The BEST episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist season 3
Every episode of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist season 3!
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 - Mourning Person
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/26/1997
92-year-old Aunt Estelle (wife of Cousin Morty) dies, and Katz is asked to give the eulogy.
#2 - Koppleman and Katz
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1996
While rummaging around in search of his birth certificate, Ben comes across evidence of Katz's former life: as a hippie folk singer.
#3 - Studio Guy
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/19/1997
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.
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#4 - Fructose
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1996
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.
#5 - Big Fat Slug
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1997
Katz thinks Ben is watching too much TV, which he is. But he says TV influences people.
#6 - Reunion
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/9/1997
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
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#7 - L'il Helper
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/1997
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.
#8 - Day Planner
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/12/1997
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.
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#9 - New Phone System
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/1997
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.
#10 - Blind Date
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1996
Julie sets Dr. Katz up on a blind date with her friend Beth, who makes her own clothes. Ben (morbidly) wants to celebrate the anniversary of his parents' divorce. Laura has a hard time staying focused.
#11 - Guess Who
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/5/1997
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.
#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 - 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.