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Yeah, people try to get into Cambridge Uni just to be in Footlights. It’s that good a networking tool for careers.
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I didn't mean they all went there at the same time.
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The World Inferno posted:I can get behind this. Nathan Fielder has big TM assistant energy.
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Wonder what it's like to be the one person in any given Footlights class photo that didn't make it big in comedy all switching through channels in the evening going "meh, that's Richard; eh, there's David again; gently caress sake, Richard and David"
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evobatman posted:I didn't mean they all went there at the same time. Who is the person next to John Oliver?
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Mar 16, 2022 21:32
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The World Inferno posted:Who is the person next to John Oliver? Not everyone from Cambridge becomes famous.
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Mar 16, 2022 21:42
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Paladinus posted:Not everyone from Cambridge becomes famous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_O%27Connor_(cabaret_performer)
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The World Inferno posted:Who is the person next to John Oliver? Lmao I thought that was Baddiel on the left on first glance. Doesn't look nearly smug enough to be him though.
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Mar 16, 2022 21:48
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Pablo Bluth posted:But they do get a Wikipedia page I stand by my statement.
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"Cabaret Performer" in the wiki title feels like a knife twist given what his colleagues are up to.
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I always assumed it was David Koechner even though that makes no sense in multiple ways.
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https://ideas.lego.com/projects/28c3f068-5dcf-4542-a2b6-1b9397e33c64
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That's not the correct layout of the house! Downvote...
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stev posted:Darkplace to me is one that would've been a hilarious 15 minute skit, but the joke wears thin long before the six episodes are over. I find it hard to believe people don't like Darkplace. Man its 18 years old now, holy poo poo. But I can see why, I guess you had to be watching TV in the 70s/80s to get where the parody jokes are coming from. Same with Man to Man with Dean Lemar, its old style chat show, not graham norton poo poo. Edit: Ah, thought this was the UK thread. Been watching Series 12 again, and the balloon popping one in episode 1 has to be my favorite task of all time. Its so simple and has unpredictable funniness when it came down to it. happyhippy fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Mar 17, 2022 |
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For my fellow americans, the CW is pushing out an americanized Would I Lie To You? Aasif Mandvi to host, Matt Walsh and Sabrina Jalees as team captains. It was announced in December, apparently, but it premieres April 4th or 9th or somewhere around there. I don't know if Avalon owns a stake of CW or what, but it is a piss poor choice of a station to premiere on. It will probably be cancelled before a full season run, but it's something, for now.
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Mar 17, 2022 19:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcypWPQTv1M It doesn't scream terrible, and as formats go, it feels like it's one that should translate.
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I'm optimistic. But remember, CW completely hosed their UKTM run in the first week. It's a poo poo choice to run it on a channel that pretty much survives on DC comics shows. CW is co-owned by CBS/Paramount and Warner. It would survive much longer on something like Comedy Central (Paramount) or TBS (Warner).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03szggZz_js
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Pablo Bluth posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcypWPQTv1M The trailer editing / music makes it seem much worse than I'm guessing it is, since the underlying content seems pretty standard for would i lie to you.
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happyhippy posted:Been watching Series 12 again, and the balloon popping one in episode 1 has to be my favorite task of all time. I've been catching up on the Swedish version of Taskmaster during the off-season, and once you get used to the alterations they've made to the format, it's pretty good. It turns out that UK Series 12 is the first one to feature adapted tasks from an international version. Three tasks were taken from Series 4 of the Swedish show, and this balloon popping was one of them (the original didn't have a instant-win button like the portcullis scissors, instead you just failed if you ran out of items from the shop). The other two tasks were (can you guess?): Decipher the convoluted sentence to work out if the right thing is to ring or not ring the bell (tweak: the popcorn necklace part) Find the camouflaged soldier while wearing a backwards facing camera (tweak: completing the task by throwing paint on him)
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Why is anyone suggesting us taskmasters when Marc Evan Jackson was already suggested and is objectively perfect for the role
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SirSamVimes posted:Why is anyone suggesting us taskmasters when Marc Evan Jackson was already suggested and is objectively perfect for the role Because he's be funnier as the assistant
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Xelkelvos posted:Because he's be funnier as the assistant Only if Paul F Tompkins is the Taskmaster
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How about Ryan Stiles for taskmaster and Greg Proops as the administrator/sidekick?
