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Breaking Mayberry
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.
Episodes
Breaking Mayberry35: The Mayor Dies In This One And Dan Does Not Take It Well
I mean, the main theme of this episode is pretty much in the title, but if you want to know more, Marty and Dan stumble upon a potential real-life…
Breaking Mayberry34: Where Else Are We Gonna Find A Pile Of Old Dirty Hay?
It's a double header as we take on some of the grossest and the dumbest episodes down the pike of Season 2. First, Opie may or may not have burned down a barn…
Breaking Mayberry33: In the Pocket of Big Pickle
IT'S PICKLE TIME! Marty and Dan call in a fermentation expert (Amanda Feifer of http://phickle.com/) to talk pickles to us, as we take on AG Season 2, Episode…
Breaking Mayberry32: Four Shirts, No Belt
This episode explains why job interviews exist, as Barney gets offered a job as sheriff of a neighboring town, and Andy does his damnedest to keep his friend…
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Breaking Mayberry31: Go Speed Frasier, Go Speed Frasier, Go Speed Frasier, Goooooo!
We're still doing Mayberry, don't worry, but this time around we brought in another show for comparison. Andy and Barney want to join a club, so do Frasier and…
Breaking Mayberry30: Breaking Mayberry LIVE at South Street Cinema
Marty and Dan step up on the stage for the first-ever Breaking Mayberry live show! Support South Street Cinema…
Breaking Mayberry29: Doodles Moseys In
Allright, this is probably our most immature episode so far, but we had some steam to blow off, and this fruit was low-hanging. This episode is about an old…
Breaking Mayberry28: The Pain Will Stop When You Tell Me Your Long-Term Life Goals
This week, Barney does a sexism, skeet gets shot, and Marty and Dan ponder the sexual escapades of Philadelphia's many Benjamin Franklin impersonators. It's…
Breaking Mayberry27: So Very, Very, Bad At Crime
Okay, so about halfway through the discussion here, we realize that this episode is actually terrible and makes no sense and that's about it from there. It's…
Breaking Mayberry26: Rage Against the Gumball Machine
We meet the most crust-punk of all Andy Griffith characters in this episode, Mad Men is discussed at length, and Marty does a pretty solid Tom Waits…
Breaking MayberryIt's Christmas, Here's Two Dollars, Go Away. (Re-upload)
(NOTE: This is a re-load of episode 13, with a new intro by Marty, here in time for the holidays!) It's Christmas and the Breaking Mayberry crew is celebrating…
Breaking Mayberry25; Uncle Fester's Mustache Rides
Legal council Ian Roberts returns for our back-to-back legal episodes! Ian explains the history of "the pill" and its availability, Dan learns secrets about J…
Breaking Mayberry24: You Backed The Wrong Horse! Sit and Spin!
Marty and Dan sat down again with their legal expert Ian Roberts to talk about historical financial contracts and the breakdown of the post-Civil war southern…
Breaking Mayberry23: Barney's Secret Hole
Come on down to Barney's Secret Hole, a magical place special to Barney. Is it a hole that only Barney knows about, or is it a hole where Barney's secrets are…
Breaking Mayberry22: The Laws of Physics Will Not Allow You To Harm Me
Marty and Dan are back for Season 2, and we start with a very special episode about the dangers of bullying, and how Opie is impervious to pain. In S02EP01…
Breaking Mayberry21: This Movie Invented John Turturro! (Season Finale)
It's the Season 1 Finale of Breaking Mayberry, and we're closing out with our first movie episode! Going back a few years before the AG Show premiered, we're…
Breaking Mayberry20: Rock N Roll Rosie From Raleigh
It's an ACTUAL sequel, not one we screamed into existence! When Jim Lindsey, the famous guitar player from episode 2 of our podcast returns to Mayberry, Marty…
Breaking Mayberry19: Manhunt II: Fife or Death!
It's the long-awaited sequel to MANHUNT and Marty and Dan are absolutely thrilled. When an escaped criminal comes for Barney, it's a non-stop thrill ride of…
Breaking Mayberry18: Don't Trust that Information To A Drunken Child!
In this episode, we witness a scientific miracle happening in Mayberry - the miracle of birth, but without that whole pesky part of "women" being involved…
Breaking Mayberry17: Swarmed By Horny Farmhands
Marty and Dan come back to the farm for just... just a shocking amount of sexism, even by 1961 standards, holy hell. Season 1, Episode 27, "Ellie Saves A…
Breaking Mayberry16: Andy Proves That He's Daddy.
In this episode, Marty and Dan are both absolutely furious, but at different times. It's a real bad cop/also a bad cop situation. In Season 1, Episode 25, "A…
Breaking Mayberry15: A Rare Case of Terducken Polio
This week breaks Marty and Dan a little as they deal with episodes ranging from needlessly convoluted to unbelievably dull. First, in episode 23, "The New…
Breaking Mayberry14: These People Are Adults!
This episode is full of romantic antics and serial killer seduction! First, Marty and Dan take on S01EP21 "Andy and the Gentleman Crook", AKA "Silence of the…
Breaking Mayberry13: It's Christmas, Here's Two Dollars, Go Away
It's Christmas in July and the Breaking Mayberry crew is celebrating with a special guest, Joe Wade from the hit podcast Christmas Creeps!…
Breaking Mayberry12: Brainwash a Child, Andy!
We're back on the recap track with episode 18 of Season 1, "Andy the Marriage Counselor." Dan and Marty needed an adult in the room for this one, so we got…
Breaking Mayberry11: A Yard Sprinkler of Rage - What We've Learned So Far
It's the mental health episode of Breaking Mayberry! We're not actually recapping any AG episodes this time, but we thought it might be a good time at the…
Breaking Mayberry10: This Is Not At All How The Stock Market Works
Another round of Mayberry goodness and this time we have a special guest - Joseph McCarthy! (No seriously, we talk about McCarthyism and blacklisting in this…
Breaking Mayberry09: You're Lucky It's Columbus Day, Al Capone!
Okay, look, we talk about a LOT of stuff on this episode and at one point we have a complete breakdown about a line we totally missed. This time around…
Breaking Mayberry08: Your Moral Lessons Have Bankrupted The Floyd Family
It's another trek through the long cons and manipulations of Mayberry's finest with Marty and Dan taking on Season 1, Episodes 15 and 16 - "Those Gossipin'…
Breaking Mayberry07: Crazy Andy's House of Artillery!
Marty and Dan take on two more of Season 1's finest, episodes 13 "Mayberry Goes Hollywood" and 14 "The Horse Trader". First up, the glitz and glam of the…
Breaking Mayberry06: I Thought I Might Find A Riot Here!
It's another informative episode as Marta Rusek (WHYY Newsworks, Political Theater) joins Dan and Marty to talk about voter suppression, questionable…
Breaking Mayberry05: Two Hillbillies of Verona
The good news: Marty and Dan like both of these episodes! The bad news: That means things go off the rails REAL HARD. We talk about charity balls, donkey…
Breaking Mayberry04: All the Crime You Can Eat
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…
Breaking Mayberry03: Andy Causes an Amber Alert
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…
Breaking Mayberry02: Bobby Fleet and his Band With A Beat
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…
Breaking Mayberry01: MANHUNT! (Reload)
(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…