The Show that was 'Too Weird' for Television

[@saudade969]

WHAT DOTH LIFE?

[@Nabu314]

(life)(life)(life)

[@frtard]

This is how I type replies

[@DannyGruesome]

You slumber a cucumber

[@dum_tard5528]

I don't polycotton the coping tropes, even my own so why don't you split?​@@DannyGruesome

[@Fanaz10]

@@dum_tard5528 Beat it weirdo, we don't cotton to freaks round these parts

[@sjoerddondersteen1337]

"I have no powers. I mean, unless you count the power to blow minds with my weapons-grade philosophical insights." nostalgia (for simpler times)

[@amjiva]

You forgot the opening line of that quote, which is the best part: "Pshhh. Powers are for the weak."

[@SmallBrickWall]

I genuinely believe that this show has the best writing of any show that’s aired on TV. The writing’s up there with Downton Abbey and Peep Show.

[@harryfromends]

The writing is so meticulous that every time you rewatch there’s something new that you missed the first time, similar to Truman show in that regard!

[@oak7741]

Undeniably brilliant.. you can tell the writers had amazing chemistry.

[@doesthisIookinfected]

Literally. It's crazy how the entire episode goes completly off the rails and it feels like random stuff is happening until the end where it circles back to the beginning. It feels like it shouldn't make sense but it does.

[@Y-two-K]

Three of my favorite shows (esp. writing wise) are Xavier, Peep Show, and Twin Peeks. What a strange assortment of shows lol

[@chistinelane]

I cannot believe the human mind can master wordplay to that level. It's insane. "It helps no one to be reductive" is the most brilliantly stupid line I've ever heard. It's reductive in and of itself, so it's hypocritical, and yet the very fact that it's so flawed proves it has a point.

[@XavianBrightly]

"I'm a survivor. We're a dying breed" hit my funny bone way harder than it had any right to.

[@musical_bruh]

I still don't get this joke :( could you explain, please?

[@XavianBrightly]

@@musical_bruh Survivors live. Being a "dying" breed is an oxymoron.

[@villie86]

Took me 5 seconds before I burst out lauging.This is too good.

[@mrplayfulshade]

"We're like beauty and the beast, waddya say? Wanna be my beast?"

[@mrplayfulshade]

Wrote this comment before seeing the actual scene 😂 close enough

[@TheOneAtYT]

“And what do you call these… wind monkeys?”

[@Weldedhodag]

that's the level of confidence most people would do anything for, plus 10 bucks (They're on the right track already)

[@Trash-Castle]

Holy expletive.. . I was hospitalized at the end of 2008 for 4 months at the age of 20. I was heavily sedated and often time had real fever dreams as I coded a few times through the whole process. I hadn’t seen this show since then and forgot that it could even be a show. I legit thought this was a fake show. Trying to explain night time tv to friends and family often times got sympathy. I thought I was being stored in a closet and used a breathing machine to drive myself around the hospital. I was just in ICU dying. Thank you for making this video and restoring a bit of my sanity

[@harryfromends]

I’m sorry you had to go through all of that, and I’m glad that this video can prove that XRA is real, albeit a fever dream of a show ❤️

[@Trash-Castle]

It’s ok, it pushed me on a wild direction. I experimented with life possibly because of shows like this and now own a business and built a house from 4 shipping containers!

[@cristostriantos9748]

Bro I feel u I watch the show as a kid late at night when I would like wake up from the middle of a nightmare some thing and it would just be on TV because it’s like 3 AM on adult swim like as I never could find it again, so I thought it was a fever dream to LMFAOOOOO

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

Maybe your fever dream was so powerful it willed the show into existence.

[@jesswarner3254]

@@RoachDoggJr2112I choose to believe this is the truth

[@salsamancer]

Xavier looks so stupid on a surface level, but if you keep watching eventually your brain realizes that this show is so dense and witty that you were actually the stupid one not being able to keep up

[@Whiteboykun]

"it's just PRETENDING to be retarded! joke's on you!"

[@harryfromends]

XRA is incredibly intricate as a show, and honestly I had a lot of fun rewatching it because it made me realise just how much I had missed of the initial message!

