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Agree that John has been a bit of a bummer contestant. You need a try-hard contestant... but they're usually the least entertaining to watch. A bunch have pulled off staying funny while gunning for the points (O'Brien was delightful during the tasks, Chris had the enthusiasm of a child - and the sausage task! Oh!). It feels telling that his one running gag isn't one he's contributing to, but one Alex and Greg are playing on him because he's so eager for points. The best casts imo are the one's where everyone feels like chums by the end. S7, TMNZ S2, S13. It's hard to pin, but it's a summer camp energy. So far, this feels like it'll be a pretty forgettable season, as individually they're fine save John, but there isn't a lot of chemistry between contestants yet. Nick is a teddy bear and the season highlight. Terrible at the game, but so lovable and unfazed.
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Hello, here I am, a normal person, and I just want to say how much I utterly despise this person I saw on tv for about 2 hours and wish them nothing but suffering. Good day to you all.
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Apr 13, 2024 18:07
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Boxturret posted:Hello, here I am, a normal person, and I just want to say how much I utterly despise this person I saw on tv for about 2 hours and wish them nothing but suffering. Good day to you all. Sorry John, didn't think you were a goon and I'm sure you're lovely irl. Wish you all the best in everything outside TM
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Apr 13, 2024 18:29
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i do think people get kinda weirdly hyperbolic about comedians they dont care for idk im not in love with anyone in particular in this cast but theyve all made me laugh so 
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Apr 13, 2024 18:48
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WaffleACAB posted:Sorry John, didn't think you were a goon and I'm sure you're lovely irl. Wish you all the best in everything outside TM Yeah the only reason someone could find that sort of behaviour annoying is because they're the target of it. You got it.
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Apr 13, 2024 18:55
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I did say it was my last post on the subject and tried to include some other content, well aware of how boring the negativity and hating can get after a point. For some positivity, Nick is very sweet and his tension task actually made me lol.
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Apr 13, 2024 19:02
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I've reversed course on John. I definitely think he's annoying for being so try-hard and not as funny, but Alex and Greg know this so they can make him squirm/sabotage him.
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Apr 13, 2024 20:13
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WaffleACAB posted:Sorry John, didn't think you were a goon and I'm sure you're lovely irl. Wish you all the best in everything outside TM get a grip
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Apr 13, 2024 20:19
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I don't get the John hate. I don't typically hate on the competent contestants unless they push it too far, which has so far just been Mel for me. John seems pretty average for a tryhard. I'll change my mind if he starts drawing pineapples or completely dominating or something. But right now it's not like he's even on top, he's third. So far he's figured out the trick the crew built into the claw machine task and figured out he doesn't need to wear the water baby in that task. Every other task he's just been an average contestant. Also I wanna point out Nick's vampire outfit and bonnet look in the first task was amazing. Phigs fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Apr 13, 2024 |
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Apr 13, 2024 20:25
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WaffleACAB posted:For some positivity, Nick is very sweet and his tension task actually made me lol. Nick is adorable, I wish they had paired him with Joanne so we could see her delightful Irish aggression play off his soft sweetness. I'm loving Steve Pembertons' prize tasks and the acting/scenario tasks he does too, he's so clever!
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Apr 13, 2024 20:31
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It's funny how this show rewires your brain. I audibly gasped when I heard N O V O W E L S
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Apr 13, 2024 20:40
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theflyingexecutive posted:I've reversed course on John. I definitely think he's annoying for being so try-hard and not as funny, but Alex and Greg know this so they can make him squirm/sabotage him. yeah like i dont find him particularly annoying (i have historically been very soft on tryhards) but i do very much enjoy how easy he is to bait
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Apr 14, 2024 00:44
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Boxturret posted:Hello, here I am, a normal person, and I just want to say how much I utterly despise this person I saw on tv for about 2 hours and wish them nothing but suffering. Good day to you all. This is like barging into a convention about boats, then smugly and loudly complaining that people have opinions about what kinds of boats they prefer. No one's said anything about John, the person. Just that they are or aren't enjoying his performance so far been in the show. Irisi posted:I'm loving Steve Pembertons' prize tasks and the acting/scenario tasks he does too, he's so clever! So far it feels like Steve might be in the running for best prize task entries? Julian had some bangers, but was very clearly using the show as a GoodWill for tchotchkes he didn't want anymore. Curious if Greg will turn on him for being so clever with it at some point.
