| Insomniac with Dave Attell | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy, Talk Shows |
| Created by | Dave Attell |
| Starring | Dave Attell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Comedy Central |
| Original run | August 5, 2001 – November 11, 2004 |
Insomniac with Dave Attell was a television show on Comedy Central hosted by comedian Dave Attell which ran from August 5, 2001 until November 11, 2004. In the typical Insomniac, Attell goes through a particular city at night, starting out with a minute or so of his performance at a comedy club and then going to various bars, landmarks, clubs, etc. Along the way he cracks jokes with passersby and takes pictures with a disposable camera. The thrill of the show revolves around the truly bizarre denizens of the night that Dave encounters. Attell usually consumes several drinks throughout the show, getting progressively more drunk as the night wears on.
Mostly, Dave wanders around cities in North America, but more recently he has been to Germany and Japan as well. The show always ends when the sun comes up (one exception was the episode filmed in Alaska, when the sun was up during the "nighttime" hours), at which time Dave bids his camera crew and the audience farewell (with the admonishment "Get some sleep!"), and looks for a place to crash.
One notable episode is the Las Vegas episode in 2003, where amongst other places, Dave visits Rick Harrison at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop, roughly six years before the debut of Rick's program, Pawn Stars.[1]
The 30-minute program ran for 4 seasons on Comedy Central and continued with 6 one-hour specials that were filmed in Tokyo, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Dublin, London and the Southern US. Two volumes of the show under the title The Best of Insomniac Uncensored were released on DVD.
The executive producer of Insomniac is Nick McKinney and the producers are Dave Hamilton and Mala Chapple — all of BorderlineTV, a Manhattan based production company. McKinney and Hamilton also directed all the episodes.
Contents |
This is a list of the cities that Dave has visited, organized by season.