Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

siblers · 23-12-2024 01:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122973702#Comment_122973702

The TM team need to take responsibility for that one, played out exactly as you'd have expected. Don't think it would have been an less chaotic on the normal one

Headshot · 29-12-2024 10:59PM

I'm a bit late watching Taskmaster New Year Treat special but I'm looking at the contestants

It feels like Taskmaster has ran out of comedians…

Basq · 29-12-2024 11:03PM

^ New Years Treat is never comedians..

.. but it was particularly dreadful!

Zaph · 29-12-2024 11:03PM

The new year's show never has comedians in it, it's always a mixture of other celebrities.

Exclamation Marc · 29-12-2024 11:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122999606#Comment_122999606

Tonight was fairly awful alright. I think I Iaughed two or three times tops. Theyd be much better served doing a one-off of return contestants who weren't champions than unfunny celebrities. I don't blame them for not being funny but the prize task was a prime example of how non-comedians are generally unsuited for this type of show. Just felt like a chore watching it this evening and I was more excited for the new season reveal that never happened.

That said, the clues are out there (from Alex Horne) for who's in the next series.

Basq · 29-12-2024 11:21PM

Strange to see no S19 contestant announcement with the premiere in NYC in a few weeks. Especially as was leaked a while back on Reddit.

Mr Crispy · 29-12-2024 11:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122999659#Comment_122999659

I saw a leak online that claimed

Jason Mantzoukas

was a contestant, and assumed it was made up. Is that the one from Reddit you're talking about?

siblers · 29-12-2024 11:41PM

I only really watched cause i thought theyd reveal S19. Unsurprsingly it wasn't great, scoring was pretty farcical by Greg.

Basq · 29-12-2024 11:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122999695#Comment_122999695

It is indeed.. don't think it's made up.

Mr Crispy · 30-12-2024 12:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122999752#Comment_122999752

Interesting. I actually think he could be excellent!

Dodge · 31-12-2024 02:33PM

I enjoyed the new years episode. Decent tasks and people having a good time. That’s all I need

salmocab · 31-12-2024 03:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123003811#Comment_123003811

Watched it last night, almost didn’t after reading here about it. Was decent enough for what it was, thought the do something you’ll regret task would have been better served by comedians but that apart it was enjoyable enough.

Exclamation Marc · 31-12-2024 03:19PM

I think the issue New Years Treats have is that compared to any mainline Taskmaster episode, it's never going to compare for obvious reasons (comedians v non-comedians).

A minor concern is the dilution of the brand through overexposure leading to less interest. Viewership has slowly been declining in the last few years (lowest ep was at 1.53m viewers in the UK for S18 v 2.4m for the lowest ep in S12) and it's evidently down on its peak seasons.

I don't think that the forays into less funny NYT and JT help and maybe spacing out seasons slightly might help retain interest.

Basq · 31-12-2024 03:34PM

There has been a few entertaining celebs on New Years Treat over the years (e.g Adrian Chiles, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Rylan etc)..

.. but when the lineup was announced, it was definitely didn't show a lot of promise.

You know it's bad when a former goalkeeper is the most entertaining by some distance.

Penn · 31-12-2024 04:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123003984#Comment_123003984

Yeah they should definitely try to have at least 3 comedy-adjacent people for the NYT; ones known to at least be entertaining.

But a lot of the time these things are more determined by who the production team's agents also have on their books.

Exclamation Marc · 22-01-2025 11:16AM

New series contestants are:

Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey, Jason Mantzoukas (wow), Fatiha El-Ghorri and Stevie Martin.

RobertFoster · 22-01-2025 11:20AM

^^

https://youtu.be/rDS81S4_CWM

Hurrache · 22-01-2025 11:40AM

Wow, worth it for Jason Mantzoukas alone.

Basq · 22-01-2025 11:43AM

^ Leaks were accurate so..

It's a solid line-up.. bar Rosie Ramsey tbh.

ArmaniJeanss · 22-01-2025 11:45AM

I watched the recent episode 2 of 'Taskmaster Class', wasn't mentioned here.
Obviously a glorified clip show, but a much better selection of clips than episode 1.

Just a general observation from some of the clips shown - It's a pity that they've moved away from doing cuts to the studio during the showing of the tasks, showing everyone's real-time reaction to what is on screen. It really added to the show.

Exclamation Marc · 22-01-2025 12:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123083813#Comment_123083813

I find Fatiha desperately unfunny whenever I see her on TV.

Rosie, I could take or leave, but as a friend said, her personality might be great when mixed with the rest of the line-up.

The other three will be brilliant.

salmocab · 22-01-2025 12:32PM

not sure of a couple of them but over the last few series there’s been people who o thought ah crap who I then actually quite enjoyed on it. Rosie Jones most notably.

pjohnson · 22-01-2025 12:37PM

PIMENTO!

Basq · 22-01-2025 01:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123083905#Comment_123083905

I've warmed to Fatiha.. didn't like her on Outsiders, but she was witty enough with Harry Hill on latest Big Fat Quiz.

Once she eases up on the "BRUV" etc.

Mr Crispy · 22-01-2025 01:14PM

She'll intimidate the hell out of Alex which will be funny in and of itself.

Penn · 22-01-2025 01:18PM

Seems like a good mix of a lineup. Jason/Pimento/Derek should be great. The others I've seen bits of here and there but no complaints anyway. Give them a shot.