Being Ian

Being Ian is a Canadian animated series produced by Studio B Productions and Nelvana Limited for YTV, focusing on 12-year-old Ian Kelley, who aspires to become a filmmaker. It was originally aired from January 1, 2005 to October 11, 2008.

Being Ian
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Ian James Corlett
Developed by	Bonita Siegel
Starring	Richard Ian Cox Louis Chirillo Patricia Drake Ty Olsson Matt Hill David Kaye Dexter Bell Tabitha St. Germain Ian James Corlett Christina Jastrzembska
Theme music composer	Ian James Corlett
Opening theme	"Being Ian Theme Song" by Brian "Hoot" Gibson and Ian James Corlett
Ending theme	"Being Ian Ending Theme Song" by Brian "Hoot" Gibson and Ian James Corlett
Composers	Brian "Hoot" Gibson Hal Beckett
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	63
Production
Executive producers	Chris Bartleman Blair Peters
Producers	Blair Peters (season 1-2) Kathy Antonsen Rocchio (season 1-2) Charmaine Lazaro (season 3)
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Studio B Productions Nelvana
Original release
Network	YTV
Release	January 1, 2005 (2005-01-01) – October 11, 2008 (2008-10-11)

The series is created by and based on the early life of creator Ian James Corlett. It is set in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. Produced in 2004, it debuted on January 1, 2005, on YTV.

Characters

Kelley family

• Ian James Kelley (voiced by Richard Ian Cox) is the protagonist of the series. Ian Kelley aspires to become a filmmaker. Unfortunately, his family is mostly indifferent towards his creative streak, which is a constant source of frustration for him. Ian is intelligent, if somewhat naive, he has a very large imagination, and often gets lost in daydreams (many of which are parodies of famous films). His ultimate dream is to win an Academy Award, to the point that he constantly practices his acceptance speech, just so he will not be caught speechless if and when it ever does happen. Aside from this, Ian is a typical sitcom child; most plots involve him either failing at an elaborate scheme or trying desperately to survive in a world that does not seem to fit his ideals. Ian's middle name is a reference to Ian James Corlett (whom he is based on). He has a little crush on Sandi as seen in various animated thoughts, but in some episodes Grace (An Asian girl who has a crush on him as well).
• Kenneth "Ken" Kelley (voiced by Louis Chirillo) is Ian's father. He owns Kelley's Keyboards, a local music store. Ken, while a loving husband and father, is somewhat clueless, easily distracted, and chronically uncool. While he tries his best to keep his household in check, every member of his family knows exactly how to get their way with him. Ken is chronically dependent on his wife to keep his life in check; when she temporarily left him, it only took a few days for him to regress to a neanderthal. When he was younger, Ken dreamed of becoming a recording star and showing up to all of the "cool" kids who snubbed him. However, his recording career ended the same day it began, as the only song he played was "I's the B'y". While often used for comic relief, Ken can be a sympathetic character, especially when he seems aware of how uncool he is. Ken is a workaholic and has a very gung-ho attitude towards volunteer service, seemingly oblivious to the fact that his sons do not share his attitude. His catchphrase is "Holy Moli, Ravioli!".
• Victoria "Vicky" Kelley (née Menske) (voiced by Patricia Drake) is Ian's mother from Poland. She is a kind, loving, and good-hearted, but short tempered and stubborn mother. She divides her time as a homemaker and helping Ken run the music store. While she loves her husband and sons very dearly, they all have a good reason to fear her wrath. While she usually is the most level-headed member of the family, Vicki can be surprisingly petty and selfish when she does not get her own way. She also constantly annoys her family with odd obsessions she develops (collector's spoons, organic food, deformed animals, etc.), to the point of being oblivious to anything else. Usually her husband and sons are at her wrath, while she is proud of their achievements and they care about each other.
• Kyle Kelley (voiced by Ty Olsson) is Ian's brother and the oldest child of the three. He isn't stupid so much as lazy; he knows how to get his way around the house, and sees no reason to put any real effort into anything. Unknown to most, he is actually very intelligent; he is able to spell highly difficult words with ease, can perform complex mathematical equations in his head, and can memorize entire science textbooks. The only thing that Kyle is really interested in is the opposite sex; he readily will take chase after any attractive female that catches his eye, but his pursuits seldom lead to anything other than rejection. As with Korey, Kyle has a playfully antagonistic relationship with the well-behaved Ian; while he probably cares for the "doofus" deep down, the temptations to play off of Ian's gullibility and sensitivity are too much for him to resist most of the time.
• Korey Kelley (voiced by Matt Hill) is Ian's other brother and the middle child of the three. Korey is a rather idiosyncratic individual because not even his own family understands him most of the time. Most of the time Korey seems lost in his own world. Despite this, Korey actually has a sharp mind and is often very observant – it seems he simply chooses not to be aware of his surroundings most of the time. Caught in the middle between his two brothers, as being the middle child Korey combines the niceness and sensitiveness of the youngest child and the laziness of the oldest to form his own personality. Although it's not shown as much, Korey (sometimes openly) shows affection and kindness for Ian and his other family members; however, this is overlooked quite a lot as he is often playing pranks with Kyle and is very lazy at times. A running gag is that Korey never removes his cap, even when he sleeps.
• Chopin (voiced by David Kaye) is the Kelley family dog, a lap dog of indeterminate breed who is missing one of his hind legs. Ian received him as a gift when he was young, and it has since come out that Vicky, who cares deeply for deformed animals, told him that all dogs have three legs at the time. Chopin's role is mostly limited to physical comedy – an often-used gag is the fact that Chopin is unable to stay upright when he lifts a leg to urinate.

Other characters

• Tyrone "Ty" Washington (voiced by Dexter Bell) is Ian's best friend from the United States. Considerably more together than Ian, Tyrone often attempts to act as the voice of reason, although he is usually willing to go along with whatever schemes his friend cooks up. Tyrone is usually the one to pull Ian back to reality when one of his fantasies goes too far. His father is a 6'8" African-American basketball player. His mother is a 4'3" Asian nurse.
• Sandra "Sandi" Crocker (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is Ian's other best friend. She is an athletic, short-tempered tomboy, and can physically dominate Ian and Tyrone easily. Together with Tyrone, Sandi often acts as a bemused sort of Greek chorus to Ian's antics. Her relationship with the boys is completely platonic, although she once accidentally admitted that she expects Ian and Tyrone's friendship to be strained by fighting for her affections when they become older. There is, however, a slight romance hinted between Ian and Sandi.
• Eleanor Kelley (voiced by Patricia Drake) is Ken's patriotic mother from Scotland. She speaks in a thick brogue and can terrorize her entire family with little effort – no member of her family is willing to cross her. A clever joke is made of this in the opening theme at one point; Ian fantasizes his family as movie monsters, but Grandma Kelley stays exactly the same.
• Mary Menske (voiced by Christina Jastrzembska) is Vicky's mother. Being a doting grandmother, she is constantly pampering her family with hearty meals and tacky hand-made clothing. She never approved of Ken's marriage to Vicky; she rather sees it as a result of a Gypsy curse on her family. Even after Ken and Vicky had been married for two decades, she still held out on hope for Vicky to get back with her ex-boyfriend Lubomir Wormchuk. She only gave her blessing to the marriage when she discovered that Lubomir had lost his teeth (what had attracted her attention in the first place).
• Odbald (voiced by Ian James Corlett) is Ken's assistant at Kelley's Keyboards. A rural immigrant from the Netherlands, he moved to Canada to escape a life of "polishing cheeses and carving wooden shoes". Odbald, despite being an adult, is very immature – leaving him in charge of the Kelley boys always results in disaster. Odbald is an expert in keyboards of all kinds, to the point that he becomes emotionally attached to them. Odbald is utterly devoted to Ken – or "Mishter Kelley", as he calls him – and often goes out of his way to aid Ken in tasks far beyond his duties in Kelley's Keyboards. Whenever Ken accidentally damages something, his stock response is to say "Odbald, could you take care of that for me?" Odbald lives in the back room of Kelley's Keyboards and has a proclivity for nodding off at inappropriate times and eating messily.
• Bill McCammon (voiced by Richard Newman) is Ian's school principal at Celine Dion Middle School. He, along with Mr. Greeble, does not trust Ian (this sometimes is due to his imagination) and his family. Nevertheless, he does his best to set forward a proper education for the entire school.
• Mr. Greeble (voiced by Peter Kelamis and Ty Olsson on his first appearance) is one of Ian's teachers at Celine Dion Middle School. He, along with Mr. McCammon, does not trust Ian (this sometimes is due to his imagination).
• Ronald Fleeman (voiced by Ian James Corlett) is the owner of a smoothie shop next door to Kelley's Keyboards (and Spa).
• Grace Chou Lam (voiced by Shannon Chan-Kent) is an nerdy Asian girl who has a massive crush on Ian, and she is his friend.

