The Josh Innes Show - Pride Night

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

I find it funny when radio stations change their logo to rainbow colors during Pride month. I always wanted to do this with the classic rock stations just to see the reaction. Of course, that would probably kill the station. I'm tickled by theme nights at ballparks. I'm not just talking about Pride night...but all the specific group nights. It's pandering and funny to me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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That said, the idea of Pride Month or any kind of month celebrating who you fuck is pretty preposterous. There's not a month that's dedicated to dudes who fuck fleshlights. That'd be weird. That'd be weird. You'd say, who cares what your sexual choices are in life, right? You'd be like, why should we be celebrating the fact that you have a pocket pussy? You'd say that's strange, right? But then like we spend an entire month celebrating that dudes fuck dudes and that ladies fuck ladies and that sometimes dudes dressed as ladies fuck dudes and like, you know, again, I'm not against people doing all this. I don't give a shit that you do it and in fact

I'm all for it. I don't care what you do. The problem you run into is you get these organizations that are panders and what you get is they'll they'll post like they'll change the picture of their team logo to a rainbow for a month and really they do it just to watch the couple of people who melt down over it melt down over it so they can say we've got so far to come because there are still people who do not like the gays and the transgenders and the

nonbinaries and the pansexuals and the asexuals and the pluses and all that. But to me, and I always wanted to do this, and I don't think they would have let me do it, because you see radio stations across the country love to change their logos to it. Usually like top 40 radio stations, like a top 40 radio station or like a really pandering radio personality will put a rainbow in their logo, you know. Speaking of changing your logos and shit, what was the cause that people were all worked up over that you had to put like a black box as your logo on or your picture on Twitter or whatever it was? And it's like, what are

we doing? Like, why do I have to pander to you for you to see that I'm all I'm cool with you? Right? Like, is it not possible to beander to you for you to see that I'm all I'm cool with you right? Like is it not possible to be cool with you without having to put a rainbow or a black box or a ribbon of some sort? Like why can't like people say they want things to just be normal and everybody to be treated the same. That's bullshit! Nobody wants to be treated the same. Everybody wants to be treated special for whatever thing you have. Whether it's your skin color, whether it's who you fuck, whether it's your disability, whatever the fuck it is, whether it's the fact that you're white. There's so many people that are like, where's

white appreciation month? If we got black history month, where's white history month? Like everybody wants to be treated special for some fucking reason. So like there's a myth. The giant myth that's out there is we all want to be treated the same and we want to get to a point where our sexuality isn't even talked about. Bullshit! That is a lie. We want to get to a point where we don't see color. Bullshit!

That's a lie. We want to get to a point where the politics don't even matter. Bullshit! Everyone is full of shit. I don't care what race you are, what sexuality you are, who you fuck, who you suck, who you vote for. We're all full of shit. That said, let's play some commercials and we will continue. The NBA finals are finally here and after spending the playoffs all over the Pick Six app from DraftKings, well we're ready for the championship round and this is your last shot to win some real cash before the season ends. The simplest way to get in on the action is downloading

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Vodka. Soda. Natural flavors. So, you see radio stations will change their logos to like a rainbow for, you know, for Neutral. Refreshingly simple. So you see radio stations will change their logos to like a rainbow for Gay Pride Month or just Pride Month, not just Gay Pride Month because there's a lot of letters that also have pride. I also wonder how much infighting goes on between the different crews of the letters, right? Like we talk about this a lot, Like there are some black people who are conservatives. There are people that have done well for themselves. They're affluent

people or whatever. They're wealthy. They're black and they kind of lean conservative. And there's probably black people that judge them for that and call them names. And like there's infighting between all of the oppressed groups. I'm sure there are Asians that fight with other Asians. I'm sure there are Hispanic groups that fight with other Hispanic groups. Like there is total infighting. There is no unity between these people. So you would have to assume that the people in the LGBTQIA plus community have to like have some sort of beef with each other. Like if you're just, you know, your garden

variety lesbian that just wants to go about your day, drive your Subaru, munch a little clam and, you know, play some softball, but you know, just want to be left alone, you probably don't like that like transgender people are kind of lumped into your plate. You're like, well, wait a minute, okay, like I'm not here advocate, I'm not out here to see guys play against girls. Like I wouldn't like it if some guy were in my bowling league so like I would assume that there's some level of infighting that goes into that again I don't know I'm speaking from afar I am not judging you do what you do there is no judgment here from your old buddy Josh but every oppressed group has infighting every group has infighting there's

