Jep Robertson’s New Project Is Unlike Anything He’s Done

Summary

Duck Call Room – Episode Summary
Episode Title: Jep Robertson’s New Project Is Unlike Anything He’s Done
Air Date: March 31, 2026
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin (Martin), Jace Robertson, Jeff Robertson, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan, Jacob Mayo
Special Guest: Jep Robertson

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Overview

This episode features the Duck Commander crew with a spotlight on Jep Robertson, who shares details about a new and unique project he's leading. The group dives into stories about recent personal upheavals (especially moving houses due to mold), food preferences, updates on charity work, talk of sports and parenting, and plenty of laughs and tall tales from their tight-knit lives. The tone is light, good-natured, and heartfelt, mixing trademark humor and heartfelt moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Jep's New Project: Unique Themed Stays in Texas

• [12:29–17:04]
  • Project Origin: Jep recounts how a chance meeting with a TV network executive led to the idea for a new, original show with Great American Family/Pure Flix, focusing less on typical “reality TV” and more on “unique stays” at a ranch in Texas.

    "I did not plan on doing another, like, TV show, anything like that...Great American Family...approached us and we're like, hey, we'd like to do something with you guys." — Jep, [13:33]

  • Concept: The Robertson family is building uniquely themed Airbnb-style accommodations by Palo Pinto State Park, the second biggest park in Texas, offering creative structures for memorable experiences.

    "They're themed like Airbnb, but they very unique stays. Unique...They're not like your typical dwellings." — Jep, [14:28–14:39]

    • Inspirations include the "Shire" (from The Hobbit), Tatooine (Star Wars), and other unusual or whimsical concepts.
  • Not Just for Duck Season: Despite fan expectations, the project isn’t duck-themed (at least not yet).

    "Are you doing a duck one or is that a little too on the nose?" — Jeff, [17:26]
    "A little too on the nose. I think for now, nothing's off the table." — Jep, [17:32]

2. Home Renovation Woes (Mold, Moving, and Humor)

• [01:06–10:10 approx.]
  • Ben (Si Robertson) details his protracted and expensive experience with mold in his house, describing how it had to be gutted and rebuilt.

    "They stripped that sucker down to the studs." — Si, [02:17] "I just keep signing checks right now." — Si, [07:09]

  • The conversation spins out into Louisiana housing humor and the trials of home repair.

    "We live in Cracker Jack boxes." — Si, [06:32] "Are you going to go back or are you enjoying living ["on the hilltop"]?" — Hunter, [04:17]

  • Jace offers chicken pot pies for comfort, but Si rebuffs:

    "I just say I don't like chicken pot pie. You know, if I'm with chicken, it'll be fried." — Si, [08:05]

3. Jep's Foray into Christmas Movies

• [19:45–21:41]
  • Jep and his wife, Jessica, made a guest appearance as themselves in "Have We Met This Christmas?" on Great American Family and Pure Flix. He jokes about his on-camera performance.

    "I was not nervous at all. In my one little scene, I had my lines...but during the scene, I blink like a thousand times..." — Jep, [20:11]

    • The group teases him about acting nerves, especially evoking memories from the Duck Dynasty “live nativity” episode.

4. Charity Work: All God’s Children & Visits to Ethiopia

• [23:37–28:50+]
  • Jep updates on his commitment to charitable work with All God’s Children, recounting a moving recent trip to Ethiopia and the reunification process for rescued and trafficked children.

    "This has been the funnest thing I've ever done and most rewarding." — Jep, [28:50] "When you would make those kids and families laugh because they're kind of going through such hard times ... if we only did all that just for that ... then it was worth it." — Jep, [30:19]

  • Ben reflects on perspective and the happiness of kids who have nothing.

    "They've got nothing. And they're always smiling." — Si, [24:23]

  • The group encourages listeners to consider sponsorships, sharing how donations and involvement make personal impacts.

    "If you sponsor kids and, like, give money, I call you personally and thank you." — Jep, [32:40]

5. Family, Sports, and Grandkids

• [37:08–43:16+]
  • Parenting stories about grandkids, with plenty of pride and humor over their athletic exploits and (occasional) sports overkill.

    "He's out there helping with the kids. You know, it's like, oh, they got an older kid out there helping. But no, he's actually ... 10." — Jep, [38:18]

    • Discussion of the excesses of youth sports, especially “travel ball,” and wanting to keep sports fun for kids—not overly competitive or consuming.

    "Dad, it's just really not fun. They take it so serious." — Gus's response via Jep, [41:11]

    • Reflections on how few make it pro (1–2 per 40 years from their school), advocating for well-rounded kids who play for enjoyment.

6. Memorable Tangents and Signature Duck Call Room Banter

• Jokes about food: disliking pot pies, love of gas station hot dogs, and pickled eggs.
• Tales of growing up tough in Louisiana, roughing it, and "Cracker Jack box" houses.
• Recollections about Make-A-Wish visits, and how those opened their eyes to life’s true value.
• Sporting legends and the changing landscape of talent from the 1960s to today.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Unusual Lodging:
  • "You're building the Shire, Frodo. Whoa." — Hunter, [14:42]
• On Home Renovation Hell:
  • "I just keep signing checks right now." — Si, [07:09]
• On Acting:
  • "But during the scene, I blink like a thousand times ... the director never said, hey, bro, stop." — Jep, [20:11]
• On Charity & Perspective:
  • "When you would make those kids and families laugh ... if we only did all that just for that ... it was worth it." — Jep, [30:19]
  • "Wait a minute, they've got nothing. And they're always smiling." — Si, [24:23]
• On Youth Sports:
  • "Dad, it's just really not fun. They take it so serious." — Gus (via Jep), [41:11]
  • "Kids ain’t supposed to play seven games in two days." — Jeff, [42:53]
• On God’s Plans:
  • "If God ... a door closes in your face ... there’s a window open." — Si, [29:31]
  • "Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." — Hunter, [53:57]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:06–10:10: Home, mold, and moving saga with classic Duck Room humor
• 12:29–17:04: Introduction of Jep’s new Airbnb/ranch reality series
• 19:45–21:41: Jep’s Christmas movie cameo and discussion
• 23:37–28:50: Deep dive into Jep’s work with All God’s Children, Ethiopia trip, impact stories
• 37:08–43:16: Family banter — sports, grandkids, philosophy on youth sports
• 53:57: Closing words of wisdom—Philippians 4:13

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Final Thoughts

The episode blends big news about Jep Robertson’s unique hospitality venture with their signature small-town warmth, faith, and humor. There's a strong focus on using their platform for good — both through new media projects and hands-on charity work around the world. Fans get to enjoy all of this through the authentic, ribbing Duck Call Room dynamic.

Transcript

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[Jeff Robertson]

All right. Welcome back to the Duck call room. Ladies and gentlemen, greetings and salutations. That's.

[Hunter]

You're never gonna get over that.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, Heck no. Man, that guy is fantastic. I just want to see him again. Can we. He's got a podcast voice. He could be here. But, yeah, I'm sure if you're watching this on YouTube by now, you just got excited. You see our guest. We have a special guest, Jeff Robertson.

[Jace Robertson]

Yo, yo, yo.

[Jeff Robertson]

Youngest of Phil's sons is back with us in the duck call room. And now it's gone. This isn't your first time without Jessica? Just most time. Y' all are a team on that

[Hunter]

stuff, so they tend to be a team.

[Jace Robertson]

She's way better than I am on these kind of things, but. That's right.

