Uncle Si's Kids Were Detained by the Military Police...More Than Once

Summary

Podcast Summary: Duck Call Room
Episode: "Uncle Si's Kids Were Detained by the Military Police...More Than Once"
Release Date: July 3, 2025

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1. Episode Overview

In this engaging episode of the Duck Call Room, hosts Si Robertson and Justin Martin reconnect fans with the beloved Robertson family by featuring special guests Tracy and Scott Robertson, the children of the late Phil "Uncle Si" Robertson. The episode delves into humorous anecdotes, family dynamics, hunting adventures, and heartfelt reflections on growing up with Uncle Si.

2. Introducing Tracy and Scott Robertson

The episode kicks off with Jase Robertson welcoming listeners and introducing Tracy and Scott, who share their experiences growing up under the unique influence of their father, Phil Robertson. Tracy humorously remarks on her father's mischievous nature, contrasting his military serious side with his entertaining persona during family gatherings.

Notable Quote:
Jase Robertson [01:18]: “Y' all are very excited to watch. It was a lot of fun, man.”

3. Childhood Memories with Uncle Phil

Tracy shares fond memories of her father attending various family events, often dressing up in whimsical costumes like the Easter Bunny or a beaver to entertain his children. These stories highlight Phil's dedication and playful spirit.

Notable Quote:
Tracy Robertson [03:06]: “He had hit it and try to take it out of your hand.”

4. Family Dynamics and Raising Boys

The discussion transitions to the challenges and joys of raising four sons. Marcia Robertson, Tracy's wife, describes the lively household, emphasizing the need for soundproofing due to the boys' nocturnal activities. The family humorously exchanges stories about managing the high energy levels of their sons.

Notable Quote:
Marcia Robertson [27:22]: “It's a little older house. Terrible.”

5. Hunting Adventures and Misadventures

Tracy and Scott recount memorable hunting experiences, including an intense day where they successfully hunted three canvasback ducks in rapid succession. They also share lighter moments, such as Scott's first duck hunting trip where he struggled to stay still, leading to Uncle Phil's humorous disapproval.

Notable Quote:
Tracy Robertson [42:05]: “What in the world is making all that?”

6. Phil Robertson’s Influence and Personality

The guests reflect on Uncle Phil's dual nature as both a disciplined military man and a spontaneous entertainer. They discuss how his charismatic personality influenced their upbringing and shaped their own approaches to life and family.

Notable Quote:
Tracy Robertson [13:22]: “Growing up with dad was funny. He always had this really mischievous, funny streak in him.”

7. Lessons in Courtesy and Respect

Tracy emphasizes the importance of traditional values instilled by Uncle Phil, such as courtesy and respect. She shares anecdotes about how Phil taught them to open doors for ladies and uphold kindness and respect in their daily lives.

Notable Quote:
Tracy Robertson [25:33]: “Faith, courtesy, kindness and respect. If we could get all four of those things back in the world today, we'd be a whole lot better place.”

8. Military Influence and Personal Growth

Scott Robertson discusses his military service and how it shaped his character and discipline. He reflects on the balance between maintaining personal energy and adhering to the structured demands of service life, drawing parallels to family life.

Notable Quote:
Scott Robertson [36:42]: “The older I got, the smarter my dad got.”

9. Phil’s Entertaining Antics

Hunter Robertson shares a hilarious story about Phil's unpredictable behavior during tours, including an incident where Phil threw a cup of coffee out the window, inadvertently hitting another car's windshield. This story underscores Phil's ability to bring laughter even in unexpected situations.

Notable Quote:
Hunter Robertson [54:35]: “You only person that ever dumped hot coffee on somebody.”

10. Closing Reflections and Faith

As the episode concludes, the family reflects on the enduring legacy of Phil Robertson, emphasizing the importance of faith and looking toward the future. They share a favorite Bible verse, Philippians 2:12-13, underscoring their commitment to living purposeful lives guided by their beliefs.

Notable Quote:
Jase Robertson [56:07]: “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed... it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”

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Conclusion

This episode of the Duck Call Room offers listeners an intimate glimpse into the Robertson family's life, celebrating the humor, resilience, and love that define their legacy. Through shared stories and heartfelt conversations, Tracy and Scott Robertson honor their father’s memory while highlighting the values that continue to guide their lives.

Transcript

[Si Robertson]

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[Phil Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

Well, welcome back to the duck call room, ladies and gentlemen. We are back for another glorious. I don't know what's today. When's this gonna air? Is this a Tuesday or a Thursday? Or a Thursday?

[Willie Robertson]

I bet you it happens on a day that starts with T and ends with Y.

[Jase Robertson]

Ain't that something? There we go. Yeah. But we do have a special one coming for you today. Look, we sat down with both of Silas's children, so y' all are going to get to meet size kids here in just a little bit.

[Willie Robertson]

The people just buckled their seatbelt that weren't wearing it.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. So you're going to get to see what happens if everybody wants to know or say, I wish I was my uncle or I wish I was my dad. Well, you're about to see what happened because of that with Tracy and Scott.

[Tracy Robertson]

Tracy, you wouldn't want to, but you wouldn't want to be.

[Jase Robertson]

But you will laugh because trust me, I laughed a ton sitting there doing it. I'm not.

[Willie Robertson]

Me and Goblin weren't a part of it.

[Jase Robertson]

No. Y' all are very excited to watch. Yeah, no, it was. It was a lot of fun, man. It was. And getting to, you know, obviously, I know Scott and Teresa and their betrothed, their. Their spouses, but I didn't know some of the stories we talked about, so I'm not going to give any of it away right now. But it is. It is good, man. It is good. We got to listen to. I will talk a Little bit about the. Just seeing. Tracer and Scott both reminisce about side dressing up. Like, you know the picture the Easter Bunny. Oh, yeah. And seeing just how. How I guess present of a father he was, was pretty cool, like, because, you know, I mean, we obviously know because of Duck Dynasty. Sai will put on any costume.

[Willie Robertson]

The man's never seen a costume. He wasn't willing to throw up.

[Jase Robertson]

He's been a beaver. He's been a dag Easter Bunny. He's dressed up as my wife or, well, at the time, my girlfriend. He's worn feather boas with the granddaughters.

[Tracy Robertson]

He.

[Jase Robertson]

I mean, suits, you name it. The boy has no issue with. With doing what it takes to play the part.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's what happens when you're a father of a young lady.

[Jase Robertson]

You'll just do it, huh?

[Tracy Robertson]

You just do it.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I love.

[Scott Robertson]

Girls are different from boys.

[Tracy Robertson]

Ain't that.

[Jase Robertson]

There's plenty of pictures of me floating around too, somewhere of when my nieces were young because we didn't ob. We didn't have kids, and my brother had two girls and they wanted to put makeup. So I was like, I don't care. Whatever, man. Washes off, right? Like, I haven't ever done the makeup thing. Lottie ain't got you on that one.

[Willie Robertson]

She braid my hair.

