The State on MTV
Posted by FoxFormal2208@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 223 comments
So many skits from this show still bounce around my brain. This morning (and a lot of mornings, honestly) I mentally greeted my toothbrush:
“Toothbrush, you’ve come back to me! Let’s go do things set to popular music!”
What other State gems do you remember?
Alamohermit@reddit
Muppet meat.
interestedparty933@reddit
Porcupine Racetrack.
Classic.
thebrokedown@reddit
Look at them little porkies run!
Familiar_Palpitation@reddit
"Adidums - they have four stripes instead of three. so for less money, i was able to get extra stripe. isverygooddeal."
Auntie_Venom@reddit
We still refer to Adidas as Adidums - with extra stripe in an Eastern European accent!
Familiar-Court-4217@reddit
Liquid T.V.
Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit
r/lostredditors
Familiar-Court-4217@reddit
Liquid TV, was a show on MTV in the early 1990's it is not spam.
Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit
this sub is about the MTV sketch comedy show, The State.
r/confidentlyincorrect
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
This sub is about Gen X. This post is about The State.
Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit
Ok.
Familiar-Court-4217@reddit
I thought it was about the state of MTV, sorry man, I was confused.
Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit
Its cool, bro.
Auntie_Venom@reddit
HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO?! and the giant Nokia
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
The Fluffy Soft commercial. The lady is talking about the product, ironing, and then a stuffed bear comes up and starts talking, and she SCREEEEAMMS and kills it with the iron.
b_m_hart@reddit
We had the $240. We had to have the pudding. Ahhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhh.
DirtyRose123@reddit
Get the man a grape soda CARRRRRLLLLL
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
AND STTOOOP SCREAMING!! YOU'RE PISSING THE CUSTOMER OFF!!
dawaxtadpole@reddit
Mr Magina and crackers.
CRACKERS?!
mollybewe@reddit
I hate the crackers! I hate all the crackers! Especially you, Joey Cracker!
FishWoman1970@reddit
I haven't seen a lot of The State, but definitely "Monkey Torture" (the monkey doesn't know), and "I'm Doug".
cuzwhat@reddit
Nobody gets my “I’m outta heeeeeeere” references, and that makes me very sad.
Userdmcm@reddit
Sameeeee -I have to go find clips to explain it and then it’s not funny anymore. Well, I guess it was only funny to meet up begin with. 😂😂😂
Left-Thinker-5512@reddit
Tow truck driver shows up to help guys whose car broke down. Steps out of the rig wearing leather overalls and boots, and asks, “So, were you guys heading to one of them ‘S&M bahs?’”
Starbreiz@reddit
The near/far muppet sketch is something I still think about occasionally
AyBeeVee@reddit
[ Removed by Reddit ]
fuzzyedges1974@reddit
I loved the State. Ended up getting the DVD box set one Christmas - one of the best gifts ever.
canstucky@reddit
THERE WAS A BOXED SET!!!
fuzzyedges1974@reddit
Pretty sure you can still get it. The only thing that sucks is any skits that had licensed music in them are muted.
Nice_Point_9822@reddit
I still have mine!
fuzzyedges1974@reddit
Me too - somewhere. Good thing I ripped them & saved them digitally. It’s awesome how I can trace so many of my favorite comedic actors back to that show. The State and Mr. Show seemed to launch all my favorite funny people.
phatsackocrap@reddit
Cool me old fashioned, but I still believe there's only one true god.
And he lives in this lake. And his name is Zorgo.
velvet42@reddit
whistles cheerfully
Pink_pineapple_pizza@reddit
I’m sure everybody already knows this, but just in case someone doesn’t, those folks pretty much all went on to make a ton more great comedy. Reno 911!, Wet Hot American Summer, Children’s Hospital, Role Models, Wanderlust, and They Came Together were all made by members of The State.
HCraven1@reddit
Don't sleep on Middle Aged Dad Jam Band. Ken Marino, David Wain and company have some real chops!
Pink_pineapple_pizza@reddit
Ooh, I did not know about that! Thanks!
purplepeaches63316@reddit
Young jack black
speekuvtheddevil@reddit
Tomas Lennon especially has been extremely prolific post The State
Mudlark-000@reddit
Don’t forget “The Ten,“ which you’ll either hate or love. One of the more divisive movies on IMDB…
monkeyswithknives@reddit
I just rewatched that a few weeks ago.
