Duck Call Room - Uncle Si & Dennis Quaid Are the Comedy Duo We Need Right Now

Episode Date: August 22, 2024

Uncle Si gets a peek behind the Hollywood curtain with award-winning actor, producer, and movie star Dennis Quaid. Si and Dennis bond over their shared love of Ronald Reagan and the American dream. Martin invites Dennis to come hunting this fall and Godwin comes up with a plan that combines hunting with ending a nuclear war. Dennis gets excited hearing Rucker's opinion on their favorite movie he’s starred in. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the duck call room, ladies and gentlemen. We're actually today, we actually have duck calls on the table. Thank you for bringing these over, Godman. Yes, sir. Them things are beautiful. Look at them. I know, and these are just gifts. Corey's giving to somebody.

I didn't know that. That's a good gift. That's a boss lady. That's a good gift. I had to put in the request. I had to put in the request. I didn't even know they's here. Yeah.

Well, yeah. I checked on that before I even asked you, you know. I don't think they hear. I said, oh, no, they're here. They show up on anything. I don't know. There's duck calls everywhere, really. Duck calls everywhere.

He just got nowhere to look. But no, today we do have, I mean, I'm not going to call you a guest. We've got Rucker in place of Johnny D. I would call you a guest, but you're becoming quasi-regular. You're semi-regular now. The people. He's grandfathered in. We're connected.

Hey, and the people. Anytime I can spend with you. he makes me a better human. So, um, especially now that you're gone. When it was every day, I'd get kind of trying, but, uh, no, I get that, you know, and there's a time, that's the direct opposite of what people would have said about me 10 years ago. Yeah. I mean, I was pretty good at making people worse humans back then.

Yeah. No, but, uh, no, good to have Rucker. Yeah. We do have a cool one today, uh, coming for y'all. Uh, we all got to preview the movie Reagan. Yeah, that was cool. Which will be out August the 30th. And in doing so, the star of Reagan, Mr. Dennis Quaid, has agreed to be here on the duck call room,

but that'll happen in about 10 or 12, 15 minutes, something like that. So we're just, yeah, we're just looking forward to that. We're going to do all this before. So if we do talk about some of the same things, we apologize, because, you know, you don't get to meet Dennis Quaid often. And we're not really meeting him, but we will get to meet him, kind of. So it's pretty cool. We'll get to talk to him directly. We did have the pleasure of viewing the movie.

and I already know Si's take on Reagan. So it was actually kind of funny because I know that Cy was a huge fan of Mr. Reagan. So I was actually, I was wondering, and my question for Sae is, I know you're going to be the most critical on this movie. So what do you think about a movie showing your favorite president? Well, there was things it could have got better on.

Okay. Yeah, but it was, you know, the main thing was when Gopatra and President Reagan got together, okay, Russia was building, building their military up. Yeah. And we was taking ours down. And as a military man during that time, which was stupid. Because you were still active duty. Oh, yeah.

Where was you at during that time in the middle? Oh, good grief. You had to ask my wife. I can't keep up with it. Probably in Germany since I've done. spent 12 and a half years out of 24. And you spent them there post Vietnam, right? Yeah.

Yeah. So, yeah, you probably, I mean, the math would almost have to put you in Germany somewhere. Yeah. So, but that means you were there. Were you there when the wall came down? Were you in Germany? Oh, yeah. When the wall came down?

Well, that was a, I don't even have the correct word for it. But it was the biggest thing that happened in them, in that time frame. How did the people over there? Oh, no, they started just, it's like a, it's like a wash nest. And then somebody disturbed it and then everybody's coming out. That's the way I describe it. That is a, hey, your wash this back around and it ain't got a blank spot on it. You throw your bait up early.

Hey, it's solid purple. Okay, your bait hits it. Well, they just all come off the wall. Yeah, it's called cut you line and getting the water. The first little section of that wall out, just, it was like a tsunami. Tampi. Tsunami. Yeah, come to the ocean rushing in.

Yeah. That's what it was like, but it was an ocean of people. That was a big deal. It was a big deal. So were they going both ways or just one way? No, no. Just one way. Just getting out of there.

Coming out of Dodge. Well, you got to think about that. There's a lot of people got killed trying to crime over the stupid wall. Oh, yeah. No doubt. No, I mean, I bet that was a wild time. Oh, no, because when he said that was one of his greatest speeches when President Reagan said, he said it in a couple of different ways.

