Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

A therapist struggles with problems of his patients, while dealing with the ones in his personal life.

1995 HD 30min United States English

Jonathan Katz H. Jon Benjamin Laura Silverman Julianne Bond Will LeBow

Animation Comedy

psychotherapist therapy mental health professional

S1E1 - Pot-Bellied Pigs 1995-05-28

Ben entertains a business venture that he knows will bring home the bacon: raising pot-bellied pigs--at home.

S1E2 - Pretzelkins 1995-06-04

Dr. Katz is down in the mouth about his less-than-social life after Ben tells him that theyre spending too much time together.

S1E3 - Bully 1995-06-11

Katz goes to an open-mic night to sing, play guitar and embarrass Ben.

S1E4 - Cholesterol 1995-06-18

After a checkup shows that hes a prime candidate for a heart attack, Dr. Katz asks Stanley and Laura to help him shape up.

S1E5 - Everybody's Got a Tushy 1995-06-25

Dr. Katz worries that he and Bens mother failed to provide their son with everything he needed to know about the opposite sex.

S1E6 - Family Car 1995-07-02

In the never-ending struggle to help his son grow up, Dr. Katz suggests that if Ben had his own car, jobs--and dates--might naturally follow.

S2E1 - Bystander Ben 1995-10-15

Ben gets his 15 minutes of fame when he witnesses a crime and is quoted in the paper.

S2E2 - Real Estate 1995-10-29

Katzs ex-wife comes to visit Ben, prompting Katz to threaten to move out.

S2E3 - Glasses 1995-11-12

Dr. Katz doesnt see that he needs glasses.

S2E4 - Office Management 1995-12-17

Katz decides to throw an office Christmas party.

S2E5 - Bees and SIDS 1996-01-14

A bee traps Katz in his office, while his honey of a secretary offers stinging sympathy.

S2E6 - Drinky the Drunk Guy 1996-01-21

Ben thinks his dad may have a drinking problem.

S2E7 - Sticky Notes 1996-04-07

A new tenant catches Bens eye.

S2E8 - It Takes Some Getting Used To 1996-04-14

Ben disapproves of his fathers sleep-over date.

S2E9 - The Particle Board 1996-04-21

Ben and his father think theyre up to building a set of shelves in the living room.

S2E10 - A Journey for the Betterment of People 1996-04-28

Ben decides he wants to help people and begins mapping out a strategy to do so.

S2E11 - Theory of Intelligence 1996-05-05

Dr. Katz piques his brain committing his theory of intelligence to paper for an adult-education class.

S2E12 - Henna 1996-05-12

Disaster does little to color Bens penchant for samples of hair-care products.

S2E13 - ESP 1996-05-26

Ben prognosticates all over the place after watching a show on paranormal activity.

S3E1 - Monte Carlo 1996-10-06

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

S3E2 - Blind Date 1996-10-13

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 Katzs nickname was ""Scootch.""

S3E3 - Fructose 1996-10-20

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 hes ""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 theres a job for what he used to do as a kid: put on a pair of dads pants, pull them way over his head, and stumble around the house.

S3E4 - Earring 1996-10-27

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.

S3E5 - Koppleman and Katz 1996-11-03

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

S3E6 - Guess Who 1997-01-05

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

S3E7 - Day Planner 1997-01-12

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 hes forgotten his day planner and asks Ben to find it.

S3E8 - Studio Guy 1997-01-19

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

S3E9 - Mourning Person 1997-01-26

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

S3E10 - L'il Helper 1997-02-02

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

S3E11 - Big Fat Slug 1997-02-09

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

S3E12 - New Phone System 1997-03-02

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 Lauras house.

S3E13 - Reunion 1997-03-09

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

S4E1 - Ben Treats 1997-05-09

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.

S4E2 - Memoirs 1997-06-22

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

S4E3 - Electric Bike 1997-06-29

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 isnt 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.

S4E4 - Broadcaster Ben 1997-07-06

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

S4E5 - Trash Day 1997-07-13

Katz finds a chair sitting outside on the curb and takes it home (""You wouldnt 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 (""Its all digital now"").

