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I love them all and their beautiful chaos, Susan is so cute I ger that tingling 'want to bite' feeling in my teeth
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:I love them all and their beautiful chaos, Susan is so cute I ger that tingling 'want to bite' feeling in my teeth WTF? Is this a British thing?
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Blamestorm posted:WTF? Is this a British thing? It's safest just to assume so. 
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I guess like many other neurological things, it's something some people get and others, don't. Like asmr, sneezing from bright lights, synesthesia etc
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"What sort of people enjoy this program? Is it students?" loving killed me
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:I guess like many other neurological things, it's something some people get and others, don't. Like asmr, sneezing from bright lights, synesthesia etc Serial assault?
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Sep 29, 2023 10:33
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Blamestorm posted:WTF? Is this a British thing? It is not.
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dordreff posted:"What sort of people enjoy this program? Is it students?" loving killed me I love how much he doesn't give a poo poo but makes it entertaining. Contrast to Baddiel who didn't give a poo poo but was painful to watch.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:I guess like many other neurological things, it's something some people get and others, don't. Like asmr, sneezing from bright lights, synesthesia etc do other people not sneeze upon leaving the house and getting blasted by the sun?????
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stev posted:It is not. No, no, the public has spoken. It's officially just a British thing now.
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Sep 29, 2023 10:41
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I’ve only just found out Susan is currently appearing in a play near me up till tomorrow night. Might have to hang around the stage door and say hi, get an autograph, ask who won.
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I too share the burden of being a cuteness vampire. I try to restrict myself to puppies and kittens though for ethical reasons.
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Sep 29, 2023 11:03
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woke kaczynski posted:IIRC it was the other way around and the NZ version was supposed to just be a tiebreaker but then Chris Parker lost his mind Ah, that makes sense. Although I feel it can be easily converted to a proper task by dropping some hints about mnemonics in the task itself and giving contestants more time.
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It is called cute aggressionquote:Cute aggression, or playful aggression, is superficially aggressive behaviour caused by seeing something cute, such as a young human or animal. People experiencing cute aggression may grit their teeth, clench their fists, or feel the urge to bite, pinch, and squeeze something they consider cute. It's a pretty common thing
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Sep 29, 2023 11:23
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Theres a surprising amount of James Bond talk in this episode. Also (first task) Widdicombe!
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Sep 29, 2023 11:54
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dordreff posted:"What sort of people enjoy this program? Is it students?" loving killed me Julian Clary is everything I wanted and more.His attitude and confidence is just the best and him and Sue play the best off the other contestants and the hosts. Sue is amazing as well and is so quick to follow up on things. I will say, I did take great joy with Susan’s mischief. Is this the first time a contestant did a task made by another contestant?
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So far I don’t really see the appeal of Sam Campbell. Maybe it’s just because he reminds me too much of people I went to school with or maybe it’s just my general dislike of people from Queensland but something about him irritates me. Everyone else is cool though so it’s ok.
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jimmydalad posted:Julian Clary is everything I wanted and more.His attitude and confidence is just the best and him and Sue play the best off the other contestants and the hosts. Sue is amazing as well and is so quick to follow up on things. There was a task in a previous season to make tasks for the others
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Sep 29, 2023 15:49
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Susan immediately became my favorite after that mischief task, but this cast is so strong I'm sure that will change several more times. This has been such a strong season so far, what a delight.
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We watched a Kongen Befaler last night and tonight my husband went off on a drunken rant because one of the contestants used their phone as a flashlight in a dark task, and subsequently won 5 points. He says it's boring and should have been disallowed, or at least points deducted, because phones could solve pretty much every task. I feel like phones come out so rarely that they must be forbidden on most tasks? it was a task where "turn the lights back on" was an accepted solution so it kinda makes sense to allow it I guess, but I feel like making them 100% forbidden would be acceptable.
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I feel like Sam had a pretty clever approach in the "draw a cheeky picture" task to scratch with the nails instead of using them as anchors for the wire, but I also think it's funny that it doesn't even seem to have been deliberate lateral thinking. It seems like it just genuinely didn't occur to him that you might do it any other way.
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Tagra posted:We watched a Kongen Befaler last night and tonight my husband went off on a drunken rant because one of the contestants used their phone as a flashlight in a dark task, and subsequently won 5 points. He says it's boring and should have been disallowed, or at least points deducted, because phones could solve pretty much every task. It seems like on UK TM the contestants don’t actually have their phones on them. They typically have to ask Alex for them.
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:It seems like on UK TM the contestants don’t actually have their phones on them. They typically have to ask Alex for them. Pretty sure on most shows the actors don't have their phones on them anyway for obvious reasons, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was just a given.
