Duck Call Room - Willie Robertson's Assistant QUITS

Episode Date: October 28, 2021

Willie Robertson relives the funniest highlights and lowlights of 8+ years with John-David as his assistant. John-David talks about why he called it quits at Duck Commander. Willie and John-David remember years of breaking into hotel rooms, almost dying with strangers, and ending up on the sidelines at a Saints game. John-David reveals the coolest thing he did with Willie, and he shares the story behind the ultimate selfie, featuring Larry the Cable Guy, Justin Timberlake, Alfonso Ribeiro, David Ross, Dennis Haysbert, Willie Robertson, and ... Bill Clinton. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in a bit of a funk starting this one off. Well, that's what happens when you lose sigh. The boss is back. Yeah. Boss, welcome. What's up, guys? How we doing? Ladies and gentlemen, Willie Robertson.

Yeah, a professional fill-in man for my uncle. You do look better. And so far you haven't hit that bell, so I'm all in. Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, okay. Okay, boys. Okay, all right. Hey, where's you got?

Yeah. Oh, okay. Well, give me another little sip of tea. Okay. That is a pretty spot-on conviction. All you have to do now is belch and say it's not bad manners, it's good tea. That's the only thing we're missing. Just in the middle of somebody else's store.

Have you ever been in the, like, when Sae goes to a urinal, or like in a, by the same thing. He talks you through the whole thing. The whole process. Okay. All right. Hey, okay. Yep.

Yep. Got going. All right, here we're going. We're going. Okay, let's finish your off. Come on now. Come on now. If it's a regulation toilet, it sounds like a bilge pump.

Up. Still holding on. Come on. Oh, hey. Okay. Okay. Almost. Our fans are not going to like that.

We're a minute and a half into this. Size is not here and we've just already ripped his urinary tract. Come on, man. He's an old man. He's got to wear it. He's a word of it. Nobody knows. I know it's truck.

was at the airport. I parked beside it. He went to Texas with his eagle partners, which Cy Robertson is the goodwill ambassador for that company. All things eagle. All things eagle. So, I don't know what size is doing. Maybe he was hunting. Somebody told me they were going

hunting with Cy, but that's, you know, I've heard all kind of things. He's been out every weekend of October. And still got busy. He's got three more. He's got stuff going on. He's a busy man. He's a busy man.

I wonder if he's, hey, Willie, well, Sigh wants to know how many worlds there are and he's going to do a sermon on it. Mm-hmm. Do you know how many worlds there are? Yeah. Do you have an opinion on how many worlds there are? How many worlds?

Mm-hmm. Like, Sye's got, what was it, real, imaginary? Oh, he's probably talking about the spiritual world and the earthly realm, so that I would say two. You're just going to. Sy was up to like eight last week. Animal world. Microscopic.

imaginary Marine His own world There's that one The one the boys live in Yeah where the boys are I mean I don't I don't know

It's all right well Yeah I was just checking Because I keep getting emails about it And I'm still a little confused You're awful Hey I'm looking at his computer Okay By the way I didn't recognize it

Because I'm looking at the inside of his computer Just like Sae All right so scroll down No no no I'm not interested that back to the top top is that the pro is that the like poster for for this podcast where something it's there yeah well what's missing you johnny d yeah yeah i know i'm missing because i'm rarely here but no this is this this is their podcast i just sit here you're the you're the moderator look i'm not the moderator who what are you back chager i just sit here you're a guy who's

there every week. Fact Jacker. So like on American Idol, you know, it'd be like He's the bear. Not having Luke Brian in the. Oh, he's the bear. He's the bear. There you go.

What's the bear? You don't know what the bear is? On America. Oh, Louvre! This guy, huh? No. Pro only. Oh, yeah.

You don't dabble in college football. He's eating tricks with the kids out there watching cartoons or playing video games. Oh, is it a college game day thing? Yeah. I don't watch college game day. I mean, we've got course. Your boss has been on college games. Well,

I was standing right behind you when you did that. You were standing beside the bear. Yeah, he's the odd person in the back who's on the computer all the time. He picks three games a week that you probably could care less about. Oh, that guy. You're the bear. Yeah, that's me. I'm gone being that guy.

That's a good spot. Because I is Corso. Crazy old man. There's no doubt size Corso. Corso. he's getting on it. Yeah, it's sad to see because, like, I know. I mean, he's not as sharp as he used to be, but he was, of course,

so, we're going to miss you when you're going, Lee. He's 86. I have no idea of what y'all told him, buddy. Guy, and to give it a way that you would know, Johnny D is the guy in the garage at the NASCAR race. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. You got the two or three guys up in the booth, and then you got the boy down there on the track.

Okay. So, Cy. I'm Aaron Andrews. He said, okay. But in NASCAR, size the driver. That's what's odd about your analogy. That is.

He's the driver. Yeah. Joe Biden is a gas man. You don't have to turn NASCAR's off to fill them up, which is why we need to know that too from our fans. You're supposed to turn your car off when you pump gas. Static electricity, yeah. Did they do it in NASCAR?

No. He refuses. I got rubber cars. I live my life on NASCAR. They're grounded. Whatever they do, I do. They make a lot of money. And they can drive fast and they just.

I've filled up Willie's truck before and he won't turn it off. And I'm like, you're supposed to turn it off? He goes, no, they don't turn off NASCAR. Are you still here? How do you feel about? Have we ever exploded? So how do you feel about gas cans? Do you go over the bed of the truck to fill them up or are you a guy that sits them on the ground?

