Raf Esparza

Talk Show Host | Podcaster (@VerbalTapCast, @GrapplingHour) | Joke Writer (Tonight Show) | NBC Late Night Writers Workshop Alum | All Around Goofball

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

ELN with @DannyJolles and @CameronLogsdon https://t.co/CR41gJArAr

[grapplinghour @grapplinghour]

New Grappling Hour newsletter out. Check out what we've been up to!

https://t.co/OFzzgQP7TN

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@kumoriRaver Janet and Mike are the GOATs. This is awesome.

[Ashley Rickards @AshleyRickards]

Uhm. Colbert could save PBS. Please have your NEW show on PBS. We will buy all the tote bags. PLEASE.

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@unrealpathan Mike created a crossover blueprint.

He experimented, but his batting average always dwarfed Madonna’s.

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@BlazeBinges @xmentas Superb

[grapplinghour @grapplinghour]

THE BULLPEN with TIM FREEMAN and RAF ESPARZA (Episode 93 - 5/8/26) https://t.co/gx7FKkfxIR

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@gabrieukurumi Remix for days!!!

[Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) @LTGetsPolitical]

Trump plays no role whatsoever in UFC becoming mainstream. This is either a lie or mistake that keeps being repeated but is flatly not true. The two shows in 2001 at Taj Mahal did nothing to repair UFC's fortunes at the time. The turning point is 2005's The Ultimate Fighter.

[Variety @Variety]

David Letterman bashes CBS as "lying weasels" for claiming it was a "financial decision" to cancel Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show."

“He was dumped because the people selling the network to Skydance said, ‘Oh no, there’s not going to be any trouble with that guy. We’re going to take care of the show. We’re just going to throw that into the deal. When will the ink on the check dry?’ I’m just going to go on record as saying: They’re lying. Let me just add one other thing... They’re lying weasels.” (via The New York Times)

https://t.co/YB8Ty9p4Li

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@reMARQable_ She killed it. And by she I mean Ashanti.

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@MrPopOfficial They had 15 years more than they should have had. The Voice saved them.

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

Non Negotiables for Michael, Part 2:

- Smooth Criminal
- Remember the Time (call Eddie, Iman, and Magic back)
- Bucharest
- Super Bowl
- Scream
- 95 VMAs
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Earth Song
- You Rock My World
- 30th Anniversary Concert
- This is It rehearsals

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@EzehKene Baby be mine > every Taylor song lol

What are we doing?

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@Naijella1986 @flubbermccubbin @NgocThach74 She didn’t struggle at all. She’s up there with him. The two GOATs.

Mike is still the best, but don’t discredit Janet. She stole the show in that video.

But all Madonna criticism is valid. 😂

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

Yeah, somebody needs to tell Colman Domingo he’s gonna need to stick around for Part 2 AND the Janet spin off.

He’ll have prominent roles in both.

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@DITR_Pop THE. GOAT.

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@CapyJackson I’m gonna need Janet to sign the rights for Scream.

Spin off the universe into her movie.

They could get through the first movie without her — but the second movie, IMPOSSIBLE.

[miss worm @missus_wormy]

It probably felt awesome to be a millennial who believed things were going to get better in 2008

[Raf Esparza @EarlyLateNight]

@pollthecrowds Taylor Swift essentially just became what she was parodying here.

[Eric Goldman @TheEricGoldman]

Wild thing for anyone to say, but especially a guy planning a UFC fight at the White House.