not that i can find, seems like it's got good enough press coverage to warrant it.hope this is made officially available in the uk somehow so i'm not just boring people about something they can't watch.
― devvvine, Thursday, 2 August 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
I am so grateful to you for flagging this show! I just watched the first episode, and was hooked instantly. It's insane how effective it is at making you care so much about a character inside 11 minutes!
― tangenttangent, Monday, 6 August 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
watched the whole season twice so far and got my bro and sis on it. so many great moments.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Monday, 6 August 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
Yeah - I don't want to look at his other stuff on YouTube in case he's acting out of character and it spoils the effect.
― devvvine, Thursday, August 2, 2018 3:51 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i would avoid, a couple standup routines were on point but most of the old stuff was lame. he really honed this character through the years.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Monday, 6 August 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
i'm guessing church announcements will win, probably deservedly. i think any of them aside from the last couple are a good choice - i like those too but i prefer the self-contained ones to the plot-focused ones.
― na (NA), Monday, 6 August 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
i can't pick :(
― na (NA), Monday, 6 August 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
http://i64.tinypic.com/35i3oky.jpghttp://i67.tinypic.com/noyikp.jpg
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
I had no idea this was a thing! I always try talking this dude up to people and always forget his name (to the extent that I scanned this thread title like seven times before I finally realized where I knew the name). He's just become 'that twentysomething guy who acts like he's in his late seventies' at this point. Will def check this out.
― My Name is Pants and I Fit Snugly (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
It's insane how effective it is at making you care so much about a character inside 11 minutes!
― tangenttangent, Monday, August 6, 2018 9:44 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
started rewatching it this morning and yeah just how emotionally engaging it is right out of the gate is a miracle. jo firestone and conor o'malley also killing it.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 10:20 (five years ago) link
His basset hound makes me happy. This is supposed to be set in Marquette, Michigan, right? Where do they film this?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
it's set and filmed there
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
This is old Pera that is funny and not jarring to new fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYhcW1aRs0c
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
what, that was horrible
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
I don't give a fuck.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
I’ve loved this guy since his debut on Seth Meyers https://vimeo.com/170977560of his standup work on YouTube, I still think the Buffalo Bills one is the best. Dude fuckin kills me.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
Yeah the Bills one was very on point
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Doo da dooda doodoo. Doo da dooda doodoo.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
Church Announcements.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:38 (five years ago) link
And considering the licensing for a song like that would normally wipe out a show's entire season budget, I'm guessing that Townshend let it go for peanuts (as he did with Louis CK/"Who Are You" after he watched a clip).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
This show was so lovely
Voting is very difficult but I think I will go with Breakfast, as its final line is the best final line of any episode in TV history
― imago, Saturday, 8 September 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Although the other O'Malley-written episode, Fall Drive, pushes it very close and actually I won't vote yet until I've seen them both again
― imago, Saturday, 8 September 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
voted "shows you how to dance" but this is basically impossible
― Clay, Saturday, 8 September 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
Leaning towards fall drive... but also leaning towards the other 8 episodes as well.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Saturday, 8 September 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
I love the tension and release when he finally [spoiler lol] says what he wants for breakfast.
There are several legit beautiful moments in the fall drive episode - the photos, the decaying pumpkin, the waterfall...
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 9 September 2018 00:36 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 1 October 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
The perfect egg bite part of the breakfast episode is hilarious
― badg, Friday, 1 March 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
conner o'malley's other comedic output is uh pretty out there
― na (NA), Friday, 1 March 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
he's great.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 1 March 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
he's good but his usual stuff is pretty different from joe pera talks with you
― na (NA), Friday, 1 March 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
some of his stuff where he's biking around new york salivating over sports cars feels like an american version of limmy
― na (NA), Friday, 1 March 2019 20:14 (five years ago) link
given he wrote the two best episodes of this, and he's gotten a Limmy comparison, I'm interested
― imago, Friday, 1 March 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzpAYv0AP68&t=8s
― na (NA), Friday, 1 March 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
as a chicago resident i also appreciate this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8nRQJaRV9E
― na (NA), Friday, 1 March 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
:D ok i'm in
― imago, Saturday, 2 March 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
this dude is amazing. 'guys day' is some sort of masterpiece
― imago, Sunday, 3 March 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
i was extremely emotionally affected by this show, it is incredibly moving and at times transcendent. it is really special
― sunkengarden, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:31 (five years ago) link
^^^
I grew up in the upper peninsula during my teenage years and it is so unbelievably spot-on that there were moments when I was watching it with my wife where I would uncontrollably lose it and she thought something was wrong with me. he captured the entire vibe of living up there that it felt like I was being teleported back to those years.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
I grew up there too and although this is not inaccurate I still can't shake a sense of resentment of the guy for not being from there
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/mike-obrien-joe-pera-talks-with-you-interview.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
This is the first confirmation I've seen of a second season:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/2019/05/02/joe-pera-talks-you-shooting-second-season-milwaukee-and-u-p/3654202002/
― Simon H., Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
oh nice glad to hear it!
