The Josh Innes Show - JIS Classic: Grandma Edna

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

Ya know, I really miss my grandma. We had her on the "J&R" show a few times in Houston. Actually, some of our best segments on that show were times we talked with my grandma or Rich's Mom. This was from 2013. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top of the hour Mick Foley, birthdays in a few. So we're gonna call my grandma Edna, who I don't know how old is she now? 70 something. I talked to her on her birthday and she basically raised me. You know like whenever my dad and mom were still married they would just call my grandma and she'd hop on a bus and come wherever we are. A lot of times she'd get on the wrong bus and end up in a totally different city, but that's grandma Edna. And I haven't talked to her in a couple of weeks now, but I'm supposed to send her a puzzle.

Oh, let me find her number. Okay, here we go. Now I got it. Isn't she gonna stay with you for like a week or something? Well, she thinks that, but I'm not sure yet. It was a lot more fun when I was 12, you know? But let me see. Has Jilly met her? I think they've talked on the phone. She'll say, how's your sweetie doing? Now talked on the phone she'll say how's your

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Hello. Hey grandma, what's up? What's up? What's going on? Don't ask me. I'm just saying, how are ya? Oh, I'm doing 100. Oh good. How old are you now, grandma?

Ah, now there you go. I'm supposed to ask a lady that. Well that's my part- by the way grandma, this is my partner Rich who's right around your age. Should I call you Edna or grandma? Honey, you call me grandma. You don't call me Edna. Yes, ma'am So I will go with grandma, but I was just telling Josh you don't ask a lady her age I'm 73. Well, okay. Well grandma, I've always talked about you on the radio here. Like forever. Everywhere I've gone I've talked about you.

Because- You've blackmailed me too. How did I blackmail you? If I talk on the radio you'll find me a puzzle. Well I was gonna do that anyway. Oh here it comes. Now grandma you do know you're on the radio right now and you can't drop any like bad words, right? What now?

That ain't nothing. You made me do that. No, no, no. I meant, you know, like cuss words. I ain't saying, I didn't say no cuss words. I know you didn't. I just want to remind you that we are currently utilizing the public airwaves to facilitate this conversation. That's all. Right, I ain't gonna test. Did you ever go on the air with my dad at all? Scott?

Yeah, Scott. You know I did. Oh, okay. I didn't know that. I didn't know how often if you or if ever you were on the air with dad. Oh, yeah, he had me a going. What did he do? Ha ha ha ha.

What? Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. It's been so long honey, I couldn't tell you. Well, I know that, well, for those who don't know, it was about wrestling, it was about lottery, it was about being goin'.

Now, for those who don't know, Grandma Edna is my mom's mom, so she's not even technically related to my dad anymore, but she still calls him son, because Grandma Edna loves my dad. Now listen, he's my ex-son-in-law. But you still call him son when you see him. Now wait a minute. Just wait a minute.

Okay. He's never done me dirty, he's never done me wrong, and I can't mistreat him because him and my daughter didn't get along. Well, that's a very good thing of you to do. That's very kind of you, grandma. And you're my grandson, and I'd fight and kill over you. Well, you told me a couple of weeks ago you wouldn't trade me for a thousand dollars.

You'd kill someone for Josh? Yes, I would. Now, he's my grandson. That's true. Right. I'd fight for him and for Emily. That's my sister Emily. Is there a price I could meet where you would kill Josh? No. Now that's worse than kissing now. Yes it is. Yes it is. So Grandma I always tell people about you and we you know that you and I like we used to walk to the to the the grocery store the the you know the gas station and get lottery tickets or you'd go to bingo but you and

I we went to wrestling matches together and everything. You made me walk in the rain to get you some what is, Taco Bell or something like that? We did, we walked in the rain to get Taco Bell? You said, let's go. I said, Sonny, it's going to rain. No it ain't. And we no more got half there, it was four down right. You don't remember this, Josh?

