Series 17, Episode 3 - 'Some impropriety?' | Full Episode

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  • čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
  • Will Steve Pemberton’s ‘no vowels’ gamble pay off? And why is Joanne McNally sniffing Little Alex Horne’s beard?
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    In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
    Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.
    #Taskmaster #Comedy #GregDavies #AlexHorne
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Komentáře • 771

  • @tribert1
    @tribert1 Před měsícem +1920

    As an american with no clue what the fuck a mr. blobby is, that task was horror

    • @gentlemankillah
      @gentlemankillah Před měsícem +261

      I never had until his appearance on Big Fat Quiz and I was on Jack Whitehalls side immediately 😂

    • @Vtarngpb
      @Vtarngpb Před měsícem +15

      @@gentlemankillahsame!!

    • @irisblue2332
      @irisblue2332 Před měsícem +43

      @@gentlemankillah I just watched that episode last night. Gotta hand it to whoever was inside the costume. Talk about being committed!

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis Před měsícem +63

      RIGHT!??!!? It looks like an unholy dough child of demon parentage! :D

    • @Gildedmuse
      @Gildedmuse Před měsícem +103

      I'm kind of amazed they all got it. Imagine an American version of this task with, say, Elmo? I can't imagine them all getting it! How big was Blobby in the UK, cause I feel like he has to be bigger than a large tree.

  • @ellekay4758
    @ellekay4758 Před měsícem +933

    “Daddy Horne hanging around outside doing fuckall” has to be in my top 5 TM moments

    • @Giguv05
      @Giguv05 Před měsícem +44

      I love how Alex looked genuinely hurt by that :D

    • @Thingdeux
      @Thingdeux Před měsícem +8

      As an erstwhile father who occasionally does this -I felt so seen!

    • @sweekruthi9969
      @sweekruthi9969 Před měsícem +30

      @@Thingdeux not something to be proud of

    • @pooroldnostradamus
      @pooroldnostradamus Před měsícem +2

      @@sweekruthi9969 Do you exclusively discuss the qualities you're proud of having when communicating with people? Seems a bit arrogant that.

    • @pooroldnostradamus
      @pooroldnostradamus Před měsícem +1

      @@Thingdeux I had never seen that word in the wild. Thanks for bringing up "erstwhile"

  • @capnandy462
    @capnandy462 Před měsícem +761

    “It’s not measured in monkeys, mate” and “it means assistant” are both all-timer quality lines

  • @Cobralalalala
    @Cobralalalala Před měsícem +1564

    I love how often John worries about doing something wrong. I really hope they eventually do have a secret video for him, but he's nailing the lateral thinking so far.

    • @Thisandthat8908
      @Thisandthat8908 Před měsícem +37

      or the others lack it quite badly.

    • @angelamcconnell8635
      @angelamcconnell8635 Před měsícem +5

      😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

    • @angelamcconnell8635
      @angelamcconnell8635 Před měsícem +1

      😅

    • @Travis-Barth
      @Travis-Barth Před měsícem +29

      Yea im hoping g at the end of the series. They say oh btw. Let's check out this VT. And its John messing up tasks

    • @DatDenDude
      @DatDenDude Před měsícem +61

      Greg toying with John is the best running joke

  • @Noodle.in.oodles
    @Noodle.in.oodles Před měsícem +1247

    Greg imagining there's a chair specifically made to help an elephant with a slipped disc is.... Relatable.
    I imagined the same thing at first.

    • @laurenmontgomery421
      @laurenmontgomery421 Před měsícem +75

      Genuinely same. “A chair for an elephant’s back”
      Immediately made me think “wow that’s a tiny elephant or a massive chair”

    • @ghost.orchid18
      @ghost.orchid18 Před měsícem +7

      So did I. 😂

    • @gerganapanayotowa3339
      @gerganapanayotowa3339 Před měsícem +3

      What was it actually ? 😂

    • @ghost.orchid18
      @ghost.orchid18 Před měsícem +16

      @@gerganapanayotowa3339 a chair that's supposed to go on an elephant's back for seating purposes.

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 Před měsícem +7

      @@ghost.orchid18 - Wow, a chair that goes on the elephant's back for seating purposes? That elephant must be a contortionist!

  • @silverlightsinaugust2756
    @silverlightsinaugust2756 Před měsícem +516

    The “create tension” task is one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. The way every single one of them has a totally different approach.

    • @suzanne2
      @suzanne2 Před měsícem +28

      And no one blindfolded Alex with an apple on his head and (pretended to) shoot a crossbow at it.... 😅.

