Series 7, Episode 4 - 'OLLIE.' | Full Episode | Taskmaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ส.ค. 2020
- In series 7, episode 4 of Taskmaster James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang and Rhod Gilbert must work out what a switch does and dramatically alter their appearance.
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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. - ตลก
“Just open the box you pussy,” is still one of my favorite moments from the whole show. It was just so out of nowhere lol
The LOOK on Greg's face when he realizes what happened is possibly the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
@@Issenthevampire You can tell he used to be a teacher
i just noticed how Alex tries to stop him when Greg stands up too
James is very lucky Greg took out his frustration on said box and not on James ;)
He'd snap like a twig in Greg's hands xD
I thought for sure that we're about to see James Acaster folded neatly into said box.
I love how to everyone else, Greg is "The Taskmaster," but to Rhod, he's "my mate who I'm trying to piss off."
It's the best!
He does a much better job winding up David Mitchell.
And to James he’s teacher
Well, to be fair, Rhod's had far more insane chapters in his life according to WILTY.
Actually it's Alex who's the taskmaster. It's his show, he creates the tasks. He just asked Greg to be the presenter because he's awesome at it.
James getting pulled aside during the prize task made me realize how much this series’s current cast is just one of Greg’s classes of trouble students. You got Jess just wanting to see people fight, Rhod bullying Phil/Alex/Greg every chance he gets, and of course James the troubled student who Greg constantly has to discipline. Poor Kerry is of course the one student who just wants to learn and do well in class hahaha
I did something similar in high school to a teacher and immediately regretted saying it out loud just like him.
I loved it when he took James away from the group. Did the same with Nish in series 5 after an act of complete self-sabotage. He says he's a bad teacher, but he's got the discipline part under control in this show :)
theplasmawolf someone mentioned last week that Greg was so insanely good at the lip reading final task most likely from his experience as a teacher, because he apparently taught a lot of deaf/hard of hearing students. That was such a wholesome ex-teacher detail to learn about him, bad teacher or not he at least picked up some good skills!
@@Jayk-kz7sh I mean he did it for over a decade I doubt he was actually that bad at it, pretty common for comedians to default to self-deprecating humor when they are the topic of conversation.
makes it more like a class because rod raised his hand at the start haha
"When you buy a t shirt you should know what it says and why you're wearing it..."
[Camera operator: slowly pans over "Mac & Cheese t-shirt]
Underrated comment lol I had to go back and see that part
Mac'n'Cheese is life though...
There isn't a time when a bite of Mac'n'Cheese would be inappropriate.
@@boahneelassmal I thought so too, but apparently it's "not appropriate during a wedding ceremony".
I mean, where's the fun in being a viccar these days, eh?
@@gladtobeangry no mac'n'cheese no wedding.
_drops bible_
_leaves church_
@@boahneelassmal during an open heart surgery maybe not appropriate
Rod just came on the show to take the piss out of Greg and I love him for it
I remember reading Alex saying something like James being a huge fan of the show and having watched every episode whereas Rhod was the complete opposite and never actually watched a single episode before being on it
@@Kernel15 Feels a bit like that. I like when Rhod really jumps into the task, but more often he just takes a piss and grabs attention during the other contestants turns.
@@Kernel15 has he said anything about Kerry having watched the show before? I do like her but I do worry that she seems constantly suspicious that she's being fucked over for points unfairly.
@@1206549 It's more often than not just a bit I reckon, along with the fact she joined the show knowing that she wouldn't have a say or sway in what Greg deems as point worthy xD
Technically, he wasn't wrong on the switch one either XD, If Alan is in the room with him, that switch was doing nothing.
Literally all five of the contestants are “the wildcard” and I love it.
Yes and I think this is the best season!
No just James and Rhod
@@zzehyboy753 tell me you ever knew what Jessica “foghorn” Knappett was gonna do
@@BarginsGalore I ever knew what Jessica "Foghorn" Knappett was gonna do
@@zzehyboy753 Lier. Lyre. Lair. Laire
I love how James IMMEDIATELY stopped talking when Greg put his hand on his shoulder
James knows that Greg can physically throw him out the studio like a soft toy.
