Joe Pera of "Joe Pera Talks With You"

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Joe Pera Talks with You is one of the quirkiest shows on television right now. Comedian Joe Pera portrays a fictionalized version of himself. He's a soft-spoken, unassuming, kind person. Each episode involves Joe, a middle school choir teacher, guiding viewers through his life in the city of Marquette, Michigan. He talks about the simple things in life. It's quickly becoming one of our favorites here at Bullseye. Joe Pera Talks With You is back for season three. We're revisiting our conversation with Joe from last year, from when he had just wrapped season two. Joe Pera talked about doing comedy at his own pace, sleeping in a twin bed well into his twenties and why he enjoys casting non-actors in real locations. Plus, why he considers falling asleep to be a totally acceptable response to his performances. This interview originally aired in January of 2020.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message come from the Walton Family Foundation,
0:05.1	working to create access to opportunity for people and communities by tackling tough social and environmental problems.
0:12.0	More information is at waltonfamilyfoundation.org.
0:17.1	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:28.1	I'm Jesse Thorne. It's Bullseye.
0:35.5	Joe Parrot talks with you.
0:40.0	He's a small, quiet show.
0:42.7	Maybe one of the quietest shows on TV.
0:45.6	The conceit is pretty straightforward.
0:47.3	In fact, it couldn't be any more plain.
0:49.4	Joe Parra, the host, plays a version of himself.
0:53.0	He guides you through his life in the city of Marquette, Michigan.
0:56.8	He talks about iron or chairs or breakfast or the rat wars of Alberta, Canada in 1950.
1:05.9	And while he talks with you about those subjects, he lives his life. He visits his nana. He teaches choir at the local
1:14.3	middle school. He goes on a date with the band teacher. It's a sweet show. It's funny, though there
1:20.8	aren't really any jokes, and it'll catch you by surprise with some incredibly moving moments.
1:31.3	Anyway, I genuinely love it. I got to talk with Joe last year when the show was wrapping up its second season, and we have some good news. Joe Parra talks
1:36.4	with you is back for its third season. That's airing now on Adult Swim. It is fantastic.
1:43.4	When Joe and I talked, we kick things off with the introduction
1:46.5	of the show's second season. Joe is growing snap beans in his garden, but he's doing something
1:53.8	special. He's growing them into a bean arch. Here's Joe Perra. Right now, it's a regular arch, but later this afternoon, we'll
2:04.8	plant seedlings on either side. Over the next 65 days, we'll climb the structure, and if all
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