Vault: The Bert Show's "Redneck" Ways

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bert Show – "Vault: The Bert Show's 'Redneck' Ways"

Air Date: June 29, 2026
Hosts & Cast: Bert Show team (Wendy, Jeff, Nikki, Southern Redneck Dad, Georgia/Tennessee Graduate, others)

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Episode Overview

This lighthearted throwback episode dives into the cast’s self-reflective and spirited discussion about their "redneck" tendencies. From quirky home décor to Southern family traditions and iconic pet memorials, the team reminisces about those country habits and questionably classy moments that make their households a little more "redneck" than they’d like to admit. The show reveals how everyone—no matter where they’re from—has a little country in them if you look closely enough.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Wendy’s Dad—The Epitome of "Redneck" Southern Pride

• Wendy shares that her dad is “a big old redneck” and the embodiment of Southern tradition.
  • “In the house he's got stars everywhere. He's got deer skins all over the couch. I think there's three. One with the bullet hole still in it.” (Southern Redneck Dad, 01:10)
  • He displays the Texas flag everywhere, including painting it on a prominent boulder in the yard and hanging it up:
    “There's a Texas flag hanging up in the yard. I mean, the whole nine yards. It's very southern.” (Southern Redneck Dad, 01:41)

2. Exploring "Redneck" Roots at Home

• Wendy starts a show-wide challenge: Check your house for “redneck” evidence.
  • The cast finds common themes: personalized pet memorabilia, animal figurines, and odd outdoor décor.
• Pet Memorials:
  • “We have an oil portrait that we had done of our dead dog. That's still hanging up in the house.” (Wendy, 02:06)
  • “We have a plaster dog of a bulldog outside...in the front yard...which I think is really pretty redneck.” (Wendy, 02:20)
  • Dead pets are buried in the backyard:
    “Stacy reminded me that our dead dog is buried in our backyard.” (Wendy, 02:30)
    “Very traditional in the southern home. We had three of ours buried in the backyard.” (Southern Redneck Dad, 02:41)
  • It’s suggested that cremating the pet and keeping the ashes inside is even more “redneck.”
• SEC Paraphernalia:
  • “Between the paraphernalia of SEC football and dead animals in urns, we're pretty redneck.” (Georgia/Tennessee Graduate, 03:34)

3. Jeff’s Attempts to Outgrow His Country Roots

• Jeff feels he’s distanced himself from his redneck roots, but the evidence at home tells otherwise:
  • A box of never-used dog toys dominates the living room.
  • Home upgrades are perpetually unfinished: “...we currently have one room of our house that is, like, half painted and the other half...just cause we haven't decided on how we're gonna paint the wall yet. So that's pretty redneck right there.” (Jeff, 04:45)
  • Their headboard is just leaning against the wall, not attached:
    “...the reason it was a $600 headboard on sale for 60 bucks was because the bottom of it was like cracked and twisted...” (Jeff, 04:57)

4. Seasonal Décor that Overstays Its Welcome

• Nikki confesses to having last Christmas’s tree in her backyard until March—pure “redneck” procrastination:
  • “Up until a week ago, I still had my Christmas tree in the backya.” (Nikki, 05:11)
  • “I didn't know how to get rid of it or what to do with it...I don't live in a place that has like trash pickup all the time...” (Nikki, 05:27)
  • Her “new boyfriend” eventually steps in to help dispose of it.

5. Legalities & Traditions of Backyard Pet Burials

• Nikki’s father calls to share a legal tidbit:
  • “My father told me that there are parts of Georgia where it's illegal to bury your animals in your backyard. And you're supposed to take them to your vet and have them, you know, disposed of properly...” (Nikki's Father, 05:44)
• The wild animal risk and urban legends about pets being dug up by neighborhood dogs are discussed.

