Breaking Mayberry

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...

It's the 100th episode of Breaking Mayberry and we brought in Joe Wade from Christmas Creeps to join us as we dive into Kickstarter-funded fan film Mayberry Man. Ever wonder what would happen if you took a Hallmark movie, removed any internal logic, and populated it with the worst cosplayers alive? No? Well sucks for you because that's what happened here. It's... it's so painful, gang. It nearly k...

Opie joins an MLM in this episode and so do we! Get your exclusive Breaking Mayberry NFT for the price of nothing, we're not doing that, NFTs are stupid cons. But it's tempting! Anyway, you wanna buy some Miracle Salve? Listen to Marty's guest spot on Paranoia Happy Hour: https://paranoiahappyhour.buzzsprout.com/1873883/9970409-happy-hour-fourteen-wam-bam-pow-you-re-a-comic-book-villain Marty on T...

Marty and Dan tell stories about the people who live below, Barney rides a horse, Gilligan shows up, and we all learn way too much about (fake) mountain folklore. It's Season 4, Episode 25 - "Divorce, Mountain Style" Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music...

You know what we all hate? Saving money. It sucks, and finally someone has the guts to say it, and that someone is John Whedon. We do a deeper dive into the life of the woman who played Aunt Bee, Marty's butcher packs heat, and Dan has weird ideas about meat! It's Season 4, Episode 24 "Bargain Day". Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds S...

This episode was recorded on December 28th. I'm telling you this because it's a VERY "this is the week between Christmas and New Years, time is meaningless we are all lost in liminality" sort of episode. In fact, we talk about The Andy Griffith Show, cumulatively, for about 18 minutes on this one. That's being generous. What do we talk about instead? Well, The Brady Bunch, MASH, Dan's Landlord's S...

Podcast host, burlesque emcee, and chaos demon Adam Teterus joins us again to discuss an episode sort of about shoplifting, but mostly about offensively lazy t-shirts. Dan introduces us to the "failing to buy sparklers" challenge, Marty confesses to a crime at work, and we all spend too much time talking about one particular prop from the Andy Griffith Show Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sc...

In this unlocked episode from the vaults of our Patreon, Patrons made us watch the furry Christmas classic with the baffling cast, Pottersville. So we called in backup in the form of Man-Thing Minute host Adam Teterus. And guess what, nerds?! We all kinda liked it. So there. Happy Holidays, everyone, see you next week. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://tw...

We're back for another trip to 60s TV hell, and we're taking y'all to Marty's Comix Korner! We'll also discuss Dan's midnight snacking habits and learn who the scrub in "No Scrubs" was. Also at some point we'll do Andy Griffith Show Season 04, Ep 22 "Andy's Vacation" which has a special surprise place in Breaking Mayberry lore, but we'll get to that when we get to it. Marty on Twitter: https://twi...

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So listen, you're probably gonna want to read this before listening: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats And uhhhhhh otherwise, I think we're good. Good times. See you next episode everyone.

Welcome to our mid-season break, kinda. We're spending half the episode discussing a truly bizarre news piece about Mt. Airy, NC, and then the other half talking about an episode I've already forgotten. Also we go in hard on those punks at NPR. About time someone put them in their place. Watch the CBS News segment on Mt Airy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZme-GsKv_g Marty on Twitter: https...

Dating and relationship expert Harris "Dr. Nerdlove" O'Malley stops by to watch this awful My-Fair-Lady-pastiche redeeming one of Mayberry's most unredeemable characters - Ernest T. Bass. Marty asks important questions, Harris tries to answer them, and Dan explains why the Vietnam war was a great time to be an old dirtbag. More of Dr. Nerdlove: https://www.doctornerdlove.com/ Marty on Twitter: htt...