Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

Penn · 23-10-2020 11:05am

I'm definitely enjoying it anyway. Think it still has potential to be a decent series. Not having the audience in the room was always going to have an effect. But Greg is still on great form, there's some good banter between him and the contestants (even if no arguments have broken out yet), and they're all trying to take on the tasks in fairly different ways and giving it a proper go.

Posy · 23-10-2020 1:16pm

corcaigh07 wrote: »

It's not one of the better seasons so far but it's no Season 6 surely

I'm trying to remember which one was series 6.

I have watched every series, but I missed the one that Paul Sinha was in... I don't think I'll bother finding it online though, it doesn't seem to have been too good!

Penn · 23-10-2020 1:40pm

Posy wrote: »

I'm trying to remember which one was series 6.

I have watched every series, but I missed the one that Paul Sinha was in... I don't think I'll bother finding it online though, it doesn't seem to have been too good!

Series 6 was the one with Liza Tarbuck, Tim Vine & Russell Howard.

Paul Sinha was series 8. It wasn't great overall, but definitely had some great moments.

Basq · 24-10-2020 1:40pm

Basq wrote: »

Oh.. for those who are interested.. Taskmaster New Zealand started last night.

Dear God.. awful muck!

Rose Matafeo is clearly the only worthwhile comedian in New Zealand.

Only worth watching if you want to listen to silly New Zealand accents for 45 minutes.. is that racist?

gmisk · 24-10-2020 1:44pm

Basq wrote: »

Dear God.. awful muck!

Rose Matafeo is clearly the only worthwhile comedian in New Zealand.

Only worth watching if you want to listen to silly New Zealand accents for 45 minutes.. is that racist?

Rhys Darby
Jermaine Clement
Taika Waititi

stargazer 68 · 24-10-2020 1:46pm

Never watched it and put the new series on last night. Loving it! Dont know how we never watched it before! Which season should we watch next??

skipper_G · 24-10-2020 1:52pm

stargazer 68 wrote: »

Never watched it and put the new series on last night. Loving it! Dont know how we never watched it before! Which season should we watch next??

The first 4 seasons are excellent, season 3 in particular is my personal favourite.

Basq · 24-10-2020 1:53pm

gmisk wrote: »

Rhys Darby
Jermaine Clement
Taika Waititi

I think the 3 of them are probably a bit too high profile for Taskmaster.. bar potentially Rhys.

But yeah, good call!

gmisk · 24-10-2020 1:56pm

stargazer 68 wrote: »

Never watched it and put the new series on last night. Loving it! Dont know how we never watched it before! Which season should we watch next??

I would honestly just go from the start.
They are all fun imo.
With a couple of dud series but still with great bits (series 8 for me was weak)

Penn · 24-10-2020 2:00pm

stargazer 68 wrote: »

Never watched it and put the new series on last night. Loving it! Dont know how we never watched it before! Which season should we watch next??

Yeah I'd agree with gmisk, just start from the beginning. Out of 9 series, most are great to fantastic. Series 6 and 8 are weaker but still have some great moments and are still worth checking out.

Basq · 24-10-2020 2:17pm

I genuinely envy people only discovering it.. and get to watch it all from the start!

Hurrache · 24-10-2020 3:33pm

Zaph wrote: »

Enjoyed this week's episode way more than the first one. Johnny Vegas standing in the dinghy and trying to propel himself by hip thrusting is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the show.

Yeah, it was so much better than the first episode, pretty fun throughout.

Degag · 25-10-2020 12:31pm

Really enjoyed the latest episode. A marked step up from the first one. Vegas, Daisy and Mawaan the best for me. The other two not doing it for me at the moment.

dulpit · 25-10-2020 1:51pm

If people haven't listened already the podcast is a good addition to the taskmaster experience. Little Alex Horne was guest in episode 1, Nish Kumar for episode 2 and Jo Brand will be episode 3...

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 25-10-2020 5:11pm

Basq wrote: »

Oh.. for those who are interested.. Taskmaster New Zealand started last night.

Basq wrote: »

Dear God.. awful muck!

Rose Matafeo is clearly the only worthwhile comedian in New Zealand.

Only worth watching if you want to listen to silly New Zealand accents for 45 minutes.. is that racist?

I actually thought it was pretty decent. Not as good as the UK version (which would be a tall order), but far far superior to the US version.

The Taskmaster himself was far too wooden and dull as dishwater, but Alex-lite was enjoyable enough, and I genuinely liked all 5 contestants and thought the tasks were good. If the Taskmaster himself loosens up a bit as time goes on, it could end up being a pretty great series.

