VH1 ILL-ustrated is an animated series that aired 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...

 and was conceived by animation producer Bob Cesca that parodied pop culture and politics

Politics

Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...

. Recurring characters include satirical caricatures of Axl Rose

Axl Rose

W. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...

 (who works at a McDonald's restaurant, and screams people's orders), Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 (who leaves Earth in search of a place that will accept him and his monkey, Bubbles), among others.

The animated series were later aired on MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

 (2006) and SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...

(2007).

Episode list

Season 1

1. Episode 1 10/17/2003
2. Episode 2 10/17/2003
3. Episode 3 10/17/2003

Season 2

1. Episode 4 5/17/2004
2. Episode 5 5/18/2004
3. Episode 6 5/19/2004
4. Episode 7 5/20/2004
5. Episode 8 5/21/2004
6. Episode 9 5/28/2004
7. Episode 10 6/4/2004
8. Episode 11 6/11/2004
9. Episode 12 6/18/2004
10. Episode 13 6/25/2004