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RUSH: Jonathan, Monticello, Kentucky, great to have you on the program, sir. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you today?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Just fine, sir. Glad that you called. It\u2019s a great day, hunky-dory, Planned Parenthood to everybody.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Wow. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m actually getting to talk to you. I\u2019ve been listener ever since you were on TV. I wish you were back on it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I appreciate that. Thank you. I\u2019m not crazy about TV, but I appreciate your saying that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes. Hey, I thought I\u2019d bring a little bit of lighthearted conversation to the show today since it\u2019s Open Line Friday. There is a television show that is hilarious, and it\u2019s got millions of viewers. It\u2019s comes on, I think it\u2019s the —<\/p>\n

RUSH: What\u2019s the name of it?<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s called Duck Dynasty.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Oh, I\u2019ve heard of that, yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. Well, it\u2019s a very popular show, and I think it\u2019s an opportunity for you to tap into the politically correct uninformed population —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me tell you about this show. The show is in Louisiana, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

CALLER: It is.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s about a family that have become multimillionaires in the duck-calling business. These guys make the — quack, quack — things that hunters use to call ducks. They\u2019re the Stradivarius of duck calls, and they have made multiple millions, and there\u2019s a reality TV show about these people, and it\u2019s called Duck Dynasty. I was reading about it. I haven\u2019t seen an episode yet. Well, I take it back. I did watch 10 minutes of an episode this morning \u2019cause I read a story about how it is cleaning up in the ratings. It\u2019s wiping everything out, Duck Dynasty. And the episode I watched, folks, I\u2019m sorry — he-he-he-he — I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve gotta take a break. I don\u2019t have enough time to go into it now, but I will. I am not ducking it.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Duck Dynasty. If you know Duck Dynasty, you know America. Duck Dynasty is cable\u2019s top-rated reality series this year. It beat the finale of American Idol, and it is the number two original series overall behind The Walking Dead. Now, I can\u2019t tell the difference. Only kidding.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Just to wrap up this Duck Dynasty business, Duck Dynasty, the highest rated show on TV Wednesday night, all TV. Highest rated. Not just cable. Its numbers were bigger than Survivor on CBS, bigger than American Idol on Fox, and the numbers weren\u2019t even close. Duck Dynasty. If you haven\u2019t seen it, when you do watch it — I downloaded about eight episodes. I\u2019m flying out of town today and I may watch some on the airplane. Well, hey, this is a big show. I gotta get in on it. I watched 10 minutes of an episode today where one of the stars is teaching his daughter to parallel park in what looks like the town dump, and they\u2019re using garbage cans as the parking space. <\/p>\n

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There\u2019s six or seven guys on a concrete restraining wall watching, chewing and spitting tobacco, making jokes about her inability to parallel park and making jokes about the father, who is the star of the show, trying to teach her. You watch this and you won\u2019t know whether its ratings are high because people relate to it or they\u2019re laughing at it. You won\u2019t know. It\u2019s on the A&E network, Arts & Entertainment. Now, The Walking Dead is on AMC. You know, A&E, Arts & Entertainment, was supposed to be like a PBS, very, very highbrow. It was supposed to be high toned anthology of high art. Opera introduced by movie stars. That didn\u2019t last long. And then they got into the biography business. <\/p>\n

By the way, if the Tsarnaev brothers were members of the Tea Party, you think the governor of Massachusetts would be holding that information back? Ha-ha-ha-ha. I doubt it. But the governor of Massachusetts is withholding the welfare records of the Tsarnaev brothers. <\/p>\n

The father, just so you know, for those of you who are gonna take time and watch this show, Duck Dynasty, the father of the Duck Dynasty family, they\u2019re multimillionaires. Let me tell you something. I have watched episodes of the Real Housewives, and that\u2019s just as, if not more so. Mr. Snerdley, it\u2019s show prep, yes. I\u2019ve not watched whole seasons. I get scared watching this stuff. I mean, you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County, New York, and you find out that there are people who do not know anything about what\u2019s going on in this country, and they don\u2019t care. <\/p>\n

They are oblivious. They\u2019re totally disconnected. The things they\u2019re worried about, we should be so fortunate to be worried about the things they\u2019re worried about. The manicure, what they\u2019re gonna wear to the cocktail party, what their ex-wife or — anyway, it\u2019s a total disconnect. The father of the Duck Dynasty family, Phil, has a master\u2019s degree in education. The CEO of the duck business, Willie, has an MBA and all their sons are college educated. They\u2019re multimillionaires by virtue of manufacturing duck calls, the things that duck hunters put in their mouths and imitate duck sounds with. And that\u2019s the appeal. It\u2019s a reality show. It\u2019s a half hour show so each episode is 22 minutes. Give us 20 minutes, we\u2019ll give you the world? Take 20 minutes and you can learn Duck Dynasty. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Here is Michelle in upstate New York. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, good afternoon, Rush. Mega dittos. Longtime listener, first-time caller.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you very much.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, I listen to you almost every day, or as often as humanly possible, and I heard you talking about Duck Dynasty and how they were, you know, trying to parallel park and, you know, it\u2019s more about life adventures, and Phil Robertson, the dad of Willie, was actually up for the NFL draft and gave up his eligibility in his last year to go make these duck calls. So, you know, I thought it was interesting, you know, your football story and your Duck Dynasty story kind of all coming together today.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Interesting. I didn\u2019t know that he had had any football playing experience.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, actually I looked it up, and back when Terry Bradshaw was drafted in 1970, I think —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n