Insomniac with Dave Attell

Dave's back in New York to once again end a long season without sleep. First he's off to Queens to attend some late night Karate lessons, then it's off to the Brooklyn Ale House for a real "Dog Party." Next, he hits the set of "Guiding Light" to get a behind the scenes look, then gets a behind the "news counter" look at a news stand. Finally, it's off to see the Sandman back at his apartment.

Standup: The Comedy Zone. Stops Include: Sam's, Monster Truck Jam, a meal at the American Legion Post 20, goes underground with some coalminers, last call at 2:57, a Marmet House Party with computer gamers, and a Charleston Police Department ride along.

Dave spends some time in Montreal and visits a sex convention, watches some hockey, and goes ice fishing.

Standup: The Improv. Stops Include: checking out weird bathroom doors at futuristic Bar6, karioke at the Shangri La Ranch nudist camp, drinks at the Steel Horse Saloon biker bar, discusses code names of felonys with bicycle policemen, delivering with Boston Gourmet Pizza, Mr. Tease stripclub, a chat with a few hobos, Mickey's Hangover, the late shift at Salt River Sand and Rock.

He's Back! Dave ends his season where it all began, back in New York. This time he checks out a fetish party, visits a fish market, has a few drinks, and even has enough money left over to go bowiling with an escort. Then it's "last call" for the season as finally Dave gets some much deserved rest.

Standup: The Comedy Store (in San Diego). Stops Include: Revolucion, Toreo De Tijuana, Club Senor, Punto Neuvo (the house that looks like a naked woman.), looks for a cockfight outside of Tijuana, trys on some different sombreros, the USA/Mexico border.

Comedian Dave Attell, host of Comedy Central's Insomniac, knows how to turn wanderlust into an unbroken string of all-night partying. In this Best of Insomniac volume, Attel hits no fewer than five major North American cities using the same game plan: Stake out a comedy club, then prowl the streets for girls to chat up, guys to taunt, bars to close, and assorted weird, weird stuff to see, all inexplicably taking place while most of the continent is taking its beauty rest. The garrulous Attell insinuates his way into late-night karate lessons in New York, ice-fishing in Montreal, a geek-heavy sci-fi convention in Chicago, and the usual blur of human revelry on New Orleans's Bourbon Street. If a random encounter turns into a memory, great; if not, we just move on. Highlights include a dog-friendly pub, fishy initiation rites, and capricious nudity.