The Toy Department – Episode 207

In Episode 207, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky discuss their personal COVID-19 ordeals before getting into:

Week 3 of Bravo’s Top Chef (7:55) and all the intrigue therein…
The premiere of The Challenge: Total Madness (29:25) and who’s back for what looks to be a wild and twisty season…
Netflix’s documentary sensation Tiger King (52:40) and how everyone on the show is awful and awfully bizarre…
A few thoughts on Netflix’s Ozark (1:04:10) and a promise to get deeper into it next week when both guys have finished Season 3…
A review of the new Pearl Jam record Gigaton (1:06:50) and how it manages to feel both topical and like a classic Pearl Jam album…
Last week’s somber episode of Last Week Tonight on HBO (1:12:15) and what political comedy shows are doing in this strange time…
Homework for next week (1:19:10), including: new episodes of Top Chef & The Challenge, the end of Ozark Season 3, the HBO Sports documentaries The Scheme and Screwball, the film The End of the Tour (available on Netflix) and the old Showtime movie Sucker Free City (rentable on Amazon and viewable on YouTube)…