After checking out one Best Buy and three Fred Meyers, I was beginning to think that The State DVD set didn't exist. Considering that this was Paramount's third or fourth promise to release the show, it wouldn't be much of a stretch for them to pull it the day before release.
But, before giving up, I decided to check a few more places. At the Jantzen Beach Target, I found two copies remaining on the shelves, so I grabbed one while I had the chance.
It does, indeed, exist.
The first item out of the box was this note -- explaining to those that hadn't been paying attention to the build-up that it was near-impossible to license most of the songs used for the original soundtrack. So, to make up for it, they worked with original series composer Craig Wedren to try and match the feel of the original tunes. And it merges pretty seemlessly; the only place where it's really noticeable is during the Barry & Levon skits where, in addition to replacing the original Marvin Gaye song heard in the background, they also redubbed Thomas Lennon's dialogue -- and, while mixing, seem to have shoved ALL of the dialogue into the background so that it's drowned out by the new music as well as by the audience. But, that could also just be a consequence of the system I'm watching the DVDs on.
The series itself is collected onto 4 DVDs, each with an entire season per disc.
And there's a 5th DVD collecting all of the unaired skits, the original pilot, and more.
So now all that's left is for CBS to release the 'Halloween Special' they did after leaving MTV.
Who knows when that'll ever see the light of day again.
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