{"id":928,"date":"2022-10-28T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T22:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=928"},"modified":"2022-10-28T15:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T22:30:24","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 319"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 319, Madden and Kolsky have a few not-so-spooky Halloween thoughts before they circle back to pop culture and get into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new Apple TV+ film Raymond and Ray (7:50) and how enjoyable it is to watch a fun, quirky movie for adults (particularly when it features such enjoyable performances)&#8230;<\/li><li>The limited Netflix series From Scratch (17:45) and how it&#8217;s a perfectly good romance novel on screen if that&#8217;s the sort of thing that you&#8217;re into&#8230;<\/li><li>Netflix&#8217;s The Watcher (23:00), complete with explosive acting and very creepy vibes&#8230;<\/li><li>Kolsky&#8217;s experience with Top Gun: Maverick (27:45), whether it&#8217;s a &#8220;good movie&#8221; and whether that even matters in this case&#8230;<\/li><li>The week&#8217;s episode of The Challenge: Ride or Dies (38:55), featuring some rookie upstarts, Messy Fessy (whether he likes it or not) and an epic elimination&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next Friday (1:14:30), including: the movie The Stranger on Netflix, the return of The White Lotus on HBO, the BBC series Inside Man (now on Netflix) and the film The Good Nurse (alo on Netflix!!), plus OF COURSE the next episode of The Challenge: Ride or Dies&#8230; and maybe a quick check-back on House of the Dragon for Kolsky to be upset about it again \ud83d\ude42<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5067\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-928-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode319.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode319.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode319.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\/TDEpisode319.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_pinw=928-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode319.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TDEpisode319.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('928-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_928-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_928-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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