Katz gets a ticket for running a stop sign, despite his efforts to lighten up the cop ("That is a great color for you"). Ben asks, "Why didn't you play with his mind?" and suggests they contest the ticket. He buys fake glasses to use in court and practices asking Katz tough questions ("Isn't it true, Dr. Katz -- isn't it?!?"). While in the car on the way to court, they get pulled over. Ben is driving and doesn't have his license with him; he wants to switch places with Katz, who refuses; they wind up saying Katz recently got nauseated and that's why Ben is driving. Meanwhile, Laura is taking afternoons off quite often to go to the dentist -- turns out she's dating him, sort of. Katz suspects he's married, and that's why they never go out at night; Ben is jealous and is suspicious of the fact that they've had lunch four times and never had dinner. It doesn't work out because, as a dentist, he's always asking Laura to smile. NOTE: Oddly, another episode in which Stan and Julie don't appear at all. ALSO NOTE: This was the 50th episode of "Dr. Katz"!

• Ben Stiller: His parents were a comedy team (his dad, Jerry Stiller, played George's dad on "Seinfeld," by the way; his mother is Anne Meara); he and his sister never knew when they were arguing or rehearsing; used to hang out on TV show sets, including "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," where the kid who played Eddie knocked a candy bar out of Ben's hand; had to play "Chopsticks" on the violin on the Mike Douglas Show; girlfriend left him for a stuntman; stuntmen hang around together and "break beer bottles on their heads and wear jeans"; doesn't hear the music, so Katz tells him to push a button -- then he hears it.
• Jann Karam: "Tell me how to be," she insists; gingko biloba isn't helping her; went to a French therapist who told her "You can have sex with whoever you want," which included him; women basketball players are allowed to be aggressive, but regular women aren't; you can tell how long someone's been in a relationship by how much they're able to move their mouths.