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jmowreader

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51. And they sell themselves as just good ol' boys from a Louisiana swamp

Sun Aug 18, 2013, 08:41 PM

Aug 2013

The "funny as hell" part is why they make all that endorsement cash: you don't really think they'd be as popular as they are among the non-duck-hunting populace (I would say right off the top of my head that 80 percent of all the people who love the "Duck Dynasty" and "Duck Commander" thing couldn't hunt ducks and wouldn't want to) if they acted like college-educated businessmen and not the 21st Century equivalent of the Clampetts?

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Explain the appeal of Duck Dynasty to me in 20 words or less. [View all] Orrex Aug 2013 OP

They're the fundamentalist Beverly Hillbillies jmowreader Aug 2013 #1

That's about what I gathered, alas. Orrex Aug 2013 #2

yes like beverly hillbillies d_r Aug 2013 #3

They are not hillbillies hack89 Aug 2013 #41

I think just the one has a college education BainsBane Aug 2013 #50

The father went to college hack89 Aug 2013 #53

And they sell themselves as just good ol' boys from a Louisiana swamp jmowreader Aug 2013 #51

I think they are smart businessmen and brilliant self promoters. hack89 Aug 2013 #52

They make me wanna slam my head into the wall until I bleed out of my ears. Inkfreak Aug 2013 #4

Educated poseur making it rich acting like hicks. In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #5

One of them got thrown out of an NYC hotel recently - LiberalElite Aug 2013 #12

Gotta love NYC In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #20

Squirrel! Brigid Aug 2013 #6

Si Robertson EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2013 #7

Si is pipi_k Aug 2013 #11

love the snobs who think these guys are dumb and just broadbrush loli phabay Aug 2013 #33

Yeah, that's what pipi_k Aug 2013 #34

What's cool about it is EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2013 #38

Yep. I enjoy them as people. I think I could sit down to dinner with them, so long as GreenPartyVoter Aug 2013 #42

Yeah, or pipi_k Aug 2013 #44

Damn right, Jack! Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Aug 2013 #68

Lotsa guns. Lotsa prayin'. Lotsa low production costs. Lotsa stupid viewers. (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #8

Best answer! In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #9

I remember when there used to be a channel showcasing Arts & Entertainment Orrex Aug 2013 #10

Their programming stunk so they got "reconceptualized" Chan790 Aug 2013 #16

Ah, yes. The race to the bottom. Orrex Aug 2013 #19

Sub-Question: OrwellwasRight Aug 2013 #13

They have a duck call business BainsBane Aug 2013 #17

A duck call business? OrwellwasRight Aug 2013 #21

They make duck calls BainsBane Aug 2013 #22

My brother-in-law and his brother have them. Brigid Aug 2013 #48

They built a multi-million dollar business hack89 Aug 2013 #40

I don't dispute any of that. OrwellwasRight Aug 2013 #43

I'm not either BainsBane Aug 2013 #49

Edit: dupe BainsBane Aug 2013 #17

My wife and I love the show OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #14

Like the song says, Every body's somebody's fool pscot Aug 2013 #24

You're right OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #25

The episode where they use a vacuum to dispose of a beehive was hilarious. LonePirate Aug 2013 #27

I think it's hilarious that they market OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #28

lol, or when si eats poop yhinking its berries, or the boys trying to sell catfish loli phabay Aug 2013 #36

Did you see pipi_k Aug 2013 #45

or the one where willie took sadies boyfriend snake hunting loli phabay Aug 2013 #47

Oh yeah ... Career day had me ROFLMAO. SaveOurDemocracy Aug 2013 #64

Saw the family pipi_k Aug 2013 #30

:) OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #32

They are somehow mesmerizing BainsBane Aug 2013 #15

I've never watched an episode. bigwillq Aug 2013 #23

Probably not discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #26

IT'S ABOUT THE MERICUN DREAM !! olddots Aug 2013 #29

"Yuck." (I win.) n/t UTUSN Aug 2013 #31

I can't figure it, either Digit Aug 2013 #35

One season of Honey Boo Boo cured me of the genre. Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #37

It took a whole season? jmowreader Aug 2013 #39

Just one show cured me. RebelOne Aug 2013 #69

I've never watched it however...... truegrit44 Aug 2013 #46

It's a TV show about duck calls! Duck calls! Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2013 #54

So, for anyone... pipi_k Aug 2013 #56

few words: LWolf Aug 2013 #57

Are they the ones that are just regular guys when not "Ducking." There was a picture of the guys patricia92243 Aug 2013 #58

I think this article nails it. MicaelS Aug 2013 #59

mildly entertaining harmless fun. KG Aug 2013 #60

It's slightly more entertaining than an infomercial for weight loss pills. KamaAina Aug 2013 #61

All Circus, No Bread ThoughtCriminal Aug 2013 #62

TV viewers and networks are passive and lazy. Cheap too. nt TeamPooka Aug 2013 #63

It's a redneck show about nothing. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #65

Deliverance without the rape Tom Ripley Aug 2013 #66

Crackertainment for those who find Jeff Foxworthy to be too pretentious Tom Ripley Aug 2013 #67