Joe Pera Talks With You

8.0

Comedy

A 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.

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Episodes

Episode 1Joe Pera Shows You Iron

10 min

In which Joe Pera, a middle school choir teacher, presents to viewers the importance of Northern Michigan geology, especially iron. Also copper, azurite, tourmaline, and Lake Superior agate.

Episode 2Joe Pera Takes You to Breakfast

10 min

In which Joe Pera takes viewers for Saturday morning breakfast at his favorite family restaurant.

Episode 3Joe Pera Takes You on a Fall Drive

10 min

In which Joe Pera takes viewers along on his "Fall Loop," the drive he does every year on the Saturday following Halloween.

Episode 4Joe Pera Shows You How to Dance

10 min

In which Joe Pera attempts to show viewers how to properly dance by yourself at a co-worker's wedding.

Episode 5Joe Pera Talks You Back to Sleep

10 min

In which Joe Pera attempts to talk viewers back to sleep on a rainy night.

Episode 6Joe Pera Reads You the Church Announcements

10 min

In which Joe Pera reads the announcements at church (second Sunday of Advent).

Episode 7Joe Pera Lights Up the Night with You

10 min

In which Joe Pera attempts to present a spirited New Year's Eve celebration to viewers as well as his neighbor's five-year-old daughter, whom he is babysitting.

Episode 8Joe Pera Talks to You About the Rat Wars of Alberta, Canada, 1950 – Present Day

10 min

In which Joe Pera and the school's band teacher, Sarah Conner, put together a musical based on the Alberta Rat Control Program that has kept the Canadian province rat-free since 1950.