Uncle Si Busts Out of the Hospital & He’s Still Kickin’

Summary

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Duck Call Room Episode Summary

Podcast: Duck Call Room
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, Phil Robertson, Christine, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan, Jacob Mayo
Episode: Uncle Si Busts Out of the Hospital & He’s Still Kickin’
Date: October 7, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode celebrates the triumphant (and hilarious) return of Uncle Si after a hospital stay, with the crew sharing updates on his health, recounting escapades from his time in the hospital, and diving into a sprawling conversation about wild animals, hunting, and memorable pets. The group’s trademark banter, wild storytelling, and Southern humor are on full display, with several heartfelt and laugh-out-loud moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Uncle Si’s Hospital Escape and Health Update

• Si’s entrance: The crew welcomes Si back, joking about rumors of his demise and the “fortress-like” security at the hospital.
  • “They all are trying to kill me off.” – Si Robertson (01:36)
• Getting into the hospital: Christine and Martin explain how tight security was, having to provide Si’s birthdate and address, and eventually resorting to a clipboard check.
• The rumor mill: News of Si’s hospitalization spreads fast—even reaching the New York Post—prompting some comic damage control from the crew.
• How Si is feeling: Si admits he’s recovering slowly (“It’s gonna take a while.” – 03:39), still regaining strength and appetite after a severe sinus infection that impacted his breathing.
• Sleep troubles: The gang notes that when Si—the “king of sleep”—can’t sleep for five days, it’s a red flag.
• Steroid story: Si’s reaction to medication defies medical predictions:
  • “The nurse said, ‘this will keep you up all night.’ And as soon as she gave it to him, he said, ‘All right, Philip, I’m going to sleep.’ Boom, he’s out.” – Christine & Phil Robertson (05:47)

2. Si’s Hospital Experience & Antics

• Unusual hospital stories: Si and Christine recount a late-night IV mishap:
  • “There was a big huge puddle of blood all over. Sigh. I said, sigh… He was like, yeah, I know. I don’t know exactly what happened here… his IV had come out.” – Christine (07:30)
  • “Oh, hey, I thought I’d pissed on myself.” – Si Robertson (07:59)
• Colorful bedside manner: Si keeps nurses on their toes, using the call button with characteristic candor.

3. Classic Si: TV Commentary & Hospital Entertainment

• Si’s love for nature shows: Martin confesses he finally watches PBS in Si’s honor and gets totally engrossed in big cat documentaries.
  • “Nobody’s working. Customers aren’t shopping. We were watching this cat…” – Martin (03:53)
• Si’s political commentary: The others joke that watching politicians with Si’s color commentary is world-class entertainment.

4. The Legend of the Black Panther (and Yes, Si Was Right)

• Viral black panther sighting: The conversation blows up over a viral photo of a melanistic panther (“black jaguar” according to Si) in the Deep South, validating years of Si’s claims about big cats in Louisiana and Arkansas.
  • “Every post had ‘Uncle Si was right’ as the top comment.” – Martin (11:04)
  • “If you fly low from here to the Gulf of America, it ain’t nothing but pine trees... And then y’all gonna tell me that don't exist.” – Si Robertson (11:10)
• Debate on the animal’s size and location: The crew debates whether the photo shows a panther or a jaguar, and where it was actually taken (Mississippi? Arkansas?).
• Internet fame: Si and the black panther become the Internet’s favorite meme for the day.

5. Sweet Pea the Cat: A Family Loss Revealed

• Sudden revelation: Si casually drops the news that his beloved, infamous cat Sweet Pea has died—news to most of the crew.
  • “That’s the only cat I ever liked. And this is how I found out.” – Martin (13:47)
• Tribute to Sweet Pea:
  • Funny stories about Sweet Pea’s quirks, advanced age, health problems, and “schizophrenia.”
  • Si explains he and Christine thought Sweet Pea was a girl until an awkward anatomical discovery.
• Crew reactions: There’s mock outrage the cat’s passing wasn’t breaking news on the show earlier.
• The search for a new cat: Christine may be “cat shopping” for another companion—a possible anniversary gift.

6. Squirrel & Small Game Hunting

• Rabbit and squirrel tales: The group shares classic hunting stories—rabbits, squirrel migrations, favorite wild game dishes, and even pet squirrels.
  • “Squirrel is good, man. That’s my favorite wild game.” – Si Robertson (31:39)
• Flying squirrels: Martin is amazed to learn flying squirrels are native to the area; Si and Phil tell stories of sudden flying squirrel encounters in deer stands.

7. Exotic & Unusual Pets (and Their Vets)

• Bearded dragons, sugar gliders, geckos: The crew shares stories of owning lizards, buying crickets as pet food, and the oddities of reptile veterinary care.
• Lizard tails and vet trips: An extended debate: do people really take reptiles and spiders to the vet?
• Martin’s skepticism:
  • “I just don’t think people are taking lizards to a vet.” – Martin (51:05)

8. Reflections, Humor & Faith

• Bible story tie-in: Martin invokes the story of Daniel in the lions’ den as a metaphor for tough times—especially Si’s hospital stay.
  • “Just remember, God can send an angel and you will not be hurt even if you’re in a den of hungry lions.” – Martin (56:39)
• Rest in peace, Sweet Pea:
  • “Rest in peace, Sweet Pea. We’ll see you in heaven, maybe.” – Christine, Martin & Phil Robertson (56:53)
• Signature Duck Commander chaos: The episode’s final moments are as light-hearted and offbeat as ever, blending serious moments with pure buffoonery.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Si’s resilience:
  • “He’s the only man I know that they gave enough steroids to tranquilize a horse—he went straight to sleep.” – Phil Robertson (05:37)
• On hospital adventures:
  • “Normally [the nurses] bother you all night long... now they come in, did what they had to do and then left.” – Si Robertson (07:08)
• On the viral panther photo:
  • “Every post had ‘Uncle Si was right’ as the top comment.” – Martin (11:04)
• On Sweet Pea:
  • “Y’all are just now finding out.” – Christine (14:49)
  • “I’m still not sure about people taking reptiles to a vet. And if you’re listening, I need to know.” – Martin (52:59)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Si’s entrance, hospital security & rumor control: 01:02 – 03:39
• Medicine stories & Si's hospital sleep: 03:44 – 06:06
• Christine & Si IV mishap: 07:30 – 08:07
• Black Panther viral debate: 10:48 – 11:41, 23:45 – 24:55
• Sweet Pea’s passing revelation: 13:39 – 19:00
• Rabbit & squirrel hunting stories: 26:26 – 32:19
• Flying squirrels and regional small wildlife: 41:23 – 44:04
• Bearded dragon & reptile vet talk: 49:47 – 52:59
• Daniel and the lions’ den faith segment: 55:33 – 56:46

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Tone & Language

• Casual, irreverent, and affectionate Southern humor
• Genuine camaraderie and warmth, even in teasing
• Storytelling is king, with plenty of tangents
• Occasional serious/heartfelt moments, especially around loss and faith

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Uncle Si is back, still a little rough, but very much alive and sharp-witted.
• The black panther debate is finally swinging in Si’s favor, thanks to a viral photo.
• The Duck Commander crew’s love for animals—wild and domesticated—runs deep (and occasionally eccentric).
• Southern hunting traditions and animal tales remain central to the show’s humor and heart.
• In times of struggle (or hospital stays), faith and laughter are essential.

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Transcript

[Phil Robertson]

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[Martin]

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[Martin]

Foreign.

[Phil Robertson]

Welcome back to the duck call room, ladies and gentlemen. We got a good one today. Uncle Si is back. But before we get started in that story, I want to do some housekeeping. Look, hunting season's here. There. People are duck hunting everywhere. It ain't open here yet. And if you need a duck stamp, head on over to Duck stamp dot com. Get your digital duck stamp. You got it on your phone. Everything's.

[Martin]

You could even do it while you're in the hospital.

[Phil Robertson]

It's a perfect.

[Martin]

You don't even have to go to the post office.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, right there.

[Martin]

From the comfort of your hospital bed. Duck stamp.

[Phil Robertson]

But size back. His voice still isn't as strong as what it was. But he wanted to come up here and and do this, so we're doing it. Man, look at.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, they all are trying to kill me off.

[Christine]

S There you are.

[Martin]

Nobody's trying to kill you off. We were trying to keep you alive. Yeah, all I did was show up for the selfie. I'm just going to get out ahead of this. Before y' all brought him lunch, I was driving by. I said, well, I want to see sign. I stopped in and then McMillan PO to the picture. Next thing you know, we're in the New York Post. And size on his last lung.

