The Josh Innes Show - Now The Ring Doorbell Commercial

Episode Date: February 3, 2026

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please go to conicsontario.ca. Didn't even get to the ring doorbell commercial that will probably have me emoting. So let me pull this up. Ring doorbell commercial. A search party. Okay, I'm going to watch. Hold on. Let me see.

That's her family. But every year, 10 million go missing. And the way we look for them hasn't changed in years. Oh, God. Is this I can't live if living is without you? Oh, God. Like, what are you doing to me? What is happening?

here. Oh, no. This is, oh, God, you got a little, can little Harry Nielsen, if living is without you. Oh, come on. You got to be fucking kidding me. Oh, there's like, like, I tell you, this is going to drive, oh, I just know, this is a short commercial, but it's just like the, you know, the Budweiser commercials where they have the horse and the dogs and shit and all that. Oh, Christ. Oh, no, it's only a 30 second commercial, but my God, okay, I'll do it. This is Milo. Pets are family, but every year, 10 million go missing. And the way we look for them hasn't changed in years.

Until now. One post of a dog's photo in the Ring app starts outdoor cameras looking for a match. Search party from Ring uses AI to help families find lost dogs. Since launch, more than a dog a day has been reunited with their family. Be a hero in your neighborhood with Search Party. Available to everyone. for free right now. Join the neighborhood at rain.com.

I mean, come on, man. God damn it. That's spectacular. Like all the dumb shit people put in commercials, and it's like simple message. We have this system here that can help you find your fucking missing dog. And come on, man. Oh, man, that's nice.

That really is. That's nice. I don't know how you can, like, I don't know, man. Oh, damn. I don't know. I know a lot of times you might listen to this and go, Josh, you're just a heartless piece of shit and, you know, all this shit. But man, I mean, I can't imagine. Like this, like we've been very fortunate that our dogs have never been lost and, you know, Ross has never, Ross actually one time when we were in St. Louis when we got him early on when we got him. It was actually the day that I flew here for the job interview in Detroit. So it would have been March. And there had been a big storm the night before. And Jolie reminded me of this yesterday. actually. There was a giant storm in St. Louis. Like power went out. Like the cable was out. Like we were having to watch shit on DVD. Like bad storm, shitty hole, all this shit. And it's the morning I'm about to go drive to the airport to catch a flight here. It was a, I think it was a Saturday. We went to a basketball game that Saturday in Detroit. Sunday. I did a fake show. And then I flew back on Sunday night.

And I'm by the door. I'm picking something up at the door. And Ross runs out because he sees another dog for a walk. I'm in my underwear. You know, I just opened the door to grab something from the, that had been left. Actually, you know what it was? I was seeing what the damage was from the storm. I looked outside, see what was wrong with the car, if there were any, like, you know, dense or anything. Ross sees this other dog walking with his people and runs outside.

And I'm thinking he's running to the street. I'm lucky these people weren't on the other side of the road. They were just right there on the sidewalk by our house. he runs down the yard to see these people and runs up. And I'm like, no, he's okay. He's not going to hurt you. He's fine. He wants to see your dog.

And I was able to run out there and get him. And like, if they would have been on the other side of the street, that dog's gone. I ain't getting him back because that dog runs. Like, I never worried that Luther would ever run away because Luther would always kind of come back. Like, I trust him. Like, to the point that when we were in Nashville, and now, granted, we kind of lived in a neighborhood that was kind of off the beaten path. We weren't like in a mainstream area or anything like that. But I would like let him out of the car and just let him walk up to the front door or I'd let him off the leash and let him run to the front door

I never had any fear with Luther like Ross if he sees something he's like he's got energy if that dog sees something he is going to haul ass and he ain't never coming back that dog is gone so the two times that I thought we were that he might run away scared shitless and that whole thing so and that's just kind of how he is but that's a cool deal and speaking of these commercials I don't like the fact that they're releasing all the commercials beforehand. And I get that there's some sort of value, obviously, to it. They must view that there's great value in this, and it just gets people talking about it early. But the fun of the Super Bowl commercials was being surprised by the Super Bowl commercials. Now, I also understand that this isn't 1997. So you have places you're going to see these, and, like, you want to build up conversation.

