Yahoo Lifestyle Ralph Barbosa Sets New Comedy Special at Hulu
Ralph Barbosa has set his second stand-up special at Hulu.
The comic, who self-identifies as “one of the shyest attention hogs to ever do comedy,” became a breakout star of 2023 after the release of his Netflix special, “Cowabunga,” which ranked at No. 3 on the streamer’s television chart during its premiere week.
The new comedy hour will launch as part of Hulu’s new stand-up initiative, Hularious. It will be available to stream domestically on Hulu and internationally on Disney+. A release date or title has not yet been announced.
Named one of Variety‘s 10 Comics to Watch for 2024, Barbosa is currently touring theaters on his North American tour, dubbed “Ralph Barbosa, The Super Cool Ass Tour.” He has featured on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and has performed stand-up for Comedy Central. In November 2022, he starred in the HBO Max comedy special “Entre Nos: The Winners 3,” and his Don’t Tell Comedy set has accumulated more than 6 million views on YouTube.
Barbosa got his start in comedy after a community college teacher encouraged him to perform at an open mic night in Dallas. “I bombed so badly that first night, so I wanted to get good at it. But I think I’ve only truly found my voice recently,” he told Variety earlier this year.
Hularious, which kicks off Nov. 22, will also include stand-up specials from Bill Burr, Chris Distefano, Jim Gaffigan, Ilana Glazer, Jessica Kirson, Matteo Lane, Sebastian Maniscalco, Atsuko Okatsuka, Andrew Santino and Roy Wood Jr. As part of the initiative, Hulu is also licensing previously released comedy specials from 800 Pound Gorilla, Comedy Dynamics and Don’t Tell Comedy.
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