Uncle Si’s Private Opinions Just Went Public on Google

Summary

Duck Call Room
Episode: Justin Martin Remembers One of the Company's Funniest Product Ideas
Date: May 7, 2026
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, Johnny D, Emily, Hunter
Guests: Various recurring cast

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Episode Overview

This episode is a quintessential “Duck Call Room” blend of hilarious storytelling, nostalgia, hunting adventures, and down-home food talk. The crew reflects on old company product gimmicks (especially the mystery box), swap wild buffet and restaurant stories, recount recent hunting and travel escapades, and dispense tongue-in-cheek life advice. There are rich snapshots of small-town Southern life and a deep vein of humor about aging, traditions, and the little joys of food, family, and friendship.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Opening Banter / Life Updates (01:04–05:00)

• The crew jokes about poison ivy and hunting mishaps—Martin shares he picked up a rash on a Texas turkey trip.
• Discussion of holiday aftereffects (“Hope your bowels have recovered from Cinco de Mayo” – Johnny D, 02:11).
• Martin returns from a NASCAR weekend in Texas, reminiscing about loud cars, old friends, and how NASCAR drivers now look “like children.”

Quote:
“I found two lug nuts in Jackson’s pocket—that’d be crazy.” – Martin, 05:02

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Home Renos, Cabinets & Costs (07:03–08:50)

• Emily and Si describe in detail how Emily’s house was gutted due to mold. They marvel at how many cabinets a house actually contains.
• Jokes about the inflation of cabinet prices.

Quote:
“They’re real proud of them little things.” – Emily, 08:23

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Texas Motor Speedway and Food Memories (09:01–11:12)

• Martin nostalgically details their days sponsoring the Duck Commander 500 and hanging out in AC-cooled trailers (for “air conditioning and escape”).
• The team discusses Andy’s Frozen Custard and ranks custard vs. ice cream.

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Barbecue Competition at Texas Motor Speedway (11:12–13:54)

• Martin samples barbecue from 52 teams—raving about all the ribs.
• They note it was the start of “Barbecue Month.”
• Si and Johnny D swap tales about overeating at buffets and food competitions.

Quote:
“Hard to beat ribs, Martin.” – Si Robertson, 13:11

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Mississippi Trip & Legendary Seafood Buffets (14:00–17:10)

• Si and Johnny D head to Mississippi for a fundraiser and plot a detour for berry’s legendary seafood buffet.
• They lament missing the buffet’s limited hours, with classic banter about waiting to eat at buffets.
• Story about old buffet bans (“in high school he was banned from ever going to buffets … ate too much”—Emily, 14:41)

Quote:
“Are we really about to eat a forty-dollar seafood buffet?” – Johnny D, 14:28

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One of the Company's Funniest Product Ideas: The Duck Commander Mystery Box (18:03–20:20)

• Ben from Glenn Daniels, WV emails about purchasing a mystery box.
• Martin and Johnny D recount the product’s origin: promising a random assortment, with a 1-in-10 chance of an autographed duck call.
• The “Minnesota boss” doubted it would sell. They sold 500 boxes on day one.

Quote:
“Didn’t say … there might be a duck call in it; no, there would be a duck call, and it might be autographed.” – Martin, 19:20

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Life Advice for Leaving Home (20:34–24:18)

• Ben, 21, asks for advice as he leaves home.
• Si: “Surround yourself with godly people.”
• Emily: “Have fun,” “Don’t take yourself too serious.”
• Hunter: “Get a plant (like a pothos).”
• Discussion devolves into the importance of decorating, budgeting, and not taking on wild debt.
• Humorous confusion: “A plant, get a plan, get a plant?” (21:31)

Quote:
“You’ll blink and you’ll be my age. 78. So, hey, enjoy yourself and have fun.” – Emily, 21:09

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Nostalgia & Restaurant/Buffet Stories (26:47–33:43)

Shoney’s/Buffet Reminiscing (26:47–29:49)

• Extended walk down memory lane: Shoney’s, Western Sizzlin, Bonanza, Piccadilly.
• Debate over the Shoney’s mascot’s species (bear vs. chipmunk vs. squirrel).

Buffet Anecdotes (32:02–33:43)

• Si tells a story about a friend using a “glass thing” to make the buffet smell like skunk, which backfired: “We had to fight our way out of there.” (32:34)
• Reflection on how buffets “were the model” in the 80s-90s.

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Fast Food Rants & Local Restaurant Reviews (44:00–54:41)

Dairy Queen in Monticello, AR (36:31–43:01)

• Discussion about the exceptional quality at this specific DQ.
• Johnny D leaves a glowing live review; trashes 1-star reviewers ordering “side salad with cheese.”
• Advice: “If you want to be healthy, carry your butt to Subway.” – Johnny D, 41:34

Chain/Fast Food Observations (45:41–47:44)

• Debate over wait times at places like Raising Cane’s and Chick-fil-A:
  • “When I pulled in, you knew what I was going to order.” – Johnny D, 45:43
• Advocacy for a Chick-fil-A express lane for mobile app orders.

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Small-Town Eats & Hush Puppy Devotion (53:35–56:30)

• The guys praise hush puppies from “The Warehouse,” “Scotts,” and various fish restaurants.
• Running joke about Emily sneaking entire baskets of hush puppies and elaborate ways to keep them from her.

Quote:
“I can’t … I gave them a bushel basket full [of compliments].” – Emily, 54:43

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Faith, Charity, and Uplifting Moments (57:25–58:13)

• Johnny D shouts out Homes of Hope charity, reading James 1:27 about looking after orphans and widows.
• Si affirms: “If I work with ‘em, they gotta be good people.” – Si Robertson, 58:13

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• “If you don’t like Mexican restaurants, I got an eye on you.” – Johnny D, 02:36
• “All you gotta do, get on [the] website. Order. Straight out to him.” – Martin, 04:01
• “They’re real proud of them little things [cabinets].” – Emily, 08:23
• “They all look like children driving those cars now.” – Martin, 04:20
• “I trained my children—Lottie’s like, nah, we’re going to Eskimos. That’s my girl.” – Johnny D, 10:47
• “We sold like 500 mystery boxes day one.” – Johnny D, 19:14
• “Surround yourself with godly people.” – Si Robertson, 20:49
• "Get a plant." – Hunter, 21:24
• “That’s a future you problem. Have fun!” – Johnny D, 24:39
• “If you want to be healthy, carry your butt to Subway. Don’t you come in Si’s Dairy Queen like this.” – Johnny D, 41:34
• “There’s going to be plenty of stress living alone. Just, the ones you can control, do.” – Martin, 24:56
• “How frustrated do you get with that little [butter] packet?” – Martin, 56:14

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Poison Ivy and Turkey Hunting: 01:04–05:00
• Martin’s NASCAR weekend flashbacks: 02:48–04:42
• Home Renovation & Mold: 07:03–08:54
• Barbecue Competition: 11:12–13:54
• Mississippi Fundraiser & Legendary Buffet Story: 14:00–17:20
• Mystery Box Product Origins: 18:03–20:20
• Advice for Young Adults: 20:34–24:18
• Shoney’s/Bonanza/Old Buffets: 26:47–33:43
• Dairy Queen Monticello & Review Culture: 36:31–43:00
• Hush Puppies and Small-Town Eats: 53:35–56:30
• Faith and Charity Shout-out (Homes of Hope): 57:25–58:13

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Tone and Style

The episode is marked by boisterous, good-natured ribbing, heavy nostalgia, and vivid, often absurd, details. The hosts maintain their quintessentially Southern, self-effacing humor—never shying away from poking fun at themselves, their eating habits, or aging ("The 1900s were awesome" – Martin). Underneath the laughs are genuine moments of connection, encouragement, and affection for their traditions, family, and faith.

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Memorably Funny Moments

• Si’s friend uses a “skunk spray” at a crowded Shoney’s to clear the buffet, only to backfire (32:23).
• Banter about whether Shoney’s had a bear or a chipmunk for a mascot, with consensus: “If you shrink a bear into a handheld size, it becomes a chipmunk.” (29:18)
• Live, hyperbolic negative Google review read-alouds about restaurants ("Who takes the time to go be negative and review things?"). (40:49)
• Johnny D’s mock outrage at a Dairy Queen side salad scandal: “That’s your fault.” (42:31)

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Practical Takeaways

• For Young People Moving Out: Surround yourself with good people, decorate thoughtfully, create and stick to a budget, find things that make it feel like home (even if it’s just a plant).
• On Business/Fandom: Customers will surprise you ("we sold 500 mystery boxes”); sometimes simple/fun ideas work best.
• Food Advice: Buffets are fading, but regional small-town joints often still shine—ask locals, and don't expect lettuce and cheese at a burger joint to be gourmet.
• Faith: Involvement in community charity like Homes of Hope is living out faith values.

