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00:04We're about out of the mayhaw jelly from last year.
00:07We need to plan a day.
00:08Yeah, check the berries. They're coming on.
00:10It's such a fun little tradition
00:12to see all the grandkids out there picking mayhaws.
00:15Actually, I'm the one who always has to do most of the work.
00:19You could teach all of us.
00:20We could just do all of it together.
00:23Whether it's teaching traditions or teaching algebra,
00:27educating a Robertson ain't easy.
00:30It's raining berries. It's raining berries.
00:32Some of us need to learn from the past.
00:34Pick one, two, three, four.
00:37Some of us need to learn to finish what we start.
00:41And some of us need to learn whatever this is.
00:46My wrestling career started with alligators.
00:51Y'all remind me of two gorillas that tried to make love to a football.
00:55I just wanna go fast. Life goes by in a flash.
00:58Living free, no looking back.
01:00I just wanna go fast.
01:02Keep growing from the past.
01:04Can't slow me down.
01:05Wanna go fast.
01:07Lean back.
01:09Lean right out.
01:11Go fast.
01:12Make the good times last.
01:14Yeah, I just wanna go.
01:30Who's ever had any whale? Like is whale good?
01:33I've never had whale.
01:34Have you ever eaten polar bear?
01:36No.
01:37What's up, fellas?
01:39What up, boss?
01:40How we doing?
01:41Good.
01:42I am worn out.
01:44Busy week.
01:46You go for like a jog?
01:48Uh, no. God, no.
01:50Um, no.
01:51Just checking.
01:52I don't have time for that.
01:53I was on a trip, man.
01:55I had to run up to one of my former universities,
01:57Harding University up in Searcy, Arkansas.
02:05We finally had a kid at my alma mater.
02:07You didn't think we would.
02:08It took six tries.
02:10It did.
02:11Roddy's excited for you to be here.
02:13I know it.
02:14My first time to come visit.
02:15What's up, guys?
02:16Hey there.
02:17Don't do drugs.
02:18Stay in school.
02:20Many, many years ago, Willie and I both attended Harding University.
02:24Yeah, but only Cory was smart enough to graduate from there.
02:27And now our youngest son, Rowdy, is a student there.
02:30What's up?
02:31Hey.
02:33What's up, buddy?
02:34Good to see you.
02:35Hey, Dad.
02:36So we officially adopted a Rowdy when he was 13 years old,
02:39and he has been a beautiful addition to our family.
02:41It's been so sweet just watching him grow from this rambunctious young kid
02:46to a thoughtful young man.
02:47Yeah, with a killer little mustache.
02:50It's a third of a beard.
02:52He's almost there.
02:55So what did you do while you were at Harding?
02:57Um, well, it was pretty interesting.
03:00Hey, Dad!
03:04Fraternity of Rowdy gave, I don't know what that was.
03:09Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
03:14And they just jumped out of the woods and sang at it?
03:16And they, like, surrounded her.
03:18And it sounded like a punk serenade kind of thing, but in a good way.
03:21We love you with the love of the Lord.
03:25We see in you the glory of our King.
03:31So we love you with the love of the Lord.
03:35Yeah!
03:38I don't know if you've ever had the experience of watching 40 young, pimple-faced kids chant
03:44singing at your wife, but it was kind of, uh...
03:46It was sweet.
03:47It was so sweet.
03:48I was gonna say awkward, but sweet works as well.
03:52Oh, it's always cool when somebody jumps out of the bushes and sings song to you.
03:56Yeah, it was really, it was a...
03:58Yeah, I got to...
03:59We actually went down memory lane.
04:01I never made you cry here.
04:03It was our first year of marriage, yeah.
04:05We fought and cried a lot that first year of marriage here.
04:08After the first year, I was like, what was I thinking?
04:11Yeah!
04:12Wait!
04:13Where are we going?
04:13That way?
04:14Student center.
04:15The stupid center.
04:16Do you remember where the student center was?
04:18Oh, yeah.
04:19That's where the bowling alley was.
04:20Yep.
04:21Rowdy, have you ever been to the office of the dean?
04:23I have not.
04:24Oh, that's good.
04:25I had to make that walk of shame a couple of times.
04:28Wow.
04:29Ah, look at here.
04:30Pottery class?
04:31Ooh, let's sit down and have a ghost moment.
04:33Actually, I went back to the place where I played basketball, which was the intramural center.
04:39Let's see if you still got it.
04:41Let's see.
04:41I'm gonna make the first shot.
04:43Yeah.
04:44Shot some baskets.
04:45I was on fire, too.
04:49Ah!
04:49Ah!
04:50You made one?
04:51No, I made...
04:52Man, I was making a lot.
04:55Ah!
04:56Ah!
04:57Ah!
04:57A little more lip!
04:58Ah!
04:59Uh-oh!
04:59You're getting tired.
05:02Did you say I'm getting tired?
05:04Ah!
05:06Ah!
05:07We're getting...
05:07Oh!
05:08There it is.
05:09Ah!