― big city slam (Spottie), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
yes!
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
very much in character that there was apparently no formal announcement at all
― Simon H., Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link
maybe i just don't get it. it's like they realized they wrote a perfect song, panicked, and then added a violin solo.
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
I guess if you write a song that good, you can give it whatever dumbass title you want.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wX0NRjJqg
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 16 August 2019 05:36 (four years ago) link
Holy shit it really is ten hours long
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 August 2019 12:53 (four years ago) link
Big news I can finally share - season two of 'Joe Pera Talks With You' will be coming out this holiday season on @adultswim. There are 14 new episodes, each with new topics, and I will let you speculate whether this fire hydrant will be introduced as a new major character. https://t.co/jED4yFjs7i— Joe Pera (@JosephPera) September 4, 2019
― normal fucking rockman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
yes!!!!!!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
Surely someone will pick this up. Not like it needs a big budget to produce.
― Spottie, Thursday, 7 July 2022 21:43 (one year ago) link
it sucks, not just because the show was so great but also because it ran so counter to everything Adult Swim usually did, which I think actually made it a really cool fit for them
― frogbs, Friday, 8 July 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-farewell-screening-with-joe-pera-and-friends-two-day-pass-tickets-383000363397
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 September 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
Still pissed there’s apparently no place for a show like this on the zillion streaming services and channels.
― Chris L, Thursday, 1 September 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
2 day pass sold out instantly but i am gonna go to s2 and s3
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 September 2022 19:08 (one year ago) link
So that new Jeffrey Dahmer series on Netflix. It’s a little uncanny.There’s no regional connection between the two as far as I know and I’ve never seen interview footage of Dahmer, but it’s like they found a guy who looks like Joe Pera and told him to “do Joe Pera”. Or Pera’s thing was quietly “do Jeffrey Dahmer” the whole time.
― circa1916, Saturday, 24 September 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
https://www.gawker.com/culture/joe-pera-dahmer-netflix-evan-peters
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 04:50 (one year ago) link
If Netflix reads this — they don’t have to do another serial killer show. I have another idea. You know the women who used to appear in the Big Buck Hunter game? They’re all older now, and I’ve reached out to them, and I’ve got them signed on to do a film interpretation of Hamlet. If Netflix reads this, I hope they know that we could do it at a fraction of the price of Dahmer.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 04:54 (one year ago) link
I'm here for whatever this guy's next move is
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 13:04 (one year ago) link
recently I had an old friend - someone I've known since middle school - stay over at my house while in the middle of a 12-day hike from Madison to Sturgeon Bay. I put this show on and he absolutely loved it. He won't stop texting me about it. such a shame nobody has picked it up. I mean how much could it possibly cost to make this show?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
dude knows his Dragonball Z!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJIDjehZm40
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 October 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link
http://www.keweenawreport.com/featured/adult-swim-show-runner-donates-11000-to-clk-schools-music-program/
Good guy Joe Pera, helping out UP music students. Maybe he is more than a larper Yooper after all :)
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 10 October 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
What a strange headline, "Adult Swim Show-Runner", not like "Adult Swim Star" or "Joe Pera" or whatever.
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 10 October 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
yeah that article is wrong on a number of levels: those weren't "stand-up shows," that was the two day screening of every episode of the show at Bell House. He had the UP teacher onstage with him at the start of S3, seemed like a nice guy.
That was a great experience btw, lots of shop talk and fun being in a crowd of Pera obsessives who clapped at every title card.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 October 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
that blog sucks for sure, I am guessing the more legit UP newspapers and TV haven't published the story as fast
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 10 October 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
Saw him this past Friday. The music playing over the PA as people were getting seated included the MC5 and the New York Dolls. There were two openers, one of whom was Ryan Dunn who did the music for the show. He was really fun and engaging. The next opener was comedian, and longtime Pera collaborator, Dan Licata (he played the DJ in the "Baba O'Riley" episode) who was decidedly hacky and mediocre. Joe came on, and his entrance music was the Jam's "In The City," which was a pleasant surprise. Joe did a LOT of interacting with the audience, and it wasn't the usual crowd work type of stuff, either. He would ask the audience a question, and then asked people to respond "one at a time" -- which they did. Then he asked us to vote on, for instance, if a squirrel could carry an entire pita chip by itself. The ending of the show was like a slowly deflating balloon, though. I saw Tig Notaro do something similar, where there's a bit sort-of being worked up to, and the performer just kind of riffs hoping they'll hit upon something funny enough to end on. I dunno, maybe Joe was working out half-written material or something -- he brought Ryan and Dan (who was funnier in this bit than in his opening set) back out for the last 10 minutes or so. But overall, a solid and hilarious show. I had never heard Joe swear or talk about sex, so that was weirdly jarring.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 October 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
lots of other fun merch here but:https://shop.merchcentral.com/collections/joe-pera/products/joe-pera-new-looks-for-the-modern-man-poster
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:13 (one year ago) link
It does kill me how you can tell which of his jokes are his favorites.
