December 31, 2017
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The Imposter – Aliya Tries Comedy
This week, we're presenting some of the best work from across our network. In this series of The Imposter, host Aliya Pabani decides that to learn more about comedy, she's going to learn how to be a comedian.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Kevin Sexton
Producer

At the end of this season, Aliya will do a live comedy set onstage at Second City.

But first—she needs to learn how to tell a joke.

On the first episode of this harrowing journey, Aliya recalls the 1968 comedy that ruined laughter for her, phones her dad up to talk about brownface, and goes to standup school.

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