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Closing Thought

“If I work with [them], they gotta be good people.”
—Si Robertson (58:13), blending simple wisdom, humor, and faith—the heart of the Duck Call Room.

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For listeners seeking tales of small-town America, food, faith, and friendship—with plenty of laughs—this episode is a feast.

Transcript

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[Si Robertson]

Did you have poison ivy?

[Martin]

I had something

[Emily]

they say use bleach for poison oak.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, good gravy.

[Martin]

What are you talking about? That's a delight now.

[Emily]

Oh, that's right now.

[Si Robertson]

Did your boys get it, too? Well, that's good because that would be

[Martin]

measurable in 40 years. I've never gotten it till right now.

[Si Robertson]

Do you know where you got it?

[Martin]

No clue. I mean, I'm assuming I got it when I went turkey hunting in Texas the first time, but now you're gonna get more. I was a little more cautious.

[Si Robertson]

What did the doctor say?

[Martin]

He said poison something.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Martin]

I don't know if it's ivy oak or sumac, he said, but, you know, it's just a reaction away from.

[Johnny D]

What are you talking about?

[Martin]

I don't know. We ready.

[Johnny D]

But we're welcome back.

[Martin]

Welcome back to the duck call room. Ladies and gentlemen, we are back here on a beautiful Tuesday. It is Tuesday, so you'll probably be listening this on Thursday, which is fine.

[Johnny D]

There's no on Thursday. When's this air? Let's just. Let's just tear down the fourth wall.

[Hunter]

It airs Thursday.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Happy Cinco de Mayo. I hope it was grand.

[Martin]

Yeah. I hope y' all had a fun one. Hope you recovered. Hope the headache has stopped from tacos and tequila.

[Johnny D]

So I was going with the I hope your bowels have recovered again. That mind does not mania.

[Martin]

Yeah, I. I mean, Cinco de Mayo is fun, man. Mexican food's good.

[Johnny D]

It's very American of us to just celebrate another country's independence.

[Martin]

Well, you need something, right?

[Johnny D]

Is that what that is?

[Martin]

Yeah, I think, right?

[Si Robertson]

Everybody loves Mexican food.

[Martin]

I mean, who doesn't love chips and salsa?

[Johnny D]

If you don't like Mexican restaurants. I got an eye on you.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah. I got some serious trust issues, but no, we're back. It's good to be back. I'm finally home for a little bit, so I'm. I'm excited about it.

[Si Robertson]

Where you been, Martin?

[Martin]

Where haven't I been? This past weekend I was at Texas Motor Speedway seeing some old friends. I ever. I'll say this for Texas Motor Speedway, not a lot of employee turnover because they were the same folks walking around there from when we sponsored The Duck Commander 500 and Duck Commander 500. Yeah, we. We took a walk down memory lane but got to. I was hanging out with pit Boston Academy folks over there. They had a car running in the. Running in the race. So it was fun. Man, it's good to be back. You forget just how loud that place is, man. Those cars are loud. You forget to you. And we. I bumped into a friend of the podcast, John Chris. So it was kind of fun seeing we.

[Johnny D]

I got a lot of questions for

[Martin]

him about what is he redneck?

[Johnny D]

What is he?

[Martin]

He is something. He's like.

[Johnny D]

He's an Amish Christian redneck.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Who wears nice shoes.

[Martin]

He does wear nice shoes. And was wearing. Walking around with a duck on his hat. So, you know, I don't know. I was like, man, yeah, he.

[Johnny D]

He wears that five dollar bass pro hat. That hurts my feelings a lot.

[Martin]

Yeah, he didn't have that one on. This was a very nice hat with a duck on it. So I don't know what it is,

[Si Robertson]

but you need to send more hats to him.

[Martin]

Who? No.

[Johnny D]

Johnny D. 34.99 Sucker.

[Martin]

I can. All you gotta do, get on website. Order. Yeah. Straight out to him.

[Johnny D]

We need to have him back on sometime and ask him questions about him. Because I'm confused.

[Martin]

Here's what I'll say. What I've what I learned about NASCAR drivers. They've gotten a lot younger since we were there. I didn't know anybody like.

[Johnny D]

Oh really?

[Martin]

Yeah. The people that I knew were like working on the like on the teams and stuff now like they're like. They're like. They're like owning the teams and doing the booth and all that stuff. So it was kind of a weird. There's been like a turnover. That's them. Them. They all look like children driving those cars now.

[Johnny D]

So we're getting very old.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah. Apparently.

[Johnny D]

I like when people call me Mr. John David now. I'm like, that is correct.

[Martin]

There you go.

[Johnny D]

Or you can just go with Mr. Owen. I do not care yeah, but we

[Martin]

left for Mary and then went turkey hunting again because we still had some tags in our pocket. And so, yeah, it was fun. Brittany killed her turkey. I killed a turkey. Like, life is good. We're gonna be eating turkey nugs.

[Si Robertson]

Turkey, was it just you and Brittany or the boys go with you?

[Martin]

No, the boys stayed here. I didn't wanna. I didn't want to. I knew I had to do a bunch of stuff on pit road, and I didn't want to be wrangling the boys at three, running around taking lug nuts off people's tires or something. You know, like doing what boys do. I didn't want to have to worry about somebody's wheel falling off because my kid went over there and took a lug nut off of it.

[Johnny D]

That'd be kind of cool story to tell, though. You guys remember on Texas Motor Speedway when that tire was flying into the stands but nobody was hurt and everybody remained safe? Yeah.

[Martin]

Yeah. I found two lug notes in Jackson's pocket, so that'd be crazy.

[Johnny D]

Zach, did you watch the race now that you're back home?

[Emily]

Nope.

[Johnny D]

How's life back home?

[Emily]

Life?

[Si Robertson]

No. Johnny. Dude. So I moved back into his house.

[Johnny D]

I know.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Martin]

That's what we were asking.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. Everything is a lot better for him. When I went to go visit him,

[Johnny D]

I would be so excited if I'd been out of my house for, what, four months?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I went to go visit him. Me and Alicia went to go visit them, and he was back in the back sleeping. And so I went and woke him up, and he was like, hey, I'm trying to sleep all day back here. What are you doing waking me up?

[Johnny D]

Like, hey, thinking of sleeping all day.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah, I have.

[Johnny D]

Can you. Can we look at your socks a little closer? Because we had an argument earlier. Yeah, that's what it says.

[Si Robertson]

What's this say?

[Johnny D]

I'm amazing in bed. I can sleep all day.

[Martin]

Yeah, but let's get rid of that bottom part.

[Johnny D]

There you go.

[Si Robertson]

So you can sleep now.

[Martin]

You need the pan back to his face, though. It needs to be a video. That's where we need it. We need this. This is going to be on Instagram. Look right there. Yes, yes, Send me that. I will post it. I do not mind. Oh, no, no.

[Johnny D]

I'm claiming that one. Well, then let's collab done deal right after this.

[Martin]

Oh, man, that is so good.

[Si Robertson]

Sally, got. Did they get you ready? Everything's good at your place now?

[Emily]

Nope. They still got to put all the doors on.

[Johnny D]

You don't have any doors?

[Emily]

I got some doors like.

[Martin]

Well, your extra. You're talking about internal, right?

[Emily]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Oh, okay. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Cabinet doors.

[Emily]

Hey, here's what happened. They come in and they gutted the house.

[Martin]

Yep.

[Emily]

That means tear the floors up, tear the walls up, all of the cabinets. And we had a bunch of them. All the cabinets had mold. So. Hey, rip out Gone.

[Johnny D]

They gone.

[Emily]

Okay. So that's a replacement for all the cabinet I got. And I didn't realize how many cabinets you got in your house.

[Martin]

A bunch of them.

[Emily]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So there's cabinets from the kitchen all the way to the bedroom.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

And the bedroom closet.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah. Because your back wall was kind of like a cabinet wall.

[Emily]

Yeah.

[Martin]

You had all your stuff, your. Your memorabilia and then all the stuff.

[Emily]

There was cabinets in the living room everywhere. Well, them had all go cabinet bill.

[Martin]

Good news is, cabinets are cheap.

[Emily]

Oh, no, they ain't cheap.

[Martin]

No, they ain't cheap. I found that out when we remodeled that house. And that was three years ago.

