Andy Kindler was one of the first guests on Dr. Katz, and he shared this little reminiscence on aspecialthing.com today:
When they first did the show, we recorded it at the house of the executive producer in his kitchen pantry. They put us up at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, which was fantastic. It was just the greatest experience.
Dom Irrera was amazing on the show, appearing many times.
I remember Jonathan Katz talking about how great it was to have a conversation on the show without having to worry about the timing of a live studio audience like in a regular sitcom, so they could talk over each other.
The H. Jon Benjamin/ Jonathan Katz relationship might be my favorite thing ever. They were just so brilliant together. I love H. Jon.
I was on an episode once with David Mamet, although I didn’t get to meet him. He’s an old friend of Jonathan. He had a line where Laura (Silverman) says to him: “You’re not just blowing smoke up my ass, are you?” And David Mamet says: “What do you mean just?”
One of my favorite Jonathan Katz lines is: “It’s the least I can do. I checked.”
Jonathan, H. Jon Benjamin, Tom Leopold, myself, and others were on this really great animated show called “The Dick and Paula Celebrity Special.” The people who played Dick and Paula were hilarious. It was a take off on a local morning type talk show. Jonathan Katz played the band leader and H. Jon came on as different historical figures, and also an engineer in the booth. Tom Leopold played different parts as well. I played myself, as the nephew of Dick and Paula. We made 12 episodes for fx when they were going through their wanting to be a men’s channel time period, and I don’t think hardly anyone has seen them. It would be great if that came out on dvd.
Andy Kindler’s website
TSOYA: Comics & Comix Pt. 2 with Andy Kindler and Harvey Pekar (MP3)