{"id":102,"date":"2016-09-15T22:47:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T22:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=102"},"modified":"2016-09-15T22:47:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T22:47:48","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 39, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky return just a day late thanks to scheduling conflicts and bring you discussion of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their collective disappointment with USA&#8217;s Mr. Robot (1:15) and its\u00a0apparent disinterest in moving the plot along&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The start of the NFL season, from Terrell Suggs&#8217; amazing appearance on HBO&#8217;s Ballers (19:10) to the love they have for the return of regular season football (22:35) despite the discomfort some NFL issues cause to a quick look at a couple of specific teams and situations&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The end of the MLB season\u00a0(32:10)\u00a0and how it seems like almost nobody is watching it at all&#8230; Plus a little love for home-run-hitting machine Brian Dozier of the Minnesota Twins (41:50)&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>A few thoughts on EPL Soccer (45:40) and it&#8217;s availability as a pregame show for NFL football&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>CM Punk&#8217;s UFC debut (50:55) and whether he actually has any chance to make any progress in the new phase of his career&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>FX&#8217;s new show Better Things (55:55) and how it allows Pamela Adlon to do what Louis CK did before her&#8230; and how it relates to Louie\u00a0and FX&#8217;s other new show,\u00a0Atlanta (57:00)&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>An assorted mishmash of topics to end the show (1:03:15), including discussion of homework and Kolsky&#8217;s distaste for Fred Armisen&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the way, if you like this podcast, TELL A FRIEND!! 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