Seasons & episodes
S3 · E11Big Fat Slug 1997-02-09 · 30 min
Katz thinks Ben is watching too much TV, which he is. But he says TV influences people.
S3 · E12New Phone System 1997-03-02 · 30 min
Katz gets a new phone system at the office with all kinds of great features, supposedly. He has Ben call it, but finds that calls are being forwarded to Laura's house.
S3 · E13Reunion 1997-03-09 · 30 min
While in the bathtub, Ben gets a phone call. It's Ann Howard, from high school, and there's a five-year reunion coming up. The only thing is that Ben is afraid to go
S4 · E1Ben Treats 1997-05-09 · 30 min
Ben wins $500 in the Sir Pay-a-Lot scratch-off lottery and takes Katz and Laura out to dinner. Soon enough, Ben and Laura both get drunk and start to act goofy.
S4 · E2Memoirs 1997-06-22 · 30 min
Ben decides to write his memoirs, dedicated to the ""loving memory"" of his father.
S4 · E3Electric Bike 1997-06-29 · 30 min
Dr. Katz buys an Electric Bike because he always wanted one but never got it as a kid. They find that a $1,000 bicycle isn't all fun and games, when it breaks as Ben drove it down stairs. They soon learnm that some inventions just were never meant to be.
S4 · E4Broadcaster Ben 1997-07-06 · 30 min
Apparently not having learned from his previous experience with journalism, Ben goes to a broadcasting school audition.
S4 · E5Trash Day 1997-07-13 · 30 min
Katz finds a chair sitting outside on the curb and takes it home (""You wouldn't believe the kind of stuff people throw away."" Ben: ""You mean crap?""). However, he realizes his folly and sends Ben to take it to the dump, which proves to be difficult, because the dump is no longer open to the public (""It's all digital now"").
S4 · E6Sharon Meyers 1997-07-27 · 30 min
Katz gets a phone call from Sharon Meyers, a woman he dated briefly two years ago, when she was also his patient. She was very attractive, and a dancer (""She was a Rockette. She can kick her own face,"" Ben says).
S4 · E7Mask 1997-08-03 · 30 min
Katz takes a class in making African ritual masks.
S4 · E8Closets 1997-08-10 · 30 min
Katz and Ben decide to reorganize their closet space, and they hire a company to do it.
S4 · E9Wild Weekend 1997-08-17 · 30 min
Ben wants to take a bike trip to Nova Scotia, and he and Katz discuss the great outdoors. Several plans are offered, but what they wind up doing is sitting around the house all weekend. Ben gets the whole thing on tape, thanks to Laura's camcorder.
S4 · E10Chopper 1997-08-24 · 30 min
Ben wins first runner-up in a WFEN radio contest to ride in the traffic helicopter. He hopes the real winner can't make it and he gets all psyched up for the possibility.
S4 · E11Alibi 1997-08-31 · 30 min
While watching the news, Ben and Katz learn that a mailbox in their neighborhood was struck by a car driven by a bald Caucasian male in his late 40s. Ben assumes it was his dad, despite dad's protests that while he is in his late 40s, he is ""balding,"" not bald.
S4 · E12Ben-Centennial 1997-09-07 · 30 min
Katz wants to do something big for Ben's 25th birthday, but Ben doesn't want any fuss.
S4 · E13Undercover Ben 1997-09-14 · 30 min
Laura starts taking a lot of time off, but won't say why. Ben is curious and so is Katz, and they speculate.
S5 · E1Old Man 1998-06-17 · 30 min
Katz seems to be losing energy and is sleeping later in the morning. He wonders if he's feverish, but in fact, he feels a little cold.
S5 · E2Fanny Pack 1998-06-22 · 30 min
Katz gets a fanny pack to hold his cell phone, beeper, electronic organizer, and various other technological gadgets.
S5 · E3Metaphors 1998-06-29 · 30 min
Katz brings up the job issue with Ben, and a series of metaphors ensues.
S5 · E4Movies 1998-07-06 · 30 min
Katz and Ben try to decide on a movie. Katz wants to see ""Love Strings"" (a chick flick), while Ben wants to see ""Fire Power.
S5 · E5Ticket 1998-07-13 · 30 min
Katz gets a ticket for running a stop sign, despite his efforts to lighten up the cop (""That is a great color for you""). Ben asks, ""Why didn't you play with his mind?"" and suggests they contest the ticket.
S5 · E6Phone Luv 1998-07-20 · 30 min
Ben becomes enamored of Cindy, a telemarketer from Telepurchase. He mistakes her powerful sales skills for actual affection, and wants to have a private conversation with her, resulting in an angrily whispered argument between him and Katz.
S5 · E7Chain Letter 1998-07-27 · 30 min
Ben is surprised to get a letter from boyhood friend Lance Garcy. Turns out it's a chain letter, and Ben is quite awed by its power of causing tragedy to strike those who ignore it.
S5 · E8Babysitting Ben 1998-08-03 · 30 min
Katz gets a death threat, via Laura, who is unclear on the details; she didn't press for more information because ""I didn't want to make him angry--er.""