Dull_Sense7928@reddit
And The Babysitter, which is quite underrated IMO
Fussy_Fucker@reddit
I’d dip my balls in that
Hey-buuuddy@reddit
It’s all fun and games until someone gets tape on their face.
billskionce@reddit
I’ve been looking for a video of this for years.
SpokaneSmash@reddit
I always get them mixed up with Exit 57 and Upright Citizen's Brigade.
WorldsMostDad@reddit
And The Kids In the Hall
tabicat1874@reddit
Two hundred and forty dollars worth of pudding
BooterTooterBravo@reddit
Awwwwwwww yeaaahhh
LostAlongTheWay1@reddit
Where did you get two hundred and forty dollars?
LooksBetterWithDrops@reddit
https://i.redd.it/w1ncaob54s1h1.gif
berndtsc@reddit
I love the seat, but does the seat love me? Aww yeah....
tabicat1874@reddit
Don't worry your pretty little head about that it ain't none of your concern
bonfirecollapse@reddit
CHICKEN SANDWICH CARL!!! AND KEEP IT DOWN. WWWHHHHOOOO.
Negative_Corner6722@reddit
YOU’RE PISSING THE CUSTOMER OFF!!!
bonfirecollapse@reddit
POOR LITTLE CARL WITH THE PUPPY DOG EYE. WOULDN’T WANT HIM TO DO HIS JOB!!
Oaken_beard@reddit
Muppet Hunting/cooking
The snuggle bear freaking the woman in the commercial out
The kid being released from the orphanage they convince has super powers
The family in the sideways house
emck2@reddit
Doug is Doug, and Dad is Dad, and ne'er the twain shall meet! I'm outta...heeerre!
Ancient_Profession31@reddit
I forget the games name but Jeopardy but wagering orphans instead. “I thought we were going to play for an orphan charity not gamble actual orphans”
IloveMe80@reddit
I’m Doug and I’m outta heeeeeere
somajones@reddit
Solomente' Doug and his uncle Bob. (Dylan)
TheGirlwThePinkHair@reddit
Strawbarry Levon!
berndtsc@reddit
Baloney feet
jimbobwe-328@reddit
I'M GONNA DO MY BALLS IN IT!
Kinda_ShouldaSorta@reddit
I'm outta heeere.
Jerking_From_Home@reddit
I’ve met a lot of people named Doug and not a single one has ever got the joke. Shame!
IDK_WTF_TRA@reddit
First I cook, and then I chill
kristenfb@reddit
We had the 240, we had to have the puddin’.
misssrspcola@reddit
Some people might ask, Barry, Levon, where'd you get the 240 dollars?
LostAlongTheWay1@reddit
Shhhhh
SciotoSlim@reddit
Ahhh yea.
SemperFudge123@reddit
For some reason I never got into The State but loved just about everything all those folks from there did outside of the series.
MediumAd3331@reddit
Da pope ahh
Environmental_Ride_8@reddit
Looka whataya you did ah to mah nice ah white suit ahh.. And da Popa ah is ah commin!!!
escargotini@reddit
r/theState
Videos are posted fairly regularly there. Also it's on Paramount+ and out on DVD
Plenty-Run-9575@reddit
My favorite wasn’t a skit but the commercial for the show itself with all the quotes from their negative reviews with the song “I Started a Joke” playing behind it. It was perfection.
FlyingHigh15k@reddit
CHICKEN SANDWICH, CARL!!!!
CactusRaeGalaxy@reddit
🩵
ArcanumAntares@reddit
BBQ'd Muppet.
Rikkitikkitabby@reddit
I sure could use some help tying my shoes!
tristessa999@reddit
Show us… far.
roopjm81@reddit
This blue meat is delicious
Individual_Sky_4612@reddit
I’m gonna dip my balls in it
Negative_Corner6722@reddit
We have an arrest warrant for Jesus of Nazareth. Are you Jesus of Nazareth?
He went that way, short sleeved shirt, screaming about his balls.
Ass_Cream_Cone@reddit
Its Louie!
Stlfll@reddit
Came here to say this. So glad I’m not the only one.
d3odorant@reddit
This.
Priceless.
lexi_prop@reddit
Hey, looks like you could use some pants... (intro to cannonball plays)
snoopy_88@reddit
my most quoted skit
friendly_ferns@reddit
Hunting muppets for dinner. I think blue was their favorite? A b c
Keyser_Kaiser_Soze@reddit
Gee, I wish someone was here who could help me count to three!