[Jase Robertson]

She getting about the age for makeup, though, where it becomes a real big deal. You will do it because those weren't even my daughters and I did it, so. And Bella and all them little. Little girls when they were little. I mean, they painted my fingernails and did. I don't care about. About that stuff, man. It's just you. You just trying to have fun and so.

[Tracy Robertson]

No, man, that's why God knows what he's doing.

[Jase Robertson]

God, when you ever do makeup with Johanna? When you.

[Scott Robertson]

I don't think so.

[Jase Robertson]

But Gavin puts on makeup every day of duck season because Galvin don't just. Yeah. Gowing. Don't just put face paint on. He got that design. He got them three fingers ago. Like, good doing it, too. Yeah. Galvin's always had a look.

[Tracy Robertson]

He like putting out war paint on.

[Jase Robertson]

Hey, I got an idea. When you go fishing now, y' all do it with Sunscree.

[Scott Robertson]

That's what I wanted.

[Jase Robertson]

And just have you three lines.

[Scott Robertson]

There you go.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, that's a natty. There you go. You could have to look. You could be that guy, you know.

[Willie Robertson]

John Randall of the Outdoor World.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go. Who's that?

[Willie Robertson]

The guy that played football in Minnesota who always had crazy face pain.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, really? I didn't know he was scary. Oh, there you go.

[Scott Robertson]

Has come alive with them big bass, ain't it?

[Tracy Robertson]

Thank you.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go.

[Scott Robertson]

I caught a 13 pounder the other day. Little boy did.

[Jase Robertson]

Little boy did.

[Scott Robertson]

Getting a backlash out.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, I know where I could go get a big 13 pounder.

[Jase Robertson]

Where?

[Tracy Robertson]

I don't tell you.

[Jase Robertson]

Why not?

[Tracy Robertson]

What? I'm gonna show you.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm gonna have to be the one to take you.

[Tracy Robertson]

I'll show you. Yeah, I'll show you. I can't tell you. That's right. Dang. You don't want to let this out.

[Jase Robertson]

Golly, I'm about to get Bradshawed. In the memory of about to get Bradshaw.

[Willie Robertson]

You know where you can just go catch a 13 pound bass, no problem?

[Tracy Robertson]

No, no. Here's the thing.

[Willie Robertson]

But you can't tell us where.

[Tracy Robertson]

Look, in the heyday when we was fishing, it, it was three little sticks sticking up. You went there and look, you would either either a worm or whatever you want to throw, just try to wrap it around, let it slither off, let it go all the way to the bottom. And then, hey, when you cranked it up, hey, you better have a good holter on rod and reel. It was always big fish.

[Scott Robertson]

Always.

[Jase Robertson]

You throw it around the middle stick.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah. Aim it's middle one. Let's drop and go down. When you picked it up, it just.

[Scott Robertson]

Like it was on. He was on there.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, he had hit it and try to take it out of your hand.

[Scott Robertson]

Oh, good.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I forget Godwin doesn't know this because he's not in our group text. Godwin, do you know what our friend podcast hunter over there got to experience for the first time this weekend again. Look at John David right now.

[Tracy Robertson]

He loves the Dairy palace for the.

[Jase Robertson]

First time in his life.

[Scott Robertson]

What about it? You get you some ice cream after.

[Willie Robertson]

He ran out.

[Jase Robertson]

I. I got. They suggested I got a spam burger timeout.

[Willie Robertson]

They did not suggest that Spam burger.

[Jase Robertson]

I believe it. He ordered it.

[Willie Robertson]

I was very against that.

[Tracy Robertson]

Spam burger is pretty good.

[Jase Robertson]

Never had spam before in my life.

[Tracy Robertson]

So that was something. Do you like it?

[Jase Robertson]

It was all right.

[Tracy Robertson]

You ate like spam bar.

[Jase Robertson]

Fried spam is good.

[Tracy Robertson]

All right.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Tracy Robertson]

Better than I thought.

[Willie Robertson]

The double bacon cheeseburger is way better.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, but you can get that anywhere.

[Willie Robertson]

Not as good as the dairy.

[Jase Robertson]

I kind of wished I got that after I ate. No, the fried chicken, fried bacon.

[Willie Robertson]

See, that one was a must.

[Jase Robertson]

That was the one that hurt you, though. Yeah, I was. Every time I burped, which was a Lot after. It was all up to taste.

[Scott Robertson]

Yeah, that's why you get the ice cream after.

[Willie Robertson]

So that's how I knew he actually went. I said, did you get the chicken fried bacon? Hunter said, yeah, it was awesome until about the third piece. And I was like, yeah, that's chicken fried bacon. That's how it feels.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, that checks out, right? Like.

[Scott Robertson]

We always stop there.

[Jase Robertson]

Will you be back? Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, it's a must stop.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, if you ever travel with K. Robertson on Interstate 20 going west, you go.

[Willie Robertson]

If you are anywhere between Dallas and.

[Scott Robertson]

Monroe, well, you gonna stop first at that barbecue place. Where is that? In Tyler.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Scott Robertson]

Are you gonna stop there and then you gonna stop at the Dairy Palace. You get your hors d' oeuvres at Tyler, then you get your mail order.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. I'm glad to know you. Now, Hunter, were you the only person.

[Willie Robertson]

From that concert at the Dairy palace afterwards?

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Scott Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, I was.

[Tracy Robertson]

And then want to stop?

[Jase Robertson]

And then I got pulled over for going 7:73 and a 70, like right outside.

[Willie Robertson]

True.

[Jase Robertson]

I did. I have the. The warning to prove it.

[Scott Robertson]

Oh, he just warned you.

[Willie Robertson]

70.

[Scott Robertson]

He said, Boy, you better slow it down. You're going two mile an hour.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I mean, in fairness, you see a little orange car with Louisiana tags coming out of Texas at about 2am in the morning.

[Tracy Robertson]

Ah, suspect.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, you're gonna pull them over.

[Tracy Robertson]

Suspect.

[Scott Robertson]

Good thing you didn't have a odor coming out.

[Willie Robertson]

He did have an odor. S just had a spam burger and. And for dessert had chicken fried bacon.

[Jase Robertson]

That's why the cop let him go with a warning. He rolled that window down and said, God almighty.

[Scott Robertson]

Like that boy got to get to a bathroom.

[Jase Robertson]

This boy's already had a rough enough night. I ain't doing nothing else to him.

[Willie Robertson]

If that wasn't weird enough, here's size, kids.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's right.

[Si Robertson]

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[Kyle]

Get angle up.

[Jase Robertson]

There we go.

[Kyle]

See, there's that short thing again. It's like riding the rides at Six Flags. You got to be this tall.

[Jase Robertson]

You got to get on your tiptoe.

[Kyle]

Sometimes I got to have Trace escort me. I can't even.

[Jase Robertson]

Sign of release.

