The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson & Robert Kelly

Episode: Beaver Fever with Luis J Gomez
Date: November 13, 2025
Guest: Luis J Gomez

Episode Overview

This episode of The Bonfire delivers its trademark blend of raunchy humor, candid reflections on comedian life, and unfiltered banter. Hosted by Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly, with recurring favorite Luis J Gomez in the studio, the show veers from hilariously graphic personal stories (often at the expense of their own dignity) to playful jabs at pop culture phenomena and inside baseball about the stand-up world. The title "Beaver Fever" nods to a notorious camping misadventure and bodily mishaps that serve as the backbone of this episode—a true festival of scatological storytelling, broken up by riffs about classic hip-hop, the horrors of childbirth, Millie Bobby Brown’s Hollywood drama, and the pain of camping with city-dwellers.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Beastie Boys and Cultural Bias

• [01:04–01:57] Hip-Hop, Race, and Double Standards
  • The hosts debate whether the Beastie Boys' unique style and sometimes nonsensical lyrics would have received the same acclaim if the group were black rather than three Jewish kids from New York.
  • Robert Kelly: “Would we have accepted this level of lyricism from blacks?”
  • Jay: “They're a punk rock band and then they became this.”
  • Robert: “If it was three black dudes, it would have never gotten popular with the level of what they do, what they're saying.”
  • They agree their appeal is more about energy and aesthetic than poetic lyricism.

2. Launch of Luis J Gomez's Special & Body Brain Coffee

• [02:33–02:59] Self-Promos & In-Jokes
  • Luis discusses his new special “You’re Making This Worse” (directed by Robert Kelly), available on YouTube, and there’s a recurring running joke about “BBC” as an acronym for their coffee brand.
  • Playful double entendres abound.
  • Luis: “Hot BBC right in the mouth.”
  • Robert: “I don’t like the taste of coffee, but I love BBC. I look it up more than anything.”

3. Comedy Rivalries & “Headache Excuse”

• [03:01–03:26] The Legion of Skanks Episode Exit Routine
  • Luis teases Jay for ducking out of a hangout with a suspicious “eye headache”— likened to a woman faking a headache to avoid sex.
  • Luis: “Jay just loves long, cylindrical, brown things coming out of butts.”

4. Disgusting Stories: Scatological Escapades & Birth Trauma

• [04:24–07:34] Most Outrageous Bits
  • The crew shares stomach-churning stories of bodily functions during sex, childbirth, and camping accidents.
  • Luis: “Like a Hershey kiss. It popped out of her and landed on my dick and balanced on my dick.”
  • Robert: “You just lay there in your own yuck like a piece of shit.”
  • They riff on the grossness of childbirth as experienced by men in the delivery room.

5. Jacob’s Subway Video: Public Defecation in NYC

• [07:41–10:11] City Life in Raw Form
  • Jacob recounts witnessing and filming a man defecating on the subway platform, admitting he was more unnerved by attractive women passing by unfazed than by the act itself.
  • The group teases him for “judging,” noting everyone has experienced some embarrassing “nature calls.”
  • Big Jay: “Maybe he's homeless…but he could have baby wipes in that big bag…You don't know.”

6. The Comic’s Camping Disasters & Beaver Fever

• [11:03–16:18] Main Story Arc
  • Beaver Fever: Jay gets “beaver fever” (giardiasis) from drinking contaminated stream water on a trip with Ari Shaffir and friends, leading to epic diarrhea on a follow-up camping trip with Luis and their sons.
  • Camping Woes: Leaving food out draws raccoons; Luis’s Wi-Fi hunt interrupts campfire fun; modern tents vs. old-school setups.
  • Jay: “When we came back, there was like 18 raccoons…like, ‘What? You left it.’”
  • Luis: “Camping sounds horrible.”

7. Lessons (Not) Learned from the Woods

• [17:03–19:34] City Boys in the Wild
  • Anecdotes about ill-prepared camping with comedians, leaving food to attract animals, and sleepless nights due to intrusive skunks and raccoons.
  • Robert: “It was like a spaceship that hangs from trees…set up for you to go take baseball bats and kill Bobby in his sleep.”

