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The Toy Department – Episode 346

  By toyAdmin | May 25, 2023 - 11:24 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 346, Madden and Kolsky convene early for a late-night-Thursday episode, giving you the goods on:

  • The final London week of Top Chef: World All-Stars (1:25), a microwaved sponge cake, tricks of the eye and what to look for in the upcoming trip to Paris…
  • Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s new movie Air (17:55) and how it manages to create tension, suspense and drama out of a true story that everyone knows the ending of…
  • Hulu’s Jack Harlow-starring White Men Can’t Jump (24:55), watchable mediocrity and the remake-obsessed world we are all living in…
  • The Shea Serrano-penned series Primo (30:10) and the delight of a family comedy written with love…
  • A few NBA playoff thoughts as we sit on the doorstep of the Finals (34:55), whether the Heat can finish off the Celtics and whether either of them have a shot against the Nuggets…
  • Homework for next week (43:15), including: the series finale of Succession, the new Apple TV+ shows Platonic and High Desert and the HBO movie Reality… PLUS the first episode of the Paris Portion of Top Chef Season 20 (World All-Stars) on Bravo…

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The Toy Department – Episode 304

  By toyAdmin | June 17, 2022 - 12:09 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 304, Madden and Kolsky begin with a Toy Department pod tradition, breaking off into a sports topic for an insanely long time, as they get into:

  • The Warriors’ latest NBA Championship (1:00), wherein Derek allows Kolsky to do 30 minutes of the show he would have done today if he was still on the radio…
  • HBO Max’s new show Irma Vep (33:15) and how it isn’t exactly bad but also isn’t particularly interesting or exciting, despite the great work of Alicia Vikander…
  • The new Netflix teen/high school dramedy Metal Lords (38:55) and how much both hosts loved it…
  • The widely acclaimed film Everything Everywhere All At Once (44:00) and how our hosts had EXTREMELY different experiences watching it…
  • The latest from The Challenge: All-Stars 3 (54:10) as we start to careen towards the final, and how the players’ various strategies are panning out…
  • Homework for next Friday (1:14:45), including: more of The Challenge: All-Stars 3, Derek will actually watch (and we will discuss) the new Netflix comedy God’s Favorite Idiot, two FX shows — the spy drama The Old Man (starring Jeff Bridges) and the restaurant comedy The Bear, plus the Apple TV+ show Slow Horses…

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