[@Martinroadsguy]

Why would you watch a show that seems stupid on a surface level? I've got better things to do.

[@smoko7113]

​@@Martinroadsguy did you read the second part? Nevermind you must be stupid

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

@@Martinroadsguy Average Rick & Morty fan.

[@CasuaICole]

XRA is cool because he is the only celestial being that can make vehicular manburger helper and save -50 miles to the gallon at the same time.

[@harryfromends]

And the only being that uses cigarettes and bacon to time travel

[@CasuaICole]

@@harryfromends Your singing is fantastic btw.

[@bigcooltony437]

This show is the perfect example of “So stupid, it’s smart.”

[@venusasaboy]

I'd say it's so smart people think it's stupid

[@icelandicbanks6473]

@@venusasaboy Yep, it can only be this stupid because it is so smart. You can't have this much layered dialogue without boatloads of wit and good writing. It helps that this show has amazing performances and such a unique art style, too. You can laugh at the basest of things-how ugly it is and how stupid Xavier looks, and then you can spend multiple rewatches catching all the jokes, references, and foreshadowing in the dialogue.

[@kahlenbrown2278]

At least after xavier was cancelled, the team got to do a good number of shows with almost the exact same humor. Delocated, neon joe, the heartshe holler, and shivering truth are all extremely slept on.

[@harryfromends]

That’s very true! And not an opportunity that everyone gets that’s for sure

[@murderman8578]

Wait same writers

[@kakizakichannel]

Shivering Truth is as good as Xavier if not better

[@murderman8578]

@@kakizakichannel couldn't get into it

[@roadflare]

​@@harryfromendshave you ever seen or heard of ScreamerclauZ. they make 3d animated horror movies much in the vein as xavier. I highly recommend Where Black Birds Fly. oh and also look up M dot strange's We are the Strange

[@JohnnyJohnJohnson]

All I remember from this show was a scene where Xavier's snake arm ate a bunch of babies.

[@Soleial]

episode 4 i believe, they should all be on youtube

[@Skeletons_Riding_Ostriches]

I remember "I have to get to the lake - the lake - the lake"

[@durodesduvo8424]

"I'm a survivor, we're a dying breed" 😭

[@FictionHubZA]

This type of humor is rare 😂 Simple but effective.

[@fusionspace175]

The "Renegade" part of the title was a reference to the popular and long running Lorenzo Lamas show of the same name, where a leather coat clad drifter wandered across the desert helping folks in small towns on his motorcycle. I think the idea was to take that and mash it with the various angel-helping-people shows of the time for the core concept, then twist it further into the shape beyond recognition we all know and love.

[@harryfromends]

This is a brilliant bit of knowledge! Thank you 💫

[@blad3band1t]

its funny asf to me that adult swim was clearly made for adults yet still wound up being a childhood cornerstone memory bank for me and most people around my age who are now adults and watched these shows as pre teens.

[@TheHippyProductions]

Mike Lazlo leaving was the worst thing to happen to that network. it was all the old guard that let folks goof off and make what they want

[@harryfromends]

Very true, at least we have smiling friends currently, but apart from that, not too much to write home about!

[@MaddMan621]

The craziest thing is that I can't even definitively say that Xavier was the weirdest thing to air on that block at the time 😂 Good ol fever dream Adult Swim

[@seymoorepoone9512]

There’s gotta be at least 3 people who were sick, had a fever, and was in a lucid state for but a moment and saw this on television and went back to sleep but woke up better.

[@harryfromends]

I’ve seen a few people say that they thought XRA was part of their dream and didn’t exist until they say it years later 🫠

[@Phearsum]

It's not too farfetched that it happened to a lot of kids. Getting sick is common, waking up in the middle of the night is too, pair that with likely watching CN before you passed out and you've got a recipe for it.. Unless you were one of those people who thought Disney/Nick had better cartoons than CN.... If you can call them people..

[@GodofGears]

​@Phearsum OK, you don't have to go that far... Disney and Nickelodeon had some great cartoons back then, too. This is coming from someone who grew up mostly with CN.

