Willie & Jase Find Joy in Tough Times with Phil & Miss Kay’s Health Struggles

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast Summary: "Willie & Jase Find Joy in Tough Times with Phil & Miss Kay’s Health Struggles"

Release Date: February 20, 2025
Hosts: Si Robertson & Justin Martin
Guests: Willie Robertson, Jase Robertson, Phil Robertson, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan

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Introduction

In episode 430 of the Duck Call Room, the Robertson family opens up about the challenging journey they face in caring for Phil and Miss Kay Robertson. Balancing humor with heartfelt discussions, Willie and Jase Robertson lead the conversation alongside Si and Phil Robertson, providing listeners with an authentic glimpse into their lives during tough times.

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Family Health Struggles

The episode delves deeply into the health issues affecting Phil and Miss Kay Robertson. Willie and Jase express their concerns and share personal anecdotes about managing their parents' health.

Phil Robertson reflects on aging with a blend of acceptance and faith:

"[03:24] Phil Robertson: Death is nothing but a transfer of where I'm gonna be living."

He underscores his belief in eternal life and the comfort it brings amidst the struggles:

"[03:25] Phil Robertson: I know I'm gonna die one day, but, hey, guess what? I know the man that done promised me. Hey, don't worry about it, dude. I'm gonna raise you up before you get ready." ([03:25])

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Coping with Aging Parents

Si and Jase Robertson discuss the complexities of caring for aging parents, highlighting the emotional and logistical challenges involved.

Si Robertson shares the burden of responsibility:

"[08:07] Si Robertson: Both of my parents are struggling... Kay had another fall..."

He emphasizes the family's unwavering commitment despite the difficulties:

"[12:23] Si Robertson: When you're trying to get two people who struggle with thinking rationally..."

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Maintaining Family Bonds Through Faith

Amidst the turmoil, faith remains a cornerstone for the Robertson family. Si recounts a significant moment where he provided spiritual support to his parents.

During a poignant discussion, Si offers a one-hour sermon, exploring the concept of paradise and eternal life:

"[29:11] Si Robertson: Everybody talks about, oh, what is that? Like, tell me about paradise."
"[29:16] Phil Robertson: Yep."

This spiritual dialogue serves as a balm, reinforcing the family's resilience:

"[30:54] Phil Robertson: That's what most people. That's why I said, when people talk to me about death, it doesn't mean nothing to me."

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Humorous Antics Amidst Challenges

Despite the seriousness of their parents' health issues, the Robertson brothers inject humor into their caregiving roles, lightening the mood and fostering camaraderie.

Jase Robertson shares a funny attempt to get Phil to embrace comfort wear:

"[07:04] Jase Robertson: I'm trying to get him to wear a sweatpant a little bit easier."

This playful banter highlights the family's ability to find joy even in difficult circumstances.

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Conflict and Resolution in Caregiving

The dynamic of caregiving often brings tension. Si explains the "good cop, bad cop" approach required to manage their parents' stubbornness and independence.

"[12:23] Si Robertson: When you're trying to get two people who struggle with thinking rationally..."
"[13:02] Phil Robertson: Yeah."

Through strategic communication and mutual support, the family navigates conflicts, maintaining harmony and ensuring their parents receive the care they need.

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Jase's Encounter with Jeff's Kids

Adding another layer to the episode, Jase narrates a humorous mix-up involving a text about Jeff's children, showcasing the family's close-knit relationships.

"[32:23] Jase Robertson: I was like, I don't know who these people are... So I just said, congrats."

This lighthearted story underscores the family's interconnectedness and ability to laugh amidst chaos.

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Personal Insights and Reflections

Throughout the episode, the Robertson family shares profound insights about life, legacy, and the importance of cherishing every moment.

Willie Robertson offers a heartfelt reflection:

"[28:04] Willie Robertson: ...the joy of seeing you guys going through a really hard time and knowing what's on the other side of it. It's pretty inspiring."

His words encapsulate the episode's core message of finding strength and joy despite adversity.

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Notable Quotes

• Phil Robertson [03:24]: "Death is nothing but a transfer of where I'm gonna be living."
• Si Robertson [08:07]: "Both of my parents are struggling... Kay had another fall..."
• Phil Robertson [03:25]: "I know I'm gonna die one day, but, hey, guess what? I know the man that done promised me."
• Jase Robertson [07:04]: "I'm trying to get him to wear a sweatpant a little bit easier."
• Willie Robertson [28:04]: "...the joy of seeing you guys going through a really hard time and knowing what's on the other side of it. It's pretty inspiring."

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Conclusion

Episode 430 of the Duck Call Room masterfully balances humor and heartfelt discussions, providing listeners with an authentic portrayal of the Robertson family's resilience in the face of health struggles. Through candid conversations about faith, caregiving, and family dynamics, Willie and Jase Robertson inspire others to find joy and strength amidst life's inevitable challenges.

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Transcript

[Willie Robertson]

Foreign.

[Jase Robertson]

I don't think I want to wear these anywhere.

[Si Robertson]

Overrated.

[Phil Robertson]

Override.

[Duck Commander]

Him and Stone refuse the headphones.

[Si Robertson]

Well, stop.

[Jase Robertson]

Nobody emailed me the agenda of what we're talking about.

[Duck Commander]

We got none.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, well, I think you got it then.

[Si Robertson]

I was kind of wondering.

[Duck Commander]

Welcome to episode 430.

[Jase Robertson]

Is that where you're at?

[Duck Commander]

I have no idea.

[Willie Robertson]

Damn, that's amazing.

[Duck Commander]

424 hadn't had a plan yet.

[Jase Robertson]

Congratulations.

[Phil Robertson]

Flash start.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, they'd screw it up, Wouldn't you?

[Phil Robertson]

I'd screw the whole ball up.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Duck Commander]

Don't overthink.

[Phil Robertson]

Don't throw no wrenches in the machinery.

[Duck Commander]

It's best.

[Willie Robertson]

Good. Hunter.

[Jase Robertson]

How about feel some sweat and academy? We'll see.

[Si Robertson]

Good practice.

[Duck Commander]

I'm so nervous.

[Jase Robertson]

I've got our orders.

[Si Robertson]

Let's not get into.

[Jase Robertson]

I don't know what size. I've never details about clothing, so.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that'd be.

[Si Robertson]

We won't be talking about that in the podcast.

[Willie Robertson]

Buying him sweatpants.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, I mean, I'm trying to get him to wear a sweatpant a little bit easier. Are we talking about feeling good?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I think that's the whole reason we're here. I was just gonna follow your lead. I didn't know how.

[Phil Robertson]

Hang on, I'll kick it off. Y'all ready?

[Jase Robertson]

Kick it off, son.

[Phil Robertson]

All right, welcome. Welcome to the podcast, folks.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay, thank you.

[Phil Robertson]

We've got guests.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Got William Robinson and Jason Robertson here today.

[Willie Robertson]

Hard to believe it only took brother 124 of them to get them here together.