    • @seanglaze7284
      @seanglaze7284 Před měsícem +13

      @@suzanne2 Hah, I can't remember that task. But I did think it would have be funny if someone was able to call in Rhod Gilbert to stand near Alex holding the PVC spear he made in his series

  • @ms.cellaneous4380
    @ms.cellaneous4380 Před měsícem +339

    Steve's instinct to use the final three seconds to tell his water baby he loved it was so precious

    • @heatherstephenson3559
      @heatherstephenson3559 Před měsícem +6

      Ikr, it was too cute and even though the task was a bit of fun, the fact that he was that sweet with a literal jug of water probably speaks volumes about how caring he is with his kids irl.

  • @super-mollio
    @super-mollio Před měsícem +388

    "Don't lie to your mother" -- and then the nostril flare is some next-level unhinged behavior.

  • @miem9775
    @miem9775 Před měsícem +735

    John is someone who binged Taskmaster to the end.

    • @liapique
      @liapique Před měsícem +79

      I think he did reveal in the podcast that he binged the entire 16 series prior to the filming.

    • @youtubeSuckssNow
      @youtubeSuckssNow Před měsícem +4

      ​@@liapiquethere are better seasons to binge before filming, but its better than nothing.

    • @liapique
      @liapique Před měsícem +54

      @@youtubeSuckssNow I meant all of the previous 16 series, not Series 16 only.

    • @youtubeSuckssNow
      @youtubeSuckssNow Před měsícem +6

      @@liapique ohhh my bad

    • @KillerOfWhales
      @KillerOfWhales Před měsícem +3

      @@youtubeSuckssNow16 is my favorite just for entertainment quality, but yeah, the level of ability to complete tasks was a little low there

  • @autumnalthoughts
    @autumnalthoughts Před měsícem +832

    Nothing like Alex being made to feel uncomfortable

    • @Alacritous
      @Alacritous Před měsícem +40

      Honestly, I wouldn't mind giving Joanne a snuggle.

    • @bee4590
      @bee4590 Před měsícem +56

      Nothing like Alex making himself be made to feel uncomfortable*

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis Před měsícem +22

      He looked geninuely uncomfortable!! He even said "stop it" at the end...yeesh. Watching that felt so awkward. I hope he was able to brush it off :P

    • @beefyBoi420
      @beefyBoi420 Před měsícem +18

      Ey, she master tension in like 4 dimensions. Both terror an wonderful

    • @guyjackson132
      @guyjackson132 Před měsícem +5

      ​@@Alacritous I feel the same way. Felt the same with Laura Daniel on TMNZ Season 2.

  • @EyalBrown
    @EyalBrown Před měsícem +397

    Nick Mohammad is continuing his meteoric rise to "Taskmaster contestant I'd most like to hang out with"

    • @ScubaFanatic60
      @ScubaFanatic60 Před měsícem +12

      I never cared for him on 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown, but I really like him here.

    • @otsiphem
      @otsiphem Před měsícem +17

      @@ScubaFanatic60 Yeah, I'm also not a big fan of his Mr. Swallows character but I'm surprised how much I like the person behind it.

    • @jessehammer123
      @jessehammer123 Před měsícem +7

      Yeah, he’s making good progress. But for me, he’s got a while before he catches James Acaster, Mike Wozniak, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson, or Fern Brady in that department.

    • @Mubashir_AK
      @Mubashir_AK Před měsícem +1

      I would just like to say I rather prefer Mr. Swallow.
      I think the Dracula outfit was a bad choice, which immediately set him back in my eyes.

    • @lematthus1316
      @lematthus1316 Před 9 dny

      You shouldn't watch Ted Lasso ;)

  • @priscilah4
    @priscilah4 Před měsícem +499

    “Are you some kind of connection for like a … Are you a cable?!” got me to tears 😂

    • @valerielevasseur8674
      @valerielevasseur8674 Před měsícem +32

      A cable that creates Excel spreadsheets of the Eiffel Tower

    • @cyndi2865
      @cyndi2865 Před měsícem +29

      Okay but this is a genius guess

    • @MKBergen
      @MKBergen Před měsícem +25

      Made even better by the little giggle from the person responding.

    • @anomaliecosmos
      @anomaliecosmos Před měsícem +17

      It was a clever guess! I'd run from a male/male cable about as fast as I'd run from [spoilers]...

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 Před měsícem +7

      I totally understood what he meant, but he will now be cancelled by the non-binary-non-gendered-gender-affirmative-genderless electrical connector association (pronouns "it" / "potato").

  • @CartwAalbiel
    @CartwAalbiel Před měsícem +74

    Alex and Greg psychologically torturing John Robbins over his successes 10/10

  • @deskish3930
    @deskish3930 Před měsícem +89

    i lost it at "have you used an excel sheet"

  • @Topo842
    @Topo842 Před měsícem +115

    "How long do you wanna give him to enjoy it?"
    I started crying of laughter

  • @tigersfan14
    @tigersfan14 Před měsícem +96

    I mean Nick isn’t gunna win but it’s nice to watch how genuinely nice and positive he is.

