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.
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The Toy Department – Episode 230
In Episode 230, Madden and Kolsky compare themselves to playoff baseball before moving into the realm of popular fiction to cover:
- The new Netflix show Sneakerheads (4:10) and how it just fails to distinguish itself in any way…
- Showtime’s two-part movie The Comey Rule (9:40) and the hosts’ drastically differing opinions on it…
- The start of Season 4 of Fargo on FX (31:40) and how the show retains its signature charms…
- Amazon’s new show Utopia (54:10) and what a creative and original project it seems to be…
- A few thoughts on the NBA Finals (1:02:15) and the last couple weeks of NFL football (1:05:10)…
- Homework for next week (1:13:45), including: Showtime’s new series The Good Lord Bird (starring Ethan Hawke), HBO Max’s original movie Charm City Kings (starring Meek Mill), AMC’s new series Soulmates, the new Netflix movie 40-Year-Old Version and the first couple episodes of The Comedy Store docu-series on Showtime… plus the potential end of the NBA Finals and Week 5 of the NFL season…