[Marcia]

Y' all laugh. But he did tell me that on our first date that I had to have one of his children so that they could ride the rides at Six Flags. Tall enough to get in.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's a good line. Yeah.

[Kyle]

And she went screaming and running from the car. That was kind of. I thought it was a good. But she didn't even know what Six Flags was, so it was kind of. Kind of fell flat.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, there you go.

[Kyle]

Everybody else laughed a little bit.

[Tracy Robertson]

Now that I got your attention. You want to have my baby?

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, wow. Very direct. This was the first day, so I'm going to let you have the honors of introducing our special guest, because I'm almost certain people aren't going to believe this.

[Tracy Robertson]

So, okay, we've got my daughter Tracer on my left. Okay. And her husband Kyle, on the right.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go. For all the folks at home, you've been screaming, you want to meet size family? Here we go.

[Tracy Robertson]

And I'll get this out of the way. Okay. There's a rumor that when she was born at the hospital, that there was a big mix up, because when they see her, they say, that can't be your daughter.

[Marcia]

We always joke that there's some girl in Germany who's out throwing rocks at squirrels in a park somewhere.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

With red hair. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tracy Robertson]

She actually. She used to teach, be a teacher. And she was listening to her kids talk about Duck Dynasty. And then she told them. She said, oh, y' all talking about my dad? Well, they didn't believe her. Okay. I said, well, Tracy, darling, you need to look in the mirror and then remember what I look like. Okay?

[Marcia]

That is what he told me.

[Tracy Robertson]

I understand. She said, well, will you do me a favor? And I said, what's that? She said, call me, you know, during school time. And I. And I want. I'll put you on speaker and let's talk to my students. I said, okay. So, yeah, I called, and it was a hoot. Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, man.

[Tracy Robertson]

They was all shocked, you know, after that, I don't know what all she had to tell them, you know.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, your old nephews used to refer to her as the seventh wonder of the world, or eighth wonder of the world, I guess. And I was like, what do y' all mean? Like, you just not gonna believe it when you see size daughter? And I was like, really?

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, no, because they see she got two things that I don't have.

[Jase Robertson]

Brains.

[Tracy Robertson]

She's got brain and she's beautiful. Okay? So, yeah, so I could, I could. I actually told her, I said, well done. I understand it perfectly. I said, number one, you're drop dead gorgeous, and number two, you got really good, you know, intellect.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Tracy Robertson]

And I said, I have neither one. The only things I've got. God says it's this way I take care of fools and children. Well, I qualify. And both of them Arenas.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, well, Tracy, Kyle, thank you all so much for joining us today. I know. I'm just going to guess that the number one question that our fans would have for both of y' all is what was it like growing up with Silas Robertson as your father? And I say that kind of tongue in cheek because I didn't get to his full blown crazy stage till about 15, 20 years ago where he just become a. Basically a comedian. So I'm sure even when I first knew him, if a camera jumped out, he would go hide. So, you know, it's kind of a weird, kind of a weird transition. He was fine off camera. It's just when the camera goes, I know I doing that. But you're, you know, this man, America's uncle, is actually your father. So I would. I think the world wants to hear more about Silas Robertson as a father, if I'm being fair. So. Okay, I'll let you take the floor on that one.

[Marcia]

All right. Well, first of all, it's really difficult because people always think that he is my uncle. And so I've been getting condolence letters about Phil for my father. And I have to explain to people, no, no, that's not quite the way this works, you know, which is kind of, kind of funny. But it's. Growing up with dad was funny. He always had this really mischievous, funny streak in him, but for the most part, he was pretty quiet. And he was in the army, so he was, you know, fairly serious most of the time. And it was when we would go out with his hunting buddies, like in Germany when we went to the stamtisch, which is a reserve table event, we would go out and he would turn into this, you know, funny, cracking jokes, talking the whole night. Everybody wanted to be around him. Everybody would kind of surround our table, you know, just to listen to him. And. And, you know, it was always fun to see that side of him. And over time, that side has become more psy than.

[Jase Robertson]

I love to hear that. So you were an entertainer even then. You Never tell that side of it on yourself. You just, you talk about the hunt. You never said you went. You were the entertainment for the hunting events. Now I can totally see it. But I had no idea that you were a natural born entertainer. Even in Germany, old man. That's.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, I have to say, Bomber was the first TV star. Okay, Price is Right on. Price is Right. Yeah. Okay, Phil, Phil. Now, when they, they used to have to have the camera. No, I didn't, I didn't know.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Tracy Robertson]

And then A and E shows up, and Phil said, what happened? You know, And I said, well, hey, when you will have me on duck hunting? I said, there was no green stuff involved. I said, a and E showed up, and I said, hey, they brought a lot of green stuff. I said, that's when I kind of come out of my shell, so to speak.

[Jase Robertson]

Y' all always knew that side was in it.

[Marcia]

Yeah, we did. And I used to joke about the cameras, you know, when, like you said, he used to shy away from the cameras. And now it's like if a camera turns on, he's on.

[Tracy Robertson]

It's a different person takes over. Really.

[Marcia]

He's on full display.

[Jase Robertson]

All that's what I tell everybody. He's in full character.

[Tracy Robertson]

Right.

[Jase Robertson]

If there's a camera and a microphone, he is, he's in character. And when he does go shut it down, he shuts it all the way down, too. So it's kind of.

[Kyle]

Well, that's, that's the one I met down.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, yeah, because you were courting his daughter.

[Kyle]

Well, well, here's the deal. I, I, I, I knew him for probably five years before I ever met him. Because these two have a. And I don't. If we could bottle it, we'd be millionaires. I'm telling you right now, these two can sleep on demand.

[Jase Robertson]

I mean, so you got that part of the gene.

[Kyle]

So when we would actually come visit, well, we dated for a while. They were back in Holly Tree, Alabama, back in those days. And then they moved to Louisiana. And when we'd come here to visit, he'd be in the recliner, she'd be in the other recliner. Christine would go take a nap in the bed, and there's nothing but snoring going on. I'd sit there and stare at the windows for. I mean, I, I never had a conversation with the man for about the first four trips down to. I mean, I'm telling you.

[Tracy Robertson]

No. There was a lot of analyzing. No.

[Kyle]

Is that what that was?

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah. On this side.

[Kyle]

Introspection.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah. Okay. There was a lot of research and development going on.

[Kyle]

Little deep thoughts with Si Robertson. That's what it was. They were pretty deep.

[Jase Robertson]

It was all a part of your strategy.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

You were just testing to see if.

[Tracy Robertson]

You could break him.

[Kyle]

I have never. I'm telling you, you could beat either one of them with a rubber hose. And neither one of them were moving. I mean, it was, it was.

[Marcia]

We would be billionaires if we could.

[Tracy Robertson]

Bottle. What?

[Marcia]

How we sleep.

[Kyle]

It's crazy.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, no, no, last night I didn't, okay? I woke up about 1:30 and then the last time I looked at the clock it was 4:30, okay. And then I actually went to sleep for a couple hours, you know, but I just, you know.

