Taskmaster Megathread

[Sol]

Battista PMed me about this, and I figured it would make sense to start a thread!

Have recently gotten into this show and it's been quite indispensable, especially in this time where the world feels so bleak. It's all on YouTube as well, so quite easy to access. It's a show where various British comics have to do silly challenges, some of which involve lateral thinking.

Some favorite moments:

The best bit is when the women do their stag do. Anything Judi Love is in is funny to me.

[Battista Minola 1616]

You cannot start this thread without mentioning upfront the oldest and most discussed Classic Moment of the show, the Joe Wilkinson potato throw:

[T'Chenka]

I watched the first 2 seasons and really enjoyed them. Plan to watch more seasons at some point in the future, but not right now.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I'll mention a favourite deep cut of mine that I have never seen brought up anywhere. There are (at least) two different episodes of the show that are named after Greg Davies's reaction to a contestant using the word dehumanizing to describe a task: S8 E2 "A Novel About Russian Gulags" and S10 E2 "A Documentary About a Despot".

[Sol]

Battista, who do you think are the funniest contestants? The frontrunners for me are probably Katherine Ryan, Judi Love, Sam Campbell, David Correos from NZ, and the entire cast of Series 7.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Battista, who do you think are the funniest contestants? The frontrunners for me are probably Katherine Ryan, Judi Love, Sam Campbell, David Correos from NZ, and the entire cast of Series 7.

Good question, I disagree with most of these. My frontrunners are Mike Wozniak, Bridget Christie, the entire cast of Series 5, perhaps Series 7 as well and (for entirely different reasons) Katherine Parkinson. Also I've watched some clips of Cândido Costa from Portugal and man is he worse than David Correos, much enhanced by the fact that I only understand ~30% of what he is saying.

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[Sol]

Battista, who do you think are the funniest contestants? The frontrunners for me are probably Katherine Ryan, Judi Love, Sam Campbell, David Correos from NZ, and the entire cast of Series 7.

Good question, I disagree with most of these. My frontrunners are Mike Wozniak, Bridget Christie, the entire cast of Series 5, perhaps Series 7 as well and (for entirely different reasons) Katherine Parkinson. Also I've watched some clips of Cândido Costa from Portugal and man is he worse than David Correos, much enhanced by the fact that I only understand ~30% of what he is saying.

All of those people could have easily ended up on that list for me lol, except Katherine Parkinson (no hate, just didn't stand out much).

Are you not a Correos enjoyer? Man's wildly broad and physical but he pulls it off imo, like the Three Stooges or something.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Battista, who do you think are the funniest contestants? The frontrunners for me are probably Katherine Ryan, Judi Love, Sam Campbell, David Correos from NZ, and the entire cast of Series 7.

Good question, I disagree with most of these. My frontrunners are Mike Wozniak, Bridget Christie, the entire cast of Series 5, perhaps Series 7 as well and (for entirely different reasons) Katherine Parkinson. Also I've watched some clips of Cândido Costa from Portugal and man is he worse than David Correos, much enhanced by the fact that I only understand ~30% of what he is saying.

All of those people could have easily ended up on that list for me lol, except Katherine Parkinson (no hate, just didn't stand out much).

Are you not a Correos enjoyer? Man's wildly broad and physical but he pulls it off imo, like the Three Stooges or something.

I haven't watched that series fully but I'd say Correos takes it a bit too far for me. Also I should stress these are not entirely overlapping with my favourite contestants, where I'd say Mark Watson and especially Victoria Coren Mitchell stand out for being the ones I could identify with the most.