I don't. Me and Grandma did a ton of stuff together because Grandma would come visit us in a lot of places. Didn't you catch the wrong bus one time? Well, they put me on the wrong bus. Oh, they put you on the wrong bus. I see. Now, where were you supposed to be going and where did you end up?

Well, I ended up in Chicago, but I wasn't supposed to be going to Chicago. I was supposed to be going to Baton Rouge, let's be honest. back in Red Louisiana. I went back up there to that ticket agent. Yeah? I said, ma'am, why don't you put me on Chicago bus? She says. Ain't you going to Chicago? I said, no, ma'am, I'm not. I'm going to back in Chicago I said no ma'am I'm not I'm going to baton with Louisiana and I end up in Chicago and I had a comeback eight hours layover now

you didn't wait I have to ask you didn't realize you were heading to Chicago until you got there? Not until he said Chicago. Hahahaha! Because they said, now listen to me. Okay. They said get in lane 6. Were you reading a good book? No, I don't read. Hahahaha!

So they said get in lane 6 and then what did you do? Well I got on the bus like everybody else did. He took my ticket and here I went. Hahahaha! So you and I, we got on the bus like everybody else did. He took my ticket and here I went. So you and I, we've done a whole lot of stuff together. Remember that time we sat front row at that wrestling match? Oh yeah, you scared the tar out of me. How'd I do that?

I prayed they were going to get you and I was going to... I thought, Josh, sit down. Sit down. Behave. Now who's your favorite wrestler? My favorite? Goldberg. That's true. Sit down, sit down, behave. Now who's your favorite wrestler? My favorite? Goldberg.

That's true. Now Grandma waited in line at the JCPenney to meet Goldberg. Yes I did. I do it again too. She's a big fan. Who else do you like? I'm going to tell him not to be so dirty though. So you don't like when the wrestlers turn dirty?

No, I do not. You know that I liked Hulk Hogan. Remember when he turned dirty I was a fan of his. Yeah but I ain't no more. Well when he turned dirty that's when I was a fan. You and I used to watch it on TV together. I know it. There's another one.

What did I do? What did you and I do? Because I lived with you for like a year. Me and mom and Emily lived with you upstairs at your old house. We would watch Monday night, we'd watch Monday night Troll. Well we'd watch Raw 2 and what did we do when we watched it? I don't know, I thought we'd go crazy when we watched it. Oh yeah, you'd holler and I'd say, now you just shut up now. I'd say my guy's gonna win, that's yours. Yeah, now grandma, what do you say to people who tell you that wrestling is fake? Well by golly, some of it is. But it's real enough

for you? Part of it is. Yeah, well that's good. How long have you been going to wrestling matches? Well, since Joanne was a... Your mama was about seven years old. And you drive up to St. Louis to see them? Every Friday night. You drive up to St. Louis, which is about a three hour drive. Yeah, after I get off from work up there at the lake. Alright, so you get off of work and you go to St. Louis to see Rasslin at the Keele. Yeah, and they said, now listen at this crap.

Okay. That's what I have to say now, crap. Yeah, I understand grandma, good job. That's restraint. Okay, they said to go to this spaghetti place. They made the best spaghetti. Oh, you know how your mama is. Oh, I like spaghetti.

I said, okay, we'll go Got in there and sit down This guy act like he got a thumb finger cut off and this and that you know, I said well Well, that's just a joke there Well when they brought the spaghetti's Josh, it wasn't fit to eat a dog couldn't eat it Really? I said I pay for this so and so but I'm not going to eat it. My kids ain't going to eat it. Cost me $14. Really? I said I ain't coming back at this place no more sir. Well that's, see but you're very strong that's good. Take that spaghetti and shove it. Yeah yeah what are your other when you used to start wrestling in st. Louis who were your favorite

wrestlers well if you really want to know the truth okay I do the Anderson the Andersons like aren't Anderson yeah oh yeah did you like the million-dollar man no not when he turned dirty when did he turn, not when he turned dirty. When did he turn dirty? Oh honey, he turned dirty. Your mama. Ever got out of high school. What's his real name? Ed. Uh huh, what's his name? Ed BBI. Yes. BBI. Yes. Gotcha. So do you still watch wrestling? Yeah I do, but it's fake. Well it's always been fake, Grandma. No, some of it is real, son. But not anymore, it's all fake.

