Fridays are usually a day where people get ready to let it all hang out over the weekend, but for this stand-up comedian, every day seems like a Friday, so the shenanigans have already begun.
No Pill Friday is a weekly podcast where stand-up comedians Audrey Stewart and Pat Quinn doesn‘t take their ADHD pills and interviews guests who also have severe ADHD. Just so they don‘t stray off topic too much, they have a referee played by Quinn that blows the whistle whenever they get distracted.
In this week’s episode, comedian Fumi Abe from Just For Laughs and The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon joins Audrey and Pat to discuss a variety of topics that go on in his everyday life.
Audrey Stewart: Audrey Stewart is a stand-up comedian/actress based in Los Angeles, California. Audrey has been accepted into several festivals, including the Laughing Skull Festival. Audrey studied at The Groundlings School, and prior to moving to LA, she completed all levels of IO Chicago and was a member of North Central’s Indianapolis Comedy Sportz team. Audrey’s stand up clips have accumulated over 17,000,000 views allowing her to gain a loyal following. Audrey has been heard on Netflix is a Joke Radio, seen on the NBC Series “Bring the Funny” , The Drew Barrymore Show, the Facebook Watch series “Fuzzballs”, and Josh Wolf’s show “Controlled Chaos”.
This Week’s Special Guest:
Fumi Abe: 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.
Checkout previous episodes of No Pill Fridays w/ Audrey Stewart HERE