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If Taskmaster had gaming-style achievements what would they be? Things like: * Stickler for Procedure - complete a task in the Lab without leaving the lab [this is often in the rules these days though that you can’t, I guess?] * Ouch! - Hurt Alex during a task * Blind as a Bat - fail to find a task Also wondering about a “pure” season where you do a season without rule-hacking at all. Kept thinking about it like a perfect game in baseball.
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Heck that could be someone's season gimmick. A lot of candidates try to set themselves up as the clever loophole finder, some time someone's got to actively say I will do this within not the letter, but the spirit of the parameters set by the task, entirely in good faith. which, all I can see when I think about it is Richard Ayoade
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I just checked this thread to see if there is any news on series 13, but since we are talking about a US version of taskmaster, the obvious taskmaster should be an imported American and it should be Craig Ferguson. I am not sure who would be little alex horne though, I doubt Geoff is able to handle that function. edit: Oops, meant series 13. nerox fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Mar 18, 2022 |
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Actually we're overdue news on series 13. Series 11 started on this day last year, and we're supposed to have the Champion of Champions one off first too.
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A few weeks ago there was some discussion about the Edinburgh Taskmaster shows. We found some clips of the one-off they did with five TV executives as contestants, a year or two after the show hit the air. But there was something else we couldn't find footage for - Alex Horne's original Edinburgh show "The Taskmaster". Someone has finally reuploaded a segment of the video I remember seeing long ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FS-pSQ6Gg Of the original 8 minute video, the uploader has taken a 20 second segment, and added another 20 seconds of bumpers. Ho Hum. At least now there's a point of reference for the footage I and others were looking for...
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OK, ignore that link, the whole thing is archived! https://web.archive.org/web/20210720211355/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjA1zzKe688
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Heavy_D posted:OK, ignore that link, the whole thing is archived! That didn’t last long 
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Interesting that Mike Wozniak had pulled the trick of planting evidence of a much more impressive thing than he actually had in the original Taskmaster as well as in the real thing.
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Also seems like the audience latched onto the joke much more readily first time round - given how he scored it, I'm not confident that Greg got it in the moment. Sorry you can't get at the video Pie, I promise it hasn't been taken down yet, but archive.org isn't the most reliable thing...
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Latest Kongen Befaler is basically a non-stop gently caress you to the concept of health and safety.
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Unkempt posted:Latest Kongen Befaler is basically a non-stop gently caress you to the concept of health and safety. It also have a grown man dressing as a baby and then breaking down in shame afterwards.
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Alhazred posted:It also have a grown man dressing as a baby and then breaking down in shame afterwards. Oh, wait, I haven't seen that one yet. I meant the one with throwing a burning bowling ball into a tub of petrol, cramming four small children onto a bicycle and having one fall off and winning a game by smashing your own hand into a mousetrap. Good to hear it continues.
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Convincing the panel of children that you are the coolest is another great task. Would not be surprised to see that one in the other Scandinavian series in the near future - Stormester already did the same with "Convince this Finn that you are the most famous panellist", a similar task that originated in an earlier series of KB. Kristine is now my favourite out of the panel - her prize task this week was a well-honed bit of material.
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Taskmasker Portugal started last night. I haven't seen any response to say how good or bad its is... edit: some Reddit's claim it's a reasonable start. Expect long episodes such is Portuguese Saturday night television; extra tasks and two in the studio. Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Mar 20, 2022 |
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Taskmaster Sweden: Everybody put on your goggles, we're going to throw some forks into a bucket. Taskmaster Norway: MOST FORKS IN THE EYES WINS
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Unkempt posted:Oh, wait, I haven't seen that one yet. I meant the one with throwing a burning bowling ball into a tub of petrol, cramming four small children onto a bicycle and having one fall off and winning a game by smashing your own hand into a mousetrap. Keep in mind that Atle Antonsen started his career on a radio show that among other things blew up a dead badger in a freezer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuuR_C-qz-I
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