{"id":649,"date":"2020-09-10T11:56:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=649"},"modified":"2020-09-10T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:56:55","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 227"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 227, Madden and Kolsky discuss the apocalypse weather in California and the movie Madden DIDN&#8217;T watch before sliding into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new Bill &amp; Ted movie (5:25) and how it doesn&#8217;t give you much beyond a few laughs and a lot of references to the originals&#8230;<\/li><li>The new Netflix show Away (14:10) and how it&#8217;s less mission to Mars space show than it is interpersonal drama&#8230;<\/li><li>Amazon&#8217;s The Boys (23:40) and how the second season looks in the early going, plus thoughts on the three-per-week release schedule&#8230;<\/li><li>Amazon&#8217;s soccer docu-series All or Nothing (30:25), which focuses on Tottenham Hotspur and got very lucky with a mid-season coaching change&#8230;<\/li><li>A bit of NBA discussion (45:45) as the playoffs wind towards the conference finals&#8230;<\/li><li>Some NFL preview talk (1:02:50) on the eve of what should be a very strange season&#8230; 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