[Kyle]

Well, you used it all up the last time.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, I don't know why, you know, I say God wakes me up all the time just to let me. To tell me something. Okay. Because I told Mac Owens was just here and done a podcast with us, you know, good friend of Phil's, close friend. And I told him, I said, well, I said, here's what I was thinking about last night. I said, we're on a giant movie set, okay? And there's a movie being made, a mega movie, okay? And the title of it is the man from Eternity, okay? And I said, it goes on forever. I don't think it's ever going to be finished. But that's what kept me awake last night is I told myself when I was thinking all this, you finally lost it. You've gone insane. Totally, I said, because here it is, 2am in the morning, you're sitting here thinking about, well, the man from, you know, eternity.

[Kyle]

Who'd you cast to play you?

[Tracy Robertson]

It ain't nobody.

[Jase Robertson]

No, no, everybody's their own character.

[Tracy Robertson]

This is about Jesus, okay? So I just, you know, I said everybody's seen the movie the man from Snowy river, you know, a Western. And I said, well, this one was bigger, better. Okay?

[Jase Robertson]

It never ends.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah, it never ends.

[Jase Robertson]

It never. You never get to the ending because eternity doesn't end. Right?

[Hunter]

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[Si Robertson]

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[Hunter]

So I thought it would be fun.

[Si Robertson]

If we made $15 bills, but it turns out that's very illegal.

[Jase Robertson]

So there goes my big idea for the commercial.

[Hunter]

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[Phil Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

Mobile.com. so, Tracy, you spent, I guess the first part of your life just in Germany was like moving around with the service and.

[Marcia]

Yeah, we moved around quite a bit. And I spent the last time we were in Germany was from the time I was 12 till I graduated from high school.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay, there you go.

[Tracy Robertson]

I actually. And my wife still doesn't. You know, she gets mad every time she thinks about it. I actually had to change to a new high school at my mid term senior year. Well, she. Her friends used to hang out at the house, you know. Well, when it come up, you know that I got kicked out. Which they done me a favor.

[Marcia]

Honorably. Kicked out.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah, I'm just saying I got kicked out. Yeah, I was getting a little lippy.

[Jase Robertson]

But anyway, they done had nothing of you and you'd had enough of them.

[Tracy Robertson]

And I'd had enough of them.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Marcia]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

So.

[Tracy Robertson]

But, you know, I said, well, I. I'm going, you know, and then Christine found out I could have stayed and. Well, after she graduated, but we left Trace over in Germany with a good friend and because I didn't want what happened to me to happen to her.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh. Didn't want to have to change right.

[Tracy Robertson]

There, graduate with her friends because it's a big deal, you know, that's honorable.

[Marcia]

That was a. It was a super big blessing.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. That's cool. Well, you've always. I don't. I don't you've ever been accused of being selfish. So that. That, that part of you tracks like. Yeah, you. You were willing to.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, my wife didn't like it. I'll just say that he said, I found out you could have stayed. I said, hey, don't even bring that up. I'd had enough of them. When they said I could go, I. I left. But I've done that my whole career to my wife. Okay. She's the one. I'd get orders and I'd come in and say, hey, get everything ready. I'm gone.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, she was in. She was in charge of logistics.

[Tracy Robertson]

She was the real supply person.

[Marcia]

Yes, that's true. We went to every daddy daughter dance that was on the base.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, I did.

[Marcia]

And you would dress up. And dressing up was not a big thing for you. You did not enjoy dressing up. You wore a uniform to work every day. And when you could wear jeans and a T shirt, you were wearing jeans and a T shirt. And so you would get dressed up and you'd Me get dressed up and you take me out for the evening. And we. We'd go and we'd.

[Tracy Robertson]

That was one of the honors of being a father.

[Marcia]

And so, I mean, you were there when I was a kid, and so you. You think you weren't, but you were. And, and the pictures show that. I mean, we have lots of pictures of you with me. And, you know, Halloween's dressed up as crazy things. Not just the Easter Bunny, but there were all other crazy times you dressed up.

[Tracy Robertson]

And well, I remember that's one of the things. And it was an honor for that. When I look back on the memories with all you and your girlfriends, y' all in there, what little bit of hair I had, y' all were doing things with me.

[Marcia]

He did let us in in my sixth grade year in. In Germany with one of my best friends. He let us. And you have to remember his hair was short then, so there wasn't a lot to work with. But he let us put his hair in ponytails and like little corkscrew curls and just messing with everything we possibly could. And you know, and just having that patience to do that kind of thing, that was huge.

[Tracy Robertson]

What I told everybody, I said, God's very. Got a lot of wisdom, I said, because he gave me eight grandsons and no granddaughters. I said, because if he gave me a granddaughter, the grandsons were out.

[Jase Robertson]

Kick them boys to the curb.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah, they're out.

[Kyle]

I'll tell you, I got lucky enough. We were at yalls 50th anniversary party a couple years ago, right? And Yalls anniversary and my parents anniversary are the same week. They're within a week of each other. So while we were down there and you guys were doing your 50th, my parents were doing their 60th. And I remember thinking when I'm sitting there and I'm watching all this and again, kind of on the outside looking in. I don't know you as well in the family as well obviously as my own. And I don't know the whole Robertson clan as well as I probably should, but I'm sitting there thinking the whole time that whatever it was that you guys spent 50 years doing together produced this. And I have never. I mean, I am so. You have no idea how grateful I am for this woman. This is the single greatest human being I've ever met in my life. I'm not kidding you. And I don't just say that because I have to ride home with her later.

[Tracy Robertson]

Me and my wife refer to her as the queen bee.

[Kyle]

And you should. And you should. But. But, you know, a lot of all those characteristics, all those things that I've always loved about Trace. All those things that I've admired about Trace. All those things that I am just in awe of about Trace. That came from somewhere. It came from somewhere. And whether you want to give all the credit to Christine or not. Well, is up to you.

[Tracy Robertson]

I do.

[Kyle]

But it comes. It comes from both sides. And I see a lot of. I see a lot of you and her every now and then. I see a lot of Christine in her every now and then. But I'm just. I'm just grateful. And I wanted to tell you guys at night, and I didn't get a chance to, or I guess I forgot to. But I just want to say thank you.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, say we. We see that by the way you treat her well. Okay? Well, that's.

[Kyle]

Well, she's the queen. I have to.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, no, no.

[Jase Robertson]

Off of the head.

[Marcia]

That's what happens when you have all boys. You know, you're the queen of the house.

[Kyle]

So it is kind of funny. We've tried to teach the boys. I mean, she'll go out. She doesn't even reach for a door anymore because she knows one of the gentlemen in our house is going to open the door.

[Jase Robertson]

That's training.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's something that should be taught more. That's what I grew up with, okay?

[Kyle]

Yes, sir.

[Tracy Robertson]

You always open the door for the lady.

