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Knicks Fever, TikTok Tours & Buying the Good Rice | Fumi Abe
Description
Matt Buechele celebrates the New York Knicks' historic Finals comeback, the return of civic pride to New York City, and why a basketball team might be doing a better job bringing Americans together than just about anything else right now.
Then he sits down with comedian Fumi Abe to talk about growing up in Ohio after immigrating from Japan, the strange economics of stand-up comedy, touring with TikTok stars, marching band humiliation, cross-country crushes, and what happens when a comedy writer suddenly starts making enough money to ignore parking tickets. They also get into late night TV, social media fame, upstate New York, and why the true sign of success might just be buying the expensive rice.
Topics:
Life as a touring stand-up comedian
Writing for James Corden in Los Angeles
Performing on Fallon and Colbert
Internet viral culture changing comedy
Secrets of late night TV writing
Creating comedy inspired by everyday life
Hot takes with Fumi Abe
Making it big on the internet
Chapters:
00:00:00 Fumi Abe’s viral podcast clip story
00:05:45 Touring revenue and quitting writing jobs
00:11:30 Performance of wealth in LA and Upstate New York
00:17:15 Making internet jokes work on a comedy stage
00:23:00 Growing up in Ohio and high school sports
00:28:45 Being an organic folk drummer in Brother Goose
00:34:30 Leaving music business for the comedy grind
00:40:15 Navigating social media and getting older fans
00:46:00 Experience writing for James Corden in LA
00:51:45 Stand-up sets on Fallon and Colbert
00:57:30 Comedy writing process and the urologist bit
01:03:15 Predictions for self-driving cars and airplanes
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