Late Night Television

Hopefully this thread goes somewhere.

Anyway, out there, in the middle of the night are TV shows. TV shows that can't be seen in the light of the sun. These shows exist to amuse the insomniacs in us all. Of course, there are shows that sometimes get missed or ignored.

So I am going to throw out one show (for now) and if you have some other good late night TV show to throw out, please do.

My first show is iconic, at least for me. That is Insomniac with Dave Attell. I would watch this show all the time. I stay up late to watch it in syndication. I have seen pretty much every episode.

In the typical Insomniac, Attell goes through a particular city at night, starting out with a minute or so of his performance at a comedy club and then going to various bars, landmarks, clubs, etc. Along the way he cracks jokes with passersby and takes pictures with a disposable camera. The thrill of the show revolves around the truly bizarre denizens of the night that Dave encounters. Attell would usually consume several drinks throughout the show, getting progressively more drunk as the night wore on.

The American cities featured on the show were New York City (4 times), San Francisco, Miami, Kansas City, New Orleans, Houston, Baltimore, Memphis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Boise, Charlotte, Reno, Atlanta, Phoenix, Charleston (WV), Myrtle Beach, Portland, Albuquerque, Nashville, Anchorage, Cleveland, Little Rock, Oakland, Long Island, Columbus, Honolulu, Austin (2 times), Key West, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. The non-American cities featured on the show were Tijuana, Montreal, Toronto, Dublin, London, Amsterdam and specials that took place in Tokyo, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.

2001 through 2003 were episodes of 30 minute shows. 2004 was all 1 hour specials. Sadly, he became too well known among the denizens of the late night, and it started to ruin the spontaneity of the show.

A clip

I remember commercials for Insomniac running on Comedy Central all the time back in the day.


As for late night tv, I stick with the talk shows. Especially Craig Ferguson.

See, off hand...I have no idea who that is. And Insomniac was basically a roving talk show of the bizarre, absurd and inebriated.

Edit: Ahhh....Nigel from the Drew Carey show. I remember now.

I like infomercials.

Craig Ferguson!

Originally Posted by Justinian

Craig Ferguson!

This.

Get Stuffed.

Originally Posted by pannonian

Get Stuffed.

An insane TV cooking show? Awesome.