Taskmaster

[K]

There's been another revelation

[K]

Wozniak was good on the latest episode of never mind the buzzcocks

[Chris2K]

Once again a live task of a completely mad game turns out to be utterly gripping. Lovely darts.

[K]

Loved the soccer task. really fun stuff.

[Chris2K]

Actual secret advert task:

And the advert task that was in the first ad break of Thursday's show in case you didn't see it:

 

[K]

not sure how i feel about these

[Kyle]

I fell massively behind on my Taskmaster watch-through (I believe I got to the season with Russell Howard?), which seasons between that and 11 are the most worth watching? Currently plowing through 11 and falling deeply in love with Mike Wozniak.

[Josh]

12 hours ago, K said:

not sure how i feel about these

I generally enjoy them. They’re ads, but genuinely good tasks on their own.

[K]

8 hours ago, Kyle. said:

I fell massively behind on my Taskmaster watch-through (I believe I got to the season with Russell Howard?), which seasons between that and 11 are the most worth watching? Currently plowing through 11 and falling deeply in love with Mike Wozniak.

Seven, nine and eleven are the best ones from that period

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

I'm only just watching last week's episode, the prize task had me in actual tears.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

I thought episodes 2-3 were pretty weak but the last few have been incredible.

[Josh]

We watched through all of the first season of Taskmaster Norway. It’s got highs and lows. Feels like misogyny is a tad more prevalent in Norway. I really like that they always physically bring their prizes on stage.

We also watched the first episode of Taskmaster Sweden. It’s sooooo different. Four regular contestants with a different fifth guest each episode. The prizes are introduced in one video package by the assistant. And they do a BUNCH of tasks per episode. I think I prefer keeping it to five and spending more time on them. All told, we’ll probably watch more. It’s still got some cool things going for it.

Both are on YouTube with optional subtitles, and I think Finland and Denmark are there too.

[K]

On 02/11/2021 at 15:27, Josh said:

We watched through all of the first season of Taskmaster Norway. It’s got highs and lows. Feels like misogyny is a tad more prevalent in Norway. I really like that they always physically bring their prizes on stage.

We also watched the first episode of Taskmaster Sweden. It’s sooooo different. Four regular contestants with a different fifth guest each episode. The prizes are introduced in one video package by the assistant. And they do a BUNCH of tasks per episode. I think I prefer keeping it to five and spending more time on them. All told, we’ll probably watch more. It’s still got some cool things going for it.

Both are on YouTube with optional subtitles, and I think Finland and Denmark are there too.

i actually really like that sweden put its own spin on it. i can tell you from spending some time in sweden that changing it from a sort of class-based master-servant relationship to a office-based, bureaucratic system with unnecessary paperwork and rubber stamps is a very funny take on swedish society, and the kind of thing swedes will love.

I really need to finish watching it actually. I was originally watching it as it came out, and the subs were autogenerated nonsense, but i think someone has kindly gone through and done a proper translation now.

the swedish taskmaster house is actually right next to my wife's office. 

[Josh]

Yeah, one thing we loved was the bureaucratic take, especially the assistant’s tiny desk. Likewise, I did enjoy that they kept throwing random shit into the prize pool.

[K]

On 03/11/2021 at 18:34, Josh said:

Yeah, one thing we loved was the bureaucratic take, especially the assistant’s tiny desk. Likewise, I did enjoy that they kept throwing random shit into the prize pool.

I'm back at the Swedish taskmaster house today

[Chris2K]

A terrific finale and the final scores were so close.

The season 13 cast is:

Spoiler

Ardal O’Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker

 

I'm not particularly thrilled, but I'm also comparing that to the Season 12 reveal which blew my mind.

 

[Skummy]

Spoiler

Bridget Christie should be fantastic, but I can't say I'm sold on anyone else on that list. It will depend how they interact as a group, though.

 

[Gorka]

Spoiler

O'Hanlon is cool, Ramsey was always a discount Russell Howard and Judi Love must have a fantastic agent considering this past year.

 

[Josh]

We loved that finale. It was another all-time great live task especially.

I know NONE of those Season 13 competitors, but some of my past favorites were unknown to me before this show.

[GA!]

Taskmaster NZ season 2 episode 2 may be the funniest episode of the show (the wider 'franchise') ever. Holy shit.