The Toy Department – Episode 184 (a mini)

In Episode 184, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are on the clock for a quickie so they dive right into:

  • The first network TV show of the week, as The Good Place (2:40) returns for it’s fourth and final season…
  • Network TV show 2 — Stumptown (8:30) starring the charismatic and convincing Cobie Smulders…
  • Wrapping up network TV with Mixed-ish (16:50), a thoughtful comedy about race in America…
  • The new film Hustlers (23:20) and how it does a phenomenal job of exactly what it sets out to do (and also DAAAAAAMN J-Lo!!)…
  • Homework for next week (30:35), including: Netflix’s Sacha Baron-Cohen drama The Spy (seriously, we’re really gonna watch it this time), the new season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the return of Big Mouth on Netflix, the new Diego Maradona documentary on HBO, plus the show The Politician and the Between Two Ferns movie (both on Netflix)…

The Toy Department – Episode 78

In Episode 78, Matt Kolsky’s smoothie leads to a brief diet digression from Derek Madden before they dive into more interesting and relevant discussions of:

  • The self-inflicted death of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington (5:00)…
  • The Season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones (12:35) and the general absurdity of the whiny complaints about it…
  • The new Netflix show Friends from College (29:10) and the strangely negative reaction from critics to what seems to be a very lovable show…
  • Hot dogs (39:40) — what goes on them, what they’re for, etc…
  • Kolsky’s inability to not become a weepy mess (45:00) during heartstring-tugging entertainment…
  • Homework for next week (49:25): including next week’s Game of Thrones episode and the rapper cupcakKe… plus whatever the guys tweet about during the week 🙂

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