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favorite sketch?


My choice is a rather underrated one with die-hard fans, "Hot Pursuits" from the first season. This is the sketch where Ken Marino's criminal character rediculously seduces all authority trying to get him into trouble with the law: the female police officer, the judge, and the warden.

The best is when the judge (Lennon) questions Marino on the stand and asks, "how do you plead?" Marino, with his sleazy, Miami's most wanted look says, "...on my hands and knees...care to join me?" Then Lennon takes off his robe only for us to see that he's wearing lingerie underneath and turns off the light on the podium as it it was a scene taken from a soft-porn B-movie on Skinemax.

The narration is brilliant, and the cheesy soft-porn music (a song actually by the Boomtown Rats :) ) in the background adds even more depth to an already great sketch.

"....the sun goes down, but it gets hotter and hotter. HOT PURSUITS"

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I haven't seen anyone mention these yet either: Captain Monterey Jack, 1st grade Narc, Bigfoot, The Bearded Men of Space Station 11, Poor Carl, Amish Gang Fight, Bologna Feet, Freak Show, People Really Live This Way, Ride, Big Open Gate, The Howard Report, Tape Face People, Lil Brown Dog Food, Missy VonKimmelman, Cutlery Barn, Sideways House... I'll think of more later :-0

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froggy jamboree...priceless

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Chicken sandwich, CAAARRRRRLLLLLL!!!

(so good because my real name is Carl)

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Freak Show was classic. I love the dancing sperm, the pink & blue hormones. and the Cutlery barn with just the faces and everyone talking in funny voices. I break out into that voice, and hardly anyone knows what I'm talking about. Sad.

"I will make love to a sock puppet", and "I will expose myself...to donkeys."

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my all time favorite as descirbed below.

a father and son are out in a feild. it looks like a typical happy disney moment. the mom calls them in for dinner

DAD: oh thats the dinner bell. hey son wanna race?

SON: sure dad!

the two race towards the house, playfully at first. then without warning (the timing on this was perfect)the father begans to cheat, using dirty tactics like tripping and punching to get ahead (i dont remember the exacts but it was mean) finally back at the house the father wins and the boy shows up a few moments later tired and beat up.

SON: hey no fair, you cheated dad!

DAD: face it son, you'll never be able to beat me.

OUT OF NOWHERE

GRANDDAD: and you'll never beat me.

BEGINS TO BEAT UP THE DAD.

CLASSIC.

ALSO

i want to be buzz ezz bitch!!

another classic.

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Stripbattle Ship is the first skit I always remember. The one with the toothbrush too.. what was that called?

But I also adored Michael Ian Black so any of his skits come to mind first ;) Ah, to be in high school again.

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I love the toothbrush one too. "Toothbrush! You came back to me!" Haha, I haven't seen it in YEARS and it still makes me chuckle. The Pants skit was the first one I ever saw so that holds a dear place in my heart. "God Please Kill Tim" - fabulous. Everyone has pretty much listed my faves. I really liked the clam chowder one too. The short cafeteria clip. Hehe. SO immature but so hysterical. I am so glad to State people didn't just fall off the face of the earth and are still being funny and great.

Need the DVD set. I neeeeed it.

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"Tooth brush, Toothbrush you've come back to me! And look, you've started a family" Ha ha I LOVED the toothbrush sketch. I also liked the one where the Romanian people or whatever they were talked about eating salted pork from can. I think they owned an ice cream truck? And they were like "Adidums... less money, extra stripe" I also liked the Fragments sketch. God I miss that show. I saw The State live at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA like when I was 12 or so (1994 I think it was...maybe 1995). Cant wait till it comes out on DVD!!

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Get a job skit
Louie/ I want dip my ball skit

There more sketchbut I can't remember

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boy this was so long ago...

the not-so-much mentioned "Freeing of the Beloved Toothbrush to the World" comes into my head every once in awhile and makes me smile.

In a green grassy park: "Toothbrush! You've come back to me! and look, you've started a family!"

:-)

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ahhh, somebody else DOES remember toothbrush, you've come back to me!! and the family!! My favorite :) I think it's just me and you who remember this one lol!

Re: favorite sketch?
by imdbfantastic (Fri Mar 9 2007 14:41:56)
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boy this was so long ago...

the not-so-much mentioned "Freeing of the Beloved Toothbrush to the World" comes into my head every once in awhile and makes me smile.

In a green grassy park: "Toothbrush! You've come back to me! and look, you've started a family!"

:-)

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MTV Sports, 240 dollars worth of Pudding, Bologna Feet.

Not even dreams!

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I don't think anyone has mentioned these yet:

The BUSTED! board game

When that guy didn't know the word "and"
"Coffee WHAT a donut?"

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Without a doubt...

"Hey, I wonder where Bob is..."
"Yeah, they got some pretty cool stuff."
"Waiter!!"
"OK..."
"Manager!!"
"Do you have fried bumblebees?"
"Ha ha... Ha ha ha... Ha ha ha..."

