Overview
Host Dave Attell goes through a particular city at night, beginning with stand-up comedy performance at a local comedy club, [3] then going to various bars, clubs and city landmarks. [3] [4]
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. [4] [5]
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] [6]
The producers of Insomniac were Nick McKinney, [7] Dave Hamilton [7] and Mala Chapple. McKinney and Hamilton also directed all the episodes. The show's theme song and series composer was Bob Golden.
Critical reception
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." [2]
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." [4]
G. Noel Gross in a December 2003 review for DVD Talk said, "Dave Attell's hilarious graveyard-shift travelogue." [6]
Salon , “Part of the reason it’s good is that “Insomniac” avoids the kind of gawking that most shows of its kind make their stock in trade.” [3]
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