I guess that's kind of the point of the commercials is to build up conversation about your brand. So you release the commercials early. But like, it's like watching a trailer for a movie and in the trailer is everything in the movie. Then why would you watch the movie? You know, like why even pay attention to commercials anymore because you've already seen the commercials? Saw some people ripping Budweiser's commercial because it was like a, like, you know, their overly patriotic pandering type of shit with like an eagle and a horse and shit. You know what?

Fuck you. I'm fine with that. Budweiser has to make up for the fact that they ran off a bunch of. people so they're still trying as hard as they can and hey more power to them if you want to do a little bit of pandering do a little bit of pandering like we're owed a little bit of america pandering and not pandering to everybody else let's pander to america a little bit and god damn but i'm okay with that give me some america pandering so i'm okay with that i haven't the point is i've tried to avoid all the commercials though like i see all the stories right we see stories constantly where

hey wow the budwiser commercial here the seers and robot commercial here and all this And I'm like, you know what? I ain't here to fuck with that. I'm not here to fuck around with the Budweiser commercials. I don't want to watch them. All I want to see is the commercials on the day of the game. Give me the commercials on the day of the game, and I will be totally fine with that. It gives me something to look forward to.

Seeing all the damn commercials during the Super Bowl, like beforehand, it just ruins the experience. And I'm not here for a ruined experience. I am here to watch the commercials. That used to be fun. man. I don't feel like Super Bowl parties are as good as they used to be. Like when I was a younger kid, we'd go over to somebody's house and they would do squares and

everybody had to shut the fuck up and watch the commercials, then we'd laugh, and then the radio guys would talk about them the next day. I remember first year I was at 6'10, I filled in the day after the Super Bowl. I filled in on the morning show. I think Mark was out.

So it was a Monday after the Super Bowl. And me and and John were playing some of the commercials, you know? because that's what we did back then. It was like, all right, play the commercials. I remember the E-Trade Baby commercial where he howled. And that's where the Wolfman thing came from as a joke. It was just randomly.

Nobody's going to remember this. But there was a little stretch where, like, people called me Wolfman. It was a joke that me and Ben had together. Like, hey, it's Josh, the Wolfman. And it was a goof. And it all stemmed from the E-Trade Baby commercial where, like, the dog starts howling. or the baby starts howling. Those E-Trade baby commercials were great.

The only thing I ask, and I'm fine with a little emotional commercial, I don't need to be lectured in a commercial. Like the dog commercial I'm fine with, because you're not getting lectured. You know, you're not being told you're a shitty person. You don't have to hear about fucking ice. You're watching a football game. I'm okay with the idea that, you know, we're celebrating finding a dog with ring doorbell. That I'm good with.

what I don't like is like being lectured I don't need your lecture spare me your fucking lecture lose me with the lecture I don't need it I'm trying to think of the other I don't think I've seen any other commercials

so far and that's been a point I actually have to go to a listener's house we're doing one of these things where like hey the show shows up at your house and we're bringing you a TV and shit I think we're supposed to stay like kind of leading up to the game and then we leave these people

alone. Like, I can't imagine. Like, I'd like to win the prize. It's a good price. 400 wings. It's $500 for beer. An 85-inch TV. And then the show comes out and brings all this shit to you. That's cool. But the idea that, like, a radio station dude just sits with me for five hours at my house. Like, like, Jilly was saying that. She's like, the prize is good. But who the fuck wants to, like, sit around in this uncomfortable situation where it's, like, the radio jimokes at your house for five hours? And we're actually not. staying there for the entire five hours either. I think we're just staying there for kind of leading up to kick off. And then we're like, hey, you get to live your life. We're going to leave you

the fuck alone. I thought we were going to have to be there like two hours before and the whole game. Can you imagine me at some poor Jemok's house for six hours? Because you got the whole half time show and everything as well. So you're sitting there like, bro, can you just fucking leave? I'm not going to lie. I like your show and all. And hey, I'll give you a listen. I do not want you sitting at my fucking house for five hours, six hours. Just go. Like, that would be, no matter, like, if it's someone you don't know on a personal level, you don't want them at your house anyway. But, um, anywho, uh, we will continue. Where's your playlist taking you? Down the highway, to the mountains, or just into daydream mode while you're stuck in traffic.

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