[Ben]

Well, I see you in a kunzai, son.

[Jeff Robertson]

You know, size your neighbor now, right?

[Hunter]

No, I was like, he doesn't know. There's no way he knows.

[Jeff Robertson]

You drive right by side multiple times a day now.

[Ben]

Yeah. Going to. Going to Yalls house.

[Hunter]

Yeah, I can see size.

[Jace Robertson]

Are y' all messing with me?

[Hunter]

No.

[Jeff Robertson]

No.

[Jace Robertson]

Oh, this happened.

[Ben]

Sigh. Well, hey, my house was eat up with mole. Oh, hey. They stripped that sucker down to the studs.

[Jace Robertson]

I want to act surprised, but I'm just really not surprised.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, this is not a Duck Dynasty episode either. Oh, it's like the most reality TV script ever written.

[Hunter]

And then you moved somewhere else, but your house wasn't.

[Ben]

No, no, then I moved somewhere else.

[Jace Robertson]

Loosely.

[Ben]

Hey, look, look. First, we moved Jab's back. During the ice storm. Moved to a house on hilltop.

[Jace Robertson]

I could see why you did that. Okay, look.

[Ben]

Hey, yeah, but here's the thing. Mine didn't lose power the whole time. Well, the one we moved into did. Yeah. So we moved in paying for a place, and ain't even got no heat, you know?

[Jeff Robertson]

Would you rather have power or be mold?

[Ben]

Hey, the whole time we was in it, we didn't have power.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, I'm saying, would you rather have power or be mold free? Which one of those is more.

[Hunter]

Give me the.

[Ben]

Well, really? Oh, no, I'd rather be mold free because this cost me a pretty little penny. Get all this crap done.

[Jeff Robertson]

Well, it's a good thing. I mean, it ain't like you ain't got it. So.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah, I'd rather know how I'm gonna die than not like I don't like the mold, because that's the silent killer.

[Ben]

Oh, no, no.

[Jace Robertson]

Freeze to death or whatever. Sorry.

[Ben]

Christine. You know, Christine coming in there one time, just went in there in the kitchen there, and she said, what is that? That stinks because my nose is gone, you know, so. And I said, well, I have no idea because I can't smell it. So they got to look around and, hey, it was that thick.

[Hunter]

He's holding his fingers up as they

[Ben]

jumped that thick on the inside walls. Because the guy come in with just a telephone, and he had some app on it, and he was going against the wall, and he said, look at this right here.

[Hunter]

It was 2 inches thick, and you needed an app.

[Ben]

Hey, that was. You know, the whole house was ate up with it. Okay. Yeah. I mean, it's like growing, like this thick on the walls, two inches inside. Yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

So you're gutting the house.

[Ben]

Yeah, they just stripped it down to the studs.

[Jeff Robertson]

Start over.

[Hunter]

Are you going to go back or are you enjoying living?

[Ben]

No, we're. Right now.

[Jeff Robertson]

Did you save the axles?

[Ben]

Huh?

[Jeff Robertson]

Did you save the axles?

[Ben]

No. Hey, look. Hey, look, we had big cabinets in there that we had made real pretty and all that. Hey. Well, they had bowl in, too, so they're gone.

[Hunter]

At what point do you just start over?

[Ben]

Huh? Do what?

[Hunter]

At what point do you just say, you know what?

[Ben]

Well, no, no, because they just kept saying, hey, we got to tear this up. We got to tear this up. Well, you're going to lose this. You're going to lose this. Because I was still finding moat. So they finally said, okay, yeah, we found. It stopped, and then we we killed it. Okay. And then they've got a special paint that. Mainly what they do is they scrub it down, spray it down with junk, and then they just seal it in with paint. Okay. In case it tries to come back.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

So all that's done. Then they put in everything. And just the other day, Christine was going over to check and they said, well, the floor. People were coming in and putting in the floor and said, well, we can't put it in. And Christine said, why not? Well, they didn't use the right kind of wood to put down on the floor for us to put our floor on it. So now they had to go to Lowe's, get new lumber, reflow it. Yeah. And then, hey, then put the stupid floor in that we wanted.

[Jeff Robertson]

Now we gonna end up having a case for Judge Steve Harvey.

[Hunter]

We are.

[Jeff Robertson]

I feel this.

[Ben]

Well, no, no.

[Jeff Robertson]

I feel like you getting taken to the cleaners.

[Ben]

Well, no, no. If anything happens, whatever now, there's gonna be a lawsuit.

[Jeff Robertson]

Y' all gonna be hearing from more Robert.

[Ben]

Cause, hey, if it comes. Hey, if it comes back after all this. No, somebody fix. Hey, pay. Pay me.

[Jeff Robertson]

Y' all wait. Y' all wait till y' all hear from Gordon. We gonna get it done.

[Ben]

Yeah. Cause I. I guarantee you.

[Hunter]

And get it done. People not from Louisiana, we have lawyers.

[Ben]

There's a bunch of. On them.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, they get it. It's everywhere you go.

[Hunter]

We're the worst.

[Jeff Robertson]

We are the worst. Yeah, absolutely.

[Hunter]

There's a lawyer every two. I met one of them.

[Ben]

But I've always said, uh huh. We live in Cracker Jack boxes.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's true.

[Hunter]

You've always said that.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, I've always said that. Especially when the tornado comes through and shows you how tough your house is. That's true. Yeah. So it ain't tough.

[Hunter]

So do you want to go back?

[Ben]

Oh, no. Yeah, we're going back.

[Hunter]

Okay. You don't want to stay up there

[Ben]

with us now we're going back after spending this kind of money. Oh, yeah, we're going back.

[Jeff Robertson]

Well, what's your bill?

[Ben]

Huh? I ain't gonna even tell you.

[Jeff Robertson]

Are you to six digits yet?

[Ben]

I just keep signing checks right now.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna have to get in line. I have to put an invoice, put

[Hunter]

one in the mailbox, see if it gets paid.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, just slide one in there. See? And just put. Because I hate all that happens to you.

[Jace Robertson]

But hey, if it makes you feel better, feeling better. Before I came up here, I was making chicken pot pies that I'M going to make tonight if you want to eat one.

[Ben]

No. Hey, more than you heard. Don't you know the news about being chicken pot pies?

[Jace Robertson]

You don't eat them.

[Jeff Robertson]

That ain't it. Oh, that ain't it.

[Hunter]

He said, that ain't much, boys.

[Ben]

No. We went to longleaf plantations over for homes of hope for, you know, the quail hunt. They always paid me with, you know, they. You know, that one was famous for her chicken pot pie. Well, she brought it in there and sat down in front of him and I said, what is this? She said, chicken pot pie. I said, hey, I don't do chicken pot pie.

[Jace Robertson]

So rude. You just don't.

[Ben]

I heard her feelings. I hate that I heard her feelings, but I just say I don't like chicken pot pie. You know, if I'm with chicken, it'll be fried.

[Hunter]

But thanks for the offer.

[Jace Robertson]

It's the, to me, the ultimate comfort food.

[Ben]

No, no. Thou wants a chicken and a bunch of, you know, beans and peas and all this other.

[Jace Robertson]

I don't put peas in.

[Ben]

You call it a pie? No, no. When you talk pie to me, it's chocolate, coconut.

[Hunter]

Coconut.

[Jace Robertson]

You don't like crawfish pie? Is that what I is? You don't like crawfish pie that dad used to make?

[Ben]

No, no, no.

