Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 28 years old
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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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Denis Leary He was 37 , now 66 years old | |
| Winona Ryder She was 23 , now 52 years old | |
| Caroline Rhea She was 31 , now 60 years old | |
| Garry Shandling He was 45 , 66 years old when he died | |
| Patton Oswalt He was 26 , now 55 years old | |
| Ray Romano He was 37 , now 66 years old | |
| David Duchovny He was 34 , now 63 years old | |
| Bob Odenkirk He was 32 , now 61 years old | |
| H. Jon Benjamin He was 29 , now 57 years old | as Ben Katz (voice) |
| Ben Stiller He was 29 , now 58 years old | |
| Laura Silverman She was 28 , now 57 years old | as Laura the Receptionist (voice) |
| Richard Lewis He was 47 , 71 years old when he died | |
| Jeff Garlin He was 32 , now 61 years old | |
| Robert Klein He was 53 , now 82 years old | |
| Sandra Bernhard She was 39 , now 68 years old | |
| Janeane Garofalo She was 30 , now 59 years old | |
| Tom Kenny He was 32 , now 61 years old | |
| Kathy Griffin She was 34 , now 63 years old | |
| Jim Gaffigan He was 28 , now 57 years old | |
| Laura Kightlinger She was 30 , now 59 years old | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus She was 34 , now 63 years old | |
| Joy Behar She was 52 , now 81 years old | |
| Larry Miller He was 41 , now 70 years old | |
| Al Franken He was 44 , now 72 years old | |
| Steven Wright He was 39 , now 68 years old | |
| Gilbert Gottfried He was 40 , now 69 years old | |
| John Pinette He was 31 , 50 years old when he died | |
| Dom Irrera He was 47 , now 76 years old | |
| Barry Sobel He was 35 , now 64 years old | |
| Conan O'Brien He was 32 , now 61 years old | |
| Jonathan Katz He was 48 , now 77 years old | as Dr. Katz (voice) |
| Lew Schneider He was 33 , now 62 years old | |
| Dave Attell He was 30 , now 59 years old | |
| Bobby Slayton He was 40 , now 68 years old | |
| Tom Smothers He was 58 , now 87 years old | |
| Emo Philips He was 39 , now 68 years old | |
| Carol Leifer She was 38 , now 67 years old | |
| Robert Schimmel He was 45 , 60 years old when he died | |
| Rita Rudner She was 41 , now 70 years old | |
| Wendy Liebman She was 34 , now 63 years old | |
| Judy Tenuta She was 38 , now 67 years old | |
| Anthony Clark He was 17 , now 46 years old | |
| Brian Regan He was 37 , now 66 years old | |
| Dick Smothers He was 55 , now 84 years old | |
| Mitch Hedberg He was 27 , 37 years old when he died | |
| Louis CK He was 27 , now 56 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (28 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1995-05-28
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 81