Episodes

Season 1 (2005)

Season 1 episodes are directed by Andy Bartlett and Josh Mepham.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date
1	1	"The Kelley Boys and the Mysterious Lighthouse Mystery"	Dennis Heaton	Rob Boutilier	April 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)
After being pranked by his two idiot brothers, Ian pulls off a made-up treasure hunt for treasure that does not exist.
2	2	"Cyrano de Mille"	Steve Sullivan	Gerry Fournier and Jason Horychun	May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)
When Ian is disappointed because he cannot see the R-rated Hemorrhage II, he decides to make his own horror movie—err, romance when Ty and Sandi are involved with it.
3	3	"Piano Man"	Edward Kay	Marlon Deane and Brad Neave	May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)
Ian secretly rebuilds a piano for Royal Stilton in exchange for a gift for Ken and Vicky's anniversary: two tickets for a Royal Stilton concert.
4	4	"Truth in Advertising"	Jeff Biederman	Joel Dickie and James Wootton	May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)
Ian offers to make a commercial for his father's keyboard store.
5	5	"Miss Tweenage Burnaby"	Steve Sullivan	Dennis Crawford and Tim Packford	May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)
Ian tries to help Sandi with a beauty pageant.
6	6	"The Greatest Story Never Told"	Dennis Heaton	Rob Boutilier and Jim Miller	May 31, 2005 (2005-05-31)
Ian wants to know if he was adopted.
7	7	"Little Camp of Horrors"	Dennis Heaton	Gerry Fournier, Jason Horychun and Dan Hughes	June 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)
While Ian's family heads off to camp, Ian goes to a film camp that does not teach anything about filming.
8	8	"Cool Status Quo"	Jeff Biederman	Russ Crispin and Brad Neave	June 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)
After a series of incidents, Ian along with a group of nerds become popular much to the annoyance of his older brother Kyle. At first, Ian enjoys the attention he is getting but when he learns that he and the other nerds are going to be sent to a school for gifted kids causing him to leave behind Ty and Sandi, Ian must team up with Kyle in order to stop this.
9	9	"The Kelleys"	Jeff Biederman	Joel Dickie and James Wootton	June 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)
When Ian accidentally wrecks his family's home movies, he decides to create a reality show starring his family to make up for it.
10	10	"Catch Me If You Cane"	Steve Sullivan	Dennis Crawford and Tim Packford	June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)
While working at the retirement home alongside his father, Ian meets Lorence Lipsits, an old man who offers to help Ian create a movie in exchange of getting out the retirement home.
11	11	"Joust Kidding Around"	Steve Sullivan	Rob Boutilier and Dan Hughes	July 5, 2005 (2005-07-05)
Ian uses the medieval theme of the civic festival for his production.
12	12	"The Boy Who Cried UFO"	Dennis Heaton	Todd DeMong and Jason Horychun	July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)
Tired of not getting any attention at home, Ian uses his alien safety movie to gain some attention.
13	13	"Once A Pawn A Time"	Dennis Heaton	Brad Neave and Kent Webb	July 19, 2005 (2005-07-19)
