The Josh Innes Show - My Embarrassing St. Patty's Day Party Story

Episode Date: March 18, 2026

Well, I had to host a St. Patrick's Day Party in Detroit. It wasn't terrible. But, there was a moment that will live in infamy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All right. Welcome, welcome in. It is all up in us. Hello. Glad you guys are listening and enjoying this here podcast. Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and I had to go do an event at a, not a bar. It wasn't a bar. It was at like a banquet hall. It's kind of like when we were in Philly. When we were in Philly and I had to do the wedding remote at that all-in-one wedding venue where like the wedding. the reception and everything all happened in the same place. That's what this setup was like. It was like a banquet place and like you could actually have three weddings and receptions in there at the same time. Outside they had a tent and people were getting bombed and it was great. And a ton of food, great corn beef sandwiches. It was a really good time. But I was there with the radio station and let's be real.

Nobody in Detroit knows who the fuck I am. Like I could not get shot in Detroit right now. I could not. So, and that's fine. Like, I get it. I'm on a radio station that's not highly rated. I'm still relatively new. I've only been here since July.

So you're talking about a total of like seven months, eight months. This is, you know, like, I get it. There's not a ton of people who are going to know who I am. So they bring me in for this event. And I know that there's nobody there that's like there to see me. And I'm aware of that. And that always makes you feel weird when you're at these things. Because, like, you know they're paying you to be.

there and you also know that like shit they're paying me to be here they probably anticipate people coming to meet me and like nobody knew who the fuck I was they barely even know what the station is anymore so anyway I get in there first of all let me play a couple commercials and I'll continue

okay so I get there and the guys that are putting on the event who I had met the day before because they came up to the radio station to promote the event it's a big deal I mean there's a ton of people there they got like 4,000 pounds of corn beef and it's I mean, it's a party. And they're up there promoting it. And I walk in and I run into these guys.

And they're like, hey, come back to this VIP area. You want a beer? I'll get you a beer. I'm like, sure. Why not? Let's drink a beer. So I go back and they've got Guinness on draft and some of the other stuff. And I'm like, I'll do a Guinness.

You know, it's the reason for the season after all. So I'll do some Guinness and whatever. But here's the way I operate when I go to these types of events, when I'm in a crowd of people, right? because I'm not like an antisocial person, but I'm also kind of a quiet person unless I've had alcohol. And when I've had alcohol, I can hit a level where I'm talkative and I'm very nice and chatty and I'm attentive and I'm listening to people. Like, as I've told you, I have some sort of personalized anxiety. Like, that has to be it. I have some sort of personalized anxiety and that personalized anxiety rears its head when I'm in groups of people and I just kind of stay quiet.

quiet. That's kind of always how I've been, and I don't want to be that way, but it's, you know, I'd like to be more chatty and stuff, but especially when I'm in settings like that, where I know that nobody really knows who I am. It's kind of an odd situation for me, right? Okay, fine. So I get in and my, usually when I'm in a setting like this, like a bar setting, an event where I know I need to be chatty because, you know, there's going to be people that spend money with the radio station there. There's going to be potential listeners. I want to be in that good headspace where I'm not like blackout drunk or anything, but I'm feeling loose and feeling good and we're having conversations and I'm chatty and I'm taking pictures and I'm,

you know, out there having fun with the band and all that shit. So I get in, guy offers me Guinness. I'm like, sure, I'll take some Guinness. Now, mind you, Guinness is only like 4%. This is not some super heavy beer. Now, it's about the same as a Bush Light, but like there are certainly other beers that are exponentially heavier than a Guinness. And it's a stout. So, I mean, it's a hardier beer, but the ABV isn't all that super on that. But anyway, I get in. And instead of babysitting this thing, I just two gulps that bad boy and I'm done. I'm Andre the giant. I'm like, do anybody want to be a nut? Like, I'm like, chug done, chug done. So I drink these two beers pretty quick. They get me two more. I got there at 10 till 1. I got there at 10 to 1.

By like 107, I had already had like four of these things. So I'm feeling good. I'm ready to go. I'm like, hey, guess what? It is party time. Let's go. So I get out there. A group of people are doing the cha-cha slide.

