(Stephen Colbert, the patron saint of Catholics in media, is a fan.) Joe is a Massgoer and his beloved grandmother is an active parishioner. It's also a Catholic show - or, at the very least, a show that should have special appeal to Catholics. Until it was canceled recently and prematurely after its third season on Adult Swim, "Joe Pera Talks With You" was the loveliest, weirdest thing on television. Ultimately, Pera has made something that is so gentle and warm I don't believe he has a mean-spirited bone in his body. One reasonable fan theory is that "Joe Pera" on television is just a slightly exaggerated version of Joe Pera the real-life person, an old soul born too late who's self-aware enough to realize how his temperament can surprise people. Pera never "breaks character" in interviews or in his standup performances. Maybe it's a bit.īecause after you figure out how old Pera is - 34, originally from Buffalo, New York - the natural follow-up is: There's no way he's really like this, right? Is he getting cheap laughs because a young guy acting like a senior citizen is funny? Then again, maybe the whole thing is 100% ironic. Affordable." There is not even a hint of irony in this line or hundreds of others like it throughout the series. For instance, he begins an episode titled "Joe Pera Talks With You About Beans" by looking right into the camera and saying, "Beans. He talks with a grandfatherly pace, volume and inflection.Īnd the stuff Pera says matches his old-man vibe. Pera has a youthful, wrinkle-free face, but everything else about him suggests octogenarian in the 1960s: dress shirts tucked into khakis, neatly combed and outdated hairstyle, nondescript plastic-rim glasses.
Watch any episode of the standup comedian's sitcom, " Joe Pera Talks with You," for a few minutes and you'll want to Google the question.
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