tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7729536109376432393..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: 1990s smart limited-animation self-indulgence: the Compleat DR. KATZ, PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST and DARIATodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-86994836821469362562013-02-02T14:40:38.519-05:002013-02-02T14:40:38.519-05:00And then there was AUSTIN STORIES...and we're ...And then there was AUSTIN STORIES...and we're starting to run out of MTV series which were any damned good at all...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-75473474619262600652013-02-01T14:34:17.312-05:002013-02-01T14:34:17.312-05:00While I agree that Daria was the most consistently...While I agree that Daria was the most consistently good of the MTV shows, my vote for best overall would go to Liquid Television. No there's a rights nightmare just waiting to happen for a DVD release!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-48744249422564975282010-06-02T12:11:27.285-04:002010-06-02T12:11:27.285-04:00What put you off KATZ? Katz himself? The packagers...What put you off KATZ? Katz himself? The packagers have some fun with the evolution of Daria the character in their apology of sorts for the lack of the original music (First season Daria--"What a sellout!" Final season Daria--"Get over it...").Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42574421880487361202010-06-02T04:51:36.401-04:002010-06-02T04:51:36.401-04:00I never could stand Katz, but Daria was always won...I never could stand Katz, but Daria was always wonderful. I loved how she developed over the course of the series.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-31704030843705896292010-05-30T18:29:23.320-04:002010-05-30T18:29:23.320-04:00I think you'll be surprised how little differe...I think you'll be surprised how little difference the absense of the music makes, though it remains a sad commentary...it probably helps that I wasn't too interested in most of the music MTV was interested in licensing in the '90s.<br /><br />And I made a mistake in the KATZ comment to Brian...Laura Silverman and H. John Benjamin, further dipping into the commentary reveals, hadn't quite broken up when they started KATZ, but they were in the process of breaking up.<br /><br />It's not the volume of Spitboy that makes it...it's the whole Geist. It's not as if Bikini Kill, or for that matter the Go-Go's, were quieter...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-50092341027394164882010-05-30T17:14:49.048-04:002010-05-30T17:14:49.048-04:00Thanks for the run down re: Katz and Daria. It is...Thanks for the run down re: Katz and Daria. It is upsetting that the original music wasn't there, therefore, it wouldn't be nearly as nostalgic. I know it's wrong, but I'm in the process of finding a bootleg version of all the uncut MTV (NOT noggin) with the original music, it's just not the same without it.<br /><br />I still don't get why you love Spitboy so much! The band punctured my ear drums a couple of times!Alice Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012542046880714130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-28426124476388216092010-05-29T22:41:49.697-04:002010-05-29T22:41:49.697-04:00Ha! Initially, they did everything out of Tom Snyd...Ha! Initially, they did everything out of Tom Snyder's house, much to the amusement of the first-season comedians who'd come in to record.<br /><br />Also, the close quarters there did nothing to make certain awkward situations better, apparently...Laura Silverman and H. John Benjamin apparently had just broken up before taking on their roles on DR. KATZ (inasmuch as Laura finds Ben utterly annoying, and Ben finds Laura fascinating to the point of all but stalking her, this was probably Used by them in performance), and producer-performers Julianne Shapiro and Katz played friendly characters but apparently were anti-close in actuality.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-27015288870220892002010-05-29T22:04:56.309-04:002010-05-29T22:04:56.309-04:00I saw Katz on The Tonight Show back in the day tal...I saw Katz on The Tonight Show back in the day talking about the show. A line that made me laugh out loud: "We do the animation right here in America. Ironically, we do the voices in Korea."Phillyradiogeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.com