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Each episode contains 30 minutes of extremely bizarre and funny sketch comedy performed by THE STATE, an 11 member sketch comedy troupe who wrote and starred in various sketches seen throughout the program.
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The One-Page Screenplay: David Wain's Queen Anne's Lace
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A 'Little Fockers' Set Pic Featuring The Big Focker And His Focker-In-Law
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A 'Little Fockers' Set Pic Featuring The Big Focker And His Focker-In-Law
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I love these guys!
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Cast
(Series Cast [11]) | Kevin Allison | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
 | Michael Ian Black | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Robert Ben Garant | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Todd Holoubek | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Michael Patrick Jann | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Kerri Kenney | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
 | Thomas Lennon | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
 | Joe Lo Truglio | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
 | Ken Marino | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Michael Showalter | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
 | David Wain | ... | Various (29 episodes, 1993-1995) |
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The State: Full Frontal Comedy (USA) (working title)
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The cast was extremely reluctant to write material for recurring characters, but pressure from the network forced them to do so. When the character of Doug and his catch phrase "I'm outta heeeere..." began to catch on, Michael Showalter, who played and created Doug, conceptualized the second season sketch in which Doug gets annoyed by everyone finding his rebellious slogan charming.
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I wanna dip my balls in it.
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Referenced in "Comedy Central Presents: My First Time (#12.9)" (2008)
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Carin' 'bout Karen
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All of their projects ("Viva Variety," "Wet Hot American Summer," "Reno 911!") are brilliantly bizarre (the "Trainspotting" bit in WHAS is classic). The State is where it all began so where's the DVD? MTV needs to give me what's needed so I can show my friends why I quote "I'm Doug, and I'm outta heeeeere" and "It ain't no sofa, it ain't no couch. It's a LOVE SEAT, aw yeah!". Better, run them on Comedy Central with "Just Say Julie," the other great, lost MTV skit show.
And remember the commercials MTV ran for it? The station rolled with the negative reviews the show received ("Significantly less than sporadically funny," Entertainment Weekly), quoting them while showing the cast, despondent. When the commercials for the show are just as memorable as the show itself, one wonders why the suits at MTV are just sitting on this. Surely at least one executive there loved this show when it aired.