Talk:Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
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I thought that this article should have a section to list who else was on the show, so I started it. I went ahead and listed who I could think of off the top of my head. This was a great show!! --JRed 23:37, May 14, 2005 (UTC)
- Hey there, I found this good link that has a full list of episodes/guests, but I dunno how to (newbie here) or how it should be intergrated/linked into the page.
[1]Theinnerexits 11:47, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Interaction Between Guests and Dr. Katz.
It the audiobook [Katz's Therapy Session], the guests seem to interact minimally with Jonathan Katz's character.
In fact, based on some of their material (which appears to be borrowed from their stand-up routines), it feels a little bit like Dr. Katz's often not-quite-congruous comments are retroactively edited into a guest's monologue.
Of course, that's okay-- it makes the "therapy session" funnier because it's obvious that the two characters are not really that concerned about or connecting to each other. This disconnect is emphasized for comedic effect in Katz's post-session notes, where he raises all sorts of petty, irrelevant, or ridiculous points. In one example, he was concerned about Ray Romano's mother constantly trying ot "drop in" on their sessions:
- "I tried to explain to her that she can't just drop in ... certainly unannounced, you know? And I can't .. I can't bill Ray at the same rate... if his mother's here also--I mean that's not fair to anybody."
In another example, Dr. Katz spends over half of his note time for Louis C.K. focusing needlessly on the latter's shoes:
- Just another, another quick thought about Louis, whichi--I gotta ... find out where he gets those shoes, I love those shoes, and I have to ask him in a way ... that's not inappropriate. That's my, uh, challenge for next week. 'Cause I can't really ask him just, I can't just outright ask him where he got those shoes; I have to get him talking about them somehow or other. [pause] So I have to little--be a little bit devious, which I don't like to do ... in my role as therapist. Like to save that for the home. Ummm... [pause] I--unless I can just...put a tail on him. Is that, is that an expression? 'Put a tail on someone?' When you have someone followed? ... There's an assignment for Ben is to follow Louis C.K. around and find out where he gets his shoes.
I just wondered if anyone knew more about how the book (and/or shows) were put together. I don't recall the disconnect being as obvious in the TV series, but I DO remember that it was there.
Ckamaeleon 15:29, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
- I think it varies per guest star. Some comedians just came on and did their act, which they'd have to find some way to introduce as dialogue one might have with a therapist, which obviously doesn't always go completely smoothly. But other comedians were really engaged with Katz, Dom Irrera is probably the best example. And as for how it was put together, I'm guessing that also varied from guest to guest: some might have been more comfortable with retroscripting than others, some might have had more time to produce more dialogue, etc. Hopefully there's an interview or article somewhere that explains this aspect of the show more. --TM (talk) 18:44, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Character List
This Artical could use an Character list and a discription of of the five main characters and go into details.