  • @R.Daneel
    @R.Daneel Před měsícem +386

    Let's hear it for the set dressers on Taskmaster! Outstanding work. Every season's set is amazing.

    • @Gildedmuse
      @Gildedmuse Před měsícem +30

      It's true. This show has one of the best bts crews imagable. Everything from teh set to the camera work to the editing is just spot on.

    • @alzychoze6591
      @alzychoze6591 Před měsícem +5

      It’s an art project

    • @nohandle508
      @nohandle508 Před měsícem +2

      Absolutely!

  • @q-tuber7034
    @q-tuber7034 Před měsícem +159

    John Robbins on pins and needles, waiting to be Joe Wilkinson’d [edited]

    • @tylerpifer5966
      @tylerpifer5966 Před měsícem +3

      Joe

    • @bluesbest1
      @bluesbest1 Před měsícem +9

      "But,..."
      "But? What's the but?"
      "Oh, nothing. You nailed it."
      Worst thing you can do to a lateral thinker on this show. And it's glorious.

  • @zacharywiseman7276
    @zacharywiseman7276 Před měsícem +161

    I love Nick’s “Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy!!!” after seeing Mr Blobby. And then he shook Blobby’s arm🥹
    A truly wholesome and adorable moment.

  • @badlybuilttreehouse
    @badlybuilttreehouse Před měsícem +380

    'Some impropriety?' - iconic Greg moment

  • @pkwan970
    @pkwan970 Před měsícem +240

    I think Joanne making Alex sit on her lap made Alex more nervous that Noel making him strip 😅😂

    • @Sam-lr9oi
      @Sam-lr9oi Před měsícem +40

      going "Like this?" and then straddling her is an incredible raising of the stakes, that whole thing was great improv

    • @jayandreas1131
      @jayandreas1131 Před měsícem +10

      Thought Rhod made him strip, so now I have to rewatch every Noel episode again 🙂

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 Před měsícem +1

      Once upon a time I found myself with a girlfriend who used similar tactics. I wasn't particularly interested in her, but I was just too polite to stop her when I should have.

    • @iliketrains3495
      @iliketrains3495 Před měsícem +2

      @@jayandreas1131 episode 8 if you want a shortcut, the ‘exotic sandwich’ task

    • @MrEatSomeBrains
      @MrEatSomeBrains Před měsícem +5

      @@iliketrains3495 Yeah, so it was Rod Gilbert who made Alex strip. Noel made him took off his jacket and shoes, Rod made him take off much more.

  • @ElderonAnalas
    @ElderonAnalas Před měsícem +130

    Can confirm, I do love watching on my device. It's great watching on my smart fridge.

  • @Sunprism
    @Sunprism Před měsícem +33

    "Are you the Eiffel Tower?"
    "Tawny Frogmouth"
    "What else is there?"
    This season is so great out of context.....

    • @mgatwood42
      @mgatwood42 Před měsícem +8

      It reminds me of the Season 7 art team task.
      Rhod: "Whoops. Whoops right banana, left banana."
      James: "Oh, you mean like that?"
      Rhod, nodding: "Left banana."
      And their communication over the rest of the team tasks only went downhill from there. 🤣

  • @sfshinz
    @sfshinz Před měsícem +58

    “Don’t even look me in the eye, ever again” is the the equivalent of Claudia Winkleman’s “Stop speaking!”, off the New Year’s Treat.

  • @paulomatute4114
    @paulomatute4114 Před měsícem +171

    With this baby task and finding the grabber in the boxing glove last episode, John is the type of contestant that tries to find the tries to find the loopholes, not necessarily the best at the tasks but the bests to watch and root for

    • @AdmiralJota
      @AdmiralJota Před měsícem +48

      In the very first (non-prize) task of the first episode, the first thing John did on entering the room is to look under the table. This guy Taskmasters.

    • @ineffablecollision
      @ineffablecollision Před měsícem +31

      In the podcast he's talked about having watched every series in preparation, so him looking for some tricks and loopholes is not surprising. On the other hand he's been friends with Alex for years, so Alex knows about his competitiveness and will have kept that in mind, I'm sure :)

    • @aks7698
      @aks7698 Před měsícem +7

      I find him really hard to warm up to for the same reason.

  • @benzaiten933
    @benzaiten933 Před měsícem +178

    the bonnet suited Nick quite well.

  • @georgee6303
    @georgee6303 Před měsícem +13

    As an American I pride myself on getting most references in this show, and I am thankful I had no fucking clue what the fuck a Mr. Blobby is.

