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At first I'd cringe when they'd show the preview for "Duck Dynasty." I thought it would be a rather pointless show that would serve no real purpose other than to entertain us with "redneck millionaires." However, that was before I gave it a chance. Duck Dynasty presents you with comedy, drama,life lessons and life challenges all packed into one 30 minute show. While some may not always agree with the ethics of the Robertson family, you can't deny that they're anything short of 'good people.' If you watch this show without being too critical you'll have an endless supply of funny moments. Don't judge this show because the life style of the Robertson family, much like others have. Judge the show from an unbiased view. "Is this show funny and entertaining?" You don't have to look to hard to find the answer to that question.

"Duck Dynasty", a new reality series on A&E, focuses on the Robertson clan- a southern family who have made a multi-million dollar mini-empire in the duck-call business. We mainly follow Willie, the current CEO of Duck Commander (their business), as he tries to get his insanely Southern family and friends to keep the business together, while they just want to spend their time having fun, hunting and living off the land.

I will give credit where it is due, it is an addicting series, and is a lot of fun to watch. Willie actually comes across as a decent, nice Southern boy who is in over his head taking care of the family business. And some of the family and friends are an absolute riot to watch. I've seen three episodes, and it is a joy to sit through, cackling both at and with the Robertson family.

The series, thus far, has centered on feuds within the family, mainly as Willie tries to expand their business and get more deals for them. All while his workers are intent to do their own thing, and Willie himself gets distracted by various tasks, including catching frogs, participating in a cooking DVD, and trying to stop his workers from flooding their business' parking lot to make a pond to test the calls out in. It's engaging to an extent.

The problem with the series is the same problem I have with many reality series, however. There are always a few sore thumbs in the cast that you can't stand.

Now I don't mind Southern People. Although I'm from Upstate New York, I have family down in the Carolinas and further down. I don't even mind rednecks all that much, a lot of them are decent people and can be fun to hang around with and go fishing with.

What I don't like are rednecks (or any group of people, for that matter) who seem to go out of their way to try and prove every negative stereotype about them, and there are a few of those in this show. Also, some of the old-fashioned and downright misogynistic/misandry viewpoints some of the people express on the shows are kind of appalling. (Ex. Women must cook and clean, men have to be uber-manly, etc. Antiquated ideas that don't mean much in the modern world.)

Also, after three episodes, I'm also concerned about the show perhaps not being able to remain fresh over time. Unless there are some big revelations or change-ups, I don't see myself watching past the first season.

That being said, this is a decent reality-TV show, and it's a lot of fun to enjoy. For the most part, the cast are fun, real people you will love to laugh with, and it'll give you a great half-hour of TV. I give it a very decent 7 out of 10.

At first I thought the worst about the show, judging before watching. Unfortunately I waited till the show replayed all the episodes at once, to finally catch one. Now I am HOOKED! My husband HATES reality TV shows BUT once he started watching he was hooked to. I hope they come back for a second season! This is really, really good show. Just sad because I did not support it from the start. The old saying is true "Can't always Judge a Book/Show by it's Cover!" I really hope there will be a Season 2, I will add the title to my DVR list :) The family is so close, and the way that they run the business cracks me up. They take pride in what they do but they never forget where they came from. The whole family makes the show so interesting, all of them add a unique quality to the show that makes you want to come back for more. Good Job Robertson Family, for making such a family friendly show!

Many of my neighbors wear Duck Dynasty T-Shirts, my son's teacher gave him a Duck Dynasty coloring sheet to work on in his free time, and the local stores all have Duck Dynasty-related items for sale. As someone who tries to be fair, I gave the show a chance. The first time I watched it, the boys were sitting around talking about ice cream and apparently about how to motivate each other to actually do some work. Then one of them made a crack about preferring chunky women to skinny women. Then there was a prayer. Next episode they were out shooting some birds, then they cut to some apparently humorous remarks by one son about another bearded member of the family. Commercial break. Prayer. If you don't really care about minor aspects of T.V. entertainment such as writing, plot, character development and plausibility, this is the show for you.

I have never hunted a day in my life, but saw the commercials for this show and watched the first episode just because it looked kind of funny to me. Well, since that first episode, I look forward to Wednesday night's more than any other night and cannot wait to watch every week! My entire family watches the show, and we all laugh and have a great time. I don't care if it is not all real, or if it is fake, I don't care. It is a great show, with a message at the end and throughout the course of the entire show. Jase and Si crack me up every week, and I find myself saying HEY and ending my statements with JACK a lot more often than before! It is a great show that puts the meaning of family first. It is our favorite show on TV and I am quite sad the season finale is already here this week. Bring this back for many seasons to come, we will be watching! Thank you.

By looking at the rating and reviews about this so-called show, I can but, once again, confirm the reality of how tremendously sick society has become.

I cannot find a single positive argument to defend what this show tells, represents or encourages. I'm unable to find anything positive to say about its viewers. Anybody who enjoys this must be profoundly sick.

