{"id":664,"date":"2020-10-27T23:06:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T06:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=664"},"modified":"2020-10-27T23:06:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T06:06:56","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 233"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 233, Madden and Kolsky dip their toes into the World Series champion Dodgers and the Tampa Bay mistakes that got them there before focusing in on more entertaining fare:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The West Wing reunion special (9:25) and the very different experiences our hosts had watching it&#8230;<\/li><li>HBO&#8217;s new Sunday night show The Undoing (22:20) and how it sets up the mystery that seems to be at the core of the season&#8230;<\/li><li>Netflix&#8217;s new mini-series The Queen&#8217;s Gambit (27:10) and the magnetism of both the show and its star&#8230;<\/li><li>Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (33:25) and how Sacha Baron Cohen still manages to bring the laughs with his old character&#8230;<\/li><li>The Apple TV+ film On the Rocks (39:45) and how it doesn&#8217;t amount to much beyond fun times with Bill Murray and Rashida Jones&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next week (47:20), including: the return of The Mandalorian on Disney+, Truth Seekers on Amazon, Sarah Cooper&#8217;s Netflix comedy special Everything&#8217;s Fine and the Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher&#8230; 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