Joe Pera Talks with You

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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 :)

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.

that blog sucks for sure, I am guessing the more legit UP newspapers and TV haven't published the story as fast

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

one month passes...

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

one month passes...

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

four months pass...

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

two months pass...
two weeks pass...

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

three weeks pass...

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvTPQULS3J8

frogbs, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 01:16 (five months ago) link


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