[Kyle]

Faith, courtesy, kindness and respect. If we could get all four of those things back in the world today, we'd be a whole lot better place.

[Tracy Robertson]

I raised her, okay? The one thing I am proud of, I raised her. And I tell all the young ladies I meet today, be proud of your womanhood.

[Kyle]

Absolutely.

[Tracy Robertson]

You can do anything in this world you set your mind to, okay? That's one thing she got from me, okay? And her mother.

[Jase Robertson]

Confidence, you know, confidence in who you are.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah. You're supposed to raise this child to be a decent adult human being, okay? And like I always tell people, I. I didn't ever grow up. I'm always going to stay a kid, okay? As much as I can. I have to be somehow half adult sometimes.

[Marcia]

Only when forced to.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It's just definitely force, okay? Because, hey, being an adult sucks.

[Jase Robertson]

Amen.

[Tracy Robertson]

You do stuff you have to do. Okay. You know, so.

[Marcia]

No, but I definitely think I got that from. From you and from this side of the family is a very strong sense of self.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, y'.

[Tracy Robertson]

All.

[Jase Robertson]

So we got a little bit in this part of it. But y' all have four sons, right?

[Marcia]

We do, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

How old are they?

[Marcia]

They are 26, 24, 22 and about to turn 21.

[Jase Robertson]

Wow.

[Marcia]

So, yeah. Had four and six years.

[Jase Robertson]

So is the half years? Is the nest empty?

[Marcia]

Oh, no.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, no, no.

[Marcia]

They are all back. They are all back.

[Tracy Robertson]

I love dad. No, no.

[Kyle]

Let me tell y', all, we have.

[Marcia]

A sound machine we have to turn on at night so that we can go to bed.

[Jase Robertson]

Because.

[Marcia]

Because they are all nocturnal. And they all start playing their games with their friends at 12:30 at night. And we're like, we are tired. We want to go to bed.

[Kyle]

It's a little older house.

[Marcia]

Terrible.

[Kyle]

It's a little older house. And everything carries through the vents. So we hear terrible. And what's weird is they can't hear each other in their rooms, but we can hear all four of them coming through. It's.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, man. I didn't even mean to break open an old wound, but the look on Kyle's face said. I was like, oh, I done stepped in something here. My bad.

[Tracy Robertson]

Hey, you say that they have a strong family unit is an understatement.

[Marcia]

That's very true.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I think that comes. I think the nocturnal goes away with age.

[Marcia]

It's age.

[Jase Robertson]

It's an age thing.

[Tracy Robertson]

Hey, what I thought about right there, it's when you throw a rock in a. A bunch of. A cage of dog wanted. He had screamed and that's what he did.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Tracy Robertson]

Will you ask? Yeah.

[Kyle]

Listen. Listen, I. I love my kids. I do.

[Tracy Robertson]

And.

[Kyle]

And I'm. I'm one of those people that. That I'm like my dad. If I could, I'd just keep building onto the house and have him live.

[Tracy Robertson]

With me the whole. The whole life.

[Kyle]

Yeah, I. I would. But at night.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. When it's time to go to bed.

[Marcia]

At night, we'd like some more soundproofing.

[Kyle]

Yeah. If we could.

[Marcia]

If we can soundproof.

[Jase Robertson]

It took me, I would say, till I was around 30 or so before I became non nocturnal. Now, during duck season, you go to straight. Oh, yeah, you go to straight. Diurnal, I guess is the correct term. Because you. You got to sleep at some point. But no, when it wasn't hunting season, I say, well, you just. You're up all night. I don't know what it is. It's like, I think, because a lot of it is your mind is wandering about who you are, where you're supposed to be, what are you doing. All as a young male, especially in today's society, you're just There's a lot of stuff you're trying to figure out. And y' all are tasked with raising four of them. And my hat's off to you because I got two of them, and I don't know how in the world if you doubled that. I have no idea. I. I mean, once you go from.

[Marcia]

Two to three, like, that's the biggest change because you're going from man to man coverage to zone coverage.

[Jase Robertson]

Full time, full time zone.

[Tracy Robertson]

And then.

[Marcia]

Then the fourth one's no big deal because you're like, oh, I already know how to do.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's how they done it. They're coat. It's a.

[Marcia]

That's right.

[Tracy Robertson]

Actually, we planned it out.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Kyle]

The only problem is, apparently I can't trade them.

[Jase Robertson]

For a better player. Cash consideration.

[Kyle]

Asking where the trade deadline is, and she tells me it's already passed.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, man.

[Marcia]

Yeah, the kids keep asking about the transfer portal, but, yeah, they are nil.

[Kyle]

They still want nil. You got nil.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, man, I love it.

[Marcia]

Your room and board is right.

[Kyle]

That's right. You're on scholarship and you've been there for a while.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, man. Well, thank you all so much for stopping in. We're spoiler alert for the other part of this episode. We're going to sit down and talk to Scott, too. So we're going to. We're going to split this half and half between. Between daughter and son, and s going to. S. Is going to face all of it. So, no. Thank you so much, Trace. And coming in. We appreciate you guys. So y' all are always welcome here. If you ever make the. The drive over from Fort Worth. Isn't that. Isn't that Fort Worth is home, Right?

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

So, man, we appreciate y' all coming by. And stay tuned while we get the other half of the Silas Robertson family tree in here. Look, our friends over at MyPillow have a passion to help everyone get the best sleep of your life. But the MyPillow folks didn't stop by just creating the best pillow. They have created the best bed sheets ever, too. And right now, MyPillow is offering the best deal on Mike Lindell's per cow bed sheets. You can get a set for as low as 24.98.

[Willie Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

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[Tracy Robertson]

Hey, you and JD Said it all. I said, how about that robe, though? Hey, hey, you gotta have the rope.

[Willie Robertson]

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[Tracy Robertson]

That's right.

[Willie Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

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[Tracy Robertson]

We've had some schedules travel by 30 hours.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. And they had a lot. It's a lot longer from Idaho to West Monroe than it is from Fort Worth to West Monroe. So just a little bit, we're going.

[Tracy Robertson]

To start this out. I'm going to take you back. Tell everybody when you first met. Oh, here we go.

[Godwin]

All right, are y' all ready for this one? So anybody who knew Phil knew that he was not a hugger.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, that's to put it lightly.

[Godwin]

And anybody who knows me knows I.

[Tracy Robertson]

Am a hugger on in there.

[Godwin]

So Scott and I pulled up at Kay and Phil's house, and here comes Phil out the door. Come Meet me. And I did my, my thing. Scott went up and shook his hand and said, this is my wife Marcia. And I'm like, hi, Uncle Phil. And I gave him the biggest hug ever. And out of the corner of my eye, Scott's face is like, look.

[Hunter]

The look on Phil's face was interesting.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

Oh, I imagine it was interesting.

[Jase Robertson]

I can only imagine. Yeah. That wasn't, that wasn't his. That wasn't his.

