Breaking Mayberry

Hey look we brought someone on that actually knows anything about The Andy Griffith Show, it only took us six years or so.

Evan Dalton Smith, author of "Looking for Andy Griffith" out in May from UNC Press, joins the boys for a wide-ranging discussion of all things AG and the culture around it. Also about Paul Giamatti, America's finest character actor.

We cover Season 5, Episodes 31 and 32 - "Opie and the Carnival" and "Banjo-Playing Deputy."

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It's our big send-off to Don Knotts (bigger than what the Andy Griffith show did anyway) and we "celebrate" by counting down Barney Fife's biggest crimes against humanity.

Then we cover more of Don Knotts' film career, including "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and "The Reluctant Astronaut", a film which is in high contention for "most unfortunate release date timing."

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We're! (we're!) Ready! (ready!) To! (to!) Podcast!

In what is basically an extended episode of Marty's Comix Korner, Marty and Dan watch 2006's Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties.

We grapple with the existential question of "What is Garfield?", play "Garf or No Garf" and generally hope you bring lots of spaghetti. 

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We lawyer up once again with personal injury/medical malpractice attorney Christine Clarke, who shares with us the best cross-examination twist ever heard.

Marty and Dan debate which fast-casual restaurant is the best to die from, and Otis sues the county in an AG episode named... Otis Sues The County.


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Listen close because there is a VERY IMPORTANT Public Service Announcement at the beginning of this episode that you're not gonna want to miss.

Also we say good-bye to Mr. Fife (kinda), and a famous comedian shows up to do absolutely no jokes!

It's season 5, episodes 29 and 30 - "The Luck of Newton Monroe" and "Opie Flunks Arithmetic"

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The actual AG fans sometimes say you should use the Andy Griffith Show as guideposts for your day-to-day situations. Well, in this episode we imagine what that would look like and it does NOT go well for us!

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Marty flirts with meeting his double, Dan invites trouble, and a wacky misunderstanding implies that filthy casual sex was just a workplace hazard for a dairy deliveryman in the 60s. It's Season 5, Episode 27 "Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau"

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Just be chill, allright? Don't screw this up for us. Just. Be Cool.

We're just normal guys talking about ham, whale explosions, and Andy Griffith Season 5, Episode 26, "Opie's Newspaper", so just be cool about it, okay?

The opinions held and expressed by "smokin'" Steamboat Willie do not represent those of Breaking Mayberry Enterprises or of Marty and Dan. They are very bad and gross and he is a weird little mouse bastard.

It's Andy Griffith Season 5, Episodes 25 and 26 "Guest in the House" and "The Case of the Punch In The Nose"

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Okay so in the middle of recording this episode we got some big news and it's not new now but it was a week ago so just go with it.

We're covering THE BIG EPISODE, the "Andy doesn't carry a gun episode". It's a massive letdown and now we could end the whole podcast. (We won't. But we could.)

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