05:10It's a little rusty.
05:11Ah!
05:13Ah!
05:14Kind of embarrassing.
05:16One more.
05:16Got it.
05:16Let's see.
05:19Boom!
05:21I still got it!
05:25Medic!
05:25Medic!
05:27I played basketball one time.
05:29I run down with them all to the one side, and they took off to the other side.
05:36Look, college ain't for everybody, but when you get that degree, it can open up tons of doors for you.
05:42I just wish more of our kids would have taken advantage of that.
05:45By more of, he means John Luke.
05:47We've only got Rebecca Della.
05:52We've only got two of six who have graduated college.
05:55Really?
05:56Roddy, come on now.
05:57John Luke.
05:57We need you to keep going.
05:58John Luke is an almost...
06:00He never graduated.
06:01Never graduated.
06:02He's like two classes from graduating.
06:03Well, it's really kind of like us, because Mary-Kate finished before him, and then they came back.
06:08I mean, back home.
06:09He came back.
06:10He worked at camp.
06:11You actually went finished when we came back home.
06:14He just kind of...
06:15Got to finish.
06:16Yeah.
06:16So out of that tiny, just like nothing conversation, Willie comes up with this crazy plan to get John Luke
06:22back in college.
06:24It's not crazy if it works.
06:31Then when we got back from Harding, we went and shook the Mayhall trees.
06:34The Mayhall trees in your yard?
06:37Yes.
06:37It's harvest time, man.
06:39It's a family tradition.
06:40It's awesome.
06:40What are y'all's traditions?
06:42Do y'all harvest or...?
06:43We just eat.
06:44Okay.
06:46What's your tradition now?
06:48What are you out hunting or gathering or any harvesting?
06:51No.
06:51We just billed Jesus a birthday cake at Christmas.
06:54Okay.
06:56Well, we had fun on the Mayhalls.
07:00Welcome to the Robertson Family Mayhall Picking.
07:04Woo-hoo!
07:05Yay!
07:06This is a long-standing tradition.
07:10One of the things that would define us as a family is keeping our traditions.
07:15Let's just get the berries, son.
07:18With Mayhall jelly, Phil really passed down two traditions.
07:21One teaching the next generation how to live off the land.
07:25See that?
07:27This is a Mayhall.
07:29It's like a little apple.
07:31You ready?
07:31On the count of three.
07:32One, two, three.
07:34Start shaking.
07:35Hard.
07:37Not bad.
07:38You're going back to your roots.
07:40All right, y'all ready?
07:41The second is making sure that the kids do all the work.
07:45Go!
07:46Go!
07:47Go!
07:48Go!
07:48Go!
07:48Go!
07:49Go!
07:49Go!
07:49Go!
07:49Go!
07:50Go!
07:50Go!
07:50Go!
07:52Go!
07:53Look, Teddy wins!
07:53You got your pick the tree and ajetье.
07:55Whoever had the most Mayhows in the baskets, it puts the Mayhows in the baskets.
08:03Mommy, hey.
08:04Okay, team strategy.
08:05You and Haven, get all the ones on the ground, and me and Daddy will get all the ones on
08:08the
08:08tree, okay?
08:09Okay.
08:09Ready?
08:10Break.
08:11Fast hands, watch Daddy.
08:13Come on Haven!
08:14You gotta have a strong tree shaker.
08:17Shake the tree.
08:18Shake the tree.
08:21The strength on the tree shaking is key.
08:24So, Christian, did Christian break your tree?
08:26Oh, he was just...
08:28Maybe this tree?
08:30This looks like it has a lot.
08:32It looks like it has nothing on it.
08:34The Laughlins.
08:36Yeah, they're not winning.
08:37Juju, Juju, Sumu.
08:38They're not winning.
08:38They ain't winning.
08:39They don't even care, though.
08:41They're not even trying to win.
08:42What are you doing?
08:44I'm looking for bugs.
08:46That really does not help us at all.
08:48I mean, Jean-Luc got a little distracted, you know, like he does.
08:52You've got to focus.
08:55I am focused.
08:56Y'all should have thought about getting a pet monkey.
08:59That way he can climb up the tree for you and shake it, get every one of them.
09:03Uh-oh, we got a monkey over here.
09:05Hey, you got to make monkey noises while you're up there.
09:09All right, there you go.
09:11That's what I'm talking about.
09:12He's better at puking berries.
09:14I am?
09:15Because I'm a monkey.
09:17All right, boys, pick one, two, three, four.
09:21Pick one, two, three, four.
09:23When it comes to berry picking, I'm more of a supervisor than a picker.
09:28You're more of a motorized menace.
09:31Oh, I'm an excellent driver, son.
09:33I'll give you all some incentive.
09:35Can't see, can't hear, but I can drive the hell out of my vehicle.
09:40Hey, look, less talk and more walking.
09:47It's raining berries.
09:48It's raining berries.
09:51Ooh, that was good.
09:53Honey, you are doing an incredible job.
09:56You're our MVP.
