Contestants Who Stood Up To The Taskmaster | Taskmaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2021
- From an uncharacteristic outburst from Joe Thomas, to a completely characteristic outburst from James Acaster, we take a look at all the times contestants stood up and argued with The Taskmaster.
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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
James losing his shit after literally 1 second of Greg trying to open the box is hilarious
Thanks for explaining the joke.
@@chriswakefield9538 apologize
I love the teacher look Greg gives him haha.
I can shorten @Daniel_J's original statement... "James is hilarious!"
@@spozbucket When he was on the grahamn norton show, greg mentioned that he actually used to work as a school teacher.
I fucking love how shocked everyone was about James Acaster box outburst, James Acaster himself most of all.
And Alex seemed genuinely concerned when Greg got up to scold James
I genuinely believe he accidentally said it out loud instead of in his head
Yeh a brainfart that he instantly regretted when he realized he’d just called a 7ft man a pussy.
I love how you can totally see that Greg was a teacher with the way he spoke to him as well
@@hpdftba They should do a supercut of Greg acting like a teacher.
Getting just Josh to count everything was so cruel, and so funny. The fact they used barely any of the footage made it even funnier
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Like when they got Sally to blow up that huge, multi-coloured inflatable ball in the house, give her a task to take it outside, which involves deflating and reinflating the ball, then the next day she had to hide it from Alex on a wide open football pitch in broad daylight under 10 minutes 😂😂
The fact that it's Josh and he's got that whiny, youngest sibling persona makes it all the more perfect haha!
@@CoopsNME I think that was Mel, but I know the task you’re talking about. I love the utterly pointless, time consuming tasks they make just one person do
@@GIBBO4182 you're right, my mistake! I've just binged the first 5 series (and the last two) in the space of a few days so I get the casts mixed up, plus the pair of them having mumsy personalities with blonde hair and brown eyes doesn't help 😅
The kicker is that won the series for Josh. He (justifiably) pressured Greg into giving him one bonus point collectively for those three extra tasks, and Josh was the victor of series 1 by exactly one point.
The aftermath of the confusing little box NEVER gets old!
although they missed out a crucial bit that follows from Jessica Knappett, "It's tough isn't it, Greg, performing tasks under pressure?"
As soon as Greg stood up, James shit himself 😂😂😂😂😂
Really channelling his teacher days
Especially Greg’s face omd😂😂😂
Classic headmaster !
I will never not laugh at Acaster and the box.
I'm a teacher and let me say that Greg's reaction here is SUCH A TEACHER MOOD. You can really tell he used to be a teacher. I've made that face Greg made right after James spoke many times in class. I've had very similar conversations, too.
That was fucking hilarious. Gave me school flashbacks 😂
I was kinda like "oh god oh fuck school flashbacks"
Definitely Greg showing his teachers side ❤
His face when he realised what he'd done
Joe having a full meltdown while making 0 eye contact is so relatable
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it
His zoned out expression throughout the whole series when camera inevitably pans to him was exactly how I imagine I look in social situations. Ed mentioned that Joe has his eyes closed a lot irl and that kinda put it into perspective :D this is him actually making an effort not to have his eyes shut
I'm autistic and I feel incredibly called out
My cat does that
And then immediately apologising
There's something deeply evil about Ed Gamble and James Acaster shouting, it's like someone's pissed off the quieter kid at the school disco
Yes, the one who you find out 30 years later burned his house down with himself and his family inside.
Nah, they've always been readily intense. Joe Thomas though, that one you would be right about.
Their energies when mad completely match it's amazing to watch and they're both so funny
Ed is the furthest from the quiet kid 😂, granted he always had a class clown vibe to him, usually just causing outbursts to entertain everyone else
The glorious wrathful gall of "OOooooOO, one of dem's my fwiennnnd..."
And the genuine look of horror in Greg’s eyes of being accused of something like that!
And Alex being caught laughing 😆
My favorite part is "Oh! And it felt so good!"
"Ooohhh and it felt so good. Please give me 2 more points!! Give me 8 weeks of my life back!" Bro was hot! I loved everytime he got pissed
The childlike glee Greg lets out as he watches the pure hostility James regards Rhod with is so infectiously funny.
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@@milancilliers776 ...how? They used normal words… didn’t brag…
@@milancilliers776 Well, that was gratuitous. Oh silly me; I'm so sorry, I meant unnecessary.
