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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: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

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 episodes for $20. Abortion funds: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html You could also just give the money directly if you want, that is also good.

Twitter fav and GQ/Bustle sex and relationship columnist Sophia Benoit joins the boys as they discuss #justiceforthelmalou, Andy Griffith gender-swapped fancasting, and adults who don't swear. We're also treated to hot hot cheek/chin kissing action, courtesy of Season 4, Episode 30 "Barney and Thelma Lou, Pfffttt!!" Follow Sophia: https://twitter.com/1followernodad or https://www.1followernodad.com/ Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Look, I don't know what this episode title means either but I do know this THIS episode is agonizing for Marty and Dan. Turns out, there's a good reason why TV seasons aren't 32 episodes long anymore, and that's because you run out of plots REAL FAST. These episodes aren't technically reruns, but pretty darn close. Somehow, though, the Andy Griffith Show finds new ways to disappoint us. It's Andy Griffith Season 4, Epis- you know what, who cares? Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

There are many ways to learn a new language, but only one that will let you do what Marty does to Dan in this episode. We also learn the greatest nicknames of all time, and eventually we talk about the Woo Girls of the Andy Griffith Show. It's Season 4, Episode 27 "The Fun Girls" To join Toucan, go to https://jointoucan.com/ Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

It's the 100th episode of Breaking Mayberry and we brought in Joe Wade from Christmas Creeps to join us as we dive into Kickstarter-funded fan film Mayberry Man. Ever wonder what would happen if you took a Hallmark movie, removed any internal logic, and populated it with the worst cosplayers alive? No? Well sucks for you because that's what happened here. It's... it's so painful, gang. It nearly kills us. Why did we do 100 of these holy crap. Listen to Joe on Christmas Creeps: https://christmascreeps.com/ and The OST Party: https://christmascreeps.com/ Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Opie joins an MLM in this episode and so do we! Get your exclusive Breaking Mayberry NFT for the price of nothing, we're not doing that, NFTs are stupid cons. But it's tempting! Anyway, you wanna buy some Miracle Salve? Listen to Marty's guest spot on Paranoia Happy Hour: https://paranoiahappyhour.buzzsprout.com/1873883/9970409-happy-hour-fourteen-wam-bam-pow-you-re-a-comic-book-villain Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Marty and Dan tell stories about the people who live below, Barney rides a horse, Gilligan shows up, and we all learn way too much about (fake) mountain folklore. It's Season 4, Episode 25 - "Divorce, Mountain Style" Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

You know what we all hate? Saving money. It sucks, and finally someone has the guts to say it, and that someone is John Whedon. We do a deeper dive into the life of the woman who played Aunt Bee, Marty's butcher packs heat, and Dan has weird ideas about meat! It's Season 4, Episode 24 "Bargain Day". Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

This episode was recorded on December 28th. I'm telling you this because it's a VERY "this is the week between Christmas and New Years, time is meaningless we are all lost in liminality" sort of episode. In fact, we talk about The Andy Griffith Show, cumulatively, for about 18 minutes on this one. That's being generous. What do we talk about instead? Well, The Brady Bunch, MASH, Dan's Landlord's Sex Swing Accident, Herman Melville novellas, and TV Tropes. See you next year, everybody. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Podcast host, burlesque emcee, and chaos demon Adam Teterus joins us again to discuss an episode sort of about shoplifting, but mostly about offensively lazy t-shirts. Dan introduces us to the "failing to buy sparklers" challenge, Marty confesses to a crime at work, and we all spend too much time talking about one particular prop from the Andy Griffith Show Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

In this unlocked episode from the vaults of our Patreon, Patrons made us watch the furry Christmas classic with the baffling cast, Pottersville. So we called in backup in the form of Man-Thing Minute host Adam Teterus. And guess what, nerds?! We all kinda liked it. So there. Happy Holidays, everyone, see you next week. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/383110240030195/ or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

We're back for another trip to 60s TV hell, and we're taking y'all to Marty's Comix Korner! We'll also discuss Dan's midnight snacking habits and learn who the scrub in "No Scrubs" was. Also at some point we'll do Andy Griffith Show Season 04, Ep 22 "Andy's Vacation" which has a special surprise place in Breaking Mayberry lore, but we'll get to that when we get to it. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky 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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So listen, you're probably gonna want to read this before listening: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats And uhhhhhh otherwise, I think we're good. Good times. See you next episode everyone.

Welcome to our mid-season break, kinda. We're spending half the episode discussing a truly bizarre news piece about Mt. Airy, NC, and then the other half talking about an episode I've already forgotten. Also we go in hard on those punks at NPR. About time someone put them in their place. Watch the CBS News segment on Mt Airy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZme-GsKv_g Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook facebook.com/BreakingMayberry or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Dating and relationship expert Harris "Dr. Nerdlove" O'Malley stops by to watch this awful My-Fair-Lady-pastiche redeeming one of Mayberry's most unredeemable characters - Ernest T. Bass. Marty asks important questions, Harris tries to answer them, and Dan explains why the Vietnam war was a great time to be an old dirtbag. More of Dr. Nerdlove: https://www.doctornerdlove.com/ Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook facebook.com/BreakingMayberry or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Okay, yeah, we've seen enough here, John Whedon suuuuuuuuuccccckkks. And also, surprise surprise, isn't a very good writer! As in, can't write in character and can't stay consistent for an entire episode! We hate him! He's the worst! Also in this episode: Marty is comically mistaken for someone else (again), Dan explains AG's descent into authority-loving, and Sheriff Andy Taylor makes a man fully homeless for... basically no reason! This show is full of sociopaths! Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook facebook.com/BreakingMayberry or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Honestly, for a show hosted by two dudes, we really don't make that many dick jokes, right? Well, that's gonna change! But beyond the ball jokes, we're also talking about Season 04, Episode 05, "Barney's Side Car" which is one of the most ridiculously militaristic/fascist scenes ever put to television, to the point where it accidentally becomes a good abolitionist argument. Things gets wild in this one, we won't lie. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook facebook.com/BreakingMayberry or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com

Pretty sure Sheriff Andy Taylor doesn't actually even like his kid and literally doesn't care if his son knows he's alive. It's a pair of absolutely demented episodes this week, where we encounter a mine rescue that could only have gone worse if Elon Musk had been alive, and learn that Andy can be a great Dad... to other children. Also, Dan reaches out into the paranormal, Marty makes life moves, and we bring back everyone's favorite and most accessible bit - Writing Critic Batman! Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theludds SUPPORT BREAKING MAYBERRY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/breakingmayberry Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalky Follow Breaking Mayberry on Twitter: twitter.com/BreakMayberry, Facebook facebook.com/BreakingMayberry or email us at breakingmayberry@gmail.com