[Phil Robertson]

That's it. But anyway, my first question is, since I don't get out much, how's Phil do it?

[Jase Robertson]

Wow. Jump right to it.

[Phil Robertson]

I don't get to see him anymore. When people ask me, everybody said, hey, okay. We're praying for Phil. And I said, hey, I appreciate that. Anytime anyone mentions the Robertson names to the Almighty, I'm appreciative of it.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

I said, but, hey, here, you got to understand, uncle Si is 76 years old. My brother is two years older. He's 78. Okay. And with age comes a lot of junk that you really don't want. But it's just. That's life.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

That's life.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay. So mainly, that's all I'm telling when you ask me about, you know, how's my brother? He's doing pretty good. He's had better days. Okay. But we're at that age in our life that there's difficulties arise.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay. And like, yo. Especially for, you know, like, y'all, right, now. Okay. The kids.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

You know, it's one thing to grow up with your father and watching him do everything and everything else and be. Be the man he was once was. Well, listen, it's rough on people to watch someone that they love go start going down.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, it's very difficult.

[Phil Robertson]

And look, that's where the Robertson family's at right now, okay? We're getting old, okay? And all we got in front of us is okay, is the grave.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

You know, I mean, that's just.

[Si Robertson]

That's life or the resurrection.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, no, no, that's why it don't bother me.

[Si Robertson]

I try to stay positive.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, no, no, that's why it doesn't bother me, okay? I know I'm gonna die one day, but, hey, guess what? I know the man that done promised me. Hey, don't worry about it, dude. I'm gonna raise you up before you get ready.

[Si Robertson]

Exactly.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay. So. Hey, I'm not. Yo. Death is nothing but a transfer of where I'm gonna be living.

[Duck Commander]

Change address, boys Change your address, baby.

[Jase Robertson]

Change your address, boys. Well, I actually speaking of this, but I want to. I want to bring up Phil and Kay, but someone. A news organization. I need to ask you this for real. A news organization asked, would you do an interview? Basically, you know, way out ahead of time. So when you pass away, they want to do.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, they want to have that. To run to watch.

[Jase Robertson]

I was going to ask, did you want to interview with these. With this news thing? It'll be when you die, it won't air. They're going to do us. Yes, but, but they said it's. It's literally a ten year. Like. Because people, like sometimes people outlive the person who entered. You know, stuff happens.

[Si Robertson]

What's wrong with these?

[Phil Robertson]

Well, hey, I got this.

[Jase Robertson]

I did. This is a legit request.

[Phil Robertson]

You need to go back with them and tell me, hey, what have you. How much? How much? How much we talking about?

[Jase Robertson]

You're going to charge a.

[Si Robertson]

What?

[Duck Commander]

Do it.

[Willie Robertson]

You're gone. That's what you call life insurance.

[Jase Robertson]

The thing is, do you want to influence the article or not? Like, would you like to tell them personally. Personally what they're going to write?

[Si Robertson]

Of course I would only.

[Jase Robertson]

Only if you're paid for it. Well, yeah, I'm more technically into.

[Phil Robertson]

But look, hey, I don't do nothing anymore unless I get paid for it.

[Jase Robertson]

I was going to ask.

[Si Robertson]

I mean, what are we going to do with the money? Because then you'll have to leave. I'll tell you What?

[Willie Robertson]

He's going to lose it to you in a poker game. What he's going to do.

[Si Robertson]

You could leave the money to me and I'll spend it in your honor because you're going to be dead. There's nothing to spend money on.

[Phil Robertson]

I love you anyway. I'm just saying I still love you. Even tell me to spend my money.

[Jase Robertson]

You should take all the money and then play poker like he does.

[Si Robertson]

That's what I.

[Jase Robertson]

You know, which is every combination I hadn't got. As long as he sees two cards, he's in.

[Phil Robertson]

Hey, I had. Got one, Vi, and that's play poker.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay. I made this money. So, hey, guess what?

[Jase Robertson]

Right?

[Phil Robertson]

I'm going to do what I want to with it.

[Si Robertson]

I've appreciated it.

[Jase Robertson]

But you're acting like it's so bl. You could. You could learn how to play poker.

[Phil Robertson]

Because you don't get much.

[Jase Robertson]

You could learn how to play poker better. I don't. You actually don't play poker. You just play bingo. Yeah.

[Duck Commander]

Just gambling.

[Willie Robertson]

Bingo.

[Jase Robertson]

Maybe I'll hit, maybe I won't, but I'm going to be there at the end every time.

[Phil Robertson]

He's a Robin Hood. He think he's taken from the rich and giving it to the.

[Si Robertson]

So I'm not a gambler.

[Jase Robertson]

We'll say that.

[Phil Robertson]

I follow.

[Si Robertson]

Jesus.

[Jase Robertson]

We'll say that.

[Phil Robertson]

And he said he's not a gambler because he don't never lose.

[Si Robertson]

I'm just saying that's a bunch of baloney. Like, Jesus. I take charitable donations and use them for good causes.

[Jase Robertson]

I will say, though, one of the biggest accomplishments of my life ever, and I've done a few things, was I got him to lay down aces because I. And I bluffed. I bluffed you and you folded aces.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, that's part of the game.

[Si Robertson]

All things.

[Jase Robertson]

That's like. No, that's like my top 10 things I've ever done in my life.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, but you can't.

[Jase Robertson]

You can't draw it right around like children and grandchildren.

[Duck Commander]

Yeah, he's got.

[Jase Robertson]

I got side of. Lay down aces on the river on a bluff.

[Si Robertson]

Mission accomplished.

[Willie Robertson]

Life retired.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay. So Phil. Phil is. Yeah. He has good, you know, some good days and some days on my. Oh, wow. And then some days he's a little off. But. Yeah, we're just trying to. My. My latest is. I'm trying to introduce sweatpants to Phil where he can wear sweatpants. I think it'll be easier. The whole belt and all that stuff.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

So I wear sweatpants. So I just Stretchy pants. Yeah, you need stretchy pants.

[Si Robertson]

So the problem is when you introduce concepts like this, like you did yesterday. He looks over at me. I don't wear sweatpants, so.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, what are you the. Are you the fashion model for my.

[Si Robertson]

No. To get back to your original. What's happened in our family? And this is not a plan. You know, both of my parents are struggling that like, you know, they all just had a back procedure which I think is his sixth one and like a year. And Kay had another fall at which she falls a lot, but. And it was a substantial injury that she's doing pretty well.

[Jase Robertson]

Shocking, you know.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. I mean, because I. When, you know, the people that are around them 24 7. Because we obviously can't be there at all times. Sent me a very graphic picture right when she cut her leg. And it was. It was a horror show. It was severe. I was actually speaking. I was fixed to get up on stage and I'd see this picture of my mom. I was like, oh, man. I was like, get her to the hospital. I gotta speak. But. So somehow another Willie and I got deemed the undeclared representatives of the family. Because there's a Robertson trait, which is stubbornness that we all have, you guys.

