Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

Penn

A great episode. Great especially to have Josh Widdecombe back, he works so well on this between his overall panic in the tasks but also his banter with Greg and everyone else in the live bits, something I've kinda felt was missing from the last two series'.

Skid X

Greg: "You were trying to invoke King Lear, I imagine?"

Rob: "No idea what you're talking about, mate"

Greg "When Gloucester gets blinded"

Rob "PJ and Duncan's my only blind reference"


That cracked me up!

Apologies for the spoilers for Taskmaster, Byker Grove and King Lear there

Skid X

I loved the briefcase task tonight - everyone tackling it in a completely different way, classic Taskmaster. Also, Josh's solo theme song wasn't bad

Dave haven't quite announced a new series, but there should be more of the same coming in 2018


https://twitter.com/davechannel/status/943603082830721025

EPAndlee

Enjoying watching series one again this week mainly because of Paul Chowdhry

Skid X

Not quite but almost confirmed that a new series is being filmed.

I think James Acaster would be a very good contestant


http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/02/21/39194/taskmaster_to_return_for_a_sixth_series?rss


"Taskmaster is to return for a sixth series – and Chortle understands that James Acaster is among those taking part.

It is believed that the filming of the tasks has already taken place, with studio segments –– when the comedians find out how they each performed – being recorded soon.

Creator Alex Horne let news slip that the Dave channel had commissioned a sixth series when he appeared on spoken word artist Scroobius Pip’s Distraction Pieces podcast recently."

Penn

I've only really started coming across some of James Acaster's work recently, and he definitely seems like he'd be a great fit for Taskmaster.

EPAndlee

He is very funny on mock the week

Basq

Acaster should have been on a long time ago.. he's great!

His Classic Scrapes book is very funny.. some fantastic stories in there. A little taster of one of them in the very long but very funny clip from WILTY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct40CLTCC7A

He's big but he's destined to be huge.. FOUR Netflix specials due next month too: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/02/16/39160/james_acaster_confirms_four_netflix_specials

Mr.Prodston

Taskmaster + James Acaster = Happy Mr. P

Guy:Incognito

SERIES SIX OF #TASKMASTER IS COMING 🎉
Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine will all compete to lift the hallowed hollow head of the Greg Davies under the watchful eye of Alex Horne. https://t.co/3XxvpwZVWl

Basq

^ Well, that's a mighty disappointing line-up.

Most underwhelmed I've been from a line-up so far!

EDIT: Very good news however..

https://twitter.com/davechannel/status/966583358867189762

Penn

I dunno, Tim Vine and Russell Howard at least should be quite good, and Liza Tarbuck might go a bit of a Mel Geidroyc route and be surprisingly alright. Never heard of the other two.

Still though, four more series' of ten episodes each? That's f*cking fantastic, and well deserved too.

Toto Wolfcastle

I think Alice Levine will be pretty good on it. I think it’s one of those shows where it doesn’t matter hugely what you think of the cast beforehand because you usually end up loving someone you thought you’d hate.

SteelyDanJalapeno

So no James acaster?

Penn

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

So no James acaster?

Article says he's likely in a future series. I'm guessing series 7. Chances are there'll be two series of Taskmaster this year, one in Spring and one in the Autumn, so he'll probably be in the one later this year.

Skid X

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

So no James acaster?

Not in Series 6, but they are probably filming more than one series at the moment.

Guy:Incognito

Filming for series 6 studio bits is 22nd - 28th March. Anyone know how soon after filming we saw previous series?

Did the American one air yet or what's the deal?

Basq

First trailer for US remake.. complete with * U.S Trailer Voice *..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_eYeParsRc

Starts April 27th... and looks all a bit meh!

EPAndlee

That looks really bad to be honest. Will probably be like the us inbetweeners

Penn

I actually quite liked the trailer and the p*sstake tone they took with it. Hard to see what way Reggie Watts will play it. Doubt he'll be emulating Greg Davis.

Ultimately, it all depends on the contestants, and from the look of that Ron Funches might make the whole thing worthwhile.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Penn wrote: »

I actually quite liked the trailer and the p*sstake tone they took with it. Hard to see what way Reggie Watts will play it. Doubt he'll be emulating Greg Davis.

Ultimately, it all depends on the contestants, and from the look of that Ron Funches might make the whole thing worthwhile.

Aye, only time will tell; bit too early to judge off the trailer, and Ron Funches automatically makes everything ten times better by his presence alone - that guy deserves so much more recognition...

Skid X

New Series of Taskmaster (UK) begins May 2nd!

Tim Vine

Liza Tarbuck

Russell Howard

Asim Chaudhry

Alice Levine



https://twitter.com/davechannel/status/983726150802427906

skipper_G

Great news! Russell Howard can be a bit preachy on his own show but he should be good on this. I know Liza & Tim as well, both should be decent enough. Can't say I know the other two. Looking forward to it, just a few weeks to wait

budhabob

skipper_G wrote: »

Great news! Russell Howard can be a bit preachy on his own show but he should be good on this. I know Liza & Tim as well, both should be decent enough. Can't say I know the other two. Looking forward to it, just a few weeks to wait

This is a weird show, the people I hate as stand ups (e.g. Al Murray) I've loved on this. Howard is someone similar, so hoping to his works well.

skipper_G

budhabob wrote: »

This is a weird show, the people I hate as stand ups (e.g. Al Murray) I've loved on this. Howard is someone similar, so hoping to his works well.