  • @Gbmaster137
    @Gbmaster137 Před měsícem +46

    13:11
    Joanne: "Are you Mr. Blobby?
    Mr. Blobby: "Donkey"
    Joanne: "What's that. ... Amphibian?"
    Can't believe they didn't comment on that

  • @shynarcissist
    @shynarcissist Před měsícem +26

    I love when theres a contestant who has obviously seen the show before and thinks of all the big brain plays. Like when he looked under the table in the earlier episode

  • @SquareNoggin
    @SquareNoggin Před měsícem +60

    Every season with Taskmaster is the same experience for me - the first two episodes I'm a bit apprehensive about the contestants, I tell myself "ah well, they can't all be hitters, just a weaker group I guess" then somewhere around episode 3 it clicks and I start to appreciate them more. And, I expect by the end of the series I'll be convinced they're the greatest group yet. Happens every series basically.

    • @Ffancrzy
      @Ffancrzy Před měsícem +15

      Yea, there are certainly some casts I like more than others, but by and large I think one thing you can count on is that Alex and the Taskmaster crew are very very good at casting. I just enter each season assuming the cast is going to be great.

    • @Sharpe1502
      @Sharpe1502 Před měsícem +6

      Nah. I was in love with Mike Wozniak, Tim Key, Mel Giedrich immediately.

    • @freakytea2815
      @freakytea2815 Před měsícem +2

      I just said almost the exact same thing word for word to my husband. This was absolutely that episode for me as well.

    • @JT-hf8it
      @JT-hf8it Před 24 dny

      Really? I can think of some seasons that had much weaker casts! Season 6 comes to mind. And season 8 too! Season 16's cast remains my favourite even after rewatching older seasons after season 16. The team tasks were phenomenal - Julian, Sam and Lucy were totally unhinged and I laughed till i cried at their last team tasks, and the 2 sue besties were so lovely and wholesome and feel good together.

  • @ineffablecollision
    @ineffablecollision Před měsícem +67

    So happy to see the "what have we learned today" bit not being cut out completely, they were just forgotten in the last two episodes!! 💌

    • @walusunguchibwe8568
      @walusunguchibwe8568 Před měsícem +5

      Glad to see am not the only person who missed this bit..lol

    • @scully47
      @scully47 Před měsícem +4

      So glad they’re back. It’s the little things, you know.

    • @Pfannkuchen07
      @Pfannkuchen07 Před měsícem +2

      totally agree and btw love your profile pic omg xDDD

  • @h8re
    @h8re Před měsícem +95

    If y'all didn't watch it, go watch the first outtakes for series 17. It's already 8 minutes long and it's only the first 2 episodes

  • @adamplace1414
    @adamplace1414 Před měsícem +323

    Well I think Joanne is my Taskmaster crush for the series after "big daddy Horne hanging around outside doing fuck all" hit my ears.
    Nick isn't far behind though.

    • @insolentish11
      @insolentish11 Před měsícem +14

      She didn't say big... which says a bit about you though

    • @EvaDuss
      @EvaDuss Před měsícem +10

      Yeah i fell in love with her at that moment

    • @TheTimTri
      @TheTimTri Před měsícem +8

      This is certainly one of the all-time top 10 Taskmaster quotes!

    • @anxiousbarbie340
      @anxiousbarbie340 Před měsícem +1

      iconic

    • @sfshinz
      @sfshinz Před měsícem +7

      She’s my fourth Taskmaster Crush, behind Sally Phillips, Alice Levine, and Morgana Robinson. I have a weakness for unhinged women.

  • @temporaladvisor3958
    @temporaladvisor3958 Před měsícem +60

    Well, I learned some valuable knowledge today. Tension is not measured in monkeys.

  • @cannibalbananas
    @cannibalbananas Před 27 dny +5

    Love John giving Alex a hug at the beginning of the tension task. Also, John killed it w/ the water baby task! Alex and Greg were so mean for dragging out whether he won that round or not. 😂😂😂

  • @howmuchdidyoupay
    @howmuchdidyoupay Před měsícem +325

    Joanne deserved the win on the tension task alone.

    • @jessehammer123
      @jessehammer123 Před měsícem +53

      In the Irish tradition of Aisling Bea, I think.

    • @ladyflimflam
      @ladyflimflam Před měsícem +39

      Yes, it’s like she called up Aisling for advice

    • @mattsnyderARTIST
      @mattsnyderARTIST Před měsícem +45

      I was thinking back to Sally Phillips

    • @PlasticAstronaut
      @PlasticAstronaut Před měsícem +42

      @@mattsnyderARTISTYES. She’s totally channeling Sally’s “little bit thirsty, little bit bonkers” energy and I’m here for it.