But then he looked, he looked at him and said, you know, Mr. Gorbachev, tie that wall down. Yeah, and then, hey, a few days later, hey, they're tearing it down. Yeah. So it was, it was monumental. So the movie itself, it impacted. you differently than it would have impacted us for sure. Oh yeah.

Just because you were a part of, you were in Germany during a lot of that time period and stuff like that. Well, you got to think too. So, Sa and Goblin, they're still a 14-year age difference in that. So Goblin was at a completely different stage of life. Yeah, you were in high school. Gobin's still mad.

He didn't get to play the trumpet at the White House. The Westman, Obama was going to play at the White House. Were you riding dirt bikes at that time? I was getting... Where I wasn't. I was finishing up. But you were supposed to play the trumpet at the inauguration, right? No.

What was the kind of deal? Some kind of deal. And the band was going to play at the White House. That was pretty cold. And then that foe shot him. Yeah. Oh, that's what ruined the shot? Yeah.

That's why you didn't get to do it. Ruins your shot of playing at the White House. This shot was your shot ruined. That's it. Ain't that song? golly man that's wild man when you think about that when I was watching in the movie

what I thought about was okay is all the lonely nights that's a president spends thinking about all this junk he's dealing with like the hostage situation all these different things yeah that's a lot of pressure

they know the next day they're going to be asking you know, all right, Mr. President, what are you going to do? Okay, but just think about a president, especially one that loves this United States of America. Which he did. Which Reagan loved this country we got. Well, like, you know, just, you know. Unapologetically loved it. Well, that's one of them deals that.

That's a hard thing to deal with all this stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And for me, like, I didn't, and Rucker, too, I mean, I wasn't born until 85. So, you know, a lot of that movie I got no connection with other than watching the historical significance of it, building a history lesson, basically. It was very interesting. Which in school, we still, I don't know what school does today, but like, we still learned about Reagan as part of American history and all that when you got up to the current part.

So obviously, I knew about the assassination attempt. Yeah, that was. And all the things, the tearing down on the wall and, like, all. the things that kind of made his presidents. But what it didn't have effect on me, I wasn't where I'm at now. I wasn't raising children. I wasn't a part of the working class. You know, I didn't realize all the impacts that his leadership had on a country that, you know.

Well, you got to think about this, okay. I don't know what the year was when he got shot. Okay. But everybody's always talking about, oh, it's worse than it used to be. No, it's not. human race is still doing the stupid stuff they always are going to do yeah just it's more it's more quickly known yeah now than yeah now now that access to information is a weird parallel on well no because yeah well it's almost like history

repeats itself it's like it's almost that's the old saying what goes around comes around it's kind of like if you go back and read there in Genesis and realize that some of that same stuff still happening today? Like, I mean, how long ago was that written? No, no. That's why when you go in there and reading the Bible where it says, okay, there's nothing new under the sun. Mm-hmm.

Okay, all this stuff, and then it even goes further and says there's a time and a place for everything. Mm-hmm. And then you go further and says, okay, God even says, hey, I've chosen where you'll be. Yeah. Yeah. Somebody gives side pope.

and act. Well, no, look, hey, you got to think about that because, hey, this is what, say, 85 up to now, this is 20, 24. How many years is that? Yeah, don't bring it up. Yeah. Don't bring it up. And nothing, nothing is due, okay?

Nothing has changed. Except for my bald head. Yeah. No, I didn't know. It's been here for a while. Except everybody is getting older. Yeah. I ain't going to say the other part.

We should be getting wiser. we're not no I think we're still doing the same stupid stuff we're doing 50 years ago yeah that's one of the things you calm down over our old man

but yeah for somebody I'm born in 89 so watching the movie for me was it was a lot of just the historical reference of course there's the stuff that you see that you've seen either in school

or videos but you it's awesome to be able to go back and see how that administration, Reagan himself, was extremely intentional towards certain things that mattered in that time. I'm actually learning something from this. Because the movie was told, okay, from the commonness perspective. Yeah.

Yeah. John Voigt, G.Bs. Yeah. But it's John Void, who we all know. Oh, man. I mean, how much stuff is Mr. Voight been in? Varsity Blues. I mean, just start, I mean, the list is, the list is law.

Even George Costanza bought his car. So, you know. That's why I'm saying. The history part of this, okay, and, you know, and it's given me a different perspective on how good the movie was. Yeah. Okay, because I was, you know, well, it was told from the Russians' eyes. That was a pretty neat perspective.

