When Harry Met Sally's Billy Crystal returned to Katz's Deli decades later and recalled how he confused co-star Meg Ryan.
Typically, when I interview a famous person for the website Collider dot com, there's a touch of formality embedded within any attempt to be casual or vulnerable. Both parties know it's a one-sided conversation, both parties know the celebrity is there to provide information for the writer to write about, and both parties know it will be over once the interview is over. This was not the case when I interviewed TV comedy legend Jonathan Katz over the phone. You likely know him as the central figure of influential animated Comedy Central program Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, …
I was a strange child. I didn't have cable TV growing up, so whenever I was at a friend's or relative's house who did, I would, like many kids of my generation, glue myself to that set and absorb what I'd been missing. But unlike other kids, whom I imagine were interested in MTV, Cartoon Network, and scrambled dirty channels, I couldn't get enough of the low-key misadventures of a middle-aged therapist talking to his comedian clients. Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist originally aired on Comedy Central from 1995-2002. Created by Tom Snyder …
Here's an announcement I like an awful lot -- James Wan is set to produce a horror movie titled The Troop from E.L. Katz, director of the demented indie movie Cheap Thrills. Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald, who are writing WB's horror-flavored Aquaman spinoff for Wan, have been tapped to adapt the novel by Nick Cutter, which has been acquired by Wan's Atomic Monster label. The Troop follows a group of teens on a remote camping trip who must fend for themselves when their adult chaperone falls prey to an aggressive otherworldly infection. It sounds like …