[Phil Robertson]

Certain degrees. Different degrees of it, boys.

[Si Robertson]

And mentally, neither one of them are where they once were.

[Jase Robertson]

At any rate, you're actually the nicer one because we had to go out yesterday. So it's like good cop, bad cop. I'm always the bad cop. So Chase is like the good cop.

[Si Robertson]

And so, no, I've actually thought about this.

[Willie Robertson]

So it feels like duck, dinosaur.

[Si Robertson]

It's very difficult.

[Duck Commander]

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[Phil Robertson]

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[Duck Commander]

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[Si Robertson]

This is nothing that all families across the world are not going through. You know, when you're everybody, it comes to everybody. So what happens, basically, is you're trying to get two people who struggle with thinking rationally. You have two rational members of the family that are trying to resolve a conflict, which is something they don't want to do because they're not thinking rational. And so we go out there, and it is a good cop, bad cop in that setting. But then as soon as we both leave my other two brothers, then they become the good cop, because my mom will call them and say how me and Willie were terrible. Not letting them. They're not letting me do what I want to do. So it's actually all kind of relative. Everybody becomes a bad cop except the two other brothers who don't challenge or confront them. That's why I said somehow we got declared as the spokesman for the. That adds up rational behavior.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that kind of tracks.

[Phil Robertson]

But know this. This is for both of y'all. Know this. That deep down, when they're alone, they. No one likes to give up their independence. Okay? And now they have to. Okay? But they know. They know that y'all are doing the best y'all can do. For what? For.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I think you're right.

[Phil Robertson]

I know that.

[Si Robertson]

Even, like, even though yesterday took an.

[Phil Robertson]

Hour, now they go make screaming. But deep down in their heart and mind, they know.

[Si Robertson]

I think you're right. I think that comes out they do, but it's just the struggle.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Is quite stressful.

[Willie Robertson]

Ain't none of y'all ever been known for saying a blanket yes to anything. So, I mean, this ain't.

[Si Robertson]

Well, so it got out that they had moved and all. And you know, news outlets get this.

[Jase Robertson]

How'd that get out?

[Si Robertson]

I think Al actually mentioned it.

[Jase Robertson]

I thought, here we go.

[Willie Robertson]

Good cop, bad cop.

[Si Robertson]

But the fact was they both had just gotten out of the hospital, so. So we're like, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

So they did move. Well, no, I'm saying from the hospital. Back home. They were. We just have some other transition.

[Jase Robertson]

We have some other places that they can be. That's a lot.

[Si Robertson]

That's close.

[Jase Robertson]

We. We move around because they're not.

[Si Robertson]

If neither one of them can get up and walk or care for themselves. They need 24, 7.

[Jase Robertson]

Super K is Kay's. She's walking. I mean, I was there the. When the night you got the picture. So I went out there when she got from the hospital and so I thought it's 3:30 in the morning. So I'm thinking I'm gonna have to carry Kay. Kay jumps out of that car with her little walker and just. I'm like, oh, this was not what I was expecting at 3:30 in the morning with some stitches in it.

[Si Robertson]

Borderline. If you'd have seen the injury, you would have thought that it was crazy.

[Jase Robertson]

Then she plops in a chair and it was finally 5am she is just talking my face off. I said, mom, I've got to go to bed. I haven't done the all nighter in a while. And so she says, well, make sure you come cook those hamburgers for lunch. And she calls me at 9:30, like, what time you cooking those hamburgers? And they eat like on a cruise schedule. So it's always the weirdest time. You know, she kind of like, I'm starving. I'm starving.

[Si Robertson]

That was why we ate. Had to go to a temporary, you know, place where they could be where. Because the bottom line is they're kind of spoiled about food.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh yeah.

[Si Robertson]

And we're trying to get some weight.

[Jase Robertson]

One thing Phil, you know, Phil has changed on a lot of things, but that. And he won't eat leftovers. I'm like, who doesn't eat leftovers? Well, once he eats it. Once he goes, nah, I ain't eating.

[Si Robertson]

Because what happens is. And feels. Well, in Phil's mind though, every day is. Is literally day. So if anything goes into the refrigerator once he wakes up, he does not remember when that Went in there. So therefore everything is excluded. So you might as well save a step, feed the dogs after you eat because he's not going in that refrigerator. And it probably. One time he got a hold of something that was bad or. So it's psychological.

[Jase Robertson]

Remember he got that when he got the food poisoning. I mean that's. We heard that story in college. Yeah, Salad man would not eat potato salad because of what happened in 1966.

[Si Robertson]

I think it was his high school graduation or something. Everybody got sick. So then when he got to college, he wouldn't go to his graduation, which then influenced me because I didn't go to my high school graduation.

[Duck Commander]

Go to your high school.

[Phil Robertson]

Stuff like that.

[Si Robertson]

Well, my dad said, hey, stay away from that.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, no, no, because of the potato salad.

[Si Robertson]

Exactly.

[Jase Robertson]

See the logic here?

[Phil Robertson]

Not big on that. Okay.

[Si Robertson]

I actually got my diploma like 12 years later. I was just driving by my old high school and I said, oh, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

I need to pick that up.

[Si Robertson]

It's time.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, I need to pick it up.

[Si Robertson]

And so I pulled in 30. Now I pulled into the West Monroe little administration and I said, I'm Jace Robertson on record. It'll be Jason. But I graduated here about 12 years ago. I was just wondering, do you have that diploma here? And they did. What really made me feel good about it is they went in there and they had a little stack of them and I said, oh, other people have done this. They scrolled through there and hand it to me. And I said, well, I'm. I'm proud. And so I kind of have my walk of what they call it, Walk of fame out the door, out my truck. I threw it in a box somewhere at home.

[Willie Robertson]

I didn't know what today was gonna.

[Duck Commander]

I didn't either.

[Willie Robertson]

I knew I wasn't gonna.

[Jase Robertson]

Basically they've. They're kind of like kids. They. It's basically you turn back into children. My mom's driving me crazy, which is why I was glad you came because she was making me. She's like a 12 year old girl, you know, it's like my girl, she can't dress over difficult. She wanted to do stuff. She cannot do that. I'm like, you can't do that. You can't do this. You know, because she's injured and I'm like, you have to rest. And so she's always trying to sneak around me and get, you know, get, get this stuff done.

[Duck Commander]

She calls.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, it's like I'm the dad and she's a child, but. But I will. I gotta Say that because this is funny. And I actually, through this whole process, I have talked to all my children and my wife, and I have said, look, when and if this happens to me, I'm telling you, 100% free reign. Make all the jokes you want to make. And in fact, I'm going to write some, too, that I'm going to add to the mix. So. Because the humor, to me is. So we're at this series.

[Duck Commander]

Do I get that same permission to Willie's point?