And let's be honest, too. when something's made about somebody who you revere so highly and think it's never going to meet your expectations. So, like, as a, at me, just as a straight, you know, I respect what President Reagan did. I didn't, I didn't have that same feeling towards him. Because I wasn't, I mean, I was four. Like, you know, I was, I was zero to four years old, but the coolest thing about me was a booger coming out of my nose. Like, you know, I was fascinated by the, I mean, I just say that. Yeah, but I see my kids do it.

You got to think about this. Okay. Russia, us, all the rest of them, we got all these missiles and they're trained at each other. Oh, it's just postured. I got a question about that. Yeah, but just think about it. Something happens and, hey, it goes to alert, red alert. Yeah.

And he's sitting there, the man, the White House and the White House is sitting there saying, well, okay, this is fixing to happen. Yeah. It's nuclear war. Got the codes out. Got the codes out. Got the codes out. Unlocked them. We got the keys ready. Yeah. That's one reason. That's why you need somebody there that's about half crazy, but also level-headed too. Because you need a man ready to do this. Oh, no. But to also have the self-control not to do it. Well, that's why I'm saying. But that should have been the reason they should have goose season 365 days a year. Right there. Because that's one. calls it.

That's what I'm time. Yeah. Well, it was a flock of that might be called a nuclear war. Yeah. And they taste like trash. That's why I was saying, okay,

it gave me a different perspective on the man that sits in the Oval Office. Yeah, you don't want that job. Okay. Well, it's easy to criticize. Especially, okay, especially when he's got the love of the country

in his heart. Really, do you? Oh, absolutely. And Reagan love this United States of America. Yeah. He wasn't a politician. Yeah. And he wasn't not a politician.

He was an actor. Yeah. Okay. And they used to bad mouth them and say, hey, that sucker needs to go back to California. I don't know to tell you something. They'll stick to film here instead of running the country. Well, and according to the movie, too, he was also a believer, which I thought was really cool. Well, no, no.

They made a point to show his baptism by Kevin Sorboe, mind you. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. What was, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, I mean, like, I mean, Hercules baptized the guy. Like, that's cool. Yeah, that's the walk-down memory. But they did leave baptism in.

They left actual legitimate reading of scripture, not some weird paraphrased version of, you know, something that they're like, oh, well, the Christians are like this. No, they read straight from the Bible. Yeah. Left that in there. And just made sure that his faith and belief was actually carefully and thoughtfully

shown throughout the whole movie, which I thought was really I mean, in today's world that's easy to cut out, right? What does that have to do with the story? But it does show a man who is convicted by something greater than himself.

And it showed how much that went into his decision making and the principles that he stands on. No, no, because, hey, when you got a crisis full blown and hey, you've got to make a decision. Well, what are you going to make this decision based on? Right.

The two peas, principles and prayers. No, no. But no, it's just a big thing. Yeah. All I know. Whether or not, hey, that you believe this or believe that. Yeah. Because I want a man that's religious sitting in that office.

Yeah, I want to know where his foundation comes to. Yeah, I want to know what he goes back on when times get tough. what's he going to use to make the decision with? Amen. Yeah. Well, look, we've opined about Reagan for about 15 minutes. Now, we're going to jump on and get Mr. Quaid, Mr. Dennis Quaid, on here. And we're going to chat with him for a little bit.

So let's get him in here and we'll be back right after this. I'm going to take get his view of it since he played Mr. Reagan. All right, look, springtime is here. It's warming up. You know what that means? That means more outside cook. and y'all know we love to eat beef around here and that's what because of our friends over at try tells beef makes such a good product baby ain't it good it's so good it's our friend sall robertson would

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starring in the new movie Reagan, but obviously a lot of us know him from other movies throughout our time. This isn't like his first. I don't know how many you've done, Mr. Dennis. That's just by identifying pronouns. You could just call me Dennis or DQ from here on. Oh, DQ. I actually referred to you as DQ in a text message yesterday.

So I felt like, yeah, I was on top of that. Is sure that wasn't about Dairy Queen? I don't know if you could tell about my figure, but I do enjoy me a blizzard from time to time. Me too. Well, you can't take Texas out of you, huh, DQ? Nope. Speaking of Texas, you're from Houston?

I'm from Houston, West Louisiana. Okay. You know? Right, isn't it? Just about so many Louisiana's there. It's been a bunch of my summers up in, you know, East Texas, really. My grandfather was up there. It says Jacksaville, Frank. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, and I got cousins in Eunice. Oh, yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. Well, okay. See, I was born and raised in Houston, Texas, so. Were? Yep, yeah.

