Taped in July before a live audience at the Showbox Theatre in Seattle, Cross pushes his brash humor to new extremes, offering uncensored remarks on the Virgin Mary, trendy advertising, violence in the media, airports and pornography, Dr. Kevorkian, organ donations, High Times magazine and religious fundamentalists.
Writing
Dense, surgical takedowns that reward rewatching.
Direction
Troy Miller captures raw Seattle crowd energy.
Director
Troy Miller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Cross's first solo HBO special, establishing the acidic persona that would define Mr. Show and later Arrested Development.
The Showbox Theatre audience was reportedly hammered on local craft beer, which Cross later credited for the unhinged crowd reactions.
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