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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

NEW EPISODE: Still on the TGIFailure train, we're talking about ABC's failed attempt to reboot Teen Angel for a cool male audience by introducing... Jerry Van Dyke, master of soup. LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET PODS: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The newest episode of GOON ROYALE talks about THE RAID, DREDD, and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. However, special guest @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social would prefer we just spend the time getting really technical about word definitions. Listen where you get pods: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Topanga, if you're listening, call me, girl. New episode of Breaking Mayberry on all podcast platforms: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey you know what, we don't need any more science fair volcano tv episodes. We have moved past the need for science fair volcano tv episodes as a society. New episode of our TGIFailure series out wherever you get podcasts: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

GUEST SPOT: We were on @informedattraction.bsky.social to answer the eternal question: What fictional parents would you most want to swing with? Three of these answers are normal and understandable. The fourth is not a thing you can predict. Listen where you get pods: pod.link/1809606618/e...

Rob and Laura Petrie from the Dick Van Dyke Show

A mysterious alley with a threatening question mark

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In the 90s, a little smudge of dirt and a backwards baseball cap could put in a lot of WORK. Listen to the episode wherever you get pods: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just saw a car with a fake license plate that was supposed to say "TGIF THANK GOD I'M FEMALE" but it had three different fonts and the "thank God" part was really tiny so it basically just said "TGIF I'M FEMALE" Anyway our upcoming miniseries is also about TGIF so that's a good way to announce it.

The podcast art for TGIFailure featuring a teenage angel, an alien squid thing and a curly haired guy whose vibe is just heinous.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Two things were easier in the 90s: Cheating on your spouse and writing sitcom plots. We're not saying this was a good thing, we're just saying it was true. New episode of breaking mayberry wrapping up our Mad About You miniseries available on all platforms: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

THIS EPISODE OF GOON ROYALE. MATCHUP ONE: The alien lackeys of THE FIFTH ELEMENT face off against the... Cuban army and the KKK of BAD BOYS II. okay look sometimes brackets do weird things, seeding is hard LISTEN WHERE YOU GET PODS pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Rules are different when it comes to Alan Ruck....

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

ALSO THIS EPISODE OF GOON ROYALE: Comparing flunkies, goons, henchmen and their best goon deaths. MATCHUP 2: SINNERS (2025) vs ROAD HOUSE (1989), a matchup that really only makes sense in this specific context we swear! Listen up! pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

THIS EPISODE OF GOON ROYALE: Which movie has the best goons, henchmen, flunkies AND the best goon deaths? MATCHUP 1: ROBOCOP (1987) vs YOU'RE NEXT (2011). Listen up: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And an update on where the tournament bracket currently stands after Episode One, but before this episode: (Missed Episode One? Go back and listen!) pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

*frantic searching face* "hey guys that's a weiner" New episode of Breaking Mayberry up wherever you get podcasts: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Our newest episode features the return of Marty's Comix Korner, where Marty regales Dan and special guest @macknaw.bsky.social with stories of Newspaper Spider-Man and his friends in high places. cc: @jfruh.bsky.social Listen where you get pods: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

More sitcom bickering should be played out in a turn-based fashion. Listen to the new episode of Breaking Mayberry wherever you get podcasts: pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Mad About You cares not for your human notions of "plot cohesion" and "conclusions". It is Mad About You. It is not called "Normal About You." New episode of our Mad About You miniseries is now out on all podcast platforms. pod.link/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

TOMORROW! We're partnering up with @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social for a special LIVE PODCAST where we'll be playing an original RPG called "Characters Welcome!" Saturday, June 11th at 6:00 PM at Unity Java - Umbria in Manayunk, 5001 Umbria Street!

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We tried to get @dennycarter.bsky.social on this episode but things didn't work out, despite the fact that he's apparently IN THE MOVIE, DENNY.

A still from the movie Pleasantville featuring actor Danny Strong, who bears a resemblance to Denny Carter

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Dan's asleep, post cover art of the new mini-series launching this week

Podcast hosts Marty and Dan, in high-contrast black and white, making exaggerated faces while a blue box floats above them reading "Mad About Mad About You", see it looks like the title sequence of the old show "Mad About You"

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Look we all know Father John Misty would be the worst dinner guest but that's not the point, the point is what the hell did Dan mean by that? He explains in our new episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Ringo Starr has had it too good for too long. Help us keep beating the Beatle and his imaginary podcast by listening to Breaking Mayberry every single day.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Reading this fun coverage and what the hell do you mean the #1 TV show among teens is ABC's THE ROOKIE?

Despite the conventional wisdom that folks under 40 have abandoned network TV shows, Rookie has been on something of a tear in recent seasons thanks in no small part to a surge of younger eyeballs.

Per Nielsen, it was the number one linear TV show among teens in 2025, and overall, the series was the No. 10 most-consumed library show in all of U.S. streaming last year, racking up more than 22 billion minutes of viewing, despite having far fewer overall episodes than top 10 staples such as Law & Order or NCIS.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Sharing what @defunctland.bsky.social discovered about the Capital One Bank Guy ads, and asking the hard question: What do you do with the information that gay online men love Capital One, apparently? New episode wherever you get pods: podlink.com/BreakingMayb...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You don't get to be "America's Mom" just because Alan Cummings said so! He's not even American!