Yep, on the north side. What high school? Well, funny story, I didn't go to high school, but if I would have, I would have win either Nimitz or Humble, so. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, right outside. Okay, humble.

I know where they is. I was at Bel Air. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah, I know where it's at. Oh, man. Well, we do appreciate you taking time out of your day to sit down and visit with us, DQ. You know, about the movie Reagan, we all got a screening of it. We got to watch it. And bravo, sir. Yeah. I don't know. So I was born in 85. So a lot of that movie happened prior my time here on this earth. So it was actually really cool for me to sit back and watch the history of it. And, man, I don't know what you had to.

do to learn all those mannerisms of Mr. Reagan. Oh, yeah. But wow. Yeah. Wow. Well, thank God for YouTube. Wow. Everything is there.

But you know, you're right at that age. I say that people born before 1985, they'll get a chance to look back and remember how great this country was. And those born after 1985 would get a chance to kind of learn about how great this country was. and how great it still can be. That's right. My question for you, DQ, is you knew me, Mr. President Reagan. What did you think of him as our president?

He was my favorite president. Okay, mine too. Yeah. I think he went down in history as our best. Yeah, I must admit, the first time I could vote, that was like I voted for Carter. And that was after Watergate, you know, we needed it. outsider or whatever. But Carter, I thought, did a great job with making peace with Israel and

Egypt. I think it was a crowning achievement of his career. But, you know, when he came to the Soviets and communism, I think he was, he gave away too much. And the Soviets saw that as weakness and just built up their military to the point where there was a danger of another nuclear exchange in the 80s when Reagan came along. And so I got a chance to vote for Reagan, and I did there. And I was in Los Angeles. And I voted for Reagan. I came home.

I had a roommate. He said, who did you vote for? I said, Reagan. He said, you are kicked out of the hippies. Oh, no. I turned in my card right there. But he was my favorite president all throughout. And it was one reason when I got offered the role that I didn't say yes, but I didn't say no either.

Fear went out my spine because I didn't want to do an impersonation of Reagan. And everybody in the world is like Muhammad Ali. They know what he looked like, what he sounded like, walk like, all that. And you're going to, you know, I didn't want to. But what I have that fear. it's usually a sign that I should do something, do that, because it takes me out of my comfort zone. Right, yeah, for sure. I went up to the Reagan Ranch, you know, to, I wanted to feel him and, you know, just past the surface stuff.

And what, five miles of the worst road in California and got to the top of the mountain there. That was the Reagan White House, you know, the Reagan Ranch. Yeah. And they, a friend, some friends, a group of friends, bought that when he died. it and they kept it exactly as it was. I mean, he and Nancy's clothes are still in the closet. Wow. And you expect to come back any second.

But I drove through the gate and I realized that Reagan was a humble man. You could feel him there at that ranch. He really did do all the work himself. The house is maybe 1,100 square feet. This is the Western White House we're talking about. Yeah. They had a king-sized bed, but it was two single beds that were zip tied together. That sounds like your house.

He had a Liberty Bell shower head. Oh, wow. That's the touch. Yeah. Yeah. And it was, I could really feel him in that place. And that's when I said yes to doing it. And then it took four years.

to make the movie or get it to the screen. Yeah. Okay. Well, that was my, you just answered the question I had, but I must say that the inflection you did with his voice and his minorism, you nailed it. You was him. Yeah.

That was very important. You know, like I said, everybody knows what he sounds like. So I just, YouTube, like I said, went on to YouTube and, you know, looked at all the speeches and also, those points in history and to, you know, really study the way he walked and talked. And, you know, Reagan had a crooked smile. Yeah. And it was kind of like nerve damage from some injury someplace.

And just a, and when he was younger, you know, he had a very high voice way up here, you know, for Hollywood. And, you know, that voice that we all kind of remember didn't come along until into his presidency. Did it hurt one night's out of? What? Did they hurt one of this? Not at first. Not at first.

I was in a bad spot. Oh, man. It was a bad spy, wasn't it? Yeah, that was a toughie. The assassination of what you're talking about, right? Yeah, I mean, the bullet was about that far from his heart. They're going in through here. And they didn't see it at first.