[Emily]

They're real proud of them little things.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

And you got new floors all through the house. This looks great.

[Emily]

You know, and that's another thing. Put new floors down.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

So.

[Martin]

So you can boot, scoot, and boogie.

[Emily]

Hey, that's it.

[Si Robertson]

New cabinet tops, new appliances, couches out

[Emily]

of the way and get down.

[Johnny D]

You could have built the whole house.

[Emily]

Well, hey, that's what Martin says. Hey, you should just bulldoze that. Circle off and start it over. Your new one in building.

[Johnny D]

The house was taking a little longer,

[Martin]

but not the way he built.

[Emily]

But that was not what my wife wanted. He enjoys her home.

[Johnny D]

So, like, them seven bruise I did,

[Martin]

I pulled up at. That's what was funny is you go, like, going back to Texas Motor Speedway. That's the first time since we've been there. And when I pulled up, like, to the concourse deal, I just visually went straight back to where we were. Like, we had the duck Commander trailer. Right. I was like, the duck command trailer is right there. Clayton Holmes had this iPad right here and the Ms. K dog washing station. And that's where we hung out. Like, because it had air conditioning. Like, that was our time away from everything. And I. I mean, I just went back to, like, 2014 in my mind and was like, I have a picture. Wow.

[Si Robertson]

We all have pictures.

[Martin]

I mean, it's just crazy. Like, and I just remember the line, people. Like, it was insane. Especially that first year we did it. Like, it was. But it was cool to see all that stuff. And I mean, again, most of those People that we worked with were still there. So, I mean, apparently it's a great place to work because those people love their job and they're still. Still hanging around, you know, however many years later that. That it was there. And I talked to the owner, Marcus Smith, like, I mean, it was. I remember him. I mean, yeah, it was just a walk down freaking memory lane, man. Except this one was sponsored by Andy's Frozen Custard, and they were giving away custard everywhere. I may have divulged in that a little bit.

[Johnny D]

I do love custard.

[Martin]

I do, too.

[Johnny D]

Why is it better than ice cream?

[Martin]

And they came in, like, these perfect little cups where you never were like, man, that's too much. It was just enough. And then you just went and tried another flavor because. Why not? Let's make sure I'm not missing something on my normal order here at Andy's Frozen Custard. So I really gravitated towards the peanut butter, which should be no surprise to anybody that knows me, but I do love peanut butter.

[Johnny D]

I've got. I've trained my children. The boys always want to go to that place where they put it on the cold marble slab or whatever. Oh, yeah, we're gonna call that average at best. But it's ice cream, so it's good. Yeah, but I've got Lottie trained. She's like, nah, we're going to Eskimos. And my. That's my girl.

[Si Robertson]

I mean, I like Eskimos too.

[Johnny D]

That's good custard, boys. It always goes back to food.

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[Johnny D]

You ate 52 ribs?

[Martin]

I don't know that I ate all 52 of them, but I ate way too many single ribs from people that did not make the cut. And I did not have a bad one. I was like, how do you pick. How do you pick a winner in there? I don't understand.

[Si Robertson]

Hard to beat ribs, Martin.

[Johnny D]

I mean, I. Competitions are weird.

[Martin]

Yeah. Other than just, like, personal taste, they were all not, like Phil says, they were not too tender. Like, you didn't just take a bite and it all come off there. You. You bit it, and, boy. But when you. You took one chew of it and it was gone. It was like butter. I was like, holy cow, man. It was so good. I could do that.

[Si Robertson]

It sounds good.

[Martin]

It was.

[Johnny D]

It is getting that time of year, though. It's barbecue time.

[Martin]

Well, May is barbecue month. I didn't realize that. And that happened on May 1st. So that was part of the deal was the kickoff to barbecue month was a barbecue competition at Texas Motor Speedway. Oh, I was so glad to be there, man. Turns out I just really love.

[Johnny D]

Well, me and Philip also had an adventure that pertains to food.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. We.

[Johnny D]

We went to Mississippi.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. And we ate good.

[Johnny D]

We ate good. But Philip was fired up. Sigh. Have you ever been right south of Jackson where that giant restaurant is? It's just. And they got the giant cross, and it's like berry seafood.

[Emily]

Oh, nope.

[Johnny D]

You've never been.

[Martin]

Nope.

[Johnny D]

Well, Philip gets all fired up about it. He's like, when we're on our way

[Si Robertson]

home, we're gonna stop here to the all you can eat seafood buffet.

[Johnny D]

But then there's another smaller one. And then Philip was like, that's the one we're going to. And I was like, Are we really about to eat a forty dollar seafood buffet? And Philip was like, 100.

[Martin]

Wait, what time of day was this?

[Si Robertson]

Well, we were.

[Johnny D]

See, that's where. That's what we got off. We were proud of Philip.

[Si Robertson]

We were going to.

[Martin]

Because you all were in transit.

[Si Robertson]

The homes of hope. We were going to a fundraiser, Me and Johnny D. Yeah. And so we got down and has

[Johnny D]

alligators, by the way.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they do have alligators at the place where they shoot all the ski. Inside was the 11th annual Uncle Size skeet shoot. And everybody asked about you and. But it went great. And they raised a lot of money. It was really good. So on the way back, I said, Johnny D, we got to stop at that place and get to go for the all you can eat buffet.

[Johnny D]

And I was like, dude, I don't

[Martin]

know that I. Oh, so this is on the way home.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. I was planning.

[Martin]

I knew y' all were leaving it like daylight.

[Si Robertson]

I was planning for. But. But when we drove by, I said, on the way back, we're hitting this.

[Johnny D]

We've been talking about the seafood buffet all day. And then. Then we had some great catfish while we were there.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, my goodness.

[Johnny D]

I was good at that point. I was like, I'm solid. I don't.

[Si Robertson]

I didn't want to fill up on the catfish because I knew what we were going to do afterward.

[Johnny D]

And Millen was like, I got to get to that buffet.

[Martin]

So y' all hit a. Y' all hit a full.

[Emily]

Back in high school, he was banned from ever going to buffets. Buffets. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

He ate too much.

[Emily]

Yeah, too much.

[Martin]

So did y' all drop it before? I'm very interested in this story. Did y'.

[Emily]

All.

[Martin]

Please don't tell me y' all dropped in on a buffet at like 3pm

[Johnny D]

they were close that until 4. Otherwise, Philip was dragging me in there. I was like. He was like, what are we gonna do? I said, it's closed. I was like, and I'm not sitting in. And I don't even know what town that's in. Let me look.

[Si Robertson]

No. I said, can we just sit and wait for him to open back up? You know? And Johnny D was like, are you kidding me? Because he can't sit still.

[Johnny D]

Yeah. He's like, no.

[Martin]

Oh, man. I really wanted to know what was on the buffet at 3pm that was actually sad.

[Johnny D]

The giant one was still open. But then we were so close to home. It was like, let's just roll home.

[Martin]

Oh, where is this at?

[Johnny D]

I don't even know what town this is. On Google Maps, they don't even have a name.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, you know why SAI hasn't been there? Because he flies every time he goes.

[Johnny D]

McGee, Mississippi.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

McGee.

[Martin]

Yeah. I spent the night in McGee before.

[Johnny D]

Why?

[Martin]

Because I. I legit could not make it home. I was so tired, like, coming back. I tried to do one of those, Drive down, do the event, and then turn around and come back home. And I got to there and I was like, I'm gonna die. And there's a Holiday inn Express in McGee, Mississippi. And I stopped and spent the night there. I remember because I was like, I just. I can't. I can't make it. These last two hours. I cannot do it.

[Johnny D]

Now. I will say if. If it had been 4 o', clock, I would not. I would have been like, all right, let's do this, Philip. Let's.

[Si Robertson]

He'd have probably watched me. You know what I mean? He'd have been like, okay.

[Martin]

I guess the good news about stopping when a buffet opens is it's fresh.

[Johnny D]

The thing about me and buffets is the reason I avoid them is because I know what I'm going to do. Do?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

I'm gonna set records, I'm gonna have my picture on the wall, and they're gonna talk about me. Months later.

[Martin]

I'm a. I'm a grazer until I find what I like, and then I just kind of camp out right there. I'm just like, yeah, let's run that.

[Johnny D]

Do we want to get off food? I do have an email.

[Martin]

Yeah, let's do an email. We ain't done one in a minute. It's been. It's been a minute. Let's go.

[Johnny D]

Ben from Glenn Daniels, West Virginia.

[Emily]

West Virginia. Biden.

[Martin]

I think it's west, by God, Virginia.

[Emily]

Well, hey, that is.