[@RedSpicyKiwi]

@@GodofGearsno

[@harpoonmurder3824]

Xavier embodies the effective altruism movement that sam bankman fried was a part of

[@harryfromends]

And Xavier still manages to do it better

[@Whiteboykun]

What the literal fuck does Xavier have to in common with that homeless Ronald McDonald

[@rushnerd]

Glad you mentioned Police Squad! It's the proto-show to AS and most shows that only get six episodes or one season are true of this (Clerks TAS)

[@harryfromends]

Police squad is an all time classic! And you’re absolutely right

[@ripjesco]

Me and two of my friends split an oz of shrooms between the 3 of us and then randomly decided to watch this. Had no idea what we were in for, watched the entire series in one sitting and I haven’t been the same since (in a good way)

[@harryfromends]

I can only imagine it’s an incredible trip to watch the entire show whilst on shrooms, did the show make more or less sense on shrooms?

[@moneywalrus2069]

Jesus christ talk about a heroic dose

[@ripjesco]

@@harryfromends It made perfect sense after consuming 9 grams of psilocybin spores, too much sense actually

[@vickperez65]

Lmao me and my boy did the same but we binge watch this and robot chicken ....craziest experience lol

[@theinglorious8963]

I’ll never forget waking up at like 2:30-3 am one night after an insane after school nap, turned and squinted at my tv, and saw this show. Couldn’t tell you what episode but i just remember being completely confused and mesmerized. I legit just sat up and watched the whole rest of the episode in awe.

[@Dynamodog7]

They honestly should bring it back. I feel that the humor and memeworthyness of the show would absolutely draw in tons of popularity both from the fanbase, and the newer generation.

[@harryfromends]

XRA would be immensely popular in the present day, I truly believe if Adult Swim did a special for XRA in 2024 it would help boost numbers quite significantly!

[@smileyp4535]

Yeah maybe a little bit less racial stuff tho

[@marcosgin777]

I agree, after everything it makes sense now psychologically

[@antagonisticaido]

@@harryfromends An XRA special would go crazy nowadays. Elevate XRA to the level of Breaking Bad or American Psycho in Zeitgeist catch-up popularity

[@Gotsyn]

@@smileyp4535Yeah the Indian episode is reaaally bad in particular

[@christianvaneeden7460]

I believe you mean: "All to fuel his... Xavier... complex".

[@harryfromends]

Best comment so far

[@SuperSwimTeam7]

I love Xavier so much, got into it through co years ago. One of my all time favorites, you did a good job covering it here! Rocking thumbnail too!

[@harryfromends]

Thank you kind sir! I love Xavier as well and really wanted to capture the shows essence with the green skies, since I enjoy the sky theme in general

[@SuperSwimTeam7]

@@harryfromends You did an amazing job, it makes me super nostalgic for old renderware looking 90's CGI desktop backgrounds, like a proto-vaporwave sort of vibe in an odd way. As an edgy reddit atheist teenager, it also felt extremely validating while I had to suffer through Sadartha in school and then the religious upbringing at home, lmao

[@realkekz]

DUDE you are not going to believe this, but on my very final day of high school in English class I gave a presentation on post-modernism in literature and media and I ALSO compared the Divine Comedy to X:RA, but I had very different reasons for doing so, my argument was that post-modernist storytelling can add to a story but when taken to extreme, can make a story almost impossible to consume, I used Inferno as an example because it can retroactively be shown as having used post-modernist elements hundreds of years before the idea of post-modernism, and compared it to Xavier which is almost unbearable for average people due to its constant wordplay, vulgarity, spontaneity, fast pace, and purposefully unlikeable and annoying characters. I had to comb through the XRA clips just to find one that was SFW, I ended up going with the telephone demons, and everybody laughed. A kid I knew was going to record it but I couldn't focus with it on so it's forever lost to time, but I got a perfect score on it after a semester of not giving a fuck about school

[@harryfromends]

That’s brilliant ahha, and I can only imagine it was an excruciating task finding a SFW clip of XRA ahaha

[@AbyssalPlague]

Dude, I remember the "I suppose you blame yourself for his death. I know I do." That sends me every time I hear it. Lmao

[@completesentences2125]

Shakashuri Blowdown was an experience.