Where are you? No, no. Willie's the kind of guy that drives his lawnmower. Is that a bad thing? I do it in the bed. Yeah, why would I? Oh, I do it in the bed too. I just go to the tailgate.

It makes life easier on me. Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to lift it back up after it's full. It says to put it on the floor, sir. Is that what it says? It does say put it on the ground. Well, like I'm living my life by gas station rules. I mean, they don't make my rules. How about I figure out I get the gas in here.

Yeah. And you take the money and like, let's make it a deal. Yeah. I don't see anybody out there. There's no one in force. I don't see TSA out there making sure we're doing it properly. Do you know we had one gas station in town that still pumps it for you? Or did?

When I was in high school, I went on a date with a long time ago. I went on a date with a girl and she's like, I got to gas and she pulled, she's a, but I got to go there. And I was like, why? Because she didn't know how to pump it. She didn't know how to pump gas. So she went to, and I was like, there's red flags everywhere. Yeah. but it was the only date

and then we went to a place and there was like a guy who pumped the gas like it was 1972 or something was that in Monroe? Really? Really? From Porza? Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think I know the place. Have you been there? Uh-uh, no. I mean, I'm okay with pumping my gas. Because I do it how I

want to do it. Is it the one where Starbucks is now? No, it's up. No. A little bit about that's. Yeah, that one. That one. It looks old. Yeah, it's old-timey. It's old-timey. That ought to bring it back. Pumping. Oh, if somebody stood there and pumped your gas? No, just like regular volunteer should do it for tips.

My wife would drop a 20 spot on somebody. She ain't got to have gas pumps. She plug in the wall. That's why she bought the vehicle because literally she couldn't figure it. Like, she didn't want to get out of the car and pump the gas. So she'd rather stop in Alexandria and plug into the wall. Well, she'd do that or like she would strategically wait until I got in the car would be empty, so I'd have to pump the gas.

Oh, that's good to know. other. My wife's that. I like it. She doesn't. Yeah, that's universal. Is it? Waiting.

She's like, oh, can you take the kids to this? And I get in and there's 30 miles to empty. Yeah. That's a normal thing. But that's not a bad idea. I know. You're starting to think of moonlighting? Oh, man.

Put your little tip jar out. Hey, I'll pump you. Well, the guys that are, yeah, they're asking for money. I'm just going to tell them, hey, go out of the gas station. People pull up. Say, I'll pump your gas. Give me a tip. If you don't want to give me a tip.

give me nothing. The problem is you still got to get out and pay. No, you wonder, are you going to hand that guy your card? No. The guy that was out there begging for money? Yeah, hey, run this. Here's my address.

Yeah. Here's my pen number. Well, you still have to stick the card in. Yeah, you got to get out. The gas. But then you can get in your car. I hate pumping gas. Is it extra points if they wash your windshield?

You can automatically lock it. No. It just takes forever to pump gas. and gas is super expensive and it's driving me crazy. Yeah. Good thing you've got a real fuel efficient vehicle. Yeah. The opposite of the tank.

Drive an 18 wheeler out there with a 12-gallon tank on it. It costs $4 just to crank it. Hey. That's why I sold it. Yeah, I will say it had a little thing. The average fuel economy has gone up under my ownership from yours. Does it? Yeah.

You are like 12 miles a gallon. I get 13. Well, he only put 150 miles on it. He didn't even get it to break him. I didn't know. I don't even remember driving that truck. There was a point where Willie had a different truck every four months. It's got a lot of problems.

You know. Oh, wow, those days are over. Yeah. Now he's in his secret car. Nobody knows. Nobody knows that's him in that. No. No.

In that white Ford F-150. Not one of those. You sound like me now. If you see one of those, you'll know it's me. No, Willie's new car, which will not be named. There's like car. Well, but it's not right. Well, now they know that's not right.

Oh, here we're going. There's a bunch of those in town now. Now I used to see you and I'd be like, hey, look. I got that new Bronco. That's what I'm driving. That's not true. Why would you say that's not like I'm trying to. I'm trying to camouflage himself and you're just over here.

Why don't you just tell? The bear's like, no, I just did research. I got a photo of him right outside the office. Give him a number next. Well, look, we got some other stuff to. Let's take our first break. We'll be back. All right, we'll be back.

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That's trybeef.com slash support ranch families and eat some dang good steak. Boss, I think you're here obviously filling in for Sae, but we have some more news we need to share with the folks. Breaking news. Breaking news. Who wants to break it? I don't want to break it. Why not?

You broke it when you walked out. I said it. You quit. He's a quitter. He's gone. John David has quit the chat. Okay. Quit.

Y'all need to be way more specific with this quitting thing. I'm not a quitter, but I have retired. Johnny D. has moved on from being my assistant. I thought you were going to get choked up there for a second. No. No. I'm okay.

No. I'm okay, man. I'm okay. Now, you, we'll see. We'll see whether, how you do. But so he is. Johnny D.

is moving on to greener pastures and I didn't want you all to think that he's quitting the podcast because he still oh yeah I guess it's still part of the podcast you're still allowed a certain amount of time here at duck commander corporate they're not changing the door we didn't pack you up make you put your stuff in a box I'm not taking your key fob how about that I don't have a key foe I don't have a key fob either it takes me an hour to get in this I still I have to get in this I do know the door code well we got to be we got to be we got to be able to prepare ourselves for when you show up. Everybody's got a...

