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I wrote the history of The State. They spoke recently at a retrospective for The State in San Francisco. I don't have time to add links so if someone could go through a take care of that I would appreciate it. -- DjArcadian ( talk) 20:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Anyone else find the use of "twenty-something" distracting? It doesn't feel like an encyclopedic phrase 198.6.46.11 15:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Stella is available on iTunes, could hint towards the release of The State on iTunes. We can all wish, can't we. 208.252.49.130 20:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)badfishstan
I pulled the following text from the article on Thomas Lennon, since it was describing details that only pertained to the show, not to the actor. However, it appears that some of those details are not mentioned in this article, so perhaps they should be integrated with it. (Here, the phrase "after graduation" refers to Lennon's graduation from New York University.)
Note that the last sentence is inaccurate, according to this article, which claims the show was never cancelled.
Vocaro 10:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
My sister and I (who once sent cupcakes to MTV spelling "we love the state") particulaly remember the episodes 1) with Joey Cracker where the family ended by eating butter and 2) the Christmas Tree dance. Anybody have details on those? Efwoz1 ( talk) 23:50, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
I slightly changed the last sentence to the CBS paragraph where it said that it hasn't aired since the CBS special, and added a paragraph about the airings on Comedy Central this month. I don't have a refrence about it, but it did air. I was about 1 when it was on, so the only way I've been able to become a fan of the show is from watching the late night airings on Comedy Central. I saw it, I liked it, and I'll buy the DVD because of it. -- Lsnicket ( talk) 21:40, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Played by Michael Ian Black. A nonsense-spewing motivational speaker, a parody of similar anti-drug or alcohol abuse spots aired on MTV at the time). "And remember, bbbbring, bbbring... Hello, cheese? NO! Cheese can't dial a phone." Doug (see above) made his first appearances in the Capt. Monterey Jack sketches.
Appearances: 102: "Captain Monterey Jack: Lights", 103: "Captain Monterey Jack: Shoes", 106: "Captain Monterey Jack: Cheese"
Actually Doug appeared earlier in the episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.65.246 ( talk) 18:55, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Could someone remove Veronica Mars from the collaborations section? Only one person from The State was on that. If we're going to list everything that at least one member of The State was on, we should probably list Ed, Aerosmith's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Memento, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Superbad. I'd fix it myself but I mucked up the code every time I tried. 71.232.25.76 ( talk) 22:43, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Below information was tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert with appropriate references. DonIago ( talk) 21:39, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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==History==
The State was founded as "The New Group" by Todd Holoubek at NYU in the late 1980s when he grew dissatisfied with the structure of other local comedy groups. Holoubek attracted film and acting talent by advertising this group as one where every member had "their own window". It was a free form idea wherein the group lacked central leadership and encouraged to act as a collective. Applicants came largely from the drama and film departments on campus. As they honed their talents, members were added and dropped until they eventually ended up with the cast that is familiar today. The State began performing locally and on campus where they garnered their reputation, followed by an off-broadway run of "Molt", produced by Jonathan K. Bendis and Steven Starr. MTV offered the group a collaboration with Jon Stewart on a show called You Wrote It, You Watch It, which was followed by a six-episode commitment to The State show. After three seasons with MTV, The State began talks with ABC to air opposite Saturday Night Live, but the deal was eventually dropped. CBS then offered a series of specials with the promise that, should they be successful, the show would be picked up as a regular series. CBS initially wanted to develop the show in hopes that they would target a late-night younger audience, but controversy arose when Details magazine reported that The State's network executive allegedly made racist remarks about the late-night African American television audience; the executive was subsequently fired. The show was a ratings disaster due to an unsupportive network and lack of advertising. The CBS special marked the final new episode of The State to be aired. Members of The State remained close and went on to contribute to other projects including Viva Variety, Reno 911!, Stella, the films Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten and the podcast RISK! About half the members went on to direct films and the entire cast remains active in the entertainment industry. The entire cast regrouped for the first time in 14 years for two performances at SF Sketchfest, The San Francisco Comedy Festival, on January 24, 2009, followed with a Q&A at The Clay Theater where they screened Wet Hot American Summer. The following day they had a retrospective at Herbst Theater in San Francisco where they answered fans' questions and discussed the history of The State. Nine members of the group (minus Allison and Holoubek) reunited on the January 28, 2014 broadcast of the Comedy Central game show @midnight, which is produced by Lennon and Garant. Showalter, Kenny-Silver, and Black were contestants. Allison would later appear as a contestant in the November 16, 2015 broadcast. |
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Every source I can find (including the Paramount+ source cited in the first footnote) indicates that the first airing of the show was in January 1994. Shouldn't this article be changed to reflect that? Is there some other, more definitive, source I might have missed that indicates a starting year of 1993? DynamoBlue ( talk) 21:47, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
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I wrote the history of The State. They spoke recently at a retrospective for The State in San Francisco. I don't have time to add links so if someone could go through a take care of that I would appreciate it. -- DjArcadian ( talk) 20:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Anyone else find the use of "twenty-something" distracting? It doesn't feel like an encyclopedic phrase 198.6.46.11 15:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Stella is available on iTunes, could hint towards the release of The State on iTunes. We can all wish, can't we. 208.252.49.130 20:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)badfishstan
I pulled the following text from the article on Thomas Lennon, since it was describing details that only pertained to the show, not to the actor. However, it appears that some of those details are not mentioned in this article, so perhaps they should be integrated with it. (Here, the phrase "after graduation" refers to Lennon's graduation from New York University.)
