Big Jay Oakerson

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Big Jay Oakerson
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Big Jay Oakerson performing at The Stand in May 2016.
Born (1977-12-07) December 7, 1977 (age 47)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MediumTelevision, stand-up, radio, podcasting
Education Robert E. Lamberton HS
(Overbrook Park, Philadelphia)
Alma mater Camden County College
Genres Observational comedy, crude humor, off-color humor, shock humor, insult comedy, sarcasm, blue comedy, black comedy
Subject(s) Everyday life, current events, pop culture, human behavior, sex, race relations, self-deprecation
Children1
Website bigjaycomedy.com

Jason Michael "Big Jay" Oakerson (born December 07 , 1977 ) [1] is an American stand-up comedian, radio show host, podcaster and actor. [2] [3]

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Life and career

Oakerson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in West Philadelphia, where he attended Robert E. Lamberton High School. [4] During his senior year of high school, Oakerson moved to the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township, New Jersey with his mother and step-father who worked full-time. His father was absent for most of his childhood. He enrolled at Camden County College but left after a month to pursue comedy. He worked as a chauffeur/bouncer for strippers and children's parties to make ends meet. [5] He has opened for Dave Attell and toured with Korn before touring as a headliner.

His television credits include Comedy Central's Premium Blend , Comedy Central Presents , Inside Amy Schumer , Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn , and This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir , along with multiple appearances on BET's Comic View, HBO's P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy and Crashing . He co-hosted Movies on Tap on Spike TV. He played Neil on the series Z Rock and appeared in the pilot episode of Louie , as well as an episode in the third season. On December 1, 2014, Oakerson headlined a free charity show for supporters of morning show Preston & Steve and radio station WMMR in Philadelphia for the annual Campout for Hunger which supports Philabundance. [6] On June 17, 2016, Oakerson released his first hour long special titled, Live At Webster Hall. [7] He also hosted Big Jay Oakerson's What's Your F@%king Deal?! on Seeso. [8]

Podcast and radio show host

Oakerson hosts a podcast called Legion of Skanks with comedian, Luis J. Gomez, [9] and libertarian activist and comedian Dave Smith. He also co-hosts the podcast The SDR Show on GaS Digital Network's station with Ralph Sutton (who used his fathers inheritance to fund & co-owns the network with Luis J. Gomes). Sutton is Jewish.

On July 27, 2015, Oakerson, along with fellow stand-up comedian Dan Soder, began their two-hour live radio talk show, The Bonfire, on SiriusXM's Comedy Central Radio channel airing every Monday through Thursday (previously Mondays and Wednesdays) from 6-8pm EST. [10] [11] [12] As of March 1, 2021, the show has aired on Faction Talk from 5-7pm EST after Comedy Central Radio ceased production on all of its talk shows. [13] In 2023, Robert Kelly replaced Dan Soder as the co-host of The Bonfire.

Personal life

Oakerson divorced from his now ex-wife Carla in 2023 and they share custody of their daughter. [14] He has been in a long-term relationship with Christine Evans, a radio producer, since 2011. Oakerson is Jewish. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Big Jay Oakerson on Twitter". Twitter.
  2. ↑ Leijn, Erik (July 21, 2011). Big and tall tales: There’s nothing small about Big Jay Oakerson and his big wild stories. Archived May 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Montreal Mirror
  3. ↑ Zinoman, Jason A Blunt Yet Kindly Bedside Manner, Big Jay Oakerson, a Master of the Dirty Joke New York Times. April 30, 2015
  4. ↑ Eichel, Molly. "Q&A: Big Jay Oakerson", The Philadelphia Inquirer , June 17, 2016. Accessed June 22, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "I want it to be well-received and I want people from my high school (Overbrook Park's Robert E. Lamberton High School) to know I didn't just fade into obscurity."
  5. ↑ Loeffler, William (November 25, 2009). Comedian Jay Oakerson's career path gives him plenty of material. [ permanent dead link ] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  6. ↑ "Preston & Steve's Camp Out for Hunger Collects Record Food Donations". Greater Media Philadelphia. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Tomsic, Jeff (June 17, 2016), Big Jay Oakerson: Live at Webster Hall , retrieved July 21, 2016
  8. ↑ "Big Jay Oakerson's 'What's Your F@%king?!' Deal Has a Trailer and It Looks Amazing". The Interrobang. February 23, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Legion of Skanks Podcast". Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  10. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (July 27, 2015). "Jay Oakerson, Dan Soder To Host Live Comedy Central Show On SiriusXM". Variety. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Comedy Central Radio - The best comedy skits from the CC Archives". siriusxm.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Bonfire Moves to Four Days a Week on SiriusXM - The Interrobang". theinterrobang.com. June 27, 2017. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  13. ↑ "SiriusXM's Faction Talk Adds the Bonfire; While Covino & Rich Exit for Patreon". March 2021.
  14. ↑ "18 of the Hardest Hits From the Big Jay Oakerson Roast, And Who Said Them - The Interrobang". July 17, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Big Jay Oakerson". January 31, 2020.
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