Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV Series
7.9
1995 6 Seasons

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

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Storyline

From living with his deadbeat son, Ben, to his day-to-day dealings with his stunningly sarcastic secretary, Laura, join therapist Jonathan Katz as he picks the brains of your favorite stand-up comedians.

Episodes

Season 2

Season 2

13 Episodes Aired 1995

No overview available for this season.

Season 3

Season 3

13 Episodes Aired 1996

No overview available for this season.

Monte Carlo
30 min
E1

Monte Carlo

Oct 06, 1996

Ben decides to go into the celebrity limo business. He moves into Katz's office to do this, which of course annoys Laura.

Blind Date
30 min
E2

Blind Date

Oct 13, 1996

Julie sets Katz up on a blind date with her friend Beth, who makes her own clothes. Stan put in a good word for Katz, telling Beth that Katz's nickname was ""Scootch.""

Fructose
30 min
E3

Fructose

Oct 20, 1996

Katz decides to keep a bowl of fruit at the office, but it goes rotten pretty fast. He talks about it at the bar, and Stanley pronounces ""fructose"" as ""fruck-tose."" Meanwhile, Ben considers a variety of career options, after being told by his dad that he's ""pissing his life away"". He tries cake decorating and makes a cake made purely of frosting; takes up roller-skating; considers being a truck driver; and asks if there's a job for what he used to do as a kid: put on a pair of dad's pants, pull them way over his head, and stumble around the house.

Earring
30 min
E4

Earring

Oct 27, 1996

Ben wants to change his image, and he decides to get an earring, after considering developing a tic, or getting allergies, or dressing like a pirate and calling everyone Captain.

Koppleman and Katz
30 min
E5

Koppleman and Katz

Nov 03, 1996

While rummaging around in search of his birth certificate, Ben comes across evidence of Katz's former life: as a hippie folk singer.

Guess Who
30 min
E6

Guess Who

Jan 05, 1997

Katz gets Ben to play ""Guess Who,"" the old game from Ben's childhood. However, Katz accidentally sees Ben's card via the reflection in the TV, and he uses that information to win, without telling Ben that he had cheated.

Day Planner
30 min
E7

Day Planner

Jan 12, 1997

Katz got practically no sleep because the air conditioner ""shimmies"" and keeps him awake. He asks Ben to fix it. Then, at work, Katz realizes he's forgotten his day planner and asks Ben to find it.

Studio Guy
30 min
E8

Studio Guy

Jan 19, 1997

Katz wants to take up recording again, because he's writing a new song. Ben is opposed to the idea, until Katz tells him he can be the producer.

Mourning Person
30 min
E9

Mourning Person

Jan 26, 1997

92-year-old Aunt Estelle (wife of Uncle Morty) dies, and Katz is asked to give the eulogy.

L'il Helper
30 min
E10

L'il Helper

Feb 02, 1997

Katz puts his back out while putting on his shoes, and Ben, as usual, is a wealth of help. He eventually becomes Katz's primary care-giver, though, driving him to work, carrying him into the office, and turning him over to Laura, warning her that he's heavily doped up on medication.

Big Fat Slug
30 min
E11

Big Fat Slug

Feb 09, 1997

Katz thinks Ben is watching too much TV, which he is. But he says TV influences people.

New Phone System
30 min
E12

New Phone System

Mar 02, 1997

Katz gets a new phone system at the office with all kinds of great features, supposedly. He has Ben call it, but finds that calls are being forwarded to Laura's house.

Reunion
30 min
E13

Reunion

Mar 09, 1997

While in the bathtub, Ben gets a phone call. It's Ann Howard, from high school, and there's a five-year reunion coming up. The only thing is that Ben is afraid to go

Season 4

Season 4

13 Episodes Aired 1997

No overview available for this season.

Ben Treats
30 min
E1

Ben Treats

May 09, 1997

Ben wins $500 in the Sir Pay-a-Lot scratch-off lottery and takes Katz and Laura out to dinner. Soon enough, Ben and Laura both get drunk and start to act goofy.

Memoirs
30 min
E2

Memoirs

Jun 22, 1997

Ben decides to write his memoirs, dedicated to the ""loving memory"" of his father.

Electric Bike
30 min
E3

Electric Bike

Jun 29, 1997

Dr. Katz buys an Electric Bike because he always wanted one but never got it as a kid. They find that a $1,000 bicycle isn't all fun and games, when it breaks as Ben drove it down stairs. They soon learnm that some inventions just were never meant to be.

Broadcaster Ben
30 min
E4

Broadcaster Ben

Jul 06, 1997

Apparently not having learned from his previous experience with journalism, Ben goes to a broadcasting school audition.

