Taskmaster - new series starting tonight at 9 (p21)

aliwibble

Anyone get the feeling that the live task went on for bloody hours, to the point they didn't care who won as long as someone did, so it'd be over?

thenewbie

aliwibble said:

Anyone get the feeling that the live task went on for bloody hours, to the point they didn't care who won as long as someone did, so it'd be over?

Absolutely, it started with lots of rapid cuts and editing right from the beginning rather than doing a "some time later'' type edit. Plus the reactions from Greg and the contestants at the end did seem to be genuine relief it was over at last.

SuedeAdidas

cfgs said:

The egg thing is typically genius 

Not the first time that JD has been caught out scrabbling with his flies on screen. 

MarcusH26

siblers said:

MarcusH26 said:

aliwibble said:

Joel Dommett is a big kid

I only had the Masked Singer to go off with him so have been really really surprised 

When he's being himself, he's a bit of a weird dork. Hes much funnier/weird than you'd expect. The shows he presents are absolute shite though

Yeah I only had presenting Joel Dommett to go off which kinda made me question how he was going to fit in , but he's completely weird. 

lordromford

Hmm. Didn’t think it was a great opener. Not sure about this cast either:

I like Armando Ianucci’s work, but more his writing than his performing. Looked like he might turn out to be fun, but I’m not convinced.

Joanna Page. Well, Stacey. Not sure what else she’s done. Seems nice. Has a sweet and ditzy vibe and I think pretty much all her laughs will come from this ditziness. 

Kumail Nanjani. He’s alright I suppose but doesn’t give me big laugh vibes. I think they were hoping for another Jason Mantzoukas type character, but I can’t see it happening.

The only reason I’ve heard of Amy Gledhill is because she was on Last One Laughing recently. Ok I suppose, not hilarious.

I’d never heard of Joel Dommett until he presented the UK version of Survivor a couple of years ago. (Our US or Oz based members will be familiar with this show.) He was ok on that I suppose, but that’s the extent of my knowledge of him. Seemed up for it and game for making a fool of himself, so could be the diamond in the rough.

fenaddick

MarcusH26 said:

aliwibble said:

Joel Dommett is a big kid

I only had the Masked Singer to go off with him so have been really really surprised 

He’s a fantastically weird man, I can’t wait to see what other mental stuff he does 

aliwibble

lordromford said:

Hmm. Didn’t think it was a great opener. Not sure about this cast either:

I like Armando Ianucci’s work, but more his writing than his performing. Looked like he might turn out to be fun, but I’m not convinced.

Joanna Page. Well, Stacey. Not sure what else she’s done. Seems nice. Has a sweet and ditzy vibe and I think pretty much all her laughs will come from this ditziness. 

Kumail Nanjani. He’s alright I suppose but doesn’t give me big laugh vibes. I think they were hoping for another Jason Mantzoukas type character, but I can’t see it happening.

The only reason I’ve heard of Amy Gledhill is because she was on Last One Laughing recently. Ok I suppose, not hilarious.

I’d never heard of Joel Dommett until he presented the UK version of Survivor a couple of years ago. (Our US or Oz based members will be familiar with this show.) He was ok on that I suppose, but that’s the extent of my knowledge of him. Seemed up for it and game for making a fool of himself, so could be the diamond in the rough.

She was in the "porn star stand-ins" segment of Love Actually.

lordromford

aliwibble said:

lordromford said:

Hmm. Didn’t think it was a great opener. Not sure about this cast either:

I like Armando Ianucci’s work, but more his writing than his performing. Looked like he might turn out to be fun, but I’m not convinced.

Joanna Page. Well, Stacey. Not sure what else she’s done. Seems nice. Has a sweet and ditzy vibe and I think pretty much all her laughs will come from this ditziness. 

Kumail Nanjani. He’s alright I suppose but doesn’t give me big laugh vibes. I think they were hoping for another Jason Mantzoukas type character, but I can’t see it happening.

The only reason I’ve heard of Amy Gledhill is because she was on Last One Laughing recently. Ok I suppose, not hilarious.

I’d never heard of Joel Dommett until he presented the UK version of Survivor a couple of years ago. (Our US or Oz based members will be familiar with this show.) He was ok on that I suppose, but that’s the extent of my knowledge of him. Seemed up for it and game for making a fool of himself, so could be the diamond in the rough.

She was in the "porn star stand-ins" segment of Love Actually.

