Breaking Mayberry

Okay so you know how just like... the general concept of "art" is mostly considered good, like a good thing that most people enjoy. Well, that's wrong, and Andy Griffith is gonna tell you why. It's Season 6. Episode 14 "Otis the Artist"If you like this, leave a rating and review, follow us on Bluesky, visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com.

Content Note: This episode discusses media's portrayal of sexual assault for laughsWell, when you do enough AG double-headers, there's gonna be ones like these. We start with an episode that is absolutely nothing, and then move to a deeply upsetting one, one of the weirdest and grossest things put to TV. Also, Dan might get whacked for getting a haircut.AG Season 6, Episode 14 "The Church Organ" and 15 "Girl-Shy"

In an episode that's dedicated to talking dogs, we focus on a famous talking cat. It's AG Season 6, Episode 12 "Man's Best Friend" and Episode 13 "Aunt Bee Takes the Job"If you like this, leave a rating and review, follow us on Bluesky, visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com.

Okay a lot of weird stuff happened to Marty before and during this episode and we're going to talk about it a lot. But you'll be thanking us because it's a lot better than talking about Andy Griffith Show season 6 episodes 10 and 11, "Aunt Bee on TV" and "The Cannon."If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com.

It's an extra-long BREAKING MAYBERRY ALL-STARS featuring three of our favorite returning guests to talk about the three-no-wait-four-part Andy Griffith Epic - "The Hollywood Arc".Yes, for the first (only?) time in the show's run, the Taylors are leaving North Carolina, and this causes everyone to lose their damn minds. We brought in backup for this one, and our returning guests are bewildered and mystified and one case, deeply upset by Goober's hat.It's Season 6, Episodes 7, 8, and 9 "Off to Hollywood", "Taylors in Hollywood", and "The Hollywood Party".

Dan and Marty take a little break from the doldrums of Mayberry with the classic(?) action movie TimeCop, starring our favorite cokehead gymnast Jean-Claude Van Damme. Dan remembers a repressed shame, we talk JCVDs terrible acting, and we fantasize about using time travel very irresponsibly. 

We go back to the 80s-restaurant-of-debatable-quality of "It's A Living" with Max Ludwig. This time around we explore a few episodes with Andy Griffith ties, including one where a group of grown adult women dress as children's fairy-tale characters in a way that's not at all creepy! Also Marty absorbs so much content it breaks him.It's "It's a Living" Season 3, Episode 14 "The Doctor Danny Show" and Season 5 Episode 4 "Sweet Charity"

Filmmaker and author David Dylan Thomas stops by the Mayberry studios to talk about 2024's I Saw The TV Glow, a movie that's about the horrors and freedoms of nostalgia but also about trans/queer stuff and also maybe about a short-lived McDonald's Ad Campaign.Support Dave's Kickstarter for "White Meat: Appetizer": https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daviddylanthomas/white-meat-appetizerListen to the White Meat Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-white-meat-podcast--6272000Listen to Kill James Bond: https://www.killjamesbond.com/If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com.

Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone...Barney Fife is gone and in his place arises a great evil, so terrible that not even the Andy Griffith Show can tolerate it for very long. Warren Ferguson has arrived, despair all ye mortals.It's Andy Griffith Show Season 6, episode 5 "The Bazaar" and 6 "A Warning From Warren"If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com.

Like Billy Pilgrim, Dan has become unstuck in time. That's why he keeps saying how tired he is after mentioning perfectly normal amounts of time to be awake.We say good-bye to the weirdest recurring characters, right as we were starting to like them. We also say "hello" to Aunt Bea's new boyfriend, and then we say goodbye just as fast.It's a very bittersweet turn of events on Season 6, Episode 3 "Malcolm at the Crossroads" and Episode 4 "Aunt Bea the Swinger"If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com.

