Our spouse was a huge fan of the ‘90s, animated version of Dr. Katz (we enjoyed it, but didn’t go out of our way to watch it), so he can offer a better perspective of the live format versus the animated:

Daniel: Fans were not disappointed. All the familiar elements were there minus the squiggle vision. Talk of Katz's son Ben opened the show. Ben was apparently so confident as a child he "truly believed that only he could prevent forest fires." (Ben was played by Jon Benjamin, who was part of Saturday night's performance -- see comments). There was also mention of Katz's secretary Laura and the obligatory piano exit music at the end of each session.

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Hear about each "patient's" "quirks" after the jump!