Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

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  E1Sissy Boy

  Jun 15, 1999· 30m

  Jeff Goldblum and Ted Alexandro are patients; Ben considers joining the military after being called a "sissy" by a boyhood chum.

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  E2Pullman Square

  Jun 22, 1999· 30m

  Teri Garr and Ed Crasnick are featured; Ben opposes gentrification of his old neighborhood and tries to form a grass-roots movement to stop it.

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  E3Wisdom Teeth

  Jun 29, 1999· 30m

  Margaret Cho and Paul F. Tompkins are featured; Ben has his wisdom teeth pulled, and Dr. Katz nurses him back to health.

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  E4Past Lives

  Jul 6, 1999· 30m

  Dom Irrera and Mitch Hedberg are featured; Ben and Dr. Katz explore past-life regression, and Katz learns he was once a barmaid in the Old West.

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  E5Ben's Partay

  Jul 13, 1999· 30m

  Tom Hertz and Al Lubel are featured; Ben throws a big party, and asks his father to make other plans.

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  E6Walk for Hunger

  Jul 20, 1999· 30m

  Wanda Sykes-Hall and Jon Stewart visit the doctor; Ben joins a walk for hunger in an attempt to impress Laura.

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  E7Used Car

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Greg Behrendt and Ian Bagg are featured; Dr. Katz and Ben "help" Laura buy a used car.

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  E8Ball and Chain

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Carol Leifer and Kevin Meaney are featured; Ben is convinced his father is about to remarry after Katz has a couple of dates with a gastroenterologist.

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  E9Snow Day

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Merrill Markoe and Dana Gould visit the doctor; Ben cares for a neighbor's rooftop pigeons as a snowstorm approaches.

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  E10Garden

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Mitch Hedberg and Matt Siegel are clients; Katz takes up gardening as a hobby, but Ben discovers his secret motivation.

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  E11Big TV

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Dom Irrera and Al Lubel take the couch; Ben buys a big-screen TV to replace their failed set.

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  E12Vow of Silence

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  When the paper doesn't get delivered for a few days, Ben observes that Katz is hooked on the news. Katz denies it and bets him that he can go longer without news than Ben can go without talking.

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  E13You're Belinda

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Dr. Katz is skeptical of a new therapy technique suggested by Ben.

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  E14Radio Katz

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Dr. Katz hosts a radio show.

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  E15Expert Witness

  Dec 24, 1999· 30m

  Dr. Katz applies his expertise to a criminal trial.

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  E16Bakery Ben

  Feb 3, 2002· 30m

  Ben gets a job at a bakery.

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  E17Uncle Nothing

  Feb 3, 2002· 30m

  Ben learns of Laura's engagement.

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  E18LerapyFinale

  Feb 3, 2002· 30m

  Conan O'Brien uses Dr. Katz's jokes on TV.

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  E1Old Man

  Jun 17, 1998· 30m

  Katz seems to be losing energy and is sleeping later in the morning. He wonders if he's feverish, but in fact, he feels a little cold.

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  E2Fanny Pack

  Jun 22, 1998· 30m

  Katz gets a fanny pack to hold his cell phone, beeper, electronic organizer, and various other technological gadgets.

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  E3Metaphors

  Jun 29, 1998· 30m

  Katz brings up the job issue with Ben, and a series of metaphors ensues.

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  E4Movies

  Jul 6, 1998· 30m

  Katz and Ben try to decide on a movie. Katz wants to see ""Love Strings"" (a chick flick), while Ben wants to see ""Fire Power.

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  E5Ticket

  Jul 13, 1998· 30m

  Katz gets a ticket for running a stop sign, despite his efforts to lighten up the cop (""That is a great color for you""). Ben asks, ""Why didn't you play with his mind?"" and suggests they contest the ticket.

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  E6Phone Luv

  Jul 20, 1998· 30m

  Ben becomes enamored of Cindy, a telemarketer from Telepurchase. He mistakes her powerful sales skills for actual affection, and wants to have a private conversation with her, resulting in an angrily whispered argument between him and Katz.

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  E7Chain Letter

  Jul 27, 1998· 30m

  Ben is surprised to get a letter from boyhood friend Lance Garcy. Turns out it's a chain letter, and Ben is quite awed by its power of causing tragedy to strike those who ignore it.

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  E8Babysitting Ben

  Aug 3, 1998· 30m

  Katz gets a death threat, via Laura, who is unclear on the details; she didn't press for more information because ""I didn't want to make him angry--er.""

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  E9Miles Away

  Aug 10, 1998· 30m

  Ben's goes to visit his cousin Sarah, in an unnamed city, from whom he once stole money when he was 6 (""It was over a dollar,"" he says as he worries whether she's still upset).

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  E10London Broil

  Aug 17, 1998· 30m

  Ben points out, ""When we spend time together over breakfast: boring,"" leading to a discussion of the old games he and Katz used to play when Ben was a kid. Katz asks him to take the London broil out of the freezer, and then goes to work. When he gets home, Ben greets him with a clue -- the first in a series of 54 -- for a game of Treasure Hunt

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  E11Feng Shui

  Aug 24, 1998· 30m

  Ben begins rearranging the furniture in the apartment after picking up a book on Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese philosophy that teaches believers to arrange the objects in their surroundings to achieve inner peace. Dr. Katz is wary of Ben's new obsession with Feng Shui, but Laura finally finds something to talk about with Ben.