[Godwin]

No, no. But he hugged me back.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Godwin]

And then proceeded to take me into the living room, sat me down on the couch.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. How quick, how long did it take him to ask you about Jesus?

[Hunter]

Oh, right away.

[Godwin]

It was right away. Right away.

[Tracy Robertson]

And.

[Godwin]

I think some people have been intimidated by him, but it was just a conversation to me.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

I was just talking about Jesus and, and how much I love Jesus. And it was all okay.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

It's really funny though, because, like, right after that, you know, Phil doesn't mince words. He never has. He comes up to me and he goes, merritt, you got you a good one this time.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

I'm like, okay, I got the seal of approval. You got the stamp of approval, all right.

[Jase Robertson]

Which is a hard thing to get from him, too. He didn't, he don't sign off on many folks, that's for sure. He was, he was a man. He. He had a certain set of standards. So if he signed off on it, you could pretty well. You could pretty well bet. Yeah, that, that it was, it was solid. That's. That's awesome, man. We're, we're happy you guys are here. We obviously wish it were under different circumstances, but just like I told Tracy and Kyle, man, one of the comments we get a lot on this podcast is we would love to meet size family and we're, you know, the same deal. Like, man, they're just scattered to the wind, right? Like, it's not as easy as you think it is. So that since we had that opportunity, we.

[Godwin]

Here we are.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, we thought, man, why? Why not? And so, yeah. Scott, I'm going to ask you something that I asked Tracy just because I think it's fun you had America's uncle as your father. How was that? Like, not. And I'm. When I say that, I know that's a loaded question, but we all see size, who he is now. But as the, the goofy guy that keeps everybody laughing and keeps everything so light hearted and all the things. But as a father in the military and all the things, and I know you, you are a service Member of ours as well. And which we want to take a minute too, to thank you for that, you know, and. But yeah, America's uncle as your father, was it, was it entertaining then as it is now, or. I mean, has he always been like this or.

[Hunter]

No, no, he's always been like that. You know, the word that comes to mind for me is it was dynamic.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Hunter]

Because you got, you got psy and then you have me. I'm the new and improved version. And it was, it was a little rough. Like, like anybody that truly knows me knows I am a very high energy person.

[Jase Robertson]

Can't imagine where you got that from.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Hunter]

I'm either don't bother me, I want my space, or I'm like, let's do it.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

And there were a lot of times where he and I had had a very rough meeting of the minds. And it's funny because he told me one time, he's like, you know.

[Tracy Robertson]

He.

[Hunter]

Goes, the older I got, the smarter my dad got. And that. And that comment stuck with me. And, and he said that at that time to where he. I, you know, I, I took it as he was saying that he didn't think I thought he was intelligent. And I'm like, no, I always think you're intelligent. And you may be right, but I don't want to do it that way. You know, I just, I just don't.

[Jase Robertson]

Unfortunately for you, that's genetic. Yeah.

[Hunter]

You know, but I mean, people have seen the photos of him dressed up as a six foot Easter bunny and you know, the outfits that we used to wear and the different things that we used to do. And I mean, I remember him bringing home squirrels in a bag, you know, and, and he, he'd gut them out and everything and we'd help hold it and, and things of that nature. And it just, you know, I also remember helping people where, you know, people would come over.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

You know, or we do home, church. It's life. Life is dynamic. You know, it's like Marsha, when we first got together, I said it so often that she's like, I hate that word. It's a fluid situation.

[Tracy Robertson]

Right.

[Hunter]

And it really is. You can either let the wave drown you or you can learn how to ride it. But like, if you're gonna let it drown you, nine times out of ten, you're trying to fight it instead of go with it, you know, like cross currents. It was just a blast. I mean, you know, he tried taking me hunting one time. I personally think that the deer hunting went better than the duck hunting. The first time I went duck hunting, Uncle Phil went, never again.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Yeah. I was not. I was not. I wasn't able to, like.

[Godwin]

How old were you?

[Hunter]

Sit still enough.

[Tracy Robertson]

How old was I?

[Hunter]

That was fifth.

[Tracy Robertson]

Fifth grade, right?

[Hunter]

That was when we came down.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

I went out once. He's like, nope, you and Jeff are staying here.

[Godwin]

We should have brought Wyatt. And then they could have seen what you were like, oh, my goodness.

[Tracy Robertson]

His son is like a ping the ball in a pinball machine.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Just all over the place.

[Hunter]

She was making the joke. She's like, you know how you're the new and improved version of him? He's the new and improved version of y' all both combined. And I'm like, that's not a good thing.

[Jase Robertson]

The legacy lives on.

[Hunter]

It's not a good thing.

[Tracy Robertson]

I got a story there. Christine had a lot of knickknacks that people gave her that they made. Okay. This is antique stuff. Well, white, his top on the shelf. Wyatt's about three quarter monkey. So he climbed up and look, he was in a bad mood that day. So, hey, he just looked at those. Damn. Busted. So I come in there and I said, what are you doing?

[Jase Robertson]

I laugh because I'm in this stage currently.

[Tracy Robertson]

No, no. But anyway, so I told him he.

[Godwin]

Was about a year old.

[Tracy Robertson]

So I tore his butt up, you know. Well, hey, it wasn't five minutes. I heard something else crash, smash. I come in there, hey, I did it three times. And I mean, this was with the bell. And I whooped his butt. Yo. Finally, Mar come in and got involved. She said, wyatt, come here. She said, you see that man? Yes, sir. You know? Yes, ma'. Am. Yeah. He said, that's your grandpa. You know what that hard headed has come from? From that? He said, you're not going to beat him. You better listen to him. Or, hey, y' all go. You just gonna get a whooping every five minutes. So they finally quit after that.

[Jase Robertson]

You gonna get tired before he gets tired, right?

[Tracy Robertson]

I got so tickled at that. That's where you get all your hard edited.

[Hunter]

You got it. You got to get creative.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, what's crazy? You talking about that duck hunting. One of my. This is going to sound weird. One of my core memories of duck hunting, or one of them that just. I can go back there right now. Was actually with you inside on the dog.

[Tracy Robertson]

That was the day we kill the canvas back. Canvas back.

[Jase Robertson]

We were looking all over for everything and couldn't find them. And it's because they were coming down from the heavens so fast.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah. We heard them. It's a roar.

[Hunter]

That was such an amazing, amazing sound.

[Tracy Robertson]

Swinging in front of the blind.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

I heard all about it.

[Jase Robertson]

And then we killed. There were three of them, and we each got one of them. The limit was one. And we all. They come across the decoys, and boom. And we killed all three of them.

[Hunter]

She was so looking forward to going. And she got sick and.

[Godwin]

Oh, I was pregnant.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

With the twins.

[Jase Robertson]

Ah.

[Godwin]

I was back at Diane Christine's.

[Hunter]

She was not doing good that morning at all.

[Godwin]

And he comes home, and he's just full of energy.

[Kyle]

I'm fired up like you will never believe.

[Godwin]

And I'm like, thanks.