[Si Robertson]

Yesterday, we talked about an hour, and it was. It was a difficult conversation. But then once they relented, mainly K. Well, then. Then we laughed. You know, we.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, actually, I was laughing first. Now, you weren't laughing at first, But I was like, that's funny. So we're in this serious. Phil puts his hand like, hey, hey, I got something to say here. So I'm not like, what's Phil. You know, Phil's gonna bring this to the. I mean, we're in a serious conversation. Phil goes, hey, can you slide in a rump roast every now and again? And I started laughing.

[Si Robertson]

That was funny.

[Jase Robertson]

And I said, did you just say a rump roast? He goes, I can't eat this stuff. I gotta have a rump roast. And I'm just falling off the chair laughing. Well, Phil wanted a dagum rump roast.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. I wasn't laughing at first because I was still.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Stressed out about the conversation. So then I realized, oh, I'm Ed McMahon here. So we're laughing now. Everyone's laughing. We're all laughing.

[Jase Robertson]

It was the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[Si Robertson]

Like, well, which then got in, because it's like, well, my dad hadn't spoken in quite a while during this conversation because Willie and my mom were going at it. And so. So then. But Phil. It leads then to the rankings. He had a ranking system. He didn't have it written down anywhere in his mind. He's like, all these people have been bringing us food. Let me just go ahead and give you the top three. I'm not. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna name them because all the people that have brought you. Which was very nice. We're very appreciative. But guess what? You didn't make the cut. And. But I was surprised because one of the last people that I thought would be on the good list was my wife.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, like, she made the list.

[Si Robertson]

She was in the top.

[Jase Robertson]

She was on the good. Yeah, she was on the good list.

[Willie Robertson]

Y'all had to be two out of the three. So, like, your family and your family. That is.

[Si Robertson]

That is true. But you got to realize I cooked.

[Jase Robertson]

Him a hamburger there. Danny said, that's the best meal I've had in two years.

[Si Robertson]

Well, that's why we laugh, because it's like. It's like. He also said later, he's like, you know, would it be too much to ask to throw the old man a steak? He said, I.

[Jase Robertson]

The whole conversation was mostly him saying he wanted a steak, any sort of meat, and particularly a rump roast.

[Si Robertson]

But what's funny is he said I hadn't had a steak in two years. Everything's two years, you know, everything's two years. Billy said, well, I brought you one last Sunday.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. I was like, within this week. He goes, yep, that's the first one I had.

[Si Robertson]

Which led me to calling Missy, saying, get those steaks out of the freezer, because I'll cook you a steak right now. And he's like, you listen. I put my hands in there.

[Jase Robertson]

He just kept putting his hand, like, let's go. And so I literally. Literally. Jay's broth.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, I went and got some steaks. Willie cooked them, so they're. They were.

[Jase Robertson]

He ate about half of it, too. Dad sent me the picture, and he ate about half the steak. I'm like, dad Gummen. I sent that steak out there. And a baby potato.

[Duck Commander]

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[Si Robertson]

But that was kind of a peace offering to getting them to realize that they need to stay a little closer for a little longer. So they haven't actually moved. But we had to make a lot of promises. I mean, it's like, because they were worried about their. Their stuff. They're like, well, if we're not there, someone may break in. So then we had to find a guy who. Which wasn't hard. Who said that he would make rounds down there with. While armed. Do you make. So if you have any ideas about finding them. Not there. There's an armed guard.

[Jase Robertson]

Yes. Literally many armed property at the top of the hill.

[Si Robertson]

So with many bullets ready. And then they. Like that. It feels like now we're talking.

[Jase Robertson]

And so my mom. So my mom and I were arguing, and she says, well, she said she didn't say something, which I knew she said it. And. And there's a small circle here of people who she's talking to. And I said, kay, you didn't do that. She goes, I didn't say that. And then. So I kept on it. And then finally K says, well, I've already confessed that, so quit bringing it up. She said she had made a confession. She confessed.

[Si Robertson]

I think what she said, Willie, is I've already repented. And you said, well, to have repentance, there has to be a confession because she hadn't confessed. Well, yeah, this was. This was. Oh, well, it had gotten bumpy. But I think the whole problem is I Mean, Phil has always resorted to. He's a quarterback. He doesn't like being on the sidelines. And my mom has always been a diva. It's just the honest truth. She has people around her, and so they feel like. You're not going to stick me off.

[Jase Robertson]

Wow.

[Si Robertson]

You just.

[Jase Robertson]

Yes. Yeah. It's like the minute we.

[Willie Robertson]

Nobody. Oh, I got a call later. Right.

[Si Robertson]

It's like, where are my dogs? Yeah, we'll get your dog.

[Jase Robertson]

We'll get the dag on those dogs, you know, and so we got the dogs, which. The dogs are problematic because they scratch Mom. And so. Yeah. So her whole.

[Willie Robertson]

But. And calling them dogs is nice. It's there. They're.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, they're not. She loves the dogs and.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

But it's hard, what I'm saying, to get back to the rational behavior. They both got out of pretty. Pretty rough surgeries. And, you know, they. They just. In case something goes wrong, we, as the rational side of people are saying, let's not go way off, just in case there's a problem. But they're like, well, I feel fine.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I mean, she's no issue. Okay. You almost cut your leg in half.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

They literally have it stitched up. You're in a. You know, and fails.

[Jase Robertson]

Still wants to do, like, Case still wants to. In her mind, I guess she's thinking, like, I can go do anything. I'm like, no, you can't. So.

[Si Robertson]

So they haven't moved. We're just, you know, they're. They haven't surgeries and things happen, and we're trying to, you know, watch out for them and. And make everybody that's helping them have a little easier time to keep up with them. But. So that was kind of the conflict. I mean, we're. We're getting into the personal stories, but they were like, well, we don't. We don't like this arrangement. We want our freedom. It's like, you're 80 years old and you just got out of the hospital. Somebody. And so I thought the funniest thing that happened that nobody left on, because my dad said, well, what are other people? How do they handle this? And I. I think I said. I said, other people are loading their parents up and dropping them off at.

[Willie Robertson]

A nursing home and saying, good luck.

[Si Robertson]

They don't have places where you can stay. And so. But he was just kind of like, I'm not real sure what you mean by that.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

But. So I was like, remember, we're all pitching in here.

[Phil Robertson]

He's. He's forgot when we was mama that.

[Si Robertson]

We brought that up. But, you know, it's hard to command memories on demand and these overall conditions. Because what I usually say is like, people, because I've been asked just over and over, you know, how's your dad doing? But, you know, we're in the bowels of this every day and, you know, it's hard to put that in a one sentence.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, that's why I tell you, deep down, they know. Okay. And are appreciated. Vote.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I mean, we had. We had.

[Phil Robertson]

It's like you talking about the rationale has gone.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. So, yeah, we had a cool moment. Not before this made two days before I came out there and where they were in their mobile, you know, being cared for. And it was just kind of. Kind of awkward, you know, it was. There was tension.

[Phil Robertson]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

So Kay said, well, maybe you can just give us a sermon. So I did. I got my Bible out and gave them a one hour. Which, look, I will say this, though. It was the most attentive that I've seen both of them. And they never said a word. And Jeff and his family was. It turned into a little house church, you know, and really the subject matter was something I've been studying just from our podcast. But I said, well, what if paradise is a person? That's what I asked them. Well, they were. They both were looking away. And when I said that, they just snapped at me because I thought, you know, here they are at the, you know, the end, the back end of their life.

