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The Toy Department – Episode 381

  By toyAdmin | March 14, 2024 - 11:08 am | Uncategorized
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In Episode 381, Madden and Kolsky mention their upcoming international break before diving right into:

  • The 2024 Oscars (2:15) and the sweeping dominance of Oppenheimer and Poor Things…
  • HBO’s new Sunday night centerpiece The Regime (14:50) and Kate Winslet’s performance as a dictatorial chancellor in a show that’s difficult to place within a genre…
  • The very Peter Farrelly flick Ricky Stanicky (21:55) and whether it has enough behind the dumb laughs to make it worthwhile…
  • Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen (26:30) and whether his particular style is well-suited for a streaming series…
  • Derek has a few sporty things for Kolsky (29:50) ranging from Women’s Super League soccer to the changing college basketball landscape…
  • Homework for April 4 (43:25), including: the first couple episodes of this season of Top Chef (in Wisconsin), the movie BlackBerry (available on Hulu), the new Apple TV+ show Palm Royale, the Netflix show 3 Body Problem and the Roadhouse remake with Jake Gyllenhaal…

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The Toy Department – Episode 380

  By toyAdmin | March 7, 2024 - 11:12 am | Uncategorized
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In Episode 380, Madden and Kolsky discuss the big house-dad day at the Kolsky home and Matt’s various dad behaviors before locking in to cover:

  • The second and final episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion reunion (4:00) and a wrap-up on a less-than-thrilling season of the pod’s favorite competition show…
  • The Zone of Interest (31:15) which Kolsky couldn’t bring himself to watch and Madden didn’t particularly enjoy…
  • The bizarre and oversexed Poor Things (40:30) and our hosts very different views on a very weird movie…
  • The new Hulu/FX adaptation of Shogun (1:03:00) and how it won over a skeptical and reluctant Derek Madden…
  • Apple TV+’s new comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (1:06:50) and the varying mileage of incredibly stupid jokes…
  • Homework for next week (1:11:45), including: the Oscars broadcast, HBO’s new Kate Winslet-starring miniseries The Regime, Netflix’s new Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen, Amazon’s new British thriller-comedy Dead Hot and the Peter Farrelly movie Ricky Stanicky…

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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 10

  By toyAdmin | February 11, 2016 - 1:50 am | Uncategorized
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In Episode 10, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky start with a quick post-Super Bowl debrief – did Kolsky survive? How did his dumplings turn out? (that’s a literal question) Then it’s the Great Coldplay Debate (9:00) as the gentlemen stake out their positions and duke it out. After probably too much of that (though not as much as existed on the original recording) the topic shifts to movie talk with a breakdown of the Oscar-nominated Spotlight (33:50), followed by a brief discussion of the Grammy’s and other assorted music stuff (42:00). Finally, a strong close where a purported tease to next week turns into a short conversation about JJ Redick’s new podcast (46:30).

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