In 2005, Hanson's production partner Hassan S. Ali created the Joe Gets series for Current TV,[3] which spanned 50 episodes and was sponsored by T-Mobile.

The series involved Hanson exploring fish-out-of-water situations, like trips to California, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, South Dakota, Alabama and New York state.

Hanson also made the satirical series What's Wrong With,[4] the music video parody "Viral Superstar",[citation needed] and interviewed celebrities at Elton John's Oscars afterparty.

The episode "Joe Goes To Exxxotica Expo" went viral, making the front page of the Huffington Post,[7] and getting over 550,000 views combined on YouTube[8] and Funny Or Die.

[10] The show featured many people of note including Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kumail Nanjiani, Beau Garrett, Sean Patrick Flanery and Bruno Kohfield-Galeano.