Note that the last sentence is inaccurate, according to this article, which claims the show was never cancelled.
Vocaro 10:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
My sister and I (who once sent cupcakes to MTV spelling "we love the state") particulaly remember the episodes 1) with Joey Cracker where the family ended by eating butter and 2) the Christmas Tree dance. Anybody have details on those? Efwoz1 ( talk) 23:50, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
I slightly changed the last sentence to the CBS paragraph where it said that it hasn't aired since the CBS special, and added a paragraph about the airings on Comedy Central this month. I don't have a refrence about it, but it did air. I was about 1 when it was on, so the only way I've been able to become a fan of the show is from watching the late night airings on Comedy Central. I saw it, I liked it, and I'll buy the DVD because of it. -- Lsnicket ( talk) 21:40, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Played by Michael Ian Black. A nonsense-spewing motivational speaker, a parody of similar anti-drug or alcohol abuse spots aired on MTV at the time). "And remember, bbbbring, bbbring... Hello, cheese? NO! Cheese can't dial a phone." Doug (see above) made his first appearances in the Capt. Monterey Jack sketches.
Appearances: 102: "Captain Monterey Jack: Lights", 103: "Captain Monterey Jack: Shoes", 106: "Captain Monterey Jack: Cheese"
Actually Doug appeared earlier in the episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.65.246 ( talk) 18:55, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Could someone remove Veronica Mars from the collaborations section? Only one person from The State was on that. If we're going to list everything that at least one member of The State was on, we should probably list Ed, Aerosmith's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Memento, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Superbad. I'd fix it myself but I mucked up the code every time I tried. 71.232.25.76 ( talk) 22:43, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Below information was tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert with appropriate references. DonIago ( talk) 21:39, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
History |
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==History==
The State was founded as "The New Group" by Todd Holoubek at NYU in the late 1980s when he grew dissatisfied with the structure of other local comedy groups. Holoubek attracted film and acting talent by advertising this group as one where every member had "their own window". It was a free form idea wherein the group lacked central leadership and encouraged to act as a collective. Applicants came largely from the drama and film departments on campus. As they honed their talents, members were added and dropped until they eventually ended up with the cast that is familiar today. The State began performing locally and on campus where they garnered their reputation, followed by an off-broadway run of "Molt", produced by Jonathan K. Bendis and Steven Starr. MTV offered the group a collaboration with Jon Stewart on a show called You Wrote It, You Watch It, which was followed by a six-episode commitment to The State show. After three seasons with MTV, The State began talks with ABC to air opposite Saturday Night Live, but the deal was eventually dropped. CBS then offered a series of specials with the promise that, should they be successful, the show would be picked up as a regular series. CBS initially wanted to develop the show in hopes that they would target a late-night younger audience, but controversy arose when Details magazine reported that The State's network executive allegedly made racist remarks about the late-night African American television audience; the executive was subsequently fired. The show was a ratings disaster due to an unsupportive network and lack of advertising. The CBS special marked the final new episode of The State to be aired. Members of The State remained close and went on to contribute to other projects including Viva Variety, Reno 911!, Stella, the films Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten and the podcast RISK! About half the members went on to direct films and the entire cast remains active in the entertainment industry. The entire cast regrouped for the first time in 14 years for two performances at SF Sketchfest, The San Francisco Comedy Festival, on January 24, 2009, followed with a Q&A at The Clay Theater where they screened Wet Hot American Summer. The following day they had a retrospective at Herbst Theater in San Francisco where they answered fans' questions and discussed the history of The State. Nine members of the group (minus Allison and Holoubek) reunited on the January 28, 2014 broadcast of the Comedy Central game show @midnight, which is produced by Lennon and Garant. Showalter, Kenny-Silver, and Black were contestants. Allison would later appear as a contestant in the November 16, 2015 broadcast. |
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Every source I can find (including the Paramount+ source cited in the first footnote) indicates that the first airing of the show was in January 1994. Shouldn't this article be changed to reflect that? Is there some other, more definitive, source I might have missed that indicates a starting year of 1993? DynamoBlue ( talk) 21:47, 24 July 2022 (UTC)