[Jace Robertson]

I'm sorry, is it just the word

[Ben]

pat and all that stuff? No. Yeah. I'm out.

[Jeff Robertson]

I'm out.

[Hunter]

He likes one good food.

[Jace Robertson]

Nah, nah, I don't want.

[Hunter]

He likes dressing.

[Ben]

I'm very hard to please when it comes to actually food.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah. He actually eats like a toddler, so

[Ben]

I like easy things.

[Jeff Robertson]

He loves a moo bar.

[Hunter]

But now you got teeth, so you can start eating.

[Ben]

Adults don't make any difference. The teeth I. No teeth. Okay. I still ain't eating no chicken pot pie.

[Hunter]

He said, I like things that are easy to eat. Like a hot dog.

[Jeff Robertson]

Like a hot dog.

[Hunter]

You can't grab it at a gas station.

[Ben]

Cheeseburger and all that stuff.

[Hunter]

Yeah, pickled eggs. Now, you know he likes them.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, pickle quail eggs.

[Hunter]

You eat pickled quail eggs from a gas. What do you eat them eggs in the jar?

[Ben]

No.

[Jeff Robertson]

Pickled eggs.

[Ben]

No.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, that's the one pickled thing you don't eat.

[Ben]

Oh, I don't know.

[Jeff Robertson]

Okay.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

Because you eat a jar olives a night, so. Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. Olives, yeah. With jalapenos in them, you know, and then like the bread, butter, pickles.

[Hunter]

How much longer are you in the neighborhood?

[Ben]

How long? All probably the end of April, I imagine.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, you'll get the Easter egg hunt with sigh.

[Hunter]

And keeps getting pushed back.

[Ben]

Yeah, no, I figured it'll be the end of April before we actually get moved back in. Well, look, since you're packed up and moved somewhere else.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah, okay.

[Ben]

Yeah, well, they're waiting on the flooring and everything to get the green light. Say. Okay, now you can start moving all the junk back in because here's the deal. I've got to get a new oven. And all this because that had mold.

[Jeff Robertson]

The oven had.

[Ben]

Oh, no. Hey, you talking about. You talking about a. You know, this is like a disease.

[Hunter]

You might want to.

[Ben]

When it moves in.

[Jeff Robertson]

Hey, may want to get a new contractor.

[Hunter]

I don't want to mention that the

[Ben]

red light and blue roof go there because. Hey,

[Jeff Robertson]

did your roof get to stay?

[Ben]

Huh?

[Jeff Robertson]

Are your shingles still the same color?

[Ben]

Hey, far as I know, they, you

[Hunter]

know, still got the red, white, and blue roof. That's good.

[Jeff Robertson]

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[Hunter]

Like, it's. But he's waiting because it's, like, so far beyond the bayou, you know?

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, it's beyond this room.

[Jace Robertson]

I did not plan on doing another, like, TV show, anything like that. It wasn't. Me and my wife met a higher up at one of these networks and just one of the coolest cats. And it's funny because I watched a lot of TV on the. And the guy, he did not believe me. I was like, oh, no, I watched your channel. And he was like, really? And I said, oh, yeah. And he said, why? I said, well, they got a lot of classics on there. They got some Murder She Wrote, which I love. Me some Murder She Wrote. See, I'm like a old timer. I like the old timey.

[Hunter]

You want Murder She.

[Jace Robertson]

Dude, I grew up watching that with my grandma.

[Ben]

That's a drama show.

[Jace Robertson]

Oh, it's good.

[Jeff Robertson]

I can't believe we did clean show.

[Jace Robertson]

You got to figure out who did it. You don't know. My grandma could figure it out in about five minutes. Granny Cornhole.

[Ben]

Yeah. Well, no, no. Yeah, Ma was pretty sharp.

[Jace Robertson]

Very sharp. She loved her some Murder She Wrote.

[Ben]

Yeah, but she loves a Bob Barker, too.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah, but down on down, the network is called Great American Family, Great American Media. They own a few things, but they also own Pure Flix, which they approached us and we're like, hey, we'd like to do something with you guys. And we're like. And they've never really done any reality stuff, which is kind of cool. We're trusting God on this deal because it was kind of like, what do y' all want to do? I mean, what do we want to do for the show? Because we don't. We got anything planned. You know, I'm saying something big. You know, we got going and it. And he was like, well, we're like, well, we got this ranch in Texas. We're talking about building these, which is cool. You are going to freak out. I think once I got to be on here, once we start doing some stuff, because I think you are going to like it because it's pretty cool. We're building some really cool places to stay.

[Hunter]

Like a hotel?

[Jace Robertson]

No, they're themed like Airbnb, but they very unique stays. Unique.

[Hunter]

Unique Airbnb? Yes.

[Jace Robertson]

They're not like your typical dwellings.

[Hunter]

These are you building the Shire, Frodo. Whoa. He gave me a little you're getting hot.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah. I know who your first guest is gonna be.

[Hunter]

Hunter's the Hunter. Me and Hunter are coming over.

[Jeff Robertson]

Hunter's gonna go, dude, tonight. Watch a movie. Catch a movie.

[Jace Robertson]

So how the. How it came about was me and I have a friend Lance that we

[Hunter]

got like tatooine houses over here.

[Jace Robertson]

We haven't graduated to the Star wars universe. But that's not out of the question. Not out of the question, man.

[Ben]

All. I'll use the president's deal. All options are on the table.

[Hunter]

All options are on the table.

[Jace Robertson]

So I met this guy with me and Jace. Met him years ago. A couple. Couple years ago we were doing the Doug family treasure show, which was fun. And if you haven't seen that show, it's a great show. It is great show. And I was part of it. Big part of it. And I don't know so I didn't come. But we were filming over there in that part of Texas, which is where, you know, I grew up going over there with Benny Prince, you know, all. Did you ever go over there? Yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah. And I'll be back over.

[Jace Robertson]

And I love that area too. I've just always loved it.

[Ben]

I think between Dallas and Abilene, Texas.

[Jace Robertson]

That's right.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, that's right.

[Jace Robertson]

That's Fort Worth and Abilene.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yep.

[Jace Robertson]

And. And so Lance was doing these things. And that's kind of how I got hooked up with. It was like got this awesome property where we were talking about it. We're like they're building or they just built. And it's actually just open. The second biggest state park in Texas. It's called Palo Pinto. Awesome place where there's not a lot of places unless you're camping there, which I gotta be honest with you. I like going to. I like state parks. I don't like to camp. Not a big camper.

[Jeff Robertson]

My guy.

[Jace Robertson]

When I was young, I liked it. Not now. I'd rather have a. Yeah, I'm into climbing or, you know, I need a

[Jeff Robertson]

mattress and a mini split at work.

[Jace Robertson]

I mean it just like. I just don't like rough it to be honest with.

[Jeff Robertson]

And in Scorpion and in scorpion country, I don't really want to be laying on.

[Ben]

That's on the samos. Robertson has rough. They've roughed it along enough.

[Jace Robertson]

Well, my buddies who do the camper thing, they're always got a story about how they got stranded in the mountains. Their camper got a flat. And I'm say, I don't want to deal with that.

[Ben]

I ain't in the camp.

[Jace Robertson]

So we're kind of making these places where you can kind of come stay a place. State a place and then go to the state park. It's just right there. And it's a cool place to stay, dude. The hunting and fishing there. Outstanding. Yeah, yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

They're around Brownwood.

[Jace Robertson]

It's near Eastland Car.

