Goodbye mailbox

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nin4nin@reddit

So many quotes come to mind from seeing each of them ❤️

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cocaine_blood_bath@reddit

I see Kids in the Hall, I upvote.

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Feisty-Extension-20@reddit

I'll trade you $240 worth of pudding for it

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lo-key-glass@reddit

Yea but where did you get $240?

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Feisty-Extension-20@reddit

Don't you worry your pretty little head about it. It ain't your concern.

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jasonrubik@reddit

ohhhh yeahhhhhhh

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Gradlush@reddit

It says cook then chill. And baby that's what I do every night, I cook and then I chill. Awww yeah!

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donmayo@reddit

Shhhh!

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puma_pantss@reddit

Is that Boyle???

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

Yeah. And CJ in the back.

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FestiveArtCollective@reddit

Check, DJ CJ on the mic! That scene is one of the funniest scenes in any show ever. Ken Marino is a national treasure.

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Agreeable-Spot-7376@reddit

🎶 “If you see something say something….C’mon and party tonight” 🎶

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AppropriateTouching@reddit

Thats gonna leave a mark.

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

The guy's got good hooks

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ledsam@reddit

You have the right to remain silent C'mon and party tonight

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SpaceLemur34@reddit

A lot of future TV cops in that picture

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BolognaFeet25@reddit

Man I wish there was a way to watch this show in decent quality today.

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bearshark84@reddit

You guys on MySpace?

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terra_cascadia@reddit

For those who don’t know, Kerri Kenney was in a 90s band called Cake Like. [Here’s a music video directed by David Wain.](https://youtu.be/vOUotVM7Mrs?si=0Pa93nlFyh2OQz_P)

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Random_Monstrosities@reddit

Whoa! Memories unlocked! I vaguely remember seeing that on 120 Minutes.

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anarchetype@reddit

Same, and I think somehow I didn't realize it was Kerri. This song is amazing, though.

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basahahn1@reddit

That makes the video of her doing cannonball by the breeders make a lot more sense now.

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bmar513@reddit

I’d listen to that album!

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Jwyldeboomboom@reddit

Nice

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dwreckhatesyou@reddit

The most expensive tickets I ever bought was to see them on tour a couple years ago. No regrets. This group influenced my sense of humor far more than they should’ve. They did a bit I’d never seen before which was an old-timey radio *porn* complete with a desk for the people making sound effects by slapping steaks together, thrusting fingers into raw hamburger, etc…

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Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit

Poor little Carl…*we wouldn’t want him to do his job!!*

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KrasnayaZvezda@reddit

CHICKEN SANDWICH CARL

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OwlsKilledMyDad@reddit

My friends and I still say this to each other.

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Brocktoon73@reddit

It’s amazing how this sketch comedy show from 1995 on MTV, has so much of the cast still working in Hollywood today. Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Thomas Lennon, David Wain, Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenny-Silver…stacked cast.

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Dude_man79@reddit

Wonder why the producers decided to only use one female?

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OwlsKilledMyDad@reddit

They were a self-formed comedy troupe called The State before they had a show.

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Steely-Dave@reddit

Ken Marino is on my ‘Didn’t expect to see him in everything’ list. Ken Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade is probably number 1.

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Brocktoon73@reddit

Matt Walsh?

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Steely-Dave@reddit

![gif](giphy|l3V0kKMm0ielLiYIE) The dude pops up in every comedy- Hangover, Old School, Ted. I think Road Trip was where he popped up first. And I forgot about Veep cause I never watched it.

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Pitiful-Pension-6535@reddit

Failed '90s sketch shows are like that for whatever reason. Like the Dana Carvey show with both Steve Carrell and Steven Colbert years before they were famous

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witty_handl@reddit

The Dana Carvey Show had in-show ads where they mocked their sponsors. Mountain Dew executives probably thought that the 50’s style TV ads were being mocked. Instead there was a sketch implying that Mountain Dew looked like urine, and the company was likely paying for the advertising. It is not surprising that it didn’t last, but it was a fun watch.

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Brocktoon73@reddit

Ben Stiller Show. Bob Odenkirk and Judd Apatow. Or SNL in the early 90’s when you have a murderers row of writers with Conan, Odenkirk, and Smigel.

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c1h9@reddit

And Louie CK

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issi_tohbi@reddit

Kevin Allison has a podcast I enjoy called Risk

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Panelak_Cadillac@reddit

"The State" was way ahead of its time.....mid 90s MTV had so many certified classics.

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AZSharksFan@reddit

I wanna dip my balls in it

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OshetDeadagain@reddit

I wish it were winter so we could freeze it into ice blocks and skate on it and melt it in the spring time and drink it!

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YoghurtSnodgrass@reddit

I still can’t believe Ken Marino was passed over for the pope.

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Steely-Dave@reddit

Hey-a. The pope-ah? He a nice-a guy. 🍝

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tohones82@reddit

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

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Magestrix@reddit

THE STATE!!!! OMG....dude, that made me so happy to see this!!!

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discordianofslack@reddit

Steven Carlisle in his one man show Jurassic Park.

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chief_n0c-a-h0ma@reddit

It's time for $240 worth of pudding...

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tsarlath@reddit

PEOPLE REALLY LIVE THIS WAY!!!

