The series premiered September 18, 1992,[3] on The Learning Channel (TLC) cable network and in national syndication (225 stations, a freshman year record).

He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California—inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm.

It was the first-ever syndicated newspaper comic drawn and distributed by computer, a Macintosh SE using Adobe Illustrator 88.

The recording includes the voices of Robin Tyler, Steve Ault, Tom Robinson, Lucia Valeska, Allen Ginsberg, Arlie Scott, Richard Ashworth, Florynce Kennedy, Charles Law, Mary Watkins & Company, Kate Millett, the Reverend Troy Perry, and people on the Gay Freedom Train.

[11] Jok attended the TED conference in Monterey, California, on March 7–10, 2007[12] and gave a short talk entitled "A circle of caring".