I'm like, I'll go out there and do the cha-cha slide. Why not? Let's have a good time. So I get out there and I start doing the cha-cha slide. People are filming it for our Instagram and stuff. Things are going good. And early on, the dude putting on the event, Vinny, he's like the guy that was in charge of all this. He's like, hey, why don't you get up there in the club area?

Because outside there was a DJ. And inside, it was like, you know, your typical cover band type stuff doing, you know, like, you know, Billy Squire and shit like that. And I'm like, all right, cool. Just let me get a couple more drinks. He couldn't really hear me because it was loud outside. And I'm like, hey, let me get a couple more drinks in me before I get up there, you know? because I know that if there's anything I hate and some people are very good at this.

My dad is very good at being in settings where even if no one knows who he is, he can like he can accept that and just go and not care that people don't know who he is. Me, if I know they don't know who I am, I'm like, this is fucking stupid. I don't like this. I'm not comfortable.

So I'm like, just give me a little bit of time to drink a little bit more so I disappear. I go get more Guinness. And I'm just pounding these Guinness. I'm not babysitting the Guinness. I'm just, I'm chug a lug, because I know I'm there for two hours. I'm just going to chug a lug. My way of doing things is I like to chug a lug, and then I like to kind of, I like to kind of fade out as the night goes.

I don't look for like a steady thing. I like to go bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, and then nurse the rest of the day. Like, I need to get my buzz early. I don't want to just sit there and gradually get a buzz. I need to go from zero to 100 real quick. So I need to go from bang, bang, I need to go zooming in there to, all right, now we're going to chill. Now I'm going to nurse this bad boy, but that's like a six pack. So within like half an hour, I probably had a six pack against us, if not more.

And I'm feeling pretty good. And they keep trying to get me up on stage and I'm like, I don't know. I'm trying to avoid it. And eventually they get me up on stage in this club area. All right. So we're outside. We're in a tent, club area. You know, guys on the, doing the typical DJ shit.

Like, hey, it's DJ whatever, having a good time. Everybody getting laid tonight and blah, all this shit, you know. I'm like, okay, cool. And they bring me up there and I'm like, not one human in here knows who I am. Not one. They don't care about the radio station. They don't give a shit about me. They do not care.

They're just there to party and have a good fucking time. It's not like Rick Dege just rolled in or anything. It's me. It's dipshit Josh from the radio. So I get up on stage and they give me the mic. And I see James, who's on the show. with me here. He gets out his phone and starts recording. And I'm like, I'm not, and the thing is, here's the bad thing. I really wasn't hammered yet. I was in like this, this headspace where,

like, I don't think I got hammered at any point during this event. I got pretty drunk, but I wasn't like to the point that I was sloppy or anything like that, you know, because as I get older, I also find myself wanting to make sure that I'm not making a total fucking ass out of myself, you know, which I still do a lot of the time, but I try to avoid it. So I get up, there. They hand me the microphone. And as it turns out, like, I knew things could go bad. But as it turns out, it actually went worse than I could have imagined it going. Now, it's become, you know, very iconic audio on the show here in Detroit today. But this is what we ended up with. Thank you, welcome.

And at this point, again, you're hearing Nikki Minaj in the background that's, you know, she's a super freaky girl, right? And they just played me so horny. And I'm like, I don't know what to say in situations like this. I'm not very good at, you know, I mean, you've heard me in all these settings. Like when I've introed bands at my dad's concerts, you know, and I did the warrant one and I just started singing the warrant songs. Or the time, I think I've told you guys this story, when this is early days of 610 in Houston, they used to have, like a concert series for July 4th, I think, like downtown. I think it was for July 4th, down at the park down there.

And Cowboy Mouth was playing, and it was my job to intro, Cowboy Mouth. And I get up there and I just start vamping. Like, hey, it's Josh from 610. And behind me is a band that's from New Orleans, and people start clapping. I'm like, they're the home of the New Orleans Saints that just won the Super Bowl. And the drummer for Cowboy Mouth, who's also the... singer goes, hurry the fuck up. And I'm like, okay, sorry, my bad.

Ladies and gentlemen, cowboy mouth, right? Like, that went fairly bad. You know, kind of embarrassing, but whatever. I'm handed the mic. It's Josh Ns, WLLZ. The WLZ. He's going to give a shot out to the east side. What's up, Josh?

