Ali Hassan: Does This Taste Funny?

Host of CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud and the annual Canada Reads, author and comedian Ali Hassan once had a simple plan: become a chef, land a food show on television, then another, become the face of the network—and maybe even sell oven mitts with his face on them.

But life had other ideas—like parental expectations, raising four kids, and a wildly successful comedy career. This show is a hilarious look at Ali’s winding journey in and out of the culinary world.

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Ali Hassan
Ali Hassan is a stand-up comedian, actor, author, and broadcaster, best known as the host of CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud and the annual Canada Reads. A Canadian Screen Award nominee for his roles in Run The Burbs and the Peabody Award-winning Sort Of, Ali has built a 20-year career performing across Canada and internationally. A frequent performer at the Just for Laughs Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he has toured extensively with acclaimed solo shows, including Muslim Interrupted and Does This Taste Funny?. His memoir, Is There Bacon in Heaven?, was praised as “perhaps the funniest and most heartfelt Canadian memoir yet.”