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Like I said, he's right there. Was he on QI? I don't see him on this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_QI_panellists.
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He's been on the task master podcasts a few times, and the web version of the Guy Mont Spelling Bee.
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Well I'm convinced I've seen Tompkins in one of the panel shows anyway. Am I Mandela-ing myself? No, it's must be you who's gaslighting me!
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Just found out that Taskmaster VR game is written by the guys who did the games "Ben There, Dan That" and "Time Gentlemen, Please!", two adventure games that have some of my favourite writing in them.
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Nov 30, 2023 14:43
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Boxturret posted:He's been on the task master podcasts a few times, and the web version of the Guy Mont Spelling Bee. Right there!!!! C'mon Alex. Or just license Taskmaster to Dropout/folks in the LA Comedy scene to do a faithful version. The pool of podcast/actual comedians there that would kill it. In the good way, not in the the ill-fated original US version way.
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Does anyone know if the international versions have a similar dynamic where it's the "assistant" who brought the show to the network and planned the tasks but gives credit to the taskmaster in-character, or is it the taskmaster themselves who did the planning, or is it 100% producers doing it on those networks?
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Tagra posted:Does anyone know if the international versions have a similar dynamic where it's the "assistant" who brought the show to the network and planned the tasks but gives credit to the taskmaster in-character, or is it the taskmaster themselves who did the planning, or is it 100% producers doing it on those networks? I think Paul Williams is actually involved in the task making process.
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Nov 30, 2023 15:56
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Right there!!!! Brenan as Taskmaster and Katie as the assistant
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Nov 30, 2023 16:30
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Kloaked00 posted:Brenan as Taskmaster and Katie as the assistant
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Nov 30, 2023 16:34
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Trump as the taskmaster and W as the assistant
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Wungus posted:I know they're already hosting something, but Lily as the Taskmaster and Grant as the assistant. I don't think Taskmaster needs to be more horny than it already is.
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Boxturret posted:I think Paul Williams is actually involved in the task making process. Olli from Kongen befaler I'm pretty sure also mentioned in a podcast that he was involved in fine-tuning tasks. But I think at that point they were only using existing UK tasks.
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Nov 30, 2023 16:51
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Right there!!!! Dumber idea: have an LA version and an NYC version (with UCB or something) and every so often do an East vs. West special
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Speaking of local versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ZcMZbRP4o
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'Aw, awesome. The couple of low-budget Taskmasters done so far have been pretty joyful.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Right there!!!! As someone who just started watching game changer this week, I 100% agree.
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nerox posted:As someone who just started watching game changer this week, I 100% agree. I am jealous, you have so many fun things ahead of you to discover
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Kloaked00 posted:I am jealous, you have so many fun things ahead of you to discover I’ve been sick the last two days, so actually I am very close to being done with it. I watched season 5, then 4, then 1. So just a part of 2 and all of 3 left. The musical theatre episode was legit just amazing and may be my favorite episode. It also really makes me want to try to watch Dimension 20.
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nerox posted:It also really makes me want to try to watch Dimension 20. Nice! And at the risk of this comment derailing this thread into a Dropout appreciation station, will just flag that there's a whole thread for their stuff: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3965249&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=52#post535306809 D20 is the crown jewel of their network, so there's dozens of recommendations/thoughts on where to start there. Given they've done two 'Survivor' finales, I feel like a Taskmaster riff has to be loaded in the cannon somewhere. But it'd be hard to pull off really in a two-off. The masterstroke of Taskmaster was the idea of keeping the same cast for 6-10 episodes. Really felt (and suppose still feels) fresh compared to other game shows, and really lets you sit with the contestants. No one's voted off, so in almost every case even the badly performing contestants get at least a couple moments to shine. They got so many other things right, but to me at least that's what makes it such a unique and brilliant viewing, even after 16 seasons. CatstropheWaitress fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Dec 1, 2023 |
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Nice! And at the risk of this comment derailing this thread into a Dropout appreciation station, will just flag that there's a whole thread for their stuff: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3965249&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=52#post535306809 D20 is the crown jewel of their network, so there's dozens of recommendations/thoughts on where to start there. They did do an escape room either last season or the one before that had a similar energy
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nerox posted:The musical theatre episode was legit just amazing and may be my favorite episode. Yeah all of them are good but that one and the Shakespeare one were absolutely astonishing.
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smackfu posted:They are going to start running Taskmaster New Zealand S1 on YouTube Friday, if anyone wants to see it who didn’t want to go through the effort of pirating it. S2's the one with David Correos, right? (I stumbled into the Guy Mont Spelling Bee accidentally when I clicked on a video titled "comedians suffering psychic damage" and David was the thumbnail, but instead of it being the caravan task it was the Spelling Bee and holy poo poo is that show hilarious.)