[Christine]

Hey, did you have a hard time getting into the hospital?

[Martin]

Sigh I want you to know you are more protected than all the gold in this country.

[Christine]

They wouldn't let me in. Yeah, I mean, I fought with the guy to get that sticker. I was like, no, he's in here. And I gave your date of birth, your address, everything I know about you. I was like, no, he's in here. They was like, hold on. We got to check a special unit. And that's where you are.

[Phil Robertson]

I will say so. I was not in the computer. The guy had to go to the clipboard both times.

[Christine]

No, he wasn't in the computer.

[Martin]

I wasn't paying attention because I happened to walk in with Ms. Christine. We showed up at the same time.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And Ms. Christine was showing up that morning. And I said, you go ahead. Acting like I was being a gentleman, but I really just wanted to go. I'm just going with her.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I don't want to try and explain myself. I'm with her.

[Phil Robertson]

I'm with her. I'm her security. Don't worry about me. But no, you were very nobody. Well, I say nobody knew you were there, but somehow everybody knew you were there even before I did. Because one of the reasons I posted this is I left you. And I walked into Academy, and one of the guys that worked there, who's known us forever, walks up to me and says, I heard size in the hospital. I said, no, no, no, he's not. You know, of course I'm straight lying, right?

[Martin]

Like, you know, you still had the sticker on.

[Phil Robertson]

No, I took it off.

[Martin]

I know you did.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, I took it off when we were walking out, but I said, no, man, he's not in there. He's fine. Well, then I saw everybody around there look at me, and I was like, well, crap, I guess it's time to get out in front of this size size dead again. But, no, he's alive and well, so, I mean, he's getting. Well, he still got a little bit of a hack. He's. He got a pretty good sinus infection that got into his chest, but he's. He working on it. How you feel? You feeling you. You look better.

[Si Robertson]

If you feel better, I feel better, but it's just. It's gonna take a while.

[Christine]

Get your energy and strength back.

[Si Robertson]

Yep.

[Christine]

Have you been eating anything?

[Si Robertson]

Not much.

[Martin]

I will say I did do something in honor of sigh yesterday.

[Phil Robertson]

What's up?

[Martin]

I was flipping through channels, and PBS came up, and I was like, let's see if it's as really as good as you say it is, sir. I watched a cat 20ft in a tree jump out of that tree and almost land on an impala. And it was the most. Exciting is not the word. It was fabulous. The entire store was locked in. I was like, nobody's working. Customers aren't shopping. We were watching this cat and I was like, I get it now. Yeah, it was awesome.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, it's just a total sidebar, but. And if you ever need a. Just to truly entertain, I think we should sell tickets to Sigh. Watching politicians on tv.

[Christine]

Oh, my goodness.

[Phil Robertson]

It is one of the greatest entertaining things you can ever watch. Oh, and to hear his color commentary on.

[Christine]

But the first day. The first day was he was kind of low talking. But after he'd been there a couple of days and he. Then he started getting loud the tv. I said, yep, he's getting better.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, he's ready.

[Christine]

And I got a call from Liz and Liz was like, hey, we. We took sign to the walk in clinic because his oxygen was low. He's not feeling good. And he hadn't been feeling good for what, four or five days before that day.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine]

And we went to the prison ministry. We got back and then Sigh went hunting with Stone.

[Martin]

You were on a pretty epic little run there.

[Christine]

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, anytime that man tells me I ain't slept in five days, I'm like, oh, we got a problem.

[Martin]

You didn't sleep for five days. You're the king of sleep.

[Phil Robertson]

That's what I'm talking about. Man who got a nap every day at 24 and a half years in the military didn't sleep for five days. We got a problem. That is the red flag of all red flags.

[Christine]

Well, when they finally got, you know, some medicine into him, he got some sleep.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, but he's the only man I know that they gave enough steroids to tranquilize a horse.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

He went straight to sleep. A horse would have been running the world record Kentucky Derby.

[Christine]

Her exact words. The nurse said, this will keep you up all night. You're going to party.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine]

And as soon as she gave it to him, he said, all right, Philip, I'm going to sleep.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine]

Boom, he's out.

[Phil Robertson]

Turn out to like five hours.

[Christine]

He just didn't make.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, yeah. You look a lot better. You look way better.

[Si Robertson]

I feel better, but it's just. It's going to take a while.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, Take a while to get your voice back and to quit coughing. All that mess up and. But that's what happens, man. You get older. Sinus infections. I know. They. No joke when you. When you get to that with all the underlying conditions too.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

But we glad to have you back and we just wanted to, you know, basically show everybody you still all right. You're. You're good. And he's Solid you're side. What? Do you have any take home from the hospital? Do you have any? You don't. Do you want to go back? Do you want to stay at the house or go back?

[Si Robertson]

I didn't even want to go there. And I'm the one that told myself go.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Martin]

Ms. Christine told me when we were waiting to get in, she was like. He looked at me and said, I need to go to the doctor.

[Christine]

Well, that's saying something.

[Martin]

It must be serious.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah for yeah. Because he ain't trying to go nowhere to get poked, prodded, or anything else. Because we already know the boy don't like needles or pain or anything. So that's how you know he's sick whenever that happens.

[Christine]

But how'd they do, how the nurses do in the day was good that they go normally.

[Si Robertson]

Normally they bother you all night long.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

When you slept through it, waking you up, this or that.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Now they come in, did what they had to do and then left. Said, hey, you got the call button. You ain't be called.

[Phil Robertson]

You got that special treatment.

[Christine]

Hey. I love hearing sigh with that call button. He was very direct, clear as kind.

[Martin]

He told him what he needed.

[Christine]

And hey, one time it scared me to death because I got up and I was checking him out, making sure he was okay and check. And I turned the light on and there was a big huge puddle of blood all over. Sigh. I said sigh. He was like, yeah, I know. I don't know exactly what happened here. We started looking around and his IV had come out.

[Phil Robertson]

He done. He done shaking free.

[Christine]

Yeah. That scared you to death, huh? No, no, it didn't scare you. What'd you. What'd you say?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, hey, I thought I'd pissed on myself.

[Christine]

Oh, God. Well, that's what you thought.

[Phil Robertson]

For the record, Fish for the record, if you do and it's that color, there's a lot more problems than a sinus.

[Martin]

You need to go to the hospital immediately. Even if you're in the hospital.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. That's when you need to use that call button really quickly and often. Oh, call, call, call, call, call, call. All I was was his Uber each for breakfast, so. And which both times he took a bite, said, no. Tastes like crap.

[Christine]

Well, he couldn't taste anything.

[Phil Robertson]

I know. Yeah. Oh, I didn't take offense to.

[Martin]

But when I was there, you were in a really good mood.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, he was in a great mood. Both mornings I was with him. He was.

[Martin]

It was.

[Phil Robertson]

He was. It was funny. I'm telling you right now, watching the news with size.

[Christine]

Oh yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

It's a great spectator sport. You don't really want to get involved in it.

[Christine]

No, because people were coming in and he was getting louder and louder. I was like, sigh. Let's see what else is on. No, hey, no. Watch this right here.

[Phil Robertson]

Then we talked about postseason baseball because we're finally after 100 and however many games they play to games that actually matter.

[Christine]

So we did watch a couple baseball games.

[Si Robertson]

You know what I would like to do for real?

[Phil Robertson]

Okay, I'm interested.

[Si Robertson]

I would like to have me a 12 foot black quilp wimp black whip. And I would walk in down there where they have all the meetings and I said, well, you got two choices. You can open the government back up. Oh. Or I can just take a bunch of hide off of all of you.

[Phil Robertson]

You choose.

[Si Robertson]

You choose your choice. Maybe we can have a little unity here.

[Martin]

Oh, you've been watching the news, huh? They didn't have PBS up there.

[Christine]

Yeah, they did.

[Phil Robertson]

We did.

[Christine]

We watched two channels of pbs.

[Si Robertson]

Oh man. It was cheese chase down a what?

[Christine]

Yeah, that's what I was.

[Martin]

We were watching it together and he.

[Christine]

Was giving me the play by play. Okay, boys, this cheetah is doing about 65.

[Martin]

The next one was the thing coming out of the tree.

[Phil Robertson]

Ah.

[Martin]

I was watching that while I was in the hospital at work. I'm sorry, dad. And it was awesome.

