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 21, 2004.
Host Dave Attell goes through a particular city at night, beginning with stand-up comedy performance at a local comedy club, then going to various bars, clubs and city landmarks.
Episodes include a visits to New Orleans, Houston, New York City, Montreal, Key West, Las Vegas, Miami, Anchorage and Chicago's world-famous The Wieners Circle.
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.
The producers of Insomniac were Nick McKinney, Dave Hamilton and Mala Chapple. McKinney and Hamilton also directed all the episodes. The show's theme song and series composer was Bob Golden.
The New York Times, "By liberating Mr. Attell from his small stage and his brick wall, Comedy Central has helped create a remarkably robust hybrid genre: part reality TV (without the boring and predictable real people), part travel and part comedy."
G. Noel Gross in an April 2003 review for DVD Talk wrote, "A taylor-made showcase of his rapier wit, the mark of Dave's true genius, manifested with the Comedy Central debut of "Insomniac."
G. Noel Gross in a December 2003 review for DVD Talk said, "Dave Attell's hilarious graveyard-shift travelogue."
Salon, âÂÂPart of the reason itâÂÂs good is that âÂÂInsomniacâ avoids the kind of gawking that most shows of its kind make their stock in trade.âÂÂ