The Toy Department features radio professionals Matt Kolsky and Derek Madden discussing, debating and dissecting all things sports, entertainment and pop culture. It's a free-wheeling, unfiltered chat about the lighter side of the modern world.
In Episode 217, Madden and Kolsky somehow get into Frank Zappa’s Baby Snakes before focusing in on:
The Top Chef All-Stars LA finale (2:55) and its many moving moments…
An odd detour into the idea of the universal DH in baseball (13:15) before a return to Top Chef chatter…
ESPN’s 30 for 30 doc Long Gone Summer (24:40) and its perplexingly fluffy coverage of the Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa home run race of 1998…
Another episode of The Challenge: Total Madness (38:10), the awkwardness of the Dee edits and the (fast-approaching?) final…
The new Spike Lee joint Da 5 Bloods (50:00) and the greatness of Delroy Lindo…
Judd Apatow’s new movie The King of Staten Island (57:40) and the prospect of Pete Davidson as a leading man…
Dave Chappelle’s surprise special 8:46 (1:07:45) and the value of his voice at this time in America…
Homework for next week (1:17:35), including: another episode of The Challenge, the return of The Chi on Showtime, the debut of Perry Mason on HBO and the new season of Search Party on HBO Max…