

The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly
SiriusXM
The Bonfire is a live daily show on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk channel, hosted from New York City by veteran stand-up comedians Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly. With their trademark blunt humor and unfiltered honesty, Jay and Bobby invite listeners into hilarious, no-holds-barred conversations about life on and off the stage, the comedy scene, pop culture, entertainment, and sports. Regular guest appearances from fellow comedians, actors, and musicians keep the show spontaneous, and unpredictable.
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Episodes
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Oct 3, 2025 • 52min
Failed Influencer
On his walk to work, Jay witnesses a heinous act and fails to document it because his has no influencing skills. A homeless woman did something disgusting in the New York streets and there is no video of it because of Jay. | Bobby saw his friend in a different light and realizes that it's sad when people change for the worse. | Jay is an expert on certain subjects and rarely needs to be corrected. Christine remembers the one time he was wrong about a music fact and it doesn't go well.
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Oct 2, 2025 • 1h 2min
Judgement Night with Jeremy Piven
Actor & comedian Jeremy Piven joins the Bonfire for the first time and walks into the studio to find a pile of flyers with his face on them. Jay explains to him the Piven currency system they has become a favorite bit on the show. | Corey Feldman gets thrown off Dancing With The Stars and Jay knows why. | Jeremy has been on stage his whole life but his first stand-up gig on live television did not go well. | Bobby shows his embarrassing Cameo video where he was an overweight cupid. | When Piven was on the set of the movie "Judgement Night" he experienced some antisemitism disguised as method acting.
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Oct 1, 2025 • 38min
Chasing Kelly with Michael Che
Saturday Night Live is returning and so did Michael Che to the Bonfire! Michael promised Bobby that he can deliver his crush- Kelly Clarkson to him. Bobby is so excited that he won't stop hounding Che about when he will meet the love of his life. | Michael reveals that he once had his life threatened by a stalker at SNL and didn't even know about it. A video of him trying to talk some sense to Kanye West went viral. Che discloses that Kanye once told him about the incest that later became the explicit song he put out this year.
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Sep 30, 2025 • 59min
Pageant Face
The news breaks that Jimmy Kimmel will return to television and Jay goes through all the talk show hosts from the last ten years. Bobby hates actor Mark Ruffalo and his political rants even though he cannot pronounce his name. | The campers are encouraged to vote for Corey Feldman on Dancing With The Stars but Robert Irwin is beyond talented. His moves are elite and he posses the skill of selling the performance through his face. Jay tries to make "pageant faces" because it's the one thing that he lacks in his own dancing performances.
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Sep 26, 2025 • 1h 2min
Pervert Park
There is a park in Florida where convicted sex offenders go to congregate and it is no surprise that no one wants to live near there. Jay wonders if actual kidnappings are down because all the predators are online and getting caught by pedophile hunters. | Bobby meets mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa on the subway in NYC. He thinks that Curtis would have a better chance of winning if he got rid of his beret. Jay tries to join the Guardian Angels and buys the uniform for Bobby so he can keep the subways safe.
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FOLLOW THE CREW ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
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Sep 25, 2025 • 41min
Billy Squier Pants with Colin Quinn
Jacob buys new pants that Billy Squier would dance in and is too shy to model them in front of the great Colin Quinn. | Bobby tells stories about the famous table of The Comedy Cellar when comedians would fight each other. The same comedians would also gather for pick-up basketball games. | Jay and Bobby debate who has the better suburban home. Jay has convenience in New Jersey and Bob boasts about his cozy historical town. | Jay once had an agent who carried a briefcase with just an apple inside of it.
Go to Colinquinn.com for all his tour dates and happenings!
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Sep 24, 2025 • 59min
Fun Black Church
The gospel music of Kirk Franklin memorizes everyone so much that Jay is moved to dance and Bobby wants to join a black church. | Jay has a theory about what happens when Diddy gets out of jail. | Bobby knows a lot about the Dane Cook scandal in which his brother stole all of his money and when to jail for it. | Corey Feldman is on Dancing With The Stars Tonight and the Bonfire needs the campers to vote for him.
*To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more!
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Sep 23, 2025 • 57min
The Stoned Age
Cardi B is at SiriusXM for an event in the lobby and the Bonfire tries to poach her as a guest. Jay practices his twerking just in case she shows up. | Jacob and Jay have a deep love of the 90's movie "The Stoned Age." They research the sexy actress in the movie only to find that she now shouts about the government on her Instagram. | Javier Bardem makes a political statement at the Emmy Awards. | Jay has a horrible flight home from a gig in Calgary.
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Sep 19, 2025 • 1h 4min
Meatballs and Sex
DJ Lou gets bombarded with 90's slow jams and now hates the genre. Jay loves R&B and knows all the songs that Lou despises. The sexy music leads into stories of young love. Jay lost his virginity after a meatball meal and had an accident that almost ruined the milestone experience. Bob was very young and seduced by an older woman. Both guys grew up in schools that resembled prisons. Many of Jacob's high school teachers took advantage of the students except him.
*To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more!
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Sep 18, 2025 • 40min
Pump Up The Volume
Jay loves the Christian Slater movie "Pump Up The Volume" so much that he impersonates the Hard Harry character throughout the show. Jacob and Bob always thought the movie was trash. | Jay invents the word "Qweenis" for the English speaking lexicon and owns the copywrites. | Bobby tells a story of when he met the acclaimed actress Chole Sevigny. It was years ago at a star-studded party by Louis C.K. It did not go well and he still cannot pronounce her name.
*To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more!
FOLLOW THE CREW ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
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@robertkellylive
@louwitzkee
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