[Christine]

I love the play by play. And then inside said, right, okay, now he's fixing. Put the grip on him right there on the neck. Yep, yep, that's it. Turn out the lines. The party's over.

[Si Robertson]

Now you got to suffocate him.

[Phil Robertson]

Just so we're clear, I watched a bunch of that growing up and it's why my fear of big cats is very healthy.

[Martin]

Well, I think even though I know.

[Phil Robertson]

We don't live there, I just don't want.

[Martin]

Hold on.

[Phil Robertson]

I don't want a big cat after me.

[Martin]

Like we live closer than you may.

[Phil Robertson]

Think to a cheetah.

[Si Robertson]

I hope you that picture of the Black Panthers.

[Martin]

Oh, oh, you showed him?

[Christine]

Yeah, I showed him. Is that. Are you going to show him that one?

[Martin]

I was, I was about to say, you know, you know what happened while you were in the hospital size. Is this the picture you're speaking of?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Martin]

There's another originated crazy over this who did the entire Internet.

[Phil Robertson]

There's another large black people were posting it and every.

[Martin]

Every post had uncle psy was right as the top comment.

[Christine]

Yeah, Kim sent me the explain.

[Si Robertson]

You gotta. You gotta think about this now, if you go over and get on a helicopter at the airport and you fly, fly. You fly low. You fly from here to the Gulf of America.

[Phil Robertson]

Thank you. Of America.

[Si Robertson]

It ain't nothing but pine trees. And I'm telling you, until the loggers go in and cut some strips in there, you couldn't even crawl through it. And then y' all gonna tell me that that don't exist.

[Christine]

Thank you.

[Phil Robertson]

Si. You fresh out the hospital. How'd you sleep up there?

[Si Robertson]

Not good.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. You know why? Because hospitals don't have a contract with Helix.

[Christine]

No, they don't.

[Martin]

You don't get to take a two minute quiz before you walk in the hospital on what bed is best for you. They just give you an emp.

[Si Robertson]

Oh.

[Phil Robertson]

We are talking about Helix Sleep, though, The mattress company that helps you make it your own. You take a two minute quiz and the next thing you know, you're matched with the perfect mattress built for you. You're not buying it for somebody else. As long as you're honest on the quiz, you can't fail it. So if you want a Moonlight Lux.

[Martin]

Like Johnny D. I'm a moonlight Lux man myself. I can't be sleeping on a hard.

[Phil Robertson]

Ground or like mattress.

[Martin]

I need a soft, fluffy cloud.

[Phil Robertson]

Yes. He just likes to sleep in an envelope, man. Just get it all around you. Just come in. It just wraps all the way down.

[Martin]

Better stop talking or I'm going home and going to bed.

[Si Robertson]

I am tired.

[Phil Robertson]

And you know you can trust it because we've had our Helix mattresses for three years now, and it has been the best sleep we have ever gotten. Look, we've all got them. The unashamed guys have them. Sadie has one.

[Martin]

I legitimately got this mattress four years ago, and if you tried to come to my house and take it from me, I would bite you.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, you can have the house.

[Martin]

Yeah, I touched my mattress and hey.

[Christine]

It comes in a box and when it pops out, you put it on, you're good to go. And I'm telling you, it's comfortable. My stepdad just got him one and he loves it.

[Phil Robertson]

And if you wear one of those sleep trackers like people are wearing now, you can track your score. You don't have to take our word for it. Take. Take science's word for it. Look, if you want to check it out, it's super simple. Go to helixsleep.com for 27% off site wide exclusive for listeners of the duck call room. That's helixsleep.com duck for 27% off site wide. Make sure you enter our show name after checkout so they know we sent you. Helixsleep.com sl.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, sweet feet have more issues than most humans.

[Christine]

Oh, that's true.

[Si Robertson]

I mean, look, his liver was crystallizing.

[Phil Robertson]

Huh?

[Martin]

Oh.

[Christine]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Sweet Pea passed away.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

No, no. Yeah. No, no. He had.

[Phil Robertson]

I am shooketh.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, he was. He.

[Martin]

That's the only cat I ever liked. And this is how I found out.

[Christine]

Yeah. And hey, he was on a diet. He was doing good.

[Phil Robertson]

And so.

[Christine]

And he played poker with us. He'd get up on the table and sit by side.

[Phil Robertson]

Rest in peace, Sweet Pea. Okay, we need to say a prayer or something.

[Christine]

That's right. That's a rough lick there.

[Martin]

When did that happen?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, it's been a while back.

[Christine]

Did you cry?

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Phil Robertson]

Did you bury him?

[Si Robertson]

I don't know what to do with. I think. I think Christine took him and gave him to a vet.

[Christine]

The vet got him?

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, no, no. But here's the thing. I.

[Phil Robertson]

He was something in me hopes that Sweet Pea is in a little urn and size house. No, I'm just saying, because you can have your pets cremated now, right?

[Si Robertson]

He was. Yeah, but he. It was something about it. It was. Something was crystallizing in his liver.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay, well, that's not good.

[Christine]

But Sweet Pea was old, too. You know how old Sweet Pea was?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Sweetie had a good life.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Yeah. But was there a ceremony?

[Phil Robertson]

No.

[Martin]

You didn't even tell any of your friends?

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Christine]

Y' all are just now finding out.

[Martin]

Like, I feel like we would discuss this at some point.

[Phil Robertson]

I'm actually a little taken aback of how that wasn't the opening topic one day.

[Martin]

Yeah. Like, hey, guys.

[Phil Robertson]

But that is also the most Robertson thing I've ever heard.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, because, hey, Christine was only one hard.

[Phil Robertson]

Hey, but good for you. You're also a Robertson that let your pet die. Natural causes instead of, you know, playing in the street.

[Si Robertson]

Playing.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Thanks for keeping your pet safe.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, because that's why I finally gave up getting dog.

[Phil Robertson]

I always run off.

[Si Robertson]

All. All my dogs got run over.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. R U N N O F T. I had one.

[Si Robertson]

I had one.

[Martin]

Oh, boy.

[Si Robertson]

Marlin got. Got bit by a rattlesnake.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Now, Merlin. Yeah, Merlin, that. That little dog, man.

[Christine]

But I tell you what he does right now, there's a lot of cats coming around. Size house, like, just hanging out.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, they're putting in their resume.

[Si Robertson]

Why?

[Christine]

No, I didn't think about that.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, that. Is that to Be fair.

[Martin]

Sweet Pea had the greatest life of Christine. Every cat ever known. She's 85% of humans.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, well, then. Christine shopping.

[Christine]

Christine shopping for a cat.

[Martin]

Was Christine sad?

[Si Robertson]

Huh?

[Martin]

Was Christine sad? Yeah, I'm sad. And I don't even like cats.

[Christine]

I like this cat.

[Martin]

I mean, that cat was redneck royalty.

[Si Robertson]

And off he was a weirdo.

[Martin]

Yeah, we know.

[Christine]

There was a whole episode about that cat.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, because I was petting one day, you know, and he bit me. Well, hey, he got backhanded across the.

[Christine]

Room just like any other grandkids.

[Si Robertson]

That's it. Hey, yeah.

[Martin]

I'm trying to think of all the cats that might be more famous than Sweet Pea, and all I can come up with was Garfield. And if Garfield died, there would be a major situation.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, he did. Lasagna got him.

[Phil Robertson]

Lasagna.

[Si Robertson]

Lasagna.

[Martin]

I mean, that's an important cat to American society. And you just casually dropped a hat on us? Yeah, put him in the past tense.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, I. When Beth said it, I was like, well, I heard it, but I just, you know, figured he'd been in the hospital a couple of days. So, you know, maybe it was past tense. Like he ain't seen him since he got home. No, he did. He gone, Sweet Pea, gone. Just gone.

[Christine]

And we're in a rough year, man. Sweet Pea.

[Phil Robertson]

Hey, don't you have an anniversary coming up? Isn't it in the fall? Isn't there anniversary in the fall? Why am I thinking that? Am I wrong on that?

[Si Robertson]

It's November.

[Phil Robertson]

That's what I thought. November. Hey, get Christine a new cat for your anniversary.

[Si Robertson]

There we go.

[Phil Robertson]

Look at there.

[Si Robertson]

She's got 10 cats at the house.

[Martin]

But get her, like, an exotic one. Like one of them hairless freaks for, like, sit on them pillows or one.

[Phil Robertson]

Of them and actually look like a tiger. That's got, like, the spots on them and stuff. Very big, bro.

[Martin]

Tigers have stripes.

[Si Robertson]

They remind me.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah, whatever.

[Martin]

Live next door to a jaguar you're thinking of. I know you don't know about cats because you thought that other one was a jaguar.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, the splotchy looking one. Yeah, him.

[Christine]

She lived next door to y'.

[Phil Robertson]

All.

[Christine]

Where now?

[Si Robertson]

No, in Shreveport, boss. Shreveport.

[Christine]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, look, this lady had 40 cats. Persians.

[Phil Robertson]

Now, say, that's a crazy cat, lady.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, no, no. This thing were. These things were beautiful.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, I believe it.

[Si Robertson]

But, hey, what's the biggest cat? A giant cat, I believe.

[Martin]

A saber toothed tiger.

[Si Robertson]

No, I'm talking about a cat. Regular cat. Biggest house cat.

[Martin]

Sorry.

[Phil Robertson]

Like Largest Maine coon. Oh, yeah, we talked about him.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Also known as.

[Si Robertson]

That's a pretty cat.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, we've talked about him. Yeah, he's the one that looks like the one on, like, Alice in Wonderland or something.

[Martin]

Yeah, that thing looked like it'll cast a spell on. In a tornado.

[Christine]

Put a spell on you?

[Si Robertson]

No, no, because it's like. It's a commercial. This guy's drinking a cup of coffee, and across from there's a big gray cat that is looking at each other.

[Phil Robertson]

I just. I can't trust cats. They're in the same book as horses. I just don't trust them. They always seem like they're up to something.

[Christine]

Sigh. Is it true when y' all got Sweet Pea, at first y' all thought it was a girl cat?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, Christina.

[Christine]

Okay. That's why y' all named it.

[Si Robertson]

That's why she named it Sweet Pea.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, that was. That was problem one.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no. And I said. I looked. I said, baby, I said, but at.

[Phil Robertson]

Least you didn't name it Mike.

[Si Robertson]

I said, hey.

[Phil Robertson]

I said, hey, Mike, are we sure.

[Martin]

That lizard was a boy?

[Christine]

We don't know. So what happened? You said, hey, this ain't this.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. He walked by me, and I said, christine, that ain't. That ain't a female.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, I look at that undercarriage there.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, you got your wrong.

[Christine]

Oh, no equipment.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Anyways, the clock stopped. No, it didn't. We're pushing through.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, Rip. Sweet Pea. Yeah.

[Martin]

I'm super. I don't. I'm bummed, man. Like, today was supposed to be, like, an uplifting size back from the hospital.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah, my cat.

[Martin]

And then we all just found out Sweet Pea's been dead for maybe a couple years.

[Christine]

Nah, I've been.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, it ain't been that long.

[Martin]

Been a few months.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I don't know how long. Yeah.

[Christine]

I'm telling you.

[Phil Robertson]

And so months. But we. Yeah, poor thing, man.

[Christine]

Yep.

[Phil Robertson]

I hate it.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, let's see what he had. He had sugar diabetes.

[Phil Robertson]

Now he was big.

[Christine]

Oh, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

He was a fat cat.

[Martin]

No way that this is going down right now.

[Christine]

He's big.

[Martin]

You have a list of.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no.

[Martin]

You have a list of its ailments, and you don't even know when it died.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Hey, you didn't even go to the funeral.

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Martin]

You cared about it enough to know all of its illnesses.

[Si Robertson]

All right. I tell you, he was weird, son.

[Christine]

What else did he have? He had high blood pressure.

[Si Robertson]

High blood pressure. He needed his schizophrenia. He needed his own psychiatrist. Oh, man. Yeah. I'm serious.

[Phil Robertson]

You would think after he got backhanded across the room that many times, it leveled him out, you know?

[Si Robertson]

No, no, no. Cause, hey, that's the craziest thing about it, you know, he would come up in my lap, you know? I mean, if I didn't start petting him, he would get his hand, you know, sticking on my hand, you know, while I was petting him. Then every once in a while, just. He'd bite me.

[Christine]

Did he stop biting you finally?

[Si Robertson]

No, no. Every time he did it, he got backhanded across the door.

[Christine]

He told his friends outside watching, hey, watch this.

[Martin]

Oh, wild situation.

[Phil Robertson]

That's crazy. That's crazy talk. You got a little blood on your hand. You need wipe off.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, my.

[Phil Robertson]

It's just a scab.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, we good.

[Phil Robertson]

We good.

[Martin]

We're just looking out for.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, we just make that shit.

[Martin]

You know what they call that? Canada Nice.

[Phil Robertson]

That's what we like to call. Canada Nice.

[Martin]

Canada Nice. Oh, man, I'm in shock. I legitimately am.

[Christine]

Like, so I wish you'd have broke this months ago.

[Martin]

When my dog died, we had a whole episode where we all cried when your cat died. Who's way cooler than my dog? We just got a couple months later.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, it just got casually bashed.

[Martin]

Happenstance. Sweepy's gone.

[Si Robertson]

See, we. Me and. Me and cats got issues. Well, yeah, I'll say it.

[Phil Robertson]

Look, it's 2025, and if you can order a pizza from your phone, you should be able to buy your Duck Stamp the same way. And guess what? Now you can.

[Martin]

What a time to be alive.

[Phil Robertson]

Pizzas and Duck Stamps right there at.

[Martin]

Your fingertips at a moment.

[Phil Robertson]

Who said the Jetsons weren't real, man? They're there.

[Martin]

I'm like that Leroy guy.

[Phil Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

You pulled it off.

[Phil Robertson]

I pulled it off for you. Don't wait till open the morning and get caught without it. Knock it out right now from your pocket and you're set for the season. You don't have to worry about if it gets wet, if you lose it, if you leave it in the truck, it is right there on your phone. And who cares if you have service or not because it's in your wallet, so you always have access to it. And it's just that much simpler. Look, there's so many things about duck hunting that ain't simple. You might as well take advantage of the simple ones. And that's where Duck Stamp.com helps you out with a digital duck stamp. Get legal, help the ducks, and make your mama proud. Duck stamp.com duck. That's duck stamp.com duck.

[Christine]

Also, Jace called up there to check on Sai and Willie, but. But Jace called and talked to Sa. So I told Jace this story and Jay said, sign my older age. I wouldn't doubt it. He said, I'm kind of starting to believe some of this about the cats.

[Martin]

Look, this is Stephen Rinella's post. It was probably the one that got sent to me and Martin 800 million times.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah, we're. Look, Uncle Sai wasn't lying. Uncle Sa was right.

[Martin]

I want to believe you were. All the top comments. Everybody was like, praise Uncle. Sigh.

[Phil Robertson]

Meat eater. Sign this man up.

[Si Robertson]

That's. That's such a pretty animal.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, that was beautiful. That big black jaguar right there is beautiful.

[Martin]

Pipe. Sir, man just got out of the hospital. You showed some respect. That is a black jaguar In Mississippi.

[Phil Robertson]

And in Arkansas and in Union Parish. He's been everywhere. The guy.

[Martin]

Not that one.

[Phil Robertson]

The cat is a world traveler.

[Martin]

Well, you'd be too if everybody was trying to.

[Si Robertson]

That is true. Hey. Hey.

[Christine]

I thought this one was Rocky branch.

[Phil Robertson]

See.

[Christine]

That'S the picture I got.

[Martin]

That's because you're only on Facebook. Yeah, you need to get on Instagram. It was in Miss Big Creek, Mississippi. We're not positive because the first picture I show, I purposely scrolled down so nobody would see that it actually said Bradley, Arkansas. That's the one Ms. Sarah sent me.

[Phil Robertson]

Either way, he's like that old boy in a race even song. He's everywhere. He's everywhere. Oh, yes.

[Christine]

They call him here come.

[Martin]

I'm just.

[Phil Robertson]

Look out, Ethel.

[Si Robertson]

Too late.

[Christine]

Then got moving.

[Si Robertson]

She got a free shot.

[Phil Robertson]

Free shot. Oh, man. Yeah, there you go. That's the. I will say. I mean, the one thing I agree with is it is a black jaguar, which is what he said. Melanistic. But.

[Martin]

But you don't know where it was. You don't agree that it was in Mississippi?

[Phil Robertson]

I don't agree. I don't agree that it was in the United States of America. When's the last time you've seen a set of truck mirrors like that in the United States of America?

[Si Robertson]

That was not A jaguar. Thank you. Oh, no, that was not a jaguar.

[Martin]

Thank you.

[Si Robertson]

A jaguar is three times the size of that.

[Phil Robertson]

I don't know. I'm pretty big now.

[Martin]

That one's large.

[Phil Robertson]

That one pretty big.

[Si Robertson]

A jaguar is three times as that.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay, look, you're here. You made it. You. I'll go with you today.

[Martin]

Look, the other top comment is you just point inside. The only thing more popular that day on the Internet than that cat was you. Because of that cat. It's always good when you take. Well, it's not always good when you take over the Internet.

[Si Robertson]

Well, you got to think about this food source.

[Martin]

For you.

[Si Robertson]

It is a food source.

[Phil Robertson]

Uncle Si was telling the truth.

[Si Robertson]

Food source is scarce. That cat right there will travel 500.

[Martin]

Miles in the same truck.

[Christine]

Wow.

[Si Robertson]

But, y', all, that's why we used to say, look, when the rabbits was down there at fail's house, you'd go. You'd see a thousand rabbits going to Phil's house. When they was there, we seen that them tracks all the time. Rabbits went away, tracks went away.

[Phil Robertson]

Rabbits ran out. Then the whiskey ran.

[Christine]

And the whiskey. Then the bear ran.

[Si Robertson]

He ran out.

[Martin]

I don't know.

[Christine]

And the panther ran.

[Phil Robertson]

Outlaw Josie Wells.

[Martin]

Was there a migration of rabbits?

[Si Robertson]

I don't know. I don't know what the deal was at.

[Phil Robertson]

You are talking the man with a documented migration of squirrels. So there could be. There could.

[Martin]

That's a true thing. We looked that up. Migrate.

[Phil Robertson]

There could have been a rabbit migration.

[Si Robertson]

That was the craziest thing to ever witness.

[Martin]

I bet it was.

[Phil Robertson]

Squirrel season opens tomorrow. You going?

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Phil Robertson]

You got Indian shoot from your porch. I'll come.

[Si Robertson]

I may go down there.

[Phil Robertson]

And I'll come load your gun.

[Si Robertson]

Sit on case force.

[Christine]

You might as well.

[Phil Robertson]

Hey, no more.

[Christine]

It's open.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, it's open season down there now. Who cares if you drop them on the roof?

[Christine]

Hey, take me with you, and I'll go pick them up.

[Phil Robertson]

Mm. Philip make a good dog.

[Christine]

No, I just want to eat them.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, there you go.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, there ain't nothing better. Squirrel. No, that's a young one.

[Christine]

So I made squirrel and dumplings last year for us and fried squirrel, and it was delicious.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, fried squirrel with Russia gravy and a biscuit.

[Martin]

I can't get over the fact that it was a cute squirrel at one point.

[Phil Robertson]

Squirrels ain't that cute.

[Martin]

Are you kidding me right now?

[Phil Robertson]

They're really not.

[Martin]

First, you were just trashing God's creation. I want you to know that I'm not saying squirrels aren't cute. That's where we just ended.

[Si Robertson]

Oh yeah they are.

[Martin]

Thank you, Hugh. Black panthers. Not even real. It's a jaguar.

[Phil Robertson]

Like you know what, dang cute for a squirrel.

[Martin]

You don't think a squirrel is absolutely precious there. The election was won over a squirrel, sir. Justice for peanut. And you just called him ugly.

[Phil Robertson]

I think a chipmunk is way more photogenic than he is.

[Martin]

But a chipmunk? Yeah, those are the three most annoying creatures on earth.

[Si Robertson]

I always wondered if they was good as a squirrel.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, a little chipmunk.

[Si Robertson]

They're too low, it'd be hard to cut.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, you'd have to eat him whole.

[Christine]

What about a bald faced squirrel? You seen them?

[Si Robertson]

Oh yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh yeah.

[Christine]

Are they good eating?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, well I mean why wouldn't they be? They just squirrels that need a little neutral.

[Si Robertson]

That's one of the bigger squirrels.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh yeah, that's a big fox squirrel.

[Martin]

I just can't get over the squirrel.

[Si Robertson]

Because I didn't know it had. They had a. It's a. It's a specific, you know, the bald faced fox. Girl.

[Phil Robertson]

He's called like Bachman squirrel or something like that.

[Martin]

But why don't I look it up? But I'm sure you're right on that. But you're wrong about him being ugly.

[Phil Robertson]

I didn't say they were ugly. I just said he wasn't cute. Some cannot be cute.

[Christine]

Not be ugly like a koala bear.

[Phil Robertson]

That's.

[Si Robertson]

I seen this bald face at Moss Lake. Me and Phil pulled up in the jeep. Shut it off. Yeah, he fell out of the tree.

[Phil Robertson]

And fell on top of the roof without being shot.

[Si Robertson]

No one shot.

[Phil Robertson]

He just wanted to see you.

[Si Robertson]

Well, when Phil slammed the door, scared him.

[Phil Robertson]

He's up there asleep.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, he fell out of the tree and look, that thing was big as a fox.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh yeah, they're big.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, I'm serious. This thing was big as a fox.

[Martin]

See, I just say it's not cute.

[Phil Robertson]

I just don't think he's cute. Man, I don't know.

[Si Robertson]

The only thing I think about, maybe I've eaten too.

[Christine]

What are you thinking about, Sal?

[Si Robertson]

I think about them crosshairs. Rubber between eyes.

[Phil Robertson]

He's a lot cuter. He's a lot cuter. Golden brown next to some biscuits, my son in law.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they're in a. They ain't.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, I thought she was going to call him a squirrel.

[Si Robertson]

No, they in a park, you know, sitting on the beach and bunch of.

[Christine]

Cat squirrels kept running by when they were dating.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, and Tracy said I wish I had dad's 22. And he looked at, he said, why? She said, I'd kill him. Suckers would be squirrel for supper.

[Phil Robertson]

I got a question for you then. Since you're the squirrel expert. Do you prefer cat squirrels to fox squirrels on eating?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, I would rather have fox.

[Phil Robertson]

You'd rather have a fox squirrel?

[Christine]

A young fox squirrel?

[Si Robertson]

Yep.

[Phil Robertson]

See, I like him cat squirrel, but.

[Si Robertson]

They ain't big enough.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, they ain't big enough, but they also don't live. They don't. They'll eat pine. But that, that fox squirrel love a pine tree. Oh, no. Sometimes you get them when you eat.

[Si Robertson]

Them, you're like, oh yeah, it's got a little different flavor.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, you look and you're like, wow, did I really, did I really just drink some dry gin with the squirrel or is that just how he tastes from all the, from all the botanicals he's been eating?

[Si Robertson]

So now daddy come down and visit. When I was in Fort Polk, him and mama did and we went squirrel hunting. I had two den trees.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, you was, you said where they stay?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. I was sitting there. You know, they come out powder. Well, daddy thought I had a squirrel hung up. Yo. So he come walking over, he's got one hung up. I said, no, I don't kill date.

[Christine]

Out of one tree.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, you know, he said, good grief, that's a mess. Let's just, let's go back that mall, fry them up, we'll go have breakfast.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, man. Squirrel is good, man.

[Si Robertson]

That's my favorite wild game.

[Martin]

I haven't looked up peanut in a long time. He's got his own Wikipedia page and it is lengthy. That's pretty impressive for a six year old squirrel that got euthanized by the city of New York.

[Phil Robertson]

He got got, man.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Justice for Peanut, though. Amen. Justice for peanut, I think.

[Si Robertson]

Two big squirrel. Oh, a buddy of mine had got him a fox squirrel as a pet. Yeah, he. He fed that sucker so much.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, I bet they would get big if you.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, look.

[Phil Robertson]

Because they eat everything inside. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

He probably weighed five pounds.

[Martin]

A five pound squirrel?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. He make him limbs?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no. He was big as that bongo drunk.

[Martin]

A squirrel.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Fat Gus was pretty big because when he first got.

[Si Robertson]

He'd be a little obese thing and he had a little. Just like a dog door.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Wanted to go out in the yard.

[Phil Robertson]

Did he have strain him?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

He wouldn't poop or pee in the house. Oh, that's incredible.

[Si Robertson]

He was a good pet. And like you said, hey, when he was up on top of here, get up trees.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

For the whole top of that tree.

[Phil Robertson]

Was shaking for a while. For a while here we had Digger.

