July 4, 2006

THE WAIT IS OVER:

Squigglevisionary: The return of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Sam Anderson, 4 July 2006, Slate)

When the animated series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was canceled in 1999, its fans reacted with a natural hoarding instinct: They recorded the final marathons and braced themselves for a couple of Katz-less years. But scarcity soon turned to famine. While every other cartoon in the history of the world came out on DVD, Dr. Katz remained inexplicably locked in the Comedy Central vault...
...Even after all this time, Dr. Katz continues to fill an important comic niche. Compared to Comedy Central's current flagship shows—the fake-news hour, South ParkKatz is an oasis of good old-fashioned, apolitical, pre-9/11 detachment. It's quiet, slow, and about as edgy as a pebble of sea glass. Its humor is relentlessly wry, droll, and self-conscious, and it grows out of mild domestic drama: playful living-room banter between a psychologist and his unemployed son, the son's inept flirting with his father's crabby secretary.

This was just a great cartoon: good natured and clever, but not too clever. It's also worth checking out Home Movies, the next series the creators made.

Posted by Pepys at July 4, 2006 2:40 PM
Comments

Thanks for the recommendations. Both are on Netflix.

Posted by: Rick T. at July 4, 2006 3:18 PM

Good Lord, people are taking my recommendations seriously?

Posted by: Pepys at July 4, 2006 3:38 PM

Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown.

Posted by: erp at July 4, 2006 5:40 PM

Pepys, once you get to post here, don't you know that we out in the hinterlands believe every word?

Posted by: ratbert at July 4, 2006 7:35 PM

I thought you people were better than this.


Much better.

Posted by: Pepys at July 4, 2006 8:02 PM

If it will make you feel better, I could ignore everything you say. I might even be able to work in some snearing sarcasim too. I'm just helpful like that.

Disclaimer: the preceding text was delivered in jest after multiple cups of coffee and a shortened sleep period the night before. This comment void where found offensive.

Posted by: Jay at July 5, 2006 12:31 PM

Don't worry Jay, I'm about as hard to offend as Andrew Sullivan and Lord knows it's not easy to rile him up.

Posted by: Pepys at July 5, 2006 2:04 PM
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