Duck Dynasty

[OmahaBlueDog]

Your thoughts?

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	I love it!
	1 (13%)
	It's OK
	1 (13%)
	I don't get it.
	1 (13%)
	I can't stand it.
	3 (38%)
	I liked/loved it at first, but now I'm over it.
	0 (0%)
	What the heck is "Duck Dynasty"?
	2 (25%)
	Other/None of the above
	0 (0%)
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[Blue_Tires]

1. What's supposedly so great about it?

[HipChick]

2. They are huge Sarah Palin fans..

Kiss of death for me...

[FredisDead]

3. I have never seen It

but all of my conservative friends and family members love It, so I have always suspected that It was crap.

[Populist_Prole]

17. What I noticed too

Everyone I know who watches and enjoys it are hard right and/or christian fundamentalists.

[pipi_k]

23. Except for

some of us here at DU who are not hard right and not Christian Fundies.

In fact, I'm an Atheist. And I don't pay attention to the praying stuff. Or any of the other stuff I don't agree with.

I just think it's funny as hell because even though the people are given situations for each show, there's a whole lot of ad-libbing going on.

Especially, I suspect, from Uncle Si, who never fails to quack me up.

[graywarrior]

4. I never vote in polls

but I felt compelled to do so in this one because I fucking hate fucking duck dynasty!

[rug]

5. Politics and religion aside, they're pretty funny.

[OriginalGeek]

6. I agree

They make us laugh - and usually it's with them and not at them.

[loli phabay]

10. yup this, who can forget phil disappearing when they all get caught frogging on the golf course

or when phil cons the kids into doing yard work.

[HappyMe]

12. Yeah, they are pretty funny.

It's kind of nice to see people being themselves, and not a single drunken, screaming brawl.

[Vashta Nerada]

7. They're conservatives and religious phonies.

On top of that, they have a huge partnership with Walmart and many things Walmart sells is plastered with everything Duck Dynasty.

[rug]

9. I bet you don't like casserole either.

[Tom Ripley]

20. I suspected that WalMart would be filled with Duck Dynasty merchandise

it's a perfect fit

[Vashta Nerada]

26. Yeah, they even have Duck Dynasty sugar cookies at Walmart.

[Locut0s]

8. It looks horrible...

I already dislike most Reality TV. Reality TV about rich red necks? That doesn't sound like my cup of tea. But then I've never watched it so I could be wrong.

[B Calm]

11. It was funny at first, but now I just change the channel.

[retread]

13. It's funny for what it is; which is scripted bullshit posing as "reality". No more "real life" than

the Beverly Hillbillies.

[pipi_k]

25. It's really not

that scripted.

Yes, they're given various situations for each show, but for the most part, the dialogue is non-scripted.

[retread]

27. Oh Please. It's as scripted as Pro Wrestling.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. I have never watched it...

Only because I don't have TV or cable. I don't think I would if I had TV, not my cup of tea.

[bigwillq]

15. Can't stand it.

I think they're gross.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. Never seen a single episode. Don't have any desire to watch any in the future.

I will say when it first came out, I saw it advertised, I thought to myself, "What person would actually sit down to watch a 'reality' show about people who make duck calls?"

And apparently, the answer is millions of them.

I don't get it, either.

[Paladin]

18. Absolutely hate it, and what it represents.

I don't need any lessons in religion, cooking, humor, politics, guns, or anything else from these millionaire hillbillies. This show is a perfect example of the dumbing down of this country---an overt celebration of ignorance over intelligence. Genuinely offensive, as far as I'm concerned. I trust I've made my feelings clear.

[Kaleva]

21. Some are college grads who built a successful business from the ground up

Phil Robertson has a master's in education.

They are not dumb. Not by a long shot.

[pipi_k]

24. Yep...

I laugh at their antics, but they're probably way smarter than I am.

[Tom Ripley]

19. A less rapey Deliverance

Larry the Cable Guy X 4
'Necking Up: The Cracker Minstrel Show

[Arkansas Granny]

22. I've watched a few episodes (not by choice, it was on while I was visiting).

I don't get it at all. I hear people talk about the show and I still don't get it. Maybe they identify with it. They look like ZZ Top wannabes/rejects to me. Their faces are plastered on everything, including little girls nightgowns (how creepy is that?). There are even chia pets now for Willie and Uncle Si.

[sharp_stick]

28. I'm a little tired of redneck TV

fortunately there's a lot of other stuff that doesn't involve morons playing up a stereotype for the cameras.

[Rhythm]

29. Never seen it... never wanted to...

And the tsunami of DD-related merchandise at every retailer doesn't make me any more likely to do so, either...

[Arcanetrance]

30. Never watched it don't really care about the show one way or the other

[LadyHawkAZ]

31. It was funny, briefly, in the beginning

when it was just a bunch of goofy guys and their duck call business.

Once the conservative moralizing started, it wasn't funny anymore.