Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Genre	Animated Sitcom
Created by	Jonathan Katz Tom Snyder
Starring	Jonathan Katz H. Jon Benjamin Laura Silverman
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	81 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time	approx. 0:22
Broadcast
Original channel	Comedy Central
Original run	May 28, 1995 – December 24, 1999
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Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from 1995 to 1999, and starred Jonathan Katz. Image File history File links Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Logo (Animated TV Show) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. ... Jonathan Katz Jonathan Katz is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor who is best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. ... Jonathan Katz Jonathan Katz is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor who is best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. ... H. Jon Benjamin (born May 23, 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actor, known mostly for his extensive voice acting. ... Laura Silverman is an American actress/voice actress and a native of Bedford, New Hampshire. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States and, as of October 19, 2006, in Poland[1], of January 15, 2007 in Germany[2], of April 30, 2007 in the Netherlands[3] and in Italy of May 1. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States and, as of October 19, 2006, in Poland[1], of January 15, 2007 in Germany[2], of April 30, 2007 in the Netherlands[3] and in Italy of May 1. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jonathan Katz Jonathan Katz is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor who is best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. ...

It was computer animated in a crude, easily recognizable style called Squigglevision, in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly squiggling outlines, while all other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color. Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... Squigglevision is a mode of computer animation in which the outlines of shapes are made to wiggle and undulate. ...

Format

Dr. Katz with his guitar

The show focused on the title character, Dr. Jonathan Katz, who was voiced by, and visually based on, the comedian of the same name. Dr. Katz was a professional psychoanalyst who had famous comedians and actors as patients, usually two per episode. The comedians' therapy sessions generally consisted of them doing their onstage material while Dr. Katz offered insights or simply let them rant. Meanwhile, therapy sessions featuring actors and actresses offered more interpersonal dialogue between Katz and his patient to better suit their predisposition. Image File history File links Katzguitar. ... Image File history File links Katzguitar. ... Jonathan Katz Jonathan Katz is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor who is best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Psychoanalysis is the revelation of unconscious relations, in a systematic way through an associative process. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Interspersed with these scenes were scenes involving Dr. Katz's daily life, which included his son, Benjamin Katz (H. Jon Benjamin), his secretary, Laura (Laura Silverman), and his two friends: Stanley (Will Le Bow), and the barmaid, Julie, voiced by the show's producer, Julianne Shapiro. In later episodes, Todd (Todd Barry), the video store clerk, became a usual counterpart to Ben. H. Jon Benjamin (born May 23, 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actor, known mostly for his extensive voice acting. ... Laura Silverman is an American actress/voice actress and a native of Bedford, New Hampshire. ... Todd Barry (born March 26, 1964 in The Bronx, New York) is an American stand-up comedian/actor. ...

Ben Katz with his discarded stuffed animal, Bully

Each show would typically begin with Dr. Katz and Ben waking up and beginning a plotline shared by the two. These plots included events like Ben attempting to become a radio personality, believing he's in possession of ESP, and the moral conundrum he suffers after receiving a chain-letter. The development of these plotlines would occur fragmentedly throughout the episode alongside the segments between Dr. Katz and his guests. Image File history File links Benbully. ... Image File history File links Benbully. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Extra-sensory perception (ESP) is defined in parapsychology as the ability to aquire information by paranormal means. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... A conundrum is a puzzling question. ...

The show would end in a similar way each week; while Dr. Katz was in a session with a patient, music signaling the close of the show would begin to play. Katz would acknowledge it and tell the patient "Well, you know what the music means" or some variant thereof.

Much of the show's content, particularly dialogue between Katz and Benjamin, was improvised through a process called "retroscripting", in which a vague outline is developed but the actual dialogue is ad-libbed. This style, as well as Squigglevision, would reappear in Home Movies, a cartoon that features many members of the Dr. Katz cast and crew. Improvisational comedy (also called improv) is comedy that is performed with a little to no predetermination of subject matter and structure. ... Retroscripting can describe two techniques used in movie and television programs. ... This article is about the cartoon. ...

Original airing

The first episode of Dr. Katz aired on May 28, 1995. A total of 81 episodes were produced, though the final three -- "Bakery Ben," "Uncle Nothing" and "Lerapy" -- did not air in the United States. (They were aired in Canada and overseas, however.) For reasons never explained, Comedy Central began the show's sixth and final season on June 15, 1999, ran it for six weeks -- and then put it on hiatus until Christmas Eve, when it aired nine new episodes in an all-night marathon that served as the show's series finale. The hiatus was so sudden that the week the show was yanked, TV Guide still listed the show and highlighted the upcoming episode as a must-see "Editor's Choice." May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Christmas Eve (1904-05), watercolor painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24th, the preceding day or vigil before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas season. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

Notable guests

A live performance of the third episode, "Bully", with Jonathan Katz and H. Jon Benjamin at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

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Crossovers

• In "Summer Sucks," an episode of South Park, another Comedy Central cartoon, Dr. Katz appears as Mr. Garrison's psychiatrist.
• In episode 307 "Bush is a Pussy" of Mr. Show a Dr. Katz scene is played out between Katz and Kedzie Matthews, a spoof of a typical college comic, at the end of the episode.
• In the Family Guy episode Saving Private Brian the main character Peter Griffin is seen talking to Dr. Katz, while sitting on a recliner. Peter makes a comment about the Squigglevision style in which Dr. Katz is animated, saying "What the hell is wrong with your skin? It's like, moving," to which he replies, "I believe I'm having some sort of seizure."
• In the Squidbillies episode Government Brain Voodoo Trouble, the therapist (later clarified as "the rapist") is voiced by an uncredited Jonathan Katz.^[1]
• In the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode, "Brilliant Number One," Space Ghost was drawn in Dr. Katz's style briefly, while asking Peter Fonda, "What does this tell us about your childhood?"
• In the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "King Dead," which featured H. Jon Benjamin as the guest, the Dr. Katz show is mentioned by name. Space Ghost is briefly shown in Squigglevision while stating "cable is important" a reference to the fact Dr. Katz was on Comedy Central and Space Ghost was shown on Cartoon Network, both of which were basic cable channels.
• In the direct-to-DVD parody film, Farce of the Penguins, Jonathan Katz appears as Steve, the owl who gives therapeutic advice for $275/hr.
• In the children's animated series Arthur, there was an episode where the children all proposed an idea for a TV-show episode, all of which were based on various animated programs. Arthur's idea had himself seeing Dr. Katz, complaining about his sister, D.W.
• On the sitcom Help Me Help You, Jonathan Katz appeared as Dr. Katz.

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Comic strip

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DVD releases

Season Releases

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External links

• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist at the Internet Movie Database
• Eric D. Snider's Complete 'Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist' Episode Guide.
• Jeff Sass presents The Many Faces of Dr. Katz"
• Dr. Katz comic strip