I know. So Johnny D. has moved on. He is going to be a... What? Well, why don't you just tell us? Hey, I'm going to go sell fishing bait for a living. It's time. What's your title?

I don't know. Are you a buyer? I literally have no idea. Are you a buyer? I couldn't buy stuff. I bought stuff today. You want to tell where it's at? I'm going to work at the Honeyhole tackle shop

here in Westman, Louisiana. There you go. So you're going from one family business. So your family business. I'm going, look. Which is what I did. I'm nervous about what I'm about to say.

So you're, he's nervous about. I just don't want to get emotional. I said I'd be fine. I know you already. We've already had this conversation. This is the worst. So, yes, I consider. Oh, boy.

I'm good. Where's it? Anyways, I quit. I'm out. Do your own stuff. No, it's been a heck of a ride for sure. You're going to start crying. I'm not going to cry.

I'm not going to cry. I'm just letting me get it out of my mouth. But I do think I work for my family business, which is Duck Commander, because it will always be my family. And now I'm going to work for another family business, which is also my family business. which is also my family business. That's what I did. Yeah. And, you know, the past, I've worked here for almost.

You used to work for the honey home? Ten years. I did. Ten years? So I almost made it ten years. I was your assistant for eight and a half years. Really? That long?

Yeah. I know. It was time. It was a decade. Oh, crap. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Gobind don't got emotional too.

Johnny Dee's telling I'm not emotional loud I'm good now Johnny D telling his story and Godwin catches a cramp God God when you That ice cream

finally made To the lower extremities He got a thigh freeze Yeah He got a thigh freeze Oh I should Add a little stretching

in there To the daily routine So Johnny D is out At the 8 and a half years And the best eight and a half years Ever I mean It was fun

It was an epic run He went through eight and a half assistance before he found you. Yep, I showed up. I mean, that was a lot of the Duff Dynasty reign was. No, I was your assistant from like season two when season two was airing on. Yeah. So 2003. I mean, how crazy was it?

Like in the height of craziness. How crazy was it? I explained to one person. I said one weekend in three days I was with Willie and he spoke in Nashville. and then in Florida and then Missouri and then in Texas in three days

and that I mean we did that for a year the quattro speaking that's a quattro yeah sounds like and then he fell Monday like we were back to so yeah for the first like year it was I came to work Monday

and we were filming I mean I was filming the show like at the same time and then on Friday afternoons it was like where you going somewhere and me and Willie would head to something oh yeah every Friday

From Thayer, Missouri to Sacramento, Cal, we've been all over together. Every Friday, we were all at the airport going opposite directions. We were all, oh, where you going? I was gone. I thought about that when size truck was at the airport the other day, and I was flying out too. And I said, like old days. Well, I want to go through, I don't know what your segments are, but I do want to go through some of the highlights and low lights.

I was going to make sure we got low lights. Can we just talk about fishing tackle? Before we get into highlights and low lights, I will say that for you to stay working as this man's assistant for eight and a half years is incredible. Because that position had a lot of turnover at the beginning. I was that for like two and a half weeks. I forgot about that. Like two and a half weeks before I ended up calling Walmart. I forgot about that.

Well, that's because I asked you like, hey, you want me to book that flight? No, I already did it. You want me? No, I already did it. Okay. So you didn't need, you like the idea of an assistant. I told you I could book TIGA. I told you I used to book all my and stuff.

At that time, he liked the idea of an assistant. He just didn't need one. So it was like, hey, I got this guy. But really all I did was jumped in the truck and went, this one he drove places. But we, you know, like driving to Vegas. But that's another story. People go through that. I'm never going to do that.

But no, all I did was basically his caddy from November to January. I just rode in a truck with him various locations. Hunting season. Yeah, we were just gone. I told that story. I was just at that, I was hunting this weekend. The story of the deer running straight out. When I shot it, we pushed it, and the camera just goes completely to the sky.

It comes back down. There's no deer. And I'm like, Mark, what happened? He goes, man, that guns scared me to death. Scared me to death. And I wouldn't expect him to shoot because, to me, the deer's running dead at me. Well, he's over here like 20. But you were like 20 yards on the, so you had an angle at him anyway.

The deer's just got me centered up. So I'm thinking, well, he ain't going to shoot. Boy, was I wrong. Boom. Boy, howdy was I wrong. I figured when he was about 50 yards away, I better go ahead and start shooting. Oh, I don't disagree.

It was just, hey, it was my first time with a camera in my hand. The fact that I had him in focus was a miracle. It would have been the most epic thing ever. If we'd hold that off. I mean, it was just unbelievable. But, yeah, that was my assistant hood. It was just riding places.

Mine was a lot of riding places. And hunting out of a, hunting out of a truck. truck when it was like two degrees. We couldn't get out of the truck up there in Kansas. Oh, yeah. So cold. Remember that. I didn't do the hunting thing, though.

I mean, it's like 30. It was like 36 inside the truck with the heater running. That's how cold it was. Did you ever make any huts? Oh, yeah. I mean, I would just, but like I wasn't out there with you hunting. Like Jordan was normally with you. I was normally just back at the camp or something.

Ordering dinner. Yeah. Making sure dinner was taking care of. I got you on your first year. Yeah. Oh, I got a. First buck. First shooter.

