Uncle Si’s Wife, Miss Christine, Realizing He Needed to be Rushed to the ER

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast: Episode Summary

Podcast: Duck Call Room
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin (absent), Hunter, Phillip, Christine Robertson (guest)
Episode: Uncle Si’s Wife, Miss Christine, Realizing He Needed to Be Rushed to the ER
Date: October 9, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this heartfelt and humor-filled episode, the Duck Call Room family welcomes a very special guest: Miss Christine Robertson, Uncle Si’s wife. The group dives into stories of marriage, family, health scares, and the invaluable wisdom gained from 55 years together. With Si recently experiencing a health emergency and Christine by his side, the couple reflects on their life, their love story, the changing world, and the Robertson legacy. Listeners get an inside look at their dynamic, family anecdotes, and practical advice on love, communication, resilience, and humor.

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Major Topics & Key Insights

1. Si’s Recent Hospital Scare

[02:25–05:00]

• Si came home after feeling unwell, and Christine immediately knew something was wrong.
• Christine describes hearing Si “like a freight train,” and that his oxygen was dangerously low, leading them to rush to the ER.
• Despite Si’s aversion to hospitals, he agreed he needed help—a rare admission for him.
  • Quote [03:21] Si Robertson: “I said, I may be overreacting. Maybe we are just go. Sampson's walk in.”
• Christine’s attention likely saved Si from a much worse event, and Si is now recovering well.

2. On Marriage, Meeting, and Young Love

[09:22–23:03]

• Si and Christine reminisce about their early meeting—a lively back-and-forth over who “picked up” whom.
  • Quote [16:04] Si Robertson: “I said, hey, look, you got a piece of rock here on the ground that's just an ordinary rock, and then you got a big diamond over here. I said, you know what I'm gonna go for? I'm gonna go for the big diamond.”
• Christine reveals she’s 17 months older than Si, leading to playful “cougar” jokes.
• Their engagement story includes sad songs on a jukebox and Christine’s doubts about marrying, eventually overcome by Si’s persistence and her observation of his love for kids.
• Discussion about face-to-face courtship versus today’s digital interactions.
  • Quote [11:05] Christine Robertson: “Being able to look in each other's eyes. Because, you know when you're texting, you can just say anything you want.”

3. Family Updates: Children, Grandkids, and Horses

[05:27–08:40, 28:39–30:06]

• Christine details their son Scott's involvement with rehabilitating horses and participating in veteran therapy programs.
  • The kids and grandkids are learning practical skills: “cleaning hooves, learning to rope and punch cows.”
• They discuss generational differences, such as how their grandkids meet partners versus the old days.
• Scott's work with horses is also therapeutic for him—greatly reducing PTSD and anxiety.
  • Quote [30:06] Christine Robertson: “Since he started working with these horses, no attacks, no PTSD. No anxiety attacks.”

4. Parenting, Communication, and Wisdom

[25:37–27:36, 48:28–54:16]

• Christine reflects on a family argument that left their daughter anxious after Si left for duty.
  • Quote [26:10] Christine Robertson: “That's actually a great, great advice.”
• The importance of not sending kids away unresolved during conflict and always “settling it” for family peace.
• On making a marriage last: friendship first, communication, and never going to bed angry.
  • Quote [48:42] Christine Robertson: “Be friends first, because when you’ve been married as long as we are, the romantic side... it plays out.”
• Christine and Si stress staying friends keeps a marriage strong even when romance ebbs and flows.
  • Quote [49:17] Si Robertson: “Communication. Whenever you have an argument, don’t go to bed unless you settled it.”

5. Classic Robertson Stories and Humor

[17:55–20:12, 37:01–44:12]

• Si’s legendary storytelling takes the spotlight, from army antics and pushup competitions to his ongoing battle with technology and remote controls.
  • Si boasts: “I did 350 [pushups] the day I got. I graduated.” [42:35]
• Si and Christine banter about stories old and new, with Christine frequently correcting or clarifying Si’s tall tales.
  • Quote [49:13] Christine Robertson: “Yes, I can correct them.”
• Si’s infamous forgetfulness with technology—"don’t give him a phone, it won’t work"—gets laughs from the room.

6. Losing Sweet Pea the Cat

[31:03–33:00]

• The group gently addresses the passing of Si’s and Christine’s beloved cat, Sweet Pea, who was put down the day after Phil was buried.
• The story highlights family loss and coping, with humor and care, and the Robertson approach to grieving—sometimes by simply not talking about it.

7. Pop Culture, TV, and Life’s Simple Joys

[50:08–54:16]

• Christine prefers true crime shows, enjoying “figuring out all these psychos.”
• Si expresses frustration with current events and prefers not to watch the news, joking about “spam calls” and technology woes.
• The show ends with laughter, stories about action figures, and playful marital ribbing.
  • Quote [56:13] Christine Robertson: “Now, look, the only action figure you have is the mouth.”
  • Quote [56:16] Si Robertson: “Which pays well.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [03:15] Christine Robertson (on Si’s aversion to hospitals):
  • "I mean, you know, go to a doctor before he will to the hospital. But this one, he had to go to the hospital."
• [09:40] Si Robertson (on Christine’s Kentucky roots):
  • "That's why I went to Kentucky to find her. They got fire horses and pretty women."
• [22:57] Si Robertson (on the secret to longevity):
  • "Look at them. 55 years later."
• [26:10] Christine Robertson (on parenting):
  • "That's actually a great, great advice… you settle it and then let the kids go."
• [49:17] Si Robertson (marriage advice):
  • "Communication. Whenever you have an argument, don't go to bed unless you sell it."
• [56:13] Christine Robertson (on Si’s talents):
  • "Now, look, the only action figure you have is the mouth."

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Timestamps for Highlighted Segments

• 02:25 – Si’s hospital scare and Christine’s quick action
• 09:40 – Si on growing up around horses and picking Christine
• 16:04 – “Ordinary rock” and “big diamond” dating philosophy
• 22:57, 23:03 – On reaching 55 years together
• 26:10 – Parenting lesson from argument resolution
• 30:06 – Horses and healing PTSD in veterans
• 33:00 – Remembering Sweet Pea the cat
• 42:35–43:35 – Si’s 350 pushups story
• 48:42, 49:17 – Marriage and friendship first
• 56:13 – Christine: “The only action figure you have is the mouth.”

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Tone & Closing Thoughts

Full of the trademark Duck Dynasty wit and warmth, the episode showcases the deep bond between Si and Christine—rooted in friendship, honest communication, and a shared sense of humor. Even while recounting serious health scares, loss, or disagreements, both handle life’s highs and lows with a blend of honesty and laughter that defines the Robertson spirit.

Listeners walk away with heartfelt wisdom (“never go to bed angry”), candid advice on family dynamics, and plenty of unforgettable Robertson stories. As always, the episode closes with a Bible verse and the message that laughter and friendship are key to a long, happy marriage.

Closing Bible Verse
[56:29] Hunter:

“Matthew 19:6. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Final Word:
If you want to know the secret to Robertson longevity, Christine says:

“Be friends together. Laugh.” [56:29]

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For Listeners

Whether you’re a seasoned Duck Commander fan or new to the room, this episode offers a delightful, moving portrait of enduring love and family values—Robertson style.

Transcript

[Martin]

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[Hunter]

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[Philip]

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[Martin]

I'm ready.

[Si Robertson]

Si.

[Hunter]

Are you ready?

[Si Robertson]

Yep.

[Hunter]

Christine, are you ready?

[Christine Robertson]

Ready.

[Hunter]

We have a special episode today and we're all ready for it. We have no Justin Martin, but that is okay. Which I'd normally get sad about.

[Martin]

But today with our special guest, we.

[Hunter]

Have a special guest who outshined the shined so bright she had to put on her sunglasses.