    • @lred1383
      @lred1383 Před měsícem +19

      @@PlasticAstronaut "little bit"? We must've seen different Sallies lol

  • @sweekruthi9969
    @sweekruthi9969 Před měsícem +82

    joanne in the baby task was hilarious

  • @LouSpowells
    @LouSpowells Před měsícem +34

    Good idea on that time-locked food bowl. If they can reduce Greg's suit-tailoring budget they might be able to afford a full-sized Alex Horne.

  • @pavelmedbery3055
    @pavelmedbery3055 Před měsícem +130

    I fucking love that Alex using proper Latin pronunciation with the word "caecilians". Absolutely fucking brilliant!

    • @slay3r478
      @slay3r478 Před měsícem +23

      He did study latin in uni, and i remember that he mentioned he went to the Vatican and managed to have a conversation with someone in Latin there

    • @marijamartinovic4404
      @marijamartinovic4404 Před měsícem +1

      Timestamp, please?

    • @pavelmedbery3055
      @pavelmedbery3055 Před měsícem +9

      @@marijamartinovic4404 9:08

    • @marijamartinovic4404
      @marijamartinovic4404 Před měsícem

      @@pavelmedbery3055 oh, thanks!

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 Před měsícem +10

      @@slay3r478 - Ah, but in the Vatican they speak _ecclesiastical_ Latin, where the pronunciation rules for "c" are different from classical Latin(ex., "ci" is "si" in ecclesiastical and "ki" in classical).🤓

  • @vartian
    @vartian Před měsícem +27

    "You literally sound like a dropped Alexa."

    • @vartian
      @vartian Před měsícem +2

      "Tension is not measured in pounds or stone."
      "It's not measured in monkeys, mate."

  • @nc2668
    @nc2668 Před měsícem +17

    Sophie even ATTEMPTING that task in her sky high stiletto Louboutins is worthy of a bonus worth 👏

  • @protocol6
    @protocol6 Před měsícem +130

    I'd be willing to bet that Alex secretly loves being in awkward situations like that and perpetuates the myth that it bothers him just so people will do it.

    • @kischtrine
      @kischtrine Před měsícem +39

      That’s what a lot of fan fiction writers are assuming as ell 😂

    • @northernsnow6982
      @northernsnow6982 Před měsícem +8

      That's not a smart bet to make. As soon as you're able to prove it, it is no longer a secret.

    • @corbeau-_-
      @corbeau-_- Před měsícem +3

      @@kischtrine 'oh no' 😜

    • @Riggwelter00
      @Riggwelter00 Před měsícem +12

      in a sense this is one of the show's key tricks. he's built a whole persona around being bullyable because otherwise people would think of him, accurately, as the guy who comes up with the tasks, and greg is an apparatus of that persona, a figure of contrasting confidence.

    • @marciec8003
      @marciec8003 Před měsícem

      I feel this whole show is an outlet for his various secrete kinks..

  • @jennatodd4664
    @jennatodd4664 Před měsícem +147

    As good as the reveal of the follower was, I was so hoping it was going to be Mae’s puppet

    • @ROOKTABULA
      @ROOKTABULA Před měsícem +2

      I world imagine she took it home since her dad made it, yeah?

    • @gilgameshmcballin
      @gilgameshmcballin Před měsícem

      I guessed who it was before anyone even asked questions 😂

    • @FlahTheToaster
      @FlahTheToaster Před měsícem +25

      @@ROOKTABULA The puppet did make an appearance in Series 16, so they definitely didn't take it with them.

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis Před měsícem +1

      ooh, haha!! That would be great! That puppet was awesome!

  • @ShadowAngel71
    @ShadowAngel71 Před měsícem +25

    Was any consideration given to naming this episode “It’s Not measured in monkeys, mate?” Because I laughed for a good thirty seconds at that.

  • @DannyBeeVegas
    @DannyBeeVegas Před měsícem +4

    Imagine the "Create Tension" task with Rhod Gilbert?

  • @divergent_bowtie1066
    @divergent_bowtie1066 Před měsícem +27

    as an american zookeeper me and joanne have the excat opposite problem of that mr. blobby task lmao. No idea who that puching bag clown looking thing is

  • @me-wowlk7402
    @me-wowlk7402 Před měsícem +16

    This unadulterated joy on Greg's face when he talked about Alex's neighbour, this pure smile of happiness truly warmed me. Best part of the episode)))

    • @cf5254
      @cf5254 Před měsícem +2

      What I love about it, is Alex has told Greg that they have some new neighbors, so they casually chat about stuff and Greg used it to his advantage😂

  • @DavidLindes
    @DavidLindes Před měsícem +25

    22:04 - *chef's kiss* ... beautiful line by Joanne there. :)

  • @srsgoblin
    @srsgoblin Před měsícem +10

    Joanne's tension task is the hardest I've laughed at this show in several series, and I've laughed a lot in that time. Pure genius.

