Tim Robinson – The Toy Department

In Episode 435, Madden and Kolsky return from an extended absence with Derek running on fumes to discuss:

Three weeks of The Challenge: Vets & New Threats (4:15) which featured lots of content but maybe not a whole lot of action…
The Chair Company on HBO (26:05) and why both of our hosts are all the way out on Tim Robinson…
Hulu’s football comedy Chad Powers (33:35) and what it looks like when a movie star is in a middling TV comedy…
Netflix’s new period drama House of Guinness (38:05) and whether it will pick up enough to draw one of our hosts in…
Mae Martin’s new Netflix thriller Wayward (43:25) and its extremely chaotic energy…
Derek’s failure (49:30) to watch One Battle After Another…
Homework for next week (51:30), including: another episode of The Challenge: Vets & New Threats, actually getting to talk about One Battle After Another, the new Naked Gun movie on Paramount+, the new Shane Black movie Play Dirty on Amazon Prime Video, the Hulu documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery (despite Kolsky’s sexism) and the Colin Hanks-directed documentary John Candy: I Like Me on Amazon Prime Video…

In Episode 165, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky waste little time with pleasantries (or unpleasantries) before covering:

Yet another return to Westeros (0:55), this time for the Battle of Winterfell, which delivered on the expectations of both hosts, leaving them perplexed at some of the negative response…
The Netflix film Someone Great (38:40) and how it is every bit as charming and enjoyable as the performance of lead actress Gina Rodriguez…
The new Lizzo album Cuz I Love You (51:25) and the promising future of a young pop artist…
The Baron Vaugh/Open Mike Eagle show The New Negroes (56:25) and how both guys were a little surprised by the format…
The sketch comedy disaster I Think You Should Leave (58:10) and Kolsky’s view that Tim Robinson represents the decay of society…
NBA Playoff talk (1:01:15) with special focus on the Warriors-Rockets battle in the Western Conference second round…
Homework for next week (1:14:30), including: the new HBO show Chernobyl, the Netflix movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile — starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy, check-ins on pod favorites like Barry, Billions and Killing Eve, another episode of Game of Thrones and EVEN MORE NBA playoff action…

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