09:58I don't know if I would go that far.
10:00I found a caterpillar.
10:02Competition doesn't matter to me.
10:04It seems to only matter to one person here.
10:06No, no, no, no.
10:07What in the world?
10:08Hey, hey, go, go, go, go, go.
10:10Get away.
10:11Wells, wrong team.
10:13He can see greatness.
10:14Honey, hey, hey, Holland, go, go.
10:16Don't be taking our berries, Holland.
10:18Whoa, whoa, whoa.
10:19Holland's just taking our berries.
10:21Are you tired?
10:23Hey, look at me.
10:23It's the fourth quarter.
10:24Okay, we can't quit now, okay?
10:25Come on.
10:26I can see the finish line.
10:27Can you see it?
10:28Can you see the finish line?
10:31Okay, let's see how many berries you guys got.
10:36Everybody in.
10:37He was pretty awesome.
10:39This is the John Luke Robertson bucket.
10:41All right.
10:42Loughlin's.
10:42All right, Loughlin's.
10:43Let's get the Loughlin bucket.
10:44Whoa, honey, you're so strong.
10:47And for the Huff bucket.
10:49Whoa.
10:50We definitely have a winner.
10:53Congratulations, the Huff family.
10:56You're number one.
10:58Hey, y'all need to practice because you can do better.
11:05Well, the whole idea is you're taking it from the berry to the picking process to the kitchen
11:13to actually the jelly that they can put on a biscuit.
11:16To the biscuit.
11:17So now the sweet nectar on their lips makes it make sense.
11:21That's why we picked the berries.
11:23So they helped you make the jelly?
11:25Uh, no.
11:26Well, pretty much when it gets down to that process, you start losing people along the way.
11:36Well, somehow we always end up doing the more labor-intensive work.
11:41Yeah.
11:42It's always just like a government job.
11:44It starts out with a lot of people.
11:46Yeah.
11:46Then it all boils down to about three people doing the work.
11:50Well, I've never worked for the government, so...
11:53Well, you ain't missed nothing.
11:56Well, I hate Kay and Phil aren't here, too.
11:59Yep.
11:59They would enjoy it.
12:02Another thing that we got to do is harvest the mayhaw.
12:05How does that tradition fit in your family?
12:08The mayhaw-making tradition has just been in my family so long.
12:16But there's not a lot of this.
12:19It will die out if more families don't pick it up.
12:24People don't want to do it, and they don't even care about homemade jelly.
12:28They just care about buying it at the store.
12:30But we never let our family forget about tradition.
12:37And we just tell stories about it.
12:40Well, now I realize how much actual work it is.
12:44Yeah.
12:44I remember Phil, he'd do all this himself.
12:47Unless I was around.
12:49Those were the good old days, son?
12:52Yeah.
12:55Nothing good is easy.
13:06You know what Stone and Jay's come up with, right?
13:09For the buck boys?
13:11I don't know all of it.
13:12Jay Stone has got them doing jujitsu.
13:15Because these are young men, and they got a lot of pent-up frustrations going on in their head.
13:20A lot of testosterone.
13:21Yeah.
13:22Yeah, got a lot of uncontrollable testosterone going on.
13:25High T.
13:25All right.
13:26High T.
13:26High T.
13:31So you're probably wondering, what in the world does this have to do with hunting?
13:36That's exactly what we're speaking.
13:38Everything.
13:39Since Willie's yuppie son-in-laws want to join the company, I've taken it upon myself to evaluate
13:45and train these young men.
13:48I'm trying not to ask questions.
13:50Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
13:52Hold up.
13:52Let's freeze.
13:53Take those shoes off.
13:55Do not ever step on the mat with shoes.
13:58Back up.
13:59Back up.
14:00Jace has shoes on.
14:01Yeah.
14:03Jace is on an island.
14:05An island?
14:06Don't worry about him.
14:08Everything you learn on this mat will help you in life and in the woods.
14:14Jiu-jitsu is going to make us better hunters.
14:17Ooh, yeah.
14:18You know when my first wrestling match happened?
14:20My wrestling career started in my teenage years.
14:26I wasn't wrestling with men.
14:29I started off wrestling with real, live, teeth-filled alligators.
14:42I did it the hard way.
14:44This is the easy way.
14:46It's not easy, but it's easier than wrestling with a gator.
14:51I'd like to see it, but unfortunately, we'd probably have to call 9-1-1, and not for the alligator.
14:58There's a small chance we'll have to call that number anyway.
15:02Yeah, I'd keep it at the ready.
15:04So you're going to teach them jiu-jitsu?
15:07I don't know jiu-jitsu.
15:12Okay, I'm going to turn this over to one jay stone, and he's going to chisel you into men ready
15:21for the wilderness.
15:23You're not standing here with us?
15:25No, I just told you that.
15:27I'm leaving.
15:28I thought you were just kind of joking.
15:31No, I'm here to do a job.
15:33Connect the dots.
15:34I connected the dots for you.
15:36He's going to carry you through.
15:37He's like the middle man.