Ian joins the chess club.
14	14	"Is There an Ian in the House?"	Dennis Heaton	Marlon Deane, Dennis Crawford and James Wootten	July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)
Ian has a false injury and winds up at an insane hospital.
15	15	"For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls"	Ben Joseph, Franklin Young & Annika Hagen	Sherwin Macario, Tim Packford and Todd Demong	August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)
Ian takes creative license in videotaping a traditional Indian wedding ceremony.
16	16	"Links for Love"	Annika Hagen & Paul Greenberg	Rob Boutilier and Dan Hughes	August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)
Ian tries to help his uncle, who is also called Ian, find a date.
17	17	"Show Me the Bunny"	Jennifer Whalen	Chez Batista and Jason Horychun	August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)
Vicky forces Ian take care of a bunny to teach him about responsibility.
18	18	"Ian's Louse-ey Day"	Steve Sullivan	Tom Nesbitt and Kent Webb	August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)
Ian tries to catch head lice to avoid a costume party.
19	19	"Sask-Watch"	Steve Sullivan	Dennis Crawford and Jorden Oliwa	August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)
Ian and Korey go in search of the mysterious Bigfoot.
20	20	"The Curse"	Victor Nicolle	Sherwin Macario and Tim Packford	September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)
When Ken fires Odbald for making a mess in the keyboard store, Odbald leaves while saying a threatening message. When strange things begin happening later that night, Ian believes Odbald placed a curse on the store.
21	21	"Snow Fun"	Dennis Heaton	Tom Nesbitt and Kent Webb	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Ian, Ty, and Sandi get trapped in school when a snow storm hits. Meanwhile, Ken, Kyle, and Korey must deliver an organ in the snow storm to a man called Mr. Eric who threatens to put a curse on them if they do not.
22	22	"Bad Day at White Rock"	Steve Sullivan	Chez Battista and Jason Horychun	September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)
Tired of being treated like a baby on their annual trip to the beach, Ian plans to get out of it but as he starts his plan, Ian gets stuck on a deserted island.
23	23	"Crime-Corder"	Jeff Biederman	Tom Nesbitt and Kent Webb	September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)
Ian and Ty play video detectives and vie for the attention of the same girl.
24	24	"Band 'o' Bruthaz"	Dennis Heaton	Chez Battista and Werner Marcus	October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)
Ian and his brothers enter into a talent show. Notes: The Canadian rock band Gob guest stars in this episode. Their song "Ming Tran" (from their Foot in Mouth Disease album) is also heard in the episode.
25	25	"Hockey Night in Burnaby"	Jeff Biederman	Todd Demong, Dennis Crawford and Dan Hughes	October 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
Ian and Odbald head to their local hockey rink to inspect the GM Place Organ for the Vancouver Canucks.
26	26	"Planet of the Imps"	Brad Birch & Annika Hagen	Dennis Crawford, Todd Demong and Jorden Oliwa	October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
Ian starts an acting school for children at the Kelley home.