S4E6 - Sharon Meyers 1997-07-27

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).

S4E7 - Mask 1997-08-03

Katz takes a class in making African ritual masks.

S4E8 - Closets 1997-08-10

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

S4E9 - Wild Weekend 1997-08-17

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 Lauras camcorder.

S4E10 - Chopper 1997-08-24

Ben wins first runner-up in a WFEN radio contest to ride in the traffic helicopter. He hopes the real winner cant make it and he gets all psyched up for the possibility.

S4E11 - Alibi 1997-08-31

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 dads protests that while he is in his late 40s, he is ""balding,"" not bald.

S4E12 - Ben-Centennial 1997-09-07

Katz wants to do something big for Bens 25th birthday, but Ben doesnt want any fuss.

S4E13 - Undercover Ben 1997-09-14

Laura starts taking a lot of time off, but wont say why. Ben is curious and so is Katz, and they speculate.

S5E1 - Old Man 1998-06-17

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

S5E2 - Fanny Pack 1998-06-22

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

S5E3 - Metaphors 1998-06-29

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

S5E4 - Movies 1998-07-06

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.

S5E5 - Ticket 1998-07-13

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 didnt you play with his mind?"" and suggests they contest the ticket.

S5E6 - Phone Luv 1998-07-20

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.

S5E7 - Chain Letter 1998-07-27

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

S5E8 - Babysitting Ben 1998-08-03

Katz gets a death threat, via Laura, who is unclear on the details; she didnt press for more information because ""I didnt want to make him angry--er.""

S5E9 - Miles Away 1998-08-10

Bens 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 shes still upset).

S5E10 - London Broil 1998-08-17

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

S5E11 - Feng Shui 1998-08-24

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 Bens new obsession with Feng Shui, but Laura finally finds something to talk about with Ben.

S5E12 - Alderman 1998-09-21

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: ""Id 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 dads campaign manager, despite Katzs insistence that he is NOT running. (Bens 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"").

S5E13 - Paranoia 1998-09-28

Ben wakes Katz up in the middle of the night, claiming to hear a noise. Katz hears it too, and they both think theyre being burglarized. After first trying to scare off the burglar (""Im sure glad they havent outlawed semi-automatic weapons in the city yet!""), they give up (""Help yourself, take whatever you want, just lock up when youre done""). Turns out the burglar doesnt get in, but Katz and Ben over-react -- oddly, this time its 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 cant 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, youre the stupidest guy in the bar."") Katz suggests a lower peephole, in case the burglar is a midget. Why? Because every horror movie hes seen has an evil midget in it. (Movies mentioned: ""Midget Killers,"" ""Im Small and Youre Dead,"" ""Too Small to Let

S5E14 - Waltz 1998-10-05

As Katz and Ben prepare to go to Katzs niece Rachels wedding, Katz discovers that since Uncle Morty is dead, hell have to dance with Rachel -- and he cant waltz.

S5E15 - Anniversary 1998-10-12

Katzs wedding anniversary is approaching, so Ben wants to do something for him.

S5E16 - Community Theater 1998-10-19

Katz is auditioning for a community theater production of ""Loves Retreat.

S5E17 - Ping-Pong 1998-10-26

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

S5E18 - Thanksgiving 1998-11-23

Its Thanksgiving, and something big happening: Katzs ex-wife Roz is coming for dinner

S6E1 - Sissy Boy 1999-06-15

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

S6E2 - Pullman Square 1999-06-22

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.

S6E3 - Wisdom Teeth 1999-06-29

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

S6E4 - Past Lives 1999-07-06

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.

S6E5 - Ben's Partay 1999-07-13

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

S6E6 - Walk for Hunger 1999-07-20

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

S6E7 - Used Car 1999-12-24

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

S6E8 - Ball and Chain 1999-12-24

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.

S6E9 - Snow Day 1999-12-24

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

S6E10 - Garden 1999-12-24

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

S6E11 - Big TV 1999-12-24

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

S6E12 - Vow of Silence 1999-12-24

When the paper doesnt 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.