{"id":847,"date":"2022-02-11T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=847"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T01:34:39","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-290","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 290"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 290, Madden and Kolsky get straight into the content because Derek is having a tough day and Matt doesn&#8217;t want to make it worse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Netflix&#8217;s new Aziz Ansari stand-up special Nightclub Comedian (2:50) and how it has it&#8217;s hilarious moments but isn&#8217;t particularly personal or essential&#8230;<\/li><li>Hulu&#8217;s new show Pam &amp; Tommy (19:30) and how it is incredibly well-cast and highly entertaining but seems to be focused more on the specific story of the sex tape than the relationship in general&#8230;<\/li><li>The new Netflix series Murderville (35:35) and how mileage may vary but Marshawn Lynch is spectacular&#8230; <\/li><li>The Amazon series Reacher (45:25) and how it&#8217;s a hell of a good time&#8230; <\/li><li>Some NFL prop bets (49:30) to prepare you for Sunday&#8217;s big game&#8230; <\/li><li>Thoughts on the NBA trade deadline (1:06:35) especially the James Harden\/Ben Simmons trade&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next Friday (1:24:00), including: getting into some Oscars content with The Power of the Dog on Netflix, plus the new HBO Max show The Girl Before, the new Soderbergh film Kimi (also on HBO Max) and the new Netflix series Inventing Anna (starring Julia Garner)&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_654\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-847-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode290.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode290.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode290.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode290.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_pinw=847-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode290.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TDEpisode290.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('847-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_847-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_847-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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