[Johnny D]

You ready to feel old, Martin?

[Martin]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Johnny D]

A good 10 or so years ago, I got this duck call in a mystery box from the Duck Commander website.

[Martin]

It's a mystery box, Glenn.

[Johnny D]

I know you're from Glenn. Ben from Glenn. Thank you for buying one of those. It will be chapter three or four in my book, the Duck Commander mystery Box. Shout out to Stephanie out there for. It was probably her idea, but I really kind of stole it from her.

[Martin]

What?

[Johnny D]

The mystery box?

[Martin]

Well, it come from Woot.

[Johnny D]

I bought a mystery box.

[Martin]

I sent you the link for the Saints mystery box, and I got a

[Johnny D]

bunch of crap in it. And I was so proud of all of it. And Stephanie, that worked. Here goes. We should do that. And I was like, stephanie, we shouldn't do that. I said, but what if we did that?

[Martin]

Yeah. And Kyle Tingwall, man, I signed a bunch of duck calls.

[Johnny D]

I was. And I put on there, one out of every 10 would have an autographed duck call in it. And the guy in charge at the time was from Minnesota. He's like, I mean we might sell like many or so. I just don't think people are going to buy anything if you don't tell them what it is. We sold like 500 mystery boxes day one.

[Martin]

Yeah, it was crazy.

[Johnny D]

Didn't say. We said there might be a duck call in it. No, there would be a duck call

[Martin]

in it and it might be autographed.

[Johnny D]

And it. One out of every ten would be autographed. It's always that. And the people went wild. Anyways, Ben from Glenn Daniels, West Virginia bought one and he got an autograph.

[Martin]

Which one of us did he get?

[Johnny D]

He can't read it.

[Martin]

Did he send a picture?

[Johnny D]

He did send a photo. Would you learn how to sign your name, sir? Well, that's me.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, that seems kind of obvious. Glenn from Ben from Glenn.

[Martin]

Yeah. Who else would it be? Like, it's clearly not Robertson. So where we. Where are we?

[Johnny D]

I will say the only people whose names I can ever read are yours. In size.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

I say it ain't mine.

[Martin]

No, that's me. That's 100% me.

[Emily]

Justin, my.

[Martin]

On a sarge. Yeah. Because we had a bunch of.

[Emily]

On a sarge.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

If you got one of those. If you got one of those mystery boxes, please email it and tell me also sorry, that was just stuff we had too much of.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

But also sorry, Ben for it was. You got the value.

[Martin]

Yeah, it was a great deal.

[Johnny D]

You just probably would have never bought all that separate to spend that much.

[Martin]

Yeah. And I'm sure you kept like two things and threw the rest of it away.

[Johnny D]

But you know there's a sock up in there.

[Martin]

There was a sack up in there at the time.

[Johnny D]

It's all on the revival. How many of those we still had left?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

All right. But he does have a important question.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Johnny D]

Any advice for a 21 year old guy moving out to start his own life? He's fresh out the parents door. Apparently. He's from Glenn Daniels, W.V. what's the advice we give him? Si?

[Si Robertson]

Surround yourself with godly people.

[Martin]

Yep.

[Emily]

And have fun.

[Si Robertson]

And don't take yourself too serious. That's what Si's saying. Have fun or don't do it.

[Hunter]

Get a plant.

[Emily]

Hey, look.

[Johnny D]

What? Hold on.

[Emily]

The reason I'm telling you that.

[Si Robertson]

Hold on. Stuff. Si, fix your mic. Si.

[Emily]

How old are you, sir?

[Johnny D]

21.

[Emily]

21. You'll blink and you'll be my age. 78. So, hey, enjoy yourself and have fun.

[Martin]

And. And Hunter.

[Johnny D]

Yeah. Did anybody hear Hunter?

[Si Robertson]

No. What did Hunter say?

[Johnny D]

Size? Like important. Great wisdom.

[Martin]

You're important.

[Johnny D]

Great wisdom, Hunter. Fresh young Hunter, who's 25 said, Get a plant.

[Emily]

A plan, get a plan, get a plan.

[Si Robertson]

A plant.

[Johnny D]

Not a plant.

[Si Robertson]

Like a potted plant.

[Emily]

Fast growing trees, baby.

[Martin]

What about a plant? Does that make it feel like a home? Yeah.

[Johnny D]

You can't get a flower.

[Hunter]

You can't get a dog or a cat. Most likely.

[Emily]

Yeah, get a flower.

[Johnny D]

Why can't you get a dog or a cat?

[Emily]

No, we don't want a dog or a cat. I don't want a fast growing plant.

[Hunter]

Most departments are kind of weird about that. Unless it's a service animal. I also think you should get a bunch of posters or pictures around your wall so it doesn't feel like a jail sale.

[Johnny D]

That. That'll help.

[Emily]

Oh, you get you a good looking woman and marry her.

[Martin]

Interesting. There is that.

[Johnny D]

Hold on. Do you have a plant?

[Hunter]

Yeah, I have a pothos.

[Johnny D]

A what?

[Hunter]

A pothos. Yeah, pothos.

[Martin]

I'm gonna guess something non native. You're gonna throw out and probably spread like wildfire.

[Si Robertson]

One day Martin gets like.

[Johnny D]

It'll take over a yard.

[Emily]

Get one in big old huge down.

[Hunter]

You don't have to water it.

[Johnny D]

We're gonna have to go down this road. You don't have to water it.

[Emily]

You don't have to water it. They live in Arizona, have it.

[Hunter]

Orlando Bloom,

[Si Robertson]

Hunter. I like it. It's funny.

[Hunter]

That was my co worker, Madison.

[Si Robertson]

She.

[Hunter]

She told me to name it that.

[Emily]

That's it.

[Hunter]

It's actually two vines. So one of them. One of them I named Orlando Bloom. And the other one's Jonathan.

[Si Robertson]

Jonathan Devine.

[Martin]

I love you, you little weirdo.

[Hunter]

I live alone.

[Martin]

Okay. I love you.

[Johnny D]

We're gonna bring Emily back next, Dad.

[Martin]

I love you. My favorite of the. I mean, one of these days we'll just uncork all of our group text. It'll be great. Hunter was texting us last night, asked us about some stuff and we'll do it. But then he was like in the middle of all the text, like, I'm gonna have to get back to you. I'm eating crawfish with my parents.

[Emily]

I mean crawfish.

[Si Robertson]

Good call.

[Martin]

If you ever want to know what Hunter's thinking, he'll send it in a text. I love it.

[Hunter]

Chronic overshare.

[Johnny D]

One of my favorite things on earth is texting with other When Allison's ignoring me or I'm in the. I'm in the, you know, doghouse. I'm like, well, I can go text Hunter in your face.

[Martin]

And I'm gonna know everything that happened from right now to, oh, 1800 today. It'll be great, man. It is. I mean, it is so good. The interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting.

[Emily]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

I can't give Ben from Glenn any more advice. Have fun. Get a plant.

[Martin]

There you go.

[Emily]

Get a plant.

[Martin]

Have fun. Get a plant. Stay on budget. Create a budget. Stay on. If you don't let finances be the

[Johnny D]

stress, if you get a plant, they have to be named the plan.

[Martin]

That'd be my biggest deal. When you're young like that finances, just get a budget, stick to it, you're fine.

[Johnny D]

You can make mistakes and fix them later. Yeah, that's terrible advice. You're not. You're not listening that Dave Ramsey would have them.

[Emily]

How.

[Martin]

I'm not even get a credit card. Yeah, well, whatever.

[Johnny D]

Today's problems aren't future use problems.

[Martin]

Remove the stressors that you can reasonably control. And finances is one of them.

[Johnny D]

That's a future you problem. Have fun. Cut all that out, please. That's actually the best advice.

[Emily]

I want to keep Jesus with you.

[Johnny D]

The best advice you can get is to keep Jesus with you and don't. Don't go into crazy debt because that is future you will hate.

[Martin]

There's going to be plenty of stress of living alone. Just do the. The ones that you can control. Do

[Si Robertson]

your trees are doing good at my house.

[Emily]

Good.

[Martin]

Oh, my cherry trees are thriving. Man, my. Now that we finally got rain, my

[Johnny D]

green thuja arbo varates look grand.

[Emily]

And that means that, hey, the true one I got, which is a fig tree, is doing good.

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[Si Robertson]

Oh, man.

[Martin]

Johnny's where? Yeah, I missed the bacon.

[Johnny D]

And Johnny's had a great song on your birthday too.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Happy, happy birthday.

[Martin]

Happy birthday. Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Happy, happy birthday. From the Shoney's crew.

