Joel demanding bike customer

There is something inherently funny about Billy Joel volunteering to be part of a special two-hour episode of American Chopper.
The veteran musical performer has had his share of run-ins with the law regarding his tendency to, well, allegedly enjoy a few alcoholic beverages before taking the wheel.
Joel is the centre of attention tonight on Discovery as the guys from American Chopper are commissioned to build him a custom motorcycle.
If you're unfamiliar with the American Chopper reality series, which has been running since 2003, suffice it to say it's a weird show.
Orange County Choppers is a custom-bike company in Montgomery, N.Y., owned by tattoo-adorned, no-nonsense boss Paul Teutul Sr. Among the staff are Teutul's two sons, Paul Jr. and Mikey, along with employees Vinnie and Rick.
At the heart of the show are the crude, blue-collar versions of office politics that can be applied universally. Paul Sr. is the bullying dad. Paul Jr. is the lazy heir. Mikey is the goofy one. Rick is the sensitive one. The verbal battles are as predictable as they are vicious.
The 57-year-old Joel, a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, has decided he wants a "bobber," a.k.a., a "Billy Bob." He's a demanding customer, asking for something that looks like it was made in the 1930s or 1940s, then was modified in the 1950s, but with updated technology to make it purr like a 21st-century kitten.
There's a funny scene early in the show when Joel, the Piano Man, is asked if he wants any signature artistic touches on his bobber, like, say, some painted piano keys.
"Deliver me from piano keys," Joel barks. "People are always sending me frickin' scarves . . . I hate piano keys."
That, of course, gives the OCC guys the idea of making up a spoof bike, complete with a working keyboard and a microphone just in case Joel wants to break into song while he drives.
Joel's reaction when the spoof bike is unveiled is not quite as demonstrative as the producers might have liked, but it still is an amusing moment.
As work on the real bike progresses, there are problems, of course.
Joel doesn't like the way things are going. That annoys Paul Sr., who at one point says, "(Joel) has to do more concerts. He has too much free time."
There is some butt-kissing. At one point, a voice-over from Mikey states, "(Joel's) first album was released back in 1972 and he's pretty much been at the top of the charts ever since."
Well, not the charts we've been checking lately.
There really was no reason for this to be a two-hour episode. An hour would have sufficed. Some of the bits when they actually are building the bike could have been edited, but supposedly that's what keeps the gearheads happy.
The finished product is presented to Joel on stage during a concert at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
Joel announces to the crowd and to the guys from American Chopper, "I'm gonna go home, I'm gonna bring this bike back, I'm gonna ride it, man!"
Uh-oh.
IF YOU WATCH
What: American Chopper Celebrity Build: Billy Joel
When: Tonight, 8 p.m.
Where: Discovery