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.

Breaking Mayberry is a tv podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 211 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Breaking Mayberry, a tv show with 211 episodes published.

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  TGIFailure 3: Marty Saves the Moon

  Sep 29, 202653 min

  Continuing our journey into TGIF's most cursed attempts at success, we move on to 1997's Teen Angel . Teen Angel is a bizarre oddity from a pair of Simpsons writers about a dead teenager who comes back to help his best friend through high school, which apparently means teaching him to date. Plus, Marty is the defender of space. Like this? Join our Patreon , reach us on Bluesky , or send us an email: breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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  TGIFailure #1: A Very Scarf-Heavy Point in Time

  Sep 2, 202656 min

  We're starting a new mini-series! TGIFailure explores the terrible shows that ABC tried to make into hits throughout the 80s and 90s by shoving them into their mildly successful TGIF block! First up, You Wish - an incredibly annoying attempt to ape that Sabrina-the-Teenage-Witch magic, but with a guy that will make you scream and beg for Pauly Shore. Watch all of You Wish and read its backstory on Archive.org Like this? Join our Patreon , reach us on Bluesky , or send us an email: breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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  Mad About Mad About You 7: There's Always a Burkis

  Aug 20, 20261h 33m

  We close out our Mad About Mad About You miniseries with a look at the four- (four!) episodes that make up Mad about You's first series finale - until NBC changed their mind and brought it back with a baby. Continuing its streak of not caring about tv "rules", Mad About You brings everything to a big crash and we are along for the ride, stressed-out and angry! Like this? Join our Patreon , reach us on Bluesky , or send us an email: breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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  GOON ROYALE EPISODE 3: Put the Bunny in the Basket (w/ Charlie Nash)

  Aug 13, 20262h 41m

  Today we're covering Hard Boiled, Con Air, Bad Boys 2, and The Fifth Element . Episode contains spoilers.We're joined by our dear friend Charlie Nash ( Almost Major Podcast ) to enjoy this assortment of psychos and dirtbags. In the land of badasses and bad cops, who makes better target practice? Oh also just a heads up, we kinda forgot how evil Bad Boys 2 is so maybe give that Wikipedia a quick skim before you watch. Like this? Join our Patreon , reach us on Bluesky , or send us an email: breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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  GOON ROYALE EPISODE 2: He's Just A Little Guy! (w/ Jeff Stormer)

  Aug 6, 20262h 29m

  It's another episode of our action movie tournament GOON ROYALE. The great Jeff Stormer (Party of One) joins us to cover Robocop, You're Next, Sinners, and Road House. Can the scrappy You're Next upset the juggernaut Boddicker Gang? Will the haunting vampires of Sinners overcome the lumpy dipshits of Road House? Listen to find out. Want to know what happens next? We’re four full episodes ahead over at https://www.patreon.com/c/breakingmayberry

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