In fact, we all saw that Secret Serviceman take a bullet. But the bullet that got Reagan had bounced off the car. He was waving to the crowd. He bounced off the car and hit him right there. And the Secret Service guy jumped on top of him, getting him into the car. And he even really kind of like admonished a Secret Serviceman. Like, get off him, man. what are you doing and uh they were just they thought he was fine and they were going back to the

white house and then he kind of coughed up some blood that's what saved his life they went right to uh to the hospital if they'd gone to the back of the white house he he wouldn't have made it wow that's wild man well the um and i know you know did some research on on you personally and man, I think it's really cool, especially in this day and age, how even throughout the movie that you guys didn't back away from sharing Mr. Reagan's faith, you know, and showing the baptism and showing the reading of scripture that's actual scripture, like the actual reading of scripture in there, which is something that's very important to us. And kind of one of the things that we're known for as far as, you know, why the, the, the, the, the, the,

rural part of America loves us really is not backing away from that and and celebrating that. Is that something, you know, that was what I guess my question would be, was that intentional in the design of the movie to make sure that that part of President Reagan was forward in the movie? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. You know, his story is a story of faith and, and the story of God's purpose for him, which is really all of our journey, is finding God's purpose. And what is that? And it comes about in mysterious ways.

I always say you've got to be careful what you ask God for because he just might give it to you. Yeah. He will give it to you in a way that you will, oh, no, no, no, no, I didn't mean that. Not that way. Oh, yeah. Not that way. I want this way. Yeah, you better be very specific.

Yeah. When you pray. As a man with twin two-year-olds, I can tell you, he's got a sense of humor. Yeah. You know? The exceedingly abundantly more than you thought or imagined? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, you know, it's kind of funny the way they came about for Reagan about his entry into politics, in fact. You know, one thing I share with Reagan. is that one thing we have for one thing we I think we naturally have both sunny dispositions

and we were both actors yeah and you know so I could relate to him in that sense I don't think Reagan ever got to the place

as an actor that he wanted to get to you know he was at Warner Brothers he was relegated to you know B movies

for the most part and um you know, he was married to Jane Wyman. And when he met her and married her, his career was kind of on the way down and hers was skyrocketing up, which, you know, in relief to that really made his feelings even more intense, I think. And she won an Academy Award, in fact, when they were married. And I think he kind of felt like a little bit of a failure as an actor, to tell you the truth.

that's what sort of motivated him in a sense to become vice president and then president of the Screen Actors Guild. That's not a job that as an actor you aspire to. But it also is very important job. And he was a Democrat back then, by the way. And that was his entry into politics. and that's what I mean about finding God's purpose. Something you never plan on.

But there it was. Yeah, kind of like a hit reality show on A&E, when all you really wanted to do was hunt ducks, you know? Yeah. It's just kind of a weird deal on how all of that works. But the, yeah, it's wild, man. But the, no, I just think, you know, through the whole deal, the historical aspect, and I think you're right. Like, there are a lot of things.

It's going to take some people down memory lane. And it's going to teach others outside of our country that maybe they didn't, they didn't even know exist. What is amazing is how similar the times of, let's say, 1977, 77, 78, 79, 80 were to the times that we're living in now. Mm-hmm. So in all of your, since you had similar career paths, did your path ever cross with Mr. Reagan? It never did regretfully, except for one time, this was after he was president. I was playing golf and he was in the next fairway. Oh, wow.

Well, I'd have got to meet him because I played golf. I really could hit the ball, too. He was an athlete. Yeah, I'm going to have met him. was my, he was my, my favorite president of the 20th century. And, uh, you know, because of that, I felt a great responsibility to, uh, get things right. Everything in the, in the, in the, in the film is historically accurate, except for one thing. And that's my dog Peaches, who's, uh, the family dog in the movie. Wow, that's interesting. Well, you kind of already answered the question that I had in, because

just hearing you talk about this role in this movie, you could tell it's something that that you were really passionate about. It's something that was important to you throughout your life in a season of your life and things like that. And so, like, in what ways did you, or were you impacted by portraying Reagan and, you know, with all the relatability and things like that? You know, I lived through it, you know, I was like 26 when Reagan, became president. And so I was already influenced by him, by his thinking. You know, when Reagan was around the, of course, there were so many detractors, too,

you know, he had the other side there who called him a war monger, who, you know, called him an idiot actor who was, you know, bedtime for Bonzo that, you know. Right. And Reagan was really, especially for the boomer generation, he was like our dad. And that's for better or worse. You know, you either rebel against your dad or you idolized your dad. Now it was one of those who idolized him as a dad. But there were also times when I, especially in Reykivik, when he walked away from the table of the Soviets,

I thought, oh gosh, he turned into an old codger. We were that close. But he was, he stuck to his principles. Right. And I think that, and eventually won the Cold War. This is the man who won the Cold War. Yeah. And Sevigo was impossible.