How many swings did that take? More than one? Get three strikes. Sir, I'm a fisherman. Johnny Dee. Johnny Dee swung his way out of that slunk. Just keep swinging. That one year I duck hunted every day for.

You did. Like I went by myself a couple of times just to grind. I was like, I'm going to be like feeling them and just grind it on out. Well, that did last long. I got off that. I like duck hunting. But now he only goes when I say, hey, you want to go to more? That means there's a real.

reason he's asking. And so I always say yes to that. But no, it's been awesome. And the time is right. My parents have created something really awesome over there. It's like five minutes from here. And I'm excited about it. And, you know, they're kind of looking at what's next. And we need a couple of years to figure out what's next with all that. Awesome. And, you know, so if you need me, people out there, I can help you still get to Willie because it's not like I've I'm going to go away anywhere, but. Well, look, congratulations. I'll be selling crankmates. Congratulations all eight and a half years of that.

Ten total here at Duck Commander. Let's take a break and we'll get into that. Can I get into the highlights of Johnny D. Come on Wednesday. Come on Wednesday. So highlights. Highlights. Highlights.

Highlights of Johnny D. That's a weird. Tell us Johnny D. What's the coolest thing you got to do with me? The coolest thing. Oh, I'm interested in this. That is the toughest. I know what it should be.

Oh, so there was a time whenever Willie was a very, very big deal. In my opinion, he still is. And they looked at us and said, y'all need to go sit up top where you belong. And Willie was like, no. And we stood on the sideline of Sean Payton's first came back. This is 2013 or 14. And on the, we're like, Drew Breezes, yeah, at Sean Payton and I'm in between them.

Like that's how close we were. Well, just a little better setup of that. So they said you can be on the sidelines before the game. But the NFL says you can't be here when this game starts. So we're like, okay. So we're standing there. The ball is kicked off. And we just can stand in there.

I'm not going to, you know, somebody's going to have to tell me to leave. And I'll learn around. I see who I think is the NFL guy. And he just kind of, because Jimmy Buff, it was standing right there with Jimmy Bubbing standing here, you know? And so we stood there the whole game. It was so awesome.

It was me, Willie, and Jimmy Buffett. And I kid you not, Drew Breeze runs over and screams. We have to run a screen here. I text my friends, screen pass coming. The next play, they get the text. Screen pass. Touchdown. And I was like, and then, like, I'm on TV,

and it looks like I'm like an assistant coach with a job. Yeah, it looked awesome because it was like, we're right there. It was, how did we even pull that off? I don't know. We did a lot of ways. I knew that. Because, I mean, this guy was like crazy.

I mean, he's just diehard Sites fans. Until this year, he kind of got off. He said they were going to be terrible this year. That's not true. I watched last year. Yeah, then now he's just cut. But back the end, I mean, this guy was just like, they're locked in. But they're not very good this year.

Their defense is outstanding. Oh, DeMario Davis is incredible. He is really good. They're four and two. Yeah. They're going to make the playoffs. Was that a little show he? They're going to make them.

They're going to be like, hey. I think there'll be a three seed. We'll see what happens when Michael Thomas. Three or four seed. That's my prediction. Well, they got to beat the bucks. You'll bet? Let's bet.

I'm always taking cash. You think they'll win the division? That's what they got to have to be a three seed. They got to beat Tom Brady twice. Yeah, they've never done that for, out there. Not with James Winston. They haven't. Okay.

Well, let's stop. I don't. Well, we're going down a road. I don't want to. Wait, this is not Johnny Deas highlight now. No, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

We just went down a weird place. Anyway, so that was cool. I met two presidents. I was going with the president. I was kind of the one that I thought. The Saints was like, and you should have seen this guy. That one was like the first time I've ever did anything for Willie. And I'm like, okay, it's official.

I have the coolest job in the world. I should quit it in eight years to go sell crickets. Like we're in the locker room. Like, we've sat in the locker room like everybody's in towels. I look at Johnny Dees in a lot of. Johnny D's in a towel. I don't even know how that happened. I had a jersey on at one point, and I was like, I'm big enough if they don't notice.

We saw stuff we saw stuff we shouldn't even have seen. Like, we were in meetings with football players. There was crazy. But that one happened. So we're at, so Donald Trump has announced he's running for president. And we're at Shot Show in Vegas. And Donald Trump's there to let everybody know. He's, you know, pro second amendment.

And so he was there. to talk to outdoorsmen and whatnot. And there's like this secret meeting somewhere up in a hotel. And all of a sudden, I'm in a hallway walking behind Willie. And there's people in suits that don't smile. And I'm like, good day, sir. Please don't hurt me. And I'm like, this is wild.

Well, I happen to have a certain red hat. And I'm like, if I'm going to meet this dude, I'm going to wear this hat. Like, that's got to happen. And so we get in this room, Donald Trump's talking to all these people. I'm assuming all of them made a substantial amount of more money than me. Like it seemed like a very important room. That's accurate. I did not belong in.

That checks out. And I can go ahead and say, too, I've been in a lot of those rooms where I'm like, how did I end up in this room? But what did Mr. Trump say to you? This is a good line here. Donald Trump looks across the room. I've got a, my beard at the time is just massive. And I'm wearing a Make America Great again hat.

He goes, this guy, this guy right here. I like this guy. And I was like, he points at me. And he goes, hey, you. Come here. Let's take a picture. And Willie took the worst photograph of all. There's like a shadow.

