Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: Ben Treats

Air Date

Friday May 9, 1997

Production Code

405

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• Guest Cast

  • Jim Gaffigan Himself
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus Herself

• Stars

  • Jonathan Katz Dr. Katz
  • H. Jon Benjamin Ben Katz
  • Laura Silverman Laura, the receptionist

• Recurring Roles

  • Julianne Shapiro Julie
  • Will Lebow Stanley
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• Ben says that his $500 prize is 5 million pennies and Laura corrects him and says it is 5 hundred-thousand pennies. However, $500 is actually 50 thousand pennies. [edit]
• During the manatee bit, the manatee says he has a layer of blubber to keep him warm. Manatees do not actually have a layer of blubber and stay warm by living in warm waters. [edit]

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• Dr. Katz: (about accepting Ben's dinner invitation) I have to tell you Laura, this would be, this would really pick up Ben's spirits, they've been really down, the past eight ... 12 years. [edit]
• Jim (client, discussing the manatee): "... The manatee kind of looks like a guest on the Ricky Lake Show, doesn't it?
  ‘Ricky, I can't get laid.' Then somebody in the audience would offer up the advice,
  ‘Yeah, I wanna say something to the sea pig. ... What you gotta do is get yourself an education and a job.'
  ‘I live in the ocean.'
  ‘You live in the ocean ‘cause you aint got no job.'
  ‘I don't know what you're talking about.'
  ‘You're fat, you gotta get Weight Watchers.'
  ‘I have a layer of blubber to keep me warm in the water.'" [edit]
• Ben: Do you know what French food is?
  Laura: No.
  Ben: It's like American food, but glazed. [edit]

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