He’ll tell you all about sitting in the first episode of the third season of his Adult Swim series Joe Pera Talks With You.
On a channel known for raunchy and subversive comedy, Pera subverts even that with something far more daring — a show that is simple and wholesome, and entirely hilarious.
The show moves slowly and episodes are short — so viewers likely won’t find much plot within each one.
In the first season, for example, Joe meets Sarah, a survivalist who has a fortified basement underneath her home.
In the second season, Joe’s grandmother passes away, just as Pera’s grandmother did in real life.
Gene is played by Gene Kelly , who, in reality, recently retired from his day job as a camera operator at NBC.
So when Adult Swim approached Pera to make a short special, he put together an 11-minute animated video called “Joe Pera Talks You To Sleep.” In it, a cartoon Pera sits next to a fire and calmly talks to the audience about subjects like the barns of the Pennsylvania Dutch and Stephen Hawking’s affair.
Pera’s always said that the idea behind “Joe Pera Talks With You” is to give audiences something they can enjoy if they stay awake — or something to fall asleep to.