How Ralph Barbosa is Funding His Car Addiction with Comedy
About this episode
Ralph Barbosa drops in to talk comedy, car addiction, and the chaos of balancing family life with touring and building cars. He explains how his “Planet Bosa” special and writing process stay tight and punchy, why kids changed his stand-up grind, and how money/time finally let him dive back into projects. The conversation gets deep into Formula Bean builds—especially a 96 Impala chasing 1,000 hp—and his R35 drag-racing troubles (limp mode). Between Laguna Seca crash stories, Texas comedy scenes, and WRX seat-time, it’s equal parts laughs and wrenching.
This week on Talk Talk Nation, Joe is joined by comedian Ralph Barbosa to talk comedy, car builds, and life on the road. From a sleeper Impala project to Laguna Seca crashes, GT-R drag racing disasters, the crowd work debate, and Joe gets a quick lesson in Dragon Ball Z.
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Subaru WRX
"...rsation and then afterwards I took him out in the WRX and he scared the absolute piss out of me."
Chevrolet Impala
"...cts right now is I've always really loved the 96 Impala Super Sport. Yeah, I noticed you have a couple, ..."
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
"... Yeah, I noticed you have a couple, like you have Monte Carlo. I actually got rid of those, the Monte Carlo's,..."
Ford Mustang GTD
"...press, last Ford press car that I had was just a Mustang GT, like a 25. And I don't feel like I felt, it was..."
Nissan R32
"...ht now? I know you have, uh, you LS swapped your R32, which, no, you haven't yet? No, no, no, we were..."
Dodge Challenger
"...s got a little autism with it. Remember like the challengers and the chargers and the TR. Yeah, does he know ..."
Nissan R35 Gtr
"... he's like, he's like, I think my favorite is the R35 GTR. He's like, but also like your R32."
Nissan Z32
"...no one really likes that between the 280Z and the Z32, which is like the one that looks like a Bugatti..."
Chevrolet Camaro
"... range. I've never been a Trans-Am guy or like a Camaro guy. No?"
Toyota Land Cruiser
"...hatever you want to do. So there's a lot of like land cruiser builds, four runner builds, that kind of stuff a..."
Porsche 911
"...ds down, you know, like number one dream car is a 911. And I want to say like early 90s, but I would t..."
Ferrari F40
"Really expensive. I really want a Ferrari F40. Oh, that'd be sick."
Porsche Cayman
"...al thing that happens. Yeah, that's f***ing, the Cayman did that. But I mean, it ran good for like f***i..."
Ford Fiesta
".... I think they do like the smaller like focus or Fiesta. Yeah, I like cars."
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