6. Smoking Jackets & Signature Scents

• Wendy points out that her partner has a specific “outside patio” jacket for smoking, and the smell clings:
  • “You could smell the smoke on the jacket from like 15ft away and that just it reeks of [being redneck].” (Wendy, 06:34)
  • “Redneck smoke-filled anything is very, very redneck. Yes.” (Georgia/Tennessee Graduate, 06:47)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On pet décor:
  • “We have an oil portrait that we had done of our dead dog. That's still hanging up in the house.” (Wendy, 02:06)
• On backyard burials:
  • “Very traditional in the southern home. We had three of ours buried in the backyard.” (Southern Redneck Dad, 02:41)
• On unfinished home projects:
  • “We currently have one room of our house that is, like, half painted and the other half...just cause we haven't decided on how we're gonna paint the wall yet. So that's pretty redneck right there.” (Jeff, 04:45)
• On seasonal procrastination:
  • “Up until a week ago, I still had my Christmas tree in the backya.” (Nikki, 05:11)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Wendy reveals her dad’s redneck home: 01:02–01:41
• Cast explores their own “country” quirks: 01:45–03:50
• Jeff’s accidental redneck lifestyle: 03:50–05:09
• Nikki and the Christmas tree saga: 05:11–05:41
• Legal chat about backyard pet burials: 05:44–06:34
• The smoking jacket confession: 06:34–06:52

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Tone & Takeaways

The conversation is real, funny, and filled with an endearing self-awareness. The cast embraces their quirks and pokes fun at each other, revealing that “a little redneck” is universal and not just a Southern thing. There’s an overall sense of camaraderie and joy in sharing personal stories—even the “questionably classy” ones.

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Summary for New Listeners:
This entertaining episode is a celebration of everyday “redneck” moments—intentional or otherwise. Expect relatable laughs, charming nostalgia, and a reminder that even the most sophisticated household has a little country at heart.

Transcript

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[Wendy]

So yesterday, Wendy on the show revealed to us that she's realizing now that her dad's a big old redneck.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

Southern redneck. I mean, in the house he's got stars everywhere. He's got deer skins all over the couch. I think there's three. One with the bullet hole still in it.

[Jeff]

That's awesome.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

There's furs outside. He had to show off his tractor while we went rock scrap. Searching for a new rock in front. Yeah, so my dad's a big old country man.

[Wendy]

The one that got me yesterday for Wendy was her dad was gonna paint the Texas flag on a big boulder in front of his house.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

Oh, he's done that.

[Wendy]

That's good. And redneck right there.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

That's just one so far.

[Nikki]

Yeah, he's already done that. He was looking for another one for the address.

[Wendy]

Yeah, that's good stuff.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

And there's a Texas flag hanging up in the yard. I mean, the whole nine yards. It's very southern.

[Wendy]

My thing is, I think everybody has a little redneck in them, like a little country in them. And if you look hard enough around your house, you'll find it. So I said to Stacey yesterday, I'm like, you know, Wendy brought this up about her dad. Let's look around the house and see, you know, what sort of makes us redneck. Right. And all the stuff that we found in the house really sort of revolved around the dog.

[Jeff]

That's what makes you redneck.

[Wendy]

Yeah, that everybody's got a little redneck in him. We have an oil portrait that we had done of our dead dog. That's still Hanging up in the house.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

That is red.

[Wendy]

That's red.

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[Wendy]

We have a plaster dog of a bulldog outside of our stairways in the front of the house, which I think is really pretty redneck.

[Nikki]

Any sort of animal figurine in the yard?

[Wendy]

Yeah, this is in the front yard, so people can see it as they come in. I have a bulldog, which is pretty redneck. Stacy reminded me that our dead dog is buried in our backyard.

[Nikki]

Oh, yes, that's very red.

[Wendy]

That's fairly red.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

Very traditional in the southern home. We had three of ours buried in the backyard.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

What else would you do with it?

[Wendy]

I don't know. You know what? I never thought of anything else. Like, what do you do? But I don't know that any. I've never met anybody else.

[Southern Redneck Dad]

Yeah, cremate.

[Nikki]

There's like.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

What makes it more redneck is cremate and have the ashes in the house, which is what I've done. So.

