"Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" (1995) TV series 1995-2000

Creators:

Jonathan Katz
Tom Snyder

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown

Release Date:

28 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

An unusual feature of Dr Katz is the novel animation technique called Squigglevision, whereby, essentially...

Plot Keywords:

Receptionist | Doctor Patient Relationship | Actor Shares Last Name With Character | Based On Standup Comedy | Psychiatry

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins

Cast

Jonathan Katz	...	Dr. Katz (67 episodes, 1995-1999)
H. Jon Benjamin	...	Ben / ... (67 episodes, 1995-1999)
Laura Silverman	...	Laura the Receptionist (67 episodes, 1995-1999)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Argentina:16

Company:

Comedy Central

Trivia:

First show to use the animation process "Squiggle Vision". Later shows to use it include "Science Court" (1997) and "Home Movies" (1999).

Quotes:

Ray: Oh, this is gonna be a marathon. I'm gonna wear a number on my back, and people are gonna have to bring me cups of water.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Summer Sucks (#2.8)" (1998)

What happened to this show?

This was a great show, there was little if anything funnier than this show. I loved it. The reason it was cancelled in my opinion was like many other shows it was moved around too much. The show originally came on Sunday at 10:00 the same night as the Simpsons. Then I think it was moved to Monday. This was classic stuff.

The concept was simple and very funny. Dr. Katz was a psychiatrist whose patients were actual comedians. The trick was it was all animated and was done in a very strange squiggle vision, which was pretty cool. Also in the show were Dr. Katz's cynical receptionist Laura and his son, Ben. There are so many classic lines in this show. Ben was incredibly lazy, and once wanted to order some Guinea Pigs that were as he put it…. 49.95….95.

There was also Dr. Katz saying that if you drank a cup of your own urine that you would be healthy because you would be taking many anti-bodies, the only downside was pee-pee breath. This was such a good show I miss it. Rodney Dangerfield once was on this show, I am a huge Dangerfield fan and I missed it. Still if you can find this show watch it every time I watched it I was falling on the floor laughing.