I'm not a picture taker, dude. He's on the other side of the phone. Yeah. And we hung out. Actually, I was introducing him that night. Yeah. That's why we were, I was going to introduce him to the outdoor, outdoor people. And so we were just literally hanging out.

We hung out. There were some funny, funny stories. And he talked to Willie and I just sat there like this. I'm also reminded of a picture of you and John Daly. That was a good one. He and John Daly hung out last. That was a classic. Oh, wow.

Talk about two guys that let themselves go. You and John Daly. Yeah. We spent a month there that night. We played golf together. I forgot about the John Daly. I have. The two Johnny.

D's that I kept saying two slobby Johnny D's so I did burn it heater That picture's fantastic Easy easy There's children listening It was worth it Anyway

No so I had a rule though As Willie's assistant I am not asking any person I meet For a picture Unless it's worth getting in trouble And there's some people who I'm like Willie can suck it I'm going to ask Like if you were president of the

United States of America. Yeah. And leader of the free world, I'm, I'm going to ask. If your name is Drew Breeze, I'm going to ask. Yeah. And there's not much. John Daly, I was going to ask because that one was funny. But so I, like, made it count.

Yeah. And I do have a collection of the, probably the greatest selfies. Like, I'm talking. They're solid. There's a couple of them. Some solid selfies. There's one that has. Got a couple of creepy ones.

Could I tell about the one? Yeah, the ultimate one. The ultimate, the ultimate selfie. Just the ultimate because of the collection of people that were there. The greatest selfie ever took in was taken by me. Taken, taken, tookin. It don't matter. You're selling crickets now, son.

It features Willie Robertson. Tookin top. Larry the cable guy. That's not unusual. Not unusual yet. Alfonso Ribeiro. All right. Getting stranger.

Carlton. No, he is. The same guy. The guy from the Allstate commercials. that yeah what's his name? I can't remember I know which one you're talking about

deep voice I'll stay guys Justin Timberlake oh now we're getting wild now it's now some lady we don't know who she is Ross

she was just oh Cubs and David Ross David Ross the catcher for the Cubs and of course Bill Clinton

and Bill Clinton was in there too this one random group of people sounds like a good night in Tahoe to me I was looking and I said

yep this has got to happen and I said Hey, everybody, get a quick pick for Willie. And I just kind of poke my head into it. Just like that random picture I have of me, the late Colin Powell, Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. And Mike Tyson. That's a group.

Baltimore. There you go. That's a good one right there. And you still have your ears. Yeah. All cool people. I'm trying to find that picture. Okay, so those are that we trust you.

So your highlight. Your highlight of your assistant. And that was the trip I got to be your caddy, and that was just a good time. Yeah, we're doing. How much times we've got to get to the low? Oh, the next 10 minutes will be dedicated to lowlight. That's why I'm saying. Give us your best highlight, and then we'll go to the low lines.

I'll be all those. I was there as well. my highlights are one of the things I enjoyed was so we would get back to the room I would go to bed and then I couldn't wait till the next morning to here there was a whole other life going on there was what happened later with Johnny D like where he went he would go to other town he would like explore vacation that night like and I'd be like he'd be like oh man I got so then you know me and Lenny a guy I met so we went and climbed up this and found road the subway down. I'm like, what,

how did you do all this? I had to get my steps in. It was a, yeah. No, but Willie is, he likes a hotel room and I hate a hotel room. I don't want to be there. And so sometimes Louis, like, all right, man, I'll see you in the morning. I'm like, seven, well, but you know, why did I

like hotel rooms? You know, at the top of the Empire State Building where I went by myself one time, uh, you probably would have to take pictures with random people and all that. Yeah, I mean, it's like, it's like it, but it wasn't as fun. I mean, because you had to... So, yeah, you end up just hanging out.

But yeah, one night I was like, he was in the hotel room. We ate dinner together. I said, all right, man, I'll see in the morning. And I just started walking around New York City trying to find what I... And I was like, ooh, Empire State Building. I'll go to the top.

There you go. After I returned a man's suit to his apartment because they got... But all my highlights would be so unusual. They'd be just little stuff that I would just think was hilarious that he would... All my highlights seem to be the thing. that I want to say or the lowlands

because they made me laugh so hard. Like when you, you smelled so bad on the plane that I couldn't take it anymore and I'm like, you,

look, and before you people get like, well, he's mean for talking about. It was disgusting. Something happened. We couldn't breathe. But it wasn't something that was past.

It was stuck to, like, it was him. We still don't know. Like the Seinfeld. Yeah, I mean, that was kind of time.

I would just get so tickled and, which we probably, I can't, I'm just trying to think of the... We got some. Oh, I'll tell you what I'll tell you the best highlight. I just told this story. Okay.

I don't even know where this is going. Oh, you'll know. So I'll start telling us. So we are in this really important meeting in my office or in a college room. There you go. And so, Corey's in there. And Corey's all business. And she does not like it when we goof off, which was all the time.