[Martin]

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[Hunter]

Way up. They're actually skyrocketed.

[Martin]

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[Hunter]

It is none other.

[Martin]

Hey, she's a truth teller, I'll tell you that.

[Hunter]

She's gonna tell the truth about a lot of things. I've already learned a lot since she's.

[Martin]

Got the inside scoop to a lot of things we want to know.

[Hunter]

Ms. Christine Robertson, fresh off of taking care of sigh is in the house. Ms. Christine, how are you?

[Martin]

Welcome.

[Christine Robertson]

I'm doing quite well.

[Si Robertson]

There we go.

[Hunter]

Are you glad to be back?

[Christine Robertson]

Sure.

[Hunter]

Felt a little.

[Martin]

I'm so glad that you're on our podcast because, you know, during Duck Dynasty days, you know, you were like, no, I don't want to do none of that. But the podcast came along. You're like, yeah, I'll do it.

[Hunter]

We're easier. All we have is Hunter to We're probably more fun. We're definitely more fun.

[Martin]

We've got size.

[Hunter]

So we have s. Besides still doing well off the hospital visit, I want.

[Martin]

To know, are you Ms. Christine, tell.

[Si Robertson]

Us in your words.

[Martin]

People know sigh. What happened? He came to you and said, take me into the hospital or what?

[Christine Robertson]

He came home Sunday a week ago and as soon as he hit the door, it was like a train.

[Martin]

And you had been ocean hunting.

[Christine Robertson]

I mean, I'm in my room, and I hear him coming in, and it sounds like a freight train, so I know something's not right. So he immediately gets in his chair, and he's just saying, I have a sinus infection. And I said, well, then you need to go to the doctor. Of course.

[Martin]

Not Robertson way.

[Christine Robertson]

Robertson way.

[Hunter]

He said, of course.

[Christine Robertson]

So on Tuesday, when he gets up, he says, you got to take me to the hospital.

[Martin]

And that's a lot coming from him, because he don't like hospitals.

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Martin]

Or doctors.

[Christine Robertson]

I mean, you know, go to a doctor before he will to the hospital. But this one, he had to go to the hospital.

[Si Robertson]

So I said, I may be overreacting. Maybe we are just go. Sampson's walk in.

[Christine Robertson]

We went to Sanson's, and as soon as they did his oxygen, they said, you got to go to the yard. We don't take anybody with numbers under 93. His was 88. Yeah. So. And not only that, his heart.

[Si Robertson]

Working harder.

[Christine Robertson]

Was working real, real hard because the low oxygen. Because of low oxygen.

[Hunter]

Yep.

[Christine Robertson]

And because he'd had the low oxygen since Saturday, that.

[Hunter]

That had some tone behind it if you didn't catch it.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

So did you have your. Did you have your oxygen on or what? Oh, yeah, but it just wasn't.

[Hunter]

Got out in the wild. There was a lot of that golden rod got him.

[Si Robertson]

And.

[Martin]

No, sometimes he'll wear that, but he won't turn it on. You ever see him do that?

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Like sad. Turn that on.

[Si Robertson]

Ha.

[Martin]

No, no. Saving my battery.

[Hunter]

I was legitimately worried when I found out I was in the hospital, because I was like, well, that's not a normal move, so. But you're doing better, right?

[Si Robertson]

Yep.

[Hunter]

Size? Doing better.

[Christine Robertson]

The heart rate is good.

[Hunter]

Heart rate's good.

[Christine Robertson]

The oxygen is good.

[Martin]

It looks good, smells good.

[Si Robertson]

The only thing bad about it is I'm always spitting up.

[Martin]

Well, only for a while until you get rid of that. I mean, it'll be. It'll be for a while.

[Christine Robertson]

Keeps coming, but it's better.

[Martin]

Yeah, that's better.

[Hunter]

Oh, my papa had that problem he always had, like, the flimsy machine that would, like, beat on him like a massager and just. And then he'd get it all out. I'm not a doctor, so I don't know.

[Christine Robertson]

That's something like a CF has cystic fibrosis.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

I don't know what he had.

[Martin]

Oh, you've got. You've got a massager you could put on your tongue.

[Hunter]

Okay, he's out.

[Martin]

He's out.

[Hunter]

But, but interesting fact that I have discovered since we started today. You were, you were. We were waiting on you and Ms. Christine said, looked at me and said, I have a question. She said, as I given the impression that Scott owns a lot of horses. And I was like, it's the direct impression I got.

[Martin]

Wait.

[Si Robertson]

Impression? I said, I just said he's handling horses.

[Martin]

Oh, he's handling them. Yeah. He probably has a lot that he's handling.

[Si Robertson]

Like they pick up.

[Christine Robertson]

That he is.

[Si Robertson]

They pick up animals and take them back to where they're at and then they've got like two months whatever to gentlemen down and make them where they, you know.

[Martin]

Are they rehabbing them kind of?

[Christine Robertson]

No, not yet. It's not yet.

[Si Robertson]

What this is is the wild mustang.

[Christine Robertson]

Not yet.

[Martin]

Hold on. He's got wild mustangs? No, but he has them.

[Si Robertson]

No, he's gonna get them.

[Christine Robertson]

He's going to.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

Right now he's still riding horses, but not on his property.

[Si Robertson]

Well, how you know that? Because I look like he's on his proper than me.

[Christine Robertson]

No, he hasn't built the barn yet.

[Martin]

So you got to get with the program.

[Si Robertson]

They don't need no barn yet.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes, they do.

[Hunter]

They're wild horses. Why you got to put them in a barn? I'm actually with salad this one. Shocker.

[Martin]

Hey, I can't go with sigh.

[Si Robertson]

All I said was, you know, he's handling horses, they come down to visit and then we got to talking and he said, well, I, I would like to do something, you know. And I said, well, you're going to get the money anyway, so what are we talking about? And I said, you know, and that's what you really want to do. Knock yourself out. Yeah. I said, I'll help you out.

[Hunter]

I think it's awesome. I just. So what?

[Si Robertson]

Well, they're all having a blast doing it.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

What is the program about? Help me understand.

[Christine Robertson]

First off, they're doing. They're cleaning the horses hooves and cleaning the horses at this other stable where they're learning to ride and rope and punch cows. Punch cows.

[Martin]

So their kids are learning.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes, yes.

[Hunter]

Punching a cow.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, it shows. Not the other day you said scott's out there on the horse. Pretty horse. Two bucks here. And he's separating cows from the herd, making them go over here. And then the guy said, now go put them all back together. Yeah, you know, this is the old thing about hey, yeah, pile of rocks. Move them Over y'. All.

[Christine Robertson]

But anyway, he has to go through these classes to learn how to.

[Si Robertson]

They're in training.

[Christine Robertson]

He's in training. He's in training.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

Scott is there trying to. She's doing it.

[Christine Robertson]

Not this well.

[Si Robertson]

Yes, she is.

[Christine Robertson]

He's training how to be psychologically and physically able to relax the horses.

[Martin]

Ah, that is cool.

[Christine Robertson]

That.

[Si Robertson]

Yes, I knew that.

[Hunter]

He did explain that.

[Si Robertson]

Well, okay, so he using horses with the vet veterans. Okay. Just like they do the dogs.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Hunter]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

So after he goes through all these classes and they build his barn, then he'll be able to go and get the wild mustangs.

[Martin]

Gotcha.

[Si Robertson]

All right.

[Martin]

That's pretty cool.

[Hunter]

Yeah, that's basically what Si said. I think Si just told it six months quicker.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's better detail.

[Si Robertson]

I gave it a short version.

[Hunter]

Yeah. It was already done and they were doing a great job. And I liked your version.

[Si Robertson]

Well, no, no, because, see, when I was growing up, that was one of the things that I love, horses. Okay. And every year, all the farmers would get together, okay. At the cotton gin and, like, it'd be 40 horses tied up. Well, hey, guess what I spent my whole day doing?