[Hunter]

I'll be like. They sound like a jet engine coming down when they cup their wings.

[Tracy Robertson]

Like.

[Hunter]

It is such an amazing thing.

[Jase Robertson]

It was a lot. But that is one of those that, you know.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, you would think it was 50. Yeah.

[Godwin]

That's what.

[Tracy Robertson]

You know.

[Jase Robertson]

The first thing you didn't think it was was a duck. It was like, what in the world is making all that?

[Tracy Robertson]

What? Making this sound.

[Jase Robertson]

It was the. But that's one of them deals. Like, I've killed a lot of ducks before them, and I've killed a bunch of them after them. And I still remember that. I can go right back that day right now.

[Tracy Robertson]

And that was actually fun because it was boom, boom, boom. And all three of them folded.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. And we shot them at about.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's the fastest flying duck there is.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. We shot them at about 15 yards, and they all fell at about 60. That's how fast they were going.

[Tracy Robertson]

One look when they hit the water, they skipped about four times.

[Jase Robertson]

It was crazy.

[Godwin]

Did Scott redeem himself hunting then?

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

I was much better. I was focused. And I have learned through the military how to not move all over the place. You know, I just got to be focused.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

And there are sometimes. Like, when you're a little kid, you haven't quite figured that out yet. When. When you're one.

[Jase Robertson]

That.

[Hunter]

That is when I was a little kid. Some little kids maybe figure it out.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, you know, Phil had to have blood drained from him. His body made more blood than it needed. Yeah, that's why kids are. You need to drain the.

[Hunter]

You got to drain the energy.

[Tracy Robertson]

Pissing vinegar, they're full of. Maybe then they slow down.

[Hunter]

I mean, honestly, they probably could have looked at me and went, you know what? I'm going to use this energy. The dog's going to stay here. When the duck hits the water. Go get it.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, go grab it. Go grab and come right back. Yeah.

[Tracy Robertson]

Well, Phil always said, you know, and he was. He was a dog man. He said, but, hey, look, you know human beings a lot better because you can verbally tell him where to go.

[Hunter]

Go to the left.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah. Do. Yeah. Go left. Yeah. Halftime dog won't do it.

[Hunter]

If you went on a road trip and you didn't stop for a Big Mac or drop a crispy fry between the car seats or use your McDonald's bag as a placemat, then that wasn't a road trip. It was just a really long drive.

[Jase Robertson]

At participating McDonald's. Scott, I don't know. What's the age difference between you and Tracy?

[Tracy Robertson]

Two years.

[Jase Robertson]

Two years. So you spent a lot of time in Germany? Well, how. How was. How was living over there?

[Hunter]

Oh, I loved it.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, I loved it. I know. I talked so fondly about it, and some of his core memories of being over there in the service and all.

[Hunter]

The things, so it was so awesome. Like, when you really think about it, my mom was working for the dod. She was a GS Raid at that time. And they weren't going to leave me at home, right. Because I just started school. So I'd walk with her to work, and then, you know, I'd grab my skateboard and skate down or I'd walk down to go to school. But my roving range was like 10 miles. Once I got a bike, like, me and my best friend would literally, on the weekends, we'd pack up top Ramen and some Styrofoam cups. Right. And we'd pull into the PX and get some water, and we just. We'd straight out base to the woods. And I mean, they had a place there that I used to go down with my friends, the Frogwoods. And it. It literally was the coolest thing. Right. Because Zweibrucken used to be a castle.

[Jase Robertson]

Right.

[Hunter]

And I only found this out later.

[Tracy Robertson]

On the top of a hill.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Hunter]

I only found this out later because there was a wall that I would go mess around with a little bit to look for creatures.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

And I found out later that that was part of the old castle wall.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, okay.

[Hunter]

To where they had a. They had a German that owned some land down there, and it had a spring. And the spring would come out and filter into three different ponds. Well, those ponds had water lizards or newts. Yeah, right. I thought it would be a good idea. I'm like, they're always here. I'm gonna catch them. I took them to school. And I'm like, $5 for a newt, $20 for a salamander.

[Tracy Robertson]

Willie Robertson.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. I was gonna say, willie sold. Willie sold candy.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

I'm like. I'm like, I'm gonna be Petco before Petco even existed. If I'd have kept going, it's that Robertson.

[Godwin]

Entrepreneurial.

[Tracy Robertson]

Now, you gotta let me stop this, okay? Oh, here. We gotta stop the commanding general. Okay.

[Hunter]

Oh, God.

[Tracy Robertson]

Okay. He knew all of his people. He knew their wives and he knew every name.

[Hunter]

Yeah, man.

[Tracy Robertson]

So he knew my kids, okay? So I come into work, and he said, you know, it's very seldom that a one star comes to see you personally. So he walked in, he said, sergeant Robertson, do you know where your son is? And I said, well, he's supposed to be in school. I didn't. I said, he's supposed to be in school. General live. And he said, he's not. He said, he's over to the Officers Club and. Hey, he's winning them slot machines, dude.

[Hunter]

No, this is so bad, because I was. I. Dude, I was rolling, rolling. And I'm like, hey, at least let me get my money. And he goes, no.

[Tracy Robertson]

I put that.

[Marcia]

I had quarters everywhere.

[Hunter]

And it's like, look, mom gave me this for video games.

[Tracy Robertson]

Look, that's all my money.

[Hunter]

He's like, no, it's illegal. You can't. I'm like, they let me in here.

[Godwin]

It's all there.

[Hunter]

It was still irritates me a little bit because I was on a roll.

[Tracy Robertson]

Roll.

[Hunter]

I was on a roll on a slot machine.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Which is even crazy. How do you get on a roll?

[Hunter]

And, you know, there aren't a lot of people messing with those slot machines. So the probability of me getting on one.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. That's incredible now. Yeah. They even give you. They give you. At least give you a quarters back or. No, no, no.

[Tracy Robertson]

He.

[Hunter]

No, he. No, he drugged me out.

[Tracy Robertson]

Hold on. I got.

[Jase Robertson]

Me out.

[Tracy Robertson]

He said, I keep your son out. I said, hey, they let me in. If y' all let him in. Another time. Look, the only day I had off was Saturday and Sunday. So Tracy was 16 and she had a stupid.

[Hunter]

Oh, my God. Her sweet 16 party.

[Tracy Robertson]

Sweet, sweet 16 birthday. Well, all the kids in the neighborhood always hung at my house, you know? So. Hey, this is like 6am in the morning. And the stupid doorbell rings.

[Hunter]

Now. Now, here's the thing. Before he gets going with this, right? One of her friends, John, was a weirdo, I think.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Okay. No, no.

[Tracy Robertson]

He was a nerd. And, I mean, when he. Weirdo. He's a weirdo.

[Hunter]

He's close to six feet tall.

[Tracy Robertson]

Right.

[Godwin]

If you're listening, I'm so sorry.