― pplains, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
need to start an accidentally joe pera thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd74F_NrsCQ
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 8 December 2022 06:09 (one year ago) link
I appreciate his enthusiasm. Learning about the ways the gases can be channelled through the house was educational for me.
I don't want to ruin the mood, but I do have an important point to make. The tile work there is less than aesthetically pleasing.
Perhaps Eric could make another video explaining the reasons why the tile was set like that. There may be a very good engineering or architectural reason, and – though my wife hates to hear it – that's sometimes more important than how something looks.
― pplains, Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
live shows in london/uk next april
― devvvine, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 16:22 (one year ago) link
https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/josephine-pera-93-unlikely-star-of-grandsons-comedy-videos/article_c042b80a-8f49-552f-b919-649b3a457d54.html
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 December 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
Finally doing a Sleep Podcast. First ep out Sunday: pic.twitter.com/GtSRyToYKE— Joe Pera (@JosephPera) February 1, 2023
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link
lol perfect opening line
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Thursday, 2 February 2023 21:44 (one year ago) link
about 50% of the time my girl gets home, i shuffle over slackshouldered and say "Hullo"
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 21:46 (one year ago) link
lol
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Thursday, 2 February 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
I hadn't realised he's coming to the UK in a few months! The Glasgow evening show is sold out already, but there's a Sunday afternoon matinee, which maybe feels even more appropriate.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 11 February 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link
I see devvvine mentioned it just a few posts ago in December actually, but I totally missed it.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 11 February 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
Yay!
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Saturday, 11 February 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
in a very random twist of fate i ended up showing him around my workplace while he was in the uk. was extremely lovely!
― devvvine, Thursday, 6 July 2023 19:51 (nine months ago) link
The deep regret where you discover that a favourite/loved band just played nearby without you knowing? Crushing case of this when I saw too late that Joe Pera came to the UK. Managed to get a lovely embroidered t-shirt though.
― ionjusit (P. Flick), Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:52 (nine months ago) link
He even went on NTS
― ionjusit (P. Flick), Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:53 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZ449A--kA
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 September 2023 22:23 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_97zE4GRZk
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 7 October 2023 03:13 (six months ago) link
incredible drip
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 October 2023 04:01 (six months ago) link
This is a seven minute routine about a squirrel and a pita chip lmao I’m dying here
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 October 2023 04:48 (six months ago) link
The dating column was great to losing virginity section was awesome. Early section? Ehhhh he brings the audience in on the joke of the bit rather then leaning hard on it, though that lean is definitely essential to allow those moments to shine
― H.P, Saturday, 7 October 2023 14:21 (six months ago) link
Has his posture gotten more extreme lately? It's ironically not very relaxing and even menacing -- after 5 minutes, I had to switch to Pera's old "zero fucks" character video to calm down!
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 7 October 2023 14:54 (six months ago) link
Surely he’s got something propping up his shirt from the back, otherwise the man needs to calm down for his health!
― H.P, Sunday, 8 October 2023 07:44 (six months ago) link
well how much calmer can this man get? can't imagine another comedian able to close on "if you haven't fallen asleep yet, I wish you good night"
anyway, I loved the whole thing, maybe some parts were awkward or didn't quite work but I also think he's doing something on stage which hasn't really been done before. btw he does break character around 47:50 :)
who was the guy at the top of the balcony they kept cutting to? was that his dad?
― frogbs, Monday, 9 October 2023 14:30 (six months ago) link
Pretty sure that was the doorman who bonked everyone on the head on the way in. And yeah, he totally broke when talking about his female fans freezing their partners to death. Adorable.
Loved this. A little shocking when he went blue for a few minutes there but the impact of the bit was earned by the years of well-maintained sedation.
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Monday, 9 October 2023 14:36 (six months ago) link
When I saw him live on this tour in DC he ended up talking to a woman in the crowd who worked in the White House and he made several asides about he was now worried about being targeted by Joe Biden.
― Chris L, Monday, 9 October 2023 14:57 (six months ago) link
I'll also point out that he put the special on YouTube ad-free, which is a really nice thing for him to do especially since it's getting a good amount of views!
― frogbs, Monday, 9 October 2023 17:01 (six months ago) link
i saw him in madison on the tour that turned into this special, looking forward to watching
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 October 2023 17:35 (six months ago) link
they threw tomato seed packs into the crowd at the end lol
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 October 2023 17:36 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZMyFjEWOSs
in case you thought he made it up
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 13:58 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvTPQULS3J8
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 01:16 (five months ago) link