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May 1995 - December 1999,
Comedy Central
Comedy Central, Home Box
Office, Popular Arts Entertainment, Tom Snyder Productions |
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Dr. Katz
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Jonathan Katz
Ben
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H. Jon Benjamin
Laura
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Laura Silverman
Julie
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Julianne Shapiro
Stanley
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This Emmy-award
winning series from comedian Jonathan Katz starred his
animated double, Dr. Jonathan Paul Katz, a psychiatrist with a
long list of celebrity clients (often comedians) who needed
the good doctor's counseling - having first waded through the
apathy of his sarcastic receptionist, Laura. Celebrity guests
on the show included such names as Ray Romano, Winona Ryder,
David Duchovny, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ben Stiller, Caroline
Rhea, Carrie Fisher, Conan O'Brien, Garry Shandling, Gilbert
Gottfried, Janeane Garofalo, Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin, Lisa
Kudrow and Whoopi Goldberg, all of whom provided their own
voices.
Away from the office Dr. Katz was a divorced father
supporting his only son Ben, a 20-something year old bachelor
with no direction in life. Ben's often infantile and always
over-the-top antics pushed his father's professionally-learned
patience and tolerance to the limits. Ben spent a good deal of
time attempting cheesy (and utterly futile) pick-up lines on
his father's receptionist Laura.
Dr. Katz also played acoustic guitar, a hang-over from his
younger days in the Coppelmann & Katz musical duo with Sharon
Coppelmann. In his spare time he hung out at a laid-back bar
called Jacky's 33, chatting with friends Julie and Stan.
Unknown to Julie, the bartender who was studying to become a
physical therapist, Dr. Katz had a crush on her.
The series used the distinctive "SquiggleVision" animation
style in which the outline of figures are shaky and moving.
Even more distinct for the series, everything in the
background was shown in black and white.
Along with fellow cartoon hit South Park, Dr. Katz,
Professional Therapist helped put Comedy Central on the map.
Halfway through its sixth season, the network took Dr. Katz
off the air and aired some of the remaining episodes on a
Christmas marathon later that year. |
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Season 1
Pot-Bellied
Pigs
Pretzelkins
Bully
Cholesterol
Everybody's
Got A Tushy
Family Car
Season 2
Bystander
Ben
Real Estate
Glasses
Office
Management
Bees And
SIDS
Drinky The
Drunk Guy
Sticky
Notes
It Takes
Some Getting Used To
The
Particle Board
A Journey
For The Betterment Of People
Theory Of
Intelligence
Henna
ESP
Season 3
Monte Carlo
Blind Date
Fructose
Earring
Koppleman
And Katz
Guess Who
Day Planner
Studio Guy
Mourning
Person
L'il Helper
Big Fat
Slug
New Phone
System
Reunion
Season 4
Ben Treats
Memoirs
Electric
Bike
Broadcaster
Ben
Trash Day
Sharon
Meyers
Mask
Closets
Wild
Weekend
Chopper
Alibi
Ben-Centennial
Undercover
Season 5
Old Man
Fanny Pack
Metaphors
Movies
Ticket
Phone Luv
Chain
Letter
Babysitting
Ben
Miles Away
London
Broil
Feng Shui
Alderman
Paranoia
Waltz
Anniversary
Community
Theater
Ping-Pong
Thanksgiving
Season 6
Sissy Boy
Pullman
Square
Wisdom
Teeth
Past Lives
Ben's
Partay
Walk for
Hunger
Used Car
Ball and
Chain
Snow Day
Garden
Big TV
Vow of
Silence
You're
Belinda
Radio Katz
Expert
Witness
Bakery Ben
Uncle
Nothing
Lerapy
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