Breaking Mayberry

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Breaking Mayberry is a classic TV podcast without the nostalgia-bait. Marty Schneider and Dan Ludwig take a hard look at the history of television, breaking down vintage favorites and cultural oddities from the 1950s to the early 00’s. We’re finding all the hidden ways TV impacted America’s psyche - and making fun of them. Watch us break Mayberry before it breaks us.

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04: All the Crime You Can Eat 17.04.2018 1:00:46

This episode is so big and so totally illegal that we had to lawyer up. Actual Lawyer Ian Roberts joins us for Season One, Episode Seven, "Andy the Matchmaker", where Andy and Ellie falsify a crime to boost Barney's self-esteem. But this fake crime leads to an actual arrest - and actual jail time. Ian explains the Supreme Court rulings that would impact this series, Dan screams into the void, and...

03: Andy Causes an Amber Alert 10.04.2018 56:47

Andy basically kidnaps a kid in this episode, and Marty and Dan don't know how to react. But first, Andy is very upset that... a pretty woman wants to date him? Look folks, not a whole lot makes sense here and we are only six episodes into this show. Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BreakMayberry

02: Bobby Fleet and his Band With A Beat 10.04.2018 1:09:38

Marty and Dan get down with the musical insult comic stylings of Bobby Fleet, an amazing dude who flies in from a totally different universe to bless us with jokes and jailhouse jam sessions. Also, Andy books him in on completely trumped-up charges, but whatever. Next, we meet Andy's greatest challenge yet: A pretty woman who just wants to do her job. Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: https://t...

01: MANHUNT! (Reload) 08.03.2018 1:03:05

(For some reason, our first episode did not hit iTunes, so this is a re-upload of Episode 1 to get in there. New listeners START HERE) Marty and Dan are two guys who have decided to watch ALL of the Andy Griffith show, mostly out of spite, and discover the secret dark undertones of quaint little Mayberry. Episode 1 details the first two wildly-different episodes of The Andy Griffith Show: "The New...