| Insomniac with Dave Attell | |
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| Genre | Travel documentary Comedy Adventure |
| Created by | Dave Attell |
| Written by | Dave Attell |
| Directed by | Nick McKinney |
| Presented by | Dave Attell |
| Theme music composer | Bob Golden |
| Opening theme | "Insomniac Theme" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 40 + 4 specials |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Nick McKinney |
| Producers | Dave Hamilton Mala Chapple |
| Editors | Doug Abel Randi Snitz Jason Goldberg Andrew Mathason |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Comedy Central |
| Release | August 5, 2001 – November 11, 2004 |
Insomniac with Dave Attell is an American television show on Comedy Central hosted by comedian Dave Attell, which ran from August 5, 2001, until November 11, 2004. [1] [2]
Host Dave Attell goes through a particular city at night, usually close to midnight beginning with his performance at a local comedy club, then going to various bars, clubs, and city landmarks. Along the way Attell cracks jokes with passersby and takes pictures with a disposable camera which would be shown during the end credits. Every episode concludes with the sun rising into the next morning and Attell saying his catchphrase "Get some sleep!"
Episodes include a visit to Chicago's world-famous The Wieners Circle, where the staff routinely got in cursing matches with their customers [3] and a visit to a Phoenix nudist camp.
American cities featured on the show were Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boise, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Key West, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Long Island, Memphis, Miami, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Other cities featured on the show were Amsterdam, Dublin, London, Montreal, Tijuana, Toronto, and specials that took place in Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and the Southern United States.
The 30-minute program ran for four seasons on Comedy Central and continued with four one-hour specials. In 2003, two volumes of the show under the title The Best of Insomniac Uncensored were released on DVD. [4] [5]
The producers of Insomniac were Nick McKinney, [6] Dave Hamilton [6] and Mala Chapple. McKinney and Hamilton also directed all the episodes. The show's theme song and series composer were Bob Golden.
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| 1 | 10 | August 5, 2001 | October 1, 2001 | Comedy Central | |
| 2 | 10 | January 23, 2002 | May 1, 2002 | ||
| 3 | 10 | December 5, 2002 | February 6, 2003 | ||
| 4 | 10 | May 29, 2003 | July 31, 2003 | ||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "New York City" | August 5, 2001 |
| 2 | 2 | "San Francisco" | August 12, 2001 |
| 3 | 3 | "Miami" | August 19, 2001 |
| 4 | 4 | "Kansas City" | August 26, 2001 |
| 5 | 5 | "New Orleans" | September 2, 2001 |
| 6 | 6 | "Houston" | September 9, 2001 |
| 7 | 7 | "Memphis" | September 16, 2001 |
| 8 | 8 | "Tijuana" | September 23, 2001 |
| 9 | 9 | "Baltimore" | September 30, 2001 |
| 10 | 10 | "New York City" | October 1, 2001 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Chicago" | January 23, 2002 |
| 12 | 2 | "Philadelphia" | January 30, 2002 |
| 13 | 3 | "Boston" | February 6, 2002 |
| 14 | 4 | "Boise" | February 13, 2002 |
| 15 | 5 | "Reno" | February 20, 2002 |
| 16 | 6 | "Atlanta" | February 27, 2002 |
| 17 | 7 | "Phoenix" | April 10, 2002 |
| 18 | 8 | "Montreal" | April 17, 2002 |
| 19 | 9 | "Charleston" | April 24, 2002 |
| 20 | 10 | "New York City" | May 1, 2002 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Toronto" | December 5, 2002 |
| 22 | 2 | "Nashville" | December 12, 2002 |
| 23 | 3 | "Little Rock" | December 19, 2002 |
| 24 | 4 | "Myrtle Beach" | December 26, 2002 |
| 25 | 5 | "Cleveland" | January 1, 2003 |
| 26 | 6 | "Albuquerque" | January 9, 2003 |
| 27 | 7 | "Anchorage" | January 16, 2003 |
| 28 | 8 | "Portland" | January 23, 2003 |
| 29 | 9 | "Oakland" | January 30, 2003 |
| 30 | 10 | "Long Island" | February 6, 2003 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "Amsterdam" | May 29, 2003 |
| 32 | 2 | "Las Vegas" | June 5, 2003 |
| 33 | 3 | "London" | June 12, 2003 |
| 34 | 4 | "Salt Lake City" | June 19, 2003 |
| 35 | 5 | "Key West" | June 26, 2003 |
| 36 | 6 | "Austin" | July 3, 2003 |
| 37 | 7 | "Dublin" | July 10, 2003 |
| 38 | 8 | "Honolulu" | July 17, 2003 |
| 39 | 9 | "Columbus" | July 24, 2003 |
| 40 | 10 | "New York City" | July 31, 2003 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 1 | "Dave's March on the South" | January 12, 2004 | |
This special sees Dave visiting North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. | ||||
| S2 | 2 | "Rio Dave Janeiro" | May 31, 2004 | |
| S3 | 3 | "Sloshed in Translation" | August 22, 2004 | |
This special sees Dave visting Tokyo. | ||||
| S4 | 4 | "Insomni-Achtung, Baby!" | November 21, 2004 | |
Dave visits Berlin. | ||||