And so I'm sitting there. Johnny D is sitting by my desk and it's the desk that it was on Doug Dicey yeah it was on Duck Dynasty the Camouflage so it goes all the way up so you can stand and it's the standing desk it goes up and down spoiler I never tried it but um Johnny D text man said I'm fixing to raise this desk every 30 seconds an inch and I want to see if anybody in the meeting notices it and so and then I just immediately smiled I went oh I don't think I'm going to be able to handle this and so we're sitting there and the guy's like so anyway we're thinking in the third quarter and you hear

it was just a slight and I start we start laughing so hard Corey has no idea what we're laughing at but I'm trying to hide it I'm like and then remember I asked I said I think I need to lay down for the meeting so I laid it on the couch while they're still meeting

they're at the conference table and by the end of the meeting he has the desk above his face and no one said a word during the whole meeting. I would just press it and it go. And Willie's shaking and laughing. It was just barely going. And every time I heard it, I would start laughing again even harder.

Well, that's what I did for a living. There's your highlights for 10 years, folks. We're going to take a break and we're going to get in them low lights when we get back. This is interesting. All right. Low lights. Low lights, boss. You spent more time with him.

The day I retired is the only low light. He knows the exact stories. I know a couple. No, you know him too. He's told him to every person we've ever run across. We haven't told him on the podcast. Yeah. For everybody's good.

What's the difference between a hotel and a motel? Well, there's one in Phoenix that I'll never forget. That story is classically called the let me book you close to the airport. Look. And why you ask? Because I don't know why we would want to be but close to the airport. We're taking a car anyway. So who cares how close we are?

There's parts of this story you don't even know. So I go to book, Willie. I know the parts that were. Yeah. That mattered. Very poorly decided. No, here's what's funny. This is the day I learned out.

Five-star reviews do not mean five-star hotels. That's good to know. Yeah. And so I was like, oh, this is a great hotel. and it's very close to the airport. Hotel or motel? Don't worry about that. Where's the door?

It had windows that faced the parking lot. And you could walk right on into it. It was a nice motel, though. It was the night, I will say this. And I say this without a shadow of a doubt, and I will die on this. That was the nicest motel I've ever been to. Yeah.

Yeah, what's funny was the host group was paying for it. So you stay wherever you're. want to. Phoenix is a big city, you know, with a lot of cool stuff, food, stuff like that. We did meet Dan Marley. Hold on. Highlight. Dan Marley was there. There you go. So Johnny D.

No, he kind of knew the rule. I typically rarely eat before I speak. We had a big speaking thing. We get back to the hotel. The main thing then is you want to eat dinner, which for me is always late. And when you're doing that. So you need to have some food.

They didn't. have food. Man, so we got back and... There's no restaurant. No restaurant. No room service. No room service. Motel room service is not even...

It's called Domino's. Yeah. Well, that's what we ate. Which is what we ate. So we ate in my room. I don't know why we were in my room. And there was another guy there with us. I thought he was locked out.

Yeah. No, we ate. Right? Yeah. That's what happened. It got so late. We're not even there yet. So it's like midnight.

We're in the other guy's room. Yeah. So me and Willie leave. Willie gets to his door. Keys not working. The battery has gone out in the little reader, the chip card reader. So no keys working. Willie's laptop, which is hilarious.

My laptop. Because you stopped using one when you started to trust me. Yeah. Willie's laptops in there. He's like, no, we need to get that. I said, Willie, go to bed. I'll figure out how to get in this room. Here's my room.

So I got a picture of that, too. I got to send that. So, no, I'm going to tell the story funny because so Johnny D's like, let me go fix this real quick. They're like, oh, you got to wait for the repair guy. He'll be here in the morning. Oh, yeah. And we're on a six o'clock flight. We don't have the morning.

Well, they're like, we have no solutions to your problem. And I said, well, the solution's going to be. I'm about to just break that window and I'll crawl through and get the stuff. And then we'll pay for the window. And they're like, hold on. No, he's, we'll text him. I'm like, he's asleep. Well, finally the dude shows up.

It's probably 12.30. And the solution they have come up with is to tape a bunch of coat hangers together, go under the door with that and try and pull down the handle on the other side. I watched this man try to do that till 2.30 in the morning. He thinks we're just fishing. And he did it. And he did it. And he did it. And the door opens up and I run in and get all the stuff.

and they're like, do you want to stay in this room or not? I was like, get me out of this room forever. And we got the stuff and I got like an hour of sleep and we headed, I don't know where we went next. But the great thing was we were close to the airport. So which was the main thing that I wanted to get up to him. Yeah, you got to maximize the sleep. See, I thought that was a good idea at the time. Okay.

A better idea would have been just booking the flight later. So there's a low light. What else we got? Well, the other one, one of my favorites. Well, let me think here. Okay, I'll go to this one. It's not that bad, though, right? Oh, this was actually,

this was actually all on the same trip. So it was a, we did an award show. It's when I was twerking with Carrie Underwood on the stage. It was that award show. That's a different trip. 100%. I'll go back. Same trip.

Different trip. Doesn't matter. So do the award show. I go back and I'm, that's my wife. That sounds like a busy, that's my wife. Hey, hey.

Hey, hey, we're doing a podcast right now. You're live. Well, all right. I guess you're not going to be on this call with me. That's a two o'clock. Yeah, I'll jump on as soon as I get off this thing.

Oh, my goodness. Thanks for sharing. I've been really nice. Oh, my goodness. Johnny D's crying. Oh, no. That's normal. All right.