[Phil Robertson]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

And so I read that verse where when Jesus was on the cross and.

[Phil Robertson]

You know, all the thief next to him, that today you'll be with me in paradise.

[Si Robertson]

And I said, everybody talks about, oh, what is that? Like, tell me about paradise. Of course, they were just glued to what I've said. I said, but I think what. In trying to figure out what that means, we've missed a little phrase in there that's way more powerful. And then I quoted some other verses that says the same thing. I was like, he said, today you'll be with me, with me in paradise. So I talked about being with the eternal Son and what that looks like his resurrection, you know, and in his presence. And when Paul said, you know, it's. I'm torn because I don't, you know, want to be in the body. But he says, if I'm away from the body, I'm with the Lord. Same. Same concept.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

And so, I mean, we talked about it for an hour, but then k. So this was. So I was interested to See, because it went on for one hour and she said that was one of the most incredible, encouraging things I've ever heard. But I have one recommendation which she mispronounced. Recommendation. Somebody said recommendation. Yeah, yeah. That she said, next time, dumb it down. So we all had a good laugh, broke the tension, but. So that's what I'm saying. But it kind of hit me when I left. They've been having so many problems and has many doctor visits and, you know, they hadn't just heard some good Bible about their relationship. And I think it was a needed moment, you. You know, kind of for where they're at.

[Phil Robertson]

That's what most people. That's why I said, when people talk to me about death, it doesn't mean nothing to me.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Because I know where I'm going. I know who I'm going to be with. I know who I'm going to be surrounded by.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. That's power. That's.

[Phil Robertson]

That's God, first of all, you know, and then everybody just went before me. Will be there and we'll all be together.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, exactly.

[Phil Robertson]

Those that have loved me my whole life.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. I always think that when they. Because they're in the religious world, there's so many ideas about what's going on.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

What's going to be like. And I'm like, you know, it's just like if you're taking a road trip.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. The journey.

[Si Robertson]

Well, the most important part is who's going.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Who's with you?

[Si Robertson]

You know, because I'm like, oh, he's in, she's in. You know, I'm. I mean, my wife's in. I mean. Yeah, it. It's kind of the way the Bible really dumbs it down in a way, because it is relationship driven. You know.

[Jase Robertson]

Something else happened funny yesterday. I'm gonna. Speaking of confessions, I've got a confession to make. So. So I get the. I was on a plan. I just spoke in Kentucky. And so I'm on a plane. And I get. It came like a weird, like on an email, but it was like a text attached. I know I need a Johnny D. I needed somebody smarter than me. And it was a couple, a young couple that Hunter.

[Duck Commander]

I need that for my Instagram thing.

[Jase Robertson]

It's a young couple that had a baby. And I'm like, I don't know who these people are. And so I was like, I don't know how they got it. Said, I didn't have your number, but here's the picture. And I'm. And so I was With Chad. I said, chad, who are these people? I have no idea. And I said, I don't know who these people are.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh.

[Jase Robertson]

So I didn't know what to do. I was like, it looks like a. Obviously I'm excited for whoever they are because they had a child. And so I just said, congrats. You know, I don't know who that is. And so.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, this is fun.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no. I think I know where this.

[Jase Robertson]

So yesterday, Chad calls and says, it's Jeff's kids. And I said, lily. He said, that's who the picture was. I said, yep. He didn't send it over his phone. Like, came through as some weird deal, and she had just had. Her face didn't look the same.

[Si Robertson]

Well, and he had.

[Jase Robertson]

He had a medical hat on, and I didn't.

[Phil Robertson]

I love it.

[Jase Robertson]

So. So. So then I'm like, oh, my gosh. Now. Well, Chad thought I was gonna play it off, like, you know, oh, dude, of course. You know. But then I just had to call Jeff, and I said, jeff, man, my bad. You sent me some weird way because he didn't have my number. Like, I have a number.

[Duck Commander]

I didn't have your number for, like, six months.

[Jase Robertson]

I was like. He said he didn't. I said, man, I just didn't know who. He said, well, he said, I called. I was like, willie must be mad at me, because everybody's like, hey, grandpa. You know, grandpa. And he said, willie just said, congrats.

[Si Robertson]

Well, here, look.

[Jase Robertson]

And I. But then he. So then I texted on his. Something different. It was actually about food for mom and dad and I. So then Jeff said. He called me. I said, who is this person?

[Si Robertson]

That's what he did.

[Jase Robertson]

Who is this person trying to set up all this food? And she goes, that's Willie.

[Si Robertson]

That's your brother.

[Jase Robertson]

Either one of us.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, that's what I was going to say. She told me that backstory because when he sent the text originally that you never saw, he didn't send it on an email. It was me and Al both responded, because I was like, oh. But I will admit, at first glance, I thought, who is this? Because they did.

[Jase Robertson]

They looked a little. They look.

[Si Robertson]

They were in the hospital room. He had.

[Duck Commander]

Yeah, I had the mask on.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. And it's more on the baby, you know? And so that was the focus. I'm like, I don't know these people.

[Si Robertson]

And I thought, oh, they had the baby. Oh, wow.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm like, crap, somebody's got my phone number and they're sending me kids.

[Si Robertson]

So me and Al gave long responses that were well thought out and encouraging. Willie. Nothing.

[Willie Robertson]

Congrats.

[Phil Robertson]

Congrats.

[Jase Robertson]

But I didn't get the tags that.

[Si Robertson]

You didn't get the.

[Jase Robertson]

I didn't get all there because then.

[Si Robertson]

I obviously because that number was no longer in service.

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[Jase Robertson]

Also, something else I want to bring up. This is for actually the crew as well. So my wife chewed me out for being on this podcast and she. I don't know if people said it online or whatever, but she said that I had bored face when we. When we had the blurry creatures guys.

[Si Robertson]

What is bored face?

[Jase Robertson]

Will it sound looking bored?

[Duck Commander]

We had Willie involved but the problem.

[Jase Robertson]

Was I talked for the entire. I couldn't get a word in edgewise and I'm like, why did you invite me here? So I was just going to talk to them the whole time. Like, why did you tell me to come?

[Duck Commander]

I mean, about 10 minutes in Willie his bag of rubber bands and just.

[Jase Robertson]

I know I need a rubber band. So it was only matched by the first time Jason by me on their podcast. And I get my first question at 49 minutes and I'm sitting there going, why did you invite me if you're literally going to talk though?

[Phil Robertson]

I didn't want to let you talk, so.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, you did it too. So you was preaching. And so I just want to say I didn't mean to have bored face.

[Duck Commander]

It's a good gig if you can get it.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I mean I wasn't trying to make a bored face, but like so whoever the. Whoever said that or.

