Dramas are much more likely to lend themselves to the English class treatment. It’s easier to critically discuss a serious piece of art than a funny one. (“Combining engineering excellence and a classic interpretation of style, the Park Avenue is truly one of America’s most beautiful automobiles.”) It was about bionic eyes and surviving on cactus, bean arches and a lovely villancico from 16th century Spain called “Riu Riu Chiu.” It was also about gratitude. It was about guitar ties and the life of a Jack-O-Lantern and the epitome of luxury-the 2001 Buick Park Avenue. It was about warm apple nights and the Melsky-sphere and listening to your drunk significant other tell you about Wine Wednesday at Diane Luten’s. It was about looking out for the people around you and taking time to enjoy life’s pleasures. The show was about being good to each other and good to the earth. But the surface is barely getting grazed. On the face of it, Joe Pera Talks With You was about a middle school choir teacher in Marquette, Michigan, who enjoys hanging out with his best friend Gene, going to the grocery store, and taking fall drives. Part sitcom/part infomercial/part educational program/part love letter to Baba O’Riley, it was also about a bunch of things. So I’ve been saying it’s kind of like CBS Sunday Morning as done by a middle school choir teacher and oftentimes he gets distracted and also there are jokes.” It’s meant to be kind of an informational show at the start and I guess each time it gets away from that. In a 2020 interview on NPR’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, Pera describes the show himself: HBO Max is more specific:Ī teacher in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula explores subject matters such as pancakes, blueberries, eggs, toast, sausage, bacon, English muffins, coffee, orange juice, maple syrup, waffles, cornbread, and strawberries. When Stephen Colbert described the show before Pera’s interview on Late Night, he called it, “One of the funniest and most beautiful things I’ve seen in a long time.” This is true, but vague. Three seasons of episodes with titles like “Joe Pera Shows You His Second Fridge,” “Joe Pera Helps You Write,” and “Joe Pera Talks to You About the Rat Wars of Alberta, Canada, 1950-Present Day.” If cringe comedy is the theater of the uncomfortable-crank up tension, break with laughter, repeat-then consider Joe Pera Talks With You the anti-cringe. The show enjoyed three seasons on the network, three seasons of funny, unique, thoughtful programming. Joe Pera Talks With You, the midwestern gem of Adult Swim, was canceled last month. Join us-if you can stop clenching your teeth and covering your eyes-as we celebrate and explore everything the niche genre has to offer. So, in its honor, The Ringer hereby dubs today Cringe Comedy Day. No matter how you feel about the show, one thing that can’t be denied is that it’s pushing the boundaries of cringe comedy. On Friday, Nathan Fielder will bring a close to the first season of his mind-boggling, skin-crawling HBO series, The Rehearsal.
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