# Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)

> An animated comedy in which therapist Jonathan Katz, voiced by himself, counsels his deadbeat son Ben and sarcastic receptionist Laura while interviewing stand-up comedians about their craft.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/2386

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 81
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy
- Created by: Jonathan Katz
- Network: Comedy Central
- Cast: Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, Laura Silverman, Julianne Bond, Will LeBow, Mitch Hedberg, Kathy Griffin, Steven Wright
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111942/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: deadpan, sardonic, awkward, wry, warm

## What critics say

Viewers broadly rate the animated talk-therapy comedy as a positive, idiosyncratic series that rewards fans of stand-up comedy.

## Synopsis

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995-2002) is an American adult animated comedy created by Jonathan Katz for Comedy Central. Jonathan Katz voices the title therapist, a self-absorbed Manhattan-style clinician whose sessions are constantly interrupted by his deadbeat son Ben (H. Jon Benjamin), his stunningly sarcastic receptionist Laura (Laura Silverman), and his bartender friend Julie (Julianne Bond). The engine of each episode is the loose, rambling talk between the therapist and his patients, who are often real stand-up comedians such as Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright and Kathy Griffin voicing themselves as guests. Their conversations about their jokes, careers and personal neuroses drive the half-hour format, with the domestic and office clutter of Katz's life running alongside. Across six seasons and eighty-one episodes, the show runs as a loose, episodic comedy rather than a continuing story, with each installment built around a new conversation. The spare, minimal animation looks like a sketch over recorded talk, and the tone is deadpan, wry and warmly awkward, with a hint of melancholy beneath the jokes. Fans of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Home Movies and Curb Your Enthusiasm will find the same mix of improvisational banter, cringe-tinged humor and affectionate mockery of self-importance.

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