Alan Hamel (born June 30, 1936) is a Canadian entertainer and television host, who was a co-host of a Canadian children's television show called Razzle Dazzle from 1961 to 1964. The show featured a talking turtle named Howard.Hamel was born in Toronto, Ontario. Hamel is Jewish. He attended the television arts programme at Ryerson Institute of Technology in 1954 but never graduated.