The BEST episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Every episode of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist!
Dr. Katz is a divorced psychiatrist who lives with his son, Ben. While trying to help his patients (famous and not famous) with their traumas, paranoias, conflicts and problems, Dr. Katz also handles his own problems. His son Ben is all grown up but still don't know what to do with his life. His hobby is to waste Laura's (Dr. Katz's sarcastic receptionist) time with cheesy pick up lines and useless ideas and inventions. Dr. Katz also has a Cheers like bar called Jacky's 33 where he usually hangs out on his spare time, mostly chatting with his friends Julie and Stan. Julie is the bartender, who is studying to become a physical therapist and for whom Dr. Katz has a crush on. Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was a cartoon based on Jonathan Katz's personal life. Originally running on Comedy Central, the show aired for 5 and a half seasons, and helped put Comedy Central on the map, along with fellow cartoon hit South Park. Halfway through its sixth season, the network cancelled.
#1 - Drinky the Drunk Guy
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/1996
Ben thinks Katz is drinking too much ("Take the mask off for one minute"), which of course he is not. As usual, Ben goes way overboard, mentioning a TV program he plans to watch: "The Drinky Guy Who's Drunk All the Time, and His Name is My Dad" ("Drinky the Drunk Guy" is Katz's suggestion for a similar program). Ben calls Laura to check on his dad, and she tells him not to let his own hypochondria extend to his father. He attempts an intervention, guided by a pamphlet called "Why is Daddy Actin'Funny?" but it's a bad time for Katz, who is busy reading "The Foot Bridges of Madison County." So Ben vows to try the intervention at a more convenient time.
#2 - Everybody's Got a Tushy
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/1995
Dr. Katz is concerned about Ben's social life (or lack-there-of).
#3 - Bully
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/1995
Ben finds that his favorite stuffed animal from his childhood, Bully, has been tossed in the dumpster. Ben immediately blames his father and begins to label all of his possessions; he even labels his labels. Ben starts to fear that his father is going to throw him out of the house like his Bully. Sick of his father playing his folk, blues and "Snoopy Dog Dog" songs, suggests that he should play an open mic night, so that he doesn't play in the house. Ben and Laura go to watch him humiliate himself.
#4 - Family Car
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/2/1995
Ben borrows the car for the day; Katz calls him on the cell phone; Ben parks in front of the building and narrowly avoids getting towed when Laura -- in a surprisingly nice move -- cries to the tow truck driver to get him to stop. The car has to go into the shop because Ben had the emergency brake on the whole time: "Everyone has their own definition of 'emergency,'" he explains.
#5 - Cholesterol
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/1995
When Katz becomes concerned about his health after a routine check-up, Julie the bartender agrees to help him get in shape. In exchange, he gives her guitar lessons and sings a songs he wrote about her, with one word: "Julie."
#6 - Pretzelkins
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/1995
The first couple episodes had much more random discussion than did the ones that followed. "Pretzelkins" typifies it. The unifying theme is that Katz feels a bit of a malaise in his life. Julie thinks it's because he deals with unhappy people all day long; Stanley thinks he needs a little "you know." Katz asks Ben to drive Grandpa to the urologist, and "remind him to put his pants back on."
#7 - Metaphors
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/1998
Katz brings up the job issue with Ben, and a series of metaphors ensues.
#8 - Fanny Pack
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/1998
Katz gets a fanny pack to hold his cell phone, beeper, electronic organizer, and various other technological gadgets.
#9 - Sharon Meyers
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/27/1997
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).
#10 - Trash Day
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1997
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"").
#11 - Broadcast Ben
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/1997
Apparently not having learned from his previous experience with journalism, Ben goes to a broadcasting school audition.
#12 - Earring
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1996
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.
#13 - Bees and SIDS
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/1996
Ben gets a sore throat, which then spreads to his legs -- his hypochondria is in full bloom. Katz admonishes him to stay away from the medical books: "Last time it took three doctors and $500 to convince you that you didn't have an ovarian cyst." Ben suspects he may have something genetic, and Katz does some "gene" jokes (gene splicing, the shyness gene). He finally settles on SIDS -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Meanwhile, Katz has a fear of bees, which comes to light when one finds its way into the office.
#14 - Office Management
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/1995
Laura takes the day off from work to get her watch fixed. Ben thinks it's because she's not happy at the office; particularly when Katz asks Ben to fill in and then brusquely changes his mind. Katz frets about whether Laura is happy -- "100 percent of my employees are unhappy," he muses. Stanley suggests "Intra-Office Primal Screaming." In an attempt to make things better, Katz makes Laura an "Administrative Assistant": "I won't be able to pay you as much, but there will be additional responsibilities," he tells her. Katz tries to convince Ben (and himself) that there is no problem with Laura, but then throws an office Christmas party -- even though his office consists only of him and Laura.
#15 - Glasses
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1995
Katz gets glasses, although he doesn't think he needs them. He points out the irony in a store whose job it is to sell you glasses telling you after an examination that you need glasses. He makes Laura help him look at an eye chart which he wrote himself. Julie laughs when she sees him in his glasses, and Stanley is no help either.
#16 - Real Estate
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/1995
Katz's ex-wife announces she's coming for a visit, and Ben tells her she can stay at their place, which Katz does not like the idea of. Ben then brings up the possibility of getting his own apartment, which of course does not happen. ("The sunken living room -- can that be fixed?" he asks one potential landlord.) Stanley, at the bar, tells Katz he's the one who came up with the slogan "Location, location, location"; it used to be "Location, location, location, location," he says. Katz winds up deciding to let his ex-wife stay at the house, even though Ben has now changed his mind on the whole matter, too.
#17 - Bystander Ben
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/1995
Ben is proud to have been quoted in a newspaper article as a witness to a crime, and he considers himself to be a part of the media now. He considers getting a more exciting first name than Ben, like Zeus; dad suggests Ben "The Over-Reactor" Katz. He finally admits to Katz that he didn't actually see the crime.
#18 - Sticky Notes
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/1996
Katz suspects Laura of stealing office supplies but is too weaselly to confront her on it. Stan, at the bar, says it's not even stealing. Katz points out only he and Laura have keys to the office, along with the cleaning service -- ""Finders Keepers."" Meanwhile, Ben begins pursuing -- some would say stalking -- the new girl in the building.
#19 - Pot-Bellied Pigs
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/1995
In the premiere episode, Ben sends off quite a lot of money -- $2,999.99 each -- to buy two pot-bellied pigs, theoretically to breed them, although he didn't specify which sexes he wanted. This sudden interest in animal husbandry comes after Katz lectures Ben about finding a job.
#20 - Ben's Partay
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1999
Ben hears from an old friend named Bruce (at 1 in the morning), who tells him that he and some others will be in town over the long weekend. Ben decides to throw a party, and when Katz threatens to bring his guitar, Ben tells him he's not invited.
#21 - Monte Carlo
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1996
Ben decides to go into the celebrity limo business. He moves into Katz's office to do this, which of course annoys Laura.
#22 - Sissy Boy
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/1999
While picking up a box of donuts one morning, Ben is harassed by an old bully from school, Jimmy Solaray, and by Jimmy's son. They call him a sissy; Ben retorts by saying he's going to join the military.
#23 - Thanksgiving
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/23/1998
It's Thanksgiving, and something big happening: Katz's ex-wife Roz is coming for dinner
#24 - Ping-Pong
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/26/1998
Katz's old ping-pong rival David Stanick calls and wants to play again -- for $750. Katz agrees and starts to train and worry.
#25 - Community Theater
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/1998
Katz is auditioning for a community theater production of ""Love's Retreat.