15:38I'm going to see you on the other side.
15:39Willie just handed this over, and now you're handing us.
15:41I feel like no one wants to be with us.
15:43He's leaving.
15:45Lesson one.
15:47Humility.
15:48So let me get this right.
15:50I give this over to you, and then you're farming out to Stone.
15:54Why didn't I just talk to Stone to begin with?
15:57Because that won't work.
15:58I talk to Stone.
16:00I know, but it would be easier for me just to get him.
16:02You're farming out to him.
16:04But he's not going to listen to you.
16:05He only listens to you?
16:07Pretty much.
16:09See you, Jase.
16:10Bye.
16:12Jay, he didn't say bye to me when I said bye to you.
16:14He normally don't.
16:22What's going on, John Luke?
16:25Working on something?
16:28Well, I need you to come with me.
16:30We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.
16:33Why?
16:34Your dad needs you to come somewhere, but he wants to keep it a secret.
16:38And he tasked me with getting you there.
16:42Okay.
16:43Saddle up, partner.
16:45Okay.
16:46Come on.
16:47I was kind of working on something, but...
16:49Oh, you'll be fine.
16:50Those just go straight over the top.
16:52We'll pull that down.
16:54John Luke is only a few classes away from graduating college.
16:57He should finish.
16:59He should, yes.
17:00But you shouldn't have to kidnap him.
17:02I'm not going to carry you, but I guess I can hold your hand.
17:05Technically, I didn't kidnap him.
17:07Martin did.
17:08Or a hand on the shoulder.
17:09I don't know about holding hands, but it seems weird.
17:21Are you ready?
17:22Can you tell where you're at?
17:25No.
17:26Can you smell where you're at?
17:28It just smells like this pillow.
17:31Ta-da!
17:33Welcome to the campus of ULM.
17:37You're a war hawk now, man.
17:39We signed you up for orientation.
17:41We signed you up, bro.
17:42Back to school, man.
17:45What?
17:46John Luke is a serial unfinisher.
17:50He's never finished college because he's always finding some new shiny squirrel to chase.
17:55And to complete your look.
17:57I have enough college.
17:58We got you some swag, man.
18:00You got almost enough college.
18:03So, my plan is to take him around the local campus,
18:06show him all the cool stuff,
18:08and hopefully he can find a new squirrel to sink his teeth into.
18:12Look, sports, man.
18:13Look at that football stadium.
18:15Basketball coliseum.
18:16A coliseum, man.
18:17They got one of those in Rome.
18:20I mean, you can't get food like this at home, I can tell you that.
18:23I mean, you could, but you got to cook it.
18:25You got to cook it, and you got to clean it up.
18:27Yeah, yeah, that's pretty good.
18:29Look at here, John Luke.
18:30We're here.
18:31Not new students?
18:31Yeah, right here.
18:33Potential new students.
18:34Right here.
18:35Not a new student.
18:36And if that doesn't work, I set up a meeting with the campus recruiters to seal the deal.
18:42Thank y'all for joining us.
18:43So, what we're going to do is we're going to say our name, hometown, and your major,
18:46and then you're going to say an adjective that describes yourself.
18:49My name is Willie Robertson.
18:51I'm from West Monroe.
18:52My adjective, I am a finisher.
18:57It's not an adjective.
18:59You wouldn't know that because you haven't finished school, so I'm just saying.
19:04Dad is trying to get me to finish college by showing me the college experience,
19:08which he forgets I already did the college experience,
19:10and I don't need to do it a second time now that I have a wife and kids.
19:15We're going to do a trust ball.
19:16Who wants to go first?
19:17I'll do it.
19:18Look, I know they can catch.
19:20Is that the size we want?
19:21Like, that's a...
19:22I trust y'all, man.
19:23That's a lot of trust right off the bat.
19:24I'm getting on the turtle.
19:26Y'all going to catch me.
19:27Come on, man.
19:27I'm not exactly sure why I'm here,
19:30but I guess maybe because I graduated from ULM.
19:33Three, two, one.
19:36Oh!
19:37Oh!
19:37Oh!
19:40Oh!
19:41We did it!
19:42Get him up!
19:42Uh-oh!
19:44We did it!
19:45That's how you finish, darling.
19:47That's how you finish right there.
19:49But when Willie, my boss, who signs my paycheck, says we're going on a field trip, that's a good date.
19:57John Luke, have we convinced you at all about ULM yet?
20:00I'm not convinced yet.
20:02Okay, okay.
20:03What are you interested in, like, club-wise, athletics-wise?
20:06Like, what are you interested in?
20:07I, well, I've got three kids and two businesses, so it's more like just running those.
20:14We've got our own fishing team.
20:15We've got a water ski team.
20:18Water skiing!
20:19Yeah!
20:19There you go.
20:20You love skiing.
20:21We go in the summer.
20:22Yeah.
20:23John Luke, if you do this, if we go water skiing and you hate it, we'll get off your back,
20:27right?
20:28Well, I mean...