[Martin]

Riding horses.

[Si Robertson]

Jumping from one to the other one.

[Hunter]

You were jumping from horse to horse?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Hunter]

Jumping, living, Doing that.

[Si Robertson]

I'd sit on that. I'd sit on that for a while, you know, and I'd say, well, let's see what that over there does.

[Martin]

Were you scared to ride the horses?

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Martin]

Ms. Christine, you were born in Kentucky, right?

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Any horses around you?

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Yeah. Okay. Did you ride them growing up or have anything to do with. You did, too. Did you know that bareback?

[Si Robertson]

I know bareback. That's why I went to Kentucky to find her. They got fire horses and pretty women.

[Hunter]

That's what they got in Kentucky wars.

[Si Robertson]

And pretty.

[Hunter]

But there's no ducks up there.

[Si Robertson]

Is not much.

[Hunter]

Not much. You a duck hunter, Ms. Christine now? So you don't need to know that. You can go to Duck Stamp.com. duck and get your duck stamp right there on your phone. It's very easy. Even Z done it.

[Si Robertson]

And it's digital.

[Hunter]

It's digital. We're even. We're teaching Z how to use a duck stamp on his phone.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they ordered me a pizza the other day.

[Hunter]

It's on our phone.

[Martin]

Yeah, my phone or Martin's phone or JD's phone.

[Hunter]

But we put his duck stamp on there because it's digital now.

[Christine Robertson]

Don't give one to him. Don't give him a phone.

[Si Robertson]

Don't give him a phone. It won't work.

[Hunter]

Well, we heard about it for a.

[Christine Robertson]

Little while, then he'll break it.

[Si Robertson]

I don't break nothing. It's just. It's.

[Martin]

You know, I've got a question for you, Ms. Christine.

[Hunter]

Does I really not break anything?

[Philip]

He's.

[Hunter]

He just said, I don't break nothing.

[Martin]

No, he breaks everything that I know of. You know, now the kids are texting back and forth, and there's not a lot of interaction. So when you and Cy were dating, do you think that y' all could have gotten as close as you did by texting each other?

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Martin]

They were out. What was the good thing about. About face to face. You know, dealing with each other.

[Christine Robertson]

Well, being able to look in each other's eyes. Because, you know when you're texting, you can just say anything you want.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.

[Si Robertson]

It's called reading the room.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

But reading the roof.

[Martin]

Yeah. Because you don't have to if you're texting.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, I was. The powers to be that somebody needs to do a show. Okay.

[Hunter]

On Dating Corey, if you're listening, Johnny.

[Si Robertson]

D. No, I'm serious. They need to do a show. Go back in the ancient days.

[Hunter]

You did a time machine, and then.

[Si Robertson]

Hey. And then come forward, like, you know.

[Hunter]

Oh, then verse now.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, because I'll give you. I'll give you a story.

[Hunter]

Wait till you hear about the Bachelor. One thing I love about this podcast, we just get to come on here, say whatever we want to say.

[Philip]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

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[Si Robertson]

All.

[Hunter]

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[Philip]

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[Hunter]

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[Si Robertson]

What is it?

[Hunter]

They just say, six, seven, six, seven. That's it.

[Si Robertson]

What does that mean?

[Hunter]

I do not know.

[Si Robertson]

Hold on. Hunter.

[Hunter]

First time ever, I feel so old. And I'll be like, ben, what was that? And he'll look at me go, six, seven. And I'm like, I don't get it at all.

[Christine Robertson]

There's only one of Trace's children that met his girlfriend face to face.

[Hunter]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

And they both worked at the same place.

[Hunter]

All right.

[Christine Robertson]

And that's how they got involved.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, that Kaden?

[Christine Robertson]

No.

[Si Robertson]

Jackson.

[Christine Robertson]

Yep.

[Hunter]

I was about to say getting warmer. Eight of them.

[Christine Robertson]

I didn't think they're. Because McCray McCray is 22 years old.

[Hunter]

I think your grandkids are 22 now.

[Si Robertson]

Sigh. Oh, yeah. Oh.

[Christine Robertson]

And he has never had a date because he has plans for his life.

[Si Robertson]

There you go.

[Hunter]

Some people. Martin didn't settle down till he's about 30. I was married about junior year of high school. That's not true. But I mean, I was. I was 21 and married.

[Martin]

I was 22.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

People just do it different, but they are waiting later and later these days.

[Christine Robertson]

You were 21.

[Hunter]

You were 21 when you got married.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, but I've been chasing girls, I hope.

[Martin]

Well, oh, my goodness.

[Si Robertson]

No, no. That's what gets me today, okay? Because when me and the band was out together, we'd go somewhere and be off stage in a bar and whatever, you know. Here they come. Here comes a bunch of good looking girls with short shorts, tank tops on.

[Martin]

Oh, my goodness.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. And they go back and sit down at a table, okay. And then here they come, the guys. It's seven or eight of them. And what do they do? They go to the opposite end of it and sit down at another table.

[Hunter]

Some. Some guys are afraid of girls.

[Christine Robertson]

That's true.

[Si Robertson]

No, I've heard that story, too.

[Christine Robertson]

Brady is.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah. No, no.

[Hunter]

He said, I've heard the rumor of this table.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, no, because, look, I finally just couldn't stand it. This good looking thing sitting at the bar. So I walked up there and talked to her, and she said. She said, I'm shocked that you're talking to me. And I said, what do you mean? I said, you're the best looking thing in here. No, she said, well, hey. She said, all the rest of them are scared of me. And I said, why are they scared of you?

[Christine Robertson]

Because she said.

[Si Robertson]

I said, hey, look, you got a piece of rock here on the ground that's just an ordinary rock, and then you got a big diamond over here. I said, you know what I'm gonna go for? I'm gonna go for the big diamond. There you go.

[Hunter]

And that's how it happened.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, that ain't the way they think today.

[Hunter]

No, that's how it went down.

[Si Robertson]

What was?

[Hunter]

Where were y'?

[Si Robertson]

All?

[Hunter]

Boston. When y' all met?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, she used Fort Devon.

[Hunter]

You immediately said yes, and you looked at me like I had to think.

[Christine Robertson]

It was lter 40 miles east.

[Hunter]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

Of B.

[Hunter]

And you just walked up into that place with that black jacket on and.

[Si Robertson]

That truck, and I said, I own this joint.

[Martin]

Is that what he said? Did he?

[Christine Robertson]

I met him on the side of the road.

[Si Robertson]

She stopped and picked me up. She couldn't have. Yeah, you did.

[Christine Robertson]

You keep saying that.

[Hunter]

You didn't pick him up.

[Si Robertson]

Was you driving or somebody else driving?

[Christine Robertson]

Somebody else was driving.

[Si Robertson]

You still did pick me up because it was your car.

[Christine Robertson]

I did not.

[Si Robertson]

No, it was your car.

[Christine Robertson]

I wasn't the one driving. I did not. I would have gone right.

[Si Robertson]

You robbed the cradle.

[Christine Robertson]

I would have right by you.

[Martin]

She would have left you.

[Si Robertson]

She says, hey, she. She was a cougar, and I was just a youngster.

[Hunter]

This is what you live with.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

I'm 17 months older than him.

[Si Robertson]

See what I'm talking about?

[Martin]

That's not cougar.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, Cougar. Oh, yeah. You don't know her. She's got clothes.

[Hunter]

Oh, that's so funny. Well, what's funny is I just met a guy this morning. He was from Oklahoma, and he said, hey, is sa really like that? And I was like, is he really like that? I said, his wife's going to be on the podcast today, and he will act exactly the same.

[Christine Robertson]

Yep.

[Hunter]

And I Promise you. That's. That's him.