[Duck Commander]

Oh, we got a lot. Our fans are more negative than the unashamed fans.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, it's okay to be bored. I mean.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I mean, I was not trying to show it on my face. I don't want to have.

[Duck Commander]

When the rubber bands come out and you start doing the rubber band, you're.

[Jase Robertson]

Saying, that's welcome to the Robinson family.

[Willie Robertson]

It's better to be a board face than an RBF face.

[Si Robertson]

Well, that's why we interrupt everybody, because that's the only way to get a word, I think.

[Phil Robertson]

So if you're going to say something, you just got to say it. Interrupt them.

[Jase Robertson]

You know, it's funny about that. Then they invited me back on A Shame, and I think I was talking about my book, and so I'm telling them all about the podcast. Jason. Well, you made up for it with that one. I made up for the 49 minutes of not getting asked. Yeah, you. You got your time in there.

[Willie Robertson]

You got average averaged out to normal one.

[Si Robertson]

Be careful what you wish for. Now it goes back to Tombstone. You know, sometimes you forget you're there.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, oh, I forgot you were there.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, oh, you're here.

[Jase Robertson]

I get it. Because y'all do these podcasts all the time, and I'm. I don't. Obviously, I'm a professional fill in, but.

[Duck Commander]

You had a podcast one time.

[Jase Robertson]

I did.

[Duck Commander]

Me and you.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, it was weird, but I realized how much y'all have to talk.

[Willie Robertson]

Willie been doing this a lot. Willie had a radio show. Forget podcast Willie. Willie was all radio. Willie Robertson's wild life. I totally forgot Me and you, like, every Tuesday.

[Si Robertson]

Do you know why he did have a radio show? Yeah. You know why he tries J.R. yeah. He tries these things for a little bit and then get. Try something else because it looks like it's not that much involved.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, it's. It's.

[Jase Robertson]

It's. I don't know how y'all do. It's mine.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. You're like, oh, we'll just get on there and talk.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

You know. Well, I got about six months into that, and I thought, you know, I'm running out of soap here.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I might start doing some studying. Yeah. Well, you know, how many.

[Jase Robertson]

How many of you. How many of you almost did?

[Si Robertson]

1,040. Yeah, 1,000. It's over.

[Phil Robertson]

Over a thousand.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

That's a lot. Hey, that's a lot of talking. When you say you don't want.

[Jase Robertson]

How long are they? 1000 and how long?

[Si Robertson]

Like 50 minutes.

[Jase Robertson]

So that's. It's like a thousand.

[Duck Commander]

Hold on. My computer's locked in my Truck.

[Willie Robertson]

Thousand hours divided how many days that is 41 days.

[Si Robertson]

But I'll tell you this straight and nice. You know why I keep doing it? I've learned more from doing that podcast. Not. Not. You'd think, oh, you know, we're reaching.

[Jase Robertson]

How do you say you've learned more? You're the one talking.

[Si Robertson]

Because I'm studying.

[Jase Robertson]

You're learning from yourself.

[Si Robertson]

I'm learning because I'm studying.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Phil Robertson]

That's why I love coming to the own. Ashamed. I always got to bring your way smarter than I was when I arrived.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I'll just.

[Jase Robertson]

I don't know if this is the condition you're in and way smarter. I'm unsure about your definition of way smarter.

[Duck Commander]

A little bit smarter.

[Jase Robertson]

Still don't say that for real.

[Willie Robertson]

Maybe he has an attention problem. He learns in the moment.

[Phil Robertson]

No, it ain't an attention problem. I have come away with a lot of jewels that I didn't see before.

[Duck Commander]

So every time he does go on unashamed, he comes back here like, yeah. And then just starts yelling about some part of the Bible that he's.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, I never have.

[Jase Robertson]

That day was like.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, well, like before. So today's my off day, even though I came up here.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, thank you.

[Phil Robertson]

We appreciate you.

[Si Robertson]

So on my off days, I study.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

So I studied four hours before I came up here. If I talk to y'all about what I studied the last four hours, I literally think y'all would be like the Raiders of the lost art. You'd start.

[Jase Robertson]

Mel, our faces.

[Willie Robertson]

Do you think we'd have.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, hey, speaking about that, what are we talking about on tomorrow's episode?

[Duck Commander]

Oh, are you on it?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I'm not sure yet.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, he just said if he tells you, your face is going to melt off.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. Then you already had that happen a few months ago, so we don't want to do that.

[Jase Robertson]

Is going to melt off tomorrow. Hey, size on. On a shame tomorrow.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Just make sure you got that steroid cream.

[Si Robertson]

So here's what you need to do.

[Phil Robertson]

God said to me, you are new creation cyber officer. And I said, roger that.

[Si Robertson]

Look, here's what you need to do, and it'll go viral on the Internet. You ready?

[Duck Commander]

Oh, wait, wait.

[Si Robertson]

No, no, look.

[Willie Robertson]

We had two. No, no. Dueling.

[Duck Commander]

No, no.

[Si Robertson]

If somebody saw you walking down the street, didn't know who you were, they would think all you needed was a sign saying, the end is near. So, look, what you should do is go out in the parking lot and put. Based on what we just talked about. Just have a sign.

[Phil Robertson]

Look, you ain't going to say the end.

[Si Robertson]

Needs to say the beginning.

[Phil Robertson]

I said, hey, the beginning is starting exactly. Soon.

[Si Robertson]

And they're here in the beginning is here. And then when they pull up and ask you what the sign's about, you can tell them about Jesus. So that's what we'll talk about.

[Phil Robertson]

That's the question you need to ask them. The beginning is happening.

[Jase Robertson]

Are you ready? Who is. Who else is psy. Who else are your guests?

[Si Robertson]

Well, it'll be Zach. Al. Oh, no. Oh, because he's in England.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Si Robertson]

So it'll be me. Al.

[Phil Robertson]

Zach is in England.

[Si Robertson]

That's why you're.

[Jase Robertson]

You're replacing England.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, that ain't big shoes.

[Si Robertson]

So we.

[Duck Commander]

They got a guy that uses big words that nobody knows what they mean for a guy that uses big words that he can't pronounce.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, perfect swap.

[Si Robertson]

Now the name of the podcast is going to be apologetics to insanity. Living out of your mind for Christ.

[Phil Robertson]

There you go.

[Si Robertson]

That's actually.

[Phil Robertson]

I feel that Bill, baby.

[Duck Commander]

That's a good one.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, I'm talking about.

[Duck Commander]

Nailed it.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that track 100, actually.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. He's over there with Jordan Peterson. So he's getting some intellectual stimulation over there.

[Willie Robertson]

I tell where the rest of your family. Yeah, yeah, everybody's gonna be there. Are you going there?

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I gotta go to jolly old England.

[Si Robertson]

That's my dream location. Because. Yeah. Anywhere in England. Because as a treasure hunter, they let you treasure hunt anywhere. Now you don't get to keep what.

[Jase Robertson]

Lots of treasures in England.

[Si Robertson]

You can take a picture of it.

[Duck Commander]

And that's why America's better.

