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How was taskmaster us? I just fed it read available on the Google drive. Anyway I just finished series 14 and in the final task, Fern absolutely did not hit Greg. Wtf. She was robbed!
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Taskmaster america was entirely UK tasks and half an hour long. It was completely unremarkable and unmemorable. There was like one attempt at the hide in a photo task that was clever but I can't really remember what it was anymore.
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Dec 14, 2022 08:41
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Ron Funches was a joy to watch, but the rest was mediocre to bad.
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It's genuinely best to pretend the American version doesn't exist. Funches was the best there but let's not pretend he saves the show.
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Dec 14, 2022 16:17
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Wasn’t Freddie Highmore a fan of the U.K. version? I’m sure I read that somewhere. I enjoyed his bits.
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My takeaway from watching it as it aired was it was at least better than no Taskmaster.
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thehustler posted:Wasn’t Freddie Highmore a fan of the U.K. version? I’m sure I read that somewhere. I enjoyed his bits. That’s why he does so well on it
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Yeah I thought Freddie Highmore and Ron Funches were wasted on the US version because they were both great, they just didn't get much to work with unfortunately.
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Dec 15, 2022 09:46
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Someone claims to have been at the filming for a bunch of the aussie tapings and that it all sounds positive. https://www.reddit.com/r/panelshow/comments/zlwe7v/i_went_to_3_tapings_of_aussie_taskmaster/
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Was Kate Berlant not good in the US Taskmaster? I love her but nobody ever brings her up
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Why are they doing TM Aussie when TM NZ and Paul Williams are right there smh.
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I believe the tasks are actually being filmed by the nz crew at the nz house, with only the studio segments in Aus. So I assume Little Paul Williams is involved in devising and running tasks even if he's not on-screen.
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Pablo Bluth posted:I believe the tasks are actually being filmed by the nz crew at the nz house, with only the studio segments in Aus. So I assume Little Paul Williams is involved in devising and running tasks even if he's not on-screen. Why couldn't they find a house in Australia? Is it because of NZ tax breaks that made LotR possible?
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My guess economies of scale, and risk reduction by using a production team already up to speed.
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NZ is a real place that deserves its own TM  Edit: and I guess so does Australia
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NZ is a real place doing a great job so they deserve Australia's TM money and contestants is what I'm arguing for.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:NZ is a real place doing a great job so they deserve Australia's TM money and contestants is what I'm arguing for. 
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NZ also deserves the economic simulation of a bunch of foreigners inputting money.
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I couldn't resist and donated to charity in a really silly Taskmaster-ish way. SPOILERS FOR MY VERSION OF TASKMASTER IN THE BELOW VIDEO: https://www.cameo.com/taskmaster/feed/6397cc2071b66b88bd0d2b9c?utm_campaign=feed_video_share_to_copy
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TelevisedInsanity posted:One of my favorite quotes is at the end when they talk the funding for the projects: I just watched the first episode of the Quebec version and I really liked it. There was a big laugh out loud moment for me at what one of the contestants brought at the beginning of the show. Also kind of funny that they beep out the french swears but not the multiple instances of people saying gently caress.
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Well french is the only language in the history of humankind. Everything else is just random meaningless noises.
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Well, in a possible preview of what another attempt at an American Taskmaster would be like, Good Mythical Morning did their take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnJ6wLrEMy4 Of course, the main thing I think would be a problem with an American version of Taskmaster is that American comedians are much less tightly knit compared to British comedians, and I think Americans would have problems with being overly competitive, and these two have been doing meaningless competitions as friends for a long time.
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Alex should pitch a Big Brother: Taskmaster spinoff to crack the US market. Or maybe Taskmaster: 90 Day Fiance.
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Love Island Taskmaster. Imagine.
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There's plenty of competitive/noncompetitive talent to find for a Taskmaster US, tbh. Just run it through the troupe of comedians that make up Comedy Bang Bang, or Dropout (old college humor), or poo poo, Citizens Brigade, etc. The pool is ripe with old and young folks, and networks that you'd think would jump on it (Netflix, Hulu, HBO...). Given how well the international versions have done otherwise, I do wonder if a reboot hasn't happened due to Comedy Central maintaining the US IP, or if Alex was just so burned by it that he isn't interested in trying again. Still bewildering that they tapped Lisa Lampanelli for their trial run.
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Paladinus posted:Love Island Taskmaster. Imagine. 
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Don't give US reality show makers more ideas, MILF Island from 30 rock is already becoming real. https://www.avclub.com/milf-manor-tlc-now-just-straight-up-lifting-show-ideas-1849896291
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nerox posted:Don't give US reality show makers more ideas, MILF Island from 30 rock is already becoming real. They actually called it MILF Manor. Amazing.
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Horne was on the Off Menu podcast that came out today and, you know how he'll put absolutely anything in his mouth on Taskmaster? ... yeah. He has some kind of mouth blindness.