@@georgiegan I mean, you SAW that happen just an episode or two ago.
He sounded about 10 seconds away from addressing Greg as 'Sir'
You can tell Greg used to be a teacher when he did that.
Greg pulled out his teacher skills
“It’s frustrating, isn’t it, Greg, when you’re asked to complete tasks under pressure and there’s lot of people watching?” Had me dying 😂 that creativity, yesssss
And after her comeback last episode, when Greg said he didn't like a certain TV personality, and she said ""Was it because he had a game show and punished his contestants?""
@@cyprel too many quotation marks
@@xxtripleokgaming It's just two too many, chill out man
@@aniyilator I'm literally shaking right now
@@aniyilator too many homophones.
James finally saying "Hello Alex" felt good after how bad Alex felt the last episode.
But the task isn't to say to Alex.
@@lokstir4568 You forgot an entire word in your sentence. And a very integral one at that.
@@ggmann13 well... it's not in the task to say 'the word'. He's just staying true to the format.
@@philaeew4866 Well spotted.
when did it happen? i can't find it :O
Phil Wang very accurately described how haggling goes for Westerners with anxiety
i mean he managed to suggest 2 lower prices that's pretty good. my anxiety, at best, will let me only consider haggling, i don't even say anything, just think about it and then pay the full price
He’s used the same joke 3 times now!
How you start helps, if you just pick something up wave it at the owner and say will you take xx and ad long as it's not too drastic of a difference you'll usually get "sure" and if not the worst you'll get is "nah I gotta have x for that". People in open markets like that love people haggling it's the only entertainment they get so don't worry about what they think so much if you can.
The most powerful haggling tool is just walking away. If they stop you and suggest a lower price, then you've begun haggling for real, if they let you leave and you're at a big market, someone two stalls down will probably have the same thing.
Which is fine. You’re a western tourist with money. You can easily pay full price for the souvenir. And the money means more to them than it does to you, so it’s more ethical to pay for it than to try to minimize how much the local gets for their wares.
The fact that Kerry thinks that seconds are defined by how quickly she counts them is one of the most underrated things about this series.
She doesn't just reject Greg's subjective opinions, but objective reality as well. The seconds-counting thing, AND the idea that she was going the same speed as James but didn't see Alex turning the statue because reasons she doesn't know but OBVIOUSLY it's unfair
@@combogalis Can't stand her.
@@chriswade9616 i find it more strange that folks end up not liking each other over the most petty inconsequential stuff.
@@chriswade9616 Agree - She's so irritating
Same mate
@@chriswade9616
Phil on the weight task was a relatively rare example of someone doing the most intelligent thing and still losing.
Most intelligent thing would be probably lifting the base up until it hits the required positive weight, then hitting the "tare" button to 0 it out so it rests at correct weight with nothing on it 😄
Most intelligent would have been to put a few heavy items on first, and then adjust with the water.
Agreed, but forgetting about it being timed is part of the problem being smart.
i would've used the fact that the digits don't light up at all when there's no weight, and drawn on the 31.770 with a black marker. Pedantic, lame if more than one person does it, but could work
i mean, the definitively most intelligent thing would have been to realize it was "OLLIE" upside-down, bring him in, and stick him on the scale. would have taken less than two minutes.
Phil realizing his fez was gone, realizing Rhod had kicked it away, rolling silently over to him and cleanly kicking Rhod’s fez straight off his head was such a moment.
The pure cheek of Alex getting the box open, then closing it in front of Greg saying “You wanna try to open it? Here you go.” It’s perfect.
Every contestant this season is completely, off-the-rails, batshit insane.
The way Alex said "Why did you only use shoes" to Jess sounded like a disappointed yet baffled parent reacting to a toddlers decision and I thought that was just adorably hilarious
You describe Jess so well. She's just a toddler just having fun.
33:40
He has three sons, I am sure he has asked things in a similar way before.
