Fumi Abe

I couldn't go to the beach.

I was lying to get out of my job.

Yeah, that's how much the opportunity meant to me.

And then I went up there and I ruined it because I insulted your audience.

Yeah, I have a couple friends who are like booking stuff back to back, but most of them are like, they get a thing, they're probably unemployed for like a year or two.

I mean, some of my friends from the lately show, like a couple of them have gotten stuff, but a lot of them who I thought were great.

Nothing.

Yeah, I think so.

And as you know, I think it's not... I mean, I don't think stand-up is 100% meritocracy, but if you're very funny and you can put your stuff up there, people will notice you.

I think with writing, I think like...

You know, when I got this job last time, like, I like my pilot.

It's about Asian people in the Civil War.

Check me out.

Those are real people.

But, you know, I feel like everybody has a funny pilot, right?

If you're serious, like, I bet everybody's pilot's great.

But I got lucky.

Like, some person just picked up my script and read it.

gave it to the people who were in charge and they gave me an interview but like so many times i don't get jobs i don't it's like they just didn't pick up my script right i mean so and they just kind of hire their friends or like you know so like i think the goal is to like meet someone in every room that you vibe with who could maybe give you like another opportunity that's all that's that's the whole way yeah but it doesn't always happen um yeah yeah

But yeah, I don't know.