[Wendy]

Did you really? Is that the one thing that makes you a redneck there?

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

It's not. The only thing in my house is trying to find things that aren't redneck. Between a Georgia graduate and a Tennessee graduate and all the paraphernalia, because I think my University of Tennessee birdhouse makes me very red. But yes, my animals. And Toby. Toby's one of them. Because I have moved so many times in Atlanta that I'm one who has always buried my animals in the backyard, but I really never had a backyard to bury my animals in. So, yes, I do have ashes in my closet of dead.

[Nikki]

But now you do have a backyard.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

I do have a backyard that these animals will be buried. And I say these plural, will be buried in the backyard. But, yes. So I. Between the paraphernalia of SEC football and dead animals in urns, we're pretty redneck.

[Wendy]

Jeff, you've got some pretty solid redneck roots. There's gotta be something that has translated into your house.

[Jeff]

I think I've moved far away from it. Like, you brought up the dog thing, and we do have a box of dog toys that they never get thrown out. So the dog really does own more. Like, in the living room, there are more things owned by the dog than there are owned by us, so that would be pretty redneck. We also have been doing, like, upgrades to our house for six or seven months, but we move very slowly. So we currently have one room of our house that is, like, half painted and the other half. Is that. What's it called, where you fill in cracks and stuff on the ceiling, Stuff like that? From when our roof leaked last year just cause we haven't decided on how we're gonna paint the wall yet. So that's pretty redneck right there. And the headboard in our bedroom is not attached to the bed, right? That is absolutely rare because Jessica found it on sale, you know, years ago and realized the reason it was a $600 headboard on sale for 60 bucks was because the bottom of it was like cracked and twisted and all this.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

That's what explanation needed.

[Jeff]

So it's just leaning up against the wall.

[Wendy]

He's trying to deny his redneck boots.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

And if that had been a waterbed that it wasn't attached to that, well,

[Jeff]

then I wouldn't be trying to deny

[Southern Redneck Dad]

anything with the goldfish in it.

[Nikki]

I had one that I realized yesterday is that up until a week ago, I still had my Christmas tree in the backya.

[Wendy]

Oh, wow.

[Advertiser]

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[Nikki]

It was there until March.

[Radio Host]

Why?

[Nikki]

Yeah, just because I didn't know how to get rid of it or what to do with it.

[Wendy]

That's fairly red right there.

[Nikki]

How to throw it out or whatever, you know, because I don't live in a place that has like trash pickup all the time, so I didn't know what to do with it. So it sat back there.

[Jeff]

What did you end up doing with it?

[Nikki]

Until last week, what did you end

[Jeff]

up doing with it?

[Nikki]

The new boyfriend helped me get rid of it.

[Wendy]

Okay.

[Nikki]

He did it for me.

[Wendy]

At least it's finally gone. Hey, Nikki. Good morning.

[Nikki's Father]

Good morning. How are you guys?

[Nikki]

Good.

[Nikki's Father]

Yeah. I am not sure on specifics, but my father told me that there are parts of Georgia where it's illegal to bury your animals in your backyard. And you're supposed to take them to your vet and have them, you know, disposed of properly, you know, according to the authorities or whatever.

[Wendy]

Is that because maybe, like, people weren't burying them deep enough and like wild animals were coming and pulling them out or something like that, Leaving carcasses around the neighborhood.

[Jeff]

Well, there's that urban legend where the something happens when you're pet sitting. So you bury the pet, you know, for your neighbor, and then your neighbor comes home and you're like, I just ran out. It never came back. But then their dog digs it up, playing around.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

I put rocks on top of it.

[Wendy]

Duh, painted rocks.

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

And that makes me redneck knowing that you're supposed to put rocks on top of the grave.

[Wendy]

We have. I noticed that we have. Stacy has one jacket that she wears outside on the patio when she's going to smoke that's you could smell the smoke on the jacket from like 15ft away and that just it reeks of

[Georgia/Tennessee Graduate]

redneck smoke filled anything is very, very redneck. Yes.

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