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!"

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.

[4][5] The producers of Insomniac were Nick McKinney,[6] Dave Hamilton[6] and Mala Chapple.