All Seasons

Season 1

• S01E01 The Bandbaz Brothers, Shudder To Think

  • April 1, 1997

• S01E02 Ben Stiller, They Might Be Giants, Larry Cisewski

• S01E03 Yogi Baird, Marshall Crenshaw, Walter Koenig

• S01E04 Ray Wold, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

• S01E05 Stevie Starr, Eartha Kitt

• S01E06 Janeane Garofalo, Tino Ferreira, Cibo Matto

• S01E07 Erik Estrada, Ken Willer, Cake Like, Harlem Heat

• S01E08 The Tokyo Shock Boys, Ween

• S01E09 Allison Bly, King Chango

• S01E10 Fing-Fang, Graham Parker and the Figgs

• S01E11 Gilbert Gottfried, The Hartzells, Squirrel Nut Zippers

• S01E12 Carmen Electra, Rick Maisel, Moby

• S01E13 Kathy Griffin, Sun Zhe, Run DMC, Ally Sheedy

Season 2

• S02E01 Mr. Gumby, Ric Ocasek

  • December 9, 1997
  • Comedy Central

• S02E02 Brackney's Madcap Mutts, Duran Duran

  • December 16, 1997
  • Comedy Central

• S02E03 Yaw Haw Chin, Luscious Jackson

  • December 23, 1997
  • Comedy Central

• S02E04 Arturo Alegria, G. Love & Special Sauce

  • December 30, 1997
  • Comedy Central

• S02E05 Tom Mullica, Fishbone

  • January 6, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E06 Robin Leach, Pizzicato 5

  • January 13, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E07 John Evans, The Fabulous Friedkin Brothers, Reel Big Fish

  • January 13, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E08 Abe Vigoda, Larissa, Sister Hazel

  • January 20, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E09 Sandra Bernhard, Byung Nam Yim, Royal Crown Revue

  • January 20, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E10 Stacy Keach, Ray Wold, Toots & The Maytals

  • February 3, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E11 Mark Faje, Chester Cable, Dionne Warwick & Chuck Jackson

  • February 10, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E12 "Viva Variety" on Ice: Jim Varney, Rama, Maceo Parker

  • February 17, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S02E13 Black Panthers Unicycle Team, Veniamin, Arrow

  • March 3, 1998
  • Comedy Central

Season 3

• S03E01 Viva in Vegas

  • July 28, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E02 Tommy Davidson, Wailing Souls

  • August 4, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E03 Nell Carter, Superdiamond, Slovin & Allen

  • August 11, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E04 Shelley Long, The Tories, Tom Owen

  • August 18, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E05 Traci Bingham, Jimmie Vaughan, George Christian

  • August 25, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E06 Bob Goldthwait, Eve 6

  • September 8, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E07 Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jonathan Richman

  • September 15, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E08 RuPaul, Charles Durning, Shonen Knife

• S03E09 Whoopi Goldberg, Dag, Inversion Entertainment

  • October 6, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• S03E10 Carmen Electra, Better Than Ezra

• S03E11 Wedding Spectacular

  • October 20, 1998
  • Comedy Central

• SPECIAL 0x1 "Viva Variety" 25th Anniversary Tribute: A Very Special Evening

  • January 21, 2023

  Cue the Swimsuit Squad! We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of everyone's favorite "The State" spin-off sketchshow, "Viva Variety." Join us for a rare appearance by the iconic Mr. and the former Mrs. Laupin and Johnny Blue Jeans (Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Michael Ian Black) as they sit down for an exclusive conversation with Ken Marino.