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Apr 14, 2024 02:43
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Oh, so you're saying you hate trains? Goddamn train-haters.
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Apr 14, 2024 02:53
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I do feel like John is a solid "he's fine", but I can understand why people are disliking him. I think it mostly boils down to it being really obvious that he's seen the show and is aware of its tricks, which makes it feel a lot less organic when he finds one. There have been a lot of contestants by this point that at least have some familiarity with the show before going on it, but I think it is typically more fun when people go in largely blind.
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Apr 14, 2024 03:06
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The Cheshire Cat posted:I do feel like John is a solid "he's fine", but I can understand why people are disliking him. I think it mostly boils down to it being really obvious that he's seen the show and is aware of its tricks, which makes it feel a lot less organic when he finds one. There have been a lot of contestants by this point that at least have some familiarity with the show before going on it, but I think it is typically more fun when people go in largely blind. Katherine Parkinson is easily my favorite example of someone going in blind; I never got tired of her baffled fumbling. "...am I the spider?"
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Apr 14, 2024 03:16
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I really actually don't care for Steve's prize tasks at all, like if you wanna talk about tryharding his prize tasks all start at the level of pretty good gag and then draws it out long enough that it stops being funny and ends before it wraps around to being funny again. boobies was sufficient, it was funny and didn't wear out its welcome. the haiku was tiring
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Apr 14, 2024 05:42
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I think John Robbins did well on the baby water can task and the double fake out on if he broke the rules after seasons of "but" and roll tape again was actually pretty smart. I think he's playing the game the same way one of those super fans does when they talk what they would do in the task, where they are trying to find the workaround to be "the clever one", As a fan of Inside No. 9 because of it's really dark comedy (I loved the fake game show episode with Lee Mack last series) I can see how he's really good at the tasks that are the open-ended types.
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Apr 14, 2024 05:45
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The Cheshire Cat posted:I do feel like John is a solid "he's fine", but I can understand why people are disliking him. I think it mostly boils down to it being really obvious that he's seen the show and is aware of its tricks He's said that he binged the previous series (and international stuff) in a couple of weeks before his tasks were filmed and he stopped the show everytime a task was read out so he could have a think about how he'd do the task. Also said he keeps a spreadsheet of what points he thought he should get and got a bit upset when Greg didn't score accordingly. It's just a bit too much and very obvious.
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not a bot posted:He's said that he binged the previous series (and international stuff) in a couple of weeks before his tasks were filmed and he stopped the show everytime a task was read out so he could have a think about how he'd do the task. Also said he keeps a spreadsheet of what points he thought he should get and got a bit upset when Greg didn't score accordingly. It's just a bit too much and very obvious. If anything it makes it funnier that he does all that and still struggle to beat Joanne who doesn't know what an amphibian is.
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Apr 14, 2024 09:38
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Yeah I don't think John is necessarily the funniest, but after so many tasks of going "oh there's an obvious trick" and then watching the whole cast gently caress it up, it can be quite satisfying to watch the occasional try hard think it through and actually nail things. He's more entertaining than Herring, at least. I think Sophie is the one who's not clicking for me, I just don't quite get her humour.
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Apr 14, 2024 10:12
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Lugubrious posted:Katherine Parkinson is easily my favorite example of someone going in blind; I never got tired of her baffled fumbling. Kathering Parkinson came off as clueless and insane at a level that made me question whether she had ever been outside on her own before, and I loved it.
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Apr 14, 2024 10:33
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Deformed Church posted:Yeah I don't think John is necessarily the funniest, but after so many tasks of going "oh there's an obvious trick" and then watching the whole cast gently caress it up, it can be quite satisfying to watch the occasional try hard think it through and actually nail things. He's more entertaining than Herring, at least. The cat feeder introduction was stellar I thought. Her sense of humour does feel a bit 'older' than she really is, but it only makes it funnier to me.