And this is where things go poorly for your boy. Thank you, welcome. What's up everybody? And like, you do that and you're like, like, I feed off of reaction. Like the reason I get mad doing this show sometimes is we don't really get a lot. Not this show, but the radio show here. Like I don't get a lot of texts or calls. And I'm like, is anybody really listening?

Is anybody really out there? And I struggle with that, right? Like, oh, this fucking sucks. And I struggle. I have a hard time. And so then I don't respond to it well because I feel like no one's listening. And if I feel like no one's listening, it messes with my psyche. when you look out in the crowd

and you see a bunch of people who are just like stop talking and play the music and you know that's what they're there for. You know, they don't care about you. They don't want to hear you. They are there just to dance and party and get hammered at St. Patrick's Day and all this shit. So at that moment, I realized

that they're not interested in me. But I got to do something and I got to say something. So for whatever reason, this is what I decided to say. Well, the horny girl's at. He's so horny. Yeah. Okay, whatever, that's fine. I'll just shut the fuck up and we'll play the music.

That's fine, let's go. Let's party! Easily, the worst possible thing somebody could have done in that scenario. Like, in my mind, and again, I wasn't super hammered, which actually makes it worse. But I wasn't super hammered. But in my mind, that made sense. I'm like, all right, they just played me so horny. I'm up on stage now.

Let's just go with where all the horny girls at. Well, the horny girls at. It truly was the most cringe-worthy. I sent the video to Jilly because there's video of it, which on my gram and stuff, there's video of this whole thing. And I sent it to Jilly and she's like, that is one of the more cringy things anybody could say. Like, just the word horny is a cringy word. And I'm like, God damn it, I know. I'm well aware that horny is a cringy word and I'm sorry.

I don't know what to do. What are the horny girl's at? Me, so horny. And I start dancing. I was like, me so horny. Like, Josh, what the actual fuck? And then, but I could argue, and it's been argued on the show today, that there was a worst part of this whole thing,

that actually the more embarrassing part, the underrated embarrassing part, was like that moment you're realizing that no one's into it and you just try to bail. Okay, whatever, that's fine. I'll just shut the fuck and we'll play the music. That's fine, let's go. Let's party!

It's so bad. Oh, God. I don't know that I've ever been in a scenario where I'm up on stage doing some sort of announcement. And I've had to do announcements here recently. Like we were up on stage at something on Saturday, like a St. Patrick's Day party. And I understand the point of being up on stage. Just trying to get you in front of people that don't know who you are. That's the point.

You want to impress them. You want them to listen to you, you know. But I'm up there. And in my thought, I'm like, they don't know who the fuck I am. and they do not care who I am. Okay, whatever, that's fine. I'll just shut the fuck and we'll play the music. That's fine, let's go.

Let's party! I couldn't even get the crowd going when I said, let's party. Just a real terrible job by me, all around. What are the horny girls at? He's so horny. Oh, God, Josh, what are you doing? Like, basically, as we compared it today on the show, I was basically the 40-year-old virgin.

Me so horny. Like, it was cringy to that level. And it was so embarrassing. And I'm like, oh, this is. And at the moment I was, I wasn't like totally embarrassed. Like in the moment, I'm like, okay, whatever, this is what it is. But looking back on it now and watching the video. And there's a whole video of me, like out doing line dances with people and shit.

Like, I've come to the conclusion that maybe I'm just a lame person. Like, I don't know that there is any world where I'm cool. Well, the horny girl's that. He's so horny. Oh, God. What a dreadful scenario for your boy. Oh, God. And, like, James was filming it.

And he goes, well, we got a show tomorrow. I'm like, what's it that fucking bad? He's like, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It wasn't great. And it was because, like, I could point him out in the crowd. It's not like we were, you know, at, like, Radio City music call or something. So I could see him out there standing and he's filming it.

And he just has this look on his face like, oh, no, Josh. You really look like a dip shit. And he wasn't. wrong. I certainly did look like a dip shit. Well, the horny girl's that. He's so horny. Why am I saying?

Jesus, Josh. And then I capped off the night by eating two corned beef sandwiches and getting a ride home. And then I walked my dog and tried to sober up all night. And then I got up and outside of my stomach feeling like shit, I'm here and I rocked it. But anyway,

more to come.