[@harryfromends]

Definitely the best episode of the series and truly a unique watching experience!

[@kylewinstead5212]

How is nobody talking about how good you sing holy shite man

[@harryfromends]

Why thank you sir 💫 I love putting little musical numbers in my vids ahah

[@flngodingo9647]

Can't believe it's gotten so few mentions, that was gorgeous dude

[@spacejihadist4246]

​@@harryfromendsYour tongue is as sharp as a soup spoon.

[@slash364]

"its always tough killing your father" - gzavier

[@harryfromends]

Top tier quote

[@xfreshice4481]

Took shrooms for the first time and my friend put on this and Id never seen it before. It was genuinely amazing confusing and funny. Such a weird mix but I loved it so much

[@harryfromends]

I can imagine XRA enhances the trip quite a bit Ahaha

[@whotookdylan]

That "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"parody was beautiful 🥲🥲

[@harryfromends]

Thank you sir! It takes a lot of time and effort to do the musical segments so that’s really appreciated! 💫

[@R33fth3b33f]

This show requires having a nerd/spiritual/conspiracy theorist brain and multiple watches to actually get it. This shows amazing.

[@harryfromends]

Sounding a lot like Xavier with that first part chief Ahah - but I agree, multiple watches is for the best to get every joke

[@smileyp4535]

Nah you can get it the first time around lol but yeah it has some stuff you might not notice on the first watch

[@R33fth3b33f]

@smileyp4535 ya whatever chompsky honk.

[@agayactornamedmichaeldougl6289]

Yeah, one of my all time favorites

[@imyasuka]

​@@smileyp4535 how do you know you noticed everything if you only noticed what you noticed

[@InTheMindOfJasmyn]

when i was younger i had a vivid dream of this main character. after struggling to find any name or show title for years, im now obligated to watch whatever video talks about it

[@sullentamp9140]

As one of the few Christian scientists, it’s good to be represented in Media in some way. I have all the episodes on Xbox and they seem completely normal when u watch them high for some reason.

[@postbunnie]

Its so gnostic. The puns are top notch. I like to think that the creators had a vision from an actual angel named Xavier and he inspired them. So that they would create a world for him to exist in.

[@harryfromends]

Perhaps a sleep paralysis shaman

[@postbunnie]

@@harryfromends *insert "both is good" meme here*

[@grt1769]

With today's meme culture, the show could of been a bigger hit than it was. It was put out just too early for it all though.

[@harryfromends]

If XRA existed in say 2016 that ideally would’ve been the perfect time, since meme culture was starting to seriously ramp up and there was a surge of edgy content & absurd humour coming to the forefront

[@symptomofsouls]

@@harryfromends XRA is basically a professional YTP it would have been massive

[@coscwyite]

Yes, but I'm glad it came out when it did. May not have been as beloved at the time, but that is alright, because X:RA coming out when nothing like it had ever really been seen was what made it so good. If they made the show back in 2016 when this shit was big, it would probably not have been made the same way, and probably wouldn't even be the same show. The writers very clearly wanted to blow minds and create something never-before-seen, so I feel it needed to be ahead of its time. Also it probably really wouldn't have been so big in 2016 to be honest, battling Rick And Morty would be really tough with a show like this one. X:RA is destined to be a cult classic and I am happy with that.

[@Zuberm1]

This looks like a show you’d see in GTA

[@adamtate3953]

"im a survivor, we're a dying breed" is how i start every business meeting.

[@Archdukeofswol]

Love seeing people find out and or make videos about Xavier it’s a definite favorite

[@mikukene1998]

I just bursted out laughing when the narrator said that Xavier has a main character syndrome XD THAT IS SUCH A HIGH LEVEL IF WRITING I CAN'T.