20:30I mean, come on.
20:31How can you hate water skiing?
20:32That's what I'm talking about.
20:33He's not going to hate it.
20:35All right, I'll try it.
20:36Hey, sweet.
20:36Now that is the college spirit, buddy.
20:39I love it.
20:42Here we go.
20:43Oh, oh.
20:44Oh, wow.
20:46Oh, there we go.
20:47Oh, my God.
20:49Like I said, when it comes to John Luke, you just have to find the perfect squirrel.
20:55Yeah!
20:56Nice college, baby.
20:57And maybe his squirrel is water skiing.
21:02Oh, whoa.
21:03There you go.
21:03Oh, yeah.
21:09Oh, whoa.
21:11I saw a squirrel water skiing once, and it didn't fall down as much as John Luke.
21:16Oh, I thought he was done.
21:18He's still going.
21:20Hey, he's done, boys.
21:22He's done.
21:28He's done.
21:30Before we get started, just know one thing.
21:34You suck.
21:38You suck at hunting.
21:39You suck at this even more.
21:43Just realize that going in.
21:45Now, there's always a chance you might not suck one day, but that's a long ways away from today.
21:52Today, you suck.
21:54So, why are you having them do jiu-jitsu?
21:57Because what they need is discipline and humility, something that martial arts will provide, as you should know.
22:06Let's go to fighting stance.
22:08Let's go to fighting stance.
22:09Fight!
22:09Oh, hang on.
22:09Oh!
22:12Shoot!
22:12Lucky.
22:13Uh-oh.
22:14Make sure you kick to the head also.
22:15Oh!
22:16Great job, babe.
22:17Whoa!
22:20You okay, babe?
22:22Any man that's lost a fight to a seven-year-old ought not to question the process.
22:27She was a black belt.
22:29Well, boys, you look real cute in your outfits there.
22:32Si, do you even know anything about jiu-jitsu?
22:34Si has been trained in hand-to-hand combat.
22:39Well, of course I have.
22:40I spent 24 and a half years in the military.
22:42There you go.
22:43I got about 15 ways I can kill you within about three seconds.
22:48With my hands or feet.
22:50Humility means knowing that you know nothing.
22:55Well, if there's anybody who knows nothing about knowing nothing, it's you.
23:00But knowing nothing is something.
23:05Okay, I'm gonna keep this real simple for you two knuckleheads.
23:09He's the table.
23:10I'm gonna take this leg of the table, trap it.
23:13I'm gonna take this leg on that table and trap it.
23:17Now all I'm gonna do, turn my head, big bridge.
23:22Goodness gracious.
23:24This does not look hard at all.
23:26I think it should be a piece of cake.
23:29Knees above the hips, knees to the mat.
23:31And I like cake.
23:33Do not let them get out of mouth.
23:36We'll see how long you can hold them off.
23:38Slap up, knuckle up.
23:39Go for it.
23:44Do it again.
23:46Again.
23:48You look like two squirrels that just come out of an oak tree that's fighting over a Pop-Tart.
23:54Do it again.
23:55Do it again.
23:58Hey look, y'all are so bad that it reminds me of two gorillas that tried to make love to
24:03a football.
24:05There's a lot of energy wasted and didn't achieve nothing.
24:09Now that you've failed the move, it's time to execute.
24:13I'm gonna allow you to choose who you want to do the move on.
24:25Can we choose her?
24:26Yeah.
24:26Can we both do that?
24:27No offense.
24:28I'm taken.
24:33Sure.
24:35Okay.
24:36Y'all ready?
24:36You go first.
24:37They chose...
24:39Poorly.
24:53You're actually gonna get beat by a girl?
24:56For these boys to truly become duck men, they need to understand what it means to be hunted.
25:03I mean, ducks are formidable opponents.
25:05Well, I mean, they're not that formidable.
25:08I mean, they don't even have weapons or really even hands.
25:12Which is why you should be in the training class.
25:15You need to start all over.
25:17Okay.
25:18I won't go too hard.
25:19Here's a cupcake.
25:21Come on, Christian.
25:23I'm trying, Jacob.
25:25You can't even encourage me more.
25:26This reminds me of my honeymoon.
25:28Get a loop. Get a loop.
25:30Get a horse.
25:32Come on.
25:35Okay, okay.
25:36Oh.
25:38D word.
25:39All right.
25:40I stand corrected on that.
25:41That's a real woman.
25:43Good job.
25:44Okay.
25:45Jacob.
25:46Use the technique you've been taught.
25:49Okay.
25:52Again.
25:53Go.
25:56Come on, Jacob.
25:57Jacob.
25:58I don't know if I can take much more of this.
26:03Get him, Jacob. Get her, Jacob.
26:05Oh, crap. Sorry.
26:07My overall assessment of their performance today, I hope you boys have learned a valuable lesson to never, under any
26:17circumstances, underestimate your opponent.
26:20Two thumbs way down.
26:24Good job, princess.
26:27Thank you, man.
26:28Way to go, cupcake.
26:30Mmm.