[Emily]

Hey.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah. Is Shawnee still in business? Is there like a random Shoney somewhere?

[Johnny D]

There's a western sizzling in Cersei, Arkansas. Because they're so far behind. They're also ahead.

[Martin]

Run it back. Okay. Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Is it the end?

[Martin]

Oh, that was the hotel, right? Like, didn't Shoney's used to have like a hotel right there not far from the Shawnee somewhere?

[Johnny D]

Shoney's is still around, y'.

[Hunter]

All.

[Martin]

Oh, man, we gotta go find one. I gotta find one. On my travels in a sea. Now that. Now that checks out so far behind.

[Johnny D]

Their ahead. They got the most that Shoney's. My sister won't go into Shoney's.

[Martin]

Why not?

[Johnny D]

Because she made the childhood mistake of making a pile of food and wasting on a buffet. And my dad ain't so much about that wasteful life.

[Martin]

She had to eat it all.

[Johnny D]

And he said it's. We still talk about it to this day. How many chicken nuggets my sister had to eat.

[Si Robertson]

That'll show her bad call.

[Johnny D]

Ah, yeah, there's one. There's two in Pigeon Forge.

[Martin]

Of course there is, y'.

[Johnny D]

All.

[Martin]

I bet they're the busiest ones in the world too.

[Johnny D]

Couple in Gatlinburg.

[Martin]

Does Pigeon Forge have a Lambert? It should. Huh?

[Johnny D]

Lambert's only the two places.

[Martin]

The two places. Springfield and Gulf Shore or that was our almost golf shore.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, there's more Shoney's in Tennessee than there Is anywhere else in the world, man, I do.

[Martin]

Did they have. What was their. Their logo or their little mascot? Wasn't he like a squirrel or something? Was he a squirrel or a beaver or.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, something.

[Martin]

Didn't they have a little. Little rodent guy or something that I just remember as a kid, like color and all the things. It was, it was some kind of little. Little rodent looking creature.

[Johnny D]

Man.

[Martin]

We taking a walk down memory lane now? Good grief.

[Johnny D]

I'm going to find a western sister.

[Martin]

A guy who was.

[Johnny D]

Oh, it's a bear.

[Martin]

A bear. Is that what it was? Man, I would have said America's favorite breakfast bar. I would have said it was a squirrel.

[Emily]

Oh, I thought it was a chipmunk.

[Si Robertson]

It could have been s. I thought

[Martin]

it was some kind of rodent. Yeah, but I think it's a bear.

[Emily]

It was a chip.

[Martin]

It could be a bear. I mean, I don't. Again, we're.

[Emily]

We're favorite is chipmunk.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, but they said it's a bear.

[Emily]

Well, hey, they don't know bear the chipmunk.

[Si Robertson]

They can't.

[Johnny D]

That's just because the difference between whenever you shrink a bear into a handheld size, it becomes a chipmunk.

[Martin]

When is Shoney's here? Close.

[Si Robertson]

When they figured out it was a bear.

[Martin]

I'm just trying to figure. Oh, yeah, that was him and. Oh, they're calling that a bear.

[Johnny D]

Okay, that is a bear.

[Si Robertson]

Donnie. Bear.

[Johnny D]

But if you make it hand sized for children to have as the pleasure.

[Martin]

Yeah, well, that's what I'm saying is it was a problem because they didn't really say that for a kid. I. I never. I remembered him as another animal.

[Si Robertson]

So they do.

[Martin]

But that's fine. If they call him a bear. I just want. When did ours close?

[Johnny D]

Long time ago.

[Martin]

It's been a minute.

[Emily]

I think that one day was in.

[Martin]

It was a chip because now what's. Where Shoney's was. Where was Shoney's? Which side of the road was it on?

[Johnny D]

The right.

[Martin]

It was on the.

[Johnny D]

It's where at T is.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, that's right.

[Emily]

Okay.

[Johnny D]

To Chick Fil a. Dear folks, if you're not from Monroe, West Monroe, I'm about to take you down a trip.

[Martin]

Which one was Chick Fil A?

[Johnny D]

Bonanza.

[Martin]

Bonanza. That's what was Chick.

[Johnny D]

There was nothing better than getting out of church and headed to Bonanza and trying to beat the Baptist there. Yeah, that was a good time.

[Martin]

Yes. Bonanza. That's what that. Remember was where Chick fil a was. Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Bonanza Steakhouse is the nostalgic American chain of buffet style steakhouses founded by the actor from Bonanza.

[Martin]

Really?

[Si Robertson]

Wow, I did not know.

[Emily]

And hey, you can hit the gar deal on that.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, you don't like his eye?

[Emily]

No.

[Johnny D]

You don't like the show or the Bonanza?

[Emily]

Ain't no good.

[Johnny D]

The food.

[Martin]

The restaurant or the Show?

[Emily]

Restaurant.

[Johnny D]

In 1989, there were almost 700 Bonanza locations. So people. Okay, I thought. I didn't know Bonanza was that spread out so people know what I'm talking about.

[Martin]

Look at there. Man, what a life.

[Johnny D]

They still got them in Pennsylvania. That's the best part. Some of the places in America stuck with the places like the Western Sizzling in Conway, Arkansas.

[Si Robertson]

That's always good.

[Martin]

Man, what a time to be alive. The 1900s were awesome.

[Johnny D]

The 1900s, 1989-2000 was peak.

[Martin]

And it sounds like now we're just repeating a pattern except now it's fried chicken. It used to be a buffet on every corner because I guess you had to. You had to provide value. Now it's just a different form of fried cheese.

[Johnny D]

Remember the Western Sizzling?

[Martin]

Yeah, I remember him. He was right down here. He wasn't far from his office.

[Johnny D]

We had 17 buffets in this town for what we did after church. And now there's not a one.

[Martin]

No Granny's Dilly.

[Si Robertson]

Did y' all used to go to the Piccadilly?

[Martin]

No. That's where the rich folks went.

[Johnny D]

Hit that button. He's still there. Still a gar.

[Emily]

Still there.

[Si Robertson]

I did love Shawnee's, but it was so packed. And one time I went with one of size friends, Sal Melitella, when we were younger. And it was so many people that he was like, I got something we're going to do. We're going to have the buffet to ourselves. I said, what are you going to do? He had a little. A little glass thing about this big. He said, when I step on this, it's going to smell like skunk. Everybody's going to start leaving. He stepped on his side. We had to fight our way out of there. When they found out it was him.

[Martin]

Oh, no.

[Si Robertson]

And it was so bad.

[Johnny D]

Y' all ate by yourself?

[Si Robertson]

No, I couldn't eat.

[Emily]

It was.

[Si Robertson]

It smelled so bad. I couldn't. But it was a good idea. I mean, in theory, that's a terrible. No, it was. It was awful. And we all had to leave.

[Emily]

He must have hung around with Mark a lot.

[Si Robertson]

Yes. Yeah. Yeah, he did.

[Johnny D]

I actually need people to email me restaurants like that. What's like the old 1990s bonanza. Shoney's Western sizzling. Are they still in your town or.

[Martin]

Buffets were the model.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, I need to know more about it.

[Martin]

I'm still very interested in us potentially getting a Popeyes buffet like they have in the great city of Lafayette. It's gone.

[Johnny D]

Hold on.

[Martin]

Oh, no. Rest in peace.

[Si Robertson]

Really? I didn't know there was a Popeyes.

[Martin]

Oh, man.

[Johnny D]

Me and. Me and my buddy Drew almost drove to Lafayette one day just to. Just to hurt ourselves. Yeah, I think it's gone.

[Martin]

Yeah, that was right there.

[Johnny D]

Covid killed it.

[Martin]

Dad. Go, man.

[Johnny D]

Look. Everything, you know. Yeah. Gone for good.

[Martin]

Gone for good. No more Popeyes Buffett.

[Johnny D]

There was one left in Lafayette. Remember the Wendy's buffet that had spaghetti?

[Martin]

Yep, yep, yep. I do.

[Johnny D]

They had that little weird sunroom and a spaghetti buffet.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, I do. After the glass coming off the side of the building.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

We're so weird, guy.

[Si Robertson]

Is there any food that you could just, like, eat all, like, on a big buffet that you really like? Fried shrimp, crab legs, or that you used to like?

[Johnny D]

Chinese people still got buffets?

[Emily]

Can't think of one.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, you like Phil's burgers? You could eat.

[Emily]

Yeah,

[Johnny D]

I try not to laugh at my own joke.

