{"id":168,"date":"2008-10-07T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2008-10-13T08:48:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T12:48:44","slug":"what-is-this-neon-blue-meat-the-state-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/07\/what-is-this-neon-blue-meat-the-state-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is This Neon Blue Meat? The State knows…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Back in\u00a01993, MTV gave 11 recent NYU grads with virtually no entertainment industry experience their own show.\u00a0 The result was a hilarious sketch comedy show called THE STATE<\/a> that lasted until 1995.\u00a0 While it’s been mostly forgotten by the general public, there are still several fans who remember it fondly (including myself).\u00a0 Sadly the show is not available on DVD, despite an outcry from the fans.\u00a0 Several of the cast members stayed together and have gone on to create other shows, such as\u00a0“Viva Variety”, “Wet Hot American Summer”, and “Reno 911!”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have fond memories of watching this show during my college years with friends like Serv, Farsol, Race, Ravenface, and Jon (all members of THE UNIQUE GEEK<\/a> nowadays).\u00a0 We were completely aware that\u00a0the quality and production values were not as high as other established sketch comedy shows, like Saturday Night Live.\u00a0\u00a0THE STATE really was an underdog.\u00a0 The reviews were typically bad,\u00a0so of course the college crowd latched onto the show and it gained a cult following.\u00a0 Because that’s what you do in college, you root for the underdog just to be anti-establishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are a few skits that stand out in my memory.\u00a0\u00a0Click here for my favorite video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Another of my favorites was a parody of the Justice League.\u00a0 This was the first time I recall\u00a0Aquaman getting\u00a0slammed in a somewhat public arena.\u00a0 I think THE STATE is partially\u00a0responsible for setting off a chain reaction of funny that has made the last decade challenging for\u00a0Aquaman fans everywhere.\u00a0\u00a0I can’t embed this\u00a0particular video, but you can view it\u00a0on The Wonder Woman Pages by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More\u00a0information on THE STATE can be found at the following sites:<\/p>\n