[Ben]

You're in the state of Texas. You're pretty. Game is pretty plentiful.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

Lots of turkeys. Oh, my gosh.

[Hunter]

So they're themed cabins,

[Jace Robertson]

not cabins. They're like Airbnbs.

[Ben]

I mean, cabins are not.

[Jace Robertson]

I don't want to give too much away. They're just really cool.

[Jeff Robertson]

All right, so I gotta know, are you doing a duck one or is that a little too on the nose?

[Jace Robertson]

A little too on the nose. I think for now, nothing's off the table. We have.

[Hunter]

We've got a lot. Frodo Baggins was good.

[Ben]

I'll tell you. All options are insane.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

I mean, I've thrown out some kind of castle, like structure moats. I mean, I'm like, how far is too far? I don't.

[Hunter]

I don't think.

[Jace Robertson]

Where would you. I'm saying, if you were 10 years old and was like, I could. I want to go stay somewhere that's like, I've never stayed somewhere in my life. Like, where could you.

[Ben]

Oh, I tell you how far.

[Jace Robertson]

You know, saying, where is it like that.

[Hunter]

Is it like the acorn in Texas that Ryan Trahan stayed at? Remember that one? He was in a. It's a whole Airbnb. It's in the shape of an acorn.

[Ben]

Ice.

[Hunter]

There's an Airbnb in Idaho that's the shape of a potato, something.

[Jace Robertson]

We got some cool shapes.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah. Brittany. Brittany and her mom stayed in one one time that was just like a big, giant teepee. I mean, they kept it. They kept the door like triangle. Like you would walk in through the dibba.

[Jace Robertson]

I think that's cool, man.

[Jeff Robertson]

The whole shape was just like a big, giant teepee.

[Ben]

That's a very nice place to stay.

[Jeff Robertson]

A teepee.

[Ben]

A teepee?

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

No, no.

[Jace Robertson]

Have you stayed there?

[Ben]

I'm serious.

[Jace Robertson]

Okay, here we go.

[Ben]

It's got all the comforts of a home.

[Hunter]

Just a wigwam you got.

[Ben]

You gotta, you know, build your fire

[Jeff Robertson]

way better than the wigwam at ulu.

[Jace Robertson]

You stayed in a place like that, like back in the 60s.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

You lived in a teepee?

[Ben]

Yes, sir.

[Hunter]

For how long?

[Ben]

Hey, hey, look. Hey. I'm part. I'm 1 16th Indian son. Oh, hey, TP wouldn't be a big, big stretch for me.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

Huh.

[Hunter]

I'm interested. I'm into interesting Airbnb, I'm telling you.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah, we're excited about it, so we'll see where it goes.

[Ben]

Well, that's. That's very intriguing. Triggering the Jeff update.

[Hunter]

Today was wild. I know.

[Jace Robertson]

It's a lot going on, right?

[Hunter]

A lot going on.

[Ben]

New tv.

[Hunter]

It's on Pure Flicks.

[Jace Robertson]

Or it will be on Great American Family. Pure flicks. It's only six episodes. This we're doing.

[Hunter]

Yeah. The blinds on there.

[Ben]

Oh, hey, go watch that.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yes.

[Ben]

Six episodes is just the start, son.

[Jace Robertson]

So I forgot to mention this, and I'm really embarrassed about it. It's hor. Just a great. You should watch it for Jess. So after we met this. These people.

[Hunter]

Is it this interview you did a few months ago that's on Pure Flicks right now?

[Jace Robertson]

No, that was okay. I thought. The other thing I did was I was a guest appearance in a Christmas movie.

[Ben]

What?

[Jace Robertson]

Me and my wife did it.

[Jeff Robertson]

You play an elf?

[Jace Robertson]

No, I just played myself.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh.

[Jace Robertson]

But I was.

[Hunter]

You were in a Christmas movie?

[Jace Robertson]

Was in a Christmas movie. It's. It's called have We Met this Christmas? It's on. It's on. Great American Family. It's on Pure Flicks.

[Hunter]

Hold on. I don't care how much time.

[Jace Robertson]

Here's the problem. I was not nervous at all. In my one little scene, I had my lines. Did you say barely?

[Hunter]

Okay, there is no room at.

[Jace Robertson]

No, but during the scene, I blink like a thousand times, and I'm like. The director never said, hey, bro, stop. I don't know why you're doing it, but, yeah.

[Ben]

What's your point?

[Hunter]

Which one is it?

[Jace Robertson]

It's called have We Met this Christmas?

[Hunter]

Have we met this Christmas? Oh, I've got to find this.

[Jace Robertson]

And Jessica did so good. I did horrible. Like, you can barely hear me. And I was like.

[Ben]

I don't know.

[Jace Robertson]

It was. It was bad.

[Ben]

You just wasn't.

[Jeff Robertson]

What was your line?

[Jace Robertson]

All the crew was so nice, and they had done in so many. I mean, the. The.

[Hunter]

I have found it

[Jace Robertson]

all.

[Hunter]

My.

[Jace Robertson]

Yes.

[Ben]

Have we met this Christmas?

[Hunter]

A property buyer gets amnesia after a mild car wreck.

[Jace Robertson]

It's a. It's a great movie. It's a great movie.

[Hunter]

And recovers at the very end that she was about to.

[Jace Robertson]

If you like Christmas movies, you'll like it.

[Hunter]

It Should I wait for Christmas or should I just watch it now?

[Jace Robertson]

He's a Canadian dude, that actor. He's really cool guy.

[Hunter]

Are you in the trailer now?

[Jace Robertson]

I have no. I'm not in the trailer. I have another questions a minute.

[Jeff Robertson]

I have another question. Hunter, have you seen it? Because you're the movie buff around.

[Hunter]

They don't have a.

[Jace Robertson]

We're going to use hopefully because of this podcast for the listeners. Viewers. Your wives will like it. You may like it if you're.

[Ben]

Hold on.

[Hunter]

I mean, don't judge our demographic based on us, sir. Way more women listen to this thing than men.

[Jace Robertson]

Well, then there you go, you guys.

[Jeff Robertson]

I think that's because we got the eye candy over, you know. Thank you.

[Jace Robertson]

And Jessica should be doing. I told her she should just be

[Ben]

an actress about the women. Boys.

[Jeff Robertson]

Hey, all right, look. Springtime is here. It's warming up. You know what that means? That means more outside cooking. And y' all know we love to eat beef around here. And that's why because of our friends over at Tri Tails. Beef makes such a good product.

[Jace Robertson]

Baby.

[Jeff Robertson]

Ain't it good?

[Hunter]

It's so good. It's our friend Cy Robertson would say fire on the grill.

[Jeff Robertson]

But before we got try tells getting ready for a cookout, man, somebody had to run the grocery store, do all the things, grab whatever was left in case you were late in the day. And you never really know where that beef come from. But with tritails beef, we skipped the grocery store and do it a different way. Tritails comes from a family ranch out in Texas. They're a fifth generation American ranch, so they've been at it for a while now. Look, the beef comes straight from their ranch and other ranchers they work with who raise cattle the same way. Their steaks are properly aged and shipped straight from the ranch to your door. We threw a couple of ribeyes on the grill. Look, salt, pepper, garlic, hot fire. That's all you need. Look, because I tell you what, when the beef comes from people who raise cattle for a living, you can taste the difference. The tenderness and the flavor are fantastic. So if you're stocking the freezer for grilling season, go check out Tritels beef. I know inside case. Christine loves it, which is just a. She doesn't eat meat.

