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The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly

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

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00:37:58

Chasing Kelly with Michael Che

The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly ·

2025/10/01

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

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00:58:54

Pageant Face

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2025/09/30

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

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01:01:33

Pervert Park

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2025/09/26

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

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00:40:57

Billy Squier Pants with Colin Quinn

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2025/09/25

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

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00:58:30

Fun Black Church

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2025/09/24

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! FOLLOW THE CREW

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00:56:46

The Stoned Age

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2025/09/23

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.*To hear the full show to go

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01:03:34

Meatballs and Sex

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2025/09/19

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

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00:39:56

Pump Up The Volume

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2025/09/18

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

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00:57:21

Moonwalking With The Stars

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2025/09/17

The Bonfire's favorite crooner is joining Dancing With The Stars. Jay speculates on which Michael Jackson song Corey Feldman will dance to first. | A camper calls in to scold Bobby for chewing food on the microphone. | Bob watches the new Spike Lee movie with Denzel Washington and is appalled by the ending. | The guys research fat pad removal for their cheeks and judge which celebrities look good with the surgery. | Jacob takes notes on the host's behavior so he can report back to the bosses.*To

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00:58:46

Jay's House Party

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2025/09/16

Jay and Christine host a little party for opening day of the NFL season. Comic Keith Robinson is invited and arrives in an Uber that has extra amenities. Jay goes to Philadelphia to bring an abundance of sandwiches back to the party. | Bobby tries to expand his musical taste but is still in love with Yungblud. | Josh Adam Meyers is spotted hanging out with two rappers gone country; Post Malone and Jelly Roll. | Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer have a dance battle. *To hear the full show to go

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01:06:44

Thursday Night Lights

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2025/09/12

Jay is trying to install cool LED lights onto the bottom of his truck. Sam the installer is contentious from the start and Christine doesn't love the idea. Jay researches Sam's shop for bad reviews of his enemy. | Christine and Jay are hosting an NFL party for the first game of the season at their new home. | Bobby shows footage of the male NFL cheerleaders and recalls the old days when the men cheered into megaphones.*To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more! FOLLOW

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00:58:20

Forty Years Sober

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2025/09/11

Jay shows up late to the party so Bobby takes the wheel by announcing that today is his 40 year anniversary of the day he got sober. Bob tells his story of going to jail as a fourteen year-old and staying clean ever since. DJ Lou is approaching a year of sobriety and shares how bad it was getting for him. | Jacob is in love with the actress Alison Brie and needs to see her nude in the many movies in which she has bared it all. | Jay is having disco lights installed onto the bottom of his truck but

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00:54:14

Beating Up Sam Roberts

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2025/09/10

Today is the day that Howard Stern returns to SiriusXM radio to announce if he is retiring or not and Bobby has the scoop on what the King Of All Media is going to reveal. If Mr. Stern leaves the satellite universe, The Bonfire will most likely have to physically fight Sam Robert's Show to win the morning slot and the Howard studio. | Kevin Hart speaks on gentrification of the black community and it sounds a lot like the speech in the movie Boyz In The Hood. | Many A-List comedians are performing

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00:39:21

Huffing Balloon Juice

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2025/09/09

Bobby gets his prostate checked and gives an update on his testosterone health. | Jay praises Amy Schumer yet again just for good measure. | Christine is trying to book Frosted Jake on the Bonfire. He is a young, blossoming musician who plays songs about the Philadelphia Eagles on his little keyboard. Jay watches a professional wrestling doc that reveals too much behind the scenes and takes away the magic. | Bob and Christine try to convince Jay that he should not take the drug NOS which is

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00:59:51

Dancing Magicians with Jim Florentine

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2025/09/05

In part two of Jim Florentine's hang on the Bonfire, he talks about working alongside Howard Stern for many years. He witnessed amazing events like Jenna Jameson riding the Sybian and Gary Busey starting a brawl inside the studio. Jay and Jim speculate about Stern returning to SiriusXM and who would take his place if he exits. | Florentine is trying to get a version of a Crank Yankers show to air on the Gas Digital Network. | Bobby remembers working with Jim and a dancing magician named Gemini. |

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00:42:19

Aggressive Clown Rap w/Sal Vulcano

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2025/09/04

Jay has just returned from The Gathering Of The Juggalos and has stories for Sal Vulcano who is filling in for Bobby Kelly. Jay seemed a little fed up with clown rap but enjoyed sucking on balloons full of drugs. | Starting the early 90's, movies were getting made about comedians and their lives on and off the stage. Years later, Robert De Niro made the film "The Comedian." Sal and Jay take a deep dive into this unrealistic tale and wonder if his act would actually work if a real comedian used

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00:38:04

Murder Safari

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2025/09/03

Christine just turned 40 and they guys are careful not to overwhelm her in her elderly state. Jay fantasizes about hypothetically murdering her on a vacation safari in Africa. | Did you know that John Heder is a Mormon and did not write Napoleon Dynamite? | Bobby plays the Mega Millions and if he wins, he plans to run away with is new A.I. girlfriend.Go to punchup.live/bigjayoakerson and punchup.live/robertkelly for all tour dates and info! *To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to

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00:41:36

Standing On Business

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2025/09/02

Jay and Christine go to a Toto concert without Bobby and sat down the whole time. Bob would have loved that because he wears Hokas and is interested in bringing a wearable chair to music events. | Jay loves "Baddies Gone Wild" on the Zeus network so much that he acts it out at home. He need to explain the Baddies lingo to Bob so he can understand the show that consists of females fist fighting and arguing. Go to Bigjaycomedy.com and punchup.live/robertkelly for all their tour dates and info. *To

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00:59:44

Airb N Pee with Mike Finoia

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2025/08/29

Jay is enamored with the lineup for The Tom Joyner Cruise which includes Tyrese, Kat Williams, Adina Howard, and After 7. He wants DJ Lou to go on the cruise with his girlfriend and Jay wants to finance it. | Mike Finoia fills in for Robert Kelly and has a disgusting surprise in his Airbnb. | Jacob admires the vocal style of Stephen A. Smith, especially when he talked about the seriousness of the Diddy trial. | Everyone hates musical performances on the subway but some of them get creative.Mike

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00:51:56

Getting Tased with Dave Temple

The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly ·

2025/08/28

Dave Temple co-hosts for Bobby and will be performing at The Stress Factory in New Jersey this weekend with Big Jay. | Jay continues to have a burning desire to be a part of a synchronized dance performance. | Both guys are from Philly, but Dave doesn't know about Philadelphia's most famous pedophile. | Jay uses the Citizen App to see what crimes are happening in his neighborhood. | They watch a woman hilariously get tased on body cam footage. | There is a major racial oversight in the movie "A

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