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David Wain announces book-length oral history of The State
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Apr 12, 2016, 3:06:31 PM4/12/16
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By Dennis DiClaudio
Comedian and filmmaker David Wain announced via Twitter today that
comedy fans everywhere will soon be able to frantically ingest a
book dedicated to members of The State reminiscing about how strange
and fun it was to be members of The State.
Announcing a new book, years in the making: the full insane
oral history of THE STATE!
https://t.co/aZcjHfZ2uopic.twitter.com/bEVU5xgh9u
— David Wain (@davidwain) March 29, 2016
The Union Of The State is, according to author Corey Stulce’s
website, “the oral history of the troupe’s creation, dissolution,
reinvention and reunion over the last three decades, told by the
members of the group and their collaborators.” The book depicts how
the 11-member comedy group first saw industry success after nabbing
their own sketch comedy series on MTV in 1993, before fanning out to
create, write and star in a variety of film and television projects,
including Wet Hot American Summer, Reno 911!, and the Night At The
Museum film franchise.
In a sample chapter available online, the collaborators recall their
debut live performance in 1989, when they were still called The New
Group. Ken Marino recounts the way the troupe opened shows:
“We were so obnoxious; we would start every show with
[AC/DC’s] ‘Back in Black’ playing. The audacity. It was
great, but it was weird. It was not your normal start to
a sketch comedy show. I loved it.”
Stulce says that rather than being hired to write the book, he was
inspired to start working on it on his own after hearing State
member Thomas Lennon advise success-seeking fans to “just start
doing it, and they won’t notice that they never told you to” at the
2012 San Francisco Sketchfest. Stulce previously published Laugh
Lines: Conversations With Comedians (under the name Corey Andrew),
in which he gathered interviews he’d done with big-name comedians
including George Carlin, Don Rickles, Jim Gaffigan, Lily Tomlin, and
Margaret Cho.
The Union Of The State will be officially published on May 3, but is
available for pre-order through Stulce’s website now. The UCB
Theater in Los Angeles will host “An Evening With The State” to
celebrate its release on May 7, and Kerri Kenney, Janeane Garofalo,
and Kevin Allison will participate in a Brooklyn book release show
on May 20.
--
For the White House's "Take Your Daughters To Work Day," Sasha &
Malia golfed.
Comedian and filmmaker David Wain announced via Twitter today that
comedy fans everywhere will soon be able to frantically ingest a
book dedicated to members of The State reminiscing about how strange
and fun it was to be members of The State.
Announcing a new book, years in the making: the full insane
oral history of THE STATE!
https://t.co/aZcjHfZ2uopic.twitter.com/bEVU5xgh9u
— David Wain (@davidwain) March 29, 2016
The Union Of The State is, according to author Corey Stulce’s
website, “the oral history of the troupe’s creation, dissolution,
reinvention and reunion over the last three decades, told by the
members of the group and their collaborators.” The book depicts how
the 11-member comedy group first saw industry success after nabbing
their own sketch comedy series on MTV in 1993, before fanning out to
create, write and star in a variety of film and television projects,
including Wet Hot American Summer, Reno 911!, and the Night At The
Museum film franchise.
In a sample chapter available online, the collaborators recall their
debut live performance in 1989, when they were still called The New
Group. Ken Marino recounts the way the troupe opened shows:
“We were so obnoxious; we would start every show with
[AC/DC’s] ‘Back in Black’ playing. The audacity. It was
great, but it was weird. It was not your normal start to
a sketch comedy show. I loved it.”
Stulce says that rather than being hired to write the book, he was
inspired to start working on it on his own after hearing State
member Thomas Lennon advise success-seeking fans to “just start
doing it, and they won’t notice that they never told you to” at the
2012 San Francisco Sketchfest. Stulce previously published Laugh
Lines: Conversations With Comedians (under the name Corey Andrew),
in which he gathered interviews he’d done with big-name comedians
including George Carlin, Don Rickles, Jim Gaffigan, Lily Tomlin, and
Margaret Cho.
The Union Of The State will be officially published on May 3, but is
available for pre-order through Stulce’s website now. The UCB
Theater in Los Angeles will host “An Evening With The State” to
celebrate its release on May 7, and Kerri Kenney, Janeane Garofalo,
and Kevin Allison will participate in a Brooklyn book release show
on May 20.
--
For the White House's "Take Your Daughters To Work Day," Sasha &
Malia golfed.
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