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The Toy Department – Episode 277

  By toyAdmin | October 14, 2021 - 12:10 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 277, Madden and Kolsky are anxious to get to the Challenge, so get right down to business with…

  • Dave Chappelle’s controversial new Netflix stand-up special The Closer (1:45) and how it’s all mostly just disappointing and a little frustrating…
  • The Netflix sensation that’s sweeping the nation, Squid Game (11:00) and how it’s clearly compelling but perhaps not ESPECIALLY good…
  • A tremendous episode of The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies (19:05) and all the ways the game has changed heading into the season’s second half…
  • Homework for next Thursday (56:05), including: more of The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies, plus the return of Succession on HBO, a new Velvet Underground documentary from Todd Haynes on Apple TV+, the new film Queenpins on Paramount+ AND the MLB Playoffs AND AND the start of the NBA season…

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 18 AND Episode 3 of The Challenge All-Stars!!!

  By toyAdmin | April 15, 2021 - 9:09 pm | Uncategorized
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The Challenge: Double Agents final has begun, and it was action-packed in its first day!! There are new versions of old challenges, a dramatic injury, a gigantic wimp and of course some off-field drama, and Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are here to break it all down, with an eye forwards towards next week’s sure-to-be-thrilling conclusion… PLUS, it’s Week 3 of The Challenge All-Stars and the old folks are getting after it… AND an exciting lizard/reptile tangent that you don’t yet know you need… It’s all right here at The Toy Department podcast!!!

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 17 AND Episode 2 of The Challenge All-Stars!!!

  By toyAdmin | April 8, 2021 - 11:20 pm | Uncategorized
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Another two-Challenge week, and Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are here to break down all the action and intrigue… A tremendous episode of The Challenge: Double Agents produced an epic week for Kyle and a pathetic week for Fessy, despite their ultimate fates. We’ve got at least one challenger who needs remedial math classes and another in need of an orthopedist… Meanwhile on All-Stars, the competition is at a lower level but the drama remains at a high with Trishelle’s antics and Beth’s insistence on using the word “tenderoni.” It’s a big bundle of wonderful, and there’s no better place to hear about it!!!

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 16 AND the debut of The Challenge All-Stars!!!

  By toyAdmin | April 1, 2021 - 11:17 pm | Uncategorized
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The twists and turns of The Challenge Double Agents Episode 16 have Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky in knots over all the permutations of potential elimination decisions as they dive deep into the strategy of this season’s endgame… Then it’s a BRAND NEW SEASON as The Challenge All-Stars debuts on Paramount+, and it should be a doozy (even if “All-Stars” is pushing it a little bit).

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 15

  By toyAdmin | March 25, 2021 - 11:50 am | Uncategorized
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Episode 15 of The Challenge: Double Agents was a DOOZY, and Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky break down all the drama of a thrilling daily challenge and a heartbreaking elimination… Some great Burn of the Week candidates, tremendous in-game analysis by Nany and a clear power dynamic setting us up for at least one more elimination before the final. NOT TO MENTION, we are only a week away from the debut of The Challenge All Stars/OGs on Paramount Plus… It’s an EXCITING TIME for Challenge-heads!!

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 14

  By toyAdmin | March 18, 2021 - 10:15 am | Uncategorized
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The 14th episode of The Challenge: Double Agents is 90 minutes of solid, if unspectacular, fun — so Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are here to cover all the intrigue!! TJ is being cagey, so the guys wonder how much longer this season will run, and briefly get into the coming premiere of The Challenge: All Stars, featuring Mark Long’s biceps… Also thoughts on the way teams are breaking out for the final stretch, and OF COURSE an MVP and Burn of the Week!!

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The Toy Department – The Challenge – Episode 10

  By toyAdmin | February 18, 2021 - 10:56 am | Uncategorized
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Not the season’s best episode, but this IS the best coverage of The Challenge: Double Agents on the internet!! Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky get into some awful political misplays and miserable decision-making from the latest episode… with an attempt to crown an MVP and some CT fire in Burn of the Week. Plus — what’s the coming security breach and who’s the dream elimination matchup for next week??

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 7

  By toyAdmin | January 29, 2021 - 9:39 am | Uncategorized
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The guys are back (just ONE day late) to get into an action-packed, twisty and turny episode of The Challenge: Double Agents… Lots of thoughts on Toxic T and what her actions did to her partner Jay, Killa Kam and her excellent merch and the awesome elimination performance of Leroy, among MANY other things…

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 6

  By toyAdmin | January 21, 2021 - 9:15 am | Uncategorized
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Another exciting week of The Challenge: Double Agents is in the books, and Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky return to talk about Teresa’s tricks, Lolo’s lunacy and yet ANOTHER cast member departure-without-elimination, a suddenly common occurrence… That and MUCH MORE on this week’s Challenge coverage!!!

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The Toy Department – The Challenge 36 – Episode 4

  By toyAdmin | January 7, 2021 - 11:31 am | Uncategorized
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The Challenge is back, and so are Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky with the best coverage on the internet — messy Josh calls the game messy and makes an enemy of Fessy, and much, MUCH more (though that is the only rhyme). Make sure you stay tuned for the HOT pod outtakes at the end 🙂

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