people like there's MAGA people that have in fighting with other MAGA people. Like there's nobody that gets along 100%. But I do wonder that like how much like if you're someone who like if you're gay, are you really totally supportive of people who are just like, you know, transvestites or are you like hey, you kind of make the rest of us look bad. I'm just here to be gay and go about my day. I don't need you lumping in your like dude that dresses as a woman into my world. Like I'm curious. Like on

the episodes of of Modern Family, there was there was beef between the gay men and the lesbians. Like does that exist? It's fascinating to me. That's all. But like the radio stations will change their logos. I so desperately one day when I was working in Classic Rock just wanted to change the radio stations logo because they will not do that on a Classic Rock stage. That would be like suicide. That'd be like you got yourself up on a ladder. Your Brooks is hearing this shit.

Like you've got yourself on a wobbly chair, noose around your neck and boom, you're like beaten off with a belt around your neck, you're gonzo, okay? So you know that like you're probably never getting your radio station back. There is no coming back from it. If you post like, here's our big classic rock station that plays like Skinner and Alice Cooper and shit. If you would have put your logo up there as a, you know, rainbow, you're done. Which also kind of confirms the hypocrisy in these, because a lot of these things happen in the same company. So you mean to tell me that the company that owns the top 40 station is like, hey, let's throw in a rainbow, but that same company that owns the Classic Rock

is like, look, we like the gays, but not enough to fuck up our business on the Classic Rock station. We like the gays when it will probably help us and it'll pander to our audience that you know listens to Demi Lovato but we're not here for the audience that listens to Skinner. So we're not going to fuck things up. Everyone is full of shit. It is important to remember this. You know it and I know it. Everyone is full of shit and everything they do is for business purposes. Like look at baseball teams and the theme nights they have at their stadiums. Like I'm looking at the St. Louis Cardinals theme nights, right? Their Pride night is coming up on the 6th, which means it's coming up this weekend, which

means it's like, like think about the absurdity of this and not just for gay pride, but any kind of pride, right? Or any kind of like, you know, religious group. Like it's a special night for you based on who you fuck think about that is what this is i'm not saying it to knock it i'm saying it because it's reality they are literally celebrating you for who you fuck like if that's the case why don't you have well it's a special theme night it's for black women that's only fuck men. Whereas for like Filipino men who only fuck Asian women. Like we're Chinese women. Like it's the same shit.

You know it's who you fuck. That's all this is. But like you think of the absurdity of it is you go to the ballpark and it's like like the PA announcer will get on there and say well it's pride night and we celebrate our LGBTQA plus community. You literally could go, hey, if you fuck the same sex, this night's for you, go get a hot dog. Like that's essentially the same shit. I also find it funny that June 4th is pickleball night and then June 6th is Pride Night, then

June 8th is Sesame Street Day. I think it's kind of convenient Cardinals. That's all. But yes, Pride Night. Then of course you'll post about Pride Night and you know what's coming. It's the angry people that talk about Pride Night. It's the same way like that's what they want. They want you to do. At some point I wish people that bitch about these things and get angry would just shut the fuck up? You know, it's kind of like like when they bait you, like they used to bait the Cleveland Indians fans into like saying racist shit outside the ballpark because they bully you into doing it, basically, like say you're a piece of shit for wearing chief Wahoo and then you'd say something stupid in return.

It's now teachers night is June 9th, so that's good. Let's celebrate all the people that are failing our children. June 9th is teachers night. Like why do teachers, why should like I get why these nights exist because then people will buy these tickets because it's their special night. Here's something I've learned. If you're gay or you're a teacher or on June 22nd you're black or on June 25th if you're in a line eye or on June 25th if you're a Mizzou fan. If you don't like baseball already, the team telling you that they love you because of your sexual preference or where you went to college is not going to make you like baseball anyway. So I get what you're trying to do, but it's dumb. July 10th is Disability Pride Night. So I have a question. Does that mean

like we're celebrating like that you're you have pride in your disability or is this disabled people that are gay or LGBTQIA plus? Legit question. Not trying to make a goof, but I see Disability Pride Night. You've already got pride night, so is disability pride night like, well this night is for like gay people with Down syndrome? Also, it's injured pride night sir. There's no such thing as a disabled list, there's an injured list. This is injured pride night sir. Military appreciation night, like cool. Superman Day, come on out nerds. Harry Potter Day, Christmas in July. Barbie Game Day, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Day. So come on out to the ballpark August 10th to

celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Day. Hello Kitty night, that'll bring out some creeps. Halfway to St. Patrick's Day, St. Louis Blues Night. At some point in life, can we get to a point where we stop just pandering to groups and just say, we don't give a fuck. You say, well, I'm somebody that's, like they do Cancer Awareness Night. Hey, are you guys aware that there's cancer? Yeah, I am. Cool, you get a discounted ticket. Guys, you know like they do cancer awareness night. Hey, are you guys aware that there's cancer? Yeah, I am. Cool. You get a discounted ticket. Guys, you know breast cancer exists? I sure do. Hey, you get a dollar off your hot dog. Like

who cares? And I'm not saying this because I'm ripping gay people or disabled people or anything like that. But it's like it's pandering and I'm sick of people pandering to anybody. Stop pandering. Like people aren't going to go to a ball game and like baseball. Like if you're gay and you don't like baseball, the fact that Fred Bird is going to throw dildos on you at the Cardinal game is not going to make you... well, actually it might change their opinion.

If in fact Fred Bird came over, the Philly Fanatic came to a game with a bucket of dildos and threw it in your face, that might change your opinion of going to a baseball game. Maybe. But aside from that, like, who gives a fuck? You know, and like you just get sick of hearing it because if you don't jump in and like put the black box up or put the rainbow flag up on yours, you're somehow an asshole. Like is it possible to be an ally and like gay people and gay people

like you and not want to see people oppressed but is it possible to feel all these things without putting a giant rainbow flag up over your profile picture for a month? Is it possible to be an ally and not have to run to social media and post a video to let the world know that you are an ally? Bitch I've been to seven share concerts. I'm gayer than most gay people. Fuck you. I started a fight, a relationship squabble between two gay guys at a Cher concert. That fucking happened. That's real talk. Cher at what was at the time called the Park MGM. I know the Monte Carlo is what it was called at the time. Now it's the Park MGM. Cher, we're in like the third row, me and Jilly.

You know how I get at the Cher show. I'm singing, I found someone, I'm singing Gypsy's Trance and themes. I'm, does she love me? I wanna know. I'm doing all that shit, right? And like some gay guy with his husband or boyfriend or whatever is behind

us and he's dancing and I'm drunk and I'm dancing because I don't give a fuck I'm not a homophobe I'm not weirded out by dudes thinking I'm hot I don't care I'm flattered by it because most women don't so if a man thinks I'm hot it helps my ego but I'm dancing having a good time and he's kind of like staring me down and boy his boyfriend got super pissed and jealous. I'm like, dude, I'm not here to go fucking tonsils deep on your fucking bow here. I'm just having a good time. But like, I look, I love dirty dancing. There's a lot of super gay things about me. Okay. I love gay people. I don't care that you're gay. Then let's all

stop caring that people are gay and just go about our days or stop caring about like Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Day at the ballpark. And then what I love about these giveaways is then they do things that are like stereotypically of that group. So like traditionally on Black Heritage Day in St. Louis, they'll find some black artists to do like graffiti art on a hat and they're like this is from a black artist and here's graffiti art. The first 50,000 people on Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Day get a St. Louis

Cardinals fortune cookie come on out. Hey what are we doing? Like at some point if you if people truly which they don't but if people truly just wanted to make things a blank slate and be like let's stop focusing on all the things. Let's stop focusing on our differences and let's see what makes us similar. Nobody wants that. Nobody's in favor of that. Everybody wants to be acknowledged for what makes them different. So let's stop with the bullshit. Stop with this idea that we're all in this world trying to come together and show that we're all the same. If we did that, then all these groups would have to find something else to stand on essentially, right? Like if there were no pride day and there were no this, that, like

what would then then how would there be a fight? Because then you got to have the key to people staying oppressed is having an enemy, right? Like that's how you're an enemy. You build up an enemy. So like if you're gay, it's beneficial to you for the baseball team to post that it's pride night. So then you get to see the handfuls of people that will say, why isn't there straight net at the ballpark, right? And then that can keep building up your idea that you're in a pressed group and that keeps giving you an enemy.

The only way for your group to continue to have power is if there's an enemy, whether it's real or perceived. That's why you see a lot of these groups and like old school times would be like an Al Sharpton or whatever. These people would step up and they would keep telling you that the white guy like racism is alive and well and white people hate you because you need to have a boogeyman. If there were no boogeyman, then you're just kind of on your own merit in the world. And then what do you do? All that said, Christmas in July is the worst of all of these things. Christmas sucks during Christmas. The last thing I want to do is go to a ballpark

on July 27th and hear Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is coming to town. More to come.