Taskmaster S17/Aus S2 - I bet you've got a barbecue

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ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

"One of the finest bits of prehistory" indeed, he's so good. Love it. And Laika was emotional perfection. The tasks this season haven't been as brilliant as normal yet, but hands down this cast is my favorite

# ¿ Apr 29, 2022 05:17

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 02:47

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

The World Inferno posted:

Jesus christ the ads on Daily Motion are next level. A panel that constantly runs video ads while the main one is playing, bars that come down from the top of the screen, ones that pop up in the middle of it, the whole shebang. It all combines to make it actually impossible to watch there.

Daily Motion works fine for me on android chrome on mobile, no ads at all. Adblock+ don't work for you? Do you still see ads when you go fullscreen?

# ¿ Apr 29, 2022 14:58

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Why would we need an American one, we already have the UK, Kiwi, bunch of Scandi, whoever else ones already? What's the point of a US version?

# ¿ Apr 30, 2022 02:34

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Ok then, but I'll stay sceptical. My fear is that US versions of stuff to often devolve into angry points hunting or competition instead of trying to be purposefully stupid + charming. And why would anyone remember if they've seen someone before when they're entertaining me here and now? It's not like I'm going to enjoy a joke more the more famous someone is right?

# ¿ Apr 30, 2022 03:14

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Khanstant posted:

the conversations shall continue, until the show manifests

You could even start a different thread about it

# ¿ Apr 30, 2022 15:55

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Taskmaster: Our Precious American-only Bodily Fluids

# ¿ Apr 30, 2022 17:52

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEDwD550vQk

# ¿ May 2, 2022 19:23

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

There used to be an old maxim about how "in america they make fun of others, in Britain they make fun of themselves" but I don't know how true that is anymore

# ¿ May 2, 2022 20:02

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Of course there's tons of funny Americans, that's not in doubt, there's just no funny live TV production in the US. It's your producers and network exutives who suck, not your comedians.

Oh, and the U.S. tv-audience who votes republican

# ¿ May 2, 2022 20:14

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Ed Gamble is a thief

# ¿ May 4, 2022 21:31

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

They keep getting better

# ¿ May 6, 2022 07:35

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UEUpON8eY

# ¿ May 9, 2022 21:20

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

...this might be the best series. It's certainly the one that's made me laugh out loud the most

True, Alex simply can't deal with the unsullied chaos that flows from Bridget's mind. And Bridget can't deal with Alex trying to order it with his stupid rules and tasks. It's hilarious. Lord, her on the binbag, pots and noise, a true visage!

Most stand ups in the UK have at least met eachother before because of the Fringe (comedy festival). If you get to be on tv, you have already played in Edinburgh. Old comedians have crossed paths more than the youngs but yeah, some of them are actual friends, the badtards

E. Spelling. Give me coffee and give me death, I have a deadline I'm avoiding

ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 11:45 on May 13, 2022

# ¿ May 13, 2022 11:43

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

The World Inferno posted:

Ardal's aggressive derision of the other contestants is bliss.

It's not really aggressive, is it? More like, witty desperation from Ardal who's convinced he's done bad yet still wants to try to win

I love it

# ¿ May 15, 2022 05:24

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

AttitudeAdjuster posted:

Ardal drowning a mannequin in a cement mixer like a scene from a low budget horror film while Alex loses it in the background was an all-time TM moment. Same with Bridget's seemingly genuine inability to understand what a pedometer does.

So very much agreed. I love all of them yet, those two leave me completely defenseless. I can not not-laugh or be dramatically enthralled when they do something

# ¿ May 22, 2022 17:11

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

eke out posted:

the combination of Ardal's "gently caress it, whatever" attitude in tasks with his rabid competitiveness in the studio is one of the funniest things in Taskmaster

That god drat "best pre-historic" line, indescribable

# ¿ May 22, 2022 18:42

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Anyone wanna see more Wang? (and jazz)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNi9RMId_0I

Sorry, ment this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xzn7w9rguo

# ¿ May 25, 2022 20:40

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

drunken officeparty posted:

They can't have Dara O'Briain on because people would get confused on why Greg is doing tasks then also judging himself.

Oh god now you made me imagine 2010 Frankie Boyle on taskmaster and it's very strange. The magical powers of association bear thee unexpected fruits.

