Boys and girls... ACTION! ACTION! 'The State' comes to DVD!

Yes, it's finally happened. Hell has frozen over, and beloved '90s MTV sketch comedy "The State" is finally coming out on DVD on July 14. I'll have a more full-length review then (the set features everything -- including some never-aired MTV sketches -- except the career-ending CBS special), but to whet your appetite, MTV has the original Barry & Levon sketch (with new music, which most of the sketches will have to feature for legal/budget reasons), and "The Jew, the Italian and the Red-Head Gay", plus the first five episodes (which have been available on iTunes for a while) in their entirety.

It's been far too long since I've seen high-quality versions of the tacos vs. mail sketch, or The Bearded Men of Space Station 11, or so many other classic, bizarre pieces of "State" comedy. I dig "Reno 911," "Stella," "Wet Hot American Summer" and all the other post-State projects, but the original series still holds a special place in my heart.