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{{Infobox television

| image =

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| runtime = 22 minutes

| creator = [[Joel Stein]]

| developer =

| executive_producer =

| starring = [[Josh Alexander (songwriter)|Josh Alexander]]<br />[[Jon Cryer]]<br />[[Nancy Giles]]<br />[[Daphne Rubin-Vega]]<br />[[Jacob Tierney]]

| company = [[Curious Pictures]]<br>[[6 Point Harness|Six Point Harness]]<br>Blueprint Entertainment

| theme_music_composer = [[Fountains of Wayne]]

| opentheme = "Hey Joel" by Fountains of Wayne

| endtheme = "Hey Joel" (instrumental)

| country = United States

| network = VH1

| first_aired = {{Start date|2003|06|03}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2003|06|17}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 13 (10 unaired)

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'''''Hey Joel''''' is an American [[adult animation|adult animated]] television series that aired on VH1 in 2003. It is about [[Joel Stein]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pacienza |first1=Angela |title=Hey Joel talks up the nonsense of celebrity TV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102802885/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=June 2, 2003}}</ref> 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 ([[Daphne Rubin-Vega]]), his producer, on whom he has a crush; Kevin ([[Jacob Tierney]]), his production assistant; Leif ([[Josh Alexander (songwriter)|Josh Alexander]]), his nemesis, who is VH1's star; and Z ([[Nancy Giles]]), 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.

The complete series was made available on DVD on June 24, 2008.

==Episodes==

# "Judgement Day"

# "Tattoos and Taboos"

# "Dream"

# "Guitar"

# "Dark Week"

# "Big Rack Attack"

# "Business Affairs"

# "Joel Sells Out"

# "Book'd"

# "The Ur-man and the Seal"

# "Hockey"

# "The Niece"

# "Project Televisionary"

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{IMDb title|0382435}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040128111510/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/stein/article/0,9565,582717,00.html "How I Nearly Killed VH1"] [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] article by Joel Stein

{{VH1 original programming}}