26:32All right, look, guys.
26:33I've seen enough.
26:34I'll see you fools tomorrow.
26:35I got a date with a pan of Mayhall jelly and fresh-made biscuits.
26:48Now, kids, today we're gonna make...
26:52Hey, where's our kids?
26:53I thought they were gonna learn how to do this.
26:56Oh, I thought you did this part by yourself.
26:59Well, you can teach them how to do it.
27:01By teach them how to do it, what Cory's trying to say is, you should do it.
27:06And maybe someone will watch.
27:08No, I'm saying this is all about teaching the tradition to the grandkids.
27:13Historically, this part of the tradition is not exactly child-friendly.
27:17We're gonna wait approximately 10 minutes with a low fire under that.
27:2010 minutes?
27:22Good things come to those who are...
27:25Waiting.
27:26Patient.
27:27I'm starving.
27:29The hungrier they are, the better they listen to you.
27:32Mmm.
27:33Mmm.
27:34Mmm.
27:35Lord knows the boy needs a lot of that.
27:38All right, kids, look.
27:39The Mayhall berry only grows in the southeast, okay?
27:44This is Mayhalls.
27:46This is what you picked, and this is what I sorted.
27:50Si helped sort, but not the best sorter.
27:53Hey, just show them how to make the jelly.
27:57Okay.
27:58Willie talks too much.
27:59We was teenagers when we was doing it.
28:02He's doing it with young kids.
28:04They're a teacher's fan.
28:05It ain't much.
28:06So the first thing we gotta do is boil the berries.
28:11Who likes boiling berries?
28:13You like boiling berries?
28:14Yeah!
28:16Right, let's boil some berries.
28:18Y'all see all them berries bouncing off of Willie's stomach?
28:21One of them bounced so bad it fell on the ground.
28:23Okay, that's enough from you.
28:27He's not an entertainer, so I can't help you, okay?
28:30Because like me, I'm an entertainer.
28:32I can keep your attention.
28:34We already lost a kid?
28:36Uh-oh.
28:37Uh-oh.
28:37We lost one.
28:37We lost a kid.
28:39So we got the berries in the pot, and now we're gonna add the water.
28:44Well, Z!
28:46Oh, where did he go?
28:48Oh!
28:50You got some more snacks?
28:52Now we're in a waiting game.
28:53The mayhaw process has changed a ton since I was a kid.
28:57I mean, when we were little, you did not screw around with Phil's mayhaw jelly.
29:01You did as you were told, son.
29:04Yeah, parenting has changed a lot since we were kids.
29:07Do you ladies wanna play a game?
29:09Okay.
29:10All right, look, I've got a saying for you.
29:12I start it, and then I ask you to finish it.
29:15Look!
29:16I brought you into this world, and I can take you...
29:20I think a lot of it takes you home.
29:23No.
29:23Take you home?
29:23Oh, take you home.
29:24That's a good answer.
29:25I can take you home.
29:26Good answer.
29:27I brought you into this world, and I can give you a toy.
29:31I brought you into this world, and I can give you a mermaid.
29:36What about children are to be seen and not...
29:39Be king!
29:41Children are to be seen and not be king.
29:43You're cruising for a...
29:46Trip.
29:47A trip.
29:48Hey, that's a good trip.
29:49That's a good idea.
29:50Good idea.
29:51All right, guys.
29:52Hey, now we're gonna strain.
29:53Has anybody ever strained?
29:55Yep.
29:56Hey, yesterday I strained...
29:58Nah, so I don't.
29:59Back muscles.
30:00So, okay.
30:01Y'all ready to smash the berries?
30:03Gotta have a smasher.
30:04Me!
30:05We're gonna smash the berries.
30:08Hey, son, come on, son.
30:09Don't smash you back!
30:09It smells good!
30:11What are you talking about?
30:11Smash.
30:13Smash, boy.
30:14Smash.
30:14Good job.
30:16Smash!
30:17This is really about the birds and the bees, and the time when the bees swarmed.
30:24Are you paying attention to the story?
30:25No, son.
30:26I'm actually busy right now.
30:27All right, look.
30:28You've told this story 50 times, I've heard it.
30:30Hey, yeah, but it's important.
30:32You see how much juice I squeezed out of that thing?
30:34Yeah, you got a little bit.
30:36That's because I'm the main squeeze, son.
30:39Where'd everybody go?
30:40Hey, they've deserted you, son.
30:44Hey, look, Willie, if it wasn't so boring, then the kids probably wouldn't have wandered off.
30:50Look, the only thing that's important about this is, is when we get to eating the biscuit with the jelly
30:55on it.
30:56Okay, that's the only important part of this whole thing.
30:59Okay?
31:00It's like Chicken Little, son.
31:01Chicken Little.
31:02Chicken Little's the sky is falling.
31:05Same principle.
31:06It takes the biscuits out of the stove.
31:10All right, here we go.
31:11The mayhaw jelly.
31:13There's yours.
31:14It's so good.
31:15That jelly you're eating?