And it took a Coal Warrior, somebody saying no, to get the respect of the, of the, Soviets and you know he governed on principles and lived his life on principles and I think that was a big reminder to me in doing this in doing this movie and the way it affected my own life is is that you know we really need to have that have those principles those the principles that you're same principles you find in the Bible yeah Get out to, and those are for those times when you have to make difficult decisions about things in your life or temptations or, you know, when there is a damned if you do or a damned if you don't decision to make. You make it on principles. It may not be popular, but, or the thing you want to do, but.

It's the right thing to do. Right. Amen. That'll preach there. Oh, yeah. Come on. Go on, deep. Oh, man.

I think he believed that America is great. You know, there is a dream here that you can achieve. And a lot of them don't have that. It's not sincere. He was sincere. Well, he believed that America. That's what it was. You know, he was a Democrat.

up until, what, 64 when he changed to being a Republican. And he always said, well, you know, I didn't leave the Democratic Party. It left me. Yeah. But, you know, he had those principles that he had. They go beyond parties, political parties. And he loved America. And that was a back of the time, too, where it was so uncool to be patriots.

Spesely, you know, at that time. It was, you know, it was after, if we were remember, that was, what, six years after, after the Vietnam War ended, we had, you know, Carter had, the botched rescue attempt with the Iran hostages that went wrong. We had another couple of incidents at sea with hostages, boats that, that went wrong. It was just like we couldn't get at anything right. And Reagan came in and, you know, started, he respected our military. And he brought back the military and gave it, we started feeling proud of ourselves and proud of who we are as a nation again under him. We, you know, we threw

off Watergate, which had really the Vietnam War, which had really, I think, kind of paralyzed us. We had low self-esteem as a country and felt in a way powerless and kind of lied to by our own government.

And he brought back respect for government and respect for the military and plain speaking. Thank you. Here's a question for you. Out of all the movies you've start in or been involved in? What's your favorite one?

It used to be the right stuff. I played an astronaut, Gordo Cooper. I grew up in Houston. That was Space City. And Gordo Cooper was actually when I was a kid. It was my favorite astronaut. It was a rock and roll astronaut. And then with the book came out,

I said, if they ever make a movie this, I want to do it. I want to play Gordo Cooper. And then they're making a movie. And I went in and I auditioned for it. And I wasn't done a single. Quaid then or Mr. Dennis Quaid. Yeah, yeah.

You know, it was just like another actor and everybody wanted to be that movie and I got it. And I got it. And then when I got it, I looked up Gordo Cooper, you know, because I'm playing and it. Turned out he lived three miles for me in L.A. Wow. So we became good friends and which was to pinch myself. I got my pilot's license off that movie. and Chuck Yeager, I still fly today.

Chuck Yeager was on the set every day and it just took nine months. So it was fantastic. Loved it. Wow. But I have to say that Reagan has taken over as my favorite movie that I've ever done just because I judge things differently as far as movies that I've done. It's about the experience I had while I was making. it.

Yeah. Well, you was excellent in, and I have Doc Holliday. And Wyatt Earp. Well, yeah, I had a good time with him, except for losing all that weight and having to keep it off. I was hungry, yeah. That's my struggle as well. Well, the good news is you got to.

Well, I've got a good diet for you for the, it's called the P-O-W diet. Yeah. It didn't include jelly beans like Reagan. No, it didn't. Are you tired of those yet? tell him you know that was kind of a prop for him that he used

yeah you know he used those to quit smoking back of the 60s uh uh uh reggae did

and then it kind of became a a thing that I think kind of humanized him you know yeah they made a deal of oh man

well I must say like pulling from the archives I really appreciated you and switch back which is probably in this room I was the only one that had ever seen that.

So it was kind of wild. I'm going to say it tonight. Yeah. Yeah, we'll watch it. DQ's like switchback, switchback. He's having to roll through the. Oh, man.

Him and Danny Glover, man, lethal weapons. Man, alive. That was just part of my childhood again. Like the fabric, you know,

being a 90s kid. Well, that's kind of who you were to me is like, just growing up, you're in all these movies that you've watched, you know, just throughout your life.

I was like, oh, oh, yeah, that's Uncle Dennis. Yeah. Probably parent trap for you. Parent trap. Well, so parent trap, the rookie.

The rookie was a big one. Any given Sunday. You were a heck of a quarterback. Yeah, you were a heck of a quarterback. They had a great time doing that. All those movies. I mean, those are pretty much my favorites too. Yeah.

