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The Toy Department – Episode 150

  By toyAdmin | January 9, 2019 - 11:33 am | Uncategorized
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In Episode 150, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky cruise past a hiccup — or, more accurately, a giggle-cough — at the start to cover:

  • The Lifetime docu-series Surviving R. Kelly (1:45), which Madden watched and about which he gives an impassioned address to both Kolsky and the audience…
  • Top Chef’s Restaurant Wars episodes (13:15) and how the show continues to be wildly entertaining, the peak of reality television…
  • A wrap-up of Escape At Dannemora (30:20) and whether it has enough to it to be a really good show…
  • The award-winning film The Favourite (38:35) and the guys’ mildly differing opinions on how well it pulls off a satirical look at England of old…
  • Some quick thoughts on the Golden Globes (47:45) and their predictably bizarre results…
  • A check-in on the NFL playoffs (53:35) after a Wild Card weekend that left Kolsky near tears, a look forward to the Divisional Round and some thoughts on team-building…
  • Homework for next week (1:18:40), including: watching more NFL Playoffs, the return of You’re the Worst on FX, season two of Friends from College on Netflix and season three of True Detective on HBO…

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The Toy Department – Episode 111

  By toyAdmin | March 20, 2018 - 1:59 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 111, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are feeling healthy and fresh as they leap into:

  • The NCAA Tournament (0:50) and whether March Madness is losing its luster…
  • AMC’s new show McMafia (13:30) and all the ways it fails to impress…
  • The Lifetime show UnREAL (16:50) and its success as a prime time soap opera and satire piece…
  • The new limited series Collateral (34:20), which is available on Netflix and potentially not worth the hype it has received, though there are things to like about it…
  • The season finale of Showtime’s The Chi (40:10) and how it represents a step up in show quality for the network and stands out as a great season of television…
  • A wrap-up discussion on Netflix’s Love (46:25), which just dropped its final season, and is a truly excellent show…
  • Homework for next week (50:10), including: the upcoming Bill Heder-starring HBO show Barry, the return of Silicon Valley, some more episodes of Sneaky Pete and Atlanta, and the new Duplass-brothers-produced documentary Wild Wild Country on Netflix, with perhaps some Billions coming down the road…

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