31:16Those are the mayhaws that y'all picked up off the ground.
31:20Good job.
31:21Best jelly ever.
31:22What'd you think, son?
31:24I can't say no note now, I've got mouthful.
31:26Jelly, jelly, jelly, jelly, jelly.
31:42Finish.
31:43Finish what?
31:45Finish it.
31:46Finish it.
31:47Finish it.
31:47Finish it.
31:49I tried reasoning with him, it didn't work.
31:52The water skiing didn't work.
31:54So, there's only one thing left to do.
31:57Ambush.
31:59Life is about finishing it.
32:03I thought life is about, like, the adventure.
32:07It is, but if I started making dinner, but I never finished it, would you be able to eat?
32:14That is the question.
32:17We come from a line of people who not only start things, but we finish things.
32:23So, John Luke, I am passing the torch to you, to one day you will too wear the cap and
32:35gown, and it will be your symbol, not only to yourself, but also to the world, to your family, to
32:42your children, that you finish.
32:45When he sees how much this means to everyone, just to see him walk across that stage, he'll cave.
32:52College does not equal success.
32:55It's true.
32:56Kind of true.
32:57Everyone in here is successful.
32:59Uncle Si, very successful, didn't finish college.
33:04Eh, how do you define success?
33:09Sadie did not finish college.
33:12And she's successful.
33:13And she's successful.
33:14Yep.
33:14And I don't see you dragging her around, trying to get her to finish.
33:18Well, she's pregnant.
33:20This is true.
33:21Well, that's my point.
33:23Sometimes life happens, and you can't finish college.
33:27John Luke and I are both running businesses, and neither one of us went to college, so I don't really
33:31know why you're so focused on just him.
33:33Because he's two credits away, and your business pays me rent, so...
33:38That's true.
33:40I don't know if we should clap for that exactly.
33:49He knows who he is.
33:50No, what I'm saying is, I finished college, and I'm trying to motivate my son.
33:55Wait.
33:56The only way you finished college is that I helped you through all your classes.
33:59I think the bottom line here is we believe in you, John Luke.
34:02We do.
34:02We know you can do it.
34:04Whether or not you finish college in your lifetime is...
34:08Or the next.
34:08Or the next.
34:09Does not matter.
34:10We're happy for you, we're proud of you, and you're doing great in life with a college degree or without.
34:17If you do get your degree, it will open doors that you normally would not be able to be invited
34:24in.
34:25You've given me a lot to think about.
34:27All right, here's the whole deal, bottom line.
34:30You ain't in the court, and he ain't Judge Judy.
34:32Okay, so tell this guy, like, get on your horses and head west, Dad!
34:46We have now arrived at the last match.
34:50Mono E. Mono.
34:52Duck Boy versus Duck Boy.
34:55So after they learn humility and discipline, what's next?
34:59Trust the process.
35:00Yeah.
35:01Stone has an unusual set of skills.
35:04He's a jiu-jitsu master.
35:08Are you ready?
35:09Yes, sir.
35:09Are you ready?
35:11Yeah.
35:11Yes, sir.
35:12Let's get it on!
35:13Yeah!
35:13Woo-hoo!
35:15Them fighting each other doesn't have anything to do with who gets to be a buck man or a duck
35:20man.
35:21I just wanted to see them fight.
35:22I thought it'd be funny.
35:25What?
35:28Are we starting?
35:30Let's go, guys.
35:31Come on!
35:32Go back up.
35:34Bottom line.
35:36Let's go.
35:37One point.
35:38Black.
35:39Good grip.
35:42It's a tale as old as time.
35:47One point.
35:49White.
35:51Mano-e-mano.
35:57There you go.
35:59It's all come to a head.
36:04Yeah.
36:04Oh, we got a tap at the end.
36:06Jacob, you win round one.
36:10Yeah, I'm gonna have to talk to Jay because I'm not sure what he's trying to teach him with
36:15jiu-jitsu.
36:16Both of them look like when they got through, after two hours, they're as mad as all get
36:20out at each other.
36:21Well, if I had to hug you for two hours, they'd be mad.
36:25Well, no, you'd be knocked out if you hugged me for a second, son.
36:33Strong toes, Jacob.
36:34There you go.
36:35Strong toes, Jacob.
36:36Get on those toes.
36:38One point.
36:39White.
36:39Take a frame on it.
36:40There you go.
36:41You use those strong toes.
36:42That's right.
36:43Get down.
36:44There you go.
36:45Drop back down.
36:48Okay.
36:49One point.
36:50White.
36:51And.
36:52Ow, hold on.
36:53Break.
36:55Ugh.
36:58You all right?
37:04Whatever.
37:05I feel like I just got this look out of my shoulder.
37:08I guess old Jase was right about 9-1-1.
37:24You may have popped out and went back in.
37:25Oh.
37:27You should have tapped when I had you in a truck home.
37:31You'll be fine.
37:32You'll be fine.
37:33Very unfortunate.
37:34We've had a legitimate injury.