In a world where the self-proclaimed dominant species destroys its own habitat and enjoy it so, where parents claim to love their children while they smoke on their faces if not straight into their fetal shapes, the inhabitants of Planet Earth waste their resources and precious time on producing and -strangely- enjoying a spawn like this. That is nothing odd, in the context of our actual society, dominated by American idols and master chefs, by insults on the news and pictures of the newest madonna tattoo.

Still, from a rational and educated perspective, this whole business is deeply disturbing.

I'll have to re-watch "God Bless America" to cleanse my brain.

I am a 51 Female Yuppie from New York and i LUV this show. I watch it with my 10 year old daughter and we can not stop laughing. I have gotten my friends to watch it and at first they are telling me no way, but once i have them sit down and watch the show they also have fallen in love the the Duck Dynasty Family. The Show when Jase takes Willie's RV on a road trip to the BIG CITY, i almost busted from laughing so much when Uncle Si could no longer take the smells from the other travelers. I HOPE A & E decide to bring this show back for Season 2. It is great to see a FAMILY get along or not getting along with out someone cursing and yelling off the top of the heads.

Remember Jase States RV means :REDNECK VACTION

If you have nothing else to do or watch then I might recommend Duck Dynasty for you, It will most definitely bring humor and laugh out loud moments to the table while still throwing bits of reality into the show. Overall It can be a great show but it can at times seem less organic so to speak feeling like the show may seem scripted at some moments. Due to the presence of pointing this out I felt that seasons 1&2 were much better than 3,4, & present/5 since it brung an atmosphere of hunting rather than stupidity and annoyance. Again try checking the show out and give it a try, for the average person it's usually a hit and miss entertainment wise.

After the gay bashing and racist remarks that were used as a nationwide publicity stunt, the whole yuppie lifestyle these characters led before they grew long beards and pretended to represent a fake lifestyle was exposed and this virtually washed away any pretense to being reality. There really is nothing left to say except that the idea that A&E and other "educational" networks would someday make PBS redundant was also washed away with the public display of homophobia and racism that captured the public attention in late 2013. A&E took the extreme step of firing a member of the show and then decided that, regardless of what they had previously decided, everything could just be a publicity stunt to garner more viewers, and they rehired him. Reality television has yet to go though something akin to the game show scandals of the 1950's. Perhaps the nation is ignorant enough that it never will.

These guys are right out of a straight jacket,How ever they are the foundation of the American way of life, I think this is what every real American would like to do and be. Living in the city and pulling a 9-5 just doesn't cut it. Shot I would love to try that frog hunting out, seeing I just about broke a rib laughing at all the fun they had, well I will be checking my local golf club hazards from here on out.. Love it, keep it up. Willy"s dad sure brought it home, simple and direct, Look out Forest Gump looks as if we got a real idle to look up too. every thing you want in life right in the back yard, and keeping the family values real while keeping it all together at the same time,loving every minute of it.

The Robertson family has made millions of dollars on duck callers with a company entitled Duck Commander. Somehow the Robertson family is entertaining and real. You can't make this stuff up about the Robertson brothers living in Louisiana. What I don't like and I can't get past is the men's hair of long beards and mustaches which comes across as sloppy and unkempt. While I enjoy the men staying real and authentic, I don't see the show as scripted like other reality shows. The Robertson family is Americana and has attracted viewers of all kinds. Perhaps the high ratings can state that audiences want something unique. The male audience probably enjoys the dynamic relationships among the brothers and family members They are still a loving family after all. I can't see the Robertsons selling out or need too. When I was just at Walmart, I realized that I needed to watch the show in order to understand. The episodes are short and sweet and to the point. The Robertsons have showed another world of reality to audiences. Since I don't enjoy duck hunting or anything like that, I don't think this show is for me. I did enjoy Miss Kay though and thought she was such a hoot but not enough.

Phil Robertson and the other yokels of Duck Dynasty care about one thing (as other reality stars) YOUR MONEY!

I refuse to watch these idiots spit their nonsense out. And "Reality TV" continues to be the biggest oxymoron the world has ever seen. I'd watch if a black gay couple moved next door LOL. That would be must-see TV.

As for the recent controversy, all you need to do is watch a trailer of this to know what you are in for. As a gay man, I cannot support something that goes against everything I am. Ignorance is a virus and tolerating intolerance defeats the purpose of tolerance.

In short, don't waste your time on this fake garbage or these people! They are making millions of dollars to dumb down the viewing public.

This is by far the most underrated show on Television. It's got a simple and fresh plot based around on a nook in America that most people mislabel. For all you "Yayhoos" (city folk) here's your inside look to the lives of "Rednecks." Anybody giving it less than 8 stars is disgruntled and jealous they can't live this lifestyle.

