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  • 1999-06-16T00:30:00Z on Comedy Central
  • 30m
  • 9h (18 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation, Comedy
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999—with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002—starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. The show was created by a Burbank, California production company Popular Arts Entertainment, with Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder, developed and first made by Popular Arts for HBO Downtown Productions. Boston-based Tom Snyder Productions became the hands-on production company, and the episodes were usually produced by Katz and Loren Bouchard. The show was computer animated in a crude, easily recognizable style produced with the software Squigglevision in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly squiggling outlines, while most other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color. The original challenge Popular Arts faced was how to repurpose recorded stand-up comedy material. To do so they based Dr. Katz's patients on stand-up comics for the first several episodes, simply having them recite their stand-up acts. The secondary challenge was how to affordably animate on cable TV at the time. Snyder had Squigglevision, an inexpensive means of getting animation on cable, which could not afford traditional animation processes. A partnership between Popular Arts, Tom Snyder Productions and Jonathan Katz was formed and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist was born.

18 episodes

Season Premiere

1999-06-16T00:30:00Z

6x01 Sissy Boy

Season Premiere

6x01 Sissy Boy

  • 1999-06-16T00:30:00Z30m

Jeff Goldblum and Ted Alexandro are patients; Ben considers joining the military after being called a "sissy" by a boyhood chum.

1999-06-23T00:30:00Z

6x02 Pullman Square

6x02 Pullman Square

  • 1999-06-23T00:30:00Z30m

Teri Garr and Ed Crasnick are featured; Ben opposes gentrification of his old neighborhood and tries to form a grass-roots movement to stop it.

1999-06-30T00:30:00Z

6x03 Wisdom Teeth

6x03 Wisdom Teeth

  • 1999-06-30T00:30:00Z30m

Margaret Cho and Paul F. Tompkins are featured; Ben has his wisdom teeth pulled, and Dr. Katz nurses him back to health.

1999-07-07T00:30:00Z

6x04 Past Lives

6x04 Past Lives

  • 1999-07-07T00:30:00Z30m

Dom Irrera and Mitch Hedberg are featured; Ben and Dr. Katz explore past-life regression, and Katz learns he was once a barmaid in the Old West.

1999-07-14T00:30:00Z

6x05 Ben's Partay

6x05 Ben's Partay

  • 1999-07-14T00:30:00Z30m

Tom Hertz and Al Lubel are featured; Ben throws a big party, and asks his father to make other plans.

1999-07-21T00:30:00Z

6x06 Walk for Hunger

6x06 Walk for Hunger

  • 1999-07-21T00:30:00Z30m

Wanda Sykes-Hall and Jon Stewart visit the doctor; Ben joins a walk for hunger in an attempt to impress Laura.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x07 Used Car

6x07 Used Car

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Greg Behrendt and Ian Bagg are featured; Dr. Katz and Ben "help" Laura buy a used car.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x08 Ball and Chain

6x08 Ball and Chain

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Carol Leifer and Kevin Meaney are featured; Ben is convinced his father is about to remarry after Katz has a couple of dates with a gastroenterologist.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x09 Snow Day

6x09 Snow Day

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Merrill Markoe and Dana Gould visit the doctor; Ben cares for a neighbor's rooftop pigeons as a snowstorm approaches.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x10 Garden

6x10 Garden

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Mitch Hedberg and Matt Siegel are clients; Katz takes up gardening as a hobby, but Ben discovers his secret motivation.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x11 Big TV

6x11 Big TV

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Dom Irrera and Al Lubel take the couch; Ben buys a big-screen TV to replace their failed set.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x12 Vow of Silence

6x12 Vow of Silence

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

When the paper doesn't get delivered for a few days, Ben observes that Katz is hooked on the news. Katz denies it and bets him that he can go longer without news than Ben can go without talking.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x13 You're Belinda

6x13 You're Belinda

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Dr. Katz is skeptical of a new therapy technique suggested by Ben.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x14 Radio Katz

6x14 Radio Katz

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Dr. Katz hosts a radio show.

1999-12-25T01:30:00Z

6x15 Expert Witness

6x15 Expert Witness

  • 1999-12-25T01:30:00Z30m

Dr. Katz applies his expertise to a criminal trial.

2002-02-04T01:30:00Z

6x16 Bakery Ben

6x16 Bakery Ben

  • 2002-02-04T01:30:00Z30m

Ben gets a job at a bakery.

2002-02-04T01:30:00Z

6x17 Uncle Nothing

6x17 Uncle Nothing

  • 2002-02-04T01:30:00Z30m

Ben learns of Laura's engagement.

2002-02-04T01:30:00Z

6x18 Lerapy

6x18 Lerapy

  • 2002-02-04T01:30:00Z30m

Conan O'Brien uses Dr. Katz's jokes on TV.

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