[Si Robertson]

And you can keep what you can't. Hold on.

[Phil Robertson]

Rather go to the market.

[Si Robertson]

Wait for it. Here's the rule. You can take a picture with it and then they will give you the monetary value.

[Duck Commander]

Oh, that's better than the stuff for sure.

[Willie Robertson]

But they take. Who assigns a value?

[Duck Commander]

The government. And we don't know if that's a king or a congress.

[Si Robertson]

We don't even know how many governments coin from 14. A gold coin from the year, whatever. 19, I'm pretty sure.

[Willie Robertson]

So what happens if you dig it up? You just put it in your pocket.

[Si Robertson]

Going about your business put you in jail.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Duck Commander]

What if you didn't know?

[Phil Robertson]

You find the coin, you can't keep it.

[Si Robertson]

I just told you what their situation was.

[Duck Commander]

Usa.

[Si Robertson]

There's lots of treasure hunters.

[Jase Robertson]

There's lots of stuff about treasure hunting.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. So that'll be a Prison.

[Duck Commander]

You're a treasure hunter, not a pirate.

[Jase Robertson]

And there's a lot about treasure. But I will say this. What? Like, that's your bucket? Like, you can make that happen. Like, well, let's book a flight and go to London. I mean.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, well, you're a guy who knows people. Let's make it happen.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I mean, I'm saying, like, he.

[Duck Commander]

Wants somebody else to pay for it.

[Jase Robertson]

What is yalls deal? Everything's got a price.

[Phil Robertson]

It's always better if someone else pays for it.

[Willie Robertson]

Just like that rump roast.

[Si Robertson]

I don't mind paying my own way. I need access.

[Jase Robertson]

All right.

[Duck Commander]

He needs access.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I sent Zach on the mission. I said, find me access to land.

[Phil Robertson]

The land so I can.

[Si Robertson]

Because you still have to get permission.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, we just need to go hit up in people.

[Jase Robertson]

I know tons of people. Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

When we play golf there at the American Club.

[Si Robertson]

I don't want to just do the whole country. I want some kind of site where something happened to give me better odds of finding something.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, like something Braveheart.

[Si Robertson]

Exactly.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

There's a lot of stuff happening in London. There's probably no telling what all's buried in them hills.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I would love to do it. And I'll do a Jesus seminar in between at night.

[Jase Robertson]

Go.

[Si Robertson]

Well, there's a lot of the Bible about finding treasure. Yeah. You know, you put it back by treasure.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Hey, Brett, don't Jesus too?

[Jase Robertson]

No, they're. Well, what are they post. What do they call it? Like, it's over. Like, the churches are empty.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, really?

[Si Robertson]

I'm saying Jesus himself.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. It's like, I can't think of the. Ask Zach.

[Si Robertson]

Getting back to our heaven and earth being connected through Jesus. He actually used that as an illustration when he said there is rejoicing in heaven and on earth when someone turns to God. And he used the illustration like when a woman found a lost coin. So, yeah, that's where I got the idea to go treasure hunt. And I thought, if the creator of the universe is using this hobby as an illustration, I mean, heaven and earth rejoicing. I might need to go get me a metal detector, find something.

[Willie Robertson]

This past year has been one of the hardest in my pillow's histories, but. And that's. That's terrible for them, but you know what it is? It's good for the customer, for the consumer. Because my Mike Lindell and his employees want to thank you for helping them survive another terrible year. Because they just keep getting canceled because, you know, they say what they believe in, and so look, because of your continued support, they are extending their wholesale prices on classic MyPillows for our listeners. You can get the standard classic MyPillows for only $14.98. I can't even believe I'm saying that. Only 14.98.

[Duck Commander]

Did you say 14.98?

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, you like that? But it gets better.

[Phil Robertson]

That's right.

[Duck Commander]

How could it get better?

[Willie Robertson]

Because you can upgrade to a queen size MyPillow for just 18.98.

[Duck Commander]

Do you realize I have to furnish a full, like, lake house coming soon. And I'm just gonna go to mypillow.com duck and rake up stuff.

[Willie Robertson]

That's what I'm talking about. And look, if you want to be real good, make sure people keep coming back. You can get the king size for only a dollar.

[Phil Robertson]

You want that?

[Duck Commander]

We'll spare no expense.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, hey, and if you get somebody on, like, maternity leave or something, you can get the My body pillows for 29.98. And multi use my pillow only 9.98. God, keep him in the boat. These are all prices that cannot be beat, and they won't last forever. But if pillows aren't your thing and you're like, man, you know what? I'd really like a robe. There you go.

[Phil Robertson]

Slippers.

[Willie Robertson]

And maybe you already have your shower robe. Maybe you're looking for a towel. TV robe, TV robe and towel towel number one.

[Duck Commander]

Because I'm getting a bunch of towels.

[Willie Robertson]

They even got sheets. They got anything to make the great indoors better. That's all it is to it. And if you, if you need to go slipping around, they got them slippers, too. That's what Brittany wears all day, every day. Look, this amazing offer won't last forever. Go to mypillow.com, enter promo code, or call 800-969-3137 to take advantage of these wholesale prices. Including the standard size MyPillow originally 49.98, now only 14.98. Queens, 18.98. And Kings only a dollar more. Not only that, order 75 or more. Ship absolutely free. Go to mypillow.com/ and enter promo code or call 800-969-3137 and do it today, immediately.

[Jase Robertson]

What you always say. Whenever I figure out how to order, Buy a plane ticket online. No, buy stuff from Amazon. Yeah, I would go to Amazon, take the picture, he would send it a.

[Duck Commander]

Picture of the cart button, and I.

[Jase Robertson]

Would say, buy me this.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. What's even cooler is now they got a little button says Buy now. You don't even have to add it to card. It just does it for you.

[Duck Commander]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

I don't even know what they're talking about. Do you?

[Duck Commander]

So, hey, I still know Willie's credit card number by heart.

[Jase Robertson]

Johnny didn't knew all my numbers. Like, he was like Rain Man. Yeah.

[Duck Commander]

Oh, wait, we shouldn't do that.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Whoa.

[Duck Commander]

Yeah, that one expired in May of 18.

[Si Robertson]

I'm still trying to figure out, when you have a cart in the grocery store parking lot, is it my responsibility to take it to the said location?

[Duck Commander]

Oh, I'm about to get blasted.

[Phil Robertson]

Yes, it is.

[Willie Robertson]

Absolutely.

[Phil Robertson]

If you use a shopping cart full of.

[Jase Robertson]

Just leave whatever you bought out there.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I, I, I.

[Phil Robertson]

You go to the parking lot, you unload everything in your truck. You're supposed to take that and put it where it says. Put it.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, but isn't that their job?

[Phil Robertson]

No, no, They've got to go.

[Jase Robertson]

You're gonna get living in a society here, like we all should. This is bring it over there, then the poor guy out there.

[Phil Robertson]

It's a community thing.

[Duck Commander]

Poor guy out there, he's being paid.

