Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
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First Air DateMay 28, 1995
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ProductionTom Snyder Productions, HBO Downtown Productions, Popular Arts Entertainment
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Rotten tomato77%
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Original titleDr. Katz, Professional Therapist
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ReleaseMay 28, 1995
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Overview
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.
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Casts
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Dr. Katz (voice)
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Ben Katz (voice)
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Laura the Receptionist (voice)
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Julie the Bartender (voice)
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Stanley (voice)
Specials ( )
An Evening with Dr. Katz
The Biography of Mr. Katz
Checking In: Dave Attell
Checking In: Joy Behar
Checking In: Emo Philips
Checking In: Steven Wright
Short Attention Span Theater: Short #1
Short Attention Span Theater: Short #2
Short Attention Span Theater: Short #3
Short Attention Span Theater: Short #4
Short Attention Span Theater: Short #5
Shrink Wrapped - An Original Squiggle Vision Short
Too Attached
Law and Food
Dr. Katz Calls Julie
Stanley Calls Julie
Julie Calls Dr. Katz
Dr. Katz and Stanley at the Bar
Laura & Ben - An Intimate Portrait
Season 1 ( 1995-05-28)
Pot-Bellied Pigs
Pretzelkins
Bully
Cholesterol
Everybody's Got a Tushy
Family Car
Season 2 ( 1995-10-15)
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 ( 1996-10-06)
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 ( 1997-05-09)
Ben Treats
Memoirs
Electric Bike
Broadcaster Ben
Trash Day
Sharon Meyers
Mask
Closets
Wild Weekend
Chopper
Alibi
Ben-Centennial
Undercover Ben
Season 5 ( 1998-06-17)
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 ( 1999-06-15)
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