[Martin]

Oh, I remember him.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, Digger was across the street.

[Martin]

You could almost feed him.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, you could. He would get right up to your hand. He wouldn't take it out of your hand, but he'd watch you sit it down.

[Martin]

We trained him.

[Christine]

Somebody said Phil had a squirrel when he was younger.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, we used to have pets. We had a pet bunch of job.

[Phil Robertson]

Fatten them up to eat them. Or was that just kind of. I just don't think I.

[Si Robertson]

Well, we did one. Mama had just bought a brand new couch.

[Christine]

Oh, oh, okay.

[Si Robertson]

And that squirrel he got it went in and out his way in on the bottom.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, he got him.

[Si Robertson]

And then he pulled all the cotton out of the screen.

[Phil Robertson]

It went and made a mess.

[Si Robertson]

Well, hey, guess what? He got fried.

[Christine]

He tasted like cotton.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, he got fried. Mama said, hey, thousand dollar couch. And you ruin it. Yeah, we're using that, buddy.

[Christine]

Hey, I'm on that bag you've been taking.

[Martin]

Nutrafol.

[Christine]

I've been taking it.

[Martin]

Oh, you're on the new 50 plus one.

[Phil Robertson]

That's exactly right.

[Christine]

Hey, me and your cousin Heath.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Oh, my cousin Hate's on it too. You got to catch it before it gets too far. But nutritional has got a product for everybody.

[Phil Robertson]

They do. That is exactly right. And it doesn't matter if you're male or female because that's who started with this. Our wives.

[Christine]

Right.

[Phil Robertson]

They were the ones searching for the answers to thinning hair.

[Martin]

And my sister hopped on right after Brittany did.

[Phil Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

Well, I had one bit me one time.

[Phil Robertson]

A squirrel.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

And their teeth. Their teeth come together real good.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Big paralyzed.

[Christine]

Which hurt more? The squirrel bite or when you had. When you were making them reads and you.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, oh.

[Christine]

And it went through.

[Phil Robertson]

Really?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine]

Dang. Did you go to the hospital?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, well, I had to. I wasn't sure. The rivet wasn't in there.

[Martin]

Okay, okay.

[Si Robertson]

But hey, look, it's. It. I had like this and it done this way.

[Martin]

So. Do you have YouTube?

[Si Robertson]

Do I have what?

[Martin]

YouTube.

[Si Robertson]

YouTube.

[Martin]

It's what we're currently on. I can subscribe, but if I got.

[Si Robertson]

It, I don't know it.

[Martin]

Philip, does he have YouTube?

[Phil Robertson]

He's got access to YouTube.

[Martin]

No, I'm gonna send you.

[Christine]

He's immune to it. He's got a resistance built up to it.

[Martin]

I'm gonna send you a video of squirrels on an obstacle course.

[Christine]

Send it to me.

[Martin]

It's Carter and Ben's favorite.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, I've watched that.

[Phil Robertson]

The Mark Rober stuff.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, the guy. The guy made a whole thing in his backyard.

[Martin]

So you do have YouTube.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Oh, I've seen that.

[Phil Robertson]

We've seen it in here. You've shown it.

[Si Robertson]

That's hilarious.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, yeah, when they were, like, trying to get up the grease pole and stuff, like, there were all the.

[Martin]

Me and my kids watch it about once a month.

[Si Robertson]

The people are bad about doing that with all kinds of animals. What y' all trying to see how smart an animal is?

[Phil Robertson]

They pretty slick.

[Si Robertson]

Hey. Yeah, they done some of the. I don't remember what it was. I think it was a big cat in Africa.

[Martin]

I ain't doing that.

[Si Robertson]

It may have been a. I don't think it was lion. I think it was the cheetah. You know, they had all kinds of traps for them to figure out. Hey, it didn't take a blow.

[Christine]

I figured it out.

[Si Robertson]

I figured it out.

[Phil Robertson]

I just sent you a picture. I want this Will fire psy up. I think maybe once he sees you have to pull it up on the big screen. I'm nervous now like, you know, it's wildlife related.

[Martin]

You've really built this up though.

[Phil Robertson]

No, I think it will.

[Martin]

It's just a feeling.

[Phil Robertson]

I just know. Sigh, sigh. What do you see in that picture?

[Christine]

Oh, hold up, hold up, boys.

[Phil Robertson]

It's. It's hard to see the.

[Christine]

Down low in the dirt.

[Phil Robertson]

It's in the dirt. There's a few of them quail. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Right there in front.

[Phil Robertson]

Look what I, I saw some wild quail the other day. Something. Oh, there they are. I am not saying wow.

[Martin]

What can you give the state?

[Phil Robertson]

It was in our neighboring state where I hunt. Ain't that something?

[Martin]

That doesn't narrow it down.

[Phil Robertson]

I know, I'm not trying to narrow it down because I want them to stay around.

[Si Robertson]

I think Louisiana's got too many varmints.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine]

Red ants.

[Phil Robertson]

But I mean it is, it is very much Louisiana adjacent. So I thought that was really cool.

[Martin]

There's a quail.

[Phil Robertson]

Wild quail, man. We didn't turn them out. We've turned a bunch of them out, but they don't ever make it.

[Si Robertson]

You can't do that though.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, we've tried it and they just don't ever make it. But this is, we've never turned any out on this piece of property.

[Si Robertson]

So that we went on in Oklahoma on that. Hey, he would buy like 5,000 eggs.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Hatch them and turn them and then.

[Si Robertson]

Just turn them loose. Well, you can make it work that way.

[Phil Robertson]

But it would be fun to be able to do an old fashioned quail hunt on wild birds like if you could. So we're doing everything we can to take care of them.

[Martin]

Like we became a quail conservationist.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, I guess technically I always have been. I've just never had the opportunity to conserve any of them. Yeah, I've never, never been around.

[Si Robertson]

You can't pull it off.

[Christine]

I saw a wild covey. Yeah. When we were in Oklahoma. Oklahoma. Yep.

[Phil Robertson]

The problem is I'm going to be.

[Martin]

You said you saw a wild one and you sent me a picture of taxidermy.

[Christine]

So, so this, I want you to see these pheasants, that's a ditch chicken. So I got that for Blake's birthday.

[Martin]

Look at that belt buckle, by the way.

[Christine]

Hey, that's.

[Martin]

I can't, I can't see the, the, the taxidermy from Blake's amazing belt buckle.

[Christine]

Yeah. So it's Blake's birthday. Happy birthday, Blake. And so I went to Mississippi and got this for him because he went hunting with us several times down there and he loves pheasant hunting.

[Martin]

Is Blake the one that married the Queen of England or.

[Christine]

That's Bryson.

[Martin]

Is he the one that works at Disney World?

[Christine]

Yeah, he was at Disney World until he turned him down. Now he's. He's a graphic designer in Rustin. But anyway, that was pretty cool.

[Phil Robertson]

Look at that.

[Martin]

McMillan. Just doing dad.

[Si Robertson]

Oh.

[Christine]

You know who else's birthday it is? Stone and Sage.

[Martin]

And Sage.

[Christine]

Sage's birthday?

[Martin]

Stone and Sage have the same birthday.

[Christine]

I don't know Sage's birthday.

[Martin]

We're friends, but I don't know your kids birthdays. That's a rule.

[Si Robertson]

Here's what's wild.

[Martin]

Martin's kids are sometime born in the next few months.

[Si Robertson]

You would think the red tail hawk go after. Would go after a quail. They kill. They kill. Over at Longleaf. They kill pheasant all the time.

[Phil Robertson]

What's that?

[Si Robertson]

A hawk? Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. That's because that pheasant ain't that slick.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, but you would think he would take the. He would go with the small bird.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I gotta be honest.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, man. I'm not me.

[Martin]

We gotta have.

[Phil Robertson]

I'm gonna have a small pizza or a large pizza. I'm going after that large one.

[Christine]

The slow moving.

[Martin]

I did learn that on PBS with the cheetahs. They didn't want a little one because they were more hungry, so they waited for a big one.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Well, you're gonna expend all that in.

[Martin]

How do you get eaten if you're a bird?

[Phil Robertson]

Pretty.

[Martin]

You can fly.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, but they're. See, the problem is they're not that smart.

[Martin]

Like, literally, like, if you're gonna get eaten by something that can't fly and you can.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I got a lot of questions for you in heaven, brother.

[Si Robertson]

Well, that's another thing too. Red tail hawks are bad on. On young squirrels.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

Because they can fly.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And the squirrel can't.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, they can.