@@milancilliers776 lol, I don’t get it... does it make you feel inferior when people use adjectives properly?
The full outtake version is so much better than the trimmed version they aired. Shame they couldn't include all of it in the actual episode
We need a reason to bring Acaster back, ideally together with Wozniak to get the two opposite kinds of absolute weirdos in one series!
Yes! Please bring back James Acaster back! A second chance series !
@@cmarq817 Fan favorites season? :D
I would love to see an Oddballs season with Wozniak, Acaster, Rhod Gilbert and Noel -- who would the fifth one be?
@@pschexy945 sally
@@pschexy945 I really liked johnny
"You're a conscious being" ..."OH IM SOOO SORRY!" is one of my favorite TM moments
That series was absolutely amazing. I loved the drawing final task where ed generally looked like he was going to murder david badiel
Romesh's expression after the "Can't he go first?" "Okay" bit is one of the funniest things the show has ever had.
Genuinely shocked.
@bssni touir weird comment to leave this under
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"I'VE GOT 3 SENSITIVITY LEVELS!" never fails to make me laugh
“And I’m on my top fucking one right now!”
That lives in my head rent free
One of the biggest accomplishments of Taskmaster was finally being able to break Joe Thomas.
he always seems very mildly bewildered lmao the outburst was refreshing
@@shfjhfddududhd150 Which makes it even funnier that he immediately apologised after it.
and as soon as he let some anger out, he was much more engaged and relaxed that episode, butting in with comments on other tasks and having fun. Kinda wish it had happened mid-series
I cant unhear him as simon cooper 😂
@@louieniall6890 he is basically just Simon lol some actors just play themselves and he seems to be one 😂 I couldn’t see him any other way tbh
I can absolutely see Greg doing the same thing he did with James back on his teaching days.
On the Taskmaster Podcast he was interviewed and he talked about this and he actually said he handled James the same way he use to handle his students.
The other funny thing is that James used to be a teacher too 😂
@@AmaraEmme not a school teacher. A private tutor.
Teaching builds skills you never lose.
You can tell that Greg was a teacher. That teacher look. THAT TEACHER LOOK.
And just his presence as he stands up, points, beckons, and puts his hand over the shoulder gently but VERY authoritatively😂
“Some wankey workaround”
We are all Joe Thomas 😂😂😂😂😂
swankey *
@@Droooooo0 No. Wankey
"Put some fucking effort in..." made him one of my favorite contestants, ever. My... excellent bicycle.
Everything about James calling Greg a pussy is pure gold. The instant regret in James’ face knowing that tonight could be his last. The other contestants staring at him as if asking him if he has a death wish. The inner teacher in Greg waking up and choosing violence. The way Alex tries to stop him even though the glasses are coming off.
It’s all just...(chef’s kiss)
That moment of how Greg dealt with James really shows his experience as a teacher.
I felt that outburst of Joe Thomas, truly a "Fear the anger of gentle man" moment.
When he snaps at 9:25 is my favorite. That whole "give me 8 weeks of my life back" floored me!
You forgot Rob Beckett's best quote "If Davies has got a problem with it i''ll knock him out"
i always got confused by that, I thought he meant Dave as in Gorman so wasn't sure why Greg took offence! That makes way more sense.
Gregs pure joy when he says "thats correct" about josh not getting any points for the bean counting lol
What I loved is he was gotten by that more than once
I just absolutely love when Alex forgets his role and genuinely laughs out
The veins on James' neck during his satsuma rant 😂
James Acasters pure anger during the entirety of season 7 was my favourite thing in the whole show. I never get sick of it
i love when alex desperately tries to pretend he’s not laughing when greg looks at him at 9:28
Right after “YEEEAAAAAAHH”
It's more like a misunderstanding that Alex thought that Greg thought that James was talking about Alex, but Greg was more just surprised that someone accused him of being biased and turned to his special little boy for a second opinion.
I’ve only just noticed that when Greg stands up to give James a dressing-down, Jess chants “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jess is a key part of that whole sequence, and they cut the best part at the end.
"See Greg, it's frustrating isn't it, when you're asked to do a task under pressure with everyone watching?"
Then after the audience's response, Greg smiling saying "I hope that round of applause was worth the 3 points you just lost", Jess' whole body language is priceless.