We're back in Mayberry for season 6 and the vibes are OFF for reals. Everyone's really tense and awkward and somehow Goober is the highlight. It's a really low point friends. But on the other hand, Marty gets to use a joke he's been holding onto for a while.It's Season 6, Episode 1 "Opie's Job" and Episode 2 "Andy's Rival"If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Blood Knife Editor and co-host of Podside Picnic, Kurt Schiller drops by to talk about all things mystery with a pair of Poirots! We discuss the ins and outs of a great detective fiction, including bumbling cops and pedantic wealthy people. Plus, what if Jigsaw ran a casual chain restaurant?It's Agatha Christie's "Poirot", Series 1, episode 5 "Triangle at Rhodes" and Series9, Episode 3, "After the Funeral"

The boys start a new tradition, watching the Thanksgiving episodes of the beloved war dramedy MASH... what's that you say? There aren't any Thanksgiving episodes of MASH?...The boys start a new tradition, painfully burrowing their way through a Thanksgiving episode of the much-hated and forgotten spinoff AfterMASH, featuring the worst possible choices all around. Dig in!

The failed Backdoor Pilot from the Six Million Dollar Man asks, what if there was like, a computer in your brain, man? The answer is, it would suck! But also some other weird stuff would be like, way better than that.Look there's a bunch of weird stuff in this episode, check it out.Subscribe to the Breaking Mayberry Substack for articles and ramblings!If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Look we didn't want to do this one but circumstances forced our hand. We're talking about the Ron Howard-directed Hillbilly Elegy, a movie that Ron Howard is too stupid to understand is political.We all know that JD Vance's memoir is bullshit but would it surprise you to know it's also mean-spirited and it sucks ass? It wouldn't, because you listen to this show, but listen to us talk about it anyway.Subscribe to the Breaking Mayberry Substack for articles and ramblings!If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Marty and Dan go back to Hazard County to revisit the Duke boys and their new, laid-back friend, Jude Emery. We get a narrator of our very own, name as many country singers as possible, and learn too much information about Marty's car.Special thanks to Grant. You'll see why.Subscribe to the Breaking Mayberry Substack for articles and ramblings!If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

The day has finally come - we're talkin' Doo. We discuss the weird place of Scooby Doo in popular culture, horniness, 80's rock band dynamics, horniness again, Jack Kirby, and the weird current state of the series. Marty gets really mad. You can find 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo on Tubi. Don't worry about the other one. 

We've got Grant from Chip & Ironicus, Six Feats Under, and WSKRS, here to tell us about a show his father loves but can't remember the name of.We're covering The Amazing Race, CBS' not-quite-a-juggernaut world-crossing reality competition. Learn about the wonders of flag twirling and airport logistics! Thrill at men who hate their wives! Watch as two teams of cops get absolutely owned!It's ParentalControl - The Amazing Race with Grant!Subscribe to the Breaking Mayberry Substack for articles and ramblings!If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

BACKDOOR LOVERS is back with another failed spinoff pilot!This time it's FORCE SEVEN, a tale of ninjas, Teamsters, and racist puppets that spins off of... hmmm... hold on, I've got it somewhere... oh well, who cares what show this is spinning off of? FORCE SEVEN certainly doesn't! It's its own thing, baby!We're doing episodes of "It's A Living" from Seasons 1, 2, and 3, all of which are basically different shows!Subscribe to the Breaking Mayberry Substack for articles and ramblings!If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Parental Control is back with a new season of mom-and-dad shows. Dan's brother Max stops by to discuss a sitcom that only Mom Ludwig remembers, with a theme song out of Sondheim and one of the most bizarre plots we've ever seen on TV.We're doing episodes of "It's A Living" from Seasons 1, 2, and 3, all of which are basically different shows!Subscribe to the Breaking Mayberry Substack for articles and ramblings!If you like this, leave a rating and review or visit our Patreon or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.comNeed swords or axes or more cool stuff? Go to https://battlingblades.com/discount/MAYBERRY for 10% off your order!