JK: It's in Mandarin. In Hong Kong. It's dubbed into--what do they speak in Brazil?

FM: Portuguese?

JK: Yeah.

FM: That's funny. I wonder, if in some languages it's just not funny.

JK: Probably I would think that the nuances and the characters are more pathetic in some cultures than this culture.

FM: Or what if they're in Italy where everybody lives with their parents until they turn 90?

JK: Right. He'd be a hero in Italy. He's a courageous man.

FM: If you were to go to a shrink, would you lie?

JK: About?

FM: Your inner turmoil.

JK: I used to do it when I was in college--I was kicked out of school and let back in under the condition that I would seek therapy and I would make stuff up just because I didn't want to be boring. But now I have problems--issues that I want to talk about. I try to be as frank as I can. I see a therapist once a week. I've been in therapy since I was a kid on and off. My wife and I were in couple counseling last year, and the therapist suggested that we try role playing in our marriage. The first week was her turn and she was the abusive warden in the prison and by the time I was deloused all the passion was gone.

JK: No (seriously). I see a therapist once a week and it's good. The first therapist I saw in Cambridge--the first thing I said to him was, "I had dinner with my father last week and I made a classic Freudian slip. I meant to say, `Can you pass the salt please,' and it comes out, `You prick, you ruined my childhood!'" [The therapist] said, "Would you like me to laugh at that?" and I said, "Not if you can help it." That's pretty much how I feel about therapy and comedy. I know it sounds like it makes sense, but it doesn't necessarily. It's a true story.

FM: Do you think that Dr. Katz's patients should trust his advice?

JK: No. I mean, I don't think he's a bad person, but I don't think that he's a good therapist. Every once in a while, Dr. Katz will say something incredibly insightful, but it never makes it on the air because it's not that funny.