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MTV - The State - Skits and Stickers [VHS]

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This was an amazing show, and it's a damn shame that it went off the air after 2 years and 3 1/2 seasons. This show exhibited some of the most original and goofy humor I've ever seen. Yes, the video omits some great skits (Blueberry Johnson, Im-a Da Pope-a, Antonio: The Foreign Exchange Student, and the Kabuki skit featuring Barry Toink, Doug, Barry & LeVon, and Louie), but it's great as a memoir for us State fans. Luckily, I had the foresight to tape several episodes during their original run, but this collection has quite a few that I don't own. State fans, I say we band together and urge Comedy Central to pick up the old The State episodes and start airing them, or at least have a little weekend dedicated to this amazing show. Who's with me!

I am soooooo happy that I finaly found a video of "The State". But I am still very sad that the show is no longer on the air. If you are a fan of this brilliant show this tape is a must. However, I wish MTV would put all of the episodes out on tape. My only gripe with Skits and Stickers is that the Monkeys "doin' it" skit is not included. In my opinion that is the funniest skit I have ever seen on any sketch comedy show. Comedy Central or MTV save us! Please re-run "The State"!

Viva la State! I remember watching the first state episode as it originally aired. I wasn't too sure about it until I saw the closing sketch...Lavon and Barry Sagetarious, and a freakin' lot of puddin'.($240 in fact) This video is only one movement to a masterpiece known as The State. The video has most (but not all) of the best and most memorable sketches that aired on The State. In Junior High I lived for The State...now this video is the only small momento I have left of a once great empire of comedy. GET YOURS WHILE YOU CAN!!!

A lot of sketch comedy has a very short shelf-life, and what seemed so funny just a year ago is often stale and boring in the light of the present. This is not the case with the State. Several years after they single-handedly tripled MTV's average level of programming quality (somewhat faint praise, I know), their best work remains fresh and funny.

This compilation, "Skits and Stickers (Stickers Not Included)," is an excellent sampling of their work. It not only includes some of their best remembered sketches (such as Barry and Levon with the pudding and Louie at the Last Supper), but also some of their most ambitious material. Chief among the latter is the amazing "Porcupine Racetrack," a send-up of big Hollywood musicals (think "Guys & Dolls" crossed with "My Fair Lady"), complete with hilarious, tuneful and even touching songs. At moments like these, the group demonstrated that they were not interested simply in absurdity (though they excelled at it) but that they had the skill to turn pop-culture conventions on their head while still being absolutely faithful to them.

What made the State different from a lot of sketch comedy groups is that they always treated their targets with respect and rarely went for just the cheap laugh. Sometimes the jokes required a bit of thought to be fully appreciated, but that too is one of the elements that makes this material durable. There was a lot going on here, and the only thing I don't like about the tape is that it's a reminder that the group is no longer working together. Needless to say, if there's ever a reunion show, I'll be the first one in front of the TV.

Funny, funny show.

If you've never heard of The State, and are a fan of sketch comedy, I highly recommend you buy this video. Almost all of the skits are worth seeing and will make you laugh out loud. It's at least better than every sketch on Saturday Night Live that has appeared in the last five years.

However, if you faithfully watched every episode of The State when it premiered on MTV so many years ago, you are going to be disappointed. Every sketch will remind you of another sketch that's been left out of this oh-so-short video. You've got "Monkey Torture", but where is the "Muppet Meat"?

If you're a fan of comedy, this is required viewing. But keep in mind that this just a small section of a greater work that will undoubtedly disappear forever.

"RING RING! Hello, Cheese? No! Cheese can't dial a phone!"

I agree, this is a fantastic tape. The tape is only an hour and a half long. I wish it could be longer :(
I am so happy that some of the best skits are on the tape. I too recorded my own tapes but they are getting old and worn out. I guess it helps to see the actors on random movies and tv shows, but it never compares to the show.
I will join the crew of Statelites who put Comedy Central up to the challenge.

When I found out this video existed, salvaging skits from HANDS DOWN the best show ever to appear on television, I was happier than the Redhead gay. My only regret is that the Toothbrush skit is omitted (my all time fave). But I could watch the Taco Delivering Mailman 30,000 times and I'd still be on the floor. "I'm outta here!"

My best friend and I watch this video every few weeks just to remember how funny it is...its hilarious. I was pretty young when the State came and went, my brother and I used to watch it but I didn't get half the jokes. Now, I can fully appreciate the humor...these people are genuinely funny and they aren't pretentious about it at all (like SNL). The skits are so well written that you can talk about them for years to come with your viewing partner(s) and never tire of it. After watching this movie as many times as I have, I have truly come to feel the loss of the State, and it makes me really sad to see members doing commercials (like Dawn and Snickers) and the now defunct Viva Variety. These people need to have a comedy show again...they were amazing. Favorite skits? Inbred Bros, the one about Bumblebees, and the part in Super VIII when they kiss and he goes "i should go" and he goes "i didn't kill anybody!" and the cop goes "i know young driftah, I'm just cranky!" CLASSIC!

I've looked for a state tape for years finally found it and it is quite simply the funniest sketch comedy around. Now I don't know the specifics but if mtv simply decided to cancel the show they don't know what they had... It is super witty and yet extremely bass, which for my money is the best kind of comedy. The real greatness of the state is it's pace. This video is a mile a minute assualt of doug, barry and lavon and louie... in closing where is that great skit of the variety show... it was a pretty strange one but maaaaaaaaaaaaan was it funny... "would you stop kissing my former wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife"... pure hilarity... if you like sketch comedy just order you won't be dissappointed...

Although i do love The State very much, there are too many good sketches left out and not so funny stuff put in, like the Porcupine Race sketch. What happened to the Bluberry Johnson sketch, the monkeys doing it sketch, and the muppet hunting sketch? They really need to make a second tape with the classics on it.