Eric D. Snider

Fructose

Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist - 303

Episode #22

"Fructose"

Season 3: 10/20/96

Katz decides to keep a bowl of fruit at the office, but it goes rotten pretty fast. He talks about it at the bar, and Stanley pronounces "fructose" as "fruck-tose." ("Do you say 'Go fruke yourself'?" asks Katz.) Meanwhile, Ben considers a variety of career options, after being told by his dad that he's "pissing his life away" (Ben prefers to say he leads "a contemplative life"). He tries cake decorating and makes a cake ("The Parthenon") made purely of frosting; takes up roller-skating; considers being a truck driver (they look "happy, well-fed and satisfied with their lives"); and asks if there's a job for what he used to do as a kid: put on a pair of dad's pants, pull them way over his head, and stumble around the house. Eventually, he gives up on the idea of finding a career. "I'm just holding out for a decent childhood, and I'm not growing up until I get it," he says.

  • Marc Maron: Joined a gym; positive that as soon as he gets on a stairmaster, "my heart is going to explode and blood is going to spurt out of my nose."
  • Emo Phillips: Asks Laura, "What your name, hot mama?"; rips nose hairs out of sleeping winos; made a raccoon costume for the guy picking through his garbage.
  • Bob Odenkirk: Can't get any gangs to let him join them; got "Where's Waldo?" as a book on tape.

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