[Ben]

A big me. These are folks.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, just go to tribe beef.com. that's tribe.com duck. Support ranch families and eat some dang good steak. Oh, my goodness. Well, what else you been up to?

[Hunter]

He's got many things.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, I know.

[Hunter]

He hinted at them all before we started.

[Jace Robertson]

Yes, I'm actually still doing All God's Children.

[Jeff Robertson]

How's that Going good.

[Jace Robertson]

I went to Ethiopia, I think, since I've been here last.

[Jeff Robertson]

Okay.

[Jace Robertson]

Which was amazing. One of the best trips I've been on in forever because it had been a couple of years and, man, to see all the work we've put in and kind of see how big it's grown. And we have like three places over there now. It's like we have. We've teamed up with Tim Tebow. Go ahead. You got a question?

[Ben]

Well, no, no. I was just saying after I heard kids at White Fair that went to third World countries and when they come back, their whole attitude of how they lived change because they went to somewhere where they have nothing.

[Jace Robertson]

Yes.

[Ben]

And then the most amazing thing they all said was, yet every time I run into somebody, they always got a smile on their face. And I'm saying, wait a minute, they've got nothing. And they're always smiling. And they said, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And they don't look at things the way we look at it. Okay. We got kids that are pissing and moaning, oh, woe, woe is me. You know, and they got everything, you know, they've got it all.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah. Privilege. And they're miserable there.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

That's the one thing that, you know, that it always hit me when I was talking to them when they come back is they just couldn't believe how positive those kids over there are. And they have nothing.

[Jace Robertson]

When it's. Honestly, it's not that they just don't have nothing. It's like a lot of them, the ones we work with, have been through a lot. They only.

[Ben]

They, they.

[Jace Robertson]

They've been on the streets. They've had abusive things happen to them. You know, they. No, no, They've had some traumatic.

[Ben]

They grew up in the wrong side of the world.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

To speak.

[Jace Robertson]

That's right. Trauma. A lot of trauma.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah. So, yeah, we got several places now that were not there when I was there last, which was awesome. And so I'd come into these places, they'd open the gate and it's like, you know, I'm seeing all these kids and I've heard their stories so many times. I've seen videos about them. But I actually meeting them and I'm like crying like crazy. They're looking at me like, what is wrong with this guy? But I'm. It was tears of joy.

[Ben]

Oh, no.

[Jace Robertson]

You know, kind of deal. Yeah. It was such an awesome trip. And it's just changed a lot there. I mean, I was like, oh, man. But what we do is, like, we have all These places, like for girls, for boys, a community center, and we reconnect them with family. Because a lot of times, like, there's a. There was a story, actually, I'm just fisting to do a video about it, put it on the social medias. This girl came into the city. A lot of them, they live in rural committee communities. They come to the cities, you know, because they want to try to help their families because they're barely making it out there. And this girl came, she's working at her sister's restaurant. Everything seemed fine. She's gonna go to school, you know, try to get an education. Well, they end up, you know, a lot of these people take advantage of those kids. They, you know, exploit them. This girl was like, they get them at these households and make them work daylight to dark, you know, cleaning and all this stuff. And. And this girl ran away. And then we work with the cops a lot, and the cops, you know, they'll get these kids and bring them to our homes, and because they're just lost, they run away and then they get really exploited and end up in a bad cycle and. And she got dropped off and, you know, took a couple of months. But we have these dudes there that find their family. That's kind of what we do, is reunify these kids. And they will search. I mean, they're going in the mountains. Like, this dude I met, he was like. I'm like, so they had just reunified this girl and it was like. I was like, how exactly did you do that? He said, well, it took a lot of, you know, I'm calling these people, they're probably private detectives, what they are, and he ends up knowing what area they're from. He goes there, he's asking all the people, he gets where he can't take his. His van any further, but he has a dirt bike in the back of it. Gets his dirt bike out, goes and finds this family, is like an aunt or something, and in gets this kid to this family. And of course they're like, yeah, it was like, we'll take her in. And it was awesome. And I got to see kind of that renew when I was there, I got to see that. And then something like that just happened recently with this other girl. And man, just to hear those stories and meet these kids, because we're kind of meeting them, you know, they'll be at that house for, you know, hopefully under a year till we can kind of reunify them. And. And they get treatment while they're there for you know, stuff they've been through and stuff. Yeah, a lot of. A lot of abuse that suffered, and I try to get them through that, but, man, it's awesome. I just love it. I love working with kids. I. You know, it's something I always wanted to do. I didn't know how I was going to be able to do it, but I have found that through all God's children. So I told him. I was like, look, I'm gonna work for y' all to. Y' all just have to run me off because I just. I gotta do it. I got to do it.

[Hunter]

It's gotta do it.

[Jace Robertson]

It's just the most rewarding thing. I mean, I love doing TV stuff and, you know, making duck calls for years was fun, but this has been the funnest thing I've ever done and most rewarding.

[Hunter]

But you said making duck calls was fun. Martin said, man, that part.

[Jeff Robertson]

The conversation was fun. Well, when you're doing it, the community was fun.

[Jace Robertson]

You're 8 years old and you're packaging things and doing things, and I have fond memories of it, but also.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This room's way better now.

[Jace Robertson]

If I wouldn't have done that, though, to think I couldn't have been able to do this, you know, I think God just works so many crazy ways. It's like. It's awesome, man.

[Ben]

I don't know.

[Jeff Robertson]

That's one of the paths that get there.

[Ben]

God. God can. You know, people have said it in different ways. If. If God. A door closes in your face. Yeah, there's a window open.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

He always. He always have. Has, you know, and, you know, just from my viewpoint, it was. It was a. Honor and privilege watching what he did with Rob.

[Jace Robertson]

You know, it's funny size. I always tell the story. I talk about you a lot, about us doing the make a wish stuff. And I was like, you know, I don't think a lot of people know we've done that. I mean, they probably do now because we've talked about it a lot, but to me, that was always the most rewarding. And when I would. When you would make those kids and families laugh because they're kind of going through such hard times. Like, I look on those memories, I'm like, man, if. If we only did all that just for that, just to talk to those kids and their families, then it was worth it.

[Ben]

You're gonna get me crying.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, well, it was worse. It's just like before we got started right here, we had young Brody come in.

[Jace Robertson]

That's Right. It reminded me of that seeing that kid here.

[Jeff Robertson]

I was like, man, that was the email that they sent. They were like, it's. You know, they put make a wish kinda like. Because they were like, they're already gonna be in West Monroe if there's a chance could meet any y'.

[Announcer]

All.

[Jeff Robertson]

And they sent an email and I was like, well, yeah, I mean, we're all going to be there at 2 o'.

[Ben]

Clock.

[Jeff Robertson]

I said, I don't know who's going to be there, but like, you know, me side Johnny D. For sure. That's for. We had even booked us. It's a lot just come on by. We don't care, man. Come come in here. We don't mind. And so, you know, Brody and his family showed up. He's was born with. I think it's called like Minky's M E N K E S syndrome or something. And so they have three healthy children. They have Brody and they had one that already passed away from the same thing. So some genetic thing with mom and dad, one of those kinds of deals. And so we know Brody's not long for this world, most likely and he'll be rewarded handsomely in heaven. He'll get to spend the rest of his life with Jesus and all the things. But yeah, man, that stuff is super and valuable and like. And not just for them, I'm saying, for us too, man.

