Michael Cera on turtle joke-telling
This morning's read on the porch, the couch and at last the hot sand was the recently received You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice. Readers wrote advice letters, and comedians answered them. That kind of read made for a decent morning. As did getting smacked across beard and body with strong, warm waves.
My favorite letter? One of Michael Cera's.
Dear Michael:
Do you think turtles tell jokes? It seems like they could be really funny.
Rilo
Akron, OHDear Rilo:
I think that turtles definitely do not tell jokes. They could still be funny I think, but it would be purely based on their appearance and the way that they move really slowly. But if we scrutinize further, we find that the humor ends there, and the sadness of the turtle's existence washes away all the jokes, culminating as the ultimate truth of the animal.
Michael
Poor turtles!
The subsequent letter Cera answered was about cobbler. My friend Hilary loves cobbler more than anyone else who reads this blog, so I will copy and send the text of that letter to her and no one else.
July 8th, 2010 at 1:18 PM
MC is my new favorite person! Maybe I will become his first stalker. I shall start by mailing him a fruit cobbler every weekend…
July 8th, 2010 at 5:24 PM
DO IT.
Just saw him today in my continued magazine catch-up on the sand. He interviews the director of his new movie (which I'm hoping will be good!). The beginning of it: