Uncle Si's First Visit to Phil and Kay Since Diagnosis

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast Summary

Episode Title: Uncle Si's First Visit to Phil and Kay Since Diagnosis
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, and Phillip McMillan
Release Date: April 17, 2025

---

Overview

In this heartfelt and humorous episode of Duck Call Room, the hosts delve into Uncle Si Robertson’s first visit to Phil and Kay Robertson following Phil's recent health diagnosis. The episode is a blend of personal anecdotes, family dynamics, faith, and lighthearted banter that showcases the close-knit bond of the Robertson family. Listeners are treated to a mix of emotional moments and comedic relief, all set against the backdrop of the family's love for hunting, outdoor adventures, and their unwavering faith.

---

Uncle Si’s Visit to Phil and Kay

Uncle Si begins by sharing the story of his visit to Phil and Kay Robertson, expressing gratitude for the prayers and well-wishes from listeners. He reflects on the importance of supporting family during tough times and recounts the peaceful moments they shared together.

"We went and visited Phil and Kay. They're doing fine. We appreciate all the prayers that y'all been saying to the Almighty for them." [06:29]

Si also touches on the significance of their Bible study session, emphasizing the themes of love and forgiveness.

"Love your neighbor as yourself... don't get mad or get angry with them. Love your enemies." [08:23]

Family Dynamics and Support

The conversation highlights the strong support system within the Robertson family. Si discusses how Phil is coping with his diagnosis and the plans to help him stay active and engaged with nature.

"The best thing they can do for Phil Robertson right now is go by, put him in their truck, drive him down to the lair, take him to the land for a couple hours." [09:28]

Willie Robertson and Justin Martin contribute by sharing their own experiences and offering practical solutions to support Phil, demonstrating the family's resilience and unity.

Hunting Adventures and Tall Tales

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to hunting stories and adventures that the Robertson family is known for. Si recounts a memorable hunting trip involving a gigantic cypress log.

"I found a gigantic cypress log that was all, what, 300ft long? It was slick as a baby's butt." [16:33]

The hosts engage in lively discussions about various hunting exploits, showcasing their passion for the outdoors and their knack for storytelling. These tales not only entertain but also reinforce the family’s shared interests and bonds.

Humorous Banter and Voicemail Antics

Interspersed with the more serious discussions are moments of humor, particularly surrounding the recurring issue of false voicemails. The hosts playfully mock the situation, making light of the persistent calls and creating an engaging and relatable segment for listeners.

"People call in and say, hey, it's Cy Robertson. Somebody's had the wrong number and keeps calling us... they just keep on, and they won't stop leaving voicemails." [26:48]

This segment adds a layer of comedy to the episode, balancing the emotional weight of Phil’s diagnosis with the family's trademark humor.

Easter Reflections and Faith

As the episode approaches its conclusion, the conversation shifts towards Easter, tying in themes of resurrection and faith. The hosts discuss their personal plans for the holiday and reflect on the spiritual significance of Easter.

"The angel said to the women, do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here. He is risen, just as he said he would." [54:20]

This reflection serves as a meaningful close to the episode, reinforcing the Robertson family's deep-rooted faith and hope.

Closing Remarks

The episode wraps up with well-wishes for Easter and a reaffirmation of the family's commitment to support one another. The hosts express their anticipation for future episodes and encourage listeners to join them in celebrating the season.

"Come join us this Sunday for Easter. We'll see y'all next time right here in the Duck Call Room. Happy Easter." [55:47]

---

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• "We went and visited Phil and Kay. They're doing fine. We appreciate all the prayers that y'all been saying to the Almighty for them." – Si Robertson [06:29]

• "Love your neighbor as yourself... don't get mad or get angry with them. Love your enemies." – Si Robertson [08:23]

• "I found a gigantic cypress log that was all, what, 300ft long? It was slick as a baby's butt." – Si Robertson [16:33]

• "People call in and say, hey, it's Cy Robertson. Somebody's had the wrong number and keeps calling us... they just keep on, and they won't stop leaving voicemails." – Jase Robertson [26:48]

• "The angel said to the women, do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here. He is risen, just as he said he would." – Jase Robertson [54:20]

• "Come join us this Sunday for Easter. We'll see y'all next time right here in the Duck Call Room. Happy Easter." – Willie Robertson [55:47]

---

Conclusion

This episode of Duck Call Room offers a rich tapestry of family stories, faith, and humor, providing listeners with both emotional depth and entertainment. Uncle Si's visit to Phil and Kay serves as a poignant reminder of the importance of family support, while the lively hunting tales and comedic exchanges embody the lighthearted spirit that fans have come to love. As Easter approaches, the Robertson family shares their reflections on faith and renewal, leaving listeners with a message of hope and togetherness.

Transcript

[Phil Robertson]

This episode is brought to you by State Farm. You might say all kinds of stuff when things go wrong, but these are the words you really need to remember. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. They've got options to fit your unique insurance needs, meaning you can talk to your agent to choose the coverage you need, have coverage options to protect the things you value most, file a claim right on the State Farm mobile app and even reach a real person when you need to talk to someone. Like a good neighbor, State farm is there.

[Jase Robertson]

McDonald's meets the Minecraft universe with one of six collectibles and your choice of a Big Mac or 10 piece McNuggets with spicy nether Flame sauce. Now available with a Minecraft movie meal at participating McDonald's for a limited time. A Minecraft movie only in theaters.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, that's one of the things that Trump's working on. Better showers in the, in the motels instead of just a little trickle. Yeah, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

He got. There's other things he probably ought to considers and showers in a hotel.

[Si Robertson]

It is pretty bad though. You get in there and just a trickle last time can't even soap up good.

[Martin]

No, we, me and S stayed in a motel and it was bad. That's the ones where the doors open outside to the street and I was scared and we were in Bossier.

[Si Robertson]

You.

[Jase Robertson]

You stayed in a motel in Bossier?

[Martin]

Yeah, we didn't set it up.

[Willie Robertson]

Somebody else said, why didn't you just come home?

[Martin]

No, we should have.

[Jase Robertson]

This is new information. Welcome back to the duck call. Room size. Sleeping in a motel in Bossier. You are aware you made a lot of money, right?

[Martin]

I don't. I don't know. But we took turns staying awake watching the door.

[Willie Robertson]

And you're also aware you have a driver, right?

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, you're an hour and a half.

[Martin]

But we, we had to stay because the event was like the next morning. We had to do something the night before. So I just said sigh. Hang in there. We got our pistol in our pocket, buddy.

[Willie Robertson]

Me and you would have rode that 80 miles a couple of times.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, I'm big into sleeping in my own back over.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that's way too close to my house to spend a night.

[Jase Robertson]

I was going to look up but there's probably more than one motel in Bossier.

[Martin]

It's the worst one. I'm telling you. Whoever, whoever booked it for us, it was bad.

[Willie Robertson]

What was the event? I'm just curious.

[Martin]

Like a two day event, some kind of fundraiser for something and so it was having to do with kids and we got there, and it was rough, and I was like, s. We want. I don't really want to stay here.

[Jase Robertson]

You know, not going to.

[Martin]

But now we did. Yeah, it was.

[Jase Robertson]

Here we go. Here's one that we can stay at tonight for $51 too expensive price.

[Si Robertson]

$51 61.

[Martin]

It was probably half that where we stayed.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm going to sleep there. I. I ask you to charge me more than 51.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, please.

[Jase Robertson]

That's not enough.

[Martin]

It was bad.

[Willie Robertson]

You want to give me the discount after I leave, that's fine. But, like, when you charge my card, can you at least make it like 200 so I feel better about what?

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, here it is. Super seven.

[Martin]

That sounds.

[Jase Robertson]

They tried to one up a Motel 6.

[Martin]

That sounds like it stayed here. So. Don't you remember? We had to walk on the outside, all the steps. Well, you've been too many places. Well, look, it was. I didn't even. I couldn't even pull. Pull like the COVID back on the beds. I just slept in the chair.

[Jase Robertson]

This is out of a movie.

[Willie Robertson]

Philip. They. They have casinos there with, like, decent hotels.

[Martin]

It was set up for us. We were doing the events and. I mean, we were there.

[Willie Robertson]

What'd they feed you?

[Jase Robertson]

What'd you bring home?

[Martin]

No, if you didn't have it in your truck. No, if you didn't have the food with you, you. You didn't get nothing. It was bad.

[Willie Robertson]

I just figured there was a catch for Philip.

[Martin]

No, no, I was. I didn't set this one up. This was way back in the day. I didn't set it up. I was just. I was just a part of it. With.

[Jase Robertson]

We are currently 93.9 miles away. So at 95 miles an hour, which side can drive?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, and does.

[Jase Robertson]

Because he ain't no cop gonna give side, too.

[Martin]

And ain't nobody gonna beat him in the roundabouts.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, do you fly through roundabouts?

[Si Robertson]

No. No. Well, hey, it's a roundabout, for crying out loud.

[Jase Robertson]

Does it have to do with the circus?

[Si Robertson]

Hey, the first time I went up there, it was. It was a three. It was worse than a three ring circus.

[Jase Robertson]

You don't. So our town has roundabouts.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, it's a roundabout if ain't nothing coming. Just going around it.

[Martin]

Yeah, you do Roundabout 90.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, hey, they sit there looking both ways, and I'm saying you only got.

[Jase Robertson]

To look one way.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that is true.

[Si Robertson]

Look to your right, dummy. If it ain't that coming, go through it.

[Jase Robertson]

I would most assuredly look left.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. Which way are you getting in the roundabout. Where'd you take this at?

[Jase Robertson]

Remember, he's got a lot of time overseas, but.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, you look that way. That's a problem.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I'm good.

[Willie Robertson]

All dangers coming from that way.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, I got good vision, son.

[Willie Robertson]

I see everything like eagle.

[Jase Robertson]

Gosh, he's so far ahead. He's. He's looking right and left all at the same.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, man. Welcome back to the duck call room. Did we do that? I don't know.

[Jase Robertson]

I tried.

[Si Robertson]

We do.

[Jase Robertson]

I yelled it real fast because I.

[Willie Robertson]

Was so curious about Philip staying in a motel inside.

[Jase Robertson]

Staying in a motel.

[Martin]

Felt like we were gonna get robbed. I mean, I was kind of planning on it. I didn't know he's planning on. There was some shady characters. Yeah, I couldn't sleep. That's a bad but. S slept like a baby. I said, s, you come up here and watch for a little while.

[Jase Robertson]

That's where we're going to stay there when we go see our friend John in May.

[Willie Robertson]

No, we're not. No, we are.

[Jase Robertson]

You're not going to stay there. You're going to drive home.

[Willie Robertson]

Yes.

[Si Robertson]

You got a mouse in your pocket?

[Willie Robertson]

I made it once. I ain't doing it again.

[Jase Robertson]

Are you. Are you going to go up on stage with them? Are you opening for John Chris when he's in Shreveport?

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Jase Robertson]

He offered you the.

[Martin]

Oh, we got to go to that side. That's gonna be awesome.

[Jase Robertson]

He offered Savior to open, so we're going.

[Martin]

Is the whole. Is everybody gonna go? Like our whole team?

[Jase Robertson]

He said, yeah.

[Martin]

All right, good. I like it.

[Jase Robertson]

He said. He said. He told me Zai was working on opening.

[Martin]

Good.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, I'll work on it. All right. Soon as I get up there, I'll open.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, man's going unprepared.

[Si Robertson]

I like that. Okay. Hey, look, the other day, Saturday, me and that man and Matt Owens went to visit Phil and Kate.

[Jase Robertson]

He has an app.

[Si Robertson]

This is update. I don't know if Jason have done an update lately. Okay. We went and visited Phil and K. They're doing fine. We appreciate all the prayers that y'all been saying to the Almighty for them. And then Sunday morning, we actually went over and worshiped with them. We done a good lesson, all three of us, so it was good. But they're doing fine. For elderly people. That fixed to be. Phil's fixed to be 79 the 24th. Okay. I'm going to be 77 the 27th. Missy's birthday, I think, is in the month of April.

[Martin]

She's like 40s, I think five or.

[Si Robertson]

Six people in April.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, there's this other guy named Willie.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

His and Missy's birthday.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, the fat little CEO.

[Jase Robertson]

Still the CEO. I hadn't seen him up here.

[Si Robertson]

Well, he pay. He was once. Okay, so, you know, hey, semi retired or something. I forgot. He semi retired.

[Martin]

The funniest thing about us getting together and doing a little Bible study that on that Sunday was, you know, there were other people coming up to where we were and they'd kind of bump into the table and sit down and grab a donut and listen for a minute and then they start talking. And Kay would say, that's fine. Hey, yeah, this is okay. She would shift them, though.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, I mean, I never knew a sh.

[Si Robertson]

Ever, you know, somebody wants to hear the gospel, you. You'll never shoot them away.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, come on.

[Jase Robertson]

I have to see Maddie Owens, baby.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, that's good.

[Jase Robertson]

So you do it. They're doing all right?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, they're doing good. Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

What'd you preach on? Just Jesus.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah?

[Willie Robertson]

That's all you need. Yeah, it don't take no more than that. I was just curious if you have.

[Si Robertson]

Well, hey, then it's good place to start. The best part of it was, okay, love your neighbor as yourself and look, you know, and the best way that you can love them, you know. You know, don't get mad or get angry with them. Love them. And then the Bible says this way. That way you'll be heaping coals of fire upon their head.

[Martin]

Your enemies.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, your enemies. Love your enemies.

[Jase Robertson]

You just got to drop on a hyper head.

[Si Robertson]

That's unique. You know, when Jesus said, hey, look. Nope. Oh, you got to love your enemies.

[Martin]

Yeah, that's hard. That's hard to do. So.

[Si Robertson]

No, that's. That's a tough one. But hey, it was a good lesson. Everybody enjoyed it. And you know, Bill was tired, okay. So that was the only thing that I noticed is, yeah, he was tired.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, I get that.

[Si Robertson]

Other than that. But hey, you know, man, 70 fixes be 79.

[Martin]

He was glad to see you sigh.

[Willie Robertson]

He asked you to bust him out there.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah. That was the first thing he said. Hey, let's go get your truck. Go, go to your house.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, he's. Get out of here.

[Si Robertson]

Get out of here. That's why I need to talk to Jason, Al and Willie and jail. Because the best thing they can do for Phil Robertson right now is go by, put him in their truck, drive him down to the lair, put him in a four by four and take him to the land for about a couple hours.

[Willie Robertson]

You ain't going to do it right now.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I know, but I'm just saying.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, I'm just saying. The river's coming.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Well, no, no.

[Willie Robertson]

We both have to get in a boat.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. But. Yeah, but that don't bother feel.

[Willie Robertson]

I don't bother feel.

[Si Robertson]

It don't bother Phil. Okay. You know, he had. Where he used to step out off his steps and step in and boat.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I think go where he needed to go.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

So that. That was one of the prerequisites to his lovely wife. Hey, go find me a place to live on the river. When she was talking. When Kay was talking to the realtor. Yo. K. Asker said, hey, did it flood here? And the woman kind of scared the woman. She said, oh, I'm not gonna be able. They're not gonna buy it. Because I had to tell him the truth. Yes, it does. And Kay said, that's fine. That's what we want.

[Jase Robertson]

Perfect.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, perfect. Let's be on an island.

[Si Robertson]

That's right. That's right.

[Jase Robertson]

To an island down there.

[Si Robertson]

But I just thought I would let the fans know. Hey, Phil. Kay are doing fine.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

For elderly people. Okay.

[Willie Robertson]

As good as they can be.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just keep them in your prayers.

[Si Robertson]

I did. We do appreciate the prayer. And keep up. Keep it up. Is your credit bad? Have we got a deal for you.

[Martin]

What is it?

[Si Robertson]

I. It's smart Credit. Don't ever let it go bad.

[Willie Robertson]

And interest rates are expected to drop. So you know what that means. If you're going to finance something, good times are headed your way.

[Si Robertson]

That's it.

[Willie Robertson]

But the problem is, if you want to save on it, you got to have a good credit score. That's how your interest rate is determined. And that's why our friends over at Smart Credit can help you. On average, Smart Credit users raise their credit score up to 34 points in just 30 days. That's quick. Imagine it, though. And lower car payment. That's a raise. Better mortgage rate. That's a big raise. And just major savings in general. Right. That's more money back in your pocket to spend on things. Other things that come up. Because life still happens. Right. Smart credit is patented technology. Scans your credit profile and pinpoints exactly which bills to pay and win to maximize your score. It's like having the best credit knowledge in your pocket.

[Jase Robertson]

You had to buy a car back in October. And I did a lot of math and did a lot. I might have a degree in finance, and it might took Longer than it should have to get it. But I still got it. And I did a lot of math of different credit scores and yeah, you.

[Willie Robertson]

Know, and you know what? They'll do it for you.

[Jase Robertson]

They'll do it for you.

[Willie Robertson]

You didn't even have to do it. You didn't even know about it then.

[Jase Robertson]

I didn't know about it then, but I do know the difference. 34 points can make a big difference in how much you end up paying for something that you're financing.

[Willie Robertson]

Ain't no doubt about it. Look, don't wait. Take control of your credit score with smart cred. Be ready to cash in when interest rates fall. Start with your seven day [e-mail] duck and for just $1, see how many points you can add to your credit score. That's smartcredit.com duck. Average point changes are based on historical data. Individual results may vary and are not guaranteed. What do you think about the Masters? Do you watch any of that?

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Martin]

Oh, my goodness.

[Si Robertson]

The only thing I watch in the Masters is I, I watch it to look at all the beautiful flowers. Okay. Because that's probably the prettiest golf course in the world.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, it is.

[Si Robertson]

You know, my humble opinion, okay, because of the flowers and everything.

[Willie Robertson]

Or at least of the ones that are known. Let's say that there may be one out there that ain't. But I think if you were.

[Si Robertson]

That's why I kept telling Stone, hey, you need to get with fast growing trees and get me some darn fruit trees planted on our property down fields property.

[Jase Robertson]

So you look like the golf course.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, I was like, hey, it's, you know, like when I'm squirrel hunting in October. Guess, guess what gets ripe in October? Musky dimes.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, okay.

[Si Robertson]

And it's another. It's nothing better than take your.22 rifle with a scope on it, get in the wood, go find you a tree that's got a muscadine vine on it, pick you a pocket full of them, and then go sit down under some, you know, den tree. You know, whenever squirrel comes out, pop him, drop him. Okay. And then I drop you a couple of muskie dimes in, drop him.

[Willie Robertson]

And make sure you got plenty of toilet paper with you.

[Si Robertson]

Right. Well, hey, yeah, that'll run through. They are talking, but they are good. Okay.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, Lord, I just described as perfect day.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, hey, look, you know, that's, that's what Phil needs, okay? A break from where he's at.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, okay.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, because that's What I told K. Phil when I seen him. I said, what are you two outlaws been up to? You're always jumping off the reservation, you know. I said, hey. I said, that's why it took me so long to come here and visit y'all.

[Willie Robertson]

I didn't know.

[Si Robertson]

Every time.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I said, every time I asked, where were you? There's somebody said, no, they ain't there. And I said, well, good grief, where are they at? So I was always, you know, I was. I was too late.

[Willie Robertson]

You needed to be a tracker.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Needed you a good tracker.

[Jase Robertson]

Be fair. Phil's never been easy to track.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, I'll ask everybody to ever try to catch him.

[Si Robertson]

Well, see, Jason, all these kids have forgot, okay? This is a man that spent 95% of his lifetime in the woods.

[Jase Robertson]

You know who I ran across who the other day? He was like, he a guy. People ask me a lot, how Phil's doing, and I'll let them know what I know. I don't know as near as much as everybody else around here, but he goes, yeah, my dad found him in a cypress log, you know, 40. I met the guy's son who found Phil when he was sick with fever out in the woods. And I was like, wow, that was a small world moment.

[Si Robertson]

Don't you know? Hey, we've always filmed duck hunting. The one thing I always regretted is when we went to Shinny Lake and spent about two weeks in high water, backwater finding big logs, cypress logs, and then we took them from Shinny's lake down the creek all the way to Phil's property.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, buddy, I got good news for you. The river's coming, and if you want to own, I'll be glad to document. You do?

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, because, hey, look, that.

[Jase Robertson]

Sounds like way too much work.

[Si Robertson]

Phil had sent me over because he had something he had to do, and I was looking for more. Well, I got lost on Shinny Lake because I didn't know it, okay? But I did find a gigantic cypress log that was all, what, 300ft long? And look, it put these tables together and it would be much bigger, round, 300ft long. It just. Hey, that thing was slick as a baby's butt.

[Jase Robertson]

300Ft, okay?

[Si Robertson]

No limbs. Okay. Huge. You know, you could have cut it in, like, in three sections, you know, you're beautiful. 100 foot each, you know, And I couldn't find it. When we went back with Phil, I couldn't find the stupid thing.

[Jase Robertson]

You lost a football field sized tree.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Martin]

That's Yards?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Oh, no, but that was a feet.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay, 300ft's 100 yards, you know.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Although I would. It was about three football.

[Martin]

Oh, my goodness.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, it was about three football links.

[Martin]

So this is a football field.

[Si Robertson]

Long. Longer.

[Willie Robertson]

Longer than a football is longer than a football field. Up. Vanish like a fart in the wind. Just like.

[Jase Robertson]

Ladies, you heard it here first. Sigh. Robertson found Noah.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no.

[Jase Robertson]

Shitty lake in the year of our Lord 1987.

[Si Robertson]

Whoa.

[Willie Robertson]

How tall did them redwoods get?

[Jase Robertson]

Not no, three.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no. Yes, they do. They get Redwood in California are gigantic. Okay. Hey, look, they cut a hole through one of them that you could drive a pickup through.

[Willie Robertson]

Son, how tall they get?

[Jase Robertson]

I'm looking.

[Willie Robertson]

Used to be faster.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I was looking up how tall the Empire State Building was just for funsies.

[Martin]

Well, speaking of size stories, when we were talking to Phil. So I was telling them about catching catfish and. And how big the catfish were. And then Phil said, yeah, no, I think you're going a little bit too far there.

[Si Robertson]

He's stretching. How big he was stretching.

[Martin]

He said he's stretching this.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm incorrect. A redwood tree 100ft wide, which is insane. And 400 foot tall.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

So you found a redwood in Shiny Lake?

[Si Robertson]

Well, I don't know. I. Look, the. The blind on B break up there will fish in Moss Lake. Hey, I think it was like 75 yards where we had the blind in the top of it. Hey, a mallard duck could light in the decoys directly under you. And with a 3 1/2 inch Magnum 12 gauge with twos in it, you could shoot him in the back and he would swim off. You could not kill him.

[Willie Robertson]

There you go.

[Si Robertson]

Redwood trees. That's how high. Okay. Oh, no. Redwood. I got a picture of one somewhere.

[Martin]

I found the Statue of Liberty.

[Si Robertson]

Actually drive down the river.

[Willie Robertson]

No, but then he lost it.

[Martin]

And then he lost it. So how'd you lose it?

[Si Robertson]

Lose what?

[Martin]

The tree.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, I couldn't find it. It was in backwater. It's out of its bank, way out in the woods.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm going to give side.

[Si Robertson]

I just accidentally stumbled on it. That's why I keep telling y'all that. Hey, I've led a exciting and unique life. No, because look, Luder Bottom. I don't know if you've ever been up.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, I know where Luder is. Yeah, I've been all up in it.

[Si Robertson]

And when we was in college for the one semester I was there, I used to roost.

[Willie Robertson]

Woody's in there.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, look, we used to wade that. Where. Look, there was just fingers of water that maybe be a foot deep and that wide. Now they're full of snakes. This thing is full of snake. Okay. And we're bass fishing. Okay. Wait. You know, and just wearing about pound and a half. Biggest we ever caught. Three, I think three pounds. The biggest one we ever called it. Yeah, but there was thousands of men in them little fingers.

[Willie Robertson]

And Woody's used to love it.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I'm sure they all do, but those days are passing.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Deer were running everywhere, crawling everywhere. Fish jumping everywhere. You know, just. You know, the woods were alive with everything.

[Martin]

Wow.

[Willie Robertson]

With the sound of Music.

[Si Robertson]

Matter of fact, Bill Red Dog Phillips. Yeah, Phillips. He was back in there doing something, and he found one of them big short barrel cannons.

[Willie Robertson]

W. Yeah, not a cannon.

[Si Robertson]

He found a cannon. And the balls, you know, the stale that they shoot, y'all.

[Martin]

I can't believe I've never heard this story.

[Si Robertson]

Look, and we. We wouldn't look for it again because, hey, that thing worth money. Big money. Couldn't find it.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, boy.

[Si Robertson]

Couldn't find it Is what is.

[Jase Robertson]

Is every story you got today. So you found something incredible.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, I'm saying that's. Hey, we used to. There was nothing that we would want to try.

[Jase Robertson]

Martin lost his phone.

[Willie Robertson]

Philip. You got my phone, Philip.

[Martin]

That's what you get. A kidney shot.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, I'm just asking. Look, Phil and Tommy used to go to Arkansas on Corny Creek, okay? With a P roll and paddle as far as it could go and then drag the P roll out when they run out of rudder. And look, somebody pick them up at a bridge in Louisiana somewhere. I'm serious. There was nothing we wouldn't try.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, are you struggling constantly feeling exhausted, weighed down, and struggle to get through the day? The culprit may be right under your nose. And by right under your nose, I mean kind of down your back and a little bit further down than your nose. But it could just be a sluggish, overworked liver. Reality is, your liver is under constant attack from processed foods, which we all eat because we're American. Look. Environmental toxins, GMOs, microplastics, fluoride, and so many other things that we still don't know.

[Jase Robertson]

About 100 million Americans suffer from an overworked and sluggish liver.

[Martin]

That's like a hundred million.

[Jase Robertson]

One out of every three of us. Mountains, man livers tired. It got punched that one time.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, man. So look, if you're ready to find energy and Your vitality. Look. Give your liver the support it desperately needs with the liver health formula from our sponsor, pure health research. I like they make it simple for you. Look. The cutting Edge supplement combines 11 powerful, clinically proven natural ingredients to detoxify and rejuvenate your liver at the cellular level, which is important. You can't see your cells. That's all the way at the bottom, boys. So you'll experience more energy and optimized metabolism. This company's already helped more than 2 million Americans, so let's make it 2 million in one, right? So it's time you joined the ranks and got back to feeling your best. As a special offer for our listeners, you can try liver health formula with a discount of 35%. Use discount code duck at checkout. This is an exclusive offer for our audience. To claim your 35% discount, just visit PureHealthResearch.com and enter the code Duck at checkout. That's PureHealthResearch.com discount code. Take the first step towards better liver health and more vibrant living today. W e. W e. All right, so we. We're in the duck call room podcast.

[Si Robertson]

And I just told them the story about. You found that blunderbuss cannon.

[Willie Robertson]

You found a cannon in lunar bottom.

[Jase Robertson]

Yep.

[Willie Robertson]

Not in looter. Where was it?

[Hunter]

Not in looter.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, it was up there somewhere.

[Hunter]

You know where truck snow is?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I know where truck snow is.

[Jase Robertson]

Colton Murphy's from truck snow.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay. And then you lost it?

[Hunter]

No.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, I lost it. Yeah. Right. We couldn't find it. We went back to look for it.

[Hunter]

On a beach ridge looking over a flat.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Bait's not red.

[Hunter]

Always went there store hunting when I was young. I was probably 15, 14, something like that. And I'm sitting there for daylight fooling around, and I'm on a. I'm looking for something on my right hand and I feel something and I rub it a little bit and I'm like, that's metal. It's dark. You know, I'm like, I'm just waiting for daylight. She starts getting a little bit daylight. I'm still looking for the squirrels. And I look over and I'm like, hey, what is this? Well, it took me about 10 minutes. And it's a cannonball. I would say 12 pounds.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Hunter]

And then once I got down on the ridge, I was looking around once I go down the hill and I see it sticking out of the ground about a probably inch and a half, two inches. And I can't tell if it's a cannon, but it looks like a cannon. I never did find the hole. It just had a lot of dirt and crap and rocks and stuff all over it. But it had a rim on close to, you know, down there toward the end. Like, it kind of braised up a little bit.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Hunter]

And Murray Fro's been after me ever since.

[Willie Robertson]

All right, well, that's the canon story. I just wanted to hear it from the source. Good deal.

[Hunter]

All right. I was hoping it wouldn't feel news because I'm coming in this. Coming in Sunday, and I'll probably be there all week.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, good. Well, you're gonna get a. You're gonna get an actual chair then. Good. That's good to know. We got W coming up on the pod.

[Si Robertson]

All right. Yeah.

[Hunter]

All right.

[Jase Robertson]

So W. Found a shot put in the woods. Cool.

[Si Robertson]

Yep. Big barrel. Big barrel ones. Short. Short barrel.

[Willie Robertson]

I'll say this. Sigh. You tell a much better story than W. Don't know.

[Si Robertson]

He had told us. Look, he had told us that it was a cannon sitting there and a stack of. Of. Of the balls.

[Willie Robertson]

There you go. Sigh. You ever call somebody and had a wrong number and left him a voicemail, Swear it was the right number?

[Si Robertson]

Well, I get a lot of the wrong calls. Is Jim there? And I said, NATO Jim lives here, son. You got the wrong number.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, well, we get that on your phone line from time to time.

[Si Robertson]

Okay, well, that was one. That's when I'm in robo killer mode.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, so you know we have the voicemail sigh, right?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

People call in and says, hey, it's Cy Robertson. Somebody's had the wrong number and keeps calling us. They just keep on, and they won't stop leaving voicemails.

[Willie Robertson]

Hunter.

[Si Robertson]

Well, what can I say? So you give out the number every time we say that. So hey.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

318-215-6559.

[Jase Robertson]

That's our phone number. Hold on. Do we need to call it real fast so people hear what this guy's listening to?

[Willie Robertson]

But I'm guessing after about 10 voicemails, you just. You ain't listening anymore.

[Jase Robertson]

3, 1, 8. What is it?

[Willie Robertson]

215-6559.

[Si Robertson]

Fine, you reached my answering machine. Hey, look, leave me a message for us to play in the duck call room, and you just might hear yourself in an upcoming episode.

[Jase Robertson]

And that's what's about to happen to this guy.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, we play poker now, boy. That's right.

[Willie Robertson]

Is that.

[Jase Robertson]

That's the kind of voicemail silence.

[Martin]

That's what Sally's. And it always says that it can't be transcribed. Nope.

[Jase Robertson]

That tracks.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, Apple Intelligence ain't made it that far.

[Martin]

No.

[Jase Robertson]

So. So, Hunter, we have a guy that just keeps calling our phone number.

[Gabe]

Yeah, so this guy sent 10 voicemails.

[Jase Robertson]

Is it possible for us to answer that phone?

[Gabe]

I mean, I have his phone number if you need to call him back. His name's Earl.

[Si Robertson]

His name's Earl.

[Martin]

Let me call him.

[Willie Robertson]

Goodbye, Earl.

[Gabe]

So his name's Earl. I ignored the first few voicemails because he never said what he wanted. Then after a few, he said what he wanted. I want to play all 10 of them. What if that's okay.

[Willie Robertson]

How long are they?

[Gabe]

Not that long.

[Willie Robertson]

Do you have them cut together? All together. Are we going to have to go like voicemail? Voicemail.

[Gabe]

Voicemail. Voicemail. Voicemail.

[Jase Robertson]

We'll get started. Yeah, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

It's like it's an epic miniseries here. Yes, I know.

[Si Robertson]

Again. I know a guy named Earl. Yeah, he's from Jenna.

[Gabe]

Was not looking for you.

[Martin]

He's looking for his grandson of Avery.

[Si Robertson]

Avery's? No, he's, well, part of some black eyed guys.

[Willie Robertson]

Guy named Earl cuts my hair too. Well, what? Little bit I got left.

[Si Robertson]

All right.

[Willie Robertson]

Owner, firewood.

[Jase Robertson]

I don't know a single Earl.

[Si Robertson]

What?

[H]

Can you bring me an orange chicken or old.

[Willie Robertson]

Orange chicken oil?

[Jase Robertson]

What?

[Martin]

That was Napoleon Dynamite.

[Si Robertson]

That boy's eye on something.

[Gabe]

I might have forgotten about the opening.

[Martin]

Hunter, that was the message I left you.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that sound like somebody had a bad night at Easter.

[Jase Robertson]

Somebody flew too close to the sun.

[Si Robertson]

That somebody's having liver problems. Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

All right, well, that's the first one.

[Gabe]

All right, Part two.

[Martin]

All right.

[H]

The heck, girl, I told you yesterday to bring that. That orange chicken from Costco and you still ain't brought a roll. It's the orange chicken in the freezer section. Like with all the Asian stuff, you know, like there's rice, chicken, some egg rolls. The orange chicken specifically, Earl. I need it before Friday at 6pm that's when the big cookout happens. Earl, don't. And I promised Tyrone I'd bring in this chicken. It's his favorite thing.

[Si Robertson]

He's kidding quickly.

[Martin]

He's taught. He's calling Earl. It sounds like.

[H]

Hey, this is Earl again. Oh, I'm still wondering if you're going to bring that chicken today or like you just haven't got back to me. Remember the cookouts Friday at 6pm That's a Utah area.

[Willie Robertson]

I know. I got a buck.

[H]

You're bringing that chicken.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, Earl's wanting some chicken.

[Martin]

Yeah, so that's Earl.

[Si Robertson]

He's kidding. He's kidding him out. Man.

[Jase Robertson]

Here's my problem.

[Si Robertson]

I'm serious. He's kidding. The mountain man.

[Jase Robertson]

Ain't nobody in Salt Lake City, Utah, eating orange chicken.

[Willie Robertson]

Keep going, Keep going.

[H]

Hey, this is. This is Earl again. Why are you bringing that chicken? Like, this is getting ridiculous. Not only you not bringing the chicken, but you're not even texting or calling. You're just not responding to me like, why are you doing this, Earl? How could you do this to your own grandfather? You promised to bring his chicken. This is like that time you didn't bring me that toilet paper. Except I need this chicken by Friday. It's not just, you know, I can go without toilet paper a few days. But Tyrone wants this chicken on Friday by, let's see, like 4pm at the latest. Because the cookout's at 6 and I need at least two hours to cook. Please bring the chicken today. Or at least tell me when you're gonna bring it. There's not much time.

[Si Robertson]

No, he ain't got much time.

[Willie Robertson]

Boys, why don't we just call them?

[Martin]

I'm gonna say, earl, I'm gonna let.

[Willie Robertson]

You lead the conversation, Philip.

[Martin]

I'm gonna act like Mountain man then.

[Willie Robertson]

Only.

[Gabe]

Only if you. You're comfortable with it.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[Martin]

Look at me. I'm very comfortable.

[Willie Robertson]

What happened? Are we prepared for somebody named Brittany to answer this phone?

[Martin]

All right, Earl, I got your chicken ready.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm nervous.

[H]

Hi, I'm a Google virtual calling assistant.

[Jase Robertson]

Recording this call for the person you're trying to reach. Can you say what you're calling about?

[Martin]

Earl? Earl, I need my chicken.

[Willie Robertson]

This poor girl named Brittany has no idea what is going on. She has no idea her phone number's been given.

[Gabe]

I'm just gonna hang up.

[Martin]

No, no, no. First I gotta order a three piece mixed side. You want anything? Any chicken?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I want some orange.

[Martin]

Get sigh. Some orange chicken.

[Jase Robertson]

We used to call her.

[Si Robertson]

I'll take it home for my wife. She likes chicken.

[Martin]

Yep. Oh, yeah.

[Gabe]

No, it was an AI Google assistant.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, it felt like all that was AI.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

You hungry?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Can I interest you in some fruit?

[Martin]

Sure.

[Jase Robertson]

In your backyard.

[Martin]

Yes.

[Jase Robertson]

From a tree that grows quick. Spring is here and it's time to get back outside.

[Willie Robertson]

Fast Growing Trees is the biggest online nursery in the US with thousands of different plants and over 2 million happy customers. Fast Growing Trees offers a wide variety of plants, including fruit trees, privacy trees, flowering trees and shrubs, all tailored to your climate and space. With an easy online ordering Process and quick delivery straight to your door. Plus, with their alive and thrive guarantee and expert support, your plants will arrive healthy and you'll receive guidance on choosing the right plants and learn how to properly care for them.

[Si Robertson]

That's right.

[Willie Robertson]

You know what they do faster than growing?

[Si Robertson]

What's happening?

[Willie Robertson]

Shipping straight to your dog.

[Si Robertson]

Them. Hey, they done done all the research. You don't have to do none of that. We're in zone eight in Louisiana.

[Martin]

Zone eight here in the 71 2.

[Si Robertson]

So is Georgia.

[Willie Robertson]

Whether you got a big yard, small yard or no yard, Fast growing trees has over 6,000 plants to fit any space from indoor plants to fruit trees to full size privacy trees and more. And like I was trying to tell you, their resource center is full of knowledge and tips. And you get, you get help right there, right? If you don't have a green thumb, they can turn it green.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. You don't have to drive around looking for nothing.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

All you need is get a catalog and look through there and order what.

[Jase Robertson]

Some call it a website.

[Si Robertson]

And then they deliver it, baby.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, this spring they have the best deals for your yard. Up to half off on select plants and other deals. And listeners to our show get 15% off their first purchase when using the code duck at checkout. That's an additional 15 off at fast growingtrees.com using the code Duck at checkout. Fast growingtrees.com code Duck. Now's the perfect time to plant, use duck to save. Today Offer is valid for a limited time. Terms and conditions may apply.

[Si Robertson]

Get yourself some fast growing treats, baby.

[Jase Robertson]

I found maybe one of the weirdest articles I've read in a minute.

[Willie Robertson]

What?

[Jase Robertson]

Woman accused of embezzling more than half a million dollars from church. From church. Are you ready for this?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

A woman is accused of embezzling more than half a million dollars. 44 years old. She's a Baptist. I don't know why that's important. It's just the name of the church. She was the financial secretary at the church for 11 years. Are you ready to hear all the things she embezzled?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

She did get fired as well.

[Willie Robertson]

Can you put it on the screen?

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah, here we go. In 2020. It started in 2020 and she made some unauthorized charges, paid off some credit card debt and you know, paid herself a little extra. That was 90 grand. Next year she was like, you know what? This worked.

[Willie Robertson]

Gonna go up, baby.

[Jase Robertson]

She bought Amazon stuff, SeaWorld tickets. Hey, dude. Shoes. And a helicopter flight.

[Willie Robertson]

Gosh dang it. She listens to us and A helicopter.

[Jase Robertson]

Flight over the Grand Canyon.

[Willie Robertson]

She listens to us. She wears hey Dudes and goes to SeaWorld. Yes, this is our people.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, look. And then the next year, she got a little more excited. 125 Grand Cruise Lines. I'm betting Carnival.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Airbnb concert tickets. I'm betting Morgan Wallen and more.

[Willie Robertson]

Anyway, she was at the Tracy Lawrence concert this weekend.

[Jase Robertson]

Now she from Florida. Yeah. So anyway, it just amazed me, but my biggest concern is, if you're going to embezzle half a million dollars, why buy fiscally responsible, ugly shoes?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, why not? Why not pull the Tennessee Quarterback move and ask for a Bugatti man like, whose last name I can't say, said, I'm going all in on this. The University of Tennessee going to pay me. And they said, no, player. We'll see you.

[Jase Robertson]

So anyway, she knowfully and unlawfully used the church's credit card for a half a million dollars over a five year period.

[Willie Robertson]

Why did it. Do you know half a million?

[Jase Robertson]

Do you know how many hey, dude. Shoes you gotta buy to get to half a million?

[Willie Robertson]

And you know how many trips you got to go on? On Carnival, they name a boat after you. Like Carnival. Hosted the Duck Commander Cruise, for crying out loud.

[Jase Robertson]

Like Carnival. Amelia Baptist Group. I feel bad for the good folks of Amelia Baptist, though, But also, why.

[Willie Robertson]

Did it take a half a million and five years.

[Martin]

Five years.

[Jase Robertson]

But to be fair, if I saw somebody walking in with some hey dudes on, I wouldn't be like, they stole those for sure. Like, you can afford those, right? Anybody can have the. Those are the ugliest shoes in America.

[Martin]

How did she get caught finally?

[Jase Robertson]

I don't know. They did fire her.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. She just kept. He's noticed each year went up a little.

[Si Robertson]

The first year she was finally. You know, at first she wasn't doing enough to even bother with. Well, she kept raising.

[Willie Robertson]

The first year was 100G. She did enough.

[Jase Robertson]

But the first year, you notice it was just like her own money. She paid off some stuff.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

And then she realized she got away.

[Willie Robertson]

With it and the additional payroll.

[Jase Robertson]

And then she said, who oversees her?

[Willie Robertson]

That's the. That's. I do have questions, like, this thing.

[Martin]

May run a little deeper. We'll figure it out right here on a duck all round.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, man, you ain't got to figure out nothing. That's incredible.

[Jase Robertson]

That was a lot.

[Willie Robertson]

I like the products that made the.

[Jase Robertson]

Headline, hey, Brooks, be on Airbnb, Sea World. And hey dudes, the helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon Gets me. Yeah, because that's dangerous. I don't like helicopters. But. But she just straight said, you know what? Then people gave this money to the lord. I'm going to look at the lord's.

[Willie Robertson]

Creation, and the lord wants me to go to seawor.

[Jase Robertson]

The lord's creation.

[Willie Robertson]

It's a freaking. Hey dudes. I wonder if those were pre croc. Hey, dudes. Was that before crocs bought them or 20?

[Jase Robertson]

21 was when she got big into hey dudes.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that's probably pre crock. Hey dudes.

[Jase Robertson]

So I bought one pair of them stupid shoes. I felt dumb. Yeah, that was from the lord too. He was like, you did look dumb.

[Martin]

No, that was for me.

[Willie Robertson]

I don't know how people wear them things, but I don't make my feet sweat and stank. I don't.

[Jase Robertson]

I'll try anything that everybody's doing, right?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I even y'all sell hey dudes. It seemed like it'd be kind of on brand.

[Jase Robertson]

It kind of would, but I'm trying to draw a line somewhere. But like, with crocs, I was like, I'll even try these ugly things out.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I got crocs.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, you're a big croc guy.

[Martin]

I like crocs.

[Willie Robertson]

I'm not a big croc guy. I wear them during hunting. I wear them during hunting season.

[Jase Robertson]

You wear them all the time.

[Willie Robertson]

Then during hunsies, I wear them from my front door to my truck because I know I'm going to go put on waiters.

[Jase Robertson]

That's all the time.

[Martin]

Hey, the good people at crocs, when they saw the lawnmower race episode, they said, thank you for putting us on the show.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, that's good. Now we had camouflage duck commander start shipping yellow. The yellow four wheel drive strap, the yellow accents. I mean, we. We did. I just. And I may own one of the handful of pairs of crocs golf shoes still crocs. Camouflage golf shoes. Yeah. So, you know, I just don't. They make my feet sweat too, like. But I got. I got sweaty feet, so I don't need no help in that department, but.

[Martin]

Get you a pair of crocs.

[Gabe]

Can I throw a croc back to you guys?

[Jase Robertson]

They only live in Africa. And alligators live here.

[Martin]

I've got some crocodile boots.

[Gabe]

Do you guys know the movie idiocracy?

[Jase Robertson]

Nope.

[Willie Robertson]

No.

[Martin]

No.

[Gabe]

Really?

[Willie Robertson]

No. Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Hunter, we're busier than you, man. I got time for 10 voicemails or half your movie.

[Martin]

What about it, Hunter? Tell us.

[Gabe]

Well, it's a mov about a guy who goes into cryo sleep, goes in the future, and everyone's really dumb, and he's the smartest man on earth.

[Jase Robertson]

I do know that.

[Martin]

Is that I feel like that when I walk.

[Jase Robertson]

We the Juice. What movie is that? Encino Man.

[Gabe]

I have no idea what that is.

[Willie Robertson]

A lot like Quantum Leap, right? Ain't that the other show?

[Jase Robertson]

No, I'm Encino man with Polly Shore. You got to wheeze the. Jeez, bro.

[Willie Robertson]

Brendan Frazier.

[Jase Robertson]

That's him.

[Gabe]

The point is, Crocs was May had the light was a company, and they were going bankrupt because no one was buying those shoes. So the costume designer of that movie was like, hey, find me the dumbest looking shoes that exist for this movie. It was Crocs. After that movie released, everyone started buying Crocs and it took them out of bankruptcy, which I think would have been more interesting had you guys known what that movie was.

[Martin]

And now you know the rest of the story.

[Willie Robertson]

I just figured NASCAR saved crocs.

[Martin]

That's part of Duck Dynasty. Saved Crocs.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, they were rolling. We. I don't. That's.

[Martin]

No, no.

[Jase Robertson]

2006. Not near as good as Encino Man. Encino Man's a good flick.

[Willie Robertson]

What did it rate?

[Jase Robertson]

I don't know. I don't even care.

[Willie Robertson]

I was just curious on how that that movie saved Crocs, because if none of us had ever heard of it.

[Jase Robertson]

I have heard that story.

[Martin]

And we're rednecks.

[Jase Robertson]

I've heard the story that they were. They were trying to make people look dumb in the future. So I just put them all in these stupid Crocs, and nobody was buying Crocs. And then everybody's like, those shoes look kind of comfortable.

[Willie Robertson]

And now you know what helps decorate them?

[Si Robertson]

That's too.

[Jase Robertson]

That goes too far. My kids like Crocs.

[Willie Robertson]

Do they have the little decorations?

[Jase Robertson]

There's some Pokemon in our Crocs.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Jase Robertson]

Speaking of Pokemon, you want the story of the year?

[Willie Robertson]

Sure.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I got you one.

[Willie Robertson]

All right, Go ahead.

[Jase Robertson]

You ever seen the movie Sandlot?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Of course you have.

[Willie Robertson]

Who hadn't you ever seen? I watched Angels in the Outfield the other night.

[Jase Robertson]

That's a good one.

[Willie Robertson]

Didn't realize Matthew McConaughey was an Angels in the Outfield.

[Martin]

I did not.

[Willie Robertson]

The other night.

[Martin]

I didn't know that.

[Jase Robertson]

I'll get you ready for this story. No, it's Pokeman in my book. I'll call it. I. I like calling it Pokeman to make my kids. And apparently Beth upset. She's like, it's Pokemon. You can't call it Pokemon.

[Martin]

Come on, J.D.

[Jase Robertson]

Every time kids come home, I'm like, you got you some Pokeman cards. You're like, pokemon, dad. And I'm like, it's funny to me. Anyway, so I. I collected Pokemon cards in the fourth grade. Right.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Jase Robertson]

And I kept them.

[Martin]

Oh, there were something.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, they were.

[Martin]

Oh.

[Jase Robertson]

Until I showed them to bins.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, he done took them out of their sleeves and everything, Auntie.

[Jase Robertson]

He took them to school.

[Martin]

Oh, I sold them and traded them.

[Jase Robertson]

Rated them for Happy Meal. Newfangled Pokemon junk. He did that. And I was like, no, he didn't. And I was like, did the kid.

[Willie Robertson]

He trade him to know what he had?

[Martin]

No, no. The teacher did, though.

[Jase Robertson]

No, he might. I texted the kid's dad. I said, hey, we're gonna need them back. He said, oh, this is hilarious. Anyways, I'm supposed to be getting my Pokemon cards. I need to text my wife anyways, so then. But, hey, the. I wasn't gonna be mad because I gave them to him. And I was like, these are ours. These are going to be cool. And you. I was like, he about to learn the lesson that he just traded. Probably, like, probably not much money, but, like, 400, 500 bucks. Probably sell them on ebay for all of them. And he traded them for. For, like, literal Happy Meal tour.

[Martin]

No cash value, none for jump.

[Jase Robertson]

And I wanted him to learn that lesson. But, see, he got nervous because he knew he wasn't supposed to take those to school, and he got to, you know, making up some stories, AKA lying. And then he had to make up another lie to cover that lie. And then it kept going downhill. I said, well, here's what you're about to do. You're about to facetime our good friend Bear, and you're going to explain to him that you took him without your dad's permission, and on Monday, you need them all back. And he had to do the walk of shame into school today and trade back Pokemon cards. Really made me happy, but it was like sandlot if Pokemon was in school. As a Babe Ruth baseball.

[Willie Robertson]

You know, you can't have a good time in bad boots.

[Si Robertson]

Now, I was just fixing. Maybe you got the wrong type boot.

[Willie Robertson]

But on the flip side, you can't have a bad time in good boots either.

[Si Robertson]

That's right.

[Willie Robertson]

Maybe you want to be new boot goofing. And if you're into that, look, our friends over at Tacovas can help you out.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm more of a boot scooting. Boogie kind of.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, whatever you want to do with your boots. Whether they're made for walking, talking or boogieing. Yeah. Boys, have you ever wondered if you can pull off boots with your personal style? Size here does so I know you can too.

[Si Robertson]

That's it, boys. They make the best.

[Willie Robertson]

You owe it to your feet to pull on a pair of taco. Being confident isn't about being different. It's about being yourself. Look. And you can find comfort in the traditions of the west and confidence from making it your own. You can honor the west by leaving your own boot print to Kova's crafts quality western boots for everyone from generational ranchers not sigh and lifelong cowboys. He wants to be to first time boot buyers. But see, he's somewhere in there.

[Si Robertson]

I got a pair of boys and they look good, and they look good, they feel good and they fit right.

[Willie Robertson]

And you know what? They honor their word because the first pair we ordered we had to send back.

[Jase Robertson]

They didn't fit quite right because we ordered wrong.

[Si Robertson]

Right. They're made so good that hey, whatever your foot size is, you get the right size and you just slip it on.

[Willie Robertson]

And that's because they're made with over 200 meticulous steps for broken in comfort right out of the box. Whether it's a long day or a big night. Your to Covis are built to last and impress forever. And there's no compromise between quality and style with these boots. Plus with to Cova's best in the west guarantee you'll get free returns and exchanges for 30 days.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, get you a pair of boys.

[Willie Robertson]

I don't know why.

[Si Robertson]

Never regret it.

[Willie Robertson]

I don't know how you couldn't right now. Get 10 [e-mail] when you sign up for email and text. That's 10 off at tec o v a s.com to covis.com duck c site for details.

[Si Robertson]

Order them today immediately.

[Willie Robertson]

Point your toes West.

[Jase Robertson]

I got my Pokemon cards back.

[Martin]

You just found out?

[Jase Robertson]

I got my holographic blast. There was one that was like, this is important. You just traded like $300. We got it back.

[Willie Robertson]

We're good.

[Jase Robertson]

Hunter, did that story give you the heavy jeevies? Hunter.

[Martin]

Hunter was on edge.

[Jase Robertson]

Hunter was on edge.

[Willie Robertson]

Hunter, do you have Pokemon cards?

[Gabe]

No. My parents kept me away from Pokemon because they said it would make me too nerdy.

[Willie Robertson]

It's a good thing they did that. I'd hate to know where you'd be today. Right?

[Jase Robertson]

That works. You guys seen the movie Idiocracy?

[Martin]

That's funny.

[Jase Robertson]

That was actually a. A normal thing to say because it is this true story about the crocs.

[Martin]

Good one, Hunter.

[Gabe]

Yeah. Pokemon and anime kept it away from me.

[Jase Robertson]

That's a good thing.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh.

[Jase Robertson]

Anyway, that was my story from the weekend. I got home on Friday. Oh, man. And I meant to. I should have brought you. They asked me to do career day at the school.

[Si Robertson]

What'd you do?

[Jase Robertson]

I said, well, so I said, I got a couple jobs. One's a podcast. And there's a few kids in this class that are obsessed with Duck Dynasty. And they always are like, hey, Ben's your dad. Really know Uncle Sigh. And Ben's like, yeah, he does. And so then I'm there and there's this one kid named Mac. Mac loves you. And Duck Dynasty. I love Mac. He's sitting on the front row listening. I said, well, I once had a friend come do career day at this exact school and he asked the kids if they'd ever heard of Vietnam. And the teachers laughed real hard. The kids were like, said, well, Bengal Tiger ate one of them. And I was like, man, I should have brought. I should have brought psy with me to career day. That have been hilarious.

