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Breaking Mayberry

Breaking Mayberry

Two idiots and their much more intelligent guests take on classic TV (mostly the Andy Griffith Show) to see the weird messages they broadcast into American homes, and assess what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation.Join hosts Marty Schneider and Dan Ludwig as they descend into the madness of Boomer television, and occasionally break down their own childhood television addictions.New episodes bi-weekly on Thursday mornings!

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87:24

121: Kill Your Darlings

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/07/06

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!"

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76:32

120: Just Off-Screen, Nodding Approvingly (w/ Ciera...

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/06/22

(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 Delaware Shakespeare Festival: https://delshakes.org/festival/summer-festival/Follow Breaking Mayberry on

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77:45

119: These People Are Made of Cardboard!

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/05/25

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/383110240030195/or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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65:25

118: Statue of Liberty Redesign

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/05/11

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/383110240030195/or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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77:30

117: No Veto on the Vietnam Points!

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/03/30

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 Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry,Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/or email

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67:00

116: Oedipus T. Bass

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/03/03

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

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72:44

115: Two Annoying Guys!

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/02/22

(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: twitter.com/BreakMayberry,Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/or email us at

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82:40

114: The Barney Stretcher 5000

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/02/03

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.com/Check out Surf Kings of Gotham: https://anchor.fm/kyle4788Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter:

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85:05

PARENTAL CONTROL: You're the Bears' Problem Now! (w/...

Breaking Mayberry ·

2023/01/05

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: twitter.com/BreakMayberry,Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/or email us at

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71:57

BACKDOOR LOVERS: Basic Training at Fort Sandals

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/12/29

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 Dukes of Hazzard is Waylon Jennings, not Merle Haggard like we keep saying. But Merle Haggard is a lot

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108:54

PARENTAL CONTROL: Strong Opinions About Murphy Beds...

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/12/09

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 it's DIY time on Breaking Mayberry.Trading Spaces Everret, WA:

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86:29

BACKDOOR LOVERS: The Incredible Mr. Fix-It

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/11/22

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 Rita Moreno is deeply disrespected.

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93:50

PARENTAL CONTROL 2: Big Valley Energy (w/ Adam Teterus)

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/10/27

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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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58:52

BACKDOOR LOVERS: Paranormal Creatures Networking Event

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/10/13

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 Wichester just sorta... stop in for lunch.Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter:

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86:07

BACKDOOR LOVERS: A Surprisingly Supportive Mob Boss

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/10/06

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, and be amazed at what a boy can do with a horse and a rope.BACKDOOR LOVERS!Music by Max Ludwig:

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80:09

Parental Control 1: Stomach Parasite Elliot Gould

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/09/15

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 Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalkyFollow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry,Facebook

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108:59

UNLOCKED BONUS: Welcome to the Turtle Club - A Master...

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/09/08

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.

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72:03

105: An Extremely Solved Murder (Season Finale)

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/06/30

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/sleeptalkyFollow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry,Facebook Group:

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76:24

104: Look on My Barney Meter, Ye Mortals, and Despair!

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/05/25

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!https://breakingmayberry.gumroad.com/ - Buy our bonus episodes on their own!Music by Max Ludwig:

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2:17

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Support abortion funds, get...

Breaking Mayberry ·

2022/05/11

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 limited time you can buy packs of our bonus episodes, previously unreleased. $8 per pack or get all the

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