Season 2 (2005–2006)

Episodes in season 2 are directed by Josh Mepham.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date
27	1	"SCREAM Because I Know What You Did to that Psycho Last Summer"	Vito Viscomi	Kent Webb, Tim Packford and Brad Neave	November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)
A trip to a theme park becomes dangerous when members of the Kelley family start to disappear.
28	2	"Animal House"	Steve Sullivan	Jay Horychun and Dan Hughes	December 6, 2005 (2005-12-06)
Ian makes an animal shelter video for class. However, things get out of hand when people start bringing animals for him to take care of.
29	3	"What's Comb Over You"	Vito Viscomi	Dennis Crawford, Jesse Schilperoort, and Tim Stuby	December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)
Ian acts old after discovering bad genes from his father while Ken starts to act young after fearing he's becoming old.
30	4	"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"	Dennis Heaton	Jos Humphrey, Eduardo Soriano, and Tim Packford	December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20)
After performing a series of pranks on him, Ian believes he caused Korey to run away.
31	5	"Morning Zoo"	Dennis Heaton	Jos Humphrey and Eddie Soriano	December 27, 2005 (2005-12-27)
Ian and Dennis team up to perform the morning announcements.
32	6	"Kelley vs. Kelley"	Dennis Heaton	Andy Bartlett, Tyler Schroeder and Don Boone	January 3, 2006 (2006-01-03)
After causing his mother's ballerina statue to be destroyed, Ian accidentally causes a fight between his parents. Ian has to set things right and get his parents back together.
33	7	"Ian the Peckyhead"	Steve Sullivan	Tim Packford and Kent Webb	January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)
Ian becomes the school's new mascot.
34	8	"Being Principal Bill"	Vito Viscomi	Dan Hughes, Tyler Schroeder, Dennis Crawford and Brad Neave	January 17, 2006 (2006-01-17)
Ian discovers a hole in his room that leads to his principal's mind.
35	9	"Million Dollar $andi"	Vito Viscomi	Nelson Garcia and Don Boone	January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)
The school needs a new representative for the boxing match and Sandi's perfect for the role but the principal will not let her enter because she's a girl. So Ian and Ty disguise Sandi as a boy in order for her to compete.
36	10	"Health Nut"	Steve Sullivan	Dennis Crawford and Tim Stuby	January 31, 2006 (2006-01-31)
Ian starts to eat healthy after becoming sick. Grandma Kelley disciplines Kyle and Korey.
37	11	"Behind Bars"	Dennis Heaton	Dan Hughes and Tyler Schroeder	February 7, 2006 (2006-02-07)
Ian sells chocolate bars for a school contest and uses subliminal advertising to help him.
38	12	"Out of Focus Group"	Steve Sullivan	Tim Packford and Kent Webb	February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)
Ian creates a popular film by giving the people what they want.
39	13	"Ken Kelley and the Keyboard Factory"	Vito Viscomi	Don Boone, Nelson Garcia and Craig Wilson	February 21, 2006 (2006-02-21)
After recovering from an accident, Ken decides to name Ian the successor to the keyboard store, much to Ian's dismay.
40	14	"Kelley's Seven"	Vito Viscomi	Dennis Crawford and Tim Stuby	February 28, 2006 (2006-02-28)
Ian forms a group to help him find a thief who stole an old cheese sandwich eaten by a famous movie director.
41	15	"The Good Egg"	Dennis Heaton	Jos Humphrey and Jay Surridge	March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)
Ian takes care of an egg for a school assignment but he becomes attached to it. Korey tries to find a job so he can earn money for a CD.
42	16	"5 o'clock Snooze"	Dennis Heaton	Tim Packford and Kent Webb	March 14, 2006 (2006-03-14)
Ian becomes a news reporter and meets Tony Parsons.
43	17	"Home Alone"	Steve Sullivan	Dan Hughes and Tyler Schroeder	March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)
Ian plans to get his family out of the house so he can watch the Happy Unicorns marathon.
44	18	"Dorkbusters"	Steve Sullivan	Don Boone and Jordan Oliwa	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)
Ian creates a group called dorkbusters to make humiliations for a profit.
45	19	"Spells Like Teen Spirit"	Dennis Heaton	Dennis Crawford and Tim Stuby	April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)
Ian convinces his brother Kyle to enter for the school spelling bee.
46	20	"Dummy Up"	Steve Sullivan	Jos Humphrey, Nicola Humphrey and Werner Marcus	April 11, 2006 (2006-04-11)
When Ian uses a puppet to tell jokes, he soon finds out that he is acting more like the puppet.
47	21	"The Great Escape"	Vito Viscomi	Tim Packford and Kent Webb	April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)
Ian tries to leave detention in order to buy a video game.
48	22	"Ian Kelley's Day Off"	Vito Viscomi	Dan Hughes and Tyler Schroeder	April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)
Ian, along with his friends from film camp, decides to skip school.
49	23	"The Fifth and a Half Sense"	Dennis Heaton	Don Boone, Dennis Crawford, Jordan Oliwa and Tim Stuby	May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)
After hitting his nose, Ian finds out that he can smell the future.
50	24	"Doofus"	Steve Sullivan	Dennis Crawford and Tim Stuby	May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)
Korey becomes a television star performing dangerous stunts.
51	25	"Hurry for Hollywood Part 1"	Vito Viscomi	Dennis Crawford, Tim Packford and Kent Webb	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
The Kelley family goes to Hollywood in Los Angeles, California for a vacation. Ian hopes to enter one of his videos for the "Project: Filmmaker" contest but can he get there in time when his father makes a few pitstops along the way? Meanwhile, Grandma Kelley and Grandma Menske have plans for the keyboard store.
52	26	"Hurry for Hollywood Part 2"	Vito Viscomi Story by: Blair Peters	Jos Humphrey, Werner Marcus and Tyler Schroeder	May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)
Ian believes he can no longer enter the "Project: Filmmaker" contest when his movie is destroyed until his mother suggests he create a new movie.

