Willie is the third oldest out of the four brothers and also the more serious one. Jep and Jase like to play tricks on Willie because they know it irritates him. Willie now owns Duck Commander after replacing his father Phil Robertson. Willie and his brothers started a trend with the ZZ Top style beard. Most everywhere you go you will almost find people with this style of beard. It’s a country boy’s paradise. "With 'Honey Boo Boo,' I worry that they're being set up to look foolish," Cox says. "They're being exploited and made fun of. The people on 'Duck Dynasty' offer a more positive reflection of the South. They aren't stupid by any stretch of the imagination. They're savvy, educated businessmen who are very self-aware. They're in on the joke." “Honey Boo Boo” is a lot like “Duck Dynasty” in some ways. Both shows are about a family that started in the low life and now are living the American dream. People say that the Robertsons are just a bunch of trashy rednecks, but what they don’t realize is that the Robertson family is extremely wealthy and know how to have fun. The Robertson family is a family that believes in god fully and pray every night at dinner with Miss Kay cooking it all. They show this prayer at the end of every show. The whole family eats together every night and prays every night. This can make a huge impact on people to make beliefs and stick with them or inspire people to become successful. Let’s face it, when most of us watch Duck Dynasty, we see them doing stuff we wish we had the guts to do — walk out of work to go fishing, duck tape younger brothers to warehouse poles, spend $2,000 at a kids pizza place all day — well, maybe that’s just me. The point is we all have stuff we’d like to say or do, but can’t find the courage to say or do. For the Robertsons, courage doesn’t seem to be the problem. Stupidity, maybe. But not the courage to take risks and see what happens. It’s their family, faith, and community that provides the margin to make mistakes, forgive, and live to catch frogs another day — usually with only a bruised ego to show for it. Moore 3
The classic saying, “The family that prays together, stays together” has never been more evident than with the Robertsons. Where else on TV can you see a multi-generational family staying together, enjoying one another’s company in spite of each member’s imperfections? In a society in which the family is disintegrating and fathers are often AWOL, the Robertsons model something