I was looking for something else and discovered that Comedy Central has begun re-running back to back episodes of the wonderful and underrated “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist” at 7 a.m. (8 Eastern).

This gem of a show from the mid-1990s is crudely animated (using a computer-based technique called “SquiggleVision” which some found annoying) but somehow wins you over. Standup comic Jonathan Katz stars in the title role, and his “patients” are other standup comics or comic actors, who play themselves and basically do their normal routines while lying on Katz’s couch. “Dr. Katz” was the first place I ever saw Ray Romano, before “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

Breaking up the “sessions” are Katz’s humorous interactions with his sullen receptionist and his slacker son.

My DVR is happily recording these episodes while they’re available.

Meanwhile, my Carolina brother has informed me about another of my favorite comedy series being released on DVD: “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show.” While I’m also a fan of “The Larry Sanders Show,” Shandling’s acclaimed HBO series, but “IGSS” is a different animal — a wacky, fourth-wall-shattering sendup of sitcom conventions and Shandling’s own prissy-boy image.

I’d love to be able to get this some time. (My brother plans to rent the individual disks from Netflix.)