37:37You won the first round.
37:39Christian was up on points the second round.
37:41So this match is declared a draw.
37:46Come on.
37:47Come on, big dog.
37:48Come on, little man.
37:51I'll give you some water in the bag.
37:53Honestly, I never want to see Christian hurt.
37:55He's like my big old stupid Goliath.
37:58That's what I like to see right there.
38:00There's some potential for a buck and duck commander here.
38:03Hit the shower, boys.
38:04Together or separate?
38:14Honey, look at all this jelly that we made.
38:18Whoa.
38:18Whoa.
38:20You know, it's been so much fun just getting to teach the grandkids
38:23about the whole May Hall harvesting process this year.
38:27Hey, they learn from the best.
38:28There's a reason my face is on that jar.
38:32Because you printed it?
38:34The round sticker goes on top.
38:37I need it one-two minutes.
38:38Good job.
38:40Okay, here's the way it goes on the side.
38:43Look at Doug's.
38:43He's going to teach us how to do it.
38:45There we go.
38:46There.
38:46Good job.
38:48Zane's decorating his basket.
38:50Okay.
38:51That works.
38:51And the very best part of this tradition is just getting to show the kids
38:55how to share the fruits of their labor.
38:57Here we go.
38:58Here we go.
38:58Mmm, kind of the fruit of my labor.
39:01I feel like I did the lion's share of the work.
39:04Special delivery!
39:06We made this for all.
39:08For everybody in the neighborhood?
39:10Yes.
39:11Y'all all did this?
39:12Yes, everybody.
39:12Kiddows y'all worked on it too?
39:14Everybody was on it.
39:15Yeah, but everyone didn't win, just me.
39:18Yeah.
39:18Everyone helped, but everyone didn't win but you.
39:20Yeah.
39:21That's true.
39:21Well, that's awesome.
39:23Strawberry too.
39:24What?
39:25Happy delivery!
39:26Happy delivery!
39:27Hey, did you make me, Jen?
39:29She did.
39:30She was a good hooper.
39:33Thank you, Mr.
39:33That's a delivery!
39:34Oh, my goodness!
39:36I love it!
39:37Do you want some jelly?
39:39Yes!
39:39Oh!
39:40No?
39:41You don't like jelly?
39:42Oh!
39:43Sumo is consumable sugary food.
39:45You'll love it.
39:47You love it!
39:56You love it!
39:58Yeah!
39:59Yeah!
39:59Yeah!
40:00I thought we had agreed that you were going to stop pressuring John Litt to go to college.
40:03Hey, I'm just setting up scenarios for the answer I want, not the answer I have.
40:09Uh, I felt like I exposed you to the university, even though you've already been to a university.
40:17But, hey, whatever decision you make, you make, it's fine.
40:22So, college is not everything.
40:24You're right.
40:25But, I do have an announcement to make.
40:29I did enroll.
40:30Oh!
40:32Yeah!
40:32What?
40:34See, that's reverse psychology.
40:36They teach that in college, too.
40:39It worked!
40:40It worked!
40:40Yeah!
40:41I have decided to re-enroll.
40:43And not because of dad.
40:45Yes!
40:46Not because of the water skiing, even though that was really cool.
40:49Not because of this cake, which is also really good.
40:52But, so that I can say I finished something.
40:57It's a really good cake.
41:00I did hear about a little jujitsu match.
41:04So, I think I'm going to let Christian lead the prayer.
41:07Because he may need it.
41:08He needs some healing.
41:10Lord, thank you so much for today and for this food.
41:12Thank you for our family and for John Lee going back to school.
41:15We're just so proud of him.
41:16We love you through Jesus.
41:18Amen.
41:18Amen!
41:19Amen!
41:20All right, dig in.
41:22Education doesn't end when you finish school.
41:24It's a lifelong journey.
41:27John Lee's back, baby!
41:29He's back!
41:30Whether it's learning about family traditions, learning how to fight, or learning to finish
41:35what you started.
41:36I was nervous that dad was going to push you in the other direction.
41:40He really almost did.
41:42Sometimes you need a little push from the ones you love to figure out what you're made of.
41:46So, you're going to have to have surgery?
41:48Or to send you to the emergency room.
41:50This is precautionary.
41:51You need to be a little more precautionary when you wrestle.
41:54What did you just say?
41:55Precautionary?
41:56Precautionary?
41:57Precautionary.
41:57Idiot.
41:58Should we do the departed thing where I slam his arm on the table?
42:06What is the fear of being overeducated?
42:08What's the technical term for that?
42:11It sounds like you have Achieve-ma-phobia.
42:14I'm afraid of being successful.
42:17There you go!
42:18But you ended up overcoming your fear at this late stage of life.
42:22You overcame that fear and actually became successful.
42:25You know what that was, okay?
42:26If some idiot showed up with a whole bunch of money and he decided to give it to me because
42:30I make everybody laugh?
42:32Hey, I'll be your hook-a-berry, baby.
42:35Hunk-a-berry, sweetie.
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