[@edgarg4279]

One the best shows on adult swim for sure. Please make a video of Joe Pera because that was definitely a gem that was taken from us too soon

[@harryfromends]

I love Joe Pera and I would love to make a video on his immense wholesomeness ❤️

[@FictionHubZA]

I remember seeing a tweet about a guy being invited to watch this show by his coworker and about 5 episodes in he thought his coworker was insane and planning to murder him.😂

[@jadepowell5178]

Yea this show is pretty terrible

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

I never thought someone would find the deeper meaning behind this show. Excellent job

[@5ghastlysplash551]

I want Xavier renegade angel in multiversus

[@harryfromends]

XRA is the only show that genuinely seems perfect for multiverse crossovers!

[@Sonque123]

Imagine seeing this guy run at you Also imagine a hummingbird skin for him

[@THarSul]

in the modern era of online content, it feels like they could remove the show from the air while continuing to put them out to the show's fans online, rather than canceling them completely, thereby increasing their potential revenue off of the entire venture.

[@cidre8564]

You’re so productive! I love your channel, keep it up!

[@harryfromends]

Why thank you sir! I wanna keep making content at a good rate that I spend a lot of time on 💫

[@willandwillstudios]

As a kid, I thought the show was a weird dream I had that traumatized me

[@Jezeus11]

I remember. It was around the time I started getting seizures. Been seizure free for over 5 years now

[@elyg6531]

This show is a timeless masterpiece it's the best art form it just gets better and better over time

[@JuliusSeether]

Thank you for making me realize I am not alone in my love of this show.

[@harryfromends]

You are definitely not alone brother, there’s so many people that truly love this show!

[@elgatochurro]

Season 1 was criticized for Xaviers voice acting So in s2 they doubled down

[@MrChupacabra555]

14 years?!?! 😬 Guess it just didn't feel that long because of all the reruns of it (often had Adult Swim on as 'background noise' while I played MMOs or something)

[@harryfromends]

Yeah it’s been an incredibly long time, and XRA has remained incredibly relevant, which is a testament to how brilliant the writing is!

[@chistinelane]

I'm still finding new jokes and I've been watching since it aired.

[@blakefieri3447]

Your voice is stunning. That lil song was amazing im officially requesting a full version.

[@harryfromends]

Thank you! I’m going to start doing more musical segments in the vids 💫

[@0therun1t21]

Xavier is probably my very favorite Adult Swim show, and it has some serious competition in my book, but it stands out from all the rest. I got to watch A.S. from the very beginning, Cartoon Planet, Sealab 2021 and Space Ghost got me hooked, they saved my sanity at a very dark time of my life. I wonder why they don't take risks anymore, that's where the truly great shows came from. I'm gonna go look at their playlist again, wish me luck.

[@Alex_Doscious]

One of the best shows, i still quote this show to this day.

[@harryfromends]

XRA is definitely up there with the most quotable shows, most likely because it has about 50 brilliant quotes in every episode Ahah

[@squidlover7615]

Hell yeah i love Xavier, one of the best shows ever

[@harryfromends]

Agreed! Genuinely a masterpiece in absurd humour

[@EquinFrost]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE LAKE (THE LAKE) (THE LAKE)

[@AntwaineHorton]

Thank you for making this video,no one I know remembers this show and I was starting to think I imagined this

[@harryfromends]

It’s my pleasure brother, I think a lot of people believe they imagined XRA Ahaha.

[@echmaster6029]

I watched this show the other day while on shrooms, shit was weirder than normal

[@harryfromends]

That must’ve been an extraordinary trip 🫠

[@echmaster6029]

It was, though near the end it got very scary, specifically the last 2 episodes

[@japimp]

Bro, that’s one of my favorite shows. It’s not too weird. It’s too normal for me. That’s why I quit on season three.

[@octaviuswendell5857]

5:01 dude I don’t think it’s that deep, it feels more like an artistic choice to make the show weirder. Also cheaper.

[@Greasy0.0]

i was tripping balls when watching xavier thats how its meant to be watched to understand it.