Trash Day
30 min
E5

Trash Day

Jul 13, 1997

Katz finds a chair sitting outside on the curb and takes it home (""You wouldn't believe the kind of stuff people throw away."" Ben: ""You mean crap?""). However, he realizes his folly and sends Ben to take it to the dump, which proves to be difficult, because the dump is no longer open to the public (""It's all digital now"").

Sharon Meyers
30 min
E6

Sharon Meyers

Jul 27, 1997

Katz gets a phone call from Sharon Meyers, a woman he dated briefly two years ago, when she was also his patient. She was very attractive, and a dancer (""She was a Rockette. She can kick her own face,"" Ben says).

Mask
30 min
E7

Mask

Aug 03, 1997

Katz takes a class in making African ritual masks.

Closets
30 min
E8

Closets

Aug 10, 1997

Katz and Ben decide to reorganize their closet space, and they hire a company to do it.

Wild Weekend
30 min
E9

Wild Weekend

Aug 17, 1997

Ben wants to take a bike trip to Nova Scotia, and he and Katz discuss the great outdoors. Several plans are offered, but what they wind up doing is sitting around the house all weekend. Ben gets the whole thing on tape, thanks to Laura's camcorder.

Chopper
30 min
E10

Chopper

Aug 24, 1997

Ben wins first runner-up in a WFEN radio contest to ride in the traffic helicopter. He hopes the real winner can't make it and he gets all psyched up for the possibility.

Alibi
30 min
E11

Alibi

Aug 31, 1997

While watching the news, Ben and Katz learn that a mailbox in their neighborhood was struck by a car driven by a bald Caucasian male in his late 40s. Ben assumes it was his dad, despite dad's protests that while he is in his late 40s, he is ""balding,"" not bald.

Ben-Centennial
30 min
E12

Ben-Centennial

Sep 07, 1997

Katz wants to do something big for Ben's 25th birthday, but Ben doesn't want any fuss.

Undercover Ben
30 min
E13

Undercover Ben

Sep 14, 1997

Laura starts taking a lot of time off, but won't say why. Ben is curious and so is Katz, and they speculate.

Season 5

Season 5

18 Episodes Aired 1998

No overview available for this season.

Old Man
30 min
E1

Old Man

Jun 17, 1998

Katz seems to be losing energy and is sleeping later in the morning. He wonders if he's feverish, but in fact, he feels a little cold.

Fanny Pack
30 min
E2

Fanny Pack

Jun 22, 1998

Katz gets a fanny pack to hold his cell phone, beeper, electronic organizer, and various other technological gadgets.

Metaphors
30 min
E3

Metaphors

Jun 29, 1998

Katz brings up the job issue with Ben, and a series of metaphors ensues.

Movies
30 min
E4

Movies

Jul 06, 1998

Katz and Ben try to decide on a movie. Katz wants to see ""Love Strings"" (a chick flick), while Ben wants to see ""Fire Power.

Ticket
30 min
E5

Ticket

Jul 13, 1998

Katz gets a ticket for running a stop sign, despite his efforts to lighten up the cop (""That is a great color for you""). Ben asks, ""Why didn't you play with his mind?"" and suggests they contest the ticket.

Phone Luv
30 min
E6

Phone Luv

Jul 20, 1998

Ben becomes enamored of Cindy, a telemarketer from Telepurchase. He mistakes her powerful sales skills for actual affection, and wants to have a private conversation with her, resulting in an angrily whispered argument between him and Katz.

Chain Letter
30 min
E7

Chain Letter

Jul 27, 1998

Ben is surprised to get a letter from boyhood friend Lance Garcy. Turns out it's a chain letter, and Ben is quite awed by its power of causing tragedy to strike those who ignore it.

Babysitting Ben
30 min
E8

Babysitting Ben

Aug 03, 1998

Katz gets a death threat, via Laura, who is unclear on the details; she didn't press for more information because ""I didn't want to make him angry--er.""

Miles Away
30 min
E9

Miles Away

Aug 10, 1998

Ben's goes to visit his cousin Sarah, in an unnamed city, from whom he once stole money when he was 6 (""It was over a dollar,"" he says as he worries whether she's still upset).

London Broil
30 min
E10

London Broil

Aug 17, 1998

Ben points out, ""When we spend time together over breakfast: boring,"" leading to a discussion of the old games he and Katz used to play when Ben was a kid. Katz asks him to take the London broil out of the freezer, and then goes to work. When he gets home, Ben greets him with a clue -- the first in a series of 54 -- for a game of Treasure Hunt

Feng Shui
30 min
E11

Feng Shui

Aug 24, 1998

Ben begins rearranging the furniture in the apartment after picking up a book on Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese philosophy that teaches believers to arrange the objects in their surroundings to achieve inner peace. Dr. Katz is wary of Ben's new obsession with Feng Shui, but Laura finally finds something to talk about with Ben.

