![]() I don’t mean to get too personal off the bat. Thank you for your time, thank you for being here, thank you for your work, and we can dive into some questions if that sounds good to you? That’s the dream viewing experience, I feel. Yes, definitely they’re to be shown to your wife right before bed. I was showing some of your videos to my wife last night and we were enjoying them as we were falling asleep, which is how I think they were meant to be done. Jake Uitti ( Under the Radar): Hello Joe! We talked with the comedian, who is also the author of this bathroom book, about what it was like growing up in Upstate New York, how he found joke telling, and what he loves most about what he does today. We caught up with the 33-year-old Pera, whose show, Joe Pera Talks With You, is now in its third season on Adult Swim and HBO. Or what one might want to hear as they fall asleep. Rather than lasers and space crafts, his eye tends to investigate a group of elderly men having coffee in a diner. In a world with new Spider-Man movies seemingly every year that include buildings exploding, magic tricks, portals to new galaxies, and inventions almost impossible to conceptualize, Pera is a breath of fresh air. He’s not a carnival barker or used car salesman in his orientation to his audience. He talks about how eggs should be cooked, his comfortable shoes, the falling snow. Also Michelle Wolf's new show (on Netflix) is good.If you were only to listen to the voice of Joe Pera, you might think he was 77-years-old. My friend Dan Soder is on the show "Billions," so I watched all of that. I've since watched "Silicon Valley." That was good. Q: When you're not working, what do you watch on TV?Ī: When we made the show, I watched mostly "Sopranos" clips on YouTube and the show "Dragon Ball Super." That was about it. I try not to watch too much comedy while working on the show. She said he's taking a year sabbatical from music. Somebody gave me the address of Pete Townshend's assistant. It's hard to screw up an episode where we were able to use that particular song 14 times. Q: Last week's episode "Joe Pera Reads the Church Announcements," about becoming obsessed with a song (no spoilers) by the Who, was brilliant, I think it's fair to say. Have you heard from any members of the Who?Ī: I appreciate it. The things I learned about the history were fascinating to me. The nature around it made it more interesting and visually beautiful. I kept going back and I realized it had a lot in common with Buffalo, where I grew up, the type of people and the sense of humor. ![]() We needed the most likely place in Michigan to get snow in October, when we had to shoot (in order) to finish it by Christmas. We wanted to shoot (there) because I had written a joke about Christmas trees in Michigan that I had been doing for a couple of years. Q: Why did you choose the Upper Peninsula, where some exteriors were filmed, for the show's setting?Ī: We ended up there for the Christmas special I did a year and a half ago. I'm not a choir teacher in real life, but there are a lot of similarities. ![]() Q: Is Joe Pera, the TV character, the same as Joe Pera, the comedian? Or is this more of a Peewee Herman/Paul Reubens situation?Ī: I think (I'm) pretty similar - everything I talk about I'm actually interested in - except that I get in at least one fight with a stranger every day. It's kind of like a how-to show that has a little story to it. ![]() It tries to answer whatever question it proposes. QUESTION: How would you describe "Joe Pera Talks With You"?ĪNSWER: It kind of starts by asking a question or setting out to explain something, like how to dance if you're by yourself at a co-worker's wedding or how to properly bury your pumpkin after Halloween. We spoke to the Brooklyn-based performer about the awesomeness of his series and his Yooper character. Here, edited for length and clarity, is Joe Pera's talk with us. Pera, the real guy, writes the series with other comedians, and has appeared on NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and TBS's "Conan." Adult Swim has featured him previously in an animated special, "Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep," and the live holiday special "Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree." It's a radical departure from the often dark, envelope-pushing nature of Adult Swim content like "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" Instead, "Joe Pera Talks With You" feels like a portrait of a young man who has more in common with your grandparents than a typical hipster. ![]()
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