Yeah I totally get that as well, I think the format allows them to be natural and not trying to hit a punchline. That way we just see a bunch of people having a laugh at themselves doing silly things

Basq

"Taskmaster Lite" on BBC on Friday evening..

https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/gameshows/357035-button-new-game-show-creators-taskmater-arrives-bbc-one.html

Toto Wolfcastle

Watched Taskmaster US this evening and really enjoyed it. So much better than I expected it to be. It could be longer though.

The U.K. version is back this week.

Basq

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Watched Taskmaster US this evening and really enjoyed it. So much better than I expected it to be. It could be longer though.

Thought it was OK.. needed to be longer so was thankful for the 2 episodes.

Not a funny bunch particularly.. Horne's quips made me laugh most along with Ron Funches occassionally.

Lisa Lampinelli is truly despicable though!

skipper_G

The first episode is available for download on the UKTV player already

skipper_G

Watched the first episode, I like the balance of the group. A couple of creative attempts and a couple less so :pac:

Adamocovic

skipper_G wrote: »

Watched the first episode, I like the balance of the group. A couple of creative attempts and a couple less so :pac:

Will watch today, bit nervous as only one I really am aware of is Russel Howard, and I'm not a huge fan of his!

budhabob

Adamocovic wrote: »

Will watch today, bit nervous as only one I really am aware of is Russel Howard, and I'm not a huge fan of his!

That's the great thing about taskmaster, the people I dislike as standups etc have proved to be some of the best on this.

skipper_G

Adamocovic wrote: »

Will watch today, bit nervous as only one I really am aware of is Russel Howard, and I'm not a huge fan of his!

I know three of them, Russell Howard, Tim Vine & Liza Tarbuck. Howard is arguably the most high profile of them and some of his stand-up routine can be a bit preachy so I was wary of him but actually wasn't bad. I loved his use of

gin and fags in the wheelbarrow stunt task, it was just so unnecessary and random

Basq

I thought it was a padlock!

Degag

Have high enough hopes after the first episode. I like Liza Tarbuck already even after (i think) not seeing her in anything before.

I actually think the programme's biggest issue is coming up with "decent" tasks. I just thing that some of them are unimatinative at times especially compared to the early seasons. Smallish complaint though, still really enjoy it!!

Degag

Second episode is up on On Demand.

skipper_G

Degag wrote: »

Second episode is up on On Demand.

It wasn’t a great episode. I don't think I laughed out loud even once, just a few chuckles

skipper_G

Episode 3 is up on demand now

Edit: first task in and it's already the best episode so far

Basq

Episode 3 is best so far..

.. gotta say Alex Levine is turning into quite a delight.

The rest of them? Not so much.

loyatemu

you can never have too much Tim Vine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmoQA0nofY

Basq

^ I've seen him on interviews where he's "punny" and quick-witted.. but he's pretty poor on this. His input is minimal.

Penn

Watched the first two episodes of the US version. Jesus, Lisa Lampenelli is one of the most insufferable c*nts I've ever had the displeasure of watching.

The show itself is alright. Not a patch on the UK version, the shortened runtime especially does a lot of damage. Alex Horne is really what makes it watchable. Ron Funches is great too and Reggie Watts can be funny enough at times, though he can be very bland at times too.

EPAndlee

Thought Alice and Tim have been pretty poor and haven't really brought anything to the snow. For me Liza and Russell have been fairly good but as a whole the series isn't great so far

Penn

EPAndlee wrote: »

Thought Alice and Tim have been pretty poor and haven't really brought anything to the snow. For me Liza and Russell have been fairly good but as a whole the series isn't great so far

I actually quite like Alice. She's a bit hit and miss, but I like her interactions with Alex and the others and she doesn't always just go for the obvious ways of doing things.

Tim is very disappointing though. He just doesn't seem into it at all.

EPAndlee

Penn wrote: »

I actually quite like Alice. She's a bit hit and miss, but I like her interactions with Alex and the others and she doesn't always just go for the obvious ways of doing things.

Tim is very disappointing though. He just doesn't seem into it at all.

Not even a few of his trademark one liners

skipper_G

It's a pretty disappointing series so far, Ep. 3 was the best we've seen from them so far but Ep. 4 was back to form.

Ep. 4 Spoiler, as it hasn't aired yet

The do something manly with this box was a bit of a dud, why did none of them just go total caveman and smash it to bits, that would have been funny, unlike Alice's gender pay gap statement

Degag

Penn wrote: »

I actually quite like Alice.

So do I;)

Basq

Alice, Liza and Russell have been pretty solid IMO.

But definitely the least entertaining dynamic so far.

Degag

Watched the latest series on On Demand.

Probably the poorest of the season so far:(

Mr.Prodston

Moment of the season so far has to be Tim Vine's quest to weigh that bag in episode 9!

I laughed and laughed! :pac:

Final episode on Wednesday!