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Thomas Lennon says The State will drop on DVD in July

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Thomas Lennon, co-star of the upcoming comedy 17 Again, told reporters that his cult MTV show The State will be coming to DVD this summer. "July 14th," Lennon said in a news conference on Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif. "For real: Bastille Day. The whole g--damn thing. I have no idea why it's coming out on Bastille Day, but it's coming out on Bastille Day."

The State was an acclaimed but ratings-deficient sketch-comedy television series that ran from 1993 to 1995. Lennon said that the show hasn't debuted before on disc because of music rights issues and the fact that its fan base remains modest. "There was a lot of music clearance issues, and then, you know, it's a cult show," Lennon said. "The fans are die-hard, but there's not tons and tons of them."

Lennon also said that the set is packed with extras, but some episodes have been changed due to those music issues. "It comes with $249 worth of pudding," Lennon joked, referring to one of the series' skits. "It has the crappy music on it. All the music's been—if it wasn't cleared, we had to redo it. And a lot of scenes that were cut—for good reason. They suck. So it's got some incredibly sucky bonus materials, but it has commentaries on every single episode. I've seen the package, so it exists."

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By Bundy at 8:24 AM ON 04/09/09

Not a Sci Fi storu, but great news anyway. "The State" was an excellent show.

By stevegilpin at 11:36 AM ON 04/10/09

Count me in as one of the die-hard fans....I will probably buy this for nostalgic reasons...some of those sketches were truly awesome, in a "Mr. Show with Bob & David" sort of way.

By Vbartilucci at 3:25 PM ON 04/10/09

"Not a Sci Fi story"

Maybe it's a SyFy story...


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