Season 3 (2007–2008)

Season 3 episodes are directed by Chad Van De Keere.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date
53	1	"One Week Later"	Dennis Crawford and Samuel To	October 17, 2007 (2007-10-17)
Ian and the Kelleys return from their Hollywood vacation to find that things back home have changed. After winning the "Project: Filmmaker" award in Hollywood, Ian returns to Burnaby to discover that fame is fleeting. Disillusioned, he decides to start his own website where people can watch his original films. Problem is, no one's visiting his site. Meanwhile, Ken wants to tear down the seniors' Spa and replace it with his Keyboard Store – until he discovers how lucrative a Spa can be.
54	2	"Midnight Madness"	Colin Jack and Steve LeCouilliard	October 24, 2007 (2007-10-24)
Ian tries to attend a midnight screening of the cult horror film "Curse of the WereRat." Ian's excited because the night has finally arrived – a special midnight screening of Werner Wolfenstein's cult horror classic "Curse of the Wererat." But the only person that will take him to the late night show is Grandma Kelley. And while a comedy of errors threatens to keep Ian from getting to the theatre in time, Odbald and a few of his foreign friends try to reenact a famous Dutch historical battle.
55	3	"Blah Blah Blog"	James Clow and Marv Newland	November 1, 2007 (2007-11-01)
When Ian starts writing a blog for his website, his friendship with Grace is tested. Ian thinks his website needs to be more exciting, so he decides to add a personal blog. Unfortunately, he does not know how to set one up, so he enlists tech guru Grace to help him. Soon, Grace is writing the blog for the lazy Ian. And when he unwittingly embarrasses Grace, she decides to give Ian a taste of his own medicine. Meanwhile, Ken tries to raise money for his store by holding the first annual Kelley's Spa and Keyboards Jog-a-thon.
56	4	"School Unfair"	Jason Horychun and Kent Webb	May 8, 2008 (2008-05-08)
Ian is banned from the School Fair when he is blamed for a prank he did not commit. Ian loves the rides at the Annual School Fair. Too bad the rides do not love him – he's always getting motion sickness. So this year, Ian decides to lick his problem and cure his queasy stomach so he can go on all the rides he wants. But when the School Fair is sabotaged, all the clues point directly to Ian. Even though he swears he is innocent, Ian is banned from attending the fair. Ian must find out who's framing him so he can clear his name and go to the Fair.
57	5	"Adventures In Kelley Sitting"	Colin Jack and Steve LeCouilliard	May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)
Ian gets more than he bargained for when he gets a Reality TV babysitter to watch over the Kelley boys. Ian needs to get his parents out of the house so he can complete his rather elaborate (and house-destroying) science project. His parents finally leave when Ian gets Reality TV's "Fanny the Supersitter" to oversee the Kelley boys. Unfortunately, his grand scheme backfires, and completing his science project becomes the least of his problems. While Ian is battling his new sitter, Ken and Vicky become walking zombies when they decide to keep the Spa and Keyboard Store open 24 hours a day.
58	6	"The Ians"	Rodrigo Amador and Leah Waldron	May 22, 2008 (2008-05-22)
Ian decides to hold his own amateur filmmaker awards called 'The Ians.' Even though he is an award-winning director, Ian feels he is being treated like dirt – he has a list of chores to do, and his brothers are constantly pulling pranks on him. When the head of the "GOLD MOVIE AWARDS" visits the set Ian's working on, everybody pulls out the stops for the movie bigwig. Seeing this, Ian decides to hold his own movie awards and finally get the respect he deserves. But Ian bites off more than he can chew, and almost ends up losing all his friends.
59	7	"Winning Isn't Ian's Thing"	Jason Horychun and Kent Webb	May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)