[Martin]

Squirrels can fly.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Flying squirrel, that's just falling with style.

[Phil Robertson]

I'm just saying.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, hey, he's got his own parachute.

[Christine]

So does he have wings?

[Si Robertson]

Huh? No, he's got. He's got. He's got that like a suit.

[Martin]

That's just a Buzz Lightyear action figure.

[Si Robertson]

Skin is connected to his four and his legs. And he's got just a.

[Christine]

He can go.

[Si Robertson]

He's glad.

[Phil Robertson]

I remember the first time I saw one of them things. I about fell out of the deer stand.

[Martin]

Oh, you saw one in a deer stand?

[Phil Robertson]

I opened the door and a sucker jumped out on me.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Scared me. I was like. Probably just flew 10 or 11.

[Martin]

A flying squirrel.

[Si Robertson]

Yes. Oh, no, here.

[Phil Robertson]

They love deer stand. You put up a box stand.

[Martin]

Hold on.

[Phil Robertson]

He's coming.

[Martin]

We have flying squirrels here?

[Phil Robertson]

Absolutely.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, they got. I got one down there, you know, in my old stand. Like, something. He scared me.

[Phil Robertson]

I mean, I was like.

[Si Robertson]

I was sitting there, and I heard something, and then all of a sudden, like, I felt something.

[Martin]

Yeah, I'm normally on side to side with everything.

[Phil Robertson]

Same way I open the door and you heard the scurrying. And then the next thing I know, because, like, we didn't have nice boxes. This is before. This is when box stands were homemade. Like, you. You built them out of scrap lumber. So you're on a straight vertical ladder like this. And I heard the scurrying, and then I felt something hit me in the chest. And I'm like, what. What just happened? And I look down, and there's this little flying squirrel on my chest. And I'm like, well, now what? You know? And then he finally got up there and jumped.

[Martin]

Throw him fly.

[Si Robertson]

They like them stupid flying fish.

[Christine]

Flying fish.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I do believe in those.

[Christine]

Oh, I do.

[Si Robertson]

What he'll do. Look, he'll run up a tree, get to the top of it, and just bail out. And that sucker. Hey, glide. He'll glide 600 yards to the one he wanted to go to. Yeah.

[Martin]

I'm amazed right now. I'm gonna be honest with you guys. I really thought flying squirrels were this exotic creature that you could only see on pbs. And I just pulled up the map, and they're pretty much in. You know, it says they're anywhere from Canada to United States to Mexico. They're everywhere.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah. If you built, like, a tree house in your backyard and just. I've had tree houses and just didn't go in it.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Like, you just leave it unoccupied about eight months.

[Martin]

Why on earth would you do that? Tree houses are awesome.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, that's essentially what a box stand is. It's a tree house that you leave unoccupied for about eight months a year. And when you go in there, things take up residence, and they. They love living inside your houses, so, like, those kinds of things. But they're a cool little animal.

[Martin]

I'm.

[Si Robertson]

They make good pets.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah. You.

[Martin]

I was about to say that you can get one as a pet right now.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

But it's not a flying squirrel. It's a sugar glider. I mean, they're. Yeah. How different are they? They're cousins, but. Yeah. I mean, yeah, Flying squirrel would be a Tough one. But a sugar glider. Yeah, they've got.

[Martin]

Could you imagine putting a leash on a flying squirrel? No, a leash and trying to keep up with that.

[Phil Robertson]

If I had a flying squirrel inside my house, Jude would tear the walls down.

[Martin]

I only have pet lizards and they're every everywhere.

[Phil Robertson]

The geckos.

[Martin]

I had to send Martin another picture. Yeah, geckos in my home.

[Phil Robertson]

Done got him again.

[Martin]

They're taking over.

[Phil Robertson]

I sent him a picture, too. I said, yours must have been our. Mine must have been listening to yours because they're never by our door. And the other night there were two of them right above.

[Christine]

I've got some that live inside my door.

[Phil Robertson]

That was in my garage, actually. So, like. Yeah, that's. No, that was not inside the house. But I looked up and I saw that.

[Christine]

Yeah. Yeah. They just watch.

[Si Robertson]

I just watch you now. When are you looking? They go, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, they're fast, too. Those are the fastest little things. Things, man, it can go straight up at wall with no problem. Them little suction cup feet, I. I.

[Martin]

Struggle to catch them.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, you got to get them on the floor. If you can get them on the floor, you got a chance.

[Martin]

You just need a good broom. They can't outrun an extra 6ft arm. They ain't that fast. You might be quick, but you ain't that fast.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, and their tails are like the most brittle thing ever. You touch it and it falls off and then it sits there and wiggles and you're like, oh, man, you just feel terrible for them. There are people, especially in today's world, that seem to quote the Constitution on a daily basis or think they are, and they're actually not. People don't know and.

[Martin]

But it's everybody.

[Phil Robertson]

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[Martin]

I need to go take this class because I got no clue what that means.

[Phil Robertson]

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[Martin]

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[Phil Robertson]

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[Martin]

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[Phil Robertson]

By now, he's probably. I mean, Goblin would probably graduate, like, summa cum laude.

[Martin]

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[Phil Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

What's the wanted? Oh, he's.

[Christine]

Whatever he's on, he changes Chameleon.

[Phil Robertson]

Chameleon?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, the karma.

[Christine]

Karma.

[Si Robertson]

That's cool to watch.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Almost as cool as Chameleonaire, but.

[Christine]

Oh, Chameleonaire.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Christine]

I like watching the lizards out back. When me and Lisa are in the hot tub, we watch the lizards walk.

[Martin]

Around Atlanta Rapper chameleon.

[Christine]

Red thing at the throat.

[Si Robertson]

Yep.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, that's a green animal dancing around.

[Martin]

Why do those not come inside?

[Phil Robertson]

I got those. Yeah. They don't feel like I live in a swamp. Well, here's what I'll tell you.

[Martin]

A lizard swan.

[Phil Robertson]

The name of the one that's after you. His name is a house gecko. So apparently he loves human domiciles.

[Martin]

Well, that Every one of them loses their tail and then gets flushed down a toilet.

[Phil Robertson]

You know what's crazy, too? They're not even from here. They're from the Mediterranean. They're the Mediterranean house gecko. That's what's. That's what's fun. When I was in herpetology, we went to this before. Now, they're a lot more widespread here, but we would go to, like, pilots, and there's a bunch of them, and you shoot them a big rubber bands to knock them down. Pilot the truck stop. Okay. Yeah. And that's how we would collect them. We would go up there, and he'd have these big rubber bands. You sneak up on them, pop them in the back of the head, and it kind of dazes them, and then you can catch them. And then. Yeah, we were doing collection stuff on them. Doing, like.

[Martin]

This is what you did for college.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, we did DNA test on them. We go collect them and then draw.

[Christine]

And you got a degree?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Heck, yeah.

[Martin]

You got a degree in rubber band gunning?

[Christine]

Sounds fun.

[Phil Robertson]

That's.

[Si Robertson]

See, that's why you.

[Phil Robertson]

That's why you go. Biology, man.

[Si Robertson]

That's like Willie and Corey went on.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, they. Well, yeah, they were actually trying to kill them. I was just trying to get them, get their blood and let whoever was doing their graduate project on it.

[Martin]

The next time one of those gets in my house, I will rubber band that thing.

[Phil Robertson]

If you get one of the big, thick film rubber bands and sneak up behind it and hit it in the back of the head, he'll like, no, no, no.

[Martin]

Sneaking up on nothing. I'm gonna. I'm gonna get that sucker from 10 yards away.

[Christine]

You gonna call him out?

[Phil Robertson]

Just.

[Martin]

I' ma lead them a little bit and pay out.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, I mean, they need to enter concussion protocol once you do it to them, but they. They recover and they're fine. Give them a day. They're back.

[Martin]

They don't have a tail anymore.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, well, they were already uglies.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, they're growing right back.

[Phil Robertson]

It is crazy. They're like, see through.

[Martin]

I hate it.

[Christine]

Yeah, they are.

[Martin]

If that thing was like a green lizard, I'd be like, come sit on the couch with me. Like, whatever.

[Phil Robertson]

Right here.

[Martin]

The fact that I can see your organs, I'm like, I'm out. Halloween freak.

[Christine]

That is funny. Yeah, they're a little bit scary, I guess. I don't know. We have a lot of them outside of my. When I open up the front door. Yeah, they're all over. I mean, they're everywhere.