[Martin]

Yeah, that was a good one. I mean, I'm sitting here thinking all buffets are dead, and the only reason they're dead is because I don't go eat Chinese buffets.

[Johnny D]

That place is huge.

[Martin]

But it's clean. Very clean, very large.

[Si Robertson]

I like a clean place.

[Johnny D]

You love the place by Big Lots.

[Martin]

Yeah, the big place up there.

[Johnny D]

Very big.

[Si Robertson]

Is it good? Is it?

[Emily]

Yeah, it's huge.

[Si Robertson]

Have y' all eaten there?

[Martin]

It's clean. Very big, very clean.

[Si Robertson]

But the food, it's very large, very clean.

[Johnny D]

That's how I told you.

[Emily]

That food must not be much.

[Johnny D]

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[Si Robertson]

now, and this is the berry look. It's a good one.

[Johnny D]

And if you're wondering what that is, AG1 is a daily health drink with a multivitamin pre and probiotics, superfoods and antioxidants. 1 Scoop 8 ounces of water, and you're getting all that. And Philip just did it in less than like 30 seconds.

[Martin]

And he's got 75 ingredients.

[Johnny D]

That's that next gen formula which is backed by four clinical trials and it's clinically shown to support gut gut health, fill common nutrient gaps, and improve key nutrient levels in just three months. I start every morning with a little Ag one. There's the tropical, there's the citrus, there's the original. You're bound to find one that you love. And AG1 will help you keep that one thing consistent, which is high quality nutritional support every single day, no matter how busy you get.

[Si Robertson]

And I like it. It's good. We try to drink it every morning.

[Johnny D]

AG1 has over 50, 60,000 verified five star reviews and comes with a 90 day money back guarantee. So visit drinkag1.com and get a free AG1 flavor sampler and a bottle of vitamin D3 plus K2 in your AG1 welcome kit when you first subscribe. And that's a 72 value. That's drink ag1.com drinkag1.com duck.

[Emily]

That's like Dairy Queen. If you're ever going through Monticello, Arkansas,

[Martin]

stop at that one.

[Emily]

You need to stop at that one

[Si Robertson]

because I'm saying it's true.

[Emily]

That makes the best shake ever.

[Johnny D]

Is it a Dairy Queen or is it the dq? Whatever they call it now.

[Martin]

Grill and chill.

[Johnny D]

Dq. Grill and chill is different.

[Si Robertson]

It does say dq, grill and Chill. But isn't that Dairy Queen?

[Emily]

That's the.

[Martin]

Yeah, in theory.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Johnny D]

Something different about them.

[Si Robertson]

The manager came out and sat with us because we told, we told her, you know how much we love this place. We drove out of the way to go.

[Emily]

Yeah. We took that route.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

So we could stop there.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Emily]

Because I had what, two car loads?

[Johnny D]

That's a grill.

[Emily]

Everybody, everybody ordered it. And when they come out, they said you were right. Because what they do is that he loves it. Whatever one you order. Like a peach ball. Okay. Well, they have, you know, a fruit bar. Yeah. Fresh pieces. Well, they, you know, cut them up then like strawberries. One hour. Yeah, well, they cut it up and then mash it where they'll actually go through the straw. So you're, you're, you're just. Every time you, you know, take a suck on the stall. Hey, it's strawberries coming.

[Martin]

There you go.

[Johnny D]

Hold on.

[Martin]

What did you. So have you done it at ours is ours. Trash.

[Emily]

Oh, no, I tried.

[Martin]

No good.

[Emily]

Yeah, it's some. I don't know what the deal is, but. Because when I actually was sitting in the car. He's mine.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

Some People walk up to go in and get one and said it's really good in it. Yeah. And I said, yeah, yeah, it is.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

He said, oh, this. This serves the best ice cream around.

[Si Robertson]

What'd you find, Johnny D?

[Johnny D]

I am leaving a Google review from the hello duck call room.com for the Dairy Queen Grill and Chill and Monticello, Arkansas. Uncle Psy says all Dairy Queens.

[Martin]

Are they like this one?

[Emily]

Oh, no.

[Johnny D]

Created. What was the manager's name?

[Si Robertson]

We don't know.

[Johnny D]

Oh, man. Because this one is far greater.

[Emily]

All that I've tried.

[Martin]

That's crazy. I go through Monticello all the time. No, I mean because that's how you stop.

[Emily]

Because, hey, they have the best ice cream malt area.

[Martin]

Well, that's how you get to central Arkansas from here. Going duck hunt.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

You got to go through Mont Cello.

[Si Robertson]

Every time we go to Searcy, we go through there. But look, the place is clean, the parking lot is clean when you know they're doing it right.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

And I ordered a hamburger because he had ate it last time.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

Well, tried it in. The hamburger was excellent.

[Martin]

There you go.

[Emily]

Hamburger they served like the old days. It ain't nothing's changed.

[Johnny D]

Excellent.

[Emily]

It's like you're going back in the

[Johnny D]

70s just like the old days.

[Emily]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Which tells you that. I mean it does work. If you care about what you're doing and you're. And it's clean and the food's good. People are going to come to it.

[Johnny D]

I just realized that the Duck call room can now review things publicly on Google.

[Emily]

Well, here's.

[Johnny D]

And I've never been more excited.

[Emily]

Here's the thing.

[Johnny D]

But we're not going to be negative.

[Emily]

That place is always packed.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's why I've never stopped in it.

[Emily]

And it wasn't that. Hey. Nope. All the parking lot.

[Si Robertson]

Everybody knows.

[Emily]

Yo, yo. And the people in line. I'm serious.

[Johnny D]

What else do you want to Google review? You have anywhere else on earth that you want to just tell them they're doing a good job and you want

[Emily]

the world Dairy Queen Grill and Chill, Arkansas.

[Martin]

Yeah, we've already done that one for you. They got. They got.

[Johnny D]

Just tell me who.

[Martin]

Thumbs up.

[Johnny D]

No, I got five stars.

[Martin]

Five stars.

[Emily]

Oh, no. That's five stars.

[Johnny D]

I even wrote it, baby.

[Emily]

Right there is five stars.

[Johnny D]

Can you believe there's people that left this place a one star review, huh?

[Emily]

Has gave it a one star. I don't know what they're doing.

[Johnny D]

I don't.

[Martin]

I ordered chicken strips. I Ordered chicken strips and they forgot my barbecue sauce. One star.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, there you go.

[Johnny D]

Can we talk about, like, who takes the time to go be negative and review things? Yeah, one star. Like, who's, like, I'm gonna show them.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I'll, I'll put the one star on them.

[Johnny D]

You do.

[Si Robertson]

No, I'm saying. That's what they're saying. I'll put them on one star. No, I don't.

[Martin]

Yeah, you had to have a truly bad experience to take time out of your day to do that.

[Johnny D]

Okay, but hold on. Listen to this. Here, here's, here's an example of a one star review from Mariah to the Dairy Queen Grill and chill in Monticello,

[Si Robertson]

which is our favorite.

[Johnny D]

Mariah, I'm coming for you.

[Martin]

Hey, you better be careful, son, because if she's eating it to Monticello, Arkansas, there's chance she's plugged us in.

[Johnny D]

So I don't care. I'm just saying to know why the listener.

[Martin]

Worst review.

[Si Robertson]

We're going to get one star after this.

[Johnny D]

One star. Ordered two side salads with cheese and no tomatoes.

[Martin]

Well, there's your problem.

[Johnny D]

And I received a small plastic container barely half filled with tomatoes. I will be getting my refund once. And I say something. If you go to Dairy Queen and want cheese and lettuce as a meal, that's on you. Get a burger, get a milkshake. If you want to be healthy. Carry your butt to Subway. Don't you come in size Dairy Queen like this.

[Emily]

Whoa. Not only that, her name Mariah. Hey, Mariah Carey is a five star baby.

[Johnny D]

She ordered a side salad and they were like, I guess we get the hamburger toppings and throw them like they didn't know what to do.

[Si Robertson]

A side salad.

[Emily]

That's why, like, if you go to a fish place and you don't order

[Si Robertson]

fish, that's your fault.

[Emily]

That's your fault.

[Martin]

Yeah. If you go to a fish place

[Emily]

and you order a burger joint, you order a burger, you idiots.

[Johnny D]

It was a side salad with cheese.

[Martin]

Yeah. Why did you stop at Dairy Queen for a side salad with cheese? I've been and canceled.

[Johnny D]

The point of the salad. You're eating the cheese.

[Emily]

You need to stop in a little mini mart and get you some cheese.

[Martin]

Well, I've been in Monticello. There's a grocery store right over there. Just go make you a salad.

