{"id":2706,"date":"2018-06-05T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T00:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2018-06-07T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:15:59","slug":"dot-podcast-ep-62-jonathan-katz-talks-dr-katz-on-audible-plus-new-music-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2018\/06\/05\/dot-podcast-ep-62-jonathan-katz-talks-dr-katz-on-audible-plus-new-music-from\/","title":{"rendered":"DoT Podcast EP 62: Jonathan Katz Talks Dr. Katz on Audible, plus New Music from Matt Dorrien"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this week\u2019s episode, I sat down with Jonathan Katz in his home in Newton, Massachusetts to talk about his career in stand-up comedy and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist<\/em><\/a>, his popular Comedy Central show which is now an audio series on Audible. Season Two of the new incarnation is coming up this summer, and Katz gives the complete rundown of new guests, plus a preview of what\u2019s happening with Dr. Katz, his son Ben, played by H. Jon Benjamin<\/a>, and his receptionist, Laura, played by Laura Silverman<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to interview Jonathan and his partner in Dr. Katz<\/em>, Tom Snyder, about how they originally pitched Dr. Katz<\/em> to Comedy Central. The story was, they were both new to television at the time, but stuck to their vision for the show, which turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. A lot of that story never made it to print, so I\u2019m glad to have it on the record here. You can check out my interview with Snyder way back in EP10 of the podcast.<\/a> <\/p>\n

We also spoke about his early experiences touring with Robin Williams. It\u2019s a strange bit of Katz\u2019s history. He was Williams\u2019s musical director, writing songs for the act and playing guitar onstage. One of those songs was \u201cThis Heart Is Closed for Alterations,\u201d co-written with Katz\u2019s college buddy from Goddard, David Mamet. If that\u2019s not an intriguing enough mix, Williams once performed that song on Mork & Mindy<\/em> with his opening act, The Rick and Ruby Show. <\/p>\n