Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

So It Goes’ will fully prepare you to teach a college class on Joel the angry young man, Ex-Wife Guy, and unlikely superstar.

These stories take up most of the first hour or so of the first part of And So It Goes. Once he finds success with his Piano Man album, there's no looking back. The documentary gets into full gear, and his rise (and fall) from fame makes up the breezy last 90 minutes.