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From your friendly national library, the first filmed adaptation of Frankenstein.

Once Turner Classic Movies had the technical glitches of its streaming service worked out I became a regular and enthusiastic user. So much so that I was seriously contemplating signing up for its FilmStruck online library. I held off, however, being concerned that FilmStruck may not survive in the face of so much online competition. My concern was well-founded.

In this era of Starbucks, and Dunkin’, and Keurig, it’s hard to believe that as my generation came of age, we weren’t drinking coffee, and coffee producers were very worried.

During a visit to my old place of work yesterday, wanting an update on who had quit or retired and who was still there, I asked, “Who’s left… and who’s left?”

It’s time for a mental health break with the utterly unique and yet commonplace Joe Pera.

I can’t embed the video, so click here instead. There’s no need to go to the URL that’s given below for Joe’s free video, because that’s what is on the link in the sentence before this one. You should, however, click on the “Joe Pera Shirt” link and buy one. I did.

Who needs Transcendental Meditation, when we have Joe?

Hello,

I hope you’re doing well and that you can get out of work a few hours early today to mow the lawn. It’s a long shot but if things work out, that’ll be an extra hour on Saturday you’ll have to yourself.

I probably should have written much sooner but in case you didn’t know, I made a show that is now airing on Adult Swim called ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’. If you haven’t seen it, it’s basically just me walking around and bumbling to camera about stuff I find interesting. They put one of my favorites online for free:

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/joe-pera-talks-with-you/joe-pera-takes-you-to-breakfast/

There’s 9 episodes total and I’m writing to let you know that the big season finale airs this Sunday, June 17th at midnight. To keep expectations reasonable, there will not be a graphic lovemaking scene but I do think it’s one of the best ones and that you’ll like it. Feel free to let me know if you don’t though.

Also – as a special thing, Adult Swim just put all of the music that Ryan Dann composed for the show online today too: http://www.adultswim.com/music/joe-pera/

I’ve got a small tour planned for August and some other stuff coming up but I know you’re busy and those other things are enough to bother you with so that’s all for now.

If you ever want to say hello, I am still doing my weekly show with Dan – ‘Dan Joe Charles Show’ – every Tuesday night at 8:30pm at the NY Distilling Company (79 Richardson Street, Brooklyn). Charles moved to LA but we kept his name on the show cause maybe he’ll come back? Who knows. It’s still free.

Anyhow, thanks for reading. TGIF and I hope you like how things end,

Joe

PS – This is very dumb but I didn’t have any merchandise so I put a photo from my phone on a t-shirt. It’s kind of fun though and could be a good purchase if you don’t own any other shirts:

https://joe-pera-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/joe-pera-shirt

PS – If you guessed my age, I’m sorry I haven’t gotten back yet. I’m 17.