The Josh Innes Show - JIS Classic: Caller Is Upset..So I Patch Him In To Our Boss

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

Here's a classic moment from the Josh and Rich Show on Sports Radio 610. This guys name is Buck and he's not happy about me being on the radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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No sugar added. Neutral. Refreshingly simple. Person? Hello? Yes, can you give me the number of the program director? His name is what? Gavin Spittel?

His name is Gavin Spittel, yes. Why do you want to call him? Because I find Josh, without a doubt, the worst thing I've ever heard on 610 and I've been listening to it since... Hold on, wait a second. Hey, can I put you on hold? Don't leave, okay? Because I'm gonna try to get the boss on the phone with you, okay? All right, call Gavin. We're gonna patch them through. See, there's a guy, tell Gavin there's a guy that wants to talk with him, and I figure this will be the best place to do it. Hey, sir, are you still there?

Yeah, just give me the number. All right, well hold on. Here's Gavin on. Just give me the number, you loser. Oh, Gavin? All right, here we go. Hey, boss, are you there? Am I on the air?

Yes. Hi, guys. All right, here we go. This person wants to talk to you. Fella on line one, tell Gavin your name. Gavin, my name is Buck. Hey, Buck. Are you Gavin?

Yes. You really are. Yeah, he is. That's Gavin. Interesting. Well, Gavin, I've been listening to this radio station since it started back in the 60s. And this guy, I don't know whether you go home and go to sleep and don't listen to him or not, but I'm going to tell you he's anathema to the success of this radio station. I find him offensive

every day and I feel absolutely horrible for the quality of talent that Rich Lord has to sit there beside this turkey every afternoon. And every time I make the mistake of switching back to your channel, and it is a mistake, I find this guy, I can't believe you sit there and keep him on the air. So everybody that I know that has ever dialed in that I talk to, I ask them, what do you think about this guy?

And they said, well, hell, I quit. And I said, I agree. I can't, in my wildest imagination, why you keep a guy employed. It's a good point, I never thought about it that way. Chuck, I'm sorry. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha then I find you completely out of touch with civility. Oh yeah, let me ask you a question, Buck. If you run a business,

and that business is doing better than it ever has, and that show is the top show for that business. I attribute it to Rich Lord. That's another good point, Josh, you're fired. Both checks are in the mail. Gavin, let me ask you a question. I assume you're an educated man. Eh, not really, but go.

Okay then, we got a problem. Yeah. Alright, the issue is when I find Rich Lord having to defend your franchise with regard to civility, with regard to the FCC or anything else that goes on, and watch him stop this idiot from ruining your business, where are you? What do you mean, where am I? I mean, are you not listening? I listen every day.

Okay, well if you do, then I'm sure there are multiple occasions where you hear Rich Lord literally saving your bacon while you got this idiot running around there and I mean you know I just dial back in just in hopes because I heard recently this idiot say well he was about to be fired or whatever and I was very hopeful thinking that you'd find some other talent to plug in there yeah it was a near miss supposedly you had a meeting with him or blah blah blah and supposedly you know you succ a meeting with him or blah, blah, blah. And, supposedly, you know, you succumbed to the ratings or whatever. Not thinking about that you could probably do better. I, uh, have you ever thought about Talk Radio? Maybe? Rich and Buck?

No, but I'll tell you what, I managed a $4 billion business in my time. And if I had a warrant on my business like this I got rid of four billion. Yeah with a B It's called Prozac What does that mean buck did you create Prozac It means I managed it and I and I wouldn't tolerate insubordinate individuals like this. That's what I mean. How is he insubordinate? Well, when I hear him talking about you and when I hear him talking about anybody else in your business, the guy is,

I'll just put it to you this way, there's enough HR stuff on him that I think you would have gotten rid of him a long time ago. Well, I mean- You may have a point. Well, give me an example of these HR things. Yeah. Well, I mean... You may have a point. Well, give me an example of these HR things. Yeah. Well, I have heard him talk about things that with regard to religion, with

regard to, you know, sex, you know, there are tons of them. Alright, let me take the religion part. Okay. So you don't think it's okay for a talk host to go on the air and say, I don't have a problem with people believing in something. I'm just not a religious guy. No, I mean, it's, you know, and I anticipated when I made this call that you're going to ask for specifics and I'm gonna think, okay, well, you know, this is over the months that I have endured switching back and forth and listening to him thinking, okay, God, he's still there.

Oh, Lord. Welcome to my world. You know, yeah. And so I guess, you know, I guess the fact is, is that, you know, you are of the mind that you like him and if you do, then wonderful for you. But I can assure you that there are many, many more people like me that would love to listen to this radio station with Rich Lord as professional as he is, you know, and literally a level-headed has a view of the world that is not tilted, you know, off its axis.

How is it tilted off his axis if he tells the truth? What's on his mind if he expresses his opinion? Because it's not your opinion, therefore you feel as though he's off his rocker? Well, let me put you this way. Is Rich Lord off his axis? Yes. Oh, Rich Lord is. At times? Sure.

Okay. All right. Well, I guess that explains the problem. I think this was a good talk. Yeah. Yeah, it is. And the fact is that I think Rich Lord is more of the mindset that most people want to hear. And apparently the guy in your corner is not. Now that's the Prozac talking there. Did you send Yellow Roses to Agnes today?

Because I swear this is Rich's brother on the farm. No it's not. No it's not. And I mean I just listened to this and I think, my God, you know, when Hudson and Harrigan came on the air, I guess they had no idea that this turkey was going to be following them up. Yes, and who would have thought that like 20 years later they'd be out of work too? Freaky, huh? Well, you know, they're retired.

Oh, that's how it worked, huh? Yeah, I heard. All right. All right, Buck. Well, we got. All right. All right, Buck. Well, we gotta go. Awkward moment. But Buck, since we're, if you've got Prozac, I mean, I do need some Lexapro if you could hook me up. Well, you know, that probably explains why you're subtherapeutic.

Oh, well, thank you, Buck. Well, we have to go, okay? Okay. It was nice talking to you. Wow, I won't be calling your station anymore. Thank you for the kind words. Bye. I'll tell Hudson and Harrigan you said hello.

Thank you for the kind words about me. He's back on O.