[Emily]

Yeah. Hey, yeah.

[Martin]

Like, it's like right across the street. It's on that main bag.

[Si Robertson]

You can't, you can't depend on Dairy Queen for the side Salad. I'm gonna tell you right now.

[Martin]

Well, the fact that that even has to be a PSA is.

[Johnny D]

That was two years ago. And that's the worst part. Somebody ordered something silly at a Dairy Queen two years ago, and it's just there, stuck on Dairy Queen and Monticello for years.

[Martin]

I mean, that's incredible.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, maybe we'll. Maybe we'll straighten them out with that.

[Martin]

Incredible. I don't. I don't get it. I don't. I don't know.

[Johnny D]

That's an aggressive fish place.

[Emily]

You eat here?

[Johnny D]

That's great.

[Emily]

Little like all the Captain D so much. Hey, give me a steak.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, I think they used to have pizza.

[Emily]

Oh, hey, it's a fish. It's a fish restaurant, you idiot.

[Si Robertson]

Look around.

[Emily]

Yeah, yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Figure it out.

[Johnny D]

To be fair, Captain D's is really a matt.

[Martin]

Yeah, they are good.

[Johnny D]

They're so good.

[Martin]

They are good.

[Johnny D]

See what? Captain Decent Captain D's in Westboro has a bunch of reviews, gang.

[Martin]

That place is always bouncing.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, it is packed.

[Johnny D]

I went there after church one time. It was like an early service ordeal, and I had to wait 15 minutes, and when I tell you, I was like, fifth in line. Yeah, so for when they open.

[Emily]

No, that's.

[Martin]

It's always popular.

[Emily]

Well, listen, I think it must have changed.

[Martin]

Popular.

[Emily]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, that's pretty good. Pretty good food.

[Martin]

I mean, Britney had that good hush puppies. Yeah, that's what Britney likes there. The times I saw you there, I was going for postpartum hush puppy runs for Britney.

[Emily]

All she orders is the hush puppies,

[Martin]

but she gets, like, a piece of fish and, like, eight hush puppies.

[Emily]

Puppies.

[Martin]

He loves the hush puppies. It's crazy.

[Si Robertson]

Martin pulls up to the window, and I'm in order, and he's like, it

[Martin]

was so funny because there were two white camouflage trucks there at the same time. I was like, look, I pull in. I'm like, there's old fear.

[Si Robertson]

He's got a go box with him.

[Martin]

I'm sitting there. I'm sitting there waiting on the hush pipes here. Like, can you pull forward? We got to cook some more hush puppies for Brittany. And here come walking out come Phil and Alicia. I'm like, well, I heard old Phil put her down. Oh, man. It's a great little seafood place.

[Johnny D]

But like this, guys. Like, I'm gonna bash Captain these. The food is too expensive, and it takes 20 minutes to get your order. It's not worth it. They there that their prices are advertised, that you could look that up before you Got there. Like when you get surprised by Captain D's prices, that's on you, bro.

[Si Robertson]

I'm gonna go to the line off of Let it Ride.

[Emily]

Who cares?

[Martin]

I don't personally ever mind waiting at fast food esque places because it's fresh. I got one having to.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they're cooking it for you.

[Johnny D]

I have one that drives me insane.

[Martin]

What?

[Johnny D]

And it's a great place, but I don't understand how I have to wait for raising canes because it's just chicken.

[Martin]

They only have chicken strips. Yeah, that's it.

[Johnny D]

When I pulled in, you knew what I. I was. You. You had to have an idea of what I was going to order.

[Martin]

Yeah, there was. Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Let's go ahead and drop three or four in there and see what happens.

[Martin]

And if you're looking at me in profiling, you know I'm going to say no slaw. So don't waste your time putting that in a cup.

[Johnny D]

Extra piece of toast. You know what I'm saying? Have that one ready.

[Martin]

Don't waste your time putting that cold slide.

[Johnny D]

Every once in a while, they're like, well, we're waiting on fresh chicken. I'm like, the line's full and we're all probably ordering the same thing.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah. It's just. Do you put it between two pieces of toast or do you put the piece of toast in the box?

[Si Robertson]

What does that communication sound like? Here's somebody else. What do they want? We don't know yet. They haven't ordered.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

[Martin]

And we. Our Chick Fil a needs to step it up too. We need a line for people that just use the app.

[Johnny D]

No, go to the other Chick Fil A.

[Martin]

Why?

[Si Robertson]

We've got two Chick Fil A's in Westman Road.

[Johnny D]

Do not complain about our Chick Fil A or I will jump across side by side.

[Martin]

I'm just.

[Johnny D]

I'm gonna jump across.

[Martin]

I'm not complaining about the Chick Fil A as much as I'm. It is 2020. You pull up there and you hold your deal to be scanned so you can get your points. While you were waiting back there five cars deep, you could have ordered it. And then you just go up there and you can tell them your name.

[Johnny D]

No, no, you can do that.

[Martin]

I know.

[Johnny D]

You just pull into a parking spot, click it, say what park? And they bring it to you.

[Si Robertson]

But not everybody does that. So I see what you're saying. It makes the line long on one side.

[Martin]

It makes. Somebody's going to get Called up because they didn't use. I'm just saying, if you put all mobile orders through one line.

[Si Robertson]

Gar. Gar.

[Emily]

He's the guy.

[Si Robertson]

I said Chick Fil a was a gar.

[Martin]

I ain't doing that.

[Johnny D]

West Monroe hit it.

[Si Robertson]

He won't hit it.

[Johnny D]

West Monroe, Louisiana.

[Martin]

Hey, that new chicken sandwich, I guess. Really good. The jalapeno ranch thing and it comes. Hey, it comes with jalapeno peppers on it. You would like it 100%. You'd like.

[Johnny D]

Ladies and gentlemen, if you've never been to Westboro, Louisiana. I would like for you to get on Google Maps and zoom in.

[Emily]

I knew.

[Johnny D]

I knew I was getting on Chick Fil a.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

Look, I got in that arm slanging club with Paula. We walk. We walk in there. What you laughing at? That's what them women do when they go walking.

[Emily]

Walk.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

They slang him arms. We was going to do two laps. I said, nah, we're doing three. I got more energy. I ain't taking as much medicine as I used to. I'm 11 weeks in. I've lost £25.

[Johnny D]

Well, you told me you needed new clothes because the old shit falling off.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

I got that drawstring just pulled all the way. I'd be walking and they'll slide. I'm pulling them up. I'm thinking I have to clean out the stinking cloths. I don't have to take my sugar medicine no more. I quit taking it. I'm off my blood pressure medicine. I don't take it no more. I'm telling you, you get and losing this weight on this PhD and you'll get healthy.

[Martin]

GLP1 drugs are really popular right now. And for some people, they can help, but they don't fix why your body stores fat in the first place. At PhD weight loss, they'll help you address your metabolism hormones and your body stress response so that weight comes off naturally. And most importantly, it stays off. It's not just about weight loss. It's about better health and longevity. Right now, call PhD weight loss and mention.

[Emily]

Got one.

[Martin]

You'll get two weeks free in the program and they'll pay for your food. That's a $1,500 value, completely free. Call 864-64-4-1900 and say Gowan again. That's 864-644-1900 or visit myphdweightloss.com calm. Oh, I don't. You know what I like about Chick Fil A?

[Si Robertson]

I like to shake it up.

[Martin]

Unlike what I said about like all dominoes are not created equal. Chick Fil a is a model of consistency just about at all the ones you stop at.

[Johnny D]

Like, I had a chance Chicken biscuit in Mobile, Alabama one time that changed my whole life. I think they dropped it in the butter vat and they just said, ah, he looks like he'll enjoy.

[Martin]

Yeah, he'll be all right.

[Johnny D]

It was wild. Yeah, it was juicy.

[Martin]

But it's just a level of consistency is what they offer. Like, no matter which one you stop at, where it's not.

[Johnny D]

But I do want.

[Martin]

Not like your one favorite Johnny Monticello.

[Johnny D]

I do want the people to go Google map West Monroe and zoom in on the one Chick Fil A. And when you're like, why is there two right beside each other? I want you to realize that. Yeah, that's how we roll.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And it's not a mistake.

[Si Robertson]

Tell us about the Q. T. When we stop in the morning to get gas, Johnny D. Comes out. He's got a pizza.

[Johnny D]

I got a new thing and some

[Si Robertson]

kind of chicken sandwich.

[Johnny D]

Y'. All, there's another gas station in my life.

[Martin]

Quick Trip.

[Johnny D]

Quick trips.