Modern day Frankie would probably work alright excepting he'd behave like a depressed cat most of the time

# ¿ May 29, 2022 13:59

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

And also RHLSTP.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2022 18:00

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

The Modern Leper posted:

I fear that Sophie found a way to do precisely this.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2022 20:56

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Paladinus posted:

I wouldn't be able to get past my existing Swedish vocabulary that comes entirely from this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGaucDp9Rls

Being swedish this one always puts me out of commission for abt 5min. Ahh, my simple mind and its simple humor. Suomi truly are a sibling nation

# ¿ Jun 3, 2022 08:26

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

If Sally Phillips gave me a book about fish I'd think that was swell as well

# ¿ Jun 4, 2022 16:26

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

The thread has spoken, people want more coc!

# ¿ Jun 8, 2022 23:04

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

itry posted:

An... interesting clip

Any Finns willing to confirm/deny this?

here but yes. It's a thing in Finland and our extended families. The rest of scandinavia call it alcoholism. Remember, you can't be an alcoholic if you're with other people because that is a party.

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 11:47

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Heavy_D posted:

Random task idea: the Channel Four series have occasionally taken tasks from the Dave era and reproduced them for a wider audience, with just enough of a tweak to make them fresh for the long term fans. Based on the previous success of the "Taskmaster Movie Trailer" and "Soap Cliffhanger" tasks, I humbly submit
code:
Create the most exciting "Previously on Taskmaster..." recap video. Most exciting recap video wins.

Probably best as a team task because watching five of them might get a bit repetitive. My initial impulse is probably quite bad, I'd try to reference 24 with lots of shots of Alex's ipad countdown clock. A decidedly uncool and dated approach...

You want them to do video editing of archive material, for 1h, inside the taskmaster house, as a task :what:

# ¿ Jun 15, 2022 14:27

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Best series, best entertainment, I miss them all and they could make the rest of taskmaster just these 5 meeting up once a year to both compete and stop eachother from winning

# ¿ Jun 17, 2022 19:21

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Irisi posted:

I don't want to diagnose someone on the basis of a very silly TV show, but remember the episode where part of the task was "don't take the fishtank out the room" and Bridget read that aloud, in no way registered any of the information, and immediately ran out of the room with the fishtank?

Yeah, I got a message from a relative of mine who is a 38 year old woman recently diagnosed with ADHD, saying "That's what living in my head is like! That's ADHD in women! That's why I once left my child at the Tesco meat counter!"

I mean, that's ADHD in men too. We're not different really, women just aren't allowed to be ADHD-y which makes it all that much harder, and have to cope best they can still. Society rules are hard to play - especially when you can't remember them even as you're reading them!

# ¿ Jun 18, 2022 17:42

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Gee, I wonder what this tap labelled "the waters of the hate flood" opens. Oh. Oh.

Both French and Saunders
Dylan Moran, who I think is fantastic, would just say gently caress off to everyone and everything
Same but different with Stewart Lee, the best stand up in world history. Then again, since he is Stewart Lee it would be very different and who knows? Spiteful Lee spiting the audience who'd think he'd be bad at Taskmaster is a mood unchallenged
Michael McIntyre
David Walliams
Is Martin Freeman a comedian? He shouldn't be
Stephen Merchant

Ricky Gervais would be fun if it was revealed in studio to be only him in it. As a prank.

ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Jun 19, 2022

# ¿ Jun 19, 2022 19:47

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

I need to watch cc2 yet but lord I wish Ed fails most and shits his pants if possible. While he is a funny comedian I like and not a bad person really, he's just so god drat smug about taskmaster somehow and goes hard in the wrong(?) way and i demand to see him ~~crushed~~ humbled

# ¿ Jun 23, 2022 22:48

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

On topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5COBhH4B8

I scared to post about Fern because funny sexy Scottish women are my catnip.

Very nice first ep, hopefully the cast will get more comfortable in the studio. Or more fighty. Gaaah, Scottish women :3:

# ¿ Sep 30, 2022 19:18

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

"He has very Kumar energy"
- Nish Kumar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xOXoKYmcY

# ¿ Oct 1, 2022 17:30

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Yeah, the "Katherine's soggy dick" task is more specific arguably

# ¿ Oct 1, 2022 20:55

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

The World Inferno posted:

From Blogatog. Given we already have full sets and decks coming out themed around Universes Beyond it's kind of scary that he's saying most of it isn't out yet. It is what it is ultimately, but what a shame given all the world's mtg has built and taken us that all that time and energy is being spent making Batman into a Magic card instead.

Foul Heathen! There is no game but Taskmaster, and how its puppets shall dance their pointful dance for the portcullis, willing remorse and glory at Master!

# ¿ Oct 6, 2022 05:39