An Evening of 75 Laughs with Jonathan Katz

Summary:

An hour of live comedy with Jonathan Katz and Friends, recorded at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theatre in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Website:

http://www.jonathankatz.com

Additional Credits and Funding:

Recorded in Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theatre in Somerville Massachusetts, and was directed by Tom Snyder. Special thanks to David Balsom for his guidance with the production.

Featuring Bill Braudis, Tom Leopold, H. Jon Benjamin, Laura Siverman, Ron Lynch, Tom Synder, and Andy Blickenderfer.

Miles Smith recorded the hour. It was edited for radio by Jay Allison and Brendan Greeley with help from Viki Merrick, Atlantic Public Media, and the Cape and Islands NPR stations, WCAI, WNAN, and WZAI in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

This radio program was produced in association with the Open Studio Project and Transom Radio Hour. Funding came in part from the The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to the Public Radio Exchange, PRX.org, and to the online workshop and showcase for new public radio, Transom.org.

Tones:

Humorous, Quirky, Upbeat

Language:

English

Description:

Jonathan Katz is best known as a somewhat inadequate therapist from an animated sitcom. That show, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, ran for five years on Comedy Central; it featured squiggly computer animation and long pauses, and it helped make animation cool again.

Jonathan is not a therapist; he is a comedian. On stage he tells jokes and stories and some things that are neither jokes nor stories, they're just funny in a way you can't always figure out. In 1997 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis; his response has been to introduce the word "neurologist" into his act.

Recently he performed at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theatre in Somerville Massachusetts, mixing clips from his career and a frank discussion of the merits of motorized scooters.

Featured on www.transom.org. For more information and conversation visit http://www.transom.org/shows/2006/200605_evening_of_75_laughs/

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