Dancing For Hitler with Jeremy Piven

The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly

SiriusXM

Comedy, Robert Kelly, Jay Oakerson, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Actor/comedian Jeremy Piven is back for part two of his interview and talks about the ten years it took to get his movie made. "The Performance" is based on an Arthur Miller story in which a Jewish tap dancer is recruited to prance before Hitler. | Jeremy has made the jump from acting to stand-up comedy and still gets ridiculed by other comedians. | He grew up acting with John Cusack in his family theatre company in Chicago at age eight. *To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more! FOLLOW THE CREW ON SOCIAL MEDIA: @thebonfiresxm @louisjohnson @christinemevans @bigjayoakerson @robertkellylive @louwitzkee @jjbwolf Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Bonfire ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	And now, the Bonfire with Big J. O'Kerson and Robert Kelly.
0:05.9	Oh.
0:07.2	That's right, everybody.
0:08.8	The Judgment Night soundtrack.
0:10.2	Yeah.
0:11.6	Famous anti-Semite Everlast, featuring Helmet.
0:16.2	Well-documented Anti-Semite Everlast.
0:19.2	What a fucking, fucking I mean crazy time
0:22.0	that you could do that as a joke and not
0:24.6	get fired what was a joke he said he was doing like
0:26.6	he said they were going full method he was going
0:28.2	Everlast in Daniel day Lewis follow the same
0:30.8	actor's code was he
0:32.8	yes he was
0:34.3	dude I was doing it sorry Mr. Piven I was
0:36.9	deep in character was your was your character? You know, that's not method. It's Methodist with you. Did you ever star David out in your character? How did he know you? Was your character, I don't believe he was Jewish in the... That's the weird thing. It wasn't sold as a Jewish character. Ray. I don't remember even the last name.
0:55.0	He was just a guy.
0:57.0	Just a guy.
0:58.0	Yeah, there was no overt message ever saying that he's no reference to being Jewish.
1:04.0	You weren't doing the emotie before you ate something.
1:06.0	Yeah, exactly.
1:07.0	Doving, like, you know, as a button to every scene. Yeah, dude.
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