Intermittent Rant » The State http://intermittentrant.com Because stuff pisses me off. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:25:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Stella…Yet Another Reason Why I Miss “The State” http://intermittentrant.com/2005/06/stella%e2%80%a6yet-another-reason-why-i-miss-%e2%80%9cthe-state%e2%80%9d/ http://intermittentrant.com/2005/06/stella%e2%80%a6yet-another-reason-why-i-miss-%e2%80%9cthe-state%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:07:28 +0000 Nehal http://intermittentrant.com/?p=179 For anyone that watched MTV back in its heyday when it ACTUALLY had music videos, “The State” may just ring a bell. For everyone else, well…let’s just say it rocked. It was a sketch comedy show that aired in the early 90’s and starred among several now semi-famous but then very obscure actors Michael Ian Black and Thomas Lennon. It was 30 minutes a week of wacked out sketches like “The Jew, the Italian, and the Redhead Gay” and “Monkey Torture”. It aired for a few seasons and was much beloved.

Well, those actors have moved on. Michael Ian Black went on to do a bunch of shows like “Ed” and Sierra Mist commercials. Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney hooked a few shows on Comedy Central like “Viva Variety” and now “Reno 911″. Now Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain have created “Stella”, which aired tonight. My initial reaction: I miss “The State”.

All of these sundry efforts have been cute and even somewhat amusing, but all in all, they’ll never recapture the glory, the triumph, the shear power of those “The State” years. Anyway, I just wanted to say I miss “The State”. I hear people out there are trying to petition MTV to release a DVD. God speed, young people, god speed…

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