[Ben]

Like everybody. Because people. People, you know, sometime I've heard people, they been a bad spot and all that to me. Well, what, you know, one man can, you know, change it. I. Wait a minute. Whoa, whoa, back up. I know one man can change it.

[Jeff Robertson]

Do you know him?

[Ben]

No, I know a bunch of them.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, I said, do you know the man?

[Ben]

Well, yeah, yeah. Well, that's. That's the point. I do know the man.

[Jace Robertson]

Well, just while we're on the subject, I do want to mention this because your audience has been so great over the years and unashamed as well. We do. I work a lot with. We're trying to get sponsorships. And so I would say over the past month we've lost some. And I think a lot of that is because times are hard. I mean, it's expensive. Trust me, I know. I got grandkids, I'm paying for stuff.

[Ben]

Money is going out all the time. A lot.

[Jace Robertson]

It's going out.

[Jeff Robertson]

Never knew how much they charge for a box of diapers. Right.

[Ben]

We.

[Jace Robertson]

If we could get some sponsorships from you guys, it would be awesome. And people don't know this, but I Mean well, some people know this because they found out if you sponsor kids and, like, give money, like, I call you personally and thank you.

[Hunter]

Hold on. You don't call me. Somebody else calls me.

[Jace Robertson]

Did somebody else call you?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

They call you.

[Jace Robertson]

Okay. You haven't given enough yet, buddy.

[Hunter]

No, I do want to say something, though, about sponsors.

[Jace Robertson]

I say that sometimes I call people who don't, but. But I. I do call people and thank them, and they're always shocked, and they're like, you're. You're calling me? I'm like, hey, buddy, if you're supporting what I'm supporting, We're buddies.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

No, they call me, like, every month on the day that it. But the cool part about sponsoring a kid on all. You go to allgodschildren.org and what I did was they've got a way you can look at any kid that needs sponsorship. I found a kid that was two days different. He was born two days earlier than Ben's. Oh, that was the closest I could get. It's got his birthday. I'm like, I got a kid here living the dream of being in a. You know, America wanted to be president one day. He don't want to be the president.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, he gonna be vice president.

[Hunter]

No, he.

[Ben]

No, he's making a prayer.

[Jace Robertson]

He's.

[Hunter]

He's inventing.

[Ben]

He's going to the prayers.

[Hunter]

He. He built a whole board game the other night. I still don't understand the rules, but it seemed cool, but I sponsored it. Like, he's living the dream. I think I can spare 40 bucks to just help a kid eat. You know what I'm saying? So it's a cool way to do it because they let you search by birthdays, which I thought was, like, very awesome. Really cool.

[Al]

I'm seven weeks in on the PhD diet plan. Hit a little plateau. My weight ain't gone down much because I wasn't doing right. And that's where the coach is so valuable. But my summer is getting flattering.

[Jeff Robertson]

A flitter. You a fine figure of a man,

[Hunter]

and you definitely called the right team, because if they can help Al lose 80 pounds, they got to be onto something.

[Al]

This is like no other weight loss plan. I mean, I've tried others, too, and, you know, trying to do it myself, but with a coach and all the great information they give you that you got, they give you stuff like if you're traveling, you got a menu to look at.

[Jeff Robertson]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but you get to snack on this one, too.

[Al]

Get to snack. That's what I like.

[Jeff Robertson]

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[Jace Robertson]

So, the coolest part when I was in Ethiopia was we went to this village that was way out, and our director there, his name is Deer J. Awesome. Awesome. I wish I could get him on a podcast here. He's so cool. And he's like, hey, I want you to meet so and so and so, these two kids. And I'm like, oh, hey. You know, I'm just like. He's like, it's so and so and so and so. And it's funny. I still. I'm so. Y' all know me. I'm so bad with names, especially if they're all, you know, they're not American names. I don't know. And he's like. And I'm like, huh? And he's like, you sponsor. You've been sponsoring these kids?

[Ben]

I was like.

[Jace Robertson]

And I started crying, and I was like, hey, guys. I'm hugging them because it'd been, you know, a couple years, and. And he's like, I want to be a doctor. And I'm like, no, you can just be.

[Jeff Robertson]

What?

[Hunter]

You don't have to be a doctor.

[Jace Robertson]

You can do whatever, you know, and. But they're like smart little kids.

[Hunter]

You don't have to be a doctor.

[Jace Robertson]

You know what I'm saying? I was like, you can do whatever you want, you know? And I was just happy to kind of meet him, and it was awesome. I got a lot of pictures with him and showed Gus, and Gus was freaking out because Gus cares about all that stuff about what they're doing. He was like, dad, what are they doing? And I'M telling him, you know, what they're up to and all that. So, yeah, it was pretty cool.

[Hunter]

That's awesome.

[Jace Robertson]

Actually get to meet the kid because, you know, most people are not going to meet these kids they're sponsoring. It's a long trip, trust me. Long trip. But. But I've met a bunch of them, and they're awesome and they're doing so much better, and it's so cool. I love it.

[Jeff Robertson]

There you go.

[Hunter]

Check it out atallgod's children.org I think

[Jace Robertson]

since I've been here last, I have three grandkids.

[Hunter]

Yeah. How many grandkids do you own or have you had?

[Jace Robertson]

I have three.

[Ben]

Well, here's the thing.

[Jace Robertson]

One on the way.

[Ben]

Everybody knows Robinson religious, but see, when he said, go and multiply, we took that to heart wholeheartedly.

[Jeff Robertson]

Ain't none of y' all named Abraham either, or Diego.

[Hunter]

Diego. Fourth and multiple. So you have three grandkids?

[Ben]

Do.

[Jace Robertson]

It's been fun. And you're how late 40s?

[Ben]

Late 40s, yeah. He's got already three grandkids in his late 40s.

[Hunter]

He's on pace.

[Jace Robertson]

And I have a design year old

[Ben]

by the time he's 80, y'. All.

[Jace Robertson]

Hey, that's what you need to do. Size that you're in the neighborhood. Gus, I think our first game is next week. Is playing baseball down at that Dixie.

[Ben]

You.

[Hunter]

Are you kidding me?

[Ben]

What is. What position? That gummy position does Gus play?

[Hunter]

Whatever he wants.

[Jace Robertson]

Shortstop. Any pitches?

[Ben]

Any. Well, that's what I feel.

[Hunter]

Wait, Gus is in the 9 and 10 right up the road.

[Jace Robertson]

Oh, yeah. And he looks like. So if you watch him practice like

[Jeff Robertson]

a junior, you might want to change your team.

[Jace Robertson]

He's out there helping with the kids. You know, it's like, oh, they got a. They got an older kid out there helping. But no, he's actually. He's 10.

[Jeff Robertson]

He's the leadoff batter.

[Jace Robertson]

And we've actually had to show his birth certificate now twice, because they're like, let me see his papers. I got a text.

[Hunter]

Ben's coach right now.

[Ben]

I watched the boy.

[Hunter]

We're in trouble.

[Ben]

Tell me. I watched the boy play. So now, hey, birth certificate time.

[Jace Robertson]

Well, it's. And it's even not that he's. I mean, he's a good player. Don't get me wrong. He's got a lot of power, but he just. The way he looks intimidates. You know, when you're that age, they see a giant kid, they're saying, gosh,

[Ben]

they get all scared, knows all about you.

[Jace Robertson]

They really shouldn't be scared.

[Hunter]

He's the sweetest. He's the sweetest kid.

[Jeff Robertson]

But I was that kid.

