Ralph Barbosa on Netflix Fame, Getting Recognized at Jiffy Lube, & His Love for Tom Hanks

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

Comedy

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 124 minutes

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YERRR – Texas’ own Ralph Barbosa is on Flagrant and it was straight vibes. Is Ralph a weeaboo? Is he addicted to junk car hustles on Facebook Marketplace? Ralph brings his chill comedic genius to the Flagrant table to explain it all. We're talking Bobby Lee, taping specials, drinking games, crowd work magic, and an Epstein-Tom Hanks crossover that should not make sense—but totally does. All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 0:00 Ralph Barbosa hosting 00:44 Ralph's a weeaboo 2:03 Facebook marketplace + Junk cars 5:23 Ralph's in love 7:43 Choose up + History Buffs 14:34 What is true love? Boat stories 24:12 Chicago = incredible 26:49 Puerto Ricans + Ralph's country accent 30:31 Ralph's rise in comedy 34:45 Drinking games + Akaash's eyes 39:10 Not reading comments + Taping 42:46 Bobby Lee + working on your comedy 46:41 Resting b*tch face + 360 fight 52:33 Akaash = all the races + Ego death 1:01:12 Ditching therapy + Yearly Punch Up 1:06:31 Never being in a fight 1:11:15 Gathering knowledge on podcasts 1:15:06 Marrying different + Mark's Prison Vist 1:22:01 Mexicans love Chevys + Houston love 1:28:40 Being a dad + Demographics 1:37:20 Epstein + Tom Hanks' best movies 1:44:09 Middle spots = best + Crowd working 1:53:03 Racing channel + Sopranos' Ending 2:01:03 Akaash = greatest wing man Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And we're back, everybody. I'm Ralph Barbosa, and I'm going to be taking over flavoring today.
0:02.2	Hell yeah, let's go, baby. You're shocked fighting. I'm down. First time, we're going to make some changes around here. This is your camera. Yeah, also, what are we back from? Commercial break. This is the start of the episode. It's the start of the episode, dude. Well, welcome, everybody. Hey, Ralph Barbosa is on the episode.
0:03.1	Let's go.
0:04.5	Superstar.
0:54.9	Who are we talking about today? You, man. You, whatever else you want to talk about? I heard George Lopez loves you, favorite, your favorite comic? Probably. Me and George Lopez will be starring in the new street fighter movie, so be tuned to that. I think that's just a Street Fighter. It'll be on Twitter. It's Streets Fighted. Yo, so you got a new special. It just came out last Friday as of the time of this release. Yeah. Last Friday, my special came out. Yeah, I heard it's killing it, dude. It's crazy numbers.
0:55.3	Yeah. The numbers are bonkers. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's the greatest special ever made. What's it called? You want to plug it? It's called Planet Bosa. Yeah. And it's on Hulu. It's on Hulu. Not Netflix. It's a Dragon Bossy rip-off name.
0:52.1	It's like they have Planet Vegeta.
0:54.0	Oh, I was wondering what that was.
0:55.4	Yeah. It's on Hulu. It's on Hulu. Not Netflix. It's a Dragon Balls-Z rip-off name.
1:11.9	It's like they have Planet Vegeta.
1:10.4	Oh, I was wondering what that was. Yeah. Uh-huh. So it's just like Planet Bosa. And that was kind of a stretch. I'm going to be honest. It wasn't that clear of a connection. It definitely not that clear. But it always makes sense. The trailer had like, you know, like some, like video game animation.
1:12.8	You hit the, you know, the Dragon Ball in it.
1:28.4	Oh, no, no, no. But it always makes sense. The trailer had like, you know, like some... Like video game animation.
1:26.2	You hit the, you know, the Dragon Ball in it. Oh, no, no, no, I hit the Kamehaha. Adukin was the last special. I didn't know you were such a little weebu. Nah. Yeah, you're a weebu, bro. Not really, but. What is a weebu? A weeaboo? That is a white person that's obsessed with Japanese and Asian culture.
1:44.6	I'm not obsessed. I don't even know. A weebu. A weebu? That is a white person that's obsessed with, like, Japanese and Asian culture.
1:46.0	I'm not obsessed.
1:49.6	I don't even know the name of my favorite sushi spot.
1:51.1	He ain't saying he's not white, though.
1:51.7	That's the funny.
1:54.0	He's like, I'm not upset.
1:56.8	I'll take it, bro.
1:59.5	You got to take every, like, opportunity to be white.
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