    • @Maialeen
      @Maialeen Před měsícem +6

      It was both laugh out loud and horrifying. "It's my father's anniversary today. Dead 21 years. You smell just like him." And then that big whiff. Horrible.

  • @dunste123
    @dunste123 Před měsícem +11

    That was so mean to make john wait to hear he's done nothing wrong, I love it

  • @MedEvil1c
    @MedEvil1c Před měsícem +67

    John besting Alex (a winner of Countdown known for gamifying words), doing a chalk/ mic drop and using Assistant. Epic
    Imagining the Horne section scoring the music for Alex's demise. Priceless
    correction edit: Steve

    • @K.YouTube2
      @K.YouTube2 Před měsícem +25

      John or Steve?

    • @misterf2923
      @misterf2923 Před měsícem +4

      @@K.CZcams2 yeah it's Steve

    • @rvdb7363
      @rvdb7363 Před měsícem

      Thanks for the context

    • @waltascher
      @waltascher Před měsícem +1

      The word was “adjutant” and it has 8 letters.

    • @MedEvil1c
      @MedEvil1c Před měsícem

      @K.CZcams2 my mistake. It was Steve :)
      I guess I got used to calling John the winner this season

  • @bunnyrape
    @bunnyrape Před měsícem +15

    16:49 This task was so convoluted even the editors got confused 😂 a mud puppy is an amphibian!

  • @mordicaiknode
    @mordicaiknode Před měsícem +34

    I genuinely wanted real statistics & feel like Alex crafted that particular intro bit just for us nerds of a certain stripe.

    • @stannastoner9298
      @stannastoner9298 Před měsícem +8

      If you haven’t yet I suggest listening to Taskmaster, The People’s Podcast with Lou Sanders followed by Ienny Eclair. Her cohost gives stats out every episode.

    • @mordicaiknode
      @mordicaiknode Před měsícem

      @@stannastoner9298 Thank you! I am not a podcast listener by nature so I haven't but I will poke around! (Mostly I just really want good news about how successful posting on YT as been...)

  • @Anasyub
    @Anasyub Před měsícem +10

    oh man the silence after the baby task with john WAS TOO FUNNY LOL i love john hes def the closest so far to being the winner his lateral thinking is so amusing. bUt sophie is the winner in our hearts SHES TOO FUNNY LMAOO

  • @buttonsfan
    @buttonsfan Před měsícem +23

    26:11 I LOVE when they figure out the trick to doing the task an easier way

  • @ericfontaine2145
    @ericfontaine2145 Před měsícem +42

    Robot Mr. Bloby is genius. I truly appreciate the work put into this program. (It has to be tremendous) by that I mean every episode of Taskmaster since day 1.

    • @myword1745
      @myword1745 Před měsícem +5

      Was that Sophie Duker’s voice?

  • @jorgelenny47
    @jorgelenny47 Před měsícem +36

    Top 3 of the series are currently 57 for John, and 56 for Joanne and Steve; then it's another tie at 34 for the crowd champions. Weird series and I'm all for it

  • @Gildedmuse
    @Gildedmuse Před měsícem +6

    16:47 Alex's face when she asks if her and Mr Blobby have ever been drunk together. How did that not get an amphibian?

  • @2Madre
    @2Madre Před měsícem +19

    64% of people are watching this in a town hall? I need to go to there.

  • @ForeverHobbit
    @ForeverHobbit Před měsícem +5

    Greg asking how much tension is in pounds, after he heard multiple times that 10kg of tension were created and the conversion to 98N is the funniest shit

  • @elle-24
    @elle-24 Před měsícem +5

    Absolutely obsessed with Joanne after this episode. "Daddy Horne hanging around outside doing fuckall" and every second of the create tension task was just spectacular, no notes.

  • @zacharywiseman7276
    @zacharywiseman7276 Před měsícem +36

    Alex was a fool for accepting Steve’s Hangman Challenge. He literally creates cryptic crosswords, I’m sure he knows a few fancy words.

    • @kischtrine
      @kischtrine Před měsícem +8

      It was scripted to the bit.

    • @the_doomcliff
      @the_doomcliff Před měsícem +11

      ​@@kischtrineI'm not a big expert on telly tasks, but I think to have it go spontaneously would take far less time than to sit down, script every bit of the task, and later also to film it, everything within 20 minutes.