WorshipMyOwnSpirit@reddit
I recorded a bunch if these episodes of some vhs tapes, along with 120 Minutes and Liquid Television episodes. I still have them. I purchased the State dvds and all the music was replaced for licensing reasons. It wasn’t the same.
chipinserted@reddit
I want to dip my balls in it
Sea_Beach3933@reddit
Bacon bacon bacon! You're makin the moves on me! You're BACON!!!
chiginger@reddit
Sometimes I put em in my drawers, most times I do.
Confident-Silver-271@reddit
I don't remember specific skits but that show was amazing 🤩
texasbelle778@reddit
Barry and Levon live rent free in my head.
OldBanjoFrog@reddit
$240 Worth of Pudding
techmaster242@reddit
Aww yeah.
rlilly@reddit
Porcupine racetrack!
misssrspcola@reddit
Go little porkies, go go go!
camusclues@reddit
Number one.
ObviousIndependent76@reddit
God and Nietzsche waiting for a train. Seven seconds of comic perfection.
foodweneedfood@reddit
”Hmm…Pants, you say?”
FelixTheJeepJr@reddit
Everytime I hear The Breeders.
SciotoSlim@reddit
That's great for him but I'm still alone.
foodweneedfood@reddit
Why don’t you try some of you own advice?
mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit
IT’S A BRUCE HORNSBY WEEKEND!
dgrant99@reddit
Aquaman, you go…… talk to some fish.
Routine_Mess17@reddit
Now with free market economy, I get TWO potatoes every day, and on holiday, pork from a can.
Brilliant-Bus-3862@reddit
-Doug, Bob Dylan is alive and well and I’ve produced his last three albums. - Oh you mean Uncle Robert?
gstakev@reddit
You mean Uncle Robert? Yeah, he’s not dead.
ummm_somethingwitty@reddit
They had a sketch that was Sid and Nancy playing a TV game show, something like the $10,000 pyramid. I just remember Sid taking a sip of water and spitting it all over Nancy and laughing saying "I'm a whale!"
Yecats-79@reddit
I wanna dip my balls in it!!!!!
ThatTomHall@reddit
“My hormones? What about YOUR hormones?”
Dumpy Dudley dumpy…
Used_Bodybuilder_670@reddit
Yes!
AyBeeVee@reddit
Monkey torture. Not research. Monkey torture.
rianpie@reddit
"What have you learned from your _many_ years of monkey torture?"
"They hate it. The whole torture thing. Drives 'em nuts."
Sporadic_Wave@reddit
Beards cannot grow in space.
BoopTheCoop@reddit
“I’m feelin’ a little mopey today, bacon.”
PLEASE GOD KILL TIM
kristenfb@reddit
The call is coming from inside your pants!
kristenfb@reddit
Captain Monterrey Jack here to tell you about the proper storage of cheese. “What if my boyfriend don’t wrap his cheese?”
LilBrutButt@reddit
I wanna dipy balls in it!
LurkingViolet781123@reddit
The quote I came for.
Warm-Incident1532@reddit
Ass pennies.
MapsFish@reddit
While awesome, Ass Pennies are UCB.
speekuvtheddevil@reddit
Im Doug and im outta heeeere
ScabieBaby@reddit
You guys want beers?
d3odorant@reddit
Fricken beautiful!
Irish755@reddit
“You want me to end up dead like Bob Dylan?”
“Doug, Bob Dylan’s not dead. I produced his last three albums.”
“Oh, you mean Uncle Robert? Yeah, he’s not dead…”
Dancinfool830@reddit
We had the $240, we had to have the puddin'! Awwww yeah!
Street_Ad_3165@reddit
Where did you get $240??
Dancinfool830@reddit
Shhhhh, don't you worry about it, ain't none of your concern
Taodragons@reddit
lol, I use that line on my wife all the time. Don't worry your pretty little head about it.
I think my favorite is the Sea Monkeys, followed closely by the John Denver fanclub.
"Sunshine, on my Nutsack, makes me happy!"
Kevin_Turvey@reddit
The John Denver nutsack sketch is from The Upright Citizens Brigade actually. It's the Doppler episode. Hubby and I sometimes find ourselves singing "nutsack, nutsack, nutsack... thank god I'm a nutsack!"
