The Toy Department – Episode 226

In Episode 226, Madden and Kolsky briefly get into the misery of the outside world before entering the toy department of life to discuss:

The new Netflix cartoon Hoops (3:50) and how absolutely awful it is…
The HBO Max reality dating series Singletown (9:20), which went over far better with one host than with the other…
The Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai (19:10) and what a good job the creators and writers have done with the source material…
The Amazon movie Get Duked (28:50) and how much fun it was to traipse through the Scottish Highlands with some weird teens…
A check-in on HBO’s Lovecraft Country (35:50) as the guys try to pin down exactly what is going on there…
The NBA Playoffs (42:30), with some thoughts on the Rockets’ Game 7 win and their prospects against the Lakers, the potential Celtics/Heat matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals, and a little bit of NBA draft chatter…
Homework for next week (1:12:20), including: the return of The Boys on Amazon, the new Netflix series Away (about a Mars mission), the new Charlie Kaufman movie I’m Thinking of Ending Things (also on Netflix), and LOTS MORE NBA Playoff action… plus the new Bill and Ted movie, which the hosts forgot to mention…
A few quick thoughts on baseball (1:15:20), especially the White Sox and Braves, both of whom are very exciting…