Alderman
30 min
E12

Alderman

Sep 21, 1998

Katz is disturbed to learn that the city alderman he voted for is corrupt. He talks about what HE would do if he were alderman: ""I'd like to bring crime back into the streets and out of the home,"" and get rid of the ""criminal element"" (Ben: ""Criminal element? What, are you Batman?""). Ben immediately begins being his dad's campaign manager, despite Katz's insistence that he is NOT running. (Ben's platform: handicap parking for everyone.) He makes signs and harasses Laura, inviting her over to help with the ""campaign"" (he tells her he used air quotes on the word ""campaign"").

Paranoia
30 min
E13

Paranoia

Sep 28, 1998

Ben wakes Katz up in the middle of the night, claiming to hear a noise. Katz hears it too, and they both think they're being burglarized. After first trying to scare off the burglar (""I'm sure glad they haven't outlawed semi-automatic weapons in the city yet!""), they give up (""Help yourself, take whatever you want, just lock up when you're done""). Turns out the burglar doesn't get in, but Katz and Ben over-react -- oddly, this time it's Katz who over-reacts more. They get new locks and bars on the windows, and Ben wants a hamster. Katz tells Julie and Stan that a home is burglarized every 15 minutes, and that he can't believe he called 911 and was told he had the wrong number. (Stan: ""Did you dial N-I-N-E-one-one?"" Katz: ""OK, you win, you're the stupidest guy in the bar."") Katz suggests a lower peephole, in case the burglar is a midget. Why? Because every horror movie he's seen has an evil midget in it. (Movies mentioned: ""Midget Killers,"" ""I'm Small and You're Dead,"" ""Too Small to Let

Waltz
30 min
E14

Waltz

Oct 05, 1998

As Katz and Ben prepare to go to Katz's niece Rachel's wedding, Katz discovers that since Uncle Morty is dead, he'll have to dance with Rachel -- and he can't waltz.

Anniversary
30 min
E15

Anniversary

Oct 12, 1998

Katz's wedding anniversary is approaching, so Ben wants to do something for him.

Community Theater
30 min
E16

Community Theater

Oct 19, 1998

Katz is auditioning for a community theater production of ""Love's Retreat.

Ping-Pong
30 min
E17

Ping-Pong

Oct 26, 1998

Katz's old ping-pong rival David Stanick calls and wants to play again -- for $750. Katz agrees and starts to train and worry.

Thanksgiving
30 min
E18

Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 1998

It's Thanksgiving, and something big happening: Katz's ex-wife Roz is coming for dinner

Season 6

Season 6

18 Episodes Aired 1999

No overview available for this season.

Sissy Boy
30 min
E1

Sissy Boy

Jun 15, 1999

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

Pullman Square
30 min
E2

Pullman Square

Jun 22, 1999

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.

Wisdom Teeth
30 min
E3

Wisdom Teeth

Jun 29, 1999

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

Past Lives
30 min
E4

Past Lives

Jul 06, 1999

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.

Ben's Partay
30 min
E5

Ben's Partay

Jul 13, 1999

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

Walk for Hunger
30 min
E6

Walk for Hunger

Jul 20, 1999

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

Used Car
30 min
E7

Used Car

Dec 24, 1999

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

Ball and Chain
30 min
E8

Ball and Chain

Dec 24, 1999

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.

Snow Day
30 min
E9

Snow Day

Dec 24, 1999

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

Garden
30 min
E10

Garden

Dec 24, 1999

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

Big TV
30 min
E11

Big TV

Dec 24, 1999

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

Vow of Silence
30 min
E12

Vow of Silence

Dec 24, 1999

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.

You're Belinda
30 min
E13

You're Belinda

Dec 24, 1999

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

Radio Katz
30 min
E14

Radio Katz

Dec 24, 1999

Dr. Katz hosts a radio show.

Expert Witness
30 min
E15

Expert Witness

Dec 24, 1999

Dr. Katz applies his expertise to a criminal trial.

Bakery Ben
30 min
E16

Bakery Ben

Feb 03, 2002

Ben gets a job at a bakery.

Uncle Nothing
30 min
E17

Uncle Nothing

Feb 03, 2002

Ben learns of Laura's engagement.

Lerapy
30 min
E18

Lerapy

Feb 03, 2002

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

Series Info

Status

Ended

Seasons

6

Episodes

81

Language

en

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