8. Timeless Bathroom Etiquette

• [26:30–29:12] Shitting Outside: A Rite of Passage?
  • A debate erupts on whether everyone has pooped outside; Jay and Robert are veterans, Luis once, Jacob never.
  • Robert: “It’s my time.”
  • Jay: “Yeah, you gotta dig a hole and then cover it up.”

9. Pop Culture Riffs: Court Zoom Mishaps & Millie Bobby Brown

• [29:23–34:22] Lowbrow News with a Twist
  • They watch a viral video of a cop in virtual court wearing no pants; banter about the “cat filter judge” and black professionals in unusual court settings.
  • The hosts skewer Millie Bobby Brown for complaining that David Harbour was “mean” to her on Stranger Things set.
  • Jay: “Reportedly they crashed on the set…Brown formally complained about Harbour…But that made the season comfortable as shit to shoot.”
  • Robert: “What a shitty accusation…if it’s just like, he’s kind of mean to me, take it up internally. This is so subjective.”

10. 80s Nostalgia, Family, and Sentimental Moments

• [36:44–40:44] Light-Hearted Heartstrings
  • Luis and Robert reminisce about old family photo booth sessions, carnival caricatures, and Luis’s mom—who embraced the “hair metal” scene of the ‘80s.
  • Luis: “My mom was awesome, dude. Smoking, sucking…She had the same personality as fucking ‘The Doors’.”

11. Plugs for Specials & Upcoming Shows

• [41:01–42:59] Hype Train
  • Luis’s special “You’re Making This Worse” hits 100k views; tour dates promoted.
  • Jay plugs Tampa/Sidesplitters and Skank Fest; Robert heads to TD Garden in Boston and Providence, RI.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [01:04] Robert Kelly (on Beastie Boys):
  “Would we have accepted this level of lyricism from blacks? I don’t know.”
• [02:33] Lewis J. Gomez (on his coffee):
  “BBC didn't know that the acronym was... And when I told him, it made him so happy.”
• [05:23] Lewis J. Gomez (on a sexual mishap):
  “Like a Hershey kiss. It popped out of her and landed on my dick and balanced on my dick.”
• [07:01] Lewis J. Gomez (on his ex):
  "She vomited like the Exorcist."
• [13:19] Lewis (on camping with Jay):
  "You left all the food out."
• [15:09] Lewis (on raccoons):
  “You stand off with our family versus their family. It was two big humans and two baby humans.”
• [17:50] Robert Kelly (on Jay’s hammock):
  “It was set up for you to go take baseball bats and kill Bobby in his sleep.”
• [26:46] Jacob (on pissing outside):
  "Oh, yeah. Never shit."
• [33:14] Big Jay Oakerson (on Millie Bobby Brown’s harassment claim):
  “What did he do, though?”
• [40:00] Robert Kelly (on Luis’s mom):
  “Your mom was awesome, dude. Smoking, Sucking.”
• [41:03] Lewis J. Gomez:
  “It’s doing great. 100,000 views as of right now.”

Important Timestamps & Segments

• 01:04–01:57 — Hip hop, the Beastie Boys, and questions of cultural reception
• 02:33–02:59 — BBC (Body Brain Coffee) and Luis’s new special promo
• 03:01–03:26 — Jay’s “headache” and Legion of Skanks stories
• 04:24–07:34 — Outrageous sex, poop, and birth stories
• 07:41–10:11 — Jacob’s subway scandal video
• 11:03–16:18 — “Beaver fever” and camping with comedians
• 17:03–19:34 — Comedy camp and animal intrusions
• 26:30–29:12 — Shitting outside: initiation or indignity?
• 29:23–34:22 — Pop culture: Zoom court, Stranger Things gossip
• 36:44–40:44 — Boardwalk nostalgia and Luis’s rock ‘n’ roll family
• 41:01–42:59 — Plugs for specials, festivals, and stand-up dates

Tone and Style

The tone flips between irreverently filthy and playfully confessional, rooted in the hosts’ deep friendship and shared experience on the comedy circuit. Jokes are fast, self-deprecating, often gross, and usually escalate as each participant tries to top the other in both crudeness and wit. Despite the surface-level crassness, there’s a sense of camaraderie and authenticity that makes the chaos oddly comforting and relatable—an episode sure to satisfy fans who want a glimpse into the comic mind at its most unfiltered.

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