[Hunter]

I remember not too long ago, my

[Jeff Robertson]

head was the same size when the

[Hunter]

fourth grade boys and the third grade boys of OCS squared off. And I went and set the third grade parent section next to Jeff and Jessica because, you know, the fourth grade section was struggling. Even though my kids in the fourth

[Jace Robertson]

grade, there were parents crying and hollering.

[Hunter]

Nobody cried.

[Jace Robertson]

Oh, yeah, it was somebody crying for sure.

[Hunter]

That ref was terrible. Was terrible.

[Jace Robertson]

I agree. He wasn't great.

[Hunter]

It was.

[Jace Robertson]

But I mean, let's be honest. They're all not great.

[Ben]

They all.

[Hunter]

And then Gus, I was lucky if

[Ben]

you get somebody, you know. Yeah.

[Hunter]

I said, so how's Gus doing?

[Ben]

He's like, he's. He's.

[Hunter]

He's okay at baseball. Next pitch, hits the fence.

[Jace Robertson]

He did it. He rocked out. Probably his best hit of the year.

[Ben]

It just.

[Jace Robertson]

You just happened to see it. I'm not kidding. Like, not kidding.

[Hunter]

And then the next day at school, their coach had to have a talk with him. He's like, do not go into the school bragging about how you beat the grade above you. And they did. And I was.

[Jeff Robertson]

When her kids eligible to sign nil deals. Now, is he. Is he there? Like, well, look.

[Ben]

Hey, that's part of.

[Jeff Robertson]

Hey, you're good.

[Jace Robertson]

I don't push him to do.

[Ben]

You beat somebody. Hey, that's what it is.

[Jace Robertson]

They want us to play travel. Like, that's what you do. And I refuse to do it. I'm like, I'm not doing it. He filled in one time, actually, not too long. Like two weeks ago. Jessica. I didn't even go. I was like, I'm not. No. It was in Shreveport. And they made it to the championship game. They had to stay the night there. Wasn't planning on doing that, and had to play on Sunday morning and then had to play Sunday afternoon championship game. They got throttled by a team that, like, their kid had, like, 30 home runs for the season. He was also their pitcher that threw 75 miles an hour at 10 years old.

[Hunter]

And he's from Japan.

[Ben]

No.

[Hunter]

Okay.

[Jace Robertson]

Now, he was big. He was about Gus's size, but. And then we just got throttled and it was like, what do we. And Jess was like, it was the worst, most miserable time of my life. She said, it was. It was horrible. And Gus came back, and I said, gus, how was it? This is his answer. And this is why I was like, I will never do It. He said, dad, it's just really not fun. They take it so serious. It's not even fun. And I was like, yeah, if you're playing baseball and you're nine and 10 years old and you're not having fun, should be fun. Why are you doing it? Yeah, what's the.

[Ben]

Okay, but. Yeah, but that's for. Sports have gone, right?

[Jace Robertson]

And I refuse to do it. I'm just like, dude, that's everything. He's like, I play tennis.

[Ben]

That's why when you see. In college, you see some guy that, hey, catches a ball and he's falling back, he catches with three fingers and scores. What sports?

[Jeff Robertson]

Football.

[Ben]

Hey, they're freaks.

[Hunter]

They're freaks.

[Jace Robertson]

I think he's talking about.

[Ben]

I'm not. They're not that. They're not normal. They're freaks. They really are.

[Hunter]

Well, we refuse to do travel here. We also haven't been invited.

[Ben]

But here's the thing. They spend like. I don't know how much time Gus spends. That is. But hey, most of the kids that you see that I'm talking about when they get to college, they're catching ball with three fingers, you know, hey, that's their life. Yeah, they eat, sleep, breathe, just. They don't know that. Anything else. Yeah, it's sports or nothing.

[Jace Robertson]

I agree. But my ideal is in the end, I think the. The cream rises to the top. If you're talented, if you're just really gifted, you'll be good. Because it Didn't Tebow not play football till like, high school or something? I mean, there's like a story behind that. Like.

[Jeff Robertson]

I don't know.

[Jace Robertson]

He was not.

[Ben]

Probably.

[Jace Robertson]

He was not a. I will say this.

[Ben]

Gush.

[Jace Robertson]

Probably like, he didn't grow up going

[Ben]

to have a hard time when he gets. And because if he can't enjoy playing the game anymore, I figured you'll quit.

[Hunter]

No, he enjoys it. He just didn't know because we don't know. I mean, yo, he enjoyed it with his buddies.

[Ben]

It's got the point.

[Jeff Robertson]

Kids ain't supposed to play. They're not supposed to play seven games in two days.

[Ben]

Yeah, right.

[Hunter]

We have made some people so mad.

[Jeff Robertson]

And I don't care. I mean, that. That's a hill. I'm willing to die.

[Jace Robertson]

I get it. And that's good. Kids that do it. Don't get me wrong.

[Hunter]

I love.

[Jace Robertson]

I just. I'm not willing to do that, especially for one sport, because I'm like. I feel like baseball is the hardest sport to make it, like, in.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

I mean, you might can play in college. I'm not saying that's a achievable goal. Well, not a big school, but you can play in college. But to make it to the pros, it's, like, impossible. Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

[Hunter]

It's, like, not easy.

[Ben]

No. Because I had a bunch of cousins, they played Little League, and that was their whole life when they was doing it.

[Jeff Robertson]

Best baseball player I know. Guys duck hunts for a living.

[Ben]

So I know him.

[Hunter]

He was.

[Jeff Robertson]

He wasn't better than everybody, I would say.

[Hunter]

I played with him, but I was on the bench, and he was in the game. And, yeah, old Matt could.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Play some baseball.

[Jeff Robertson]

Laird was good. None of y' all ever heard of him. And he's better than. Well percent of them.

[Hunter]

That's what I told my son. They just at where Ben's and Gus go to school. They just unveiled a new player on the wall of the outfield of the baseball field that made it to the majors. He's number two in 40 years. I was like, man, yeah, well, you're going to be what you do with your life. So, like, like, if it's not fun, we're not doing it.

[Jeff Robertson]

Let's have.

[Ben]

That's like Phil. Phil's very talented.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

In all the sports. Okay. Especially his baseball, you know? And, hey, he could have cared Ness.

[Jeff Robertson]

Mm.

[Ben]

All right. It happens.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, that's the deal.

[Hunter]

I'm not a baseball dad.

[Jeff Robertson]

I'm a good. What's up?

[Hunter]

I'm a theater dad.

[Jeff Robertson]

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[Hunter]

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[Jace Robertson]

See, actually he can whack a golf ball.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

You know, but he's very inconsistent.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, well. Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

And he doesn't.

[Ben]

Yeah. But hey, his focus ain't in that.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah. He doesn't have a lot of touch.

[Ben]

Oh.

[Jace Robertson]

I'm saying, you know, I think he could if he practiced enough. He could.

[Ben]

Oh, no, he's not fast paced.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Because he's, he's naturally, he's naturally talented.

[Jace Robertson]

He's got, he's got anything good hand eyes. Yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Jace Robertson]

He's pretty quick for being big.

[Hunter]

No, he's very fast. I've seen it.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

I saw that one flag football, that flag football game. Ben's went home and goes, that ain't funny.

[Jace Robertson]

But I mean, where we really shot, where he shines is on that football field. I mean, it was like, man, he got that helmet on and stuff started happening.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

And he's not. If he could learn in my, my what I want to happen as. I want him to play defense, like depending on his size, either on the line or like linebacker and just.

[Hunter]

Well, no, no, he's too nice.

