当乔治·卡林被问到他最喜欢哪一场HBO特辑时，他的回答总是“Jammin' In New York”。原因有几个：这是他第一次现场制作HBO节目；这是他在家乡纽约市所做的第一件事。这是他以前接触过的最大观众人数：6,500 人。但卡林说，这也代表了他写作中新发现的复杂性。 “这是我第一次制作真正的扩展作品，由独立的部分组成，所有的部分都流动在一起。这对我来说是一个巨大的飞跃。”该节目在麦迪逊广场花园的派拉蒙剧院录制，并获得了1992 年的CableACE奖。是尖锐的社会评论和更温和的观察性作品的完美结合。

On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.