Taodragons@reddit
My bad. They all kinds of blend together lol
UneducatedDonkey@reddit
They call me puddin', cuz I cook, then I chill. Awwww yeeeaaahhh
Dancinfool830@reddit
I'm Berry, sagittari
AnneElksTheory@reddit
I love that it looks like his wig is on backwards 😂🤣
charliefoxtrot9@reddit
Just then Young God remembered he was omnipotent and destroyed the professor's family back to the beginning of time.
Also invisible racecar.
Seattle_chickey@reddit
An entire family dying in the pool after eating. Such a horrible day.
boyracer93@reddit
Vanilla pudding!
Motor_Struggle_3605@reddit
https://youtu.be/ikbPoVbOB_E?si=f6yL8i0-jZt9_GdF
athensslim@reddit
We had the $240, we just had to have the pudding.
ColgrimScytha@reddit
I wanna dip my balls in it!
Agitated_Fox_@reddit
You beat me to this one! 😂
teleheaddawgfan@reddit
Saw them live. Slayed us!
xTiredSoulx@reddit
$240 worth of pudding
Ain’t no sofa in sight, thatsa loooooooveseat
Live-Cat9553@reddit
Barry and Levon? Where did you get $240?
Shhhhhh…..
Ted_Denslow@reddit
Don't you worry your pretty little head about it baby... it's none of your concern.
cracksbacks@reddit
A love making man does some crazy things
froction@reddit
...and I'm Barry, Sagittarius.
garagedooropener5150@reddit
WHY is this not the top comment???
Stlfll@reddit
Love me some Barry and LeVon
DunkinEgg@reddit
https://i.redd.it/sz6mvqqwkq1h1.gif
kungfuringo@reddit
It says right here, “Cook, then chill,” and that’s what I do every night baby I cook and then I chill
MizLucinda@reddit
Awwww yeah
airbornesimian@reddit
We had the 240; we had to have the pudding.
claytionthecreation@reddit
Ahhhhhh yeah
najing_ftw@reddit
Ass pennies
roopjm81@reddit
That's Upright citizens brigade, not the state
cracksbacks@reddit
I confuse the two all the time... Was going to mention the poop on a stick security system but that's UCB too.
ArcanumAntares@reddit
How about a dick joke?
Nah, it's been done before.
...how about the biggest dick joke ever?
...everyone scrambles to their consoles...
"Little Donny Disease"
Upright Citizens Brigade was some unhinged stuff.
roopjm81@reddit
I can do anything through the hole in the sheet.
uberphaser@reddit
I tell this story absolutely deadpan to people sometimes and watch their faces go from "ha ha this is funny" to "wait...this guy is serious...?" And then the laugh at the end sells it.
whistlepig4life@reddit
The skit “hormones”. Still one of the funniest damn things I’ve ever watched.
Intelligent_Serve_30@reddit
The pope-a, he's coming to eat-a here!
wooksquatch@reddit
Imma da pope-a
ClassroomFit7065@reddit
The pope-uh! He’s-a so niiice-uh!
Sporadic_Wave@reddit
Where’d you get $240, Barry?
IDK_WTF_TRA@reddit
Shhhhh. Ain't none of your concern.
SciotoSlim@reddit
We had the 240 we had to have the pudding.
Timmy12er@reddit
Booger, Booger, & Fartybutts Law Firm
punkwalrus@reddit
There was another by a similar group, I think "You wrote it, we act it," about people's weird life stories and the comics went all out "off the rails." The one I recall was about skeet shooting, but the comics made it like Skeet was a person, and hijacked the story like "The World's Most Dangerous Game" for rednecks. Just some guy with a target on his shirt yelling "SKEET, SKEET" in the woods while people hunted him.
Another was "COD: Comics on Delivery," where they sent comics to solve your personal problems, often to great hilarity. One I recall was the person's sister was "so passive, she will take anything you hand to her," and so when the comics were interviewing her, they just handed random shit to her until she was overwhelmed with objects she had no room for. Without her knowing what was going on.
fastermilesanhour@reddit
“Everybody’s making the coff-ee! Everybody’s pouring the cream!”
lovepony0201@reddit
I still blurt out "I'm Doug, and I'm outta heeee-eere!"
ClassroomFit7065@reddit
I’m Doug, and you’re Dahhd. Adults and teenagers don’t mix!
swordrat720@reddit
Dads are dads, and Dougs are Dougs, and never the twain shall meeeeheeeet!
