Absolutely comfy-core TV... despite launching with positive press apparently no one on trakt watched this. Too bad :/.

I made sure to purchase both specials in addition to the full season 1 online to show my support for this indescribably special show. Episodes 3, 6, and 9 were the highlights for me. I can't wait to revisit every minute of this series.

This show is downright incredible. Viewing the world through Joe's perspective is absolutely refreshing. The episodes mostly focus on a simple topic like rocks, beans, or going on a hike but mixed in is a recurring cast of interesting characters who's positive interactions build a small, pleasant, and funny world in Michigan. Through the recurring cast, the episodes manage to cover a lot more than the simple premise (like beans) and tell beautiful stories about friendship, love, life, and loss. Joe Pera did a fantastic job of pointing to the "boring" parts of life that we all experience in order to make you actually think about them, usually wrapped up with a wholesome moral.

Only downside is the episodes are only 11 minutes. I do think the short format does benefit the show, I wouldn't mind 5 more minutes though

Joe Pera is basically 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' for adults :joy:

Might be one of the few tv shows I’ve seen were its lack of polish actually adds to its wavelength. Everything looks so off, there’s a lack of complex stage for most of the time and the protagonist is in constant conversation with the audience, but it all plays honestly.
While the comedy comes from the pure banality of the situations that Pera and co. Construct, it still manages to view the simplicity of its conversation with such a curious outlook that never comes off as mocking. If anything, it invites you to hold his hand and waste few minutes with people who probably you will see in the street or at least one who feel idealized enough without losing a sigh of their humanity. Gives me the feeling of the few Joe Swanberg films I saw.

maybe one of the most ground-breaking and radical forms of comedy out rn, totally loveable in every way

With so many politically charged, hedonistic and absurd programs filling up today's television it is really nice and refreshing to see something that has pure intentions. As someone who has followed Joe Pera and his unique sense of humor for awhile I can't say enough how happy I am to see him finally get some recognition.