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I always liked it when they would address the audience as a group. There's the one when they say that they all really want to get laid, and that just because they're on TV doesn't mean it's easy for them. And the one when they address only Chelsea Clinton, and tell the viewers at home that this might be a good time to make a sandwich.

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Jake, since the tacos have been coming we haven't been receiving our mail as often or... at all.

Taco skit

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How can you forget Dan, The very popular and openly gay student?

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Wow, this was a trip down memory lane. The one sketch I remember the most was the jock (I think his name was Barry) trying to find out what you call someone who reads a lot (bookworm).

Barry: Drew!
Drew: What?
Barry: Drew!
Drew: What?
Barry: Drew!!
Drew: What!?
Barry: There's a very good name for that!
Drew: Very good name for what?
Barry: There's a very good name for a person who reads ad infinitum.
Drew: I had no idea.
Barry: I must find this word or die. Oh most holy of crusades, thou hast seduced me!

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There was also the one where they used everyone's name who asked them if they would use their name in a sketch.

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There are so many skits that to this day Ill think about and laugh my balls off. The one where they camp out in that guys house and at one point one guy is on top of the fridge trying to pull up another. He drops him and then grabs something out of the freezer. Porcupine race track is amazing as well as teneament.

I would have to say my all time favorite is
"Were going to go to the Zoo and watch the monkeys do it"
"Why not go watch the penquins?"
"No No, they aint natural, theyre chemically man made, like the incredible Hulk or something"
"No way"
"Yeah, check your bible, they wasnt on the ark"
"Well ok, if its in the bible"

THE BEST

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One of my favorites that no one has mentioned yet is the one where they are all in the state prison and the guard asks that no one to leave through the big gaping hole in the wall "lets consider it off limits as a favor to me" and so Tom Lennons character sneaks out because it's Yom-Kippur so all the gaurds have the day off. He goes off to live a normal life but the guilt is eating him up so he comes back to the prison and turns himself in. The guard is curious how he ever escaped. When he tells him he is impressed and says "From now on there's going to be some changes around here..." so they end up putting red cones that say "off limits"...

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How about the one when the criminals are on the roof negotiating with the police. They finally arrest them by paying them like $40 or something (haven't seen it in a long time). Every criminal is getting paid in the exact amount of change they demanded as they get into the paddy wagon. Then the wagon is too full for the final criminal so they let him go free and have this cheezy Hollywood moment between the two of them.

Funniest damn tv show ever!!!

Are these seasons out on DVD? I have a bunch of old episodes on tape and it never even crossed my mind until today to check.

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I haven't seen Boz mentioned, when they're all in high school and want to go to the prom ..that was my absolute fave back when the show was on. Could be because I was (and still am) in love with Showalter. "I'm Boz..I'm the boss" and Marino at the end "I want to be Mrs. Boz!"

Also another fave was when they all go to some high schools prom in NJ-"Except David who still couldn't get a date"

I have to go rewatch my State tape!

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I still to this day do that redneck voice with the "What am I doin', what are YOU doin'" thing. Except no one knows what I'm referring to anymore.
"It's not that I don't like the taco's..."

"What would you do with a brain if you had one?" - Dorothy Gale

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Hey Oujaboy. That was from the skit, "Inbred Brothers". Also from the skit was..."Hehe. You sound just like a piggy!"

"Schnell, Schnell! We must defeat the moon people!"

Porcupine Racetrack is always a favorite...

"You know, I was just thinking, I don't like you so much...Yup, I know just what you mean." And the sock puppet and the guy both look at Kerry and glare.

Muppet dinner is always fun...

The Animal song...."I'm losing my hair like an animal in spring time..."



And I had suddenly had the urge to be...Nawwwwwty.

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"Asides." That one is wayyyyy up there among my favorites. "Boz's bitch ... that's what I want to BE!!"

It's like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my freakin' brain

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YES YES!! That's the one I'm looking for! What was that skit called and does anyone know where I can find it!
"But I want Rick, he's cool, he's jazz, Rick's a trumpet! I want Rick!"

"Out of the ash I rise with my red hair and eat men like air."- (Sylvia Plath)

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Have to say.....


MOM: "Bob, I found these in Tommy's room"
DAD: "But, you don't think.....'
M: "Yes, I think Tommy's getting mixed up in commercial whaling"
D: "But...but, commercial whaling has been outlawed since 1986..."
M: "I know, I know. If we'd only talked to him sooner..."

COMMERCIAL WHALING, TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT IT....BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES.

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Hello who doesn't mention Timmy and his Dad?


I love the one when father son go for a little race, and it becomes a nasty competition.

"you can't win timmy"

As kid rolls down hill and spit flys out of dads mouth.

Lets go watch the monkeys do it??? The monkeys don't "Do it the monkeys make love:"

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Eating Muppets, without question. It's not on skits and stickers though. Does anyone know where these can be downloaded online? At least until they release all the eps on DVD.....