    • @lnkmusic2534
      @lnkmusic2534 Před měsícem +1

      Must be easy to be cryptic when you cheat, The fact absolutely no one has called it out is baffling to me too...."A" is a vowel.

    • @ericvanderaa
      @ericvanderaa Před měsícem +15

      @@lnkmusic2534they were not allowed to ask for vowels. The words were allowed to have them. Where did they cheat?

    • @lnkmusic2534
      @lnkmusic2534 Před měsícem

      @ericvanderaa I guess that's one way to interpret it. I've never heard of such a thing and with the wording used I would've assumed that no vowels were allowed in our chosen words.
      Maybe that's a u.k thing or something, would explain why no one batted an eye

  • @Elmerphant
    @Elmerphant Před měsícem +23

    Poor Sofie always loses. She's weird but in the cutest way!!! Hope she gets one great win 🐍

  • @treehuggingbuddhist
    @treehuggingbuddhist Před měsícem +42

    Sophie has won my heart already. ❤

    • @irisblue2332
      @irisblue2332 Před měsícem +5

      There was tension in wondering what the hell she'd do next--and being hissed at is unnerving.

  • @therookiegamer2727
    @therookiegamer2727 Před měsícem +17

    my first thought on create tension was "WHERE IS THE STONGEST ROPE I CAN FIND"

  • @HauntingMarikh
    @HauntingMarikh Před měsícem +38

    When is there never not impropriety

  • @NoGoodNik1
    @NoGoodNik1 Před měsícem +3

    I love the way they pixelate Mr. Blobby before the reveal. It literally looks like how they censor something particularly gorey and gruesome on the news.

  • @bluelilylilyblue2762
    @bluelilylilyblue2762 Před měsícem +12

    John is so wholesome I love him

  • @joen0411
    @joen0411 Před měsícem +11

    I thought it was a chair for an elephant to sit down on.

  • @guyjackson132
    @guyjackson132 Před měsícem +3

    I liked how the "operator" had Mr. Blobby chase after LAH during Steve's go. And you can briefly see someone walking toward the tent (?) during Nick's go...

  • @Pinfeldorf
    @Pinfeldorf Před 22 dny +1

    Joanne understood the "Create tension" task in a way I don't think any contestant has ever understood a task before. She saw the baseball coming and hit it a thousand miles.

  • @redopz4462
    @redopz4462 Před měsícem +11

    I was watching the Mr Blobby task waiting for someone to realize there was no rules against stepping backwards. They could have finished farther than where they started and see Mr Blobby without taking their eyes off of the duck as long as they still stepped forward with each quack.

    • @VijayMalkoti
      @VijayMalkoti Před měsícem +1

      The task was "you must take an average length step towards the duck" so can't step backwards which would be away from duck.

    • @nyamjunie
      @nyamjunie Před měsícem

      no stepping backwards allowed but i personally was screaming for them to move diagonnally /somewhat/ towards the duck but not really!!

  • @shmookins
    @shmookins Před měsícem +5

    I never would have guessed that hangman word because I didn't know it. The word meaning 'assistant' is just a chief's kiss towards Alex.

    • @guyjackson132
      @guyjackson132 Před měsícem +1

      If you were in the military - you may know what an "adjutant" is... I learned about it in the US Civil Air Patrol as a kid (CAP is an auxiliary of the US Air Force).

  • @bzomeful
    @bzomeful Před měsícem +66

    Surprised that nobody said they weren’t sure whether the baby was a boy or girl because it’s gender fluid

  • @elisam.2896
    @elisam.2896 Před 24 dny +1

    Sophie's questions are absolutely demented, I could not love her more 😂

  • @thedarkfairy3473
    @thedarkfairy3473 Před měsícem +2

    I love her leaving the room and saying ‘don’t look at me ever again,’ as if it’s his fault that she did that.

  • @Riggwelter00
    @Riggwelter00 Před měsícem +3

    Joanne McNally's tension creation is one of the best things I ever saw.

  • @puckerings
    @puckerings Před měsícem +7

    It is quite tense for Steve to challenge Alex to hangman - Steve's clearly a very smart man but Alex is a three-time Countdown winner. Not Cats Does Countdown, mind you, real Countdown.

    • @TheValorism
      @TheValorism Před 5 dny

      that's a winning task for me. pure tension. 10.000 monkeys of tension

  • @FaxMachinee
    @FaxMachinee Před měsícem +9

    I don’t even get this on tv in America and I’ve seen every episode, even the international ones. Love the show!

  • @kristenblount8422
    @kristenblount8422 Před měsícem +7

    I started screaming Mr. Blobby as soon as Steve got a yes to the letter B. This show just has Mr. Blobby energy 😂

  • @heatherg9423
    @heatherg9423 Před 12 dny +1

    Sophie is just chaos in human form and I love her lol

  • @housevil2
    @housevil2 Před měsícem +17

    Ohhh, task me, Master, TASK ME!

