Andre Benjamin – The Toy Department

In Episode 211, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky literally discuss the weather and their pets before navigating through:

This week’s episode of Top Chef (2:20) and Leanne’s impressive cockroach impersonation…
This week’s episode of The Challenge: Total Madness (15:05) and the incredible level of danger this season’s challengers are facing…
Episodes 3 & 4 of the Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance (31:25) and the Bulls’ epic battles with Detroit…
The season finale of Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere (47:10) and what to take away from a bizarre adventure…
Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix creation Never Have I Ever (54:10) and whether it distinguishes itself in a crowded landscape of high school-based entertainment…
A very special quarantine episode of Parks & Recreation (57:30) and how much fun it is to hang with the characters we love so much…
The HBO movie Bad Education (1:01:15) and whether good performances can elevate a story without a lot to like…
Homework for next week (1:06:45), including: new episodes of Top Chef & The Challenge, two more episodes of The Last Dance, Hulu’s new show Normal People, HBO’s new skater show Betty, and Upload on Amazon Prime, plus the return of Billions on Showtime…

In Episode 206, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are still surviving somehow, and find time to discuss:

This week’s episode of Top Chef (4:20) and its great Jonathan Gold-inspired LA food tour…
The new Hulu movie Big Time Adolescence (19:45) and how it turned out to be strangely moving…
AMC’s Dispatches From Elsewhere (24:30) and how its madcap plot and general insanity don’t hinder its charm…
AMC’s Better Call Saul (33:05) and the near-fever pitch it has reached as it builds towards a final season…
The new Amazon film Blow the Man Down (39:15) and the guys’ differing views on its enjoyability…
The old FX show Terriers (42:50) and how it makes a great binge during our time of quarantine…
Homework for next week (47:15), including: another episode of Top Chef, Tiger King on Netflix, the return of Netflix’s Ozark, the new season of The Challenge, the new Pearl Jam record Gigaton and a check-in with political comedy shows Last Week Tonight and Patriot Act, which should be very interesting given where we’re at as a world…

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