At the end of this season of The Imposter, 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.

 

As part of our holiday programming, we're playing you the best stuff from across our network.