[Si Robertson]

What's that John Luke's got in his office?

[Phil Robertson]

That bearded dragon?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

That thing's terrifying.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Because if it wanted to.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, if he bites hurt.

[Phil Robertson]

Forget that. Them claws, man. If he just wanted to come at you and throw them hands at you.

[Christine]

Bryson had a bearded dragon for 17 or 18 years.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. John Luke bought this. This one's old. I mean, he. He. He's not a young feller, so.

[Martin]

18 year lizard.

[Christine]

Yes. And look, here's the way.

[Phil Robertson]

Or did he get rid of.

[Christine]

He finally passed away. But the only thing this. This thing didn't want to do was go outside. You know what I mean?

[Phil Robertson]

He didn't like it.

[Christine]

No.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, okay.

[Christine]

He's like, we ain't going outside.

[Phil Robertson]

I guess every time he went, it was like, to the vet or something. Probably.

[Martin]

You take a lizard to the vet.

[Phil Robertson]

I mean, it seems like the right thing to do, right? Yeah.

[Christine]

If you had to. I. I think these shots maybe getting eaten or something.

[Phil Robertson]

I mean, I don't know.

[Martin]

What are you doing with a lizard at the vet yearly checkup? Oh, he's about 84 and dog years. It's a lizard.

[Christine]

His tail came off. We can. We saw it.

[Martin]

Back home, people take lizards to the vet.

[Phil Robertson]

I'm guessing it seems like the right thing to do. You want to.

[Martin]

Hold on, hold on. I don't think so. Yeah, because I know where they buy all their lizard food from. From me. Because they just buy crickets, so they're not even going to the pet store.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, you got a better deal. Good for you.

[Martin]

I just don't think people are taking lizards to a vet.

[Si Robertson]

I don't know. They do.

[Christine]

Yeah, I probably do.

[Martin]

Komodo dragon.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine]

A bearded dragon.

[Martin]

It's a bearded dragon.

[Phil Robertson]

A Komodo dragon. I don't think anybody got him for no. Yeah.

[Martin]

Look at zoos.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah, zoos. Yeah, but those.

[Martin]

They have a vet.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, yeah, I would think every animal in there has ghost. I know people. I've been at Cooper when they brought their snake in. I don't know.

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah. I got their snake in a cage and what are they.

[Martin]

Are they like. Does it. Hey, how can you tell if a snake's acting like. I could tell if my dog was acting weird. Needed a vet.

[Phil Robertson]

I don't know.

[Christine]

Well, I might tell you about the bearded dragon.

[Martin]

There's five.

[Phil Robertson]

Five what? Five vets in the area that could probably do a bearded dragon. Yeah.

[Christine]

So when this. When this bearded dragon was like 17, Bryson was in the military in England over there in the Air Force. And me and Alicia was kind of watching after it. So Alicia said, hey, it's not doing good. And I think it passed away. So I go in there and look ready to have to, you know, take it and bury it or whatever. And it just pops up and he's alive. He's like, hey, man, what are you, cold blooded?

[Martin]

It was hibernate.

[Phil Robertson]

What are you doing?

[Christine]

Get that shovel away from me and that little thing you got right there. I'm still alive. I was like, whoa.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay.

[Christine]

Thing lived another year.

[Martin]

That's.

[Si Robertson]

What.

[Phil Robertson]

Did y' all have a service?

[Christine]

No, but I was close to it. I mean, I ready to back him up when he.

[Phil Robertson]

When he did. When he did pass away.

[Christine]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He deserved it.

[Phil Robertson]

I mean, he got a little headstone and.

[Christine]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

That's neat.

[Christine]

His name was Mike. Mike the dragon. Pretty cool.

[Phil Robertson]

Seems like a lot more names for.

[Christine]

Hey, like, that's Bryson. He's just. He's just gonna be playing Jane about it.

[Phil Robertson]

Was his cousin Ike, like, Mike and Ike.

[Christine]

Did you have two of them take.

[Martin]

In today a lot of animal information.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, you what?

[Martin]

I'm still not sure about people taking reptiles to a vet. And you're listening. I need to know. I just thought that was like dogs and cats.

[Si Robertson]

No squirrels.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, I mean, horses are up there too.

[Martin]

Yeah, well, that's a different vet, though.

[Phil Robertson]

But they're at the same vet office or. No, you ain't ever seen a horse. Trailers pull in there to Cooper and they unload them.

[Martin]

That's a different vet.

[Phil Robertson]

But it's in the same.

[Martin]

But the vet I go to there was never like, hey, let me walk my horse into the lobby.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, yeah, you're not gonna walk him into the lobby. You pull around back.

[Christine]

Pull around.

[Martin]

No, my vet didn't take horses. It was dogs and cats every time.

[Christine]

As far as you know.

[Martin]

I mean, I get. I don't know how they'd get a horse in the building. Horses are huge.

[Phil Robertson]

And they go to the back.

[Martin]

Yeah, they just vet him outside.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, a lot of times they'll just leave them. They'll even leave them in the trailer.

[Christine]

We need whatever they got, what the vet can work on.

[Martin]

I need a veteran veterinarian that is listening right now to break me down in percentages of what you're working on.

[Phil Robertson]

By animal or even better, hello, dot com. You've got strange pets and, like, weird vet stories. I'm actually very interested.

[Christine]

Yeah, me too.

[Phil Robertson]

Like, this is like, do you. If there's.

[Martin]

If somebody brought.

[Phil Robertson]

There's people out there that's got, like, pet tarantulas. Do they. What do they do with them?

[Martin]

You don't take it to the vet.

[Phil Robertson]

I mean, I don't know. What if he gets sick?

[Martin]

How would you know that a spider was sick?

[Phil Robertson]

What if he's got a cough? I don't know.

[Martin]

He's not even have a mouth that you can see.

[Christine]

He's not eating.

[Martin]

I don't know.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, by the way, thanks to all of our friends post rucker episode with the scorpion, who have informed me that if you want to go look for scorpions, just take a black light. Because apparently they glow in the black light. And I said, no, I'd rather not be terrified if I find one.

[Martin]

So people take their scorpions to the vet.

[Phil Robertson]

Surely nobody's got one of those devil creatures. Oh, yeah, they would, but they got them.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they would really laugh at the big ones.

[Martin]

People are weird, man.

[Si Robertson]

I'm serious.

[Christine]

On a leash.

[Phil Robertson]

That'S the weirdest looking.

[Martin]

Thing we're going to eventually get into. What a bad pet owner I was. But you can't say that because Dublin lived well past the average age of a basset hound. You know how many times he went to the vet? Three or four. Like not emergency, like check up anything, like. Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

So you ain't. You wasn't on that. You weren't on that six month schedule.

[Martin]

Why would you do that?

[Si Robertson]

Why would you do that?

[Martin]

He was fine. I don't go to the doctor.

[Si Robertson]

How do you know he was fine? He may not have been fine. How do you.

[Phil Robertson]

He was gonna take off, man.

[Martin]

He was doing all right.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, Johnny D, I don't know if there's a property verse for. Yeah, there is for Rip. For our pets.

[Martin]

But there's not. But there is a verse about cats, okay. And it has to do with anything you may be going through in life. You might be having a tough year, you might be in the hospital. We're super thankful.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Size here with us today, obviously. But there's this story in the Bible about a guy named Daniel who was thrown into a den of cats. They left him in there with a bunch of hungry lines and he was like, man, you gotta think he was like. This kind of bites. Yeah, but hopefully not.

[Phil Robertson]

And so do they.

[Martin]

Yeah, but I mean, he was going through a tough time, which you may be going through, but he trusted in God. And when they called down to him after the next morning, when he should have been, you know, being digested, he answered in Daniel 6. 21, may the king live forever. My God sent his angel and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me because I was found innocent in his sight, nor have I done any wrong before you, your majesty. So whatever you're going through, whether you're shy in the hospital or anything in life, just remember, God can send an angel and you will not be hurt even if you're in a den of hungry lines.

[Phil Robertson]

There you go.

[Martin]

Also. Rest in peace, sweet pea.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, Rip, sweet pea.

[Martin]

We'll see in heaven.

[Christine]

Hey, maybe.

[Si Robertson]

Maybe.

[Martin]

I don't know. I never had a conversation.

[Phil Robertson]

I just gotta be honest with you. I'm 50. 50 on sweet pea.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, Sam.