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  E12Alderman

  Sep 21, 1998· 30m

  Katz is disturbed to learn that the city alderman he voted for is corrupt. He talks about what HE would do if he were alderman: ""I'd like to bring crime back into the streets and out of the home,"" and get rid of the ""criminal element"" (Ben: ""Criminal element? What, are you Batman?""). Ben immediately begins being his dad's campaign manager, despite Katz's insistence that he is NOT running. (Ben's platform: handicap parking for everyone.) He makes signs and harasses Laura, inviting her over to help with the ""campaign"" (he tells her he used air quotes on the word ""campaign"").

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  E13Paranoia

  Sep 28, 1998· 30m

  Ben wakes Katz up in the middle of the night, claiming to hear a noise. Katz hears it too, and they both think they're being burglarized. After first trying to scare off the burglar (""I'm sure glad they haven't outlawed semi-automatic weapons in the city yet!""), they give up (""Help yourself, take whatever you want, just lock up when you're done""). Turns out the burglar doesn't get in, but Katz and Ben over-react -- oddly, this time it's Katz who over-reacts more. They get new locks and bars on the windows, and Ben wants a hamster. Katz tells Julie and Stan that a home is burglarized every 15 minutes, and that he can't believe he called 911 and was told he had the wrong number. (Stan: ""Did you dial N-I-N-E-one-one?"" Katz: ""OK, you win, you're the stupidest guy in the bar."") Katz suggests a lower peephole, in case the burglar is a midget. Why? Because every horror movie he's seen has an evil midget in it. (Movies mentioned: ""Midget Killers,"" ""I'm Small and You're Dead,"" ""Too Small to Let

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  E14Waltz

  Oct 5, 1998· 30m

  As Katz and Ben prepare to go to Katz's niece Rachel's wedding, Katz discovers that since Uncle Morty is dead, he'll have to dance with Rachel -- and he can't waltz.

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  E15Anniversary

  Oct 12, 1998· 30m

  Katz's wedding anniversary is approaching, so Ben wants to do something for him.

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  E16Community Theater

  Oct 19, 1998· 30m

  Katz is auditioning for a community theater production of ""Love's Retreat.

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  E17Ping-Pong

  Oct 26, 1998· 30m

  Katz's old ping-pong rival David Stanick calls and wants to play again -- for $750. Katz agrees and starts to train and worry.

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  E18ThanksgivingFinale

  Nov 23, 1998· 30m

  It's Thanksgiving, and something big happening: Katz's ex-wife Roz is coming for dinner

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  E1Ben Treats

  May 9, 1997· 30m

  Ben wins $500 in the Sir Pay-a-Lot scratch-off lottery and takes Katz and Laura out to dinner. Soon enough, Ben and Laura both get drunk and start to act goofy.

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  E2Memoirs

  Jun 22, 1997· 30m

  Ben decides to write his memoirs, dedicated to the ""loving memory"" of his father.

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  E3Electric Bike

  Jun 29, 1997· 30m

  Dr. Katz buys an Electric Bike because he always wanted one but never got it as a kid. They find that a $1,000 bicycle isn't all fun and games, when it breaks as Ben drove it down stairs. They soon learnm that some inventions just were never meant to be.

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  E4Broadcaster Ben

  Jul 6, 1997· 30m

  Apparently not having learned from his previous experience with journalism, Ben goes to a broadcasting school audition.

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  E5Trash Day

  Jul 13, 1997· 30m

  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"").

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  E6Sharon Meyers

  Jul 27, 1997· 30m

  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).

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  E7Mask

  Aug 3, 1997· 30m

  Katz takes a class in making African ritual masks.

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  E8Closets

  Aug 10, 1997· 30m

  Katz and Ben decide to reorganize their closet space, and they hire a company to do it.

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  E9Wild Weekend

  Aug 17, 1997· 30m

  Ben wants to take a bike trip to Nova Scotia, and he and Katz discuss the great outdoors. Several plans are offered, but what they wind up doing is sitting around the house all weekend. Ben gets the whole thing on tape, thanks to Laura's camcorder.

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  E10Chopper

  Aug 24, 1997· 30m

  Ben wins first runner-up in a WFEN radio contest to ride in the traffic helicopter. He hopes the real winner can't make it and he gets all psyched up for the possibility.

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  E11Alibi

  Aug 31, 1997· 30m

  While watching the news, Ben and Katz learn that a mailbox in their neighborhood was struck by a car driven by a bald Caucasian male in his late 40s. Ben assumes it was his dad, despite dad's protests that while he is in his late 40s, he is ""balding,"" not bald.

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  E12Ben-Centennial

  Sep 7, 1997· 30m

  Katz wants to do something big for Ben's 25th birthday, but Ben doesn't want any fuss.

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  E13Undercover BenFinale

  Sep 14, 1997· 30m

  Laura starts taking a lot of time off, but won't say why. Ben is curious and so is Katz, and they speculate.

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