# INSOMNIAC--Sleepless in Europe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278 "2003-05-29T15:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/1 "2003-05-29T15:16:16Z")
A new season of _Insomniac with Dave Attell_ is starting up tonight (Thursday May 29) on Comedy Central at 10 EST. Should be fun–Dave will be prowling around the great cities of Europe. IRL I’m the one sitting in the sidewalk cafe watching people like Dave and their antics rather than acting like him, if you know what I mean, but I like him and I like the show. Since American drunks are roughly the same it should be fun to see how the drunks of many lands (and the subtitles will help; even though Dave uses good sound engineers, a lot of the dialogue shouted into his ear at bar after bar is a mystery to me) act up. But some of my favorite parts are when Dave goes to other non-bar places. Who can forget the immortal quest for the little rock of Little Rock, the Great Nutria Hunt, the sewage guys of Boston, the kidnapper’s tunnels of Portland, the one-guy museum, the Mustang Ranch, and of course Chicago’s Weiner’s Circle? BTW, I picked up the DVD last night, half-price with my HOMICIDE one, and aside from hearing exactly what the South Park-like girls are saying in the Weiner’s Circle, it’s really not worth it. There’s no extras at all unless I’ve missed something and there’s only 5 or 6 episodes. Recording it off the TV is fine. Eleven hours to go! ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/2 "2003-05-29T17:27:43Z")
Wow, I had forgotten that the new season was starting tonight. His adventures always crack me up, even though I’m not a fan of his stand-up routine. Can’t wait…just a few more hours 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gumbercules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/3 "2003-05-29T17:32:17Z")
Yay! Thanks for the reminder, or I would have had to try to catch a rerun. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/4 "2003-05-29T17:43:27Z")
It was the “Moonlight Ranch”, not the Mustang. The Mustang is closed. * * * Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/5 "2003-05-29T18:57:10Z")
Mixing up my brothels again. :o (Hey, either the embarrassed or the blowjob interpretations of that smiley work!) Seven hours. Looooong day. Yeah, his stand-up is OK in small doses. But I do like the fact that he’s genuinely interested and curious about what he sees in his travels. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/6 "2003-05-29T19:23:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \* > \*\*But I do like the fact that he’s genuinely interested and curious about what he sees in his travels. \*\* Even the crime scene clean-up guy, which had to be one of the most harrowing and weird of all Insomniac episodes ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/7 "2003-05-29T20:02:52Z")
Looks like tonight is Amsterdam. Dave rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/8 "2003-05-29T20:40:39Z")
I have yet to see the Nashville episode. Can anyone tell me where to find it or at least what places he visited? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/9 "2003-05-29T23:35:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*I have yet to see the Nashville episode. Can anyone tell me where to find it or at least what places he visited? \*\* He went to a couple of bars and some weird place that has food! 😃 (nyuk, nyuk) * * * The buck doesn’t even slow down here. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/10 "2003-05-29T23:54:00Z")
Wooo!! Insomnaic is a great show :D. Dave is really funny… his standup always makes me LMAO! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/11 "2003-05-30T02:01:40Z")
OK, first time he started his crawl in a church. The seven deadly sins is a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac-sleepless-in-europe/178278/12 "2003-05-30T03:51:30Z")
Was anyone else hoping to catch a glimpse of **Coldfire**? 😃