Last night, comedian and writer for The Late Late Show Fumi Abe made his network television debut on The Late Show w/Stephen Colbert. During the set, he talks about growing up in Ohio, being Asian during the early days of COVID, how you review a nude in your thirties versus your twenties, and sad drunk texts.
Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in New York City. He has written for NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”, was part of the 2020 Comedy Central Digital Creators Program, and is currently a staff writer on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
Fumi has opened for Ronny Chieng from The Daily Show, and in addition, he was a semi-finalist in the Stand-Up NBC competition in 2017 and 2019.
He currently produces and hosts a comedy podcast titled “Asian Not Asian“, which was most recently included in Vulture’s Comedy Podcast Roundup as well as The AV Club’s Podcast series highlights.
Follow Fumi on social media at Fumi Abe
