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Joe Pera
Joseph Pera (born July 24, 1988) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known as the creator and star of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You, which entered development following the success of the 2016 special Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep, and ran for three seasons.
Joe Pera was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in the suburb of Amherst.
He studied film at Ithaca College, where he competed in and won the college's stand-up competition three times. Pera graduated from Ithaca College in 2010. He moved to New York City to pursue comedy and participated in open mic nights as often as possible.
Known for his slow, "grandfatherly" delivery and his penchant for wearing sweaters, Pera created the Adult Swim Infomercials Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep. This was followed by an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and another stand-alone Adult Swim special titled Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree. Thanks to the success of those programs (all produced by Chestnut Walnut, founded by him and Conner O'Malley), Pera developed a television series for Adult Swim, which premiered on May 20, 2018, titled Joe Pera Talks with You. The show lasted for 3 seasons with Pera starring as a fictionalized version of himself, addressing the audience about seemingly mundane, everyday topics. In a interview Pera stated “Each episode is a quiet rumination on the beautiful mundanities of everyday life, I think part of the reason the show is so effective is that it tempers its kindness with brutal honesty.” The show has received critical acclaim, with much of the praise going towards the show's unique tone and writing. The A.V. Club's Erik Adams wrote that "It’s a particular type of funny, of the soft-spoken, deadpan, and disarming type that Pera practices onstage and on the talk-show circuit. However on July 7, 2022 Pera announced that the show had been canceled, to many fans disappointment. After the announcement many tributes were made in the shows honor, writing for Collider, Chase Hutchinson stated “Pera made something that was truly and brilliantly one-of-a-kind.”
He appeared on the talk show Conan on March 28, 2017, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 4, 2019. In 2020 Adult Swim aired another special starting Pera titled Relaxing Old Footage With Joe Pera. That same year a 4 minute short Pera had written alongside Joe Bennett was released titled Birds in which Pera also provided the voices. In 2021, Joe Pera released a book named A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape which was illustrated by Joe Bennett. Pera stated “It is exactly what its title suggests: a short read to occupy yourself with when you’re overwhelmed by everything on the other side of that bathroom door.”
On January 31, 2023, Joe and Chestnut Walnut announced a podcast to help people fall asleep called, Drifting Off With Joe Pera. It is similar to his "Talks You To Sleep" series. Episodes are released on the first Sunday of every month, features a guest interview, a guest musician, and a philosophical monologue on a given topic. The podcast officially debuted in February and has gone on to receive critical acclaim. On March 3, 2023, Joe made a brief appearance on EHFM's Radio show "No Dancing", where he discussed his thoughts on moving slowly and reflectively and shared a piece of music he was working on. He appears at 31:40. On October 6, 2023, Pera released a 56-minute standup special titled Joe Pera: Slow and Steady on YouTube.
In January of 2025 the second season of Drifting Off With Joe Pera debuted. In April Pera released the full audio from his live Drifting off with Joe Pera show at the Brooklyn Opra House on his YouTube channel. On July 8 2025 Pera released a short film on his YouTube channel that he created alongside Carmen Christopher, titled DOING BUSINESS AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
Pera is known to speak in a soft, measured, often quiet voice. With pauses playing an important role, as he doesn’t rush with the timing being long-paced. Pera avoids overt mean-spiritedness, with his humor instead coming from kindness, humility, from loving the world’s small quirks. Often making the familiar feel strange or interesting by paying attention to little things. He is also known to mention his Buffalo upbringing.
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Joe Pera
Joseph Pera (born July 24, 1988) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known as the creator and star of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You, which entered development following the success of the 2016 special Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep, and ran for three seasons.
Joe Pera was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in the suburb of Amherst.
He studied film at Ithaca College, where he competed in and won the college's stand-up competition three times. Pera graduated from Ithaca College in 2010. He moved to New York City to pursue comedy and participated in open mic nights as often as possible.
Known for his slow, "grandfatherly" delivery and his penchant for wearing sweaters, Pera created the Adult Swim Infomercials Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep. This was followed by an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and another stand-alone Adult Swim special titled Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree. Thanks to the success of those programs (all produced by Chestnut Walnut, founded by him and Conner O'Malley), Pera developed a television series for Adult Swim, which premiered on May 20, 2018, titled Joe Pera Talks with You. The show lasted for 3 seasons with Pera starring as a fictionalized version of himself, addressing the audience about seemingly mundane, everyday topics. In a interview Pera stated “Each episode is a quiet rumination on the beautiful mundanities of everyday life, I think part of the reason the show is so effective is that it tempers its kindness with brutal honesty.” The show has received critical acclaim, with much of the praise going towards the show's unique tone and writing. The A.V. Club's Erik Adams wrote that "It’s a particular type of funny, of the soft-spoken, deadpan, and disarming type that Pera practices onstage and on the talk-show circuit. However on July 7, 2022 Pera announced that the show had been canceled, to many fans disappointment. After the announcement many tributes were made in the shows honor, writing for Collider, Chase Hutchinson stated “Pera made something that was truly and brilliantly one-of-a-kind.”
He appeared on the talk show Conan on March 28, 2017, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 4, 2019. In 2020 Adult Swim aired another special starting Pera titled Relaxing Old Footage With Joe Pera. That same year a 4 minute short Pera had written alongside Joe Bennett was released titled Birds in which Pera also provided the voices. In 2021, Joe Pera released a book named A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape which was illustrated by Joe Bennett. Pera stated “It is exactly what its title suggests: a short read to occupy yourself with when you’re overwhelmed by everything on the other side of that bathroom door.”
On January 31, 2023, Joe and Chestnut Walnut announced a podcast to help people fall asleep called, Drifting Off With Joe Pera. It is similar to his "Talks You To Sleep" series. Episodes are released on the first Sunday of every month, features a guest interview, a guest musician, and a philosophical monologue on a given topic. The podcast officially debuted in February and has gone on to receive critical acclaim. On March 3, 2023, Joe made a brief appearance on EHFM's Radio show "No Dancing", where he discussed his thoughts on moving slowly and reflectively and shared a piece of music he was working on. He appears at 31:40. On October 6, 2023, Pera released a 56-minute standup special titled Joe Pera: Slow and Steady on YouTube.
In January of 2025 the second season of Drifting Off With Joe Pera debuted. In April Pera released the full audio from his live Drifting off with Joe Pera show at the Brooklyn Opra House on his YouTube channel. On July 8 2025 Pera released a short film on his YouTube channel that he created alongside Carmen Christopher, titled DOING BUSINESS AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
Pera is known to speak in a soft, measured, often quiet voice. With pauses playing an important role, as he doesn’t rush with the timing being long-paced. Pera avoids overt mean-spiritedness, with his humor instead coming from kindness, humility, from loving the world’s small quirks. Often making the familiar feel strange or interesting by paying attention to little things. He is also known to mention his Buffalo upbringing.
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