Phil Robertson is the greatest character on reality T.V. You won't hear quotes anywhere like the rare ones you hear from him. The antagonism between the brothers, Jase and his younger sibling and boss, Willie, is like watching two thickly bearded 9 year old's fight over guns, trucks, and control of the Nintendo joystick. You can tell they've been going at it over the years. When you add the outlandish philosophies of Uncle Si and contribute the genuine nature of the rest of the gang, you've got yourself one heck of a T.V. show. My only critique would be to cut back on the staged lines...

Give it time to catch on and Season 2 will be a huge hit.

Phil>Jase>Si>Willie

When I first heard about this show, I was looking forward to it, but after just a couple of episodes, I was just embarrassed. The show plays to the lowest common denominator of what people think a 'redneck' is, and if the show and the events therein are not entirely scripted (which is not uncommon for a LOT of 'reality' shows), then this show has managed to find some of the biggest morons on the planet. And what's worse, is apparently, that's what the TV audience wants to see (judging from all the similar 'reality' shows on TV that are full of nothing but the dumbest people on the planet screaming at each other or doing things that are beyond stupid). I was sorely disappointed with the show.

I was going to only give it one star, but I realized that as bad as this show is, and what an insult it is to the real 'rednecks' and people who hunt and live off the land, there are even worse shows out there, and I had to leave room to give them even a lower rating.

Helped me through dark times. Helped me realize that Jesus is never far from me.

What can I say about this "reality" show? I could say the it is an embarrassment to every self-respecting citizen of the country these red neck cretins claim to be from (although without subtitles, how could you tell?). I could say that the Robertson's are one of the most intelligent families in the country since they have found a sure fire way of extracting millions from the lowest(in intelligence and economic status) element. I could say that this show represents everything that has gone wrong in the entertainment industry in the last several years. I could say that people who watch the show just get off on watching others humiliate and demean themselves (but that would be indicative the the viewer not the show). I could say that the fact that millions watch this show every week means that Armageddon can not be far away. Or, I could just look at the content, spelling, and grammar of the reviews of those that gave the show 10 stars and hope that the next generation raises the bar up out of the mud.

This show is one of my favorite shows how did they get the wife's though I don't understand that part. But anyway very entertaining especially si the uncle to funny I can't stand the other drama shows they put on TV I'd rather watch this one then those stupid ones. Like the cube or keeping up with the Kardashian so stupid both of them are very stupid and lame.

This show has many entertaining episodes but most of it is scripted nonsense that would have got writers fired if it wasn't marketed as reality TV. If you don't mind the fact that 80% of the show is "The Office" level of believability and just want to watch rich people go hunting and complain about technology then the first few seasons are worth a watch but the later seasons just get repetitive and boring.

I watched for awhile and it was funny, at first.....but then after watching quite a few episodes, I began to see how fake this really is. The actions of these folks, even in the show, are not really acceptable. You don't show church scenes and then trespass on the local golf course to hunt frogs, same with invading the neighbors property to go fishing and then have Phil run off like a coward so he won't fess up to trespassing. And when Phil treated his own grandson so rudely by giving everyone else jam and not him, simply cos he was cutting up and having fun. DISGUSTING. Done with DUCK DYNASTY. They may paraphrase the Bible (kind of give their own version as opposed to actually quoting FROM THE BIBLE), but they sure do not live it, not even publicly. So, I am offended that they live a Do as I say and not as I do existence. Just done with it.

I love that this family isn't afraid to show their love for God and patriotism. It's a reality show and the reality is they've found the secret for success in life, family, business and also the eternal afterlife.

This reality series focusing on Louisiana multi-millionaires in Z.Z. Top drag is one of the worst US air-wave polluters. "The Beverly Hillbillies" was much more fun. Surpassing Willie Robertson as leader is patriarchal papa Phil. Calling himself a Bible-believing and gun-carrying Capitalist, Mr. Robertson has also become a Conservative folk hero. Bolstering his on-screen pontificating with off-screen pearls of wisdom, he has used both arenas to assert rights he finds in the US Constitution and Christian Bible. "The pursuit of happiness" does not include same-sex coupling, which Robertson finds repulsive. Diseases like AIDS are God's punishment for sinful sexual behavior, he declares...

Clearly, Robertson should stay heterosexual and stick with "Miss" Kay...

Robertson says they gave up wearing suits, but it sure looks like suits on home video covers and publicity photos. Maybe they're Robertson twins. The men in the family prefer beards and macho garb while the women wear more conventional clothing. They like to hunt and kill animals, like ducks. They are not vegetarians. Robertson recently began opening his act by stating politicians never say the three words, "I love you." He asks audiences to try to recall the last time they heard any politician say, "I love you." Robertson obviously never watches his President, Barack Obama, who frequently tells the crowds who shout their admiration for him, "I love you!" and "I love you back!"...

Jesus loves you, Mr. Robertson, in spite of this bad reality TV show.

* Duck Dynasty (3/21/12-2/11/15) Hugh Peterson ~ Willie Robertson, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson