Agreed, which is why I labelled it a “problem.” I go gambling very rarely, but sometimes I do when I have a spare $80 that I don’t mind pissing away. But once that $80 is gone, I’m done, and I stop. I also stop when I’ve made at least 200% profit (I’ve very rarely made it that high). It’s a good point to stop if you want to do well the few times you do win.
Gambling isn’t the problem as much as the addiction to it and an industry which purposefully makes it more addictive.
I have high quality DVD rips of the entire series plus rips of shorts from Short Attention Span Theater that preceded Dr. Katz, as well as the aforementioned live episode, with one of my favorite Maria Bamford performances (“I wish you were different!” “I am different!”)
H. Jon Benjamin will always live in my mind as Ben Katz.
Also Dr. Katz was ahead of its time in “kindness television.” We have stuff like Ted Lasso or Joe Pera now that is less snarky and mean, but in the 90’s only Dr. Katz was so full of love he let his adult son live with him indefinitely.
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Nah, another reference to the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. In the book, owning a real, live animal is considered a mark of high status. However, animals are hard to care for and die easily, so many people “fake” that status by having an artificial animal. In the book, Deckard and his wife are quite devastated over the loss of his goat.
That’s my fault in the original comment, I remembered it as a sheep, not a goat, because of the title of the book.
Basically the plot of one of my favorite films of all time, The Stupids, except they think someone is stealing their garbage, and they intend to find out who.
Dead Man will always be my favorite (still love seeing Gary Farmer in stuff), but I have a soft spot for Jarmusch’s more experimental stuff, which has been more of his recent stuff.
I’m not even sure The Dead Don’t Die is experimental as much as it is satirical. It was a fun little romp, though.