[Willie Robertson]

I'd have got you some cloud around there.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Instead I walked in with a cricket can with like 50 crickets in it.

[Martin]

How many did you leave with?

[Jase Robertson]

All of them. Let me tell you something, though.

[Willie Robertson]

Six cents a piece. You can't, you can't. You can't be giving them away.

[Jase Robertson]

Hey, let me tell you something. Them kids got into the crickets. I thought they were going to ask me a million questions about Uncle Sigh. Only questions about crickets.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, how come some of them crickets got that long thing coming out their butt? Is that the boys and the boys versus the girls or just some of them? Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Ready?

[Willie Robertson]

Ever? Yeah, I'm interested. I didn't have entomology, so.

[Jase Robertson]

All I know is a cricket has a six week lifespan. We get them at about four weeks.

[Willie Robertson]

There you go.

[Jase Robertson]

That's the most I know.

[Si Robertson]

What six weeks last?

[Jase Robertson]

Six. If you're a cricket and you're born.

[Si Robertson]

Today, you better live, you better get high.

[Jase Robertson]

By June, you're gone.

[Willie Robertson]

You're out. Interesting. Now, have you heard that when they put a hook in them.

[Martin]

I've got a question. Have you heard of people taking the legs off of the crickets to fish with them?

[Willie Robertson]

No. Leg cricket.

[Martin]

Yeah, they do it at shinny.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, I couldn't do it.

[Jase Robertson]

That's too much work.

[Willie Robertson]

Bad enough I'm putting a hook In. I ain't gonna rip his legs off.

[Martin]

Have you ever heard of that? Sir?

[Si Robertson]

I've heard them.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Willie Robertson]

So it'll float.

[Martin]

Yeah, that floats. Then this sinks real slow.

[Si Robertson]

He's good.

[Martin]

Yeah, that's right.

[Si Robertson]

And he's. He's buzzing.

[Martin]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

He ain't going nowhere. Was. If you lay the leg on, they take off.

[Jase Robertson]

You ready for some biology?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

The long spike sticking out of a cricket's butt.

[Willie Robertson]

Is that boy and girl?

[Jase Robertson]

Yes.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I figured. Which one I figured is a girl? Huh?

[Jase Robertson]

You're so smart.

[Willie Robertson]

Why I figured that's how she lays her eggs.

[Jase Robertson]

You're a genius. Are you set this up? No, I did not.

[Willie Robertson]

I mean, I'm just using context clues and what I know about other animals, like in general. A lot of times in that world, females are bigger because they have to do all the work like of the child rearing and all the things. Like boys are just a sperm donor.

[Jase Robertson]

So, you know, be like that sometimes.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. It's like. Yeah, man. Life. Life happens.

[Jase Robertson]

Back to the cricket on the rocks.

[Willie Robertson]

Ain't no big surprise that you fast.

[Si Robertson]

That was one of Phil's favorite thing is.

[Willie Robertson]

But I figured they'd like poke that thing in the ground or something and then put their eggs on it or something like that. What I always figured because that thing pretty sharp. I mean not like. But I always, you know, I was kid, I poke it like why is that thing sticking out of there? Trying to figure out if some fish like that. That's as a regular one.

[Si Robertson]

That's exactly what they did with it. They put it. Put it into ground.

[Willie Robertson]

Ground or leaf or. So I just figured it was a way for egg.

[Si Robertson]

Egg transportation to transform and hide them.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. So crickets are weird. Yeah. Most long pointy things go to the guys. I get why you'd ask it that way.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

That's where my childlike mine went. And I was going to giggle after I found out, but it was wrong.

[Martin]

Well, you asked the right person.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. That's a big old boy. Look at him. Throw him out there. Oh, wow.

[Jase Robertson]

Beth just texted me.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh.

[Jase Robertson]

The good news is, gang, we've been talking foolishness and goofiness this entire episode. Pretty much. And Beth just.

[Willie Robertson]

And for 400 and something prior to this.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Well, this is the one episode. This is Easter's next.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh.

[Jase Robertson]

Like literally, when they're listening to this, it's probably Good Friday. And that's what we've chosen to talk about today.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, okay. Yeah. So Easter crickets.

[Jase Robertson]

I have no. I'm Just I was going to give a weird Bible verse about crickets dying in six weeks. And so you better be right with Jesus.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. Because three days is coming.

[Si Robertson]

Hey.

[Jase Robertson]

But now we're going to go to something else, since this is the last one before Easter. So give me a moment if y'all want to keep talking. Sigh. What are you doing for Easter?

[Si Robertson]

Looking for Easter eggs. What are you talking about?

[Willie Robertson]

What do y'all cook on Easter? Y'all have, like, Easter fish fries. What do y'all do? Easter Crawfish bowls or.

[Jase Robertson]

We've done that before.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Crawfish bulls. Overrated. That's so.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. The cleanup of crawfish bowls are crawfish build.

[Jase Robertson]

To do that, just go to Crawfish City.

[Si Robertson]

That's a lot. A lot of work involved in a Crawford.

[Martin]

I do like to cook them, though.

[Jase Robertson]

It's fun, but it's like, that's a whole job.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. I just don't like the cleanup. Like, I don't know, the pot full of salty, scalding water that you. Whatever you poured on is going to die. Like, you know, just.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I always liked that part of it because the color.

[Willie Robertson]

The what?

[Si Robertson]

You throw them in the water.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, and I change color.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they change color.

[Willie Robertson]

That you would do, buddy. Yeah, I bet. You know, red. Oh, man. Lord of mercy. All right, you got it.

[Jase Robertson]

No, I went to the wrong. I went to John, and I was looking for Matthew.

[Willie Robertson]

Matt.

[Jase Robertson]

But now I'm in. Matthew.

[Willie Robertson]

Matthew.

[Jase Robertson]

Matthew's. Matthew really wins when it comes to the. The verse about Jesus coming back to life. Right.

[Willie Robertson]

There you go.

[Jase Robertson]

Because there's all of them, like, hey, everybody was running to the tomb. That's pretty cool. A lot of cool stuff's happening. Everybody's confused. A couple of the women were like, they took him. He's not there. But the coolest part of the whole story, I think, is from Matthew 28, 5 and 6. The angel said to the women, do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here. He is risen, just as he said he would. Come and see the place where he lay. That's what Easter's all about.

[Martin]

Amen.

[Jase Robertson]

He ain't in a tomb. You don't have to be in it. Well, you do have to be in a tomb, but you ain't gotta stay.

[Martin]

Gotta stay there, though.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. You ain't gonna be there long.

[Jase Robertson]

Change an address pretty quick, so we hope you find it. Hey, and let me just invite you to church. I don't know what your plans are for Easter. But odds are, if you're listening to us, you pass by a church or you've seen a church at some point. I don't care what the sign says.

[Willie Robertson]

When in doubt, go with your mama.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah. There you go.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Or ask a friend where they're going. And you know what? Celebrate your resurrection, Easter. I know some people that work at churches. They're planning on some visitors being there this weekend.

[Willie Robertson]

Spoiler alert. It's okay if your kids go find eggs after it? Guess what? They'll be just fine.

[Jase Robertson]

Yep, we'd love to have you as a member of the church. Come join us this Sunday.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

For Easter.

[Willie Robertson]

We'll see y'all next time right here in the duck call room. Happy Easter.

[Martin]

Happy Easter.

[Willie Robertson]

We'll see y'all on the next go around.

[Martin]

Martin, how's your knee?

[Si Robertson]

Hey, go buy you some crochet.