@@ILuvAyeAyeno, no - he has 2 boys and…1 more boy 😂
“Does it say you have to stay in this room?” is one of the few genuine bits of advice I’ve ever heard Alex offer. Most of the time the show concedes that misinterpreting the task is funnier or just vaguely alludes to rereading the task but the image of Jess dejectedly sitting amongst a pile of shoes cracked him.
Something that goes unmentioned: James comments on how fair the timing of the task is because of the lift situation, he then formulated a plan entirely around how to manipulate the timing. Just excellent
First thing I thought was that someone would surely pause it since it didn't say anything except you had to stop once the doors opened... Pretty clever that they found (or modified?) one that didn't actually stop.
You generally need a maintenance key inserted for the stop/car control buttons to have any function in lifts/elevators.
I immediately thought of stopping the elevator the same way, thought since they've gone through the trouble of doing this obscure timing method there had to be some trick to it, guess it was bait lmao
@@kiiturii i think if you don't mind the risk of getting stuck, you can force the door open a little and it will stop the elevator
I figured that the sign next to the elevator that said "If you can't go right, go left" had to be a clue if some sort.
I love Alex in the weighing task with Jessica. Alex doesn't usually help contestants. He's all like "all the information is in the task". But when Jessica was feeling defeated, Alex was all like "why have you only used shoes? Does it say you have to stay in this room?" in such a patient voice
I mean his alternative was being locked in there with her for the rest of the task and *nothing* happening.
@@Friendlysociopath its basically what happened with bridgett but a beta version
Alex wanted to go home. He'd been in there with her and shoes for several hours by that point!
Usually I think he makes a judgment call of "is the contestant not understanding the task going to make it funnier or take away from the show" and in my mind her standing in that room not knowing what was happening wasn't going to get any funnier than it had at that point.
Greg taking James to the side was the most teacher thing ever. 😂
"You're not a bad guy, Nish."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
it's perfect too because james constantly has that schoolboy look on his face
I had a feeling James would try the emergency button in the elevator.
I thought any of the contestants would just have gotten up the highest floor and then pushed every button going down to gain time.
@@benzaiten933 It didn't appear that building had more floors. Alex wasn't that careless.
It also would have caused the elevator doors to open sooner if there were multiple floors.
The down button was pressed first, so it would have gone down to the basement, then up to the upper floors. And if you had asked me before I had watched it which contestant would press the emergency button, I would have guessed Rhod.
i mean this is a repost..
The title of this episode absolutely should have been "Old Mustard Face"
Personally, I wanted it to be "You Were Largely Sauntering."
I mean Ollie was a big part of the episode, pertaining to two tasks and was in the transition scenes...
@@mksabourinable true, but the titles are usually in reference to a funny line from the episode. Ollie was important but it's not really funny and doesn't fit the theme
In my opinion it should have been "brillo pad" since that got the biggest laugh.
I dont know how I still find the haggling bit funny, but I cant help but laugh whenever Phil says the "punchline"
Putting that in quotations implies that the punchline is “the punchline.”
It’s a pretty good bad joke
I found it funny the first time. Then I watched his standup and it’s something he keeps repeating but with different things he bought.
@@kaktees dang still smirking amusedly after x5 here
Well... it works if your comedy is pretty dry/straight. In those cases, if you think it's funny at all it sort of gets funnier every time. In a different use case, when a regular joke flopped during a show, David Letterman would repeat the line at random points all night and about the third time it became sort of absurdist humor and was transformed into a funny line.
James getting pulled out of class like a naughty schoolboy was one of the funniest things ever, in the entirety of Taskmaster.
i had to rewind a couple times cuz i was laughing so hard
Dunno, Wozniak's casserole really cracked me up!!
You can definitely see Greg's former life as a teacher there 😆
@@trishryan8789 Noooooo that one caused me too much sympathetic pain.
It was seriously sexy tbh. Greg is so powerful and gentle 😍
27:57 The looks on James' face when he *knows* he screwed up (this elevator task, the circle task, the cardboard box tower task) are what make this series for me.
For me, it's James being surprised into a genuine laugh.
