Breaking Mayberry

@breakingmayberry.bsky.social

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A podcast about the best and worst of baby boomer TV, hosted by @SchneidRemarks.bsky.social and @lokrobster.bsky.social. Posts usually by Marty. https://pod.link/BreakingMayberry

A still from the movie Pleasantville featuring actor Danny Strong, who bears a resemblance to Denny Carter
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"
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.
A scam email saying that Breaking Mayberry may be recipients of "a sizable portion of the late Craig Mayberry's estate."
David Dylan Thomas stands in front of me a table at a bar, posing in the middle of a good point.
The cover of the video game "Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion"
A black and white still from Bewitched, featuring a man in a hospital acting as if he's just delivered a baby
A screen of the TV show Bewitched featuring a chimp wearing a little bathrobe!
A headline from Philadelphia Magazine's IG which reads "Philly Podcasts Make Time Magazines 100 Best Podcasts of All Time List"
A picture of the character Kurt from Glee doing the "L" hand symbol that they did for their logo but now the Judge Dredd helmet has been superimposed on him like we normally do with Barney Fife on the Breaking Mayberry logo.
An image of the multi-colored bicycle/helicopter ride that used to be at Chuck E. Cheese through the 90s and early 00s.
A hand doing the "L" loser symbol.
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.
A promotional photo for IT'S A LIVING, featuring a group of waitresses in the most 80s hairstyles you can imagine.
The two old guys from the muppets and they're making fun of Andy Griffith
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.
The DVD cover of GUS, featuring Don Knotts yelling at a donkey wearing a football helmet.
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.
The DVD cover of The Incredible Mr Limpett, featuring Don Knotts talking to a cartoon version of himself.
Don Knotts making a Don Knotts face.
A terrifying panel of a characature of Battery Did speaking Spanish