Just had a, you know, my whole career has been kind of like a, uh, I get to go in all those doors and say authorized personnel only. Yeah. Yeah. You know, and, uh, kind of live a fantasy. like a fantasy football. You know, you're going to quarterback and you're actually there.

You know, the rookie, I'm actually, we actually, I was throwing the, I was on the pictures bound during a real game for, you know, Texas,

you know, running in from the, the bullpen there. And, uh, those experiences are, you know, I really cherish.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm the guy that they're actively keeping out of the authorized personnel. Yeah. Well, I think you and I are very much alike. We're not very,

good rule followers, are we? Oh, man, I like to have a good time. Yeah, exactly. I got to bend them a little bit to have a good time. Yeah. Daddy always said, you don't know what you get by with until you try. That's right. Yeah, well, it's much easier to apologize than to ask for permission.

Hey, that's a role I live by. I will say, though, kind of going back to, you know, you talk to, you know, in regards to Reagan and how, you know, he didn't say that he left the Democratic. party, but the party left him. And I think that there's a really powerful, like, lesson in that. It's like whenever you're tethered to a purpose that comes from a higher place, then sometimes your circumstances, your atmosphere and the people will change. But as long as you're tethered to that purpose, I mean, it's of greater benefit. That was back during a time, too, when there wasn't so much a difference between Republicans and and Democrats. You had liberal Republicans, you had conservative

Democrats, and that all started to change, really, I think, during the 70s and 80s. But Reagan's, uh, Reagan's position, I think was, uh, it's about fighting communism. That was his number one issue at but if you don't solve that issue, then there isn't going to, there aren't going to be any other issues. Right. To even talk about. Because it was a struggle for survival on a very real level.

Amen to that. And I mean, it's just so weird to think about because that would obviously been snuffed out by the time, you know, that I'm growing up and learning these things. And you look back on it and you're like, man,

how'd that ever even catch? you on to get to that point. Like, you know, in a spiritual warfare. Yeah. And one of the things that Reagan said I think resonates with me so much, especially these times. But I never really understood. I kind of went, oh, yeah, all right, that sounds.

Those are pretty words and stuff. But he said that, you know, the freedoms that we have can be lost in one generation. Yeah. And, you know, I think it's down to really our responsibility to teach our kids in the next generation about this country, what it is and what we have. And it's hard for us because, man, you go to other countries and they don't have what we have. They don't. Right. We get a little spoiled.

Yeah. Nobody's trying to leave here to go there for other than a vacation. Right. They're all trying to get here. Yeah. For those naysayers, I'm like, why are they trying so hard to get here if this isn't the greatest country on earth? Like that's what I always come back to on that. And, and man, I just thank you for playing the role, honestly, because I know that that had to be a big deal.

And just hearing you talk about it and the respect you had for President Reagan and all the things. And thank you for even this conversation today, DQ, and not being a... Thanks for having me on. I really appreciate it. And it's, you know, we tried to, didn't want to do it as a love letter or even be political in it, which I don't think it really is in the end. I think the story of Reagan is really the story of us as the American people in what we've been through really over the last century. Yeah.

Yeah. And it's, I think it's, we need to hold on to things like that and really learn our history and not let go of it and the lessons of history so that we don't lose those freedoms. Absolutely. And I'll be the first to say, if you ever decide duck hunting is something you want to try, you're always welcome here. I duck hunted when I was a kid. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's time to bring it back.

Well, yeah. Yeah, and up in Montana, we used to take the McKinsey down the Yellowstone and then pull out the shotgun when they flew. Hey, whatever's legal is legal, my friend. Yeah, I ain't judging nobody on how you're doing. Hey, I've got a fishing license and a hunting license. I'm out there, all right. Amen. It's all fine.

It's a waterway. It is a natural waterway. It's all clear. It's all good. Oh, I'm saying if you ever want to go float it again, I'll ride with you. That's all I'm saying. All right. We could have a rope and stroke, too.

How about that? Okay. We do rope calves and play golf on the same day. I'll probably just be your caddy on a golf swinging. Don't. Hey, don't doubt yourself. Don't doubt yourself. No, man. Golf is now officially a spectator sport in my life.

Unless it's at top golf where they bring you drinks and food. I'm interested in. Yeah, lots of rea sticks. Yeah. But no, thank you so much for your time today. We appreciate you carving us out. And again, you ever find yourself in North Louisiana? You're welcome here anytime. We've got a chair for you. Thanks, man.