  • @CthulhuInc
    @CthulhuInc Před měsícem +18

    my only experience of nick, previous to this season, was seeing him as that character "mr swallow". i HATE that character. But, seeing nick as nick, i think he's great! terrible at TM, but still great! i really hope he can win an episode!

    • @irisblue2332
      @irisblue2332 Před měsícem +6

      Same! I don't like him on Cats Does Countdown, but I just love him here.

    • @lred1383
      @lred1383 Před měsícem

      they usually gerrymander the tasks in a way that lets everyone get an episode win when it's possible

    • @veronicagee4335
      @veronicagee4335 Před měsícem +1

      100% agree! I hate his Mr. Swallow character but he's such a sweetheart here.

    • @houddythequeen
      @houddythequeen Před měsícem +1

      OMG I didn't realize he was Mr Swallow. Of course I've only seen Mr. Swallow once and that was enough to know that if I even get a whiff that he's on something I avoid it like the plague. So I'm glad I didn't know. I adore him as Nick the adorable vampire.

    • @BlueManIan
      @BlueManIan Před měsícem +2

      That's one of the greatest things about this show! Comedians just being themselves!

  • @JohnDlugosz
    @JohnDlugosz Před měsícem +2

    According to the task rules, someone who reaches the duck could walk around it, still facing/looking-at the duck at all times, but manage to look back and legally see who was following.

  • @arthurlopes7256
    @arthurlopes7256 Před 26 dny +1

    Alex creating tension was so good!

  • @Becausing
    @Becausing Před měsícem +8

    Nick is so stinkin adorable!

  • @rushmd9405
    @rushmd9405 Před měsícem +18

    "common mudpuppy" is definitely not a bird

    • @julieb7229
      @julieb7229 Před měsícem +1

      That was disappointing - I love mudpuppies. Maybe the person overlaying the graphic got mixed up? I refuse to believe Alex doesn't know what a mudpuppy is. ;)

    • @ScubaFanatic60
      @ScubaFanatic60 Před měsícem

      I had to disect one in college, definitely not a bird! Lol

  • @moocherman8
    @moocherman8 Před 15 dny

    Nick has pure puppy energy. He's just so happy to be there and doing whatever it is he has to do

  • @cheesehead9555
    @cheesehead9555 Před měsícem +4

    Great episode. I expected better from Alex, saying that pounds is not a unit for tension. Unlike the kilogram, which is strictly a unit for mass, the pound (lbf) is technically for force.

  • @DLSacks
    @DLSacks Před měsícem +2

    I really cracked up at Nick's tablecloth pull. I've seen people try that irl before and while it's very, very hard to pull it clean with everything still standing, I've seen people at least get the cloth out without knocking things off the table. To have everything roll right towards him with broken glass was a spectacular failure.

  • @katzablot599
    @katzablot599 Před měsícem +6

    I don’t know who John is, but I just want to hang out with him. He seems like a fun guy.

  • @gardenlover9663
    @gardenlover9663 Před měsícem +4

    I dated a guy for a short time in college who couldn't stand when I put my hi-liter marker on the table "standing up" because he couldn't stand the tension.

  • @Beckford4000
    @Beckford4000 Před měsícem +2

    Nice to see John finally winning. Even though I have no idea who she is, I really want Sophie to win an episode. She's made me laugh more than anyone else so far.

  • @nec3f
    @nec3f Před měsícem +2

    I'd argue that Sophie WAS facing the duck the entire time. Walking around to the other side of the duck is absolutely something that would have been allowed in the past. Rhod would've found a loophole to do it in zero steps.

  • @nannybells
    @nannybells Před měsícem +1

    nick is so adorable, i can't get over the dracula costume it makes me so happy

  • @shfjhfddududhd150
    @shfjhfddududhd150 Před měsícem +2

    asking how much each person was making and if they were making more than me was exactly my first thought for the tension task lol

  • @SibrenFetter
    @SibrenFetter Před měsícem +1

    Taskmaster is always great! The one thing missing this season so far is any interaction or banter between the contestants. They come over as 5 strangers to each other

  • @kalei49
    @kalei49 Před měsícem +2

    it's a small thing but i really appreciated joanne shouting out that at every point she'd gotten consent to do...all that to alex.

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Před měsícem +2

    The interstitials for Taskmaster have always been amazing, but the horror intro to that first task was one of the greats.

  • @summersummers9233
    @summersummers9233 Před měsícem +2

    I love how they show mammal, bird, or amphibian silhouettes for the audience who don't know what is what 😂 19:02