[Christine Robertson]

That's him.

[Martin]

That's him.

[Si Robertson]

Oh.

[Hunter]

You just called your wife a cougar.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, she is.

[Hunter]

The shoe fits. Oh, man.

[Martin]

Now, I want to know a lot of stories, side tales. I mean, they've got some truth to them, but I. A lot of them, I don't believe, and they end up being true. You know, that's happened to me a lot of times. When he was trying to convince you to marry him in the Italian restaurant, was it 12 hours?

[Christine Robertson]

Nope.

[Si Robertson]

14.

[Hunter]

14.

[Christine Robertson]

Nope.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

I was late. I don't know how much it was, but, hey, they wanted to close up. Everybody else has done.

[Christine Robertson]

Left 10. We got there at 5.

[Martin]

Okay, that's still a long time.

[Christine Robertson]

I know.

[Martin]

And what makes you say yes?

[Christine Robertson]

I played all these sad songs on the jukebox. You know, about leaving me.

[Si Robertson]

And now you're talking about she ain't a cougar. She played songs. Sad songs on the jukebox.

[Hunter]

17 months older.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, but I wasn't gonna marry you.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

What made you.

[Si Robertson]

How'd that work out?

[Christine Robertson]

He just kept going over and over.

[Si Robertson]

The fact that all this was based on one thing. Okay. She had seen me fool with kids and have a lot of fun with them.

[Martin]

And she saw the black jacket.

[Si Robertson]

Well, and. But anyway. And she had been told by the, quote, experts, she would never have a child of her own.

[Christine Robertson]

And he loved them so much.

[Si Robertson]

But I kept telling us, hey, look, don't worry about that. I know somebody he knew. And I said, hey, if we're meant to have kids, we'll have them.

[Martin]

So when y' all were walking out, it was a done deal.

[Si Robertson]

It was done.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Hunter]

And here we are, Eight grandchildren, a couple of Mustangs on the way.

[Si Robertson]

The most fun part of that about this is, though, is her best friend.

[Hunter]

Oh, boy.

[Si Robertson]

Where she worked. Sylvia.

[Christine Robertson]

Sylvia.

[Si Robertson]

I can't blame. I remembered.

[Christine Robertson]

I know, me.

[Hunter]

But anyway, y', all, I'm shocked that she approved that. I thought she was gonna be like, no, not even close.

[Martin]

No.

[Si Robertson]

So Sylvia was always asking me. She said, hey, when you go, marry the girl? And I said, sylvia, look, we're just friends. So, hey, guess what?

[Martin]

Hold on. What's she say?

[Si Robertson]

Johnny D. I didn't catch.

[Hunter]

No, no, Christie.

[Si Robertson]

No, no. Hey, guess what. You missed it.

[Hunter]

Watch it, like, and subscribe. If you don't know what she said, tune into YouTube and you'll probably see. You can read her lip.

[Si Robertson]

Here comes April 1st.

[Hunter]

April Fool's Day. Yeah, you never do anything serious on April Fool's Day.

[Si Robertson]

No, no. But, hey, I had been planning this for a long time. Oh, no. Just to make Sylvia shut up. Okay. So I come in to drop her off to work. Yo. And I said, sylvia, guess what she said? Her eyes lit up. Yeah. She said, what? I said, me and Christine took a little trip the other night. She said, really? Where did you go? Yeah. And I said, we went to see a justice of the peace, y'. All. Well, she's on cloud nine, jumping around screaming and all that.

[Hunter]

And it wasn't true.

[Si Robertson]

No. And I gave her April Fool. No, no. I gave about 15 messages. And I said, sylvia got you April's fool, don't you? Hey, you talking about a demeanor changing.

[Philip]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

That borderline cruel.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no.

[Christine Robertson]

She put the kabam.

[Si Robertson]

You know, what. What's the song that what's your name sings about Marie LeBeau? I started flashing and lightning started. Yeah. And then, hey, that's why Sylvia look. And all she said says, God is going to get you for this. Well, six days later, he got me.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. Six days later, we're calling her and ask her, there's a justice of the peace.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Six days later, y' all got married.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Oh, Sylvia played a big role in America's favorite uncle.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

That was more fun, though.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. Cuz see, I had told him, I said, go on back to Louisiana and if you still miss me in six months, you still feel the weight, then I'll come down. And he said, nope, nope. Not going to stand for that.

[Si Robertson]

Not standing for that. Well, if I'd have left, I'd have never been back.

[Hunter]

It's a long ride.

[Si Robertson]

I knew it. Yeah.

[Hunter]

He said, I'm waiting.

[Si Robertson]

I said, are you going with me now? Are you? We ain't going.

[Christine Robertson]

You didn't say that, though.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, but that's what I was thinking.

[Christine Robertson]

But you didn't say it.

[Hunter]

What do you say?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Or am I allowed to hear it?

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, no. He kept saying, you know, you need to marry me. Why?

[Hunter]

That was what you said. I said, that's not the answer you're looking for. If you're out there listening, if she says, why, that's. That's a tough. That's a tough one, but it could work out. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Look at them.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

55 years later.

[Hunter]

55 years later. That's.

[Christine Robertson]

We've had some ups, we've had some.

[Si Robertson]

Downs, but we went round and round.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. Boy. There was this one time when we were at Fort Bragg and he was scheduled to go out on TD California, not because of his job, but because the guy wanted for his morale.

[Hunter]

Wait.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

You got recruited to a different part of the army because of your morale? Yeah, Chief morale.

[Si Robertson]

I was the morale.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, he was.

[Hunter]

Because I totally believe it. But that's.

[Si Robertson]

That's.

[Hunter]

I didn't know the army would do such a thing.

[Christine Robertson]

No, he was in the same unit.

[Hunter]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

But he wasn't supposed to go because somebody else was going that did his job.

[Hunter]

And they were like, that guy's a buzz kill. We need to bring. Sigh no. One thing I didn't know what was a lack of sleep will wreck your whole day. Everything you do, you do better with a good night's sleep.

[Si Robertson]

Sleep is important.

[Hunter]

Sleep is important. And that's why our good friends over at AG1 have introduced a G Z as part of my daily routine. Mornings aren't complete without AG1, and now your evening's gonna get their own upgrade with a little agz. AGZ is a nightly drink to help you wind down and rest up. It's melatonin free and made with clinically studied herbs, adaptogens and minerals. And when you have them, hey, you sleep like a baby.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

And you wake up ready to take on the day like a tiger. With agz, you want a little chocolate milk. Boom, they got you. You want a little chocolate mint drink to wind down at night with a.

[Si Robertson]

Little, little cold glass.

[Hunter]

Boom, they got you. Little mixed berry. Boom, they got you. You can drink it while it's hot or drink it while it's cold. And your sleep quality is going to go through the roof. You're going to feel great. Everybody wants to sleep. Like Uncle Zach, AGZ helps with optimizing your sleep quality. It puts you in that wind down mindset and helps you wake up without feeling groggy. What's also great, no artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, or added sugar. Nobody wants that stuff. They kept it out. Instead, you've got research support ingredients like saffron and highly bioavailable magnesium that support your body's need to calm and ease into a natural sleep. AGZ helps you relax and de stress so you sleep better. And if you're ready to turn down the stress and focus on the rest, head to drink ag1.com to get a free frother with your first purchase of AGZ. That's drink ag1.com.

[Christine Robertson]

But anyway, we'd been arguing ever since he walked in the door. Don't even know what it's about, but you know. But really arguing. Well, we sent Trace and Scott to bed, and then we resolved the Argument. But all Teresa knew is when. When she went to bed, we were arguing. When she got up, her daddy was gone.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, that a bummer.

[Christine Robertson]

That was a bummer. That's when we learned you don't send the kids away in the middle of an argument. You know, you settle it and then let the kids go.