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haven't people googled things on the UK taskmaster at least once? though i wouldn't be surprised if they realized the problem and outlawed phones at some point
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eke out posted:haven't people googled things on the UK taskmaster at least once? though i wouldn't be surprised if they realized the problem and outlawed phones at some point Katherine Ryan just using Google Translate is the canonical example. And also using her phone to watch the world burn in Champion of Champions. Absolute legend.
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phone use literally just happened in s16e2 with susan just straight up googling widdicombe's ancestor, and the context of that use seems to imply some degree of phone use is expected or accounted for because i can't imagine how you get that clue otherwise unless he's somehow incorporated that fact into his standup or whatever
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The funniest thing about Campbell is that he's doing his damnest to be oh so crazy and random and seems to get genuinely shocked/annoyed when the others are outdoing him as natural weirdos
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Valentin posted:phone use literally just happened in s16e2 with susan just straight up googling widdicombe's ancestor, and the context of that use seems to imply some degree of phone use is expected or accounted for because i can't imagine how you get that clue otherwise unless he's somehow incorporated that fact into his standup or whatever I have a feeling that they were both on Who Do You Think You Are? which is a show about celebrity family history, I guess it must have been mentioned that they're related.
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not a bot posted:The funniest thing about Campbell is that he's doing his damnest to be oh so crazy and random and seems to get genuinely shocked/annoyed when the others are outdoing him as natural weirdos Yeah. I've not seen any of his stuff, but he is coming across as a wee bit tryhard. Sometimes it works (asking Greg if he was a child of divorce was genuinely funny), but sometimes it doesn't, and the spontaneous lunacy of Beaumont and the surprising devilry of Susan Wokoma far surpasses anything you could come up with on the fly. Plus, Sue and Julian are very old hands at the UK comedy panel show thing, and can slide the razorblade of their wit in very quickly in the back and forth bantering sections. It may change, but I think he's a little lost in the studio sections at present. (Like the season John Kearns was on, where I think everyone expected him to be the dark horse and surprise everyone with his humour in the studio, and it never quite worked for him, with Fern effortlessly outclassing him in the Delightful Lunatic stakes in every possible way.)
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anilEhilated posted:Portcullis! CatstropheWaitress posted:PORTCULLIS! I think there may be a larger than zero chance people will start uploading videos of themselves "trapping" random strangers with pieces of cardboard while shouting "PORTCULLIS!". Edit: Big Mortimer apologizing for being in someone's garden energy. itry fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Sep 30, 2023 |
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I'm going to be re-watching Sue's face as she processes the solution to the Sword task for ages. Such a wonderful human moment.
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stev posted:I love how much he doesn't give a poo poo but makes it entertaining. Contrast to Baddiel who didn't give a poo poo but was painful to watch. I think that's because he's charming (if shady) about, and even though he doesn't seem to care much, he still seems to want to make a decent attempt. My biggest counterpoint to this attitude is not so much Baddiel but Jo Brand - I generally enjoy watching her in other things, but I think her "aggressively not giving a gently caress" schtick came off really badly on Taskmaster.
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stev posted:I love how much he doesn't give a poo poo but makes it entertaining. Contrast to Baddiel who didn't give a poo poo but was painful to watch. Julian looks like he's enjoying himself. He's mocking Alex, but with a cheeky smile. There's nothing here to compare with Baddiel. It's day and night.
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Bemused Observer posted:I think that's because he's charming (if shady) about, and even though he doesn't seem to care much, he still seems to want to make a decent attempt. ironically I think Jo's not giving a gently caress schtick worked very well for her series in particular because Rose and Ed were so clearly desperate to win and so competitive about it and having that counterpoint was useful. David being even more lost than the lost and frightened news reporter not quite so much tho.
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Bemused Observer posted:I think that's because he's charming (if shady) about, and even though he doesn't seem to care much, he still seems to want to make a decent attempt. Yeah I like how Julian feels like he doesn't care but is putting in an effort anyway. Sort of like a grandpa happy to play with the kids but not even willing to pretend they care about the activity itself or the outcome.
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itry posted:I think there may be a larger than zero chance people will start uploading videos of themselves "trapping" random strangers with pieces of cardboard while shouting "PORTCULLIS!". Oh no! Don't do that! Phigs posted:Yeah I like how Julian feels like he doesn't care but is putting in an effort anyway. Sort of like a grandpa happy to play with the kids but not even willing to pretend they care about the activity itself or the outcome. It's the right level of not giving a gently caress: playing along but not really caring about the outcome. Just there to have some fun and chill. Not giving a gently caress at all makes me go, "Why are you even on the show then?"
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