The best one is the "pairs of glasses" task, when he walks in to the room and realizes he's screwed up before the task has even started ha. (I don't know what episode it is.)
Jess touching his shoulder is so cute too
No matter how many times I hear it, the haggling gag never fails to get me chuckling. Simple me I guess.
I love it. I know exactly where it's going but it's still hilarious 😂😂😂
this comment made me quite chuckle lol
I really wish the last episode he said he was able to get a penny off or something as a triumph but it might be funnier as it is where it never worked.
repetition can be funny cuz then you feel like youre in on it
37:41 Probably my favorite 10 seconds of Taskmaster, it's just so cute. Alex/the production team noticing that James was the only one who kept asking what 31,770 meant, and passing it down to Greg, who beautifully put it as a product of James's "inquiring mind". Then Greg saying Alex has been dying to reveal the significance, but Alex ultimately giving James the opportunity to do it himself, trusting that he'd have figured it out, and of course, James having indeed figured it out! It means a lot to me
It’s a very underappreciated moment. I’m glad someone else loves it as much as I do!
It’s a sign how the show is not about ridiculing anyone but more about appreciate open an creative minds. I love how every minute is made with so much joy and love to details, and that in the end everyone is accepted and appreciated the way they are. The world would be a better place if everyone would be like the responsible people in the team. And of course Greg and Alex.
Yeah but nowhere in the show prior to this do I ever remember hearing anyone attach the name "Ollie" to that statue. The clue means nothing without that. "Hmm that looks like Ollie spelled in numbers. Okay. So? Does 'ollie' mean something?"
@@dunbar9finger Alex called it Ollie at 11:26 and a couple seconds later Jess calls it Ollie too.
Given this episode was called Ollie, I noticed some of the cast refer to the statue by "Ollie" during the switch segment and thought that was it until I saw this comment. 😆 Then noticed those numbers and my pager-code-days self immediately translated that to "Ollie". 🤣 Now can't wait until I hit that section of the episode to see what that's all about. 🤭
For anyone wondering what the t-shirt means it is a misstranslation of the spanish saying "Que venga el cuervo" propperly translated as "(Please) let the raven come" and used as a call for help in the meaning of "(please) may a miracle happen". It has to do with the foklore of a story of certain saint who was brought food by a raven so that he didn't starve.
James might not win anything but he wins in our heart
That's much more important
You can tell James loved the mystery switch task because at 15:24 he does something he never does any other time in the whole series.
This is like the greatest Easter egg ever.
I never noticed that holy shit
I don't geddit hahah what did he do?!
@@mariaprendeville7456 "Hello Alex"
Loving how openly James Acaster is enjoying Rhod's humour this episode. Especially given the 'team task' that's about to hit them. Hehe.
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That travesty deserves at *least* that many quotes. Poor James.
11:05 I love the universal human instinct of "stop in place, turn to fully face the statue, stand stock still, and silently point with dominant hand"
It's a useful human instinct. We can communicate immediate danger without having to know a common language.
@@KaiLucasZachary Straight from the meerkats!
27:00.
I love how James laughs so hard that he ran behind his chair. 😂
And so Rhod's reign of terror continues...
I cannot explain how happy I am that Rhod won the episode.
And he was completely right about the switch doing nothing.
@@andrewbroeker9819 The question wasn't "what does the switch do"; it was "what happens" when the switch is on. Alex is very careful about how he words these things. I assumed that what the switch does is send a signal to Alex's tablet to tell him to turn Ollie. So, technically, it does do something.
@@kendrameinerthodson500 By that logic everyone except james was wrong because they said the switch rotates the knight, when in fact Alex rotates it when the switch is flipped.
@@andrewbroeker9819 Again, you're missing the point. The question is "what happens." It's total semantics. The switch 'causes' Ollie to turn 'round, because Alex only turns it when the switch is on. And I don't remember all of the contestants' exact words, but I know Kerri says, "Ollie turns 'round!" She doesn't say the switch makes Ollie turn. You just have to join in the spirit of the sometimes deliberately misleading task writing.
they really did go kindergarten on this series
-building towers x2
-playing dress up x3
-drawing circles
-make a funny noise
-exercise with alex
-fun facts
-weighing and measuring
And disciplining the kid who sasses the teacher
-hit the switch
-ball in hole
-waterboard Alex
Definitely regular kindergarten stuff
"Two Girls One Wang ".... Oh Alex... you naughty one...