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It's weirdly compelling for what it is. Comspelling.
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I'm sad that we will never see Robin Williams attempt Taskmaster. I wonder if they could convince Colin Mochrie to give it a go. I wonder how Tim Minchin would do... either on UK or AU
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I searched on YouTube for "comedians suffering psychic damage" and found a lot of depressing videos but not that one.
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Tagra posted:I'm sad that we will never see Robin Williams attempt Taskmaster. I wonder if they could convince Colin Mochrie to give it a go. I predict that NZ and AU can become sufficiently big to attract some local international celebrities, if they start doing New Year Treats. Taika Waititi probably doesn't have a free fortnight in NZ but might have a day for filming.
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Turns out I didn’t actually watch NZ season 1 since people said season 2 was so great so I skipped over it. So this is a nice treat. https://youtu.be/fq3wBXKSH_c?si=N4j7bEChnZS7LsbR
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Paladinus posted:I predict that NZ and AU can become sufficiently big to attract some local international celebrities, if they start doing New Year Treats. Taika Waititi probably doesn't have a free fortnight in NZ but might have a day for filming. Dunno how big a hit it is over there, but feel like they're due for one of the Flight of the Conchord boys to do it in some miraculous future where their schedules open up.
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NZ1 can be a bit polarising in certain corners of the net. (Jeremy is never going to be Greg. Both Guy and Leigh have a certain arrogance in their performances.)
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The Libya song is still one of my all time favourite Taskmaster moments.
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Paladinus posted:I predict that NZ and AU can become sufficiently big to attract some local international celebrities, if they start doing New Year Treats. Taika Waititi probably doesn't have a free fortnight in NZ but might have a day for filming. If they could get Taika, Jermaine, Brett and Rhys together that'd be the most watched new years treat ever.
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Boxturret posted:The Libya song is still one of my all time favourite Taskmaster moments.
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Pablo Bluth posted:NZ1 can be a bit polarising in certain corners of the net. (Jeremy is never going to be Greg. Both Guy and Leigh have a certain arrogance in their performances.) Agree with this. Don't recall disliking NZ S1, but did dislike Guy and I can't remember any of the contestants or tasks besides Angella Dravid delivering the wildest storiesof her life. Will continue to beat the drum that Jeremy is not only not Greg but also a dud of a taskmaster.
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Personally I didn't mind Guy or Leigh, and Jeremy while bland doesn't sabotage the show.
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I really enjoyed Leigh, and though I disliked Guy on first watch, I warmed up to him on a re-watch, once I was 'in on the joke' so to speak.
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Leatherhead posted:I really enjoyed Leigh, and though I disliked Guy on first watch, I warmed up to him on a re-watch, once I was 'in on the joke' so to speak. Yeah, it's probably a lot easier for an NZ audience who know that the joke is firmly on Guy every time he acts self important or incredulous. And while it's not essential, if you've viewed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ceC7ERsLc before the first episode then you'll recognise that when Leigh hamstrings himself in the bread batting task, it all stems from him wanting to drop a reference to one of his most famous "bits". Heavy_D fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Dec 4, 2023 |
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I'm two episodes into NZ1 and maybe it's just cos I came off the back of AU but Jeremy seems fine. At least I like him a lot more than forgettable bald man from AU, and at least so far the studio bits have flowed better than they did for AU, where everything felt just kinda.. dead and flat between the tasks. I also feel a bit bad for the nervous girl on the far left who has dropped some absolute banger dry jokes that just nobody has reacted to. Guy can get lost.
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Angela is the reason I watched the first season, someone did a compilation of her prizes and it was enough to win me over.
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Leatherhead posted:I really enjoyed Leigh, and though I disliked Guy on first watch, I warmed up to him on a re-watch, once I was 'in on the joke' so to speak. I also like Leigh, he's got a bit more going on than some of the generic older guys not really into it. I really liked the task where he totally ignored the brief and just made a grilled cheese sandwich for Paul, who admitted that it was the best grilled cheese he'd ever had in his life. Lord Bob posted:I also feel a bit bad for the nervous girl on the far left who has dropped some absolute banger dry jokes that just nobody has reacted to. Angella starts out a bit quiet but she's incredibly funny and by far the best part about that first series, she's one of my favorite ever contestants.
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smackfu posted:I searched on YouTube for "comedians suffering psychic damage" and found a lot of depressing videos but not that one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN8bCoyehtc
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