Call you later. All right. bye Corey um so no so uh so different trip by so so i go uh we're supposed to get up early very flight at the airport very early and uh so i'm down there i'm johnny d does his little hey i'm gonna live life you know my next life after this so uh so i get down there i start calling Johnny day i'm in the lobby like it's 5 o'clock in the morning there's no car so i'm like waiting like i'm supposed to get a ride gianti call after about 12 calls i'm like yep he gone so there's a couple getting into a car and i said excuse me are you going to the airport

and they were like yeah i said is there any way i could like jump in the front seat with y'all and like just ride and they look at me really strange i said i'll kick in some money you know they're like i guess it's okay and so we get in this car and we start going the funny thing about that was i said what did you guys do last night she said went to the ward show and I said, oh yeah, did you say the first thing? And she was like, yeah, it was awesome. I said, yeah, that was me up there. And they were like, was it?

And they totally didn't even like, I was like, how do you miss that? I was on the stage. Like, I was the one dancing with a very defined look. So, exactly. So we're going like 70 miles an hour to the Nashville airport and the car just literally goes dead. And he goes, and the driver goes, oh boy. It did it again, which that was the problem I had.

It did it again. This guy drives a car for a living. I mean, I'm talking I was mortified. Like he just, because it's not steering. It has to get over the side. Couples like cussing. I mean, they're losing their brain. We almost died together.

We didn't even know each other. And so finally he's crazy. There you go. There's she goes. Let's get her back. I'm like, you got to be kidding. So all this time, Johnny Dees just, he's going to stay there and I'm flying to what I thought was Vegas. Yeah.

We were in Phoenix at the other one. I'm saying all these debacles happened on the same trip. So then I, what just let me? So then I get to the deal. We are flying southwest. I say we, now me. The only time we ever flew southwest. I'm not anti-Southwest.

I'm just like, I've never flown southwest. I don't know how that thing works. I really just tell me the seat to get in. That's like, and I'll go find it. It's cool. Actually, the pilot let me, he said, Willie, do you want to come on the plane? So I was the only one on there, so I sat in the front seat.

Had two ladies sit beside me, very friendly one to talk the whole way to Vegas. And then I, so everybody's loading up. It's about finished. And I look, here's J.D. hitting on the outside of the plane as he's getting on dancing. And he goes, and he got, oh, yeah, I wouldn't remember this. I'm sure you would. He goes, I made it.

I'm like like like I was like oh John day we're so glad you made it to do your job you know like you you know missed the car almost had a wreck but but he made it and I was not happy I well a better version of the story I know that's the same trip because we flew out southwest we fly back private that's what I'm saying these are that's not the same as the motel it's not the same motel I'm saying there's two you did that you almost didn't make this flight we make the flight. No problem. We're coming back private. We have to fly back to do another thing. Debacle number

two on the same. Oh, this. Oh. That's all the same. Are you talking about debacle number two? I'm, now I'm going to the next debacle. Is this where he was very shelfish? I rent a, yeah, I rent a, I rent, a, I have to rent a private plane. Different trip. I have to get back to this thing. I can prove that those are

different. And so we get out, so, now here's the deal. It makes you look better if this is all one where you didn't know what It is one. The fact that you do these separate instances is not good. I know we flew out for $75 for Southwest ticket, and I know we flew back for so much more than that. It's insane.

But I had to get back. This is when Luke Bride and I were seeing for the Christmas special at the Bridgestone. And there was like ABC was filming. You got to be back. So we're on this. Here's a deal. If you haven't gotten a private play, here's deal. On this kind of deals, you get, here's a deal.

You pay this one large sum of like a lot. Somebody's salary, you know. And then, but here's what you get. You get a ride. You get water and some other. We also provide a meal and like, you name it. So Jainty comes to me, what's the meal? Lobster.

How many tons of them? Like, put them all on there. So we got all the lot. We're like, oh, this is going to be awesome. Stupid lobster. So then we go. So before we're coming back, we go to town with some group and we're just doing one quick thing at a restaurant. And they've got a dinner.

They've got a pick. They pick the menu. So you don't get to, it's like, oh, we've pre-selected. One of the nicest restaurants. Never's good. No, you get like the chef's selection. Yeah, we got fried rice. There's a couple.

So grilled shrimp. Yeah. So Johnny D. is just wolfing this stuff down. I'm looking out. I'm like, no, I'm good, you know. We got lobster. Because I look at Johnny D. I said.

I'll never forget. Because I've got to be eating them lobsters on the plane. And then that's when I just see him literally all the blood. go out of his face. And now he said, we're going to eat dinner. He said, we've got, we've got a problem. I canceled the meal. Well, we had dinner.

I'm like, well, the meal came with it. Like, it's a package deal. Like for a lot of money. It's just, and you, to save the lobster to make sure that somebody else got like, why would you, why would you make the effort just like, hey? And so. I can't wait to brag about myself later. I get on the plant,

when now we're starving. He's not sorry because he was, he knew that. No, I was starving. Yeah. No, because the food was terrible.

And I'm not, the whole time I'm thinking, I can't believe we don't have backup food here. Which now, which I thought I'd established a pretty, I mean, out of eight years of a sister. You established.

There was always backup food. There was always backup food now. Extra. There was backup food. And so, and now let me ask you a question, Johnny D. How long did I talk about that?

on that plane ride. You're still talking about it. However long a flight. No, no, no, no. And we flew back to West Monroe. No, we flew to Nashville. Different trip. So we flew to Nashville.

And the whole way. The whole way back. I just kept thinking up others. So now John Davis crying. He's super upset. All right. So here's what you've learned, people. Over eight and a half years, all I did,

I made Willie go into a hotel room outside once. And I canceled. one lobster and that's as bad as it got hey really was that was as bad as it got hey but those were the funny ones also that was always so now it's like whenever it's like willie orders lobster or something like that i go so over the top just to prove a point like you went over the top oh yeah yeah it's past tense those days are over by bye over yeah well there's a couple of things you're probably going to quit eating lobster now a couple of things Saturday night will He texted me.

It was like, hey, I need some flight stuff. I was like, I got you, man. I'm still pretty good. What I say, this is a step that I'll miss. That actually made me feel good because I fixed it, something for him, and he sent back. Was that one complicated? Yes. Well, flights are a nightmare these days because nobody works anymore.

Well, let's take our last break. We'll be back. We'll be back. Right after this to wrap up the farewell to Johnny D. Farewell. Okay, so here's my... I have a four verses. Oh, we're starting this. Yeah, let's just do it.

Yeah, let's do a whole Bible section. All right, Psalm 42, as the deer pants for the water. This is literally the one we did last time. That's incredible. That's incredible. I've got a new twist on it. So my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirst for God, for the living God.

Where can I go and meet with God? All right, this is for Giant Dee. My tears have been my food day and night. So that's remembering those mistakes. and when your tears are flowing. Have those tears instead of lobster. While people say to me all day long, where is your God? Now, this is what Johnny D. and I have been thinking about old times.

These things I remember as I pour out my soul, how I used to go to the house of God, under the protection of the mighty one, with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. Where my soul? Why my soul are you downcast? why so disturbed within me. But here's what David deducted.

No matter what, put your hope in God, and I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. So no matter what your circumstances are, if you have tears or whatever, you put your faith in God and praise him. So Johnny Dee, it has been a memorable run. And thankfully, we're not like,

we're not mad at each other. Like, there's nothing weird. So we're just like doing different things. I'm doing the same thing, but you'll be doing something. When I went to tell Willie, I was, I was excited and then like, because it all transpired. And I was like, oh, yeah, it's time to go do this. And I got so nervous walking into his house.

And I just started like, I was crying straight up telling him. When you got out of the truck, I knew, I said, uh, I know. I've seen this look. He wears it. He wears it. Yeah, I'm an emotional guy. So I want to know, what's the most, what do you think? What's your takeaway?

Number one thing you learn from me in 10 years. that you will take to the honeyhole tackle shop or take to any way. Well, don't forget the lobster. What's the life? Don't cancel the lobster. You know, I've told this story. I'm going to look this way for this one because it might get emotional. But no, it always ended with Jesus wherever we were.

That's it. It always. And I've given my testimony, if you will, a couple times. at different places. And I was always a Christian, but I wasn't on that level. I wasn't the, you know, you can't help but know it about Phil Robertson.

He's going to talk about it. And no matter the fun we had, me and Willie and all of our friends that were along the ride with us, it always ended in a hotel room, plane, car, and something about Jesus was going down. It was, sometimes it was arguing,

sometimes it was preaching the gospel to somebody that, didn't believe. Sometimes it was just talking about agreeing and being excited and planning on stuff. And so what I will miss the most is that because at the end of the day, presidents, football, none of that matters. Because one day we'll all be dead. And then all that will matter is how it ended with us,

with Jesus. So that's my takeaway. That's a good takeaway. And hopefully I can take that to the world of fishing. tackle sales. Well, then you can make your conversations in with Jesus at the honey house. You got a harvest right there, son. We're going to have a lot of good talks

at that little table in the honeyhole. It's the fishing business. Jesus even used the fishing business. That's where he went and recruited these people. Fissures of me and Big Dave Owen. And I'm super excited. I'm losing a great boss, although I'll probably still do stuff for you

just because I like you. And I'm getting another great boss in my dad, which is going to be super fun. And what you did. So I, too, came back to work with my father about your age, same way. Never saw myself working with him. And then, I mean, when I was younger. And then, yeah, I came back and did that.

Here you go. It worked out. You'll be doing the Honeyhole podcast. You and Big Dave and all the rest of the family. Like Ralph. Ralph's sick. Ralph don't feel good. Play your cards, right?

Me and God will make him be a guest. Oh, yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, I. You'll be at one of your locations by the end. like you'll be doing remotes from the local oh he's got plans he's got flat Johnny Dee honey hole tackle shop to the moon boys it was an awesome run J D love you and I'm glad you're still in the fall yeah I'll see you tomorrow we've had a day after that great time can we be best friends forever I can say the same thing from this I will say the hall our office hall

is the volume is going to go down yeah significantly yeah no it's been fun man it's been fun working next door to you right alongside with you it was all about me and willie we didn't get to have our moment martin and godwin still sit here you're still gonna be here yeah we can do it because that time during the height of duck dynasty when godwin took a picture of me with a random person and i was making i was literally making nine dollars an hour at the time that daytona i got lots of pictures of johnny d sleeping in this office so he got a little sigh in him now don't don't let if he gets if he gets bored he goes sleep on i'm just trying to be sigh you know anyway Anyway, look, hey, I'm glad you're still going to be a part of it.

Yeah, I'll be here everywhere. For three days a week, it's going to be quiet. But you know what? It's November or almost November. It's going to be quiet around here anyway. It'll get cranked back up about February. Everybody's going to be leaving out. We'll see you. We'll see you for Valentine's got of a deal.

But thank y'all. We'll see you next time right here in the duck car room. We're out. Call me later.