« Spy Versus Spy | Main | Gonzalez » "Porcupine Racetrack"15 Apr 2007 10:37 pm Last week a conversation somehow turned from Wet, Hot American Summer to The State and I found myself locating and downloading an audio copy of their "Porcupine Racetrack" which I've now been playing for everyone I know. It's every bit as hilarious as I remembered. But unfortunately, I can't seem to acquire any video of the sketch through either legal or illegal means. Any advice? UPDATE: When last I checked on YouTube, all the copies had been taken down, but here's a new one: Comments (39)
Awesome! Last time I looked on YouTube all the copies had been removed. 
Better save it right quick.
Awesome, Matthew. Awesome.
I don't find it hilarious...is this because or in spite of the fact that I was once part of a production of Guys and Dolls? Been there, done that...except I suppose, for the porcupines. Those are different.
I looked a few years ago and found all the episodes archived on MTV's site. Not sure if they are still there, but they were at one time.
The State is a bittersweet memory. It was the best sketch comedy show of the 90's, but was shut down before its time & they STILL HAVEN'T RELEASED IT ON DVD!!!!!!!! WTF??!! Reno 911 is pretty funny, but that huge crew could put out a product unrivaled by any comedy crew since EARLY kids in the hall.
Two hundred and forty dollars... worth of pudding Andrew: The first season is on iTunes, but yeah, that's it.
I've long declared muppet hunting as the best state skit, and I stand by it.
"I've long declared muppet hunting as the best state skit, and I stand by it." As well you should.
"It was the best sketch comedy show of the 90's" You, my friend, are a) insane or b) missing out since you've apparently never heard of Mr. Show.
Muppet hunting is great, but I think my favorites were always the meta sketches with the whole cast as themselves. Specifically I'm thinking of "Sleep With the State" and one where they were all supposed to share something with the audience, but pretty much only Michael Ian Black ends up revealing anything. "I'll start, my name is Michael Ian Black, but my real last name is Schwartz, which I changed because I'm ashamed of being Jewish". That or the Louie sketch at the Last Supper.
Well, it was certainly strange, I'll give you that... I spent a good part of the 90s either in Asia, in the hospital, or some combination of the 2. The only thing I really regret missing out on (having seen them on youtube) is the Geraldine Fibbers.
I have pretty good memories of The State, although they're not holding up on YouTube as well as I thought they might. Still got a chuckle out of "monkey torture": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_EgpUwMpo
Barry and Levon all the way, baby -- and I got $240 worth of pudding to prove it. Best show ever -- and Wet Hot American Summer is a neglected classic.
Wet Hot American Summer makes me happy beyond all rational explanation.
I dunno how reliable this is, but I heard from a friend that it's going to be coming out on DVD soon...
All through-the-grapevine, friend-of-a-friend stuff, but my understanding is that the DVD release has been held up by the nightmare of copyright issues associated with all the background music(this was back when the M in MTV at least nominally stood for "music," and as such every episode was required to be supersaturated with grunge hits du jour). However, my friend-of-a-friend supposedly has some involvement with greenlighting DVD projects at MTV and, allegedly, a sound engineer has been called in to separate out all the problem music without losing the other audio (aka teh funny). I can't say whether this is true, all I can say is that I'm not lying and I've never known my friend (the one with the other friend) to lie about stuff like this. Take it for what you will. As for State vs. Mr. Show, I've spent a LOT of time immersed in both and I don't really see a clear superior between the two. I'm not really sure what's "insane" about preferring the State over Mr. Show, especially since it's doubtful Mr. Show would ever have seen air without the groundwork laid by the State and (especially) Kids in the Hall.
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You mean this thing?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=m2xyiiW0j4s
Posted by Random Dude | April 15, 2007 10:48 PM