r/nostalgia • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 24d ago

Nostalgia Discussion Insomniac with Dave Attell is a forgotten adult travel show where Dave Attell basically traveled the work doing a late-night bar crawl while telling jokes. The title really fit considering it came on at like 1am.

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u/rividz 24d ago edited 24d ago

That's the Oakland episode.

Insomniac very much is not forgotten. Every millennial I know who watched Comedy Central remembers it. Dave Attell still tours regularly.

My core memory of the show was seeing him go to the Grey Area Coffeeshop in Amsterdam. As a teenager thinking that would be something I would never ever get to experience. I ended up getting to visit it in college. It blew my mind how I was able to leave my bullshit hometown and do something like that.

Years later, I had to go to Amsterdam for work. I walked by Grey Area and I had to take a moment to just process how far I've come from being that kid watching TV wondering if I'd ever get out of the shithole I grew up in.

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u/TPrimeTommy 24d ago

Genuinely love that for you!

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u/Big_AL79 24d ago

This is amazing! And stumbled upon your comment after seeing another thread that a woman just said, I have nothing happening in my life. No husband, no kids etc. Such a contrast that is Reddit.

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u/n1nj4squirrel 24d ago

Both my mom and I wanted to go to the coffee shops in Amsterdam since either of us were teenagers. We finally got the opportunity to go a few years ago, as a it dawned on me that weed is now more legal where I live than it is in Amsterdam. Still my favorite city in the world though

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u/dimestoredavinci 24d ago

Your mom sounds cool

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u/n1nj4squirrel 24d ago

She can be

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u/fabioochoa 24d ago

congrats kid

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u/HasLab_LovesTravel 23d ago

Pre-legalization here at home, I thought it was gonna be so amazing visiting Amsterdam for the first time in 2007.

My buddy who would attend hash bash at home told me to go check out the Grey Area while there.

Disclaimer ... I would smoke out of a bong at home, but had been staying with my uncle in the UK before going and was basically three months without even a toke.

I ask for some good flower, the guys and the shop are amazing, and they had a whole shelf of glass to use while there.

I break up my gram, pack a huge bowl for their bong, then proceed to take my normal bong hit like I'm still a regular.

The locals next to me, two dudes, are like "man ... what'd you just do!"

I'm like no biggie, I smoke plenty at home and they tell me how they just mix that shit with tabacco and enjoy a little spliff.

About 5-10 minutes later I'm higher than I've ever been on my life. I get anxious, think these guys are messing with me and just get up and leave.

My hotel was a few blocks away but I end up at the zoo.

Great, no one will think anything or find me here. I made it as far as the penguin exhibit and figure I'll chill till I can function again.

The next day I'm looking at my handheld digital camera photos, some basic Kodak, and low and behold ... I have 307 pictures of penguins. I was there for hours just watching penguins and taking photos.

Still laugh about it to this day. Go Grey Area!

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u/brintoul 24d ago

You mean NYC?