Caffeinated

Jonathan Katz (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stand Up! Records
• ASIN: B000M5AVQQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

…you think you know where his performance is going, it veers in one of three directions: silly, cerebral or… sinister. --John Delery, Punchlinemagazine[dot]com, January 30, 2007

Product Description

The co-creator and star of Comedy Central’s wildly popular Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist returns to his stand-up comedy roots with the long overdue release of “Caffeinated,” his first ever CD. Fans of Dr. Katz will recognize the clever and quiet yet subversive voice of the world’s most famous animated shrink as he tailors comedy for the live stage. “Caffeinated” also includes outrageous phone-in segments Katz popularized on NPR’s “The Next Big Thing” along with original music never heard away from the concert stage. Katz fans have had to sample his comedy in small doses. Finally, “Caffeinated” delivers the many facets of this man’s remarkable comedy in an easy to swallow once a day treatment.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, February 24, 2007

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unclemonty "Movie Fan" (Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Caffeinated (Audio CD)

Typically great stuff from the mind of Jonathan Katz. Equally a crowd-pleaser

and a "comedian's comedian", you may remember him from the short-lived but well-loved animated series "Dr. Katz" (now out on DVD).

This CD is Jonathan returning to his standup roots, and the blend of old and new never hits a sour note throughout.

All comedy fans should get this!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Way too messy of a routine for me, October 9, 2009

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ninjasuperstar (Iowa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Caffeinated [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

This isn't funny to me: Hi, I'm a comedian and sometimes comedians do this kind of thing or that kind of thing, and I'm going to do this kind of thing right now. That is essentially the kind of humor you will find on this album. It doesn't work for me because it dissolves any pretense of spontaneity. Katz brags that he has been doing comedy for so long that he's not at all uncomfortable "working the room." He then proceeds to "work the room." Some of the jokes and set-ups are good, but he keeps ruining the routine by commenting on what he is doing as a comedian, and talking about what he used to do as a comedian, instead of actually being funny in the moment that is being recorded. He's at times either trying too hard or not hard enough, and this fragmented approach to comedy doesn't make me laugh.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Kat is up!, November 30, 2008

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Toy Riot "J.C." (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Caffeinated (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of John Katz since his amazing Seinfeld type animated show about nothing, Dr. Katz Professional Therapist (look for the DVD box set). If you also liked the dry deadpan humor of that show and the one or two stand up specials of Katz you'll dig this CD.