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I must say one thing...

"I have a decade of experience in childrens television. I'm a tireless worker. Kids love me. And to top it all off...I look like a *beep* blueberry!!!"

That quote has always stayed with me, even 10 years later. I still can't say it without laughing. But the main reason it stuck with me is, being only 10, it was the first time I'd ever heard the f-word on TV and my jaw was on the floor. Apparently it was also the audience's first time hearing that word becuase they literally shreiked, gasped, laughed, and cheered in the same breath.

It was from that moment I realized....Michael Showalter is the coolest human being on the planet. He's the very reason I still say "I love it! I love it! I love it! I love it!" in rapid succesion. So anyway, that's my favorite sketch.

"What makes you think you'd be a good childrens show host?"
"I'm a freak of nature, Bruce!"

Oh, and I don't think anyone's mentioned Michael Ian Black's "On Air Personality", where'd he come out and talk to the audience in those obscenely tight leather pants. It was a hilarious character. Well, it was basically just Michael as a smarmy douchebag version of himself.

"You know, after a tough day shooting my hit television series, the State, there's nothing I enjoy more than having some unprotected sex. Not only do those orgasms feel terrific, but afterwards, I fall right to sleep. Hey, it's better than taking pills!.....Just kidding."

"Not only do I risk impregnating my underage partners, but think about all those spooky diseases. Ouch!"

"And here's something you may not have thought of; sex is a terrific way to make some extra money. Every now and again, when I'm strapped for cash, I like to slip on a skirt, slap on some lipstick, tie my penis between my legs, and head down to the docks for a little 'hustling'. The money's right and it's a hell of a rush. Now, I know what you're thinking. 'Hey On Air Personality, isn't hustling dangerous?'~laughs~.... You bet it is."

Okay, I'll stop....

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Oooooh, so hard to choose, but has anyone mentioned when Michael Ian Black comes out with the whole cast and says that they should all say a little about themselves, and proceeds to say, "I'm Michael Ian Black. But my real name's Michael Schwartz, which I changed because I'm ashamed of being Jewish." That totally came out of the blue and I thought it was so hilarious! But I basically love whenever MIB, Wain, or Showalter (<3 <3 <3) give a shout out to Jews, so I guess I'm biased.

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That was a goooood one. Especially when Thomas Lennon says he's on speed, then laughs really fast and says whatever, man. Whatever.

"You're pretty like my mom."

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jubrand--

I downloaded every episode packaged together on isohunt.com . you need a bit torrent client to download them. Thing is the picture quality is horrible for most of them..but as long as you view them at a fairly small size it looks okay.

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I would have to say that Bookworm is one of my favorite sketches. Mount Noonan! I loved Michael Sho in the sketch and Joe Lo was so funny.

Hormones is another one I liked, as well. I wish I could figure out the guys who were the hormones. The only one I could make out was Ken Marino.

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I am shocked no one has mentioned any Captain Monterrey skits......
"I love you Captain Monterrey"
"I'm not too crazy about you."

"BOOM BOOM BOOM SHAKING UP THE ROOM!"

and whenever the skit is over, MIB runs out, and usually falls, and in one of them, he falls and immediately starts crying......

"WHERES THE MOUSIE?!?!?!?!?!"

"H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS!!!!!"
"POOP! POOP! POOP! POOP!"

and another one nobodies mentioned....with tom lennon and kerri
the jane i know would....(elaborate absurdness)
"Oh, damn, I'm in the wrong house."
Lennon gets carted off stage.....

when the mailbox walks away at the end of the taco skit......."Goodbye Mailbox"

"WRONG HAND!"

The Imaginary car chase that ends in an explosion




PIPPY POOPY *beep*

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"Hormones is another one I liked, as well."

I think Tom Lennon was another one of the hormones. But yes, this was probably my favorite sketch The State ever did. Especially near the end where Joe climaxes and his hormones immediately fall to the ground.

Some other great ones include the game show where contestants won orphaned children, no matter how hard they tried not to and the other game show where Ben and Kerri dress like Sid and Nancy and Sid forgets the lyrics to his own songs.

Pure comic genius.

Ooh and how could I forget the "High-Brow / Low-Brow humor" Sketch? Also comedic gold. And Showalter's performance piece "Fragments"...

...damnit, now I have to pop open the DVDs again... :)

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I loved the time that Kerri Kenney did a story about being the only girl on The State. She showed her typical day which consisted of doing laundry for the boys and going shopping with some other female MTV personality.

Alright, porcupine racetrack is actually my favorite, but that's been brought up already.

"OH NOOOOO!!! I'ma the Pope-aaaahhhh!!!"

"Are you in the army?"
"No man, I just have short hair."

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The best sketch without a doubt is Barry and Levone. Well said Raiders 81.

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There's one sketch with Michael Showalter as a six year old who does stand up that kills me. HE WEARS FOOTIE PAJAMAS!!

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