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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Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pot-Bellied Pigs | 1995-05-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Pretzelkins | 1995-06-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Bully | 1995-06-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Cholesterol | 1995-06-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Everybody's Got a Tushy | 1995-06-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Family Car | 1995-07-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Bystander Ben | 1995-10-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Real Estate | 1995-10-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Glasses | 1995-11-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Office Management | 1995-12-17 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Bees and SIDS | 1996-01-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Drinky the Drunk Guy | 1996-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Sticky Notes | 1996-04-07 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | It Takes Some Getting Used To | 1996-04-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Particle Board | 1996-04-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | A Journey for the Betterment of People | 1996-04-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Theory of Intelligence | 1996-05-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Henna | 1996-05-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | ESP | 1996-05-26 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Monte Carlo | 1996-10-06 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Blind Date | 1996-10-13 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Fructose | 1996-10-20 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Earring | 1996-10-27 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Koppleman and Katz | 1996-11-03 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Guess Who | 1997-01-05 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Day Planner | 1997-01-12 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Studio Guy | 1997-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Mourning Person | 1997-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | L'il Helper | 1997-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Big Fat Slug | 1997-02-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | New Phone System | 1997-03-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | Reunion | 1997-03-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | Ben Treats | 1997-05-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Memoirs | 1997-06-22 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Electric Bike | 1997-06-29 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Broadcast Ben | 1997-07-06 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Trash Day | 1997-07-13 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Sharon Meyers | 1997-07-27 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Mask | 1997-08-03 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Closets | 1997-08-10 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Wild Weekend | 1997-08-17 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Chopper | 1997-08-24 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | Alibi | 1997-08-31 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | Ben-Centennial | 1997-09-07 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 13 | Undercover Ben | 1997-09-14 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | Old Man | 1998-06-17 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | Fanny Pack | 1998-06-22 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | Metaphors | 1998-06-29 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Movies | 1998-07-06 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | Ticket | 1998-07-13 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | Phone Luv | 1998-07-20 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | Chain Letter | 1998-07-27 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | Babysitting Ben | 1998-08-03 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 9 | Miles Away | 1998-08-10 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 10 | London Broil | 1998-08-17 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 11 | Feng Shui | 1998-08-24 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 12 | Alderman | 1998-09-21 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 13 | Paranoia | 1998-09-28 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 14 | Waltz | 1998-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 15 | Anniversary | 1998-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 16 | Community Theater | 1998-10-19 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 17 | Ping-Pong | 1998-10-26 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 18 | Thanksgiving | 1998-11-23 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | Sissy Boy | 1999-06-15 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | Pullman Square | 1999-06-22 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | Wisdom Teeth | 1999-06-29 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | Past Lives | 1999-07-06 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | Ben's Partay | 1999-07-13 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 6 | Walk for Hunger | 1999-07-20 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 7 | Used Car | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 8 | Ball and Chain | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 9 | Snow Day | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 10 | Garden | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 11 | Big TV | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 12 | Vow of Silence | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 13 | You're Belinda | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 14 | Radio Katz | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 15 | Expert Witness | 1999-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 16 | Bakery Ben | 2002-02-13 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 17 | Uncle Nothing | 2002-02-13 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 18 | Lerapy | 2002-02-13 | 30 min |