[Martin]

The one here.

[Johnny D]

Hey. Oh. Easy with how you choose your neck words.

[Martin]

Oh, I'm just asking, like, is that the first time you've been in it?

[Johnny D]

The Quick Trip franchise, it's like a Bucky's, but smaller.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

Wow.

[Si Robertson]

It's really.

[Emily]

And they don't have a Bucky's and better.

[Johnny D]

When I tell you that breakfast pizza, five stars. When I tell you their waffle fries that are sitting in really underneath a heat lamp. Better than Chick Fil A's Five stars. The Quick Trip I ain't never will change your life.

[Martin]

I ain't never got anything from their hot.

[Emily]

Quick Trip has changed your life.

[Johnny D]

Chicken biscuit. Press the button, Gar. It was awful. I don't know who planned that terrible idea. So there's some hit and miss, but I'm. I think I'm going to start exclusively eating at gas stations. When we went to Mississippi for the Homes of Hope, we stopped. We exclusively stopped at quick trips. That I'd only tried new things every time. Oh, God, it's phenomenal.

[Martin]

Well, they're putting them everywhere now. Like, they're. They are going up. I'm wondering if this right here by the office may not end up being a Quick Trip.

[Johnny D]

You know, I've been looking at it and praying.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Because I'll never.

[Martin]

Because it's definitely a gas station.

[Johnny D]

Yeah. There's a new gas station. And if it's a Quick Trip. Look, I'm gonna tell you the truth. I got a friend who owns a Quick Trip T shirt.

[Martin]

Oh, Phillip, No.

[Johnny D]

Oh, and if I. If I could, they bought it online.

[Martin]

Oh.

[Johnny D]

You know, those are the people I hang out with.

[Martin]

I'll say this, the quick trips up north that are spelled with a K are really good.

[Johnny D]

That's not.

[Martin]

Yeah, we've been the one we stopped at in Wisconsin, we actually bought some Pisces and cooked them. Well, we did that too. Yeah, the pizzas. But then we stopped this year and got like a biscuit because it was morning time and we weren't gonna cases. Casey.

[Johnny D]

Casey's is good. We're just. I mean, how blessed.

[Emily]

Be alive, Casey.

[Johnny D]

Man who owns a case. Yeah, it's a good one.

[Emily]

He likes the sauce, you know, upon the burritos, whatever they make.

[Martin]

Oh, Stone's still a big salve, man.

[Johnny D]

Everybody got their breakfast.

[Martin]

That was a six month bender away from being £300. So that's what's always fun about him.

[Johnny D]

I mean, don't ever like.

[Si Robertson]

By the way, I want to tell you that J. Stone, when it comes to homes of hope, J. Stone came up with the idea of having a trap shoot. It was his idea, really. We were all together and I met all.

[Johnny D]

Aside all the enigma people. You've heard about Martin over the years of them doing this. I got to meet him.

[Si Robertson]

Met them all. He met them all.

[Martin]

Dr. Danes there.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, he was there. He was there. The interesting thing is, you know, Jay came up with this idea and they started using it 11 years ago. And me and John and Lee just went to the 11th annual Uncle Si Ski.

[Johnny D]

They really do. And they keep growing the thing and they're doing a lot of great stuff.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yes.

[Johnny D]

They're building a fishing pond now for them.

[Martin]

Oh, really?

[Johnny D]

Which I support. And when it's stocked, let me know and we'll change it to the Honey Hole Fish tournament for kids. Shoot. But don't get us the alligator. There's a sign that says, do not shoot our alligator.

[Si Robertson]

But my point was. Oh, Stone's pretty sharp, you know, because when he sat down, he said, look, you got to let people shoot something and eat something and not this crap you're cooking. And we need something to eat that's good. And they brought some people in who started cooking. It was actually good, wasn't it? Zion?

[Martin]

And so the catfish were good. Y' all had catfish here?

[Si Robertson]

Well, yeah.

[Johnny D]

Also, I'm gonna just confess, I ate 14 hush puppies while people weren't looking.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, I wasn't watching.

[Johnny D]

Yeah, I know.

[Si Robertson]

You knew I would tell it.

[Johnny D]

I hit it. I. The. The fish was good.

[Emily]

Oh, that's something hard to get off of.

[Johnny D]

The fries were good. Them hush puppies from Hanks on the river catering be slanging.

[Emily]

What's that restaurant we go over on the river?

[Martin]

Warehouse.

[Si Robertson]

Warehouse.

[Martin]

Oh, them little hush puppies.

[Si Robertson]

The warehouse.

[Emily]

Yes. I like whole baskets.

[Martin]

Yeah, they're. They're.

[Emily]

That's about 20 in each basket.

[Martin]

In your defense, I will say that those husband puppies are a 10 out of 10 when it comes to. Oh, no, no, they are. Yeah.

[Emily]

Okay.

[Johnny D]

And then they give you the little butter truck. That was the only saving grace of the homes of hope deal. They didn't have the little butter tubes.

[Martin]

Because you'd have had.

[Johnny D]

Because I'd have just been like this dip in butter.

[Si Robertson]

And I like his confession. He's like, I'm gonna tell you what happened while you weren't watching.

[Emily]

Those hush puppies are over at the warehouse. Yeah. Is it Christine? I done ate one basket. Did they put another one there? Well, Christine picked it up, moved it, hands it to Blake, said, put that on other end table. Don't let him get them. Yeah. I told Blake, I said, hey, pass me the stupid basket.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Emily]

I said, don't let it want to do that.

[Martin]

They are good.

[Emily]

They are good. They are really good. I had a whole basket by myself.

[Martin]

Yeah, they are good.

[Emily]

Our hush puppies.

[Johnny D]

So good.

[Martin]

Man. Man, look.

[Emily]

And they're jalapenos. And they're not that. Not over burning. Yeah, they're perfect, y'. All. Some of them, they get in there. It's rough.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Emily]

But these are perfect. They cut them just the right size and mix them good. And. Hey, I. I can't. I. I gave them a bushel basket full.

[Johnny D]

This was before you even had teeth.

[Si Robertson]

I'm gonna bring you some. I'm gonna go get some

[Johnny D]

Mississippi.

[Si Robertson]

I'm bringing you some tonight

[Johnny D]

from the warehouse.

[Emily]

Yeah.

[Johnny D]

Scott's has good hush puppies, and their butter tubes are the exact same size of their hush puppies. So you can dip them. I should not talk.

[Martin]

The.

[Johnny D]

I will eat a whole little. What are those called? The little dollops of butter. What do you call those? Packet. A butter packet?

[Martin]

Yeah, just the little. You talking about the little roundale?

[Johnny D]

Yeah. With the thing. You peel it back and there's just beautiful butter sitting in there. And you can. You shouldn't dip stuff in there, but you do.

[Martin]

How frustrated do you get with that little packet? Like the little tinfoil tears off now that way over.

[Guest (possibly Paula or another caller)]

And you're like.

[Johnny D]

Then you just bite into it. Then you just throw shame out the way window and lick the butter out and then throw the hush puppy in your mouth. I don't care how much weight we lose. I don't care how strong I try to be. I will forever go back to the kid that just wants to dip a hush puppy in straight butter and enjoy himself.

[Martin]

Folks, if you've made it 45 minutes today, I'm sorry. Cause y' all are thinking, what are these frigging idiots doing?

[Johnny D]

Why is butter so good?

[Si Robertson]

It all started because me and Johnny D, we drove by and we still ain't got it off our mind.

[Johnny D]

I've been thinking about it. I bet your hush puppies are gracious. If you've ever been to Barry's in Mississippi, send me an email about it if I missed out or not. I was getting his keys.

[Martin]

He's ready.

[Si Robertson]

Bye.

[Johnny D]

Size Bible verse of the day.

[Emily]

I think it hits the road, boy.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, this is gonna be good.

[Johnny D]

Look, I got a good Bible verse.

[Martin]

Why are you in such a hurry? You were late. Anyway,

[Johnny D]

he's looking. I'm gonna go quick. Look, we did get to hang out with the Homes of Hope guys. They are doing awesome jobs for kids that have just fallen through a system or there's just nobody there to take care of them. And when I was there, I kept bringing it up. James 1:27. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. That's what they're doing. So if you want to check them out, we're gonna put a link down there somewhere. Homesofhope.ms. great people and size. Been working with them forever, so, I mean, if I don't work with them, they got to be good people, right?

[Si Robertson]

That's right.

[Martin]

Amen.

[Johnny D]

See y' all next time. Right here in the duck call room.

[Martin]

We're out,

[Emily]

Sam.