the eighth annual sf sketchfest featured a reunion of the mtv sketch comedy group the state, marking the first time in twelve years that all eleven original members (kevin allison, michael ian black, robert ben garant, todd holoubek, michael patrick jann, kerri kenney-silver, thomas lennon, joe lo truglio, ken marino, michael showalter and david wain) were together onstage. they presented a brand-new hour-long sketch show at the intimate 200-seat eureka theatre, and also sat down with moderator janeane garofalo for the annual tribute award at the herbst theatre. related programming included a cast-introduced screening of "wet hot american summer", and stella: the classic nightclub show, with guests thomas lennon, tig notaro, nick kroll, zak orth, eugene mirman, seth herzog and janeane garofalo. the festival introduced their first comedy writing award, presented to saturday night live and late night with conan o'brien scribe robert smigel, who was joined in conversation with dana carvey. smigel also joined dino stamatopoulos, doug dale, the anifriends and triumph, the insult comic dog for a live stage version of the comedy central television show tv funhouse. other notable programming included a salute to bud cort, interviewed after a screening of harold and maude at the castro theatre; a fernwood reunion with martin mull and fred willard; tim and eric awesome show, great job!; savage steve holland and diane franklin with a screening of better off dead; the hills: a staged reading with janeane garofalo, rachael harris, tom kenny, rob huebel, rob riggle, dannah feinglass, danielle schneider and mike phirman; comedy death-ray with zach galifianakis, bob odenkirk, andy kindler, chris hardwick, paul f. tompkins, mary lynn rajskub; celebrity autobiography with michael mckean, annette o'toole, scott thompson, rachel dratch, will forte, jason sudeikis, and laraine newman; sunday with moral orel with dino stamatopoulos and scott adsit; upright citizens brigade asssscat improv with matt besser, matt walsh, tim meadows, andrew daly, danielle schneider and monologist andy richter; totally looped movie dubbing show with laraine newman, maria bamford, oscar nunez, and rick overton; invite them up with eugene mirman and bobby tisdale and guests including todd barry and paul scheer; facebook improv with rob corddry, rob riggle, rob huebel, paul scheer, seth morris, chad carter and owen burke; theme park improv with scott adsit, oscar nunez, kate flannery, jessica makinson, janet varney and cole stratton; scott thompson’s solo show scottastrophe!; cartoon dump with frank conniff; never not funny live with jimmy pardo, jon hamm and pat francis; the sound of young america live with jesse thorn, sean cullen, jello biafra and kasper hauser; monsters of podcasting with jordan, jesse, go and you like nice today; and stand-up sets from doug benson, aziz ansari and will durst.