Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an adult animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995, to December 24, 1999, starring Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. Produced by Tom Snyder Productions (which would later become Soup2Nuts), it was the first-ever original animated cartoon series shown on Comedy Central, paving the way for South Park and the like.
In this article, I’m diving into two emotionally charged Southern narratives: Lucinda Williams’ song “Bus to Baton Rouge” from her album Essence and the film The Trip to Bountiful (1985). Both works evoke a poignant longing for an idyllic past, centered on the journey back to a childhood home, which has become as much a symbol of memory and loss as it is a physical place.
Careful readers will note the quality of contemporary fiction (see literature) cited in this article. Pleasure reading for me was not an excuse to lose hours in purple prose or dime store novelettes.
