You’ve had a long and varied career as a comedian, writer, actress and host. Could you share a bit about your Canadian upbringing and how that shaped your comedic voice?
Well, I’m originally from Sault Ste Marie, Ontario so ‘nuff said. I mean, these aren’t my original teeth. Hockey and humor are the two greatest currencies in the Soo. First guy I made out with was my cousin George. I know what you’re thinking “Ewww, how could you kiss a dude called George?” I come from a family where joking, teasing and laughter were mandatory and highly encouraged. In retrospect, it was probably wildly inappropriate that my parents exposed us to Mel Brooks movies and Cheech & Chong records when we were children, but I’m very grateful they did. I was brought up on Canadian classics: Wayne & Schuster, Maclean & Maclean, SCTV, the list goes on. I’m also still a big Three Stooges fan, especially Shemp, the thinking woman’s stooge. I wrote a speech on humor for a Kiwanis Club competition in grade six. And not to brag but, I won.

Steven Hu, from Vancouver, BC, joined the Canadian Forces when he was still in high school at 16 years old after his parents signed a waiver. Steven served in the Intelligence Branch from 2018-2023, and did an overseas deployment in 2022. Nowadays, he works in the content security field in Los Angeles, working with major studios and their vendors to ensure that their intellectual property and sensitive information is protected.

While in the army Steven contributed to the Queens Own Rifles Museum, where he had the privilege of producing two documentaries on Kew Dock Yip, a Chinese Canadian WW2 veteran and the first lawyer of minority descent in Canada, who also had the major contribution of challenging the Chinese exclusion Act. In addition to that, he also produced a documentary for Toronto’s 2023 and 2024 Asian Heritage exhibitions on Chinese Canadian veterans on Force 136, an all Chinese Canadian commando unit in World War II.