Hey Joel is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 animated television series. It is about Joel Stein

Joel Stein

Joel Stein is a journalist who wrote for the Los Angeles Times and is a regular contributor to Time.-Early life:Stein grew up in Edison, New Jersey and attended J. P. Stevens High School, where he was a writer and entertainment editor for Hawkeye, the student newspaper...

, the host of a three-minute rock-star interview show on VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

 called "3 minutes with Joel". However, he is anything but respectful to his famous guests, often badgering them with aggressive, pointless, irreverent, and often insulting questions.

Jon Cryer

Jon Cryer

Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame as "Duckie" in the 1986 John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink...

 provides the voicing for the part of Joel. His coworkers include Michele (Daphne Rubin-Vega

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Daphne Rubin-Vega is a dancer, singer, and actress. She is best known for originating the role of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent, and the role of Lucy, in the Off-Broadway play Jack Goes Boating.-Biography:Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphine Vega, a...

), his producer, on whom he has a crush; Kevin (Jacob Tierney

Jacob Tierney

Jacob Daniel Tierney is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter.Tierney was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of veteran producer Kevin Tierney...

), his production assistant; Leif (Josh Alexander), his nemesis, who is VH1's star; and Z (Nancy Giles

Nancy Giles

Nancy Giles is an American actress and television journalist .-Biography:...

), the all-business head of programming. The band Fountains of Wayne

Fountains of Wayne

Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...

 performs their own original compositions for the show, and appear as animated characters during the musical sequences.

After an initial run on VH1 in 2003, the show was picked up by Teletoon, and episodes continue to air in Canada.

The first season was made available on DVD June 24, 2008.

Episodes

1. "Judgement Day"
2. "Tattoos and Taboos"
3. "Dream"
4. "Guitar"
5. "Dark Week"
6. "Big Rack Attack"
7. "Business Affairs"
8. "Joel Sells Out"
9. "Book'd"
10. "The Ur-man and the Seal"
11. "Hockey"
12. "The Niece"
13. "Project Televisionary"

External links

• "How I Nearly Killed VH1" Time magazine
  Time (magazine)
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  article by Joel Stein