Series synopsis
Hey Joel is an American animation comedy television series that premiered on VH1 on June 3, 2003. It ended on August 26, 2003. It was created by Joel Stein. It stars Jon Cryer, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Nancy Giles and Geoffrey Arend.
Hey Joel is an American animated television series. It is about Joel Stein, the host of a three-minute rock-star interview show on VH1 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 provides the voicing for the part of Joel. His coworkers include Michele, his producer, on whom he has a crush; Kevin, his production assistant; Leif, his nemesis, who is ...
Premise
Hey Joel is an American animated television series. It is about Joel Stein, the host of a three-minute rock-star interview show on VH1 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 provides the voicing for the part of Joel. His coworkers include Michele, his producer, on whom he has a crush; Kevin, his production assistant; Leif, his nemesis, who is VH1's star; and Z, the all-business head of programming. The band Fountains of Wayne 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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jon Cryer as Joel Stein
- Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Nancy Giles
- Geoffrey Arend as David Faustino
Guest cast
- Jacob Tierney as Kevin Cornwallis (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | June 3, 2003 | August 26, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Judgment Day Z becomes bored with Joel and tries to replace him, while Joel is angered when Alicia Keys runs over his toe(nail) with her limo. |
June 3, 2003 |
| 2 |
Tattoos and Taboos An e-mail circulates around the office, from a Wendy Pubes. Joel has romantic feelings for Michele, as does Alyson, who thinks Michele is a lesbian. When Alyson implies to Joel that she wants a certain someone to get a transfer to LA because she likes someone, Joel thinks its him. Michele convinces Alyson she likes Joel, so the transfer is off, and Joel is left unloved. |
June 10, 2003 |
| 3 |
Dream Joel gets in shape with a personal ""A-list celebrity"" trainer, and takes ""Man Fuel"", which he thinks makes him bulkier and strongier, but ends up giving him breasts. Michele is forced to book an A-list celebrity, specfically a ""Rolling Stone"", so she takes Bill Wyman away from Leif, and convinces him to do Joel's show, by pretending Joel is a woman. |
June 17, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | VH1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 3, 2003 |
| Last aired | August 26, 2003 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday |