Joe Pera of "Joe Pera Talks With You"

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Joe is the creator and star of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You, one of our favorite new shows TV. In it, Joe plays a version of himself living in small-town Michigan as a middle-school choir teacher. The show is like nothing else you've seen on television before: brilliant, weird and heart warming. Cross our hearts, hope to die.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.7	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:22.2	Joe Carrot talks with you. He's a small quiet show. Maybe one of the quietest shows on TV.
0:29.7	The conceit is pretty straightforward. In fact, it couldn't be any more plain. Joe Parrot,
0:34.2	the host, plays a version of himself. He guides you through his life in the city of Marquette,
0:39.6	Michigan. He talks about iron or chairs or breakfast or the rat wars of Alberta, Canada in
0:48.2	1950.
0:50.6	And while he talks with you about those subjects, he lives his life. He visits his Nana,
0:57.0	he teaches choir at the local middle school. He goes on a date with the band teacher.
1:02.4	It's a sweet show. It's funny, though there aren't really any jokes. And it'll catch
1:07.2	you by surprise with some incredibly moving moments.
1:11.6	Anyway, I genuinely love it. I got to talk with Joe last year when the show was wrapping
1:17.0	up its second season. And we have some good news. Joe Parrot talks with you is back for
1:21.6	its third season. That's airing now on adult swim. It is fantastic. When Joe and I talked,
1:28.6	we kicked things off with the introduction of the show's second season. Joe is growing
1:34.2	snap beans in his garden. But he's doing something special. He's growing them into a bean
1:40.8	arch. Here's Joe Parrot.
1:43.4	Right now, it's a regular arch. But later this afternoon, we'll plant seedlings on
1:50.1	either side. Over the next 65 days, we'll climb the structure and if all goes well,
1:57.5	meet in the middle. The snap beans will hang down so that when I walk under, I'll be able
2:03.8	to just reach up and pick a bean. Imagine that. Not having to bend over the pick of
2:13.4	bean, but to reach up and pick a bean. If you're tall, maybe even with your mouth.
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