Racer2311@reddit
“Nobody wants to hear about your dumb friends. “
davasaur@reddit
How's everything in Geezerville, Rumplestiltskin?
botingoldguy1634@reddit
I have tape all over my face.
littlelady1972@reddit
🎵 sittin by the dock of the baaaaaay, wastin tiiiiiii——iiiiiiiiii—-mmmme🎵
Kooky_Target_1367@reddit
Blueberry Muffins in the Morning with Blueberry Johnson.
ShrimpyCrustacean@reddit
I'm a freakin' blueberry! KIDS LOVE ME!
nancy_drew_98@reddit
You know who’d be perfect for the job? RICHARD DREYFUSS.
WandaTrusslerBeauty@reddit
“Let’s get milkfaced and hum like rabbits”
sethmoth@reddit
i'm crushing your head
Ass_Cream_Cone@reddit
Steamy creamy potato chowder!
Ancient_Profession31@reddit
See these bags aren’t big enough to carry both the mail and the tacos…
Also pretty sure it’s on paramount+
youre_kidding_me@reddit
Grape soda, Carl!
Boris_Darling@reddit
Let's go down to the zoo and watch the monkeys do it
owmybotheyes@reddit
My go to quote: Takes all kinds, it takes all kinds
EasyHangover@reddit
I wanna dip my balls in it!!!
Left-Call-2427@reddit
Meh. MTV lost me when they stopped playing music
Ok_Actuator2219@reddit
It’s on Amazon, I think. I love the skit in the resturant about miscommunication.
PHobsessed@reddit
The hormone skit. One of the funniest skits I've seen ever. I still talk about it. And the secret service skit.
Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit
Comes to mind every time I make a red sauce. “I’m gonna make a biga tomato sauce!”
FoxFormal2208@reddit (OP)
Look-a what you did to my nice-a white-a suit-a!!
ClassroomFit7065@reddit
This is no gooood-uh!
ldscr@reddit
Bacon bacon bacon, I'm making the moves on you. You're BACON!
Pink_pineapple_pizza@reddit
I like to put some in my shorts!
OutOfEffs@reddit
"CRAMPS!"
RabidWeaselFreddy@reddit
"The US Men's Bikini Thong Rollerblading team performs classic plays of the 30's and 40's."
And another favorite of mine.
"Look, I love the tacos, okay?
They're maybe some of the best tacos I've ever had in my life.
But if I have to choose between getting the mail, and tacos.....I gotta choose the mail"
Pink_pineapple_pizza@reddit
My husband and I were just talking about the tacos the other day!
xTiredSoulx@reddit
The Waif and the Grungie.
roopjm81@reddit
Hello cheese? No! Cheese can't dial a phone
indicus23@reddit
The Jew, the Italian, and the red head gay.
nancy_drew_98@reddit
They all live together on Avenue A!
roopjm81@reddit
They all see the world in their own way!
delldarlin@reddit
"What's this blue meat we're having?"
RydainDarkstar@reddit
"I sure could use some help counting to four!"
Will_McLean@reddit
"Show me.....far"
Careless-Gazelle-247@reddit
I have one but I'm pretty sure if I typed it, the secret service would but in and take me away - that and If get in trouble with reddit, lol.
FlatulousStanko@reddit
I'm thinking of a The Whitest Kids U Know sketch... super illegal.
FlatulousStanko@reddit
Super illegal.
freerangeXkid@reddit
Whenever I need belly laugh, no matter how down I am, this clip always pulls through
State Cereal Commercial
The hair tussle at the end that Ken Marino does absolutely kills me every time
kramwest1@reddit
Monkey Torture
The superhero sketch where they tell Aquaman to go talk to some fish.
Bomber_Haskell@reddit
Superman grabbing his crotch when he says he'll go stop the nuclear missiles set up the Aquaman gag for me.
gargolito@reddit
Son: "Mom, Dad... I have something to tell you.
Mom, Dad...
I'm...
I'm MELODRAMATIC!!!"
Mom & Dad: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
No_Garden5644@reddit
“We’ve passed this couch three times already!”
Professional-Day-748@reddit
My favorite is fried bumblebees. Maaaaanagerrr.
JonanJordinson@reddit
Bologna sandwiches for feet!
lectroid@reddit
"Research" is such a restrictive term. I feel I've opened up a whole new arena of experimentation which I call… monkey torture.”
chazza7@reddit
I wanna dip my balls in it!