Ian will do whatever it takes to win an award during the school's Kooky Sports Day competition. Celine Dion High is once again holding its annual Kooky Sports Day, where all the students compete in wacky events. While Korey, Kyle – and even Ken in his younger days – were Kooky Sports Day champs, Ian has never once won an award. But this year, Ian has a plan to change all that. Meanwhile, Vicky will do whatever it takes to make sure she wins the Store of the Year award and put the cocky Mr. Fleeman in his place.
60	8	"Everykid 13"	Steve LeCouilliard and Mike West	June 5, 2008 (2008-06-05)
Ian convinces Sandi to star in an internet video confessional on his website. Ian posts Sandi's personal video confessionals on his website. But through a technical mix-up, the video is of his dog Chopin with Sandi's voice over it. And while Sandi is embarrassed and angry at Ian, the webisodes become extremely popular. Ian has to decide what is more important – his friendship with Sandi, or a hit website. And because of a mix-up at Kelley's Spa, old people are convinced the sauna is a Fountain of Youth.
61	9	"That's Ridonkulous"	Rodrigo Amador and James Clow	June 12, 2008 (2008-06-12)
Ian directs TV commercials that make Tyrone a huge celebrity. When the local skatepark is threatened to be demolished, Ian decides he, Sandi, and Tyrone can quickly make money and save it. The three of them start a company that produces TV commercials. The ads are a huge success, making actor Tyrone a huge star. But Tyrone's success causes a giant rift in his friendship with Ian. And when Ken calls skateboarders a menace to society, Kyle and Korey bet they can turn him into a hardcore skate punk.
62	10	"Ian Kelley Is History"	Jason Horychun and Kent Webb	October 4, 2008 (2008-10-04)
A sleep-deprived Ian begins to imagine himself as famous historical characters. Ian has to write a paper on what he considers the most important moment in history. But while working on a movie set, Ian unknowingly consumes copious amounts of caffeine, making him a wide-eyed mess. During his battle with insomnia, Ian begins to stress over writing his history paper and he begins to hallucinate that he actually IS the historical figures he is thinking about. When he finally snaps out of his insomnia, he finds he is too exhausted to write his assignment in time to make the deadline.
63	11	"An Ianconvenient Truth"	Andy Bartlett, Lyndon Ruddy, Drew Edwards, Mike West and Craig Wilson	October 11, 2008 (2008-10-11)
After learning about a Being Green contest, Ian is determined to win and make his dreams of fame and fortune come true. The only problem is that he still needs to come up with an award-worthy idea. Meanwhile, his mother Vicky plans to win the contest by neutralizing Kelley's family carbon footprint so she can meet David Suzuki, her eco-idol. To win the contest Ian will have to out-green kids across the country and even his own mother! Note: This episode airs as either 2 half-hour specials or a single hour-long special. The hour-long special contains an additional minute of animation not included in the 2-part version.

Broadcast

The series first aired in the United States on Qubo from September 19 to October 24, 2009, and continued to air on Qubo's Night Owl block until March 25, 2018. It returned to Qubo on May 29, 2018, as part of the network's Night Owl Block until September 29, 2018. In 2012, YTV stopped airing reruns in Canada. Nickelodeon Canada aired reruns of the show from September 5, 2011, to August 30, 2013. Reruns continued to air on BBC Kids in Canada until the network's closure on December 31, 2018. Then it returned on April 5, 2020, on Qubo until January 1, 2021, during the New Year and before its shutdown the same year by Ion.

In Australia, it aired on ABC1, ABC2, ABC3 and KidsCo.

In the UK, it aired on CBBC.

In India, it aired on Disney Channel.

In South Africa, it aired on K-T.V.

External links

• The Being Ian website on YTV.com
• Ian James Corlett (see Being Ian in the Original Projects section)
• Being Ian at IMDb