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abombregardless@reddit

Porcupine porcupine porcupine racetrack

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Material-Gap2417@reddit

I always wanted to see these guys in a fight against kids in the hall with hockey sticks eh

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retribution81@reddit

The hormone sketch was pure gold.

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MoxieVaporwave@reddit

The State!!!!

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Jim_Nebna@reddit

How much is it worth to you pudding?

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

More than $240 worth.

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Dude_man79@reddit

How about $250 and i kinky dance around it in a robe?

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Jim_Nebna@reddit

That's a lot of pudding.

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jawnbaejaeger@reddit

Awwww yeah

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minibini@reddit

You lucky ducky! I loved The State!!!

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SeanOfTheDead1313@reddit

Been watching Superstore lately. Always cool when I recognize a State member popping up

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knightlionwave@reddit

How do I not recognize the guy front right next to David Wain?

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

His name is Todd Holoubek. He actually founded the group, and he was the first to drop out. He's the only one not still working, in one way or another, in the entertainment industry.

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More_Astronaut_8575@reddit

I'm Levon

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More_Astronaut_8575@reddit

And I'm going to dip my balls in it.

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tuckyruck@reddit

Is that Kerri Kenney? Damn I thought she was way taller than them if it is. Also, Michael Ian Black and Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) make it amazing. Would have that hanging on my wall.

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Living_Essay_9933@reddit

So much genius in one picture.

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KingdomOfFawg@reddit

I saw 10 dudes and one chick. I assumed it was a ska band.

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Renzieface@reddit

I only recognize Thomas, Keri, and Joe

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Pitiful-Pension-6535@reddit

Not Ken Marino?

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Renzieface@reddit

Oh YEAH! I see him now. Funnily enough, I just finished watching Only Murders in the White House... er... I mean, The Residence!

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Renzieface@reddit

Oh and Michael Ian Black! Lookie there.

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letterstosnapdragon@reddit

You won the Have Sex With the State Concept?

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chinabuffet117@reddit

Da Pope is a coming!!

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Bad_Man-@reddit

Kevin Allison <3

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Lebowski304@reddit

Sittin’ on the dock of the bay

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ImOnlyHereForTheCoC@reddit

Y’all ever read *State by State with The State*? It’s a hoot!

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

Read it? I own it... but, no, I haven't read it.

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nphowe@reddit

Dude, tonight! You're not going to want to put it down. It's gonna make you want to go out and buy a Chrysler tomorrow.

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LauraBowsMonocle@reddit

It's sitting on my bookshelf at this very moment!! Classic!

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GrandObfuscator@reddit

Oh shit that is nice

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Low_Escape_5397@reddit

I see Joe in the front but not sure who others are… What show is this from?

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Younggryan42@reddit

the State!! One of the best sketch comedies of all time. I love seeing actors from it show up in shows I am watching.

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Hot_Sentence_1264@reddit

Once got to work with Ken Marino for a couple days and he was amused that all I wanted to talk about was The State. He was awesome and answered all my questions.

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Random_Monstrosities@reddit

Call me old fashioned but I believe there's only one true god ..and he lives in this lake...... and his name is Zorgo

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Notchersfireroad@reddit

I love sketch comedy from our youth and The State might be the cream of the crop. This is an incredibly cool possession.

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

Is this the cast of The state from MTV?

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Random_Monstrosities@reddit

Yep

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OohBeesIhateEm@reddit

What a time it was

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Rageminusenthusiasm@reddit

![gif](giphy|WrUreFR7tR2dpUSx9K|downsized)

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mrfenderscornerstore@reddit

Raspberry fork and spoon!!!

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donmayo@reddit

For YEARS I thought I imagined this show that I loved so much. No one knew what I was talking about when I referenced it. About 10 years ago I somehow acquired possession of two DVDs. The State complete season one and The Maxx. Best month ever.

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donmayo@reddit

Correction: The State complete series

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ThatEvanFowler@reddit

Dude, that is the most 90's thing you could possibly own. Pretty rad.

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Osinuous@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/p9l0icwni01f1.jpeg?width=3802&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cb73f682b181639ab52c0164181e1d78af34f7e Haha! Got the same thing! Went to a taping as well, and still have a VIP badge somewhere too. The taping I was at was the last supper Louie, where’s the mousey, drag dad, the one in the school where they use all the names of people who wrote in, and one other I forget.

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

https://preview.redd.it/hid78fx0l01f1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8866a7a07aa408eed2250a1eaa17a7e195af848b I've got mine too. I went to the one with Tuxedo, lil brown dog food, ghost story, the Laupin Variety Programme, etc.

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heyilikethetie@reddit

Amazing. Where did you get it?

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trumpsmellslikcheese@reddit

Don't worry your pretty little head about it. Ain't your concern.

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ironrains@reddit (OP)

I had an older sibling that was best friends with one of the cast. I also went to a live taping, which was amazing.

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heyilikethetie@reddit

My jealousy knows no bounds. Have a life long friend purely due to shared love of this show. Keep it secret! Keep it safe!

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Blueberry_Mancakes@reddit

“I'm Levon” “….and I'm Barry…Sagitarius”

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jasonrubik@reddit

OMG, I don't think I've ever seen their names spelled out in print before... ever. I just read that, and said, wow that sounds so familiar. It literally took me a second. And then I did the voices. and then I knew exactly who it was... and I just read a comment about pudding just above this one. LOL !!

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