All five of them altered their appearances more dramatically on the stage than they did in the lift.
Yeah. But like
100 seconds vs 18 seconds...
@@12thmocha11 300 seconds of prep time vs. effectively none.
True- but a lot more to sort through before entering the lift. Where in the final task they all basically had a complete identical outfit laid out before them. Stage task definitely easier to execute, even if they were handcuffed.
James is shockingly flexible. That was some impressive contorting when he was trying to put on those clothes.
Honestly, James just could have put himself up for the prize task... He himself is the personification of confusion 😁
@Todd the Chimera Linguist Haha, sorry about that 😁
@Todd the Chimera Linguist Not that minor a difference, yours would have at least made sense the other just looks like they wanted to say what you wanted to, but has only heard the term used in passing and conflated the meanings.
@Todd the Chimera Linguist I am not a native English speaker, so would it be correct to say that James is the personification of confusion?
@@CaJo16 Yes, but that certainly makes the confusion more understandable. Impersonate used to have the same meaning as personify does, only that was a few hundred years ago, between that and it's root words it could lead to that kind of mix up pretty easily.
@@MrDJAK777 OK, thanks 👍
Presumably, when there's a tie breaker task, that task would have been done by all the contestants, as there would be no way of knowing in advance which ones would be tied. they should release a video on youtube of everyone doing the task. I also assume they film several tie breaker tasks just in case they're needed. It would be great to see the ones that never made it to air.
i don't think watching just the tasks would be that funny. they work because of the editing and within the context of the show
@@nikchhetri2686 There are many videos on here, uploaded by Taskmaster, of just a single task. Whether or not they are funny, I suppose, is a matter of personal opinion.
I was thinking about this too, and it kinda seems like they pick the winners a bit. I mean they've probably done a few tiebreakers in advance just in case, and they obviously know who won the tiebreaker when they use it to decide the episode winner. Plus ALL the tasks are prerecorded im pretty sure, and they be throwing random points at people all the time for no reason. I think they try and keep it somewhat fair with how many times someone wins an episode
Agreed, I’ve had the same thought: assuming multiple pre-recorded tiebreaker tasks, and the potential for Alex to pull a totally new one from up his sleeve in-studio if he prefers (see what I did there?), it seems reasonable to assume that in the event of a tie, the show basically ‘picks’ the winner, and continues the tradition of trying to make sure every guest wins at least one episode if possible.
This also accounts for the faces the hosts make at guests who blow the in-studio tiebreaker. Like when Jess blew the win they basically tried to hand her on a platter (all she had to do was say ‘8’). They don’t actually want a guest to go without winning a show; that’s not in keeping with their goal of celebrating each person.
In the past, I think it was Bob and Sally, but they had pre-filmed tie breakers for everybody. So Bob and Sally had to kick yogurt at a wall when filming the original tasks and we wouldn’t have seen it if they hadn’t tied. I’ve always wondered if any of the individual tasks (like the counting beans ones) were filmed by multiple people and we just never saw/heard about them. Aisling Bea had a failed solo task if I remember right.
"I forgot there was a timer" is Phil's approach to most tasks.
I never realized that when Greg stands up to talk to James, Alex actually tries to grab his arm to stop him lol I wonder if he genuinely thought he was mad
same I was thinking that too. what did he think greg would do lol
Naaah, i think alex was just playing along
Didn't even notice that
Rhod also looks like he's getting ready to jump up. His body language is pretty interesting during that whole exchange.
@@TheRealComradeOtis always love the armchair experts on youtube comments lmao
Kerry Godliman would argue even when she is 100% right.
She does in episode 9 when Greg tries to give her a compliment.
That would be a very appropriate time to argue.