[Hunter]

That's actually a great, great advice.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, it was. It was one of the best ever. But anyway, when she got up and her daddy was gone, she didn't say anything. And I think was two days later, she said, mom, is dad ever coming home? And then I realized what was on her mind. And so I said, yeah, honey, Daddy's gone. He didn't leave us. Well, he's not here.

[Si Robertson]

He's on maneuvers.

[Christine Robertson]

And I said, he's on maneuvers? Yeah, he's on maneuvers. I said. So the next time he called, I had him. I told him what she had gone through, and so he talked to her, and everything was okay after that. But, yeah, you got to watch these kids.

[Hunter]

Kids are wild.

[Christine Robertson]

Their minds are something else.

[Si Robertson]

Most parents don't realize that, you know, whatever. Whatever you're saying, whatever you're saying, the kids are listening.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. Because then one of the days you walk in and somebody says something and they say something, you go, yeah, we.

[Martin]

Got a rule in our family. Clear as kind. So we're going. We're going to speak the truth, that we're going to be clear about it. And that's the kindest thing you can.

[Si Robertson]

Do but be kind about it.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Sometimes speaking the truth ain't kind.

[Martin]

Yeah, but. But it's kind of you to tell them people the truth. I mean, you know, most of the time I would say, yeah.

[Hunter]

My daughter flipped off the devil the other night, so we're going through it.

[Martin]

That's a good one.

[Hunter]

She literally told. Told my wife, she's 6, and we were like, where did she learn the middle finger from?

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

And she said, but you know what we think about Satan? And she just threw one up. And we were like, no, no, no, no. Also, well, we don't really like him. He can sit on a tack is the way we say it in church, though. But she said she heard it from Allison talking about some other kid that got in trouble for it. And so she. And I was like, I never knew she was listening. I was like, well, now we're just going around flipping off Satan.

[Martin]

They're listening.

[Hunter]

Yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

So the kids are listening and watching.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Everything, everything, everything.

[Christine Robertson]

And then if you get one, like, Tricel, who never forgets.

[Hunter]

I got one of those for sure. Tracy doesn't forget anything. Nope.

[Philip]

I could see that.

[Martin]

Boy, she is so smart. I just read an article that she was in not too long ago. I took it home and shared it with my wife. So she's got all kind of things going on, huh?

[Christine Robertson]

I know.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

So both our kids are doing well.

[Philip]

That's good to hear.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. And that was when Tracer. I had wanted her to get her lawyer degree after graduating from college, but she had to have a baby, and she had gotten a scholarship from law school.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

And she went to talk to them, and then she said it just hit her. She wanted to be the kind of mother I was. So after you have a daughter tell you that, what can be your.

[Hunter]

You got nothing.

[Christine Robertson]

You got nothing. That's right.

[Hunter]

You just like, hey, you want to buy some horses? Even though, Trace. Does Trace have any horses, too?

[Christine Robertson]

No.

[Hunter]

No Trace. And now's the time to ask if you're listening.

[Martin]

No, just wait and get one after Scott already fixes it.

[Hunter]

Oh, that's actually probably a better plan.

[Martin]

Did they get along growing up?

[Christine Robertson]

No, no, no.

[Hunter]

That was a quick.

[Christine Robertson]

Anyway, Scott and Tracy didn't get. They got along until he was 7, 8, and 8 months old when he crawled into her bedroom and got into her toy box.

[Martin]

Oh.

[Christine Robertson]

And that was it.

[Hunter]

Who hit harder growing up? Scott.

[Christine Robertson]

Well, Scott's in tries to emerge room three times.

[Si Robertson]

Oh. Good night.

[Martin]

That's Rebel.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, Scott.

[Hunter]

Now, he's. That's. Now he's channeling all that energy on mustangs.

[Si Robertson]

Well, he. He had a bunch of anger issues.

[Christine Robertson]

No, he did.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

The good thing about it is, though, since he started working with these horses, no attacks, no ptsd.

[Martin]

Oh, that's.

[Christine Robertson]

No anxiety attacks.

[Hunter]

That's really good, man.

[Christine Robertson]

That's great, because he had him pretty bad.

[Martin]

Yeah. Well, that's good to hear.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Does he still have his service dogs?

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Martin]

Good.

[Hunter]

That's great. And that's in Montana?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, I don't know.

[Martin]

Have you all been there?

[Si Robertson]

The potato state.

[Hunter]

Do they eat. Do they just eat potatoes all the time?

[Si Robertson]

Potatoes. Big ones, too.

[Hunter]

I like potatoes.

[Christine Robertson]

We would love to go back to Idaho, but the traveling is just.

[Si Robertson]

Whoa.

[Christine Robertson]

Three plane rides.

[Hunter]

Three plane rides. I don't even like one plane ride. I got all planes.

[Si Robertson]

It's a pit.

[Hunter]

It's a pit.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Well, I hate to bring up the pits, but I think we have to.

[Martin]

What pits?

[Hunter]

The pits has happened, and Cy didn't tell his friends about it for three months.

[Si Robertson]

Oh.

[Martin]

Oh. My goodness.

[Hunter]

Ms. Christine, we have heard the terrible news about sweet pea.

[Martin]

We just found out recently, but we.

[Hunter]

Heard it very, very, very, very late.

[Si Robertson]

Just a lot.

[Hunter]

Yeah. He just dropped a hat in there.

[Si Robertson]

Just off the cuff. Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

He got sick the week Phil died.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Christine Robertson]

And so we had to keep running him to the all night hospital and then back to the day hospital. And we spent about $15,000 on trying to get him.

[Hunter]

$15,000.

[Si Robertson]

I told you he was. It was something.

[Christine Robertson]

I'm sorry. 1500. And he had arthritis, so he was having tr. Jumping up on our bed at night, and then he couldn't jump up at all. So when they took him in and test his crystal in his kidneys and he was.

[Si Robertson]

I thought it was a liver.

[Christine Robertson]

No, this.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. Kidneys.

[Christine Robertson]

You know, he was diabetic and that's something that happens to cats when they have to be put down. They tried to treat it, but it just didn't work.

[Hunter]

Well, we were bummed out. But sa. He never told us.

[Martin]

I guess too much was going on. So that was a.

[Hunter]

Crazy times. This summer was kind of wild.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. Because we put him down the day after Phil was buried.

[Martin]

Wow. Yeah. That's probably why we didn't talk about it.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

You know, that's one I probably would have buried.

[Si Robertson]

I'd been like. Yeah, she's telling me this now. I don't remember what it was. Yeah, okay. But if it was weak, Phil died.

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you would. You wouldn't.

[Hunter]

That actually makes it all make way more sense that we didn't know and all that stuff. But we're trying to talk them into getting you a new cat.

[Si Robertson]

She's got a bunch of them outside.

[Hunter]

Well, what do we need inside cats?

[Si Robertson]

Huh? No, we don't need an inside cat.

[Martin]

There's. How many outside cats are there right now?

[Christine Robertson]

5.

[Si Robertson]

5.

[Christine Robertson]

5.

[Martin]

How many birds are flying around out there?

[Christine Robertson]

None.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no. One of them. Always.

[Hunter]

Yeah, we got one bird.

[Si Robertson]

Now.

[Martin]

What kind of birds are outside your house that attack me?

[Christine Robertson]

Marlins.

[Si Robertson]

Martin.

[Christine Robertson]

The Martin Martins. They. Yes. On our post. Yeah, Five of them. And so one cat did get one of the little birds.

[Si Robertson]

He got up there.

[Christine Robertson]

I ate. Yeah, he got up there in the nest.

[Hunter]

The cat got into the nest.

[Martin]

Martin.

[Si Robertson]

Look, he climbed. He climbed the. One of the pillars on the porch with them claws.

[Hunter]

Do the new cats have names? Oh, she said they do. You don't know your cat's name?

[Christine Robertson]

S. He's never outside.

[Si Robertson]

I had one of them come up and get up in a pet anymore.

[Martin]

Inside or when you Outside on the porch. I got you.

[Si Robertson]

I was. I was shocked. He actually come up here.

[Hunter]

Just the cat life. I'm not allowed to have cats. My wife's allergic to them.

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, that's so sad.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

That cat, though, would get up on the poker table and stay the whole time, and he just go from different person to different person.

[Hunter]

Sleepy is one of the more famous animals in the whole world. So we had.

[Si Robertson]

He literally got up and laid down on a guy's cards.

[Martin]

Randy.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Were they good cards?

[Si Robertson]

I think he had king, queen.

[Hunter]

Wait, did you try. Did you try and train Sweet Pea to help you cheat a poker.

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Christine Robertson]

That was something he did.

[Si Robertson]

He would just get up there.

[Martin]

He got the nuts, boys.

[Si Robertson]

He'd get up there, and he laid down. I said, yo. I just kind of poked him. I said, sweet Pea, you got to get off the card. So we're playing. We're playing poker? No. He looked up at me and talking about, leave me alone.

[Christine Robertson]

And he loved laptops.

[Si Robertson]

Ooh.

[Christine Robertson]

On the keys.

[Hunter]

Si likes to try and punch mine and make it bounce a lot.

[Martin]

You notice today, he's been size, been mild. He's not slamming his hands down, and.

[Si Robertson]

I ain't got the energy.

[Christine Robertson]

I don't know why you do that with this glass.

[Si Robertson]

What?

[Christine Robertson]

You make it pop.

[Si Robertson]

I know.

[Martin]

Hey, I've seen him do something full of nervous energy.

[Hunter]

Is that what it is?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Nervous energy.

[Si Robertson]

Nervous energy. I never knew that's why I stay so slim either.

[Martin]

So it's been 55 years that y' all been together. Married for 55.

[Si Robertson]

Close to it.

[Martin]

Y' all celebrated one. Had a big celebration.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

How long ago?

[Hunter]

About five years ago.

[Si Robertson]

About five years ago.

[Martin]

It all runs together for me. I'm on this side of it, you know?

[Hunter]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Christine Robertson]

April passed. Was our 54th.

[Hunter]

You know what my favorite part of the first duck hunt of the year is?

[Philip]

What?

[Hunter]

That I'm normally not invited. But when I am, somebody always forgets something.

[Philip]

The duck stamp. That is probably. I. I used to keep probably no less than five in my console for opening day, just in case. If you head over to duck stamp.com, you get the all new digital duck stamp. It's that simple. You don't have to worry about. And you can tell your buddies, hey, man, get on your phone real quick. Get you a digital duck stamp. We'll get it. We'll get it straight away. If you don't have service, you're fine. It saves right there in your smart wallet. It is. It's something so Easy. I dare say Cy Robertson could do it. Yeah, it is that.

[Hunter]

And you don't got to be that guy walking back to the truck because.

[Philip]

You forgot something or cooking breakfast because you forgot it and you can't get one right. Like, I mean, if.

[Hunter]

If I've done that.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

I mean, the guy that had to leave his gun and just sit there and watch.

[Philip]

And when the game warden shows up, you've got peace of mind. All you do is break out your phone. He scans a little QR code on it. He knows that you have your duck stamp. All your information is right there. And again, it doesn't matter if you have service or not. It's always going to work. You don't have to worry about signing anything. You don't have to worry about losing it. It getting wet, Dr. Dropping it. As long as you got your phone, which everybody does, you've got your duck stamp, digital stamp. Old school hunt. That's how we do it. Duckstamp.com. that's Duckstamp.com.

[Si Robertson]

Here'S the thing. Cody was his name, right?

[Christine Robertson]

Cody was the driver.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. Yo, Cody was always trying to say, hey, let me fix you with a date, you know? And she got tired of food with.

[Christine Robertson]

Cody, I got tired of the dates he brought by.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

They were no good.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. So she. She. Cody. Cody said. All right, here's the deal. You know, you need to describe your perfect person. You want to find perfect? Yeah.

[Hunter]

Oh, boy.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I'll let her take over now.

[Christine Robertson]

It should never have been able to beat. Done. I mean, come on. Six foot three, black hair.

[Si Robertson]

Check, check.

[Hunter]

Both of those are gone now, by the way.

[Christine Robertson]

No, I know. Blue or green eyes.

[Si Robertson]

Check.

[Christine Robertson]

Dimples.

[Hunter]

I've never seen them, but probably they're under there.

[Christine Robertson]

A beautiful smile and a keen sense of humor.

[Hunter]

You still got one of those things?

[Christine Robertson]

What?

[Hunter]

The eyes and the sense of humor.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, that's six for six, boys.

[Hunter]

You were six for six.

[Christine Robertson]

But I did not realize that until the 16th of December 1969. I mean, the 12th of December 1969.

[Hunter]

He was out there all along.

[Si Robertson]

That's it. And then she stopped. Pick me up with my jacket.

[Martin]

Was it the strip?

[Christine Robertson]

Have your jacket on. When you came out, what did you.

[Si Robertson]

Think when you say you want to analyze it?

[Christine Robertson]

I didn't think anything to. Cody says, oh, I think I know him. I think we're going to. I'm going to pick him up.

[Hunter]

Is that what life was like back then? You just knew that people walking down the street.

[Christine Robertson]

He did. They were in the Same unit.

[Hunter]

I know that guy.

[Christine Robertson]

So I looked and I thought all I saw was that red dragon on that black coat. And the way he was walking, it was just. I don't want to meet this guy. He is ego to the max.

[Martin]

Sigh. That sounds true.

[Hunter]

No, that is true.

[Si Robertson]

That's what happened.

[Christine Robertson]

Well, he did. And he had a big ego.

[Si Robertson]

Big ego.

[Hunter]

You.

[Si Robertson]

Me, me. A big ego. Come now.

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, yeah. He was very confident in himself.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, that's mom. That's Mom's doing. That's so funny.

[Hunter]

Well, speaking of that six point checklist you just gave us, are you excited about the new smile?

[Christine Robertson]

Yes. I'm so tired of those.

[Si Robertson]

The Gap. The Gap.

[Hunter]

Is that what y' all call it?

[Si Robertson]

The Gap? That's what I call it.

[Hunter]

So he's getting all new.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Hunter]

So you're fired up about it?

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Si Robertson]

All.

[Hunter]

We gotta get some hair grease. Those Taco Bells probably make you 63 again.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, you sound shrunk. Huh? Yeah, I'm not that tall anymore.

[Christine Robertson]

He's no longer 6:3.

[Hunter]

I don't. I don't want. Yeah, you're not.

[Christine Robertson]

I don't think you're not.

[Si Robertson]

Whatever.

[Martin]

But. But hey now, she might have a different list for you now.

[Hunter]

You know, six three ain't on it no more.

[Martin]

No, no.

[Si Robertson]

That's what got me about the doctors, though. They said, why? Well, when is your wife gonna come up? And I said, what? I need you. What do y' all want her for? He said, hey, this is a two, two way deal. Do you want. I want her to be satisfied with what you.

[Hunter]

You're getting the smile.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

So he's going in December to get the real, real stuff. And Philip's going to drive him down. And I told him, I said, okay, Liz and I will fly big time.

[Hunter]

So you're flying up there.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. Okay. I like. She's flying up there to okay. What was been done.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Hunter]

Because we. We've had some fans sending in some suggestions that you probably wouldn't like. Like the duck commander logo on one of the tees.

[Si Robertson]

Or gold tooth.

[Hunter]

Or gold or silver out. No, silver.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no. Yeah.

