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The Toy Department – Episode 409

  By toyAdmin | January 2, 2025 - 12:53 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 409, Madden and Kolsky have a quick post-holiday catch-up before diving right into:

  • An underwhelming Part 1 of TJ’s Final on The Challenge: Battle of the Eras (3:00) and how our hosts agree with Kyland’s take on the overwhelming amount of swimming…
  • The latest in the Taylor Sheridan universe — Landman (16:20) and how Sheridan continues to defy all reason with his level of productivity, plus some tremendous acting from Billy Bob Thornton and company…
  • Netflix’s delightful spy thriller Black Doves (26:05) and the joy of a nicely packaged, easily completed and wildly enjoyable piece of television…
  • The new show No Good Deed (29:50), also on Netflix, and whether it’s doing too much or having the right amount of fun…
  • Hulu’s Interior Chinatown (35:00), a totally original take on well-trodden TV territory, and the brilliance of Ronny Chieng…
  • Homework for next week (44:15), including: the conclusion of TJ’s Final on The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, the Netflix movie Carry-On, the Oscar hopeful Emilia Perez (also on Netflix) and the Jason Reitman film Saturday Night, about the lead-up to the first airing of Saturday Night Live…

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The Toy Department – Episode 213

  By toyAdmin | May 14, 2020 - 11:22 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 213, Madden and Kolsky waste little time before jumping into:

  • This week’s episode of Top Chef (1:40) and Kolsky’s triumph as his nemesis is finally eliminated…
  • The latest two episodes of The Last Dance (14:25) and Madden’s distaste for Michael Jordan the person…
  • This week’s episode of The Challenge: Total Madness (37:35) and the dangers of underestimating the Barbie Beast…
  • Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix special 23 Hours to Kill (50:30) and how it fails to reach Seinfeldian heights…
  • HBO’s new Mark Ruffalo vehicle I Know This Much is True (52:20) and the concept of bad-time tv during a pandemic…
  • The second season of Netflix’s Dead to Me (58:20) and just how enjoyable the two lead actresses are…
  • The end of IFC’s Brockmire (1:02:00), a show everyone should go watch IMMEDIATELY, and the fate of real baseball…
  • Homework for TWO weeks from now (1:14:25), including: Hulu’s new Catherine the Great show The Great, TNT’s Snowpiercer, new comedy specials from Patton Oswalt and Hannah Gadsby, and season 2 of Homecoming on Amazon Prime…

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The Toy Department – Episode 166

  By toyAdmin | May 8, 2019 - 12:48 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 166, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky discuss the advantages of listening to podcasts at 1.5x speed before honing in on:

  • The third-to-last episode of Game of Thrones (4:40) and how its many critics are our surest sign of social decay…
  • The Netflix film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (32:05) and how its treatment of the Ted Bundy story makes for an odd and ultimately unsuccessful ride…
  • The new Netflix show Dead to Me (37:55) and how the charm of its lead actresses and some pitch perfect camp make it an extremely enjoyable experience…
  • A check-in on three show favorites: Billions on Showtime (42:05), Barry on HBO (49:00), and AMC/BBC America’s Killing Eve (55:05)…
  • A few thoughts on the NBA Playoffs (59:00), specifically the Warriors-Rockets series…
  • Homework for next week (1:03:50), including: HBO’s Chernobyl, the return of Sneaky Pete on Amazon, the return of Easy on Netflix, another episode of Game of Thrones and LOTS MORE NBA playoff action…

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