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Oh shit we can cancel the Patreon now

A scam email saying that Breaking Mayberry may be recipients of "a sizable portion of the late Craig Mayberry's estate."

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Hmmm not sure I love this direction for the franchise.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Friend of the show @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social gave a talk about the history of Black Horror last night before a special showing of his short film WHITE MEAT: APPETIZER. Keep following and supporting the progress of the movie at whitemeatmovie.com!

David Dylan Thomas stands in front of me a table at a bar, posing in the middle of a good point.

Dave is now talking about Candyman (2021)

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

And the crossover concludes over on @80stvladies.bsky.social where we cover the mpreg episode of Bewitched, yes that's a thing that exists! www.80stvladies.com/episode/bonu...

A black and white still from Bewitched, featuring a man in a hospital acting as if he's just delivered a baby

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

A very special, very Bewitching crossover with @80stvladies.bsky.social begins here! We meet Susan and Sharon who teach us about barbaric medieval women's health practices of the... 1960s? That can't be right... No okay that's right. Oh and we talk about a chimp, too! pod.link/BreakingMayb...

A screen of the TV show Bewitched featuring a chimp wearing a little bathrobe!

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Congratulations to Breaking Mayberry who I assume have to be on the list, of course, I dunno, I didn't read it.

A headline from Philadelphia Magazine's IG which reads "Philly Podcasts Make Time Magazines 100 Best Podcasts of All Time List"

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

No one guessed right which is not a great sign for the staying power of the subject of our newest mini-series:

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

There is this documentary, which honestly just raises more questions

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Getting ejected from the Chuck E. Cheese arcade after slamming four Chuck-a-Ritas and throwing up on the Ely Pitagorico ride. (thankyou @defunctland.bsky.social)

An image of the multi-colored bicycle/helicopter ride that used to be at Chuck E. Cheese through the 90s and early 00s.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

If you were a member of the Breaking Mayberry Patreon, you would have a new regular episode AND a bonus episode dropping today, and your weekend would rule. But if you're not, you don't have them and your weekend will probably suck. Make your weekend not suck. www.patreon.com/c/breakingma...

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

After the next episode, we're taking a break from Andy Griffith and focusing on something a bit more modern... wanna guess? Here's a hint:

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Big news coming straight to our email, we can bid to own a genuine Don Knotts costume, bidding only starts at $180,000. That's only 22,500 Patreon subscriptions!

The header of an email that came to the Breaking Mayberry email account from an auction house. Reads:

For Immediate Release
Contact: Sam Heller

P.R. Director - Nate D. Sanders Auctions, Los Angeles
+1 310 927 6273 |
sam@samhellercommunications.com

The Andy Griffith Show'' Screen-Used Costume Worn by Don Knotts as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife to be Auctioned
LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2025- An iconic piece of television history is hitting the auction block: the complete screen-used costume worn by Don Knotts as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show." This remarkable ensemble will be offered by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on May 29, 2025.

Pictures of the costume, including sherrif's uniform, hat, tie, and two badges.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Extremely normal stuff from the Mayberry wiki as always

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We've hit a big milestone, Breaking Mayberry's at 150 episodes and to celebrate we brough back Dan's brother Max for a further deep dive into forgotten 80's Ladies Sitcom IT'S A LIVING, exposure to which mat have fried the memory portion of Marty's brain. Give a listen! pod.link/BreakingMayb...

A promotional photo for IT'S A LIVING, featuring a group of waitresses in the most 80s hairstyles you can imagine.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Reading the replies to Gail Simone's "biggest sex machine in Mayberry" thread:

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Another extremely helpful tidbit from the ultra-reliable Mayberry wiki:

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Game time: who do you think @petersagal.bsky.social is describing as "Naybors-esque" here?

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

THE LOVE GOD? (1969): WHAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT: The People Vs Larry Flynt, but with Don Knotts. WHAT IT IS ABOUT: So it is that for the first half but then it's about Don pretending to be Hugh Hefner, then a love triangle with a mobster and then telling America he's a virgin, this movie has A LOT.

The poster of The Love God featuring a cartoon of Don Knotts looking fly as hell, surrounded by hot pin-up girls that your grandma was very jealous of.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT (1967) WHAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT: Don Knotts does Don Knotts stuff... IN SPACE. WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT: okay so they actually do eventually send Don to space in this one but it takes SO LONG and mostly it's about lying to your dad about your job.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

GUS (1976): WHAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT: Don Knotts yelling "There's nothing in the rules that say a donkey can't play football." WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT: Yugoslavian-American relations, NFL franchise management, Don Knotts is not actually in this movie.

The DVD cover of GUS, featuring Don Knotts yelling at a donkey wearing a football helmet.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

THE GHOST AND MR CHICKEN (1966): WHAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT: Don Knotts bumbles around a haunted house for 80 minutes, making funny faces and falling down. WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT: Ethics in paranormal journalism. Also, picnics.

Don Knotts holding a flashlight in a dusty old house, he's wearing a wide collar shirt and brown suit jacket. This made your grandma horny as fuck.

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Breaking Mayberry @breakingmayberry.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

THE INCREDIBLE MR LIMPETT (1964) WHAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT: What if Captain America was a fish? Carp-tain America? WHAT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT: Military titles, paperwork, life insurance spousal benefits, does it count as cheating if we're both cartoon fish?

The DVD cover of The Incredible Mr Limpett, featuring Don Knotts talking to a cartoon version of himself.

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