She is so miserable. Not fun to watch in the least.
Yeah she gives me real Veruca Salt vibes
Shouldn't it be if she was 100 percent wrong. makes more sense to argue when youre right.
I love how Greg wanted to make a "little Alex Horne" joke when he asked Katy about the character in the elevator task and she just went on full defensive of her costume and Rhod even helped, but Alex understood immediately and even wanted to explain, but they were not able to clear it up because of the absolute chaos they all are
I thought she was dressing like Greg until she said she was gonna put the shoes ok the knees bit...then I thought Alex
I didn't get that at all, thanks for explaining it!
*Kerry, but yes. Katy is someone else (who Kerry stood in for in one episode, just to add to the confusion 😆
"That's 300 baht I'm never getting back"
The entire prize segment with the box had me actually in tears.
Are we all just going to IGNORE the fact that Rhod put the mustard AND sunglasses on AFTER the lift doors had opened?!?
yes
He also used a leaf blower when he was only supposed to use toilet paper
I mean, the plane was just made from toilet paper, nothing said he couldn't assist the flight with added airflow.
@@Brownalebelly yes we are
It's just a little trolling
"Strap in, there's six more episodes" brilliantly sums up this series
When your entire week depends on the release of the new taskmaster vid
I cannot bring myself to research how many seasons actually exist. I hope there are at least 20, but I expect less :D
Lootjunior I think it’s about 8 or 9 but they recently announced the lineup for the next season.
It’s odd, but this really is a highlight of my week...
Wait, Rhod was right. Technically, the switch didn't do anything. It was just Alex messing with Ollie once people went inside.
Or Rhod was very wrong - flipping the switch might have made a watching camera person text Alex that it was time to turn Ollie. So flipping the switch does something, whether it's connected to that wire or not.
The switch being flipped indicated to Alex that he should rotate the statue. No one said that the switch being flipped had to have any electronic effect.
If anything, the other three were wrong because they claimed that the switch being flipped rotated the statue but didn't say how it was doing so.
"Work out what happens when you flick this switch on." Didn't say anything about the switch actually doing anything, did it?
@@ILuvAyeAye not really what if the contestant flipped the switch like 20 times but covered it with paper so no one could see what state it was in when they finished then the camera man could do nothing and the statue would not be moved.. yet the switch was turned on
@@torbar9603 The cameraman would still have known the switch had been flipped on and off a bunch of times. Regardless of the current state of the switch, Alex would have had to rotate the statue.
Phil Wang, a selfie taken by someone else is just called a "picture."
We are all one
James literally only placed 1st or last in these tasks. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone win 3 tasks and not end up winning the show. Personally having 3 people tie shouldn’t result in each getting 4 points but I digress. Good work James you lovable weirdo
To be fair to James, his score at the end of the episode got him into tiebreaker territory. He could have won the episode, he just had the unfortunate luck of the draw that Rhod also won 3 tasks (coincidentally the same 3 James placed last in)
they do some weird things with points to pick the winners
Rhod should gotten no points on the switch task. James should have won this episode.
its meant to be arbitrary for comedic effect
@@q-tuber7034 No points only happens with a disqualification. What disqualified him? Nothing? Okay then.
Something about grown men fighting at the end like it's some playground game between Phil and Rhod really made me giggle.
I love every time Alex does seconds then minutes, the person is like “YEAHHHHH.....wut?”
This panel has to remind Greg Davies of why he got out of being a teacher.
Between the blue jumpsuit James wears for tasks, Jessica's red one, and Phil's infamous yellow, we've got three out of five of the Power Rangers.
Personally, I would have chose an outfit I can pee in without completely stripping. :D
WHOOPS, James' outfit is a matching shirt and pants, my bad.
EDIT: On third look, if James trades in his shutter shades for a skinny black tie, he's pretty close to Spike from Cowboy Bebop. Very cool.
In a previous series Aisling wore a green one
Anyone else wondering, whether James's combination of blue jacket, yellow shirt is a reference to Goethe's first work? - Probably not 😅
Blue??? I see dark green?
And Lou wears a pink „Cowboy“? Style one.
I absolutely love Phils inability to haggle, just an amazing bit. I hope he kept it throughout the series.
Rhod might genuinely be a genius. the way he tackles these tasks is creative, efficient, and successful.
Rhod sits right on the line between genius and lunatic.
He clearly has practice being in handcuffs lmao
@@TheHutchy01 What line?
I love Taskmaster, James and Rhod are the best. They are so crazy chaotic! 😂
Carrie godliman is my favorite
James is chaotic good and Rhod is chaotic evil
The look on Alex's face after that slap was absolutely *priceless*
You can really see Greg's teacher background coming out when he scolds James. "I'm not angry, and I'm not discounting your frustration, but I'm going to gently explain why it was inappropriate in this moment and how you could have used better words to express it. Now just apologize for hurting me and we can go back to the status quo."
It's kind of amazing how well Kerry is doing considering how little thought she's put into any of the tasks.
It's mostly because she got lucky enough to be in a series where she's the only one who truly cares about winning more than being funny/creative.
Rhod and Greg's relationship gives me life 😂
They really are good friends!
I would love to see claudia winkleman on taskmaster. I just want to throw that out into the universe hahaha
The level of chaos and panic for every task would be glorious to behold.
ok but on the same panel, david mitchell. add utter chaos by pairing the two up for a team task
YESSSSS how has this not occurred to me, she would be an all-time great right up there with Mortimer. I can't wait for vegas to make his mark on taskmaster history next season either.
Carson Polichar . That would be amazing! He’d get so frustrated with her, but on the same level I’d love to see him paired with his wife, too!!
Emily Overby oh god victoria on taskmaster would be complete anarchy and i fully support it
Lmao the teacher came out of Greg he addressed James like a student that he likes but crossed the line in class
James Acaster being fast enough to catch Alex is my favorite thing ever
Phil Wang's wang certainly created a memorable outfit.
06:56 Yes, this exchange was amazing, but I also really like Greg's approach in reprimands.
Asks first for an explanation, defines boundaries on what would be acceptable and what's not, says an apology will be sufficient as the "student" is showing remorse, and cleanly accepts it when given.
Think he must've been a good teacher when he still was one.
Phil's running gag of "I haggled for this" at the start of (almost) every episode is somehow funnier every time.
I legitimately want that "IUF! That comes the raven!" shirt just for the sheer absurdity.
isn't it also a picture of a pigeon? 🤣
I love how Phil keeps reusing the haggling joke and it still makes me laugh 😂
Sameee
Alex trying to hold back Greg before he can get to James is so underappreciated
Alex was genuinely scared of a fight happening on set.. precious moment
The first 8.5 minutes of this episode was honestly some of the best improv comedy I've seen on this show
Now that I'm watching it thoroughly, I concur with the majority: This cast is the "Classroom."
It completely evokes the feel of a mix of student misfits, a witty and authoritarian (but fun) teacher, and his weird and quiet assistant.
Genuinely upset they didnt clarify to Kerry than he meant that her walking around at knee-height would be like a caricature of "Little Alex Horn"
I like how some F bombs are censored and others aren't
british tv is like that, their laws are weird when it comes to context
Jess looking all miserable after piling up the production staff's shoes on the scale fills me with so much joy. "All the information is in the task" indeed
I forget how tall Greg is, and then he stands next to James Acaster and I remember that's he's REALLY TALL.
Oh its Thursday, thank you for the reminder.
Or as I like to call it: Tasksday.
I'll show myself out.
Gregs favouritism for Robb this season is so funny to watch. “Hmmmm I’ll allow it”…. “”Ahhhh give him a point”.
It makes James’s breakdown later in the season so much funnier
Alex, after being hit:
I can't believe you've done this!
The previous series was okay, but this is the chaos I crave from task master.
i love how even tho phil is the youngest james is 100% the kid of the group
Did James just greet Alex?! @15:24
39:00 even better.
During the task and it didn't even involve saying hi to Alex.
