Barstool has had recurring characters before, but nothing this year has snowballed quite like the Doitche family. What started as a low-key trip has turned into a rolling variety show, with Buddy Doitche and his dad Ronny picking up new bits by the hour and a timeline full of people who can't believe what they're watching.
The trip content kicked off with the kind of stuff that made people take notice in the first place, whether it was biting the head off a fish or just soaking in a new scene like it's the best night of his life. That energy carried straight into the club, where Buddy's reaction to the venue became a quote unto itself.
“This fuckin place is unbelievable” -Buddy Doitche
That was just the appetizer. The next morning the crew went full backyard-brawl mode, hunting down a hornets nest for the Doitches to take on, with Big Cat and the gang scouting locations and hyping the standoff like a title fight. Buddy delivered, torching the nest and staring it down in the process -- though not without taking a shot himself, described on the timeline as getting hit by "the medieval."
THEY DID IT!!! Buddy Doitche obliterated the nest and looked them in the eyes while he did it!! *He did get hit by the medieval though
From there the bit collided with an actual Hollywood crossover. The Doitches and Jimmy Tatro landed on The Yak alongside the Broken Lizard guys -- the Super Troopers and Beerfest cast -- turning a normal taping into a full-blown reunion. Ronny Doitche reportedly called Beerfest a life-changing movie, and the group even dug up an old behind-the-scenes story about Jay Chandrasekhar tricking Steve Lemme into whiffing through takes on set.
Jay Chandrasekhar tricked Steve Lemme into doing 5 strikeouts in a row while filming Beerfest
By the time Buddy actually rolled through Chicago HQ in person, the hype had built to the point where a simple office visit felt like an event. He didn't disappoint, trading banter at a batting cage with a Barstool personality in a clip that had the timeline treating it like he'd just run the table.
Mr. Doitche rolled into Chicago HQ and absolutely DOMINATED his appearance
None of this reads like a normal Barstool guest run, and that's the point. The Doitches aren't tied to one show or one bit -- they've bounced from The Yak to Pardon My Take-adjacent crossovers to straight-up backyard stunts, picking up co-signs from Big Cat, Zah and the rest of the roster along the way. If the pattern holds, whatever the Doitche family does next won't stay contained to one segment for long.