[@razalees]

3:04 man 😂😂 did he jump and push the lady out the way of NOTHING when she was already on the sidewalk, not nowhere near the incoming jeep yet he dove to push her out the way and got up looking like he wanted a congratulations and a thank you like he saved her life or something 😂😂

[@harryfromends]

Yes he did ahaha and it perfectly represents the impact Xavier believes he has vs his actual impact

[@razalees]

@@harryfromends Right! 😂 And you did a excellent job of translating that scene and essence of the show in your essay! I would sub but I already did that after the Conway Video 😂

[@dillpickles307]

Anyone else remember the vote for proposition 1231 during the blood cowboy and Indian episode

[@harryfromends]

Vote yes! 🗳️

[@dillpickles307]

@harryfromends that has bothered me for years lol me and 10 of my friends watched it when the blood cowboys and Indian episode first came out and only 2 of us remembered the extra 2 or 3 minutes there was video from a bunny slaughter house and mixed in was like a vote for me screen put the speech and words said vote proposition 1231 do your part to keep us safe lmao also something about something would happen been so long I can't remember the whole phrase but makes me wonder was I Brainwashed or was everyone else....... I have watched videos of the episode since but only happened the night it first released so you tell me

[@somedude5254]

Finally 😮 thank you for covering this amazing show

[@harryfromends]

It’s my pleasure brother! XRA deserves to be covered in detail 💫

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

XRA is esoteric kino for true patricians. 🐍☸️

[@harryfromends]

This is an incredibly apt way to describe XRA!

[@orionbarnes1733]

XRA was so ahead of its time that it's still ahead of its time

[@donkeysoxx]

you should post the christmas song as its own video. i need to put that in a playlist

[@Donkeypuncherello88]

This was one of my favorite shows of all time. I was obsessed with it. I would take psychedelics and watch it like a well rounded member of society.

[@harryfromends]

What was that experience like?

[@Donkeypuncherello88]

@@harryfromends well I remember laughing so hard I almost couldn’t breath or catch my breath. The weird twisted philosophical humor and stupidness of tht show it just messed me up. Lol. That show is brilliant. There’s a few others that are kinda on that level too. Wondershowzen was another we used to trip and watch Andy milonakus show. Lol a few other adult swim ones were pretty brilliant or maybe that’s not the word for it but lol

[@OMGItsJimmyNash]

Glad this video happened. Satisfying. Any time I see a video about some bizarre show, I always think about this one and wonder if the person making said video is aware of it and how much MORE bizarre it was.

[@harryfromends]

XRA truly is a different kind of bizarre 💫

[@Dontstealmyidentity]

Even though Xavier has a high ego, he isn't inherently selfish; and, at least in his own mind, genuineley believes that he is helping the people around him. I think this makes it a bit easier to like him and is actually what makes his character so interesting/funny.

[@mistersudz102]

I remember I used to be tripping on acid watching adult swim when I was like 16 and this show would come on at like 4 am. It was always awesome

[@harryfromends]

I can only imagine how truly life altering that must be ahaha!

[@jasperdoggydude]

anything pffr does is so top tier

[@harryfromends]

Agreed! Wonder Showzen is also elite

[@ArtAngelMouse]

Never expected a banger Christmas song in a Xavier discussion video but man its awesome. I watched Xavier when it was on TV, but it wasn't something I was intensely watching and excited about. I watched it, it was fun and cool, but its also just weird. I'm more of a Moral Orel fan. Doesn't feel like I'm on drugs watching that (I don't drink alcohol or do drugs, so yeah).

[@harryfromends]

Firstly thank you! I had to take a 2 hour train to get to a studio and record the song the same night I wrote it, so I really appreciate the fact that you enjoyed the song 💫 and yeah XRA definitely feels like a trip to watch, & Moral Orel has a relatively more relaxed, albeit sometimes depressing approach than XRA

[@Donkeypuncherello88]

Take that, take that, take take take that, taste the pain.

[@harryfromends]

Elite quote

[@Donkeypuncherello88]

@@harryfromends lolol

[@TamiRayan21]

"ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN CANCELLED" what a banger

[@harryfromends]

❤️💎

[@Kerkshau]

It's so damn good I ended up getting a tattoo for it and I'm still rewatching it years later

[@averyroscoe91]

I have it on DVD. What you didn't mention, is that Xavier is a PFFFR product, same as Wondershowzen, Delocated, The Heart, She Hollers, and Neon Joe. I just wish they all were available on DVD/blu ray.

