Looking through the P.U. class catalog, Katz encourages Ben to take an adult education course ("It's a good way to meet chicks," he points out). None of the classes sound good, though, except for past-life regression. They decide to take it together, and Ben discusses it with Laura, who, as usual, is rather knowledgeable on the subject. In the class, they lie on mats (Ben brought plenty of snacks) and imagine themselves in a house, in a corridor, in a room, and then opening a clothes closet. Katz's closet has the clothing of a saloon girl ("You cheap floozy," Ben says); Ben's is a 1920s gangster. Then Ben gets a leg cramp and spoils everything. He brags to Todd the video store guy about having been a gangster; turns out Todd has never seen "The Godfather" ("I'm not a movie buff," he says). In the meantime, Laura is watching her sister's Great Dane, Caesar, for a couple days and keeps him at the office. Katz doesn't approve, because he doesn't like big dogs. Laura: "He's not that big." Katz: "What kind of Dane is he?" Laura: "A Great Dane." Katz: "There you go." NOTES: Once again, no Stan and Julie. Also once again, no one is credited for voicing the class instructor.

• Dom Irrera: Brought his "play wallet" instead of his real one; calls Katz "my therapist whore man"; picks stuff up with his toes, much like his Aunt Yola, who once flashed herself to him; a guy was hit by two trains in one day and survived and was called "the luckiest man in the world."
• Mitch Hedberg: Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having; dad used to collect coins, which was good, because Mitch played video games; sister has a family photo is which everybody is looking away -- "Something happened to the left that made everybody happy"; you can never play tennis better than a wall plays tennis; went golfing and hit a guy; doing acid expanded his mind, and now he knows butter is better than margarine; England has Smacky the Frog instead of Smokey the Bear, and frogs are much less fearsome than bears; drives around with the emergency brake on.

Review:

A refreshing return to well-balanced plots: plenty of goofy Ben, but plenty of interaction, too. His conversation with Laura about his wanting to have been John Glenn in a past life is hysterical. ("John Glenn is still alive." "Yeah, but the class isn't till next Thursday.") And there's some good father/son material, too -- it's always nice to see the two Katzes cut up in public places, like with the past-life regression class.GRADE: A

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