Morathi · 25-10-2020 5:19pm

I was a little concerned about this season, not knowing the contestants well bar Vegas and Parkinson.

It's been an odd one with the covid stuff, but found myself laughing mostly at how much they're all laughing at each other. Davis's little commentaries after the videos have been especially funny this season.

So far, very enjoyable, not the very best but extremely far from s8 (the worst imo).

gmisk · 26-10-2020 12:04am

Fun second episode.
Daisy and Mawaan still best fun for me.
Loved the rubber dingies task.
Greg Davies is so quick witted.

stargazer 68 · 29-10-2020 10:46pm

Loving tonight's one. Never heard of Mawan until recently. He seems to have been on everything the last couple of weeks. He is funny though.

gmisk · 29-10-2020 10:50pm

stargazer 68 wrote: »

Loving tonight's one. Never heard of Mawan until recently. He seems to have been on everything the last couple of weeks. He is funny though.

It's fun so far isn't it!.
I first saw him do standup on harry hills club nite.
https://youtu.be/A293gwvhFLM
Him and Daisy are excellent imo.

gmisk · 29-10-2020 11:09pm

Daisy at the drawing task! Lol

siblers · 29-10-2020 11:33pm

Better episode tonight. Katherine Parkinson is great, Johnny Vegas was very good too. Their competitive side is starting to come out

I think Richard Herring might be one the most forgettable contestant to be on this show. Along with Sian Gibson and Katy Wixx

gmisk · 29-10-2020 11:36pm

siblers wrote: »

Better episode tonight. Katherine Parkinson is great, Johnny Vegas was very good too. Their competitive side is starting to come out

I think Richard Herring might be one the most forgettable contestant to be on this show. Along with Sian Gibson and Katy Wixx

Agree he adds absolutely nothing

siblers · 29-10-2020 11:38pm

gmisk wrote: »

Agree he adds absolutely nothing

Which is kinda odd considering how much he's being trying to get on the show. Was expecting him to be a bit mad like James Acaster or Ed Gamble

Basq · 29-10-2020 11:43pm

siblers wrote: »

Which is kinda odd considering how much he's being trying to get on the show. Was expecting him to be a bit mad like James Acaster or Ed Gamble

I love Herring's podcast RHLSTP..

.. but he was never going to be mad like Acaster or Gamble.

He's an off-kilter and often insightful interviewer and that's when he's at his best.. he's not even a great comedian to be honest.

Basq · 29-10-2020 11:46pm

Daisy was brilliant in this episode..

.. the upside down chicken movie and soundtrack, the catapult of the shoe, spaghetti inside the fruit and the madness during the drawing task.

All star performance!

Exclamation Marc · 29-10-2020 11:49pm

I think its too soon to write Herring off. Plenty more of him to see.

Best episode of the season so far. Catapult task had me in stitches.

siblers · 29-10-2020 11:57pm

Basq wrote: »

I love Herring's podcast RHLSTP..

.. but he was never going to be mad like Acaster or Gamble.

He's an off-kilter and often insightful interviewer and that's when he's at his best.. he's not even a great comedian to be honest.

I thought he'd be a bit more into it or be a bit more aware of how the show works. For a super fan he just adds nothing but I hope to be proven wrong

I think Greg's judging is a bit off at times so far. How did Daisy outscore Richard on the upside down task?

It was similar to last week when Mawaan outscored Daisy on the balloon task

gmisk · 29-10-2020 11:58pm

Oh talking about people who I would like to see....Adam Buxton would be good!

gmisk · 29-10-2020 11:59pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

I think its too soon to write Herring off. Plenty more of him to see.

Best episode of the season so far. Catapult task had me in stitches.

Maybe it is the edit who knows.
I watched series 2 again not that long ago....it needs a Joe Wilkinson!

Dodge · 30-10-2020 1:20am

Fun episode. Have enjoyed all 3 so far this series but this might’ve been the best. Good variety in the tasks

Degag · 30-10-2020 1:25am

siblers wrote: »

I think Richard Herring might be one the most forgettable contestant to be on this show. Along with Sian Gibson and Katy Wixx

Or the ultimate in forgetfulness: Alice Levine

Good episode again although the upsidedown one was a bit meh. Made up by the catapult one.

All the contestants growing on me know marring Richard.

Degag · 30-10-2020 1:27am

gmisk wrote: »

Maybe it is the edit who knows.
I watched series 2 again not that long ago....it needs a Joe Wilkinson!

Love Joe Wilkinson! Great on Cats Does Countdown too.

corcaigh07 · 30-10-2020 9:30am

Did Johnny and Katherine catapult correctly though? Daisy got VERY lucky to get 2 points for the upside down task, harsh on Herring's effort.