[Hunter]

Right. He's. He's got glasses, but he dresses all in black and he wore one of the trench coat. Oh my God, the trench coats.

[Tracy Robertson]

Like the old cowboys wear. Full length trench coat. Yeah. Okay. Totally black. Totally black. Right.

[Hunter]

So what led to these MP stopping by is TRA and her boyfriend at the time, Doug, were tired and John was acting like a bodyguard. Right.

[Tracy Robertson]

So they're laying down on the bench.

[Hunter]

They lay down on the bench and John is walking back and forth on his own footsteps. Like he'd walk. He's patrol, do a military about.

[Tracy Robertson]

He was.

[Hunter]

He was a little strange. You were military about face and then walk military about face and what? So it freaks some people out. Some phone calls were made. Enter the mps back to his story.

[Tracy Robertson]

So anyway, the doorbell rings. I. I'm so pissed because it's like.

[Jase Robertson]

6Am not on my day off. Not on my day off.

[Tracy Robertson]

This can't be happening on my day off. It's the only time I get to sleep in. Except when I go home and take a nap during lunch.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh.

[Tracy Robertson]

So. But anyway, I just got up in my underwear and I literally just yanked on. What in the hell do you want? This poor MP dude they're looking at like, what you wouldn't. I said, this is my only day off. What are y' all here for? Well, there's a weird looking dude and there's two kids out there laying on the beach. And I think they killed him.

[Hunter]

They killed him and they're gonna come talk to him instead of investigating.

[Tracy Robertson]

I said, well, why? Why are you coming? About that time Tracy and her boyfriend walk up, you know, with John. And I said, is this. And they said, yeah. I said, get the hell out of here.

[Jase Robertson]

Tracy didn't tell this story in front of Kyle.

[Tracy Robertson]

Get out of here. Get out of here. But this is the kind of crap that happened all the time in my military career. It was either a kid was where he should not be or they was doing something they should not be doing. Oh my goodness, no. Cause look, he used to take them to the school, them saddle miners and new and sell them and was making pretty good money. Yeah, well, the kids would buy them and then it'd get tired of them. They just turn them loose or they.

[Hunter]

The better thing was some of them would die, right? Because I gave them water too. And I even gave them instructions, right? But here's the. Here's the wonderful thing, right? It's a gift that keeps on giving. I'd give it. I had parents coming to school like I was a drug dealer, where she's like, look, my kid's really upset. The newt died. Can you give me another one? And I'm like, I can, but what did you do? And she's like, what do you mean? Well, we use tap water. I'm like, well, that's the problem. You can't do that. Yeah, it's got to be this type of water.

[Tracy Robertson]

She goes, where do I get all this? To your son.

[Hunter]

She's like, where do I get that from? And I'm like, I can help you out.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, I can get you that. How much you need?

[Tracy Robertson]

For a nominal fee, I can fix this.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I'd have never dreamed the black market pet trade started with you, Scott.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's a good one.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, my goodness gracious. Yeah, yeah.

[Hunter]

It got shut down by the principal because they were like, they were trying to sell snacks and nobody had any money.

[Jase Robertson]

You done clean them up?

[Hunter]

They didn't have time because they're like, no, everybody was in line to get salamanders. And then it's like, what do you do? You know what I'm saying? They've got little salamanders. Everybody walks back into class and they've got these little baggies with these water lizards that they can't go anywhere until they get home.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, the prince.

[Hunter]

The principal and I were on like a first name basis almost.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, well, I could see that being size, son. I can, I can, I can believe that. So Scott, how long did you. How long were you.

[Hunter]

20.

[Jase Robertson]

You were 20?

[Hunter]

Yeah, I did 20.

[Jase Robertson]

That's awesome, man. So between y', all, 44 and a half years serving our country. Yeah, that's pretty. Yeah, pretty stinking awesome.

[Hunter]

When I first told him I was going to join, he goes, that's not gonna be a good look for you. And I went, what are you talking about? He goes, because you don't like people in positions of authority. And I went, ah, ah, hold on. I don't like stupid people in positions of authority. And that's exactly what he did right there, y'.

[Jase Robertson]

All.

[Tracy Robertson]

He lost it. I said, I. He laughed so hard.

[Hunter]

My whole life he laughed so hard he was crying. And it did not take long for me to come back and look at him and go, hey, Dad, I get the joke now. I get the joke. He goes, but here's the problem. He said, the joke's not on them, it's on you. Because you're contracted.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Now you're stuck. Yeah. Oh, man. Well, Marsha, I know we've talked about it on here quite a bit with the. With the sign, the psychotics. How was it going around this. This country with the. With a crazy old man while y' all were making music and doing things? I'm sure there were some. That was some pretty core memories in there too, huh?

[Godwin]

That was fun. Traveling with diva psy. So Sai got a cup of coffee in the. The hotel lobby, and we were driving to go to do soundcheck. And he decided mid drive that he no longer wanted his coffee. So he rolled his window down.

[Jase Robertson]

And.

[Godwin]

Threw it out the window and it hit the car right next to us.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, no.

[Godwin]

It hit their windshield.

[Tracy Robertson]

Oh, no. They had their window rolled out.

[Godwin]

They drove up right next to us and were doing this and then realized who he was. And they were like, hi, Uncle Si.

[Jase Robertson]

You only person that ever dumped hot coffee on somebody.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yeah, I just rolled my window down.

[Godwin]

And look, he didn't even think about it.

[Tracy Robertson]

I just rolled it down and threw the whole cup out. Well, hey, they was right beside us with their wonder roll down and it went in their car. So they was getting up to give us what, you know, what they worth, yo. And then when they reckon.

[Hunter]

Imagine that story at their table.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, no kidding. Yeah, y' all ain't gonna believe what happened today.

[Godwin]

Guess who threw coffee on me.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, uncle side did. Did you sign the cup for at least?

[Tracy Robertson]

I don't remember talking a little bit. And I said, hey, I gotta go.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Appreciate y'. All. Yeah, moving on. But look, I got to get out of here, man. We thank y' all so much for stopping by and sharing some of these stories. Anytime y' all are back down, please. We. We've got two chairs and two microphones. Love to have y' all give. We always close with a Bible verse. And this one I really love. And so it's Philippians 2, 12 and 13. And it. It's just Paul simply saying, I think what Phil would say right now. Right. Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed not only in my presence, but. But now much more in my absence. Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

[Godwin]

Amen.

[Jase Robertson]

Right. So thank you guys to. In the comments that have offered your support to all of us. We. We appreciate the support, the prayers, everything. And yeah, we'll see y' all next time.

[Tracy Robertson]

Hey, and I'll leave you with this. Look toward the future.

[Jase Robertson]

Amen.

[Tracy Robertson]

Yep, that's where it's at.

[Jase Robertson]

Amen.

[Tracy Robertson]

That's only can be achieved through Jesus Christ.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go. We'll see y' all next time. Right here in the duck call room. We're out.

[Tracy Robertson]

Sat.