That doesn’t help, @aliwibble
I’ve never seen it! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Clem_Snide

lordromford said:

aliwibble said:

lordromford said:

Hmm. Didn’t think it was a great opener. Not sure about this cast either:

I like Armando Ianucci’s work, but more his writing than his performing. Looked like he might turn out to be fun, but I’m not convinced.

Joanna Page. Well, Stacey. Not sure what else she’s done. Seems nice. Has a sweet and ditzy vibe and I think pretty much all her laughs will come from this ditziness. 

Kumail Nanjani. He’s alright I suppose but doesn’t give me big laugh vibes. I think they were hoping for another Jason Mantzoukas type character, but I can’t see it happening.

The only reason I’ve heard of Amy Gledhill is because she was on Last One Laughing recently. Ok I suppose, not hilarious.

I’d never heard of Joel Dommett until he presented the UK version of Survivor a couple of years ago. (Our US or Oz based members will be familiar with this show.) He was ok on that I suppose, but that’s the extent of my knowledge of him. Seemed up for it and game for making a fool of himself, so could be the diamond in the rough.

She was in the "porn star stand-ins" segment of Love Actually.

That doesn’t help, @aliwibble
I’ve never seen it! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Was also in From Hell with Johnny Depp and Robbie Coltrane. That’s where her weird mask came from.

siblers

Poor enough tasks again tonight. The bowling and mirror ones in particular were pretty bad, I like the contestants though, they're a likeable group

MarcusH26

Yeah weaker episode last night after a really really strong start. The bowling task was just overly complicated. 

thenewbie

MarcusH26 said:

Yeah weaker episode last night after a really really strong start. The bowling task was just overly complicated. 

I feel like Alex was gambling on someone finding the "spare" ball to make the others look funnier but it didn't work and just looked a bit overdone.

aliwibble

I quite liked the bowling task, although I was surprised Amy didn't opt to keep the goggles on the top of her head and say that counted as wearing them. Less keen on the "until the balloon pops" task, although it was amusing that not only did Armando end up having an actual row with his wife when he phoned her to get her to shout at him, but it meant he forgot to do the thing that stopped the balloon inflating.

Exiled_Addick

They always do this. Week one is not knock-out, but they make it good enough to keep you interested. Weeks two and three often are loaded with poorer tasks and then they start to ramp it up and feed in more of the stronger/funnier tasks as the series goes on.

siblers

Cracking episode tonight. One of the best in recent years.

I was nearly in tears with the way Greg delivered 'It started with a wink' line at the end. 

Now back to the despair of our relegation survival 

thenewbie

thenewbie said:

MarcusH26 said:

Yeah weaker episode last night after a really really strong start. The bowling task was just overly complicated. 

I feel like Alex was gambling on someone finding the "spare" ball to make the others look funnier but it didn't work and just looked a bit overdone.

I was definitely right because it's exactly what happened with the stacking task!

North Lower Neil

Much stronger episode.

Blue green yellow green yellow was weirdly catchy.

aliwibble

I'm surprised no-one laid the bricks out on the table in the order they needed to be, and only stacked them once they were happy with the order, so they didn't have problems when they suddenly had to pick up a specific colour brick.

North Lower Neil

aliwibble said:

I'm surprised no-one laid the bricks out on the table in the order they needed to be, and only stacked them once they were happy with the order, so they didn't have problems when they suddenly had to pick up a specific colour brick.

I thought of that but only whilst watching about the third or fourth person.  So safe to say I wouldn't have thought of it in time!!

I think the task says stack, your instincts are to stack, even if it does end up being a bit counterproductive!!

siblers

Was listening to Joanna on the Taskmaster podcast, I've never come across someone speaking so fast, Ed Gamble could hardly get a word in. She comes across really genuine though

thenewbie

Picking up nicely now, definitely a slower start than some seasons but the tasks are getting much better and the cast is definitely coming into their own, the live reactions to Joanna's rambling is always hilarious.

North Lower Neil

thenewbie said:

Picking up nicely now, definitely a slower start than some seasons but the tasks are getting much better and the cast is definitely coming into their own, the live reactions to Joanna's rambling is always hilarious.

Apparently at the live recordings they're even longer!

rina

first recording of S22 was yesterday so the cast list is leaked. have seen the same list in several places so assume it's accurate, there are some very big names. list below in spoiler for anyone who wants to know

chloe petts, isy suttie, matt lucas, nina conte, richard ayoade

McBobbin

Wasn't that bothered about this series, but last night's episode was superb 

MrOneLung

Have enjoyed the series so far, but this week was poor.