It has recently come to my attention that entirely too many people are not familiar with LeVon and Barry. This is both unfortunate and unacceptable. I humbly present to you $240 worth of pudding:

The State was a scripted sketch comedy show that aired on MTV from 1993 to 1995 and featured a number of performers and writers who have since become a cornerstone of Comedy Central programming.

Ricardo Montalban died today. We all remember him as Star Trek‘s Khan, Fantasy Island‘s Mr. Roarke, and as just a generally-awesome walk-on in all manner of movies and television shows. He introduced me to the concept of “fine Corinthian leather” as well as a string of other distinctive quotables.