Can someone explain this whole "say hi to alex" bit for me?
@@landonminton1595 no, my condolences your highness
@@landonminton1595 James never said hi to Alex because it wasn’t in the task. But in the last episode Alex spoke to James and know he finally greeted him hahah
Jess is really bad at tasks but i love to watch her thought process lmaooo
sometimes she does pull it off though
Jess is like a weird mix between Mel Giedroyc, Charlotte Ritchie and Sally Philips. As wholesome as Mel, as confused and mind-blanked as Charlotte and as crazy as Sally.
@@wohlhabendermanager I'd say Roisin is a better comparison for a mind-blanked contestant
@@iliketrains3495 Oh yeah, how could I forget Roisin?
This is by far one of the most chaotic episodes I've seen
No amount of disguise could hide Jessica's identity if she let loose that dazzling smile.
She has such a cute smile. Reminds me of a bunny rabbit.
Also, no amount of disguise could hide Jessica's identity if she let loose that air horn impression.
Ok but Rhod put the mustard on his face and put on the glasses AFTER the doors opened, so it shouldn’t have counted.
Every time Davies pulls out his old teacher's correcting skills it is a joy! His massive imposing arm and height encircling his wayward and likely terrified charge and his calm and gentle redirection of behavior is legendary. Thank you Greg! I am beyond grateful I learn by watching others mistakes.
When Greg pulled James aside, I'm sure poor James thought he was about to die 🤣
I noticed he shaped up for the rest of that episode, too. That guy needs someone bigger than him around for a few years, I think.
Hopefully Rhod will become a Task Consultant like Tim Key. Can you imagine the torture he could produce?
"What happens when you flick this switch on?" Is probably the core Task of this entire show. It just so neatly sums up what it's all about.
Technically...only James got it right. Flicking the switch causes Alex to turn the statue. Flicking the switch does absolutely nothing if Alex doesn't do something.
“Work out what happens when you flick the switch on.” What happens is that the statue gets turned.
@@q-tuber7034 Under that logic, a lot happens when the switch is flicked: Alex takes steps, Alex lifts the statue, Alex turns the statue, etc. Yet the only GUARANTEED thing that happens is that Alex ATTEMPTS to turn the statue. Meaning that, technically, James WAS the only one to correctly deduce what happens: Alex attempting to successfully turn the statue.
Say, when I press {F9}, the spreadsheet begins to calculate some needlessly complex 1GB worth of code on an old slow machine to successfully find the {n}the prime where {n} is an arbitrarily large random number provided by a random number generator, but, if I pull the plug on the computer within a split second, the only thing in a certain sense that {F9} ever did was BEGIN attempting to calculate that enormous code. Yes, the point was that it would eventually grind through and find a particular prime, but that is not how it was worded.
That whole moment with James being pulled aside is pure gold... But Jess shouting "fight! fight!" makes it for me 😂 and her telling Greg that it's frustrating to be asked to complete tasks under pressure 😂 I love her haha
Greg totally went into teacher mode.
There's an excessive amount of Wangeltoe in this season.
Anyone else think Rhod witness what happen to Greg's other friends on the show and said to himself " I will avenge you all" lol
2:09 quietly slips in the "Lord." Lololol!! I love how this earlier season joke has continued to pay dividends.
I was genuinely upset when Greg threw Phil's box. Now we'll never know the secret to how to open it.
The secret is that you can't open it.
But you can!
I love how Alex got it open and then shut it just to troll Greg.
It looked like a fairly standard puzzle box where you need to slide a panel or two sideways to "unlock" it :D
The one Greg broke was a different one, then Rhod threw the real one at the end
@@Pomodorosan So there's still a chance for the secret to be revealed? All those years I spent mourning the box - have been invain? I've been fooled!
Omg, seeing this in my feed really, truly made my day. What a light in the darkness.
2:08 I love the very subtle callback to Series 2 when Katherine Ryan used £20 to make Greg a "Lord" lmao
Anyone else completely in love with James? Just me?
Greg: Slaps Alex
Alex: 👁o👁
Omg I’m crying 😂