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I feel like I have to start with a bit of backstory.  Other than Garry Shandling and Mel Brooks, probably the biggest influence on my sense of humor growing up was The State.  Its original run aired when I was in Jr. High school, and many a weekend night was spent with my best friend Kendrah, hanging out in our matching Esleep pajamas, eating copious amounts of Cheez-Its, ham & cheese Hot Pockets, and various other cheese-based snack products (we were a little obsessed with cheese), and ingesting as many episodes of The State as possible.  We felt like we were the only people in America who had stumbled upon the pure genius that was unfolding before us.  Surely no one in our small hometown knew what we were talking about when we went on and on about Captain Monterey Jack’s three H’s for keeping cheese fresh: head, heart, and small plastic containers (we really were very cheese-centric in those days).  It was the best thing I’d ever seen. Not because it was necessarily the funniest thing I had ever seen, but because somehow it felt personal to me.  I knew that not everyone would find these premises funny, and because I did find them funny I felt a connection with Tom, Michael, Michael, David, Ken, Ben, Kerri, Kevin, Joe, Michael and Todd.  And to this day, I feel a connection with anyone I meet who was also a fan of The State in the early ‘90’s.  When my then-boyfriend and I stumbled upon Wet Hot American Summer in the video store in 2002, I knew we had to rent it, and I knew I was going to love it.  And I did.  And then I forced all my friends to watch it and love it as well.  

All that is a long way to say this: I will read or watch anything starring, written by, directed by, or including a small cameo from anyone who was ever on The State.  

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