Alan Hamel was a co-host of the Canadian children's show "Razzle Dazzle" in the 1960s when he filmed an episode of a new Canadian show — "Music Hop." Hamel told Page Six, "The network didn't pick it up, so I moved on and started doing a late-night show." So Hamel had moved on from the music show, but when it eventually did get the green light, he had a suggestion for the producers on who should replace him: "There's the kid in Ottawa, you should talk to him." And who would that kid in Ottawa be? None other than Alex Trebek.
Even though the two were in the same business and potentially competitors, they became and remained friends. Hamel talked about how the two of them had a Sunday morning ritual, barring any work commitments. "We would go to this old-fashioned Russian steam bath," Hamel said, "[surrounded by] naked hairy Russian guys yelling at each other in Russian, and beating each other up." What a way to bond!
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