{"id":135,"date":"2017-02-02T00:25:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T00:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=135"},"modified":"2017-02-02T00:25:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T00:25:19","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 55 is OFFICIALLY the longest Toy Department podcast episode OF ALL TIME!!! (and by OFFICIALLY we mean that it felt super long and we didn&#8217;t bother to actually check)\u00a0It may also be the\u00a0BEST Toy Department podcast episode of all time, so don&#8217;t miss a minute as Derek Madden &amp; Matt Kolsky dive into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few minutes on Russell Westbrook, the Thunder and the first half of the NBA season (1:30)&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Last week&#8217;s homework assignment &#8211; an episode of ABC&#8217;s Black-ish\u00a0(6:30)\u00a0specifically Episode 12 of Season 3, entitled &#8220;Lemons,&#8221; which deals with the aftermath of\u00a0the recent presidential election&#8230; FAIR WARNING &#8211; THIS PORTION OF TODAY&#8217;S EPISODE\u00a0MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DETOUR OUTSIDE OF THE TOY DEPARTMENT!!!!<\/li>\n<li>One of the\u00a0most-discussed albums of early 2017 &#8211; Culture, by Migos (20:15)&#8230; Kolsky has officially become a die-hard Migos fan, and Madden is prepared to tolerate that, at least&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Another major music topic, specifically the pop\/EDM group The Chainsmokers (28:45) and how Madden views some criticism of them as unfair&#8230; Which takes them down a road of more general pop music discussion (40ish)&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The new Amazon show Sneaky Pete (43:25) &#8211; with thoughts on the show, its star Giovanni Ribisi and also the lead character&#8217;s resemblance to one of Kolsky&#8217;s favorite short stories, Roald Dahl&#8217;s The Hitchhiker (which you can read online here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.netprof.pt\/Ingles\/PDF\/TheHitchhikerb.pdf)&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>SUPER BOWL LI!!! Madden&#8217;s favorite football team is actually playing in this game (52:50),\u00a0so with special focus and dedication the guys discuss some favorite goofy prop bets (56:45) and then dive a little deeper into the game itself with football bets (1:15:00).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the way, if you like this podcast, TELL A FRIEND!! 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