[Phil Robertson]

The cart is for your.

[Jase Robertson]

You pay to go get him from the spot that he's supposed to get them from.

[Si Robertson]

So I only use this as an analogy to say, if we can't agree on an actual physical cart, why would I want to try to have an imaginary cart and figure that out on the Internet?

[Jase Robertson]

It's not imaginary. Like, it's a real good stuff.

[Duck Commander]

You'd have to call it a bag.

[Willie Robertson]

You're the kind of guy that wears your seatbelt under your arm.

[Phil Robertson]

This is about appreciation.

[Si Robertson]

No.

[Phil Robertson]

We give you a shopping truck to.

[Jase Robertson]

Load your goods in to take it.

[Phil Robertson]

To the truck, have the courtesy to return it and put it back where it goes.

[Jase Robertson]

Don't be a Johnny D. I put it back.

[Duck Commander]

Judge people that don't.

[Willie Robertson]

It's 2025, though. They'll bring that.

[Phil Robertson]

Judge not let you be judged.

[Si Robertson]

I only brought this up to. To bring back the words of my dad, Bill. Who would say I want to ruff rope on the Internet.

[Willie Robertson]

I want to.

[Si Robertson]

Where is the actual cart? Show me the cart.

[Duck Commander]

It's in binary. It's all ones and zeros.

[Si Robertson]

And I'll give you my money.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay, I got it. But speaking of Phil, how many times do you think Phil ever pushed a grocery cart in his life?

[Si Robertson]

I'd say zero.

[Duck Commander]

We're going with zero. Not even one?

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, I really don't think Phil. I never saw it, in my opinion.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I'll give you one illustration.

[Jase Robertson]

I never saw Phil grab a grocery cart and push it.

[Si Robertson]

The only time I saw Phil in a grocery store was in Idaho. Because that was the same day that we. It was Halloween. We didn't know it was Halloween.

[Duck Commander]

How did you not know it was Halloween?

[Si Robertson]

Because we were on a duck trip.

[Phil Robertson]

That's right. We duck trip.

[Duck Commander]

You didn't have a calendar.

[Si Robertson]

They actually gave us an award, which was a $25 gift certificate, because they thought our natural looks were costumes.

[Phil Robertson]

That's right. They thought it was costumes.

[Willie Robertson]

Costumes.

[Si Robertson]

So look. So Phil said, hey, this is the only time I ever saw him in grocery store. He said, hey, Jace, you're the youngest. Grab one of those carts. So Phil, the way he used carts is whoever's the youngest, that's the golf cart.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, I remember even on the hunting trips we went on, it was all Phil sat in the truck and gave us a list to go in and get.

[Phil Robertson]

Go get.

[Duck Commander]

He never even went in.

[Willie Robertson]

No, no. He'd sit in the truck.

[Duck Commander]

But he's one of, like, the greatest cooks, we all know. But he never went.

[Phil Robertson]

Hey, he don't shop for it.

[Si Robertson]

He evolved.

[Willie Robertson]

I would say if Phil. Because Phil probably. When he went grocery shopping, they probably didn't have carts yet. It was just. I mean.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, they know, because he told me that when they were living in Kansas, when he was working on an oil field or something. That's when he was in college, actually, by the way. You know, college football and you had to work in the summer in some other state. But she said she would push the grocery cart all the way to their apartment because it was close. So they did have a cart.

[Si Robertson]

Well, I think as a quarterback, he just deemed that not his. Yeah, that ain't not a job.

[Jase Robertson]

I push her grocery cart every day.

[Si Robertson]

Me too. I love going to the grocery cart.

[Jase Robertson]

I can have the same argument. I can have the same argument. I'm trying to think the last time Corey pushed her grocery cart, which. No, at least it. Twenty years ago, my grocery cart's right.

[Duck Commander]

Here on my phone.

[Phil Robertson]

And then I came with the last time she pushed it. She had a child, it. Pushed it. Just.

[Si Robertson]

My wife has become such a great cook that she'll say, I gotta go to the grocery store. And I'll say, please allow me. I love going to the grocery store.

[Jase Robertson]

I would never let Corey. Yeah. Because Corey, she'll call me, and it's like, she's at.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

But hey, it's like she's at Disney World. She's like, did y'all know. Did you. Did you know they have a nose all the way around the back? I'm like, yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

So, hey, so having said that, we appreciate the prayers. I do. I did see a up tick in my dad's demeanor and overall countenance when we kind of went public with this, so. Which is why I'm coming up here on my day off. We appreciate the prayers because there's no doubt in my mind that that was. That caused, I think, a peace in his spirit.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

When that happened.

[Willie Robertson]

Well.

[Jase Robertson]

And that's a lot of people praying.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. And I spent the last weekend in Nashville, too, and there were. Are a lot of people that come up. So we're praying for Phil. Praying for Phil. So they're still at it, and we are all appreciative of it. And also, thank you all for taking Yalls time to come in and sit down and chat with us.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

You're always welcome here. We're not ever really gonna ask.

[Jase Robertson]

Did Jay say it was his day off?

[Willie Robertson]

I mean, I feel like I'm have to. I feel like I'm have to kiss the ring.

[Jase Robertson]

I got it.

[Phil Robertson]

He showed up on his day off. Okay, I got it.

[Duck Commander]

No.

[Jase Robertson]

And I almost. I almost didn't come, but.

[Si Robertson]

And then.

[Jase Robertson]

Then Jay said, I'll see you tomorrow.

[Phil Robertson]

That's why.

[Jase Robertson]

Why am I seeing you tomorrow?

[Phil Robertson]

Preach to us. That's. That. That was a good request.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. And we do always close with a verse, so if either we all have. I actually want to take this one. Okay.

[Duck Commander]

No offense to you guys. You know the Bible more than me, but. And I broke my microphone, but I have seen my parents walk through what you're walking through, because we were very close to all our grandparents, and it just always reminded me of how I want to take care of my parents one day. And Ephesians 6, 2 and 3 repeats a ton of what is said in the Old Testament over and over again as a law. And Ephesians 6, 2 and 3 says, Honor your father and mother. This is the first command with a promise that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land. It's awesome to watch, you guys. I know some days are good, and it's good to laugh, but I know it's tough because I've seen my parents go through it, but I think what people might take from this episode is just the joy of seeing you guys going through a really hard time and knowing what's on the other side of it. It's pretty inspiring. So thank you guys for just kind of sharing it with the world of something that honestly sucks. But, you know, really impressive what y'all are doing.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Much appreciated. I appreciate it. It has been a difficult year.

[Phil Robertson]

Let's just. It's life.

[Jase Robertson]

In honor of Phil.

[Phil Robertson]

It's life.

[Duck Commander]

Can somebody bring a boy?

[Willie Robertson]

And on our field, you gotta eat.

[Jase Robertson]

Slide a rump roast in here.

[Phil Robertson]

Throw a steak in there once in a while.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, we'll see y'all next time. Right here in the duck call room. We're out.

[Duck Commander]

Oh, man.