And all the things. Appreciate you and everything you've done. I've got a big fan of you guys for a long time. It's great to really kind of finally. sit down and spend some time with you. Yeah. Thank you. Absolutely. Been a pleasure, sir.

Daddy ketchup. I mean, daddy, I messed it up. What are you talking? You're thinking about ketchup? You got fries on the mind. He's got food on his mind. He's got food on his mind. I ain't eat supper yet.

We're talking about a movie. So I've got one going back to the concession stand. A daddy tomato said to the baby tomato. What did he say? Ketchup. Catch up. Okay. What did the daddy ketchup?

up, say to the little tomato. Mustard. That's about as effective as your lightning was on that one. I know, it was terrible. I messed it up from the beginning. Oh, he messed it up, boys. But that was fun, man. We had it to that out.

I mean, I kind of feel like we're all friends now. He thought it's calling DQ. No, man, we're from the same place. We speak each other's language. He said he went to high school at Bel Air. Is that like the up-key party Houston? Yeah, that's up great. Yeah, I mean, at one point in time it was,

but man stuff has changed around Houston so much. But Bel Air, I mean, every part of Houston's got a wrong road to turn down, okay? Wow, that goes for every town in America. The first lady, Nancy, she got, she had some deal going on when she was in the office when dare. Oh, ain't no doubt. What was it? The dare program. No, she started to dare stuff whenever me and Rucker was in school.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, the dare program. Because I knew she was done something for kids. I thought she was. Don't say no. And white light, white writing up underneath. Every now and again, they'd have a lion. Wasn't there a lion that had the dare shirt?

Oh, yeah. Well, they had all kinds of things. What was this about? It was the dare to resist against drugs. Oh, it was okay. I know. Which I completely disregarded in every way. Yeah.

Okay. So her program didn't work. I will say, it probably wasn't the most effect. I think the heart behind it was really good, but it was not the most effect. program. Oh, okay. Man.

I mean, it may be for you in your school, but... No, well, I mean, I never abused, but it wasn't because of dare. But I remember, like, when the dare officer would come in, because you, like, you got to get out of class, right? I mean, they would come in to get you out of class. Yeah, they'd come in and do a little seminar, like, and I, we were sitting here talking about a little bit off-camera, and now I remember her name was Deputy Harris, and so friendly, so nice, and handed out them black t-shirts with a...

smile on her face and like that's one of them core memories for my childhood that I hope never goes away I mean her name took a little while to get to me but I mean her name may fade away but like those things they would bring in the drug dogs and like they'd have their little bags of you know they they'd hide it they didn't do it oh they'd put it you know they'd come by and like they take the dog out of the room and then they'd put one in your pocket or something and you just like act natural of course you're a kid you're like yeah yeah yeah act natural the dog the dog start coming around you're like oh god oh god oh god he just sniffed you like he'd like

hit you he'd like hit your leg and then they oh it's been better if he'll stitch it I knew this I was too fat to take off running I was still firmly in that husky section well in the projects the dare program was a little bit different apparently I didn't we didn't have no dog come in or anything literally the dare officer shows up I remember

sitting there he's telling us not to do drugs right but then he's he almost got a smirk on his face like he knows i know you know these cats ain't listen yeah i'll see y'all in a few years he's like i'm gonna see y'all in a little while yeah i'm gonna bust you and i'll be busted you in a week then he goes hey look let me show you something cool he blows up a balloon an air balloon and you know just a regular balloon and then he takes a needle and he sticks it through the balloon pulls it out, the balloon doesn't pop, and he's like, dare to resist against drugs.

Wait a minute. And I walk out and I said, I'm doing drugs. I made a choice today. I'm going to do me some drugs, okay? I'm going to bust that balloon. Because that was the stupidest thing I've ever seen in my life.

Man, y'all's... Wait a minute. How did he hold it? How did he put a needle in a balloon and it don't pop it? That's what I'm saying. Hey. Dude messed my head up. Yeah. So he had to go get clear.

I had to go get clear, minded, man. But, no, I think, yeah, today's been fun, man, a little bit different episode. Hope you guys at home and gals enjoyed it. We are going to close with a Bible verse, Rucker, Godwin, y'all got anything on your mind? Well, he was talking about stuff being here or there. It may be Acts 17 or 18 where Paul was on a journey.

Well, I think it's Acts 26, 17, I think. Where it says that. 26.17, he says, I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I'm sending you to them to open their lives and turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified in faith by me. And that's Jesus talking. Well, that'd be okay. That works too.