[Jace Robertson]

Fear of the day that they lined up across that guy and they thought that.

[Jeff Robertson]

Which is awesome because, you know. Oh, no, what I'm saying. Had it not been for a family like you guys, where would be, you know, that's what I'm like.

[Jace Robertson]

I mean, that's, I think about that all the time.

[Jeff Robertson]

That's a really cool thing, man.

[Jace Robertson]

You never know. And I mean, I hope we've, you know, I think we've given him every opportunity.

[Ben]

That's the thing about God gives people different talents.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Okay. And when somebody is good at what God gave them, it's amazing to watch.

[Jeff Robertson]

Well, yeah. When talent and passion line up with

[Ben]

each other, it's pretty cool deal there. They don't, they don't even understand what they've got.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

And he doesn't at All.

[Ben]

No, no, I'm serious. I don't understand it. I just, you know, like Phil, you know, feel grew up just when somebody threw a ball and he caught it and then threw it back, it just, it was there. And everybody that watched knew it was there.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

You know, and it just. But it just, you know, that's why when sport people get talking about sports nowadays, they don't know how far from like the 60s to now, the talent has changed. Yeah. It's insane.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

Well, just the size.

[Ben]

So there's people. I don't know what, you know, it's. It's like there's more of it that's been given out. Okay. And it's been given out to the level is right there. You would figure it's unreachable. But hey, every time you turn around, somebody's doing something that's just insane to watch somebody do.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jeff Robertson]

It's fun watching Tiger woods hit a golf ball again the other night.

[Jace Robertson]

No, no, I watched some of that too.

[Ben]

That's another thing.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, it's fun.

[Ben]

Take a stick, watch.

[Jeff Robertson]

It's fun watching the old man get out there and whack him around, man.

[Jace Robertson]

Oh, no.

[Ben]

Somebody hand him a stick and a little ball and the stuff that they can do with this stupid thing. Yeah. Is unreal.

[Jace Robertson]

Me and Gus the other night, because we watch them because I'm quasi fan of the spurs now because I just love watching women. Yana. And I'm like, dude, seven and a half feet tall. And he's like, if you mix Kevin Durant and like the dude from the Giannis, you just mix them two dudes and have a seven and a half foot tall guy that moves so good. He's unstoppable.

[Ben]

You can't.

[Jace Robertson]

And he can shoot three. It's like, what are you going to do with that guy? I can't do nothing.

[Hunter]

Just get out his way.

[Jeff Robertson]

I would foul him out.

[Ben]

No, no, because that's like I'm looking at football players that are weight. Their weight is 350 and they run a 40 yard dash like 4.0.

[Jeff Robertson]

That's.

[Jace Robertson]

No, not quite that.

[Ben]

But hey, look, if that guy hit you running wide open. Yeah.

[Hunter]

Now y' all gonna have to.

[Ben]

That's gonna be an injuries.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Okay. And if he, if he just falls on you and you're laying wrong. Oh, it's broke bones.

[Hunter]

Broken bones.

[Jeff Robertson]

There you go.

[Ben]

That's why I'm saying, yo. And then, you know, because the talent is insane. Oh, man. Somebody that's that big can move that fast.

[Hunter]

I've been big. I've never gone fast.

[Jeff Robertson]

It's crazy, man.

[Ben]

It's insane.

[Hunter]

Y' all do my stretches.

[Jace Robertson]

I mean, I got a feeling your boys are gone. Beaches. Do they measure the Kimmy? Because Gus measures like way high on like all the.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, we ain't been in a while for. We're what? We're at three. They do nothing really, unless they get sick. So we'll have four year old checkup this year. So we'll see. We'll see where they fall.

[Jace Robertson]

40 year olds and you're like, yeah, they're not. Not crazy.

[Hunter]

Jackson's head's bigger than most four.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah. Jackson, like me, he got a lot of head to grow into.

[Jace Robertson]

Were big.

[Jeff Robertson]

Waylon is arguably the most unathletic child I've ever seen, though.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah, but that don't matter at that age.

[Jeff Robertson]

No, I know, but the way the kid runs, and I love it. I. I ask him to run daily because it cracks me.

[Hunter]

He just wants to watch.

[Jeff Robertson]

He puts them. He puts them shoulders up. He.

[Ben]

He's working out.

[Jeff Robertson]

Working out. I mean, it's great, man.

[Hunter]

We're at that age. You just talked about him. And Jeff goes, oh, that's how my grandson is. And I was just. I was taken back for a minute again.

[Ben]

We had a girl in junior high.

[Hunter]

Oh, boy.

[Ben]

Her name was Francis. And we called her a racehorse because, hey, none of the boys could even stay with this girl. Okay.

[Jeff Robertson]

We had one called that too, but it was way.

[Jace Robertson]

It could be for different reasons.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah. Way different meanings behind it.

[Ben]

Unreal. Okay. I'm serious. The girl could run. I was talking about, you know, and she was fun to watch because. Hey. Yes. You know, it reminds me of the. What? The arrow or the lightning guy?

[Jeff Robertson]

The Flash.

[Hunter]

Zeus.

[Jace Robertson]

Yeah. Flash would be a better nickname. I mean, that's just.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Jace Robertson]

That out there.

[Hunter]

Are you sure?

[Ben]

She was. Hey. When she started. Hey. She was the Flash and she was gone.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah.

[Ben]

She was out of sight. I'm talking about.

[Jace Robertson]

Probably would have liked that nickname better than horse.

[Ben]

Yes, horse.

[Jace Robertson]

Racehorse.

[Ben]

That's why I said it's Yo.

[Hunter]

Hey, Clydesdale.

[Ben]

It's insane. It just.

[Jeff Robertson]

It really is better than horse head.

[Hunter]

Horse head.

[Jace Robertson]

Horse face.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, yeah. Horse face.

[Ben]

Oh, or the rear end.

[Jeff Robertson]

Oh, more horses.

[Jace Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

Booty.

[Hunter]

So rude, y'.

[Announcer]

All.

[Hunter]

We did not spend enough time on the fact that Jeff's in a Christmas movie.

[Jeff Robertson]

Now that. Here's the deal with that one bad performance. Now we have time to watch it before he comes back. And then we get to talk. We can talk about winking, blinking and.

[Hunter]

Because one of my favorite fantasy episodes ever was the Christmas Nativity with you being all nervous to say there is no room at the end.

[Jace Robertson]

I thought I did pretty good with that.

[Hunter]

Looking back at it, I was like, you nailed it.

[Jeff Robertson]

What was mine on? Mine on that was like, give to Caesar. What? Caesar's. I remember well when Willie church play

[Hunter]

when Willie said, calm down, son. This ain't been her. Yeah, that was one of the episodes I probably laughed the hardest out of

[Jeff Robertson]

all of that was in the old WFR fellowship center. Yeah, that's funny.

[Ben]

What words of wisdom from divine power are you going to give us today?

[Hunter]

I'm going to break call back to earlier when you said, I know it's in there somewhere.

[Jeff Robertson]

Philippians 4:13.

[Hunter]

And I thought you'd know where that was, but Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

[Jeff Robertson]

Yeah, there you go.

[Hunter]

You like that one?

[Ben]

Yep. That should go.

[Al]

All right, boys.

[Jeff Robertson]

Well, Jeff, thanks so much for joining us.

[Jace Robertson]

That was a good time. Thank you. Thank you.

[Jeff Robertson]

We'll see y' all next time right here in the Duck Call.

[Ben]

Sam.