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Apr 14, 2024 10:56
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I'm kinda surprised Robins had NEVER watched it, given him and Horne are mates (maybe not as much as he is with Key and Watto).
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Apr 14, 2024 11:32
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Paladinus posted:The cat feeder introduction was stellar I thought. Her sense of humour does feel a bit 'older' than she really is, but it only makes it funnier to me. I have to say I was quite surprised when I learned Sophie was only 36. Her and Nick are the ones I am enjoying the most so far, but I always enjoy the duds more than the competent types. I also miss the pure chaos energy of last season as so far the cast doesn't seem to have much chemistry with each other.
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Poopbutt posted:I have to say I was quite surprised when I learned Sophie was only 36. Her and Nick are the ones I am enjoying the most so far, but I always enjoy the duds more than the competent types. The impression I'm getting from Nick is that he also knows the show, but he's trying to find the most entertaining way to do the task even if it blows up in his face. Which has made his chaotic failures way more exciting to watch than someone finding the straight line to the most efficient solution.
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I was watching some clips of James Acaster on Mock the Week and Would I lie to You earlier and John was in a few of them. I honestly thought his appearance on Taskmaster was the first time I'm seeing him. He's just dull and forgettable, as well as a try hard.
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Apr 14, 2024 16:21
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Poopbutt posted:For the Lucy Beaumont fans I would definitely recommend the Perfect Brains podcast. It is quite interesting hearing Sam Campbell of all people become uncomfortable and confused. I just listened to the episode with her mum and it's definitely put to bed any idea that she might be exaggerating her weirdness. If anything she came across like the normal one.
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Apr 14, 2024 16:28
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Bertha the Toaster posted:I was watching some clips of James Acaster on Mock the Week and Would I lie to You earlier and John was in a few of them. I honestly thought his appearance on Taskmaster was the first time I'm seeing him. He's just dull and forgettable, as well as a try hard. He can be pretty Marmite but he's a comedy stalwart. Just not a popular one with the goods for telly.
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stev posted:I just listened to the episode with her mum and it's definitely put to bed any idea that she might be exaggerating her weirdness. If anything she came across like the normal one. that episode was like traumatizing lol it truly explained so much in such little time
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Apr 14, 2024 19:08
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Poopbutt posted:Also her and Jon Richardson have announced their divorce so the little people breeding project has come to an unfortunate end. If only Nick Mohammed wasn’t married. drat, that clip I saw of them awhile back on some other British panel show joking about getting a divorce is even funnier now.
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Apr 14, 2024 21:44
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Bertha the Toaster posted:I was watching some clips of James Acaster on Mock the Week and Would I lie to You earlier and John was in a few of them. I honestly thought his appearance on Taskmaster was the first time I'm seeing him. He's just dull and forgettable, as well as a try hard. James is great actually.
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Ratios and Tendency posted:James is great actually. John not James
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Genericide posted:John not James Ah, I'm dumb as poo poo carry on. Yeah, this cast aren't doing anything for me.
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Ah, I'm dumb as poo poo carry on. LOL, I thought you were just making a joke.
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A chance to ask questions to the two Andys. https://www.reddit.com/r/taskmaster/comments/1c5e23r/series_17_askmaster_andy_devonshire_and_andy/
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Watching old episodes and Ed Gamble is definitively one of the most unhinged contestants. Like, him loving losing it when paired with Baddiel on one of the live tasks and going on an angry rant and just killing a fly without losing a beat.
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Alhazred posted:Watching old episodes and Ed Gamble is definitively one of the most unhinged contestants. Like, him loving losing it when paired with Baddiel on one of the live tasks and going on an angry rant and just killing a fly without losing a beat. see like that's what you do with a contestant who genuinely wants and is trying to win: you stick em with whoever's most most likely to phone it in if you've got one which you know, not always possible since scheduling is so big and it's pre-season guesswork anyway so there's no guarantees but it makes for good watching
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Apr 18, 2024 09:11
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Finally watched the most recent ep, ahead of tonight’s new one. That was… tedious?
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I was genuinely worried about someone drinking that rum so I’m glad Alex pointed out it was non alcoholic. Also worried about someone running over and cutting the real hand.
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