A query

[finefoxyladies]

Well, I've finished all 3 seasons of Joe Pera Talks to You. Now what? Watch it all again, you say? Try to unpack how it is both laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes gut-bustingly so, and so emotionally big yet gentle? Okay, I will.

Which episode was my favorite? I still have to say "Joe Pera Reads You the Church Announcements." How much do I love Sarah? So much, even though I know she would be a difficult friend. The fact that she could befriend the loud alcohol-guzzling big hair crew that runs with Sue Melsky shows her fortitude and her sense of community.

I think it's important for us to see at least an animated short depicting the adventures of Kelsey Melsky and her crow (that Joe caught for her instead of a turkey vulture).

Comments

[dollsome]

Yay!! This show is so precious to me; I just discovered it last year and I am already like, “Yeah, I need to watch it again ASAP.” So gentle, so soul-nourishing!

Also, I just discovered the newsletter of the actress who played Sarah, Jo Firestone, and it is absolutely delightful:

https://jofirestone.substack.com

[finefoxyladies]

Wonderful, wonderful rec, thank you. It looks like it will very much brighten my inbox.

Friends of mine have a spare ticket to Joe Pera's tour this June and offered it to me. Between that and several reliable sources telling me how great it was, I started it only a week or so ago. And you know how it goes... it's not very long and ESPECIALLY when you're following the story of the bean arch, you just gotta know (and then NANA DIES, which you have to see through, all while he and Sarah are growing in their amazing relationship).

[annieeats]

I love that ep where Sarah leaves the group due to politics then they rally around her anyway because they care. I related to her a lot then. I've been thinking a lot about how in the old days you had to support each other and pulling out simply wasn't an option that is now, and how we have to learn that now by forcing that community in spite of it all. I also love that bean arch. As I said in chats, that show made me really love America more, esp the Midwest. I feel like I learned more about life in that than all the religion I've tried to study.

ETA: I cried at the skunking scene. CRIED. I laughed so so hard. I think that came from the trauma of Howard being skunked so often.

[finefoxyladies]

Oh my god the skunk! It was such a blend of empathy and just the squawking noises Joe was making for me. And that led to one of my all-time favorite Joe and Sarah relationship moments: "She kissed me in the tomato sauce!"

It really was a profound joy and a balm and so many other things. Thank you for recc'ing it.

[annieeats]

Well it was Dangermango who recommended Pera to me in the first place (his help you sleep series on YouTube), so you can thank her too!