No, no. There's people get your leg broke. There's people get your arm broke. That's true. The blood's not fake. Do you remember uh... mankind or Mick Foley, the guy that had the sock on his hand? Oh, I like him. Well, he's gonna be up here with us later on. We're gonna talk with him. So... Well, I'm gonna tell him, you stay straight, son, don't stay dirty. Well, that's the key. Don't be dirty.

Maybe we could have Edna talk to uh... Mick. Maybe so. Maybe later on we'll give you a call back and you can talk with Mick Foley. I'm sorry Grandma, that was disrespectful. Listen Grandma, I just want to ask you, you're very proud of your grandson right? I don't know if I am right now. Well that ruins my question because I was going to ask you how much, if any, of his success do you feel responsible for? His attitude? Yeah? His personality? How much if any of his success do you feel responsible for? His attitude yeah, mm-hmm his personality

Mm-hmm. I try to teach him right from wrong. That's true. I think when I took care of him Remember we used to watch Nick at night and don't lie. Hey, well if you can't tell the truth Don't tell nothing. That's a that's a good point. Remember when we used to watch Nick at Night? Oh yeah. What's your favorite show on Nick at Night? Uh, Nick at Night. It's been a while, son. But what did you and I used to watch? Oh, the one you don't like. What's that?

You've always been scared of it. What's that? That's uh, got a funny, funny... Alfred Hitchcock. Yeah, Alfred Hitchcock. I've always been afraid of Alfred Hitchcock. What about Jack Tripper? You like him? Now listen to me, son. I love you. I love you. When that came on, you'd say, grandma, turn it off. Turn it off, grandma. Turn it off. And we'd turn it off. That's true. I was scared of him. Yeah, you were scared of him.

Well, then I still am. I wasn't that tough, too. Well, Grandma, listen, we gotta run, but I gotta get you a puzzle. I'm gonna send you a puzzle, okay? I ain't gonna say that on TV, okay? False enough. So, I won't tell you balls off. I sure do love my grandson.

Now, I do. Well, I love you, Grandma. And I'd fight in hell for you. In enemy. I appreciate it. Are you saying that's where the battle would inevitably take place? Well, now listen, do you remember when I told your daddy one time? What was that? Now this is plain spoken and this is a true Scott tape. Okay. I told him I said

when you're in candy bus stop and you take Josh and you think I can't see him I told him I said you better find your grave because I come after you. That's my grandma right there. The grave digger. I said, I'm serious. It hurts me to think about it. I said he's my grandson. Oh, I'm sorry, grandma. I said, he's been a neither to him away from me.

And Scott said, well, he said he'd leave home if you couldn't see. Well, I love you, Grandma. You know that. This just got very awkward. I do love you, Grandma. I love you, baby. And I'm going to send you a puzzle, okay? Okay. And we're going to have to, I don't know what my life is going to be in the next couple

of months, but wherever it ends up taking me, I'll make sure you come down, okay? Oh, I'm going to come and see you, you and ain't nobody gonna keep me from seeing you. I love you and I'll make you know what and I'll make sure you get on the right bus okay? Well I'll make sure I do. I love you grandma. I love you honey. Bye bye. That's my grandma Edna.

Wow. I told you she's a peach. She snapped out of it very quickly. She recovered very quickly. She was getting all emotional then. You damn right I'm gonna come see you. She got her act together very quickly there. I love that. I gotta talk to that woman more. I'm a bad grandson. She's the best though. She turned the faucets off immediately. Alright, so we're way behind. I apologize. Alright, but we're gonna have Mick Foley in studio at 4 o'clock. Gotta talk to my grandma a lot more.