[Hunter]

I'm just saying I would. I mean, at this point, I mean.

[Martin]

You might as well.

[Si Robertson]

All right.

[Hunter]

But she's getting. That's, That's. You know what? That's a smart dentist.

[Martin]

Oh, these guys are awesome. Well, I mean, you know that.

[Hunter]

But getting the wife's approval is very. That's.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

I've got his graduation picture.

[Hunter]

That's wisdom.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, the.

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, it's beautiful.

[Hunter]

We need graduation picture.

[Christine Robertson]

And he's so cute.

[Hunter]

You cutie.

[Si Robertson]

Cute.

[Hunter]

I'm trying to see if it's on the Internet. There's a lot of pictures of you on the Internet, buddy.

[Martin]

Oh, there's a good one right there.

[Hunter]

Look at young S. Very handsome. So which version did you meet? Not the one on the right. How old are you in the middle there?

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, that was after we were living in Bomhoeder, so it's after Tracer was born.

[Si Robertson]

Okay.

[Hunter]

So is this graduation photo?

[Christine Robertson]

No, that's his army.

[Si Robertson]

That would probably be graduation from AIT.

[Martin]

Yeah, I see the dimples.

[Hunter]

Yeah, look at them dimples. How old do you think you are in this left picture?

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, 19, left one.

[Si Robertson]

68.

[Christine Robertson]

68 right before he.

[Si Robertson]

How about it?

[Hunter]

So that's. That's who Ms. Christine met, right?

[Christine Robertson]

No, you were in.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, it has to be 68.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, it had to be 68 because you were in.

[Si Robertson]

I went to. I went to Fort Benning, Georgia for basic and I went to Fort Lee, Virginia for AIT and then you went to Vietnam. And then the one on the right with the helmet is Vietnam.

[Hunter]

You look like a guy who could have done a lot of push ups.

[Christine Robertson]

Look how skinny.

[Si Robertson]

I did 350 the day I got. I graduated. Oh, Interest greens. No less.

[Hunter]

350.

[Si Robertson]

350. Wow. Because big. Big D. Oliver. Big O. Big O. Big O. He got in my face and put his nose on my nose, okay. And said, get down. Make it, you know. And I said, sarge, we're in dress greens. He said, are you going to get down? I might have to put you down. And I said, you're serious? I said, you're joking, right? He said, no, I'm serious.

[Hunter]

Robertson.

[Si Robertson]

So, hey, you know, he's. Drop. Drop. Give me 25. I knocked him out, jumped back up. I was still smiling. Well, he walks up, put his nose on my nose again. He said, get down. Well, it took me 350 till I finally said 350. I'll stop, okay? I'll stop running.

[Hunter]

I couldn't even do 35 push ups and still smile.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no.

[Hunter]

You smiled for 350 pushups.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no, look. That was. That was the best shape this kid has ever been in.

[Hunter]

You look like you could hurt somebody. You look very.

[Si Robertson]

Here's what you got to do.

[Christine Robertson]

Look how skinny he is. He couldn't hurt a fly.

[Si Robertson]

I don't know how. How many rungs it was, but before you ate breakfast, you had to climb the ladder from one end to the other, then go eat breakfast. And then when we come back out, you climb back out on the ladder.

[Hunter]

They made you go to use the monkey bars to eat the breakfast?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. It had about. Oh, I'd say they had probably 50 rungs. Probably what?

[Martin]

Dang.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, yeah. This thing went from across the compound all the way to mess hall.

[Christine Robertson]

Look how pretty he is in that.

[Hunter]

Middle one, that pretty man.

[Martin]

Pretty boy.

[Hunter]

She called you pretty. Sigh. Let's see, that's how old. That's your older there, huh?

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, that was after trace was born.

[Si Robertson]

So 35, 72.

[Christine Robertson]

You were 73?

[Si Robertson]

1972.

[Hunter]

What year were you born? 46.

[Si Robertson]

48. 48, yep.

[Hunter]

So you're. Oh, you're only 25 in that?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Man, what a trip down.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, that was when I was a specialist.

[Christine Robertson]

Yep, right before he became a sergeant.

[Hunter]

Is that whenever you got to sit there for the whole year?

[Si Robertson]

That was later.

[Hunter]

That's later, yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. That one's in bomb holder Germany.

[Hunter]

That story true that he got to sit there for a whole year with his feet on the desk?

[Christine Robertson]

Yep.

[Martin]

And did he say, I'm not going to lift a pinky for you?

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, that was in Vietnam.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, I'm serious. If I didn't have. If the officers on me wasn't honest, I would have done time. I'm serious. I'm dead serious. Oh, man. Because he turned down. I told you I was a specialist. Well, I went to Vietnam, but E4, and I come back at E4, you know, and he turned down three E5 stripes. So I went in his office and I said, hey, got a question? He said, hey, get back out there. Knock on the door. And I said, I ain't got time for that. I said, I got a question to ask you, buddy.

[Christine Robertson]

A lieutenant at that.

[Martin]

And did he tell you these stories while it was happening? Christine?

[Christine Robertson]

I didn't know him then.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no. My whole military career. I'd come back, you know, from work. I said, well, the colonel said, we have his office again. She said, you know, you're only hurt yourself, right? And I said, yeah, but the man knows where I stand.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. After Vietnam, he was stationed in Fort Devens. I met him then. August, September, October, four months after I.

[Si Robertson]

Got back, the post police pick up all the trash of Fort Devins.

[Hunter]

Where's Fort Devins at? That's in Boston.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. Yeah, that's in. Outside of Boston.

[Christine Robertson]

I thought you were in the medical group.

[Si Robertson]

Uh. Oh, well, I may have been.

[Hunter]

Some truth's about to come out.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. No, I may have been in the medical.

[Hunter]

He just told him.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I was on Fort Devil. I was in a medical unit, but I was supply in the medical.

[Christine Robertson]

Well, you were always supply.

[Hunter]

You supplied the morale.

[Si Robertson]

Well, that and everything else.

[Hunter]

That and everything else, yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Guns, beans, clothes, bullets.

[Hunter]

That's an important job. It's hard to win a war with no bullet.

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Philip]

We've all had that time in our life where life happens, right? And life happens and money may not be there, you know, and you have to do something. You get you a credit card or something to get you out of a bind and next thing you know it keeps piling up and you put it off and you know, you just say you'll deal with it later.

[Si Robertson]

I had a credit card, I didn't have to pay for it right then. I just swiped a card and oh, you know what?

[Philip]

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[Hunter]

Boom.

[Philip]

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[Martin]

I want to. I got a question for y', all but I know it's getting late in the in the podcast, but some of our fans really want to know what y' all would tell a young couple on how to stay together and how to make it like y' all have be friends first.

[Christine Robertson]

Because when you've been married as long as we are the romantic side kind.

[Si Robertson]

Of, you know, in other words, what happens to it, it plays out.

[Christine Robertson]

It plays out. So if you're not friends. Then what have you got?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Christine Robertson]

And so we were friends before we were anything else, and we're still friends.

[Martin]

And you love listening to his stories all the time. And you've heard them a lot. You could probably finish most of them.

[Christine Robertson]

All right.

[Si Robertson]

Of them.

[Martin]

And you can correct them because.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes, I can correct them.

[Martin]

So what would you say about.

[Si Robertson]

I'll say that. Communication.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, definitely.

[Si Robertson]

Whenever you have an argument, don't go to bed unless you sell it.

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, goodness. I can't remember the last time we had an argument.

[Si Robertson]

We didn't have that many.

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, I know. We had an argument over Trump.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, boy. Oh, no, there was no argument there.

[Hunter]

We're about to get political.

[Si Robertson]

Only from your side.

[Christine Robertson]

No, he was getting louder and louder.

[Martin]

Now here we go.

