Alan Hamel (born June 30, 1936) is a Canadian entertainer, producer, and television host.
Hamel co-hosted the Canadian children's television series Razzle Dazzle (1961–64).
People magazine considered him "Canada's leading TV talk show host".
For several years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hamel was a commercial pitchman for American Stores, a coast-to-coast chain of supermarkets.
[12] Somers and Hamel bought a house in Palm Springs, California, in 1977, and they sold it in 2021 for $8.5 million.