Breaking Mayberry

In this episode, the Andy Griffith writers create a situation so infuriating that it challenges the boys' moral stance on police brutality. Also, Marty ages 100 years in one sentence. It's Season 5, Episodes 16 and 17, "Goober Takes A Car Apart" and "Barney Fife, Realtor"

Magic is real in the Andy Griffith universe and no one seems to care that much about it! Also Dan nearly blows up his entire house! It's Season 5, Episode 14, "Three Wishes for Opie" THIS MONTH! All Breaking Mayberry money from Patreon or Gumroad goes to support striking WGA/SAG members. Join our Patreon or visit our Gumroad page to purchase our bonus episode packs.

Marty and Dan lose their minds over a musical atrocity that no one asked for, and then we get some quality ridiculousness from everyone's favorite mountain nightmare folk, the Darlings! It's Andy Griffith Show Season 5 Episode 12, "The Darling Baby", and episode 13 "Andy and Helen Have Their Day!"

(Okay look every single image of this episode on the internet is Don Knotts in a racist-ass outfit, so you don't get cover art on this one.) Ciera Gardner, actor extraordinaire and clown, esquire (?) joins us on the pod to talk about Season 5, Episode 11 - "The Pageant" - an Aunt Bee episode that's not very nice to Aunt Bee. This one is deeply weird! See Ciera as Lady Macbeth this summer at Delawa...

It's election time in Philadelphia, and Marty has a personal connection in this race. Andy threatens to leave. but then he doesn't, and Marty and Andy lose a round to the Mayberry wiki people. It's Season 5, Episode 9 "Opies Fortune" and Episode 10 "Goodbye, Sherriff Taylor" Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030...

We're back from Marty's wedding times, and we're ready to get back to the important work of making fun of boomer TV. Marty meets a man who's not here, Dan commits insect genocide, and we all agree that Lady Liberty could use a partner. It's Season 5, episode 8, "Barney's Uniform" Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3831102...

Okay, so you know MANHUNT? What if that, but there was a dog? Is that... is that anything? Do you like that? No? Okay, well, how about 22 minutes of adults misunderstanding each other in the dumbest ways possible? That do anything for you? Still no? Then I don't know what to tell you, man. It's Season 5, Episodes 6 and 7 "Barney's Bloodhound" and "Man in the Middle" Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twi...

In this episode we describe a drug-addicted cartoon rabbit, and it's nowhere near the most upsetting thing that comes up. It's Season 5, Episode 4, "The Education of Ernest T. Bass." Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

(The two annoying guys are not us, for the record) Okay, you know how your relatives are kind of annoying to be around? Wouldn't it be great to spend some TV time with very realistically annoying people? No? Well, too bad, because that's what's happening, this is the Andy Griffith Show! Covers AG Season 5, Ep 3 "Family Visit" and Episode 5 "Aunt Bee's Romance" Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter:...

Okay so look in this episode we thought we'd have fun with the concept of MILF Manor but we absolutely do NOT have fun with the concept of MILF Manor. We do have a lot of fun with Barney Fife hanging in a closet though, so there's that. We return to Mayberry with Season 5, Episode 1 "Opie Loves Helen" and Episode 2, "Barney's Physical" Check out Flaming Nose TV Blog: http://flamingnose.blogspot.co...

It's the final PARENTAL CONTROL and we brought back Marty's sister Mickey to talk about the TV show which inspired her name - Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. We cover two episodes of the family-themed Western show. Marty gets mad at the past (like always), Mickey has conflicting feelings about her namesake, and Dan introduces us to a man with a "striking" history. Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: tw...

Okay look let me tell you up front: This episode spends a LOT of time talking about Marty's scrotum. And then it spends even more time talking about the Dukes of Hazzard. You can decide which is more unpleasant. It's the Duke boys and their new friend Mason Dixon, P.I. No... no that can't be right. They seriously named the guy "Mason Dixon?" Okay that's not a good start. UPDATE: The narrator of Du...

Friend of the show and Emmy-award winning TV host Kae Lani Palmisano stops in the throw Marty and Dan into the world of reality TV with her parental control pick - TLC decoration program Trading Spaces! Learn all about the inner lives of interior decorators as we do a deep dive into the history of TLC, reality TV, and some of the most unhinged TV we've ever seen. Get your decoupage ready because i...

