AboutTony Hansen Expertise Wow! I can answer "all" or "anything" about Dr. Katz. For example, do you want to know who spent the most time on Dr. Katz`s couch? I can tell you. Do you want to know how many African American`s sat with the good doctor? I can tell you. I can tell you which comedian said what to whom at what time in what episode. I can tell you about the personal life of Ben, or Laura, or Stan, or Todd. Admittedly, there may be questions of minutiae that I don`t know, but I can attempt to look up anything that you need.
Experience I have seen every episode of Dr. Katz numerous times and have every episode on tape. I also have followed the careers of the show's creators Tom Snyder and Jonathan Katz and I also know a great deal about the stand-up comics that graced Dr. Katz's couch. To help me, I have a fairly detailed episode guide.
Education/Credentials Like Ben, I'm the type of person that leads the contemplative life.
Travis M wrote at 2008-05-01 23:27:31
The major similarities between Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and Home Movies are the shows' producer, Loren Bouchard, the voice acting of H. Jon Benjamin, and most noticeably, Squigglevision (dropped after the conclusion of the first season of Home Movies for Macromedia's Flash).
Secondarily, many other members of the cast of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist appear regularly in Home Movies as follows:
(Voice actor: Role on Dr. Katz; Role on Home Movies)
H. Jon Benjamin: Ben Katz; Coach McGuirk/Jason
Jonathan Katz: Dr. Katz; Erik
Ron Lynch: Himself (patient); Mr. Lynch
Emo Phillips: Himself (patient); Shannon
Mitch Hedberg: Himself (patient); Various Roles
Ben Culture wrote at 2008-06-07 11:50:02
Both Dr. Katz and Home Movies were written by a process called "retroscripting". Instead of writing out a script from beginning to end, a loose outline is given, and the actors then improvise the scene with their own dialogue, giving the scene a more natural feel (this is why characters sometimes talk over one another, or start and stop awkardly, which never happens in a traditionally scripted sitcom.) This improvisation can run for several hours, and is then edited into a compilation take, which becomes the "script" and the master audio track. Only then can the animation process begin.
