Breaking Mayberry

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.

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What do you do when your TV show isn't connecting reaching the youth? You gotta bring out the BIG GUNS, the one man who gets it, the coolest guy on the planet, every kid's favorite... Jerrrrrryyyy Vaaaannnn Dyyykkkeee

We're chugging along on the TGIFailure train with another dash of genie work, more You Wish.

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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

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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!

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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.

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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

Mackenna Goodrich from the podcast Informed Attraction comes by to talk about Richard Kind, Star Wars porn parodies, and the only sitcom brave enough to ask "what if a Republican married a slightly different Republican?"

We're talking about Mad About You Season 4, Episode 17, "The Glue People"

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We're back! With some more Mad About You! In Season 2, Episode 20 "The Last Scampi", Paul and Jamie's families feud over mid-tier Italian. In our studio we debate proper baseball sportsmanship, define phone etiquette, and make Marty realize he's made a huge mistake with his sister's wedding!

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What if the biggest problem with Dracula wasn't the whole sucking-blood thing, but really just that he's kind of a dick? That's the question we explore in this unlocked former-Patreon exclusive. Marty and Dan redisocer the lost anime Dracula:Soverign of the Damned - a technically-Marvel movie where Dracua takes Satan's girlfriend.

No, I don't mean they have an affair, he just kinda takes her. Not like kidnapping per se but like... okay just listen to the episode.

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New Mini-Series Alert!

Welcome to Goon Royale, a tournament where we'll answer the incredibly dumb question: which movie has the best goon deaths? For the full bracket and list of films, click here.

Our first matchups are: 
Kill Bill Vol 1 vs. Shogun Assassin
Tombstone vs. 13 Assassins

SPOILER ALERTS for all movies

Will the shogun's ninja pull off an upset against the Crazy 88? Does Johnny Ringo count as a goon? Will this whole thing drive Dan insane? Listen to find out.

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