Our exploration of failed spinoffs continues as we look into a Golden Girls spinoff that actually did make it to the air... kind of! Behold the shockingly mean sitcom EMPTY NEST, which is sort of a spinoff of Golden Girls but not really because THAT pilot was totally different and also sucked, but in a totally different way than how this show sucks. Also Full house is involved and Hollywood legend...

Adam's back to tell us about a show his Dad loves and his mom hates - 60's Western THE BIG VALLEY. Join us for the definitive ranking of stuff guys can fall through, an in-depth discussion of Man vs. Beast, stories of basketball legend Charles Barkley, and a foxy older lady in a wildly anachronistic leather jacket. Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: htt...

Our trip through TV Shows that never were continues, as we briefly step into the seedy criminal monster mash of SUPERNATURAL: BLOODLINES, a proposed spinoff of the CW hit that launched a million gross fanfics. Using the very original idea of a turf war between monsters, Bloodlines imagines a Chicago where rich shapeshifters feud with handsome werewolves, and also a Chicago where Sam and Dean Wiche...

Welcome to our new NEW miniseries, Backdoor Lovers, where we explore episodes of shows that were meant to create new shows... but didn't. We explore the Charlie's Angels episode TONI'S BOYS, an attempt at setting up a "Charlie's Angels but with boys!" show that no one could possibly have wanted. Thrill as a man struggles to understand what a strip club is, cheer at an emotionally available Mafioso...

We start our brand-new miniseries, Parental Control, and we have a special guest: Annie "Dan's older sister no matter what the calendar says" Ludwig! We talk about the ultimate Dad sci-fi - Stargate SG-1. We debate the hotness of James Spader, analyze Marty's Tweeting style, and ponder how it's possible to travel to infinite universes when you have the brain capacity of a small fish. Music by Max...

UNLOCKED PATREON BONUS: This hurt, this hurt a lot. It hurt so much we brought in Dan's brother Max Ludwig to share the pain. Max searches for the secret of the runes, Marty channels his energico and Dan breaks down halfway. Look, this one sucked, okay, we hate you for making us watch this. Fuck Dana Carvey.

It's the Season Finale and we're going back to the seemingly endless well of Andy Griffith TV Movies where he plays an unrepentant psychopath! This time around it's Murder in Coweta County, a tense game of cat-and-mouse between Andy Griffith and Johnny Cash, only it's really more like cat-and-guy-getting-his-absolute-shit-wrecked-by-Johnny-Cash-the-whole-movie. Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sle...

Okay so this episode starts with some funny stories about giraffe urine, and it ends with the horrors of the Vietnam War. Do not blame us for how this goes; this is entirely the Andy Griffith Show's fault. It's Season 4, Episode 31 "Back to Nature" and Episode 32 "Gomer Pyle, USMC" GIVE US MONEY TO SUPPORT ABORTION FUNDS: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry - New $8 monthly everything tier! h...

All this month, all money the boys make from this podcast goes to abortion funds throughout the US. Here's where to give us money and what you can get for it: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry $8 a month gets you access to everything, all our bonus eps, early/extended episodes, Discord access, suggest-an-episode, and other stuff. Gumroad: https://breakingmayberry.gumroad.com/ For a...

Twitter fav and GQ/Bustle sex and relationship columnist Sophia Benoit joins the boys as they discuss #justiceforthelmalou, Andy Griffith gender-swapped fancasting, and adults who don't swear. We're also treated to hot hot cheek/chin kissing action, courtesy of Season 4, Episode 30 "Barney and Thelma Lou, Pfffttt!!" Follow Sophia: https://twitter.com/1followernodad or https://www.1followernodad.co...

Look, I don't know what this episode title means either but I do know this THIS episode is agonizing for Marty and Dan. Turns out, there's a good reason why TV seasons aren't 32 episodes long anymore, and that's because you run out of plots REAL FAST. These episodes aren't technically reruns, but pretty darn close. Somehow, though, the Andy Griffith Show finds new ways to disappoint us. It's Andy...

There are many ways to learn a new language, but only one that will let you do what Marty does to Dan in this episode. We also learn the greatest nicknames of all time, and eventually we talk about the Woo Girls of the Andy Griffith Show. It's Season 4, Episode 27 "The Fun Girls" To join Toucan, go to https://jointoucan.com/ Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: http...