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==Overview== 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-dave-attell-club-comic-20151006-story.html|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|title=How Dave Attell's career boomed when he accepted his 'club comic' label|author=Ely, Sean|date=October 6, 2015}}</ref> and a visit to a Phoenix [[naturist resort|nudist camp]]. U.S. cities featured on the show were [[Albuquerque]], [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Atlanta]], [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Baltimore]], [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]], [[Boston]], [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Chicago]], [[Cleveland]], [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Honolulu]], [[Houston]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Key West]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Little Rock]], [[Long Island]], [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Miami]], [[Myrtle Beach]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[New Orleans]], [[New York City]], [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Reno, Nevada|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]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/6145|title=Best of Insomniac With Dave Attell: Uncensored Vol. 1|date=April 23, 2003|author=Gross, G. Noel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/8531|publisher=DVD Talk|date=December 2, 2003|title=Best of Insomniac With Dave Attell: Uncensored Vol. 2: SE|author=Gross, G. Noel}}</ref> The producers of ''Insomniac'' were Nick McKinney,<ref name=NYTC>{{cite news|title=Insomniac with Dave Attell Credits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/156702/Insomniac-With-Dave-Attell/details?gwh=20D45E9BD3F78573B01EA8DF5DFDE968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307102239/https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/156702/Insomniac-With-Dave-Attell/details?gwh=20D45E9BD3F78573B01EA8DF5DFDE968|archive-date=March 7, 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Dave Hamilton<ref name=NYTC/> and Mala Chapple. McKinney and Hamilton also directed all the episodes. The show's theme song and series composer was Bob Golden.
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