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Unkempt posted:Horne was on the Off Menu podcast that came out today and, you know how he'll put absolutely anything in his mouth on Taskmaster?  "This menu is going to be absolute dogshit" - Ed Gamble Edit: 
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hearing james read it out at the end made me gag, what the gently caress
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CatstropheWaitress posted:There's plenty of competitive/noncompetitive talent to find for a Taskmaster US, tbh. Just run it through the troupe of comedians that make up Comedy Bang Bang, or Dropout (old college humor), or poo poo, Citizens Brigade, etc. The pool is ripe with old and young folks, and networks that you'd think would jump on it (Netflix, Hulu, HBO...). I do honestly think you could do a Taskmaster USA, but there is a ton of "but unlike the first time around" Such as keep the show a full hour (instead of half), keep the format of "prize task", "three tasks", "live task" And then get the casting to be scattered, Paul F Thomkins and Michael Ian Black could fair well, against somebody more "out there" like a Sarah Sherman or even Tom Green. It's without a doubt possible but you'll need a not Alex Horne assistant and a Grumpy Creative Type as Taskmaster.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:It's without a doubt possible but you'll need a not Alex Horne assistant and a Grumpy Creative Type as Taskmaster.
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Superrodan posted:I HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS THEN. It's fortuitous that you made this post actually because your username is mentioned somewhere in one of these two fabulous brand new episodes. I finally watched the second episode yesterday (YouTube reminded me by putting it in my recommendations). Just want to say great work! The tasks, the presentation and the editing really capture the Taskmaster spirit. It's a shame about the corrupted or lost footage but I think you really made the best of it.
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I was talking to an american friend of mine who has never watched it yesterday about whether she thinks an american version would work and the prize task / whole idea of a competition that doesnt really have a prize seemed to just absolutely confuse her. She started by just kind of assuming it was like a gameshow with a cash prize of some sort and insisted in america they'd have to have the contestants compete to give their winnings to charity. When I explained how the prize task works, and that it's not really about that she just got more confused. It's possible I'm just bad at explaining it, but idk, even after I think she got the point she still insisted they should play for charity or similar or americans would find it gauche. It's a sample size of one but idk, perhaps the idea of competing over essentially nothing* is at least part of why an american version is difficult to get properly made. * I don't feel like anyone has actually cared about winning the prizes since the first, maybe second. Even then it was more about trying not to lose their stake, if they cared at all. The whole prize task is more like the "mascot" section of cats does countdown than an actual prize presentation.
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They have Whose Line Is It Anyway in America where the tagline of the show is "where everything is made up and the points don't matter" and that seemed to be reasonably popular and have a similar ethos all round so I think your friend might just be built different.
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Spek posted:I was talking to an american friend of mine who has never watched it yesterday about whether she thinks an american version would work and the prize task / whole idea of a competition that doesnt really have a prize seemed to just absolutely confuse her. There’s plenty of US shows in a similar vein without a prize. Unless your friend is especially obtuse, I don’t think that’s it. Not that these are good shows, but stuff like “to tell the truth” doesn’t have a prize and functions similar to taskmaster. IMO part of the reason taskmaster has trouble catching on here is a few things. 1. The chat bits. American TV doesn’t really do that, and doesn’t really have the talk show format. There are talk shows, but they’re drivel aimed at people with no brains who are only interested in the specific person. Because of this, talk shows tend to get a bad rap, especially for a show that would be prime time. There are some late night shows, but it’s not really the same thing. 2. The silliness. American TV doesn’t really do silly. Anything silly is typically relegated to cartoons or extremely dumb formats like wipeout. Taskmaster is clearly very silly, but much of its charm relies on cleverness and clever people getting stuck in silly situations. US TV just doesn’t ever really mix the two. 3. Talent options. Because the US doesn’t have a large talk show circuit, most mid to low level comedians aren’t known by large swaths of the population. And for the talk shows we do have (the late night shows, day time garbage) there’s almost 0 focus on comedy and all on celebrity. Due to this, a network would have to spend huge huge money to get recognizable faces that would be big enough to pull people in. Anyone within a reasonable budget wouldn’t be enough of a draw. Edit: Just saw above. Who’s line is an interesting example. People love who’s line, but it’s significantly sillier and more rapid fire than taskmaster. I didn’t touch on it above, but standard taskmaster is probably considered to slow moving (jokes per minute) for American TV for most viewers. Additionally, who’s line got really popular only towards the end of its initial run, and IIRC a lot of the initial popularity push was the host, Drew Carey. They brought the show back a few years ago, with all of the same funny cast that everyone loved and raves about, but with a different host and people just don’t seem to care. I don’t know if it’s the new host, or that US TV has moved on from shows like that. Pilfered Pallbearers fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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thehustler posted:hearing james read it out at the end made me gag, what the gently caress It's like when you first meet someone who just doesn't "get" the difference between right/left. Or when you hear about people who can't visualize things. You just go "huh, the brain sure is interesting". Then you hear about or meet people who don't get music. You go "that's weird, but ok... I guess". And then there's Alex Horne. It's not that he has bad taste. He seems to have no taste. Period. I guess he doesn't get food. Edit: Spek posted:I was talking to an american friend of mine who has never watched it yesterday about whether she thinks an american version would work and the prize task / whole idea of a competition that doesnt really have a prize seemed to just absolutely confuse her. The more I think about it, the more I sincerely believe that for a US TM to work they'll just have to treat it like a reality TV game-show. Just have tryhard randos compete, maybe have a "couples special" once in a while. And the Taskmaster should (naturally) be Gordon Ramsay, or a Ramsay-like. itry fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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