[@harryfromends]

I love PFFR, it’s just a lot of people have previously mentioned this in XRA vids & I wanted my vid to be a breakdown purely of the show. Also I love Wonder Showzen!

[@JM-to3hy]

It was a good to watch while high.

[@amjiva]

Aside from The Heart, She Holler (which got a 3rd season) every other Pffr series is plagued by the 2 season curse. I'm still holding out hope that a 3rd season of The Shivering Truth is announced.

[@jmane4581]

Show was so weird, I labeled it “ass” by default 😂

[@connor48880]

Why don’t you have more subscribers?? your videos are fantastic!

[@harryfromends]

Thank you! And one day my good sir, one day

[@mr-meek]

My favorite show of all time. Hands down.

[@MichaelEMJAYARE]

I never knew what the living fuck this show was. When it came out, I was 12 (I swear I was younger) and it baffled me. His physical appearance is so grotesque. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo was the same way. SuperJail! was confounding, too. Now they are all gems. (SuperJail! Is amazing. David Wain is the perfect voice for the Warden. Beautiful animation. It inspired me as someone who loved to draw)

[@harryfromends]

Superjail and XRA are both truly treats to watch as audience members, and both rightfully have been gained cult audiences since their cancellation

[@generalseal6948]

trully a work of art that gives profound insights that leaves the viewer pondering long after the show ends

[@Buckle89]

So lucky to have seen this when it aired

[@harryfromends]

That must’ve been such a trip tuning in and seeing Xavier for the first time ahah

[@earl-ty-kccgaines5113]

Like you said XRA was like a fever dream. I remember watching it but it was so vague in concept. I watched anyway it was loose and widely erratic if you missed a few episodes. Overall it was a show that came on that was eerily amusing and crazy to watch. Enough to love and enough to say it was ok. I didn't hate it. It also wasn't my favorite but I'd watch it cause it was enough to rattle my brain at the time.

[@harryfromends]

The thing I love about XRA in relation to audience reaction is that everyone has a wildly different opinion on how XRA made them feel, but most people agree that the show at least presents some value and/or they enjoyed some bits of the show!

[@Dumb-Comment]

the comedy hit fast and hard!

[@hamstringq0133]

If there’s one thing I know about Vernon Chatman and John Lee’s style, it would totally be the wordplay

[@harryfromends]

The wordplay is absolutely on another level, I would love to see towelie go on an XRA type monologue after taking acid as a nod to the show

[@hamstringq0133]

I also wouldn’t forget about their modern humor out of context too!

[@CLINTwalKeR1985]

WHAT DOTH ...LIFE!!!!!!!

[@TehPoptartKid]

Too weird? Or just right. I love that show, it's tight.

[@yomema8234]

And robot chicken stayed lmao

[@charlespwnage5435]

loved it as a teen when it came out and i have the entire series on dvd

[@harryfromends]

What’s XRA like on DVD? Does it have commentary from the showrunners?

[@Weldedhodag]

i still think the fact the show ends with Xavier driving his own subconscious completely insane is absolutely hilarious

[@neonryder8897]

I managed to catch Xavier when it was in its first run. you do not understand how happy I am that there's finally a fanbase for their show

[@Vespyr_]

"Kid, life is just death in drag." - Xavier, Renegade Angel

[@oouziii4679]

Thats amazing, great essay! I hate that I saw this show on tv but never actually watched it, i dont remember maybe i judged it by its looks and now im pretty disappointed i missed out, definitely gonna try to watch it this week if i can find it

[@harryfromends]

Thank you very much! And honestly XRA is worth the worth, let me know how you get on

[@SuPeRNinJaRed]

This is what Neil Breen sees in his dreams

[@harryfromends]

This is hilarious to imagine holy shit ahaha

[@AlTheRelic]

Every luxury has a deep price, every indulgence , a cosmic cost.

[@xxscribbledragonxx9744]

XRA has been having somewhat of a resurgence on TikTok, I feel like with modern meme culture if they brought it back for a new season or two with the exact same writing and style it would kill

[@harryfromends]

Absolutely, XRA in 2024 could 100% work and is something that adult swim should at least think about!

[@Promontory_Ryder]

This was one of the best shows....