[Christine Robertson]

So. So I finally said, okay, we just agree to disagree and we will never talk about this.

[Si Robertson]

Don't talk politics.

[Christine Robertson]

So we don't talk politics.

[Hunter]

Is that why you come in here all fired up?

[Si Robertson]

Some. Well, hey, yo.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah. Because I won't talk to him about it because you.

[Hunter]

It's not allowed.

[Si Robertson]

Here. Here's what's so bad about this.

[Martin]

Watch it.

[Si Robertson]

You can't even turn on the TV anymore to watch the news. And I tell you, everything about it.

[Christine Robertson]

Is with her, so why bother?

[Martin]

Christine, when. When. When we were. When up the hospital staying with us, we did fine when we watched sports, but whenever he would turn it on.

[Hunter]

To one of those things, he'd start.

[Martin]

Yelling at the TV.

[Christine Robertson]

I know.

[Hunter]

Do you watch a lot of PBS, Ms. Christine?

[Christine Robertson]

Nope.

[Si Robertson]

We had Van and the Snow lately. Worth watching.

[Martin]

Only the one that we saw. That you saw.

[Hunter]

That one was legit. What do you watch, Ms. Christine?

[Christine Robertson]

I watch true crime.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, she watches bad crime.

[Christine Robertson]

I like to figure out.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, she's trying to figure out all these psychos.

[Hunter]

All these psychos.

[Christine Robertson]

No, I just like to figure out why they think they can get away with murder. Because they're so stupid.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

So you're in a true crime. You're in the cat on cat crime and on the pbs.

[Si Robertson]

You know, my brother had told me he was in the military in our air force.

[Martin]

Which one?

[Si Robertson]

Harold. Harold. He told me I had a problem with authority. And I said, no, that's. That's not really true, Ms. Christine. I said, what I have have is. Is I have. I have a problem with stupid authority.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Which that's true, because, you know, just.

[Martin]

Putting somebody in charge to be in charge for no reason. Nope.

[Si Robertson]

Like I said before on all my mentors growing up, okay, one thing rang True. When I run up on somebody that I really respected and liked.

[Christine Robertson]

Truth.

[Si Robertson]

Okay. A true leader is a servant.

[Martin]

Yeah, that's right.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

That's a high.

[Si Robertson]

He's always the last one out of the building. Okay. He's always thinking about other people. Okay. Not himself. You know, and then I look around and I just, you know, because. Because this world right now, grief, you know, Good grief.

[Martin]

So your servants, that's the strongest ones. You know, the world looks at that as being weak, but really, that's your strongest people.

[Si Robertson]

No, no. You know, Jesus.

[Christine Robertson]

God says the weak will go first.

[Martin]

That's right.

[Si Robertson]

So it's very depressing to see all this going down.

[Christine Robertson]

Then don't watch it.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I know it. Well, I've get to the point. I don't.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

But all it does is make my heart rate go up.

[Hunter]

Well, I'm excited every day whenever they have Fox News on at the store for whenever it turns three o' clock so I can switch it to old Steve Harvey. It's just way more fun.

[Martin]

I'm your man, Steve Harvey.

[Hunter]

Family Feud is just a good time.

[Si Robertson]

All right, give me her, give me her. Let's go. Let's go for the gold, boys.

[Martin]

Go for the gold.

[Hunter]

Oh, that's funny.

[Christine Robertson]

Yeah, there are lots of games on the tv.

[Martin]

Don't you watch poker on tv?

[Christine Robertson]

Sometimes.

[Si Robertson]

Because they always watching it.

[Christine Robertson]

Very much. I watch it.

[Si Robertson]

Yo. And then it's the next episode, but I always turn it back and they're rerunning it. Oh, and you know, so I'm fixing the. Hi. I'm fixing to hit the TV with Delete, delete, delete, delete, delete. Then I know the one that comes up has got to be the Today.

[Hunter]

Oh, wait, you got a bunch of.

[Martin]

Recordings over and over again.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

No wonder your game's not getting better. Yeah, gotta watch new ones.

[Hunter]

Yeah, he's just watching the same poker hand.

[Christine Robertson]

Well, yeah, because when you hit on poker, you're supposed to go down to the episodes.

[Si Robertson]

I've done that, dog. It's always the same. These idiots are showing reruns on me. Oh, man, I'm gonna have to hit the delete button about 25 times.

[Hunter]

Sighing and TV remote is a scary thing. Yeah, it's kind of like you and a cell phone.

[Philip]

Me?

[Si Robertson]

A cell phone's gonna get along. Me and laptops. You got that? Don't get along. Don't touch it.

[Martin]

What about your home phone?

[Christine Robertson]

He doesn't have any problem with that.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, hey. Yeah, but I've turned into the robo killer.

[Hunter]

He just hangs up. Right on.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no. All right. Hello.

[Martin]

Spam cop.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, because she told me. She said, hey, if there's a pause, it's the machine. You ain't talking to a person. So as soon as that pause hit.

[Hunter]

Well, you have to say something. That way the person knows you.

[Si Robertson]

Hello. Oh, you say, yeah. Then there's a pause. And she told me. She said, if there's a pause, it's recording.

[Christine Robertson]

It's a computer.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, it's a computer. And when she said that, I just said, I got one finger on Red Death.

[Hunter]

Nailed them.

[Si Robertson]

Say, got him out, boys.

[Martin]

I need to go to the national registry of do not call and put your. Your number in there.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Hunter]

I don't think that.

[Si Robertson]

They just don't know. Hey, I guess they're doing a. A regeneration. Because, hey, everybody that I've talked to so far said, hey, what is all these spam calls coming in?

[Martin]

There's a lot of them.

[Christine Robertson]

Oh, I know.

[Martin]

Everybody's sick of them. We can put a man on the moon. Why can't we stop all these spam calls?

[Hunter]

Allegedly.

[Si Robertson]

Allegedly.

[Martin]

Allegedly. Spam calls.

[Si Robertson]

That might be Area 51.

[Martin]

Alleged spam call.

[Hunter]

Alleged moon.

[Si Robertson]

No, that's right.

[Christine Robertson]

Mine says potential.

[Si Robertson]

I go better with Area 51.

[Hunter]

Actually, the fact that we can't stop all these spam calls is further proof that we probably didn't land on the moon.

[Martin]

Oh, God.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, I'm just saying.

[Christine Robertson]

I can't believe they've been a little man of you.

[Hunter]

Oh, Never seen s riding.

[Martin]

Show your wife that giraffe.

[Si Robertson]

No, that's the only way you ride a giraffe.

[Christine Robertson]

I'm not looking at the giraffe. I was looking at how little you are.

[Hunter]

He's an action figure.

[Si Robertson]

Well, hey, that's my.

[Hunter]

You see that coming back in?

[Si Robertson]

That's my action figure. See, I. I'm looking over everything.

[Christine Robertson]

Now, look, the only action figure you have is the mouth.

[Si Robertson]

Which pays well.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes, it does.

[Hunter]

Yes, it does. I think that is the perfect.

[Martin]

Well done, guys.

[Hunter]

If you're wondering how to have a long, happy marriage, that is it. Joke with each other. Laugh.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Hunter]

Each other.

[Christine Robertson]

Yes.

[Hunter]

Be friends together. You heard it from Sa and Christine. I'm going to send us out of here with a bible verse. Matthew 19:6. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

[Si Robertson]

But.

[Hunter]

And they've been together for 55 years. And I'm glad to have just got to spend the afternoon with them because this has been hysterical. Ms. Christine. Thank you.

[Christine Robertson]

You're welcome.

[Hunter]

You are always welcome back. Martin really missed out.

[Martin]

He missed us.

[Hunter]

You missed.

[Martin]

He's going to miss this.

[Hunter]

All right, you'll see y' all next time right here in a duck call.

[Si Robertson]

Sam.