The catapult task was great and you could see Alex Horne was happy Johnny Vegas came out of it OK, health and safety wise!

Degag · 30-10-2020 5:46pm

What was the wording of the spaghetti task? I was watching it thinking that in series gone past Alex would have actually weighed the spaghetti inside the fruit. Seemed a bit of a cop out to count the stuff sticking out aswell.

Degag · 02-11-2020 6:58pm

Rewatching Season 1 at the moment. God it was so good, all really good contestants!

Morathi · 02-11-2020 7:45pm

Degag wrote: »

Rewatching Season 1 at the moment. God it was so good, all really good contestants!

Agreed!

Was watching the 2nd one today myself, the current one (while still fine so far) is lacking a lot of the fizz, and belly laughs of the earlier ones.

Degag · 02-11-2020 8:52pm

For me, in later series there is a bit less "thinking outside the box" as earlier series. I also think that quality of the tasks themselves my not be quite as good either.

Also it's also really evident how competitive the contestants in the first series are against eachother (and with Greg when scoring). That doesn't really come across as much in later episodes either.

Basq · 04-11-2020 9:54pm

Oh man, had forgotten this task with Rob Beckett's accents..

https://youtu.be/tWiM3xwixgo?t=172

GOLD!

Mr Crispy · 04-11-2020 10:22pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KY4yMwrFQ

Basq · 04-11-2020 11:05pm

Mr Crispy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KY4yMwrFQ

Don't think much of this reverse interview stuff.. not giving me many laughs so far!

siblers · 05-11-2020 11:07pm

Good episode tonight, main tasks were very good but the prize task was awful. The prize tasks this season have all been pretty bad.

Richard and Mawaan should have gotten 1 and 2 points for the balloon task instead of 3 and 4 points. Annoyed me more than it should have

Morathi · 05-11-2020 11:16pm

Started slow, but gained traction. Loved the balloon task, was well edited, probably my fav so far this season.

The contestants overall, for me, are all a little bland, with occasional bouts of hilarity. It might have something to do with the tasks, im not sure yet, still only episode 4.

Davis is absolutely carrying it this season for me, all the best humour is coming from him.

dulpit · 05-11-2020 11:37pm

I really enjoyed tonight's episode. Did anyone notice that the stage extension bit had a plaque saying The Knappett? Obviously from when Jessica Knappett took a tumble...

Morathi · 05-11-2020 11:38pm

dulpit wrote: »

I really enjoyed tonight's episode. Did anyone notice that the stage extension bit had a plaque saying The Knappett? Obviously from when Jessica Knappett took a tumble...

Ha! Did not, well spotted!

Basq · 05-11-2020 11:42pm

Thought the tasks were particularly poor this week bar the balloon task.

Davis is on top form but Daisy-May Cooper is hilarious too!

Morathi · 05-11-2020 11:51pm

The telephone one was quite bad. It was tricky to follow exactly, and had little room for outside the box thinking.(in fact, ultimately Mawan shot himself in the foot for doing so).

Only Johnny managed to pull any kind of humour from it.

So yeah, now that I think more on it, I feel the tasks might be limiting the contestants from being as funny as they can be.

But a lot of sympathy for Alex and the team, can't be easy to think of so many funny and original tasks.

FunLover18 · 06-11-2020 12:34am

I'm enjoying this series.

I wish they'd give Daisy a more comfortable chair.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 06-11-2020 1:25am

I do think the tasks have been very poor overall. I often catch a few minutes of the repeats on Dave a couple times a week and the tasks are infinitely better. I think the cast are pretty decent, they're just not getting much of a chance to shine because of the tasks.

I'm actually really enjoying the New Zealand version a lot. The first episode is a bit iffy, but it improves a lot in episodes 2 and 3 once everyone settles in and relax a bit (I suppose I've gotten used to them a bit more too which helps). The tasks overall have been really strong on it though.

06-11-2020 1:56am

Have the contestants all secretly agreed to bring in the worst items possible? :pac:

Thought the phone task would be funnier. The final task was one of the better ones in a while. The tension!

Penn · 06-11-2020 9:45am

Deleted User wrote: »

Have the contestants all secretly agreed to bring in the worst items possible? :pac:

I think that's been the most disappointing part of this series. Only for Greg managing to drag bits of humour out of it, none of them (bar Johnny's one-armed-bandit) have brought in anything interesting or unique.

Still enjoying it on the whole though. Johnny is really saving a lot of these tasks from being duds, maybe followed by Daisy too who is a joy to watch. Mawaan can be hit or miss. Katherine is okay, and Richard is just bland which is a shame.

Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

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