"Give me 8 weeks of my life back" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Joe Thomas Eraser Meltdown was my favourite moment of series 8 (also, it would be a great name for one of James Acaster's bands)
Joe literally carried that series
@@konstantinkostov3357 Literally? Are you sure?
Greg is so tall that when people stand up to him they look like they’re still sitting down.
Phil Wang's running joke about haggling doesn't get celebrated enough!
I quote it often
He said he was going to do it 4 times.
And I said once.
And he said 4.
And I said twice.
And he said 4.
So anyway, he did it 4 times.
Nah. After the second time it wasn’t funny anymore. What’s the point of a joke when you know the punchline
@@aguyfromnz537 Hilarity from familiarity ...a running joke is the junior of a catchphrase. At the end of the day I found it funny.
@@aguyfromnz537 humour is way more varied than a punchline of a joke
I love his reaction to James' "Just open the box, you pussy!"
It's so obvious he was a teacher. It's the strongest clue we've ever had that he was one. lol
Obviously half of these are James Acaster
I could watch him getting mad forever 😂 interspersed with Ed Gamble losing it at David Badiel
Should have added in the team task where everyone had to build an addition to the Taskmaster house, and James Acaster went on a rant after Rhod closed the garage door that had a bunch of useful stuff for the task. Great reaction from James and actually had a tangible benefit.
That’s in a different compilation, i think it’s the best fails one
Greg taking James apart to talk about his language. Amazing
It's the teacher in him lol. Legit reminded me of a teacher scolding a student hahaha
@@LUISDELAFUENTE2 you can see in his face when the teacher mode activates
I really love how Greg uses his teacher energy to handle the contestants.
I always loved James on the show because whenever he had an out burst, Greg would try in all of his power to try not to laugh and keep up his serious/angry act but by the end cant stop laughing
"Put some fucking effort in"
Greg looked almost proud at that outburst 😂
Joe's breakdown is so much more funny if seen within the context of him being so calm in the previous episodes 😆
Also makes a lot more sense when you see just how many “wanky workarounds” the other contestants actually did during the series
HE LOOKED SO DISAPPOINTED WITH HIMSELF AFTER AND SO EMBARRASSED OMG
Greg used to be a schoolteacher, and the way he gets James to apologise is 100% how teachers are trained to calm and defuse and make a student feel regret. My Dad was a teacher, and I've seen him do this many times.
James Acaster should be a contestant in every series of the show.
I feel Joe's Thomas's anger. Flushing it down the toilet was lazy and boring.
He should have gotten 5 points and everyone else 0 (Lou should have a bonus point for masticating the rubber, I suppose).
I mean that's the whole point of the show. Lateral thinking.
@@indie3892 Do the British have garbage disposals within their sinks? I suppose he could have blended in the sink blades.
@@snickle1980 not usually
@@snickle1980 I’ve never seen one
My personal favourite was Ed Gamble's 3 sensitivity levels rant.
"And I'll be honest, I'm on my top fuckin' one right now!"
While watching Series 8, Joe Thomas just kinda felt there. I liked him, but he didn't really do much to stand out to me. He was just another contestant.
That "Put some fucking effort in!" is genuinely one of my favorite moments on the show. It's not only great in itself, but knowing Joe Thomas, this was late in the series, he was such a mild mannered, quiet guy, but then all this rage and annoyance he's pushed down up till that point finally comes up. Beautiful, really endears me to him.
I already know James Acaster is going to be in this one
Well he's on the thumbnail isn't he?
Ah fair, didn't see that lol
Twice.
@@norafromash5087 How could you not see it?
I pressed on the notification without seeing the thumbnail
I always thought him getting on them about the buckaroo thing was a dumb thing to pick them apart for, I would have been as outraged as Ed was by it.
I know! I was seeing this for the first time and was astounded by their creativity! That looked like so much fun and then he's like "where's the spring" ???? What! They should be winners not nitpicked
I will never be able to tell if Alex was legitimately fearing Greg was going to punch Acaster out. If you listen in you can hear him saying "Don't" while kind of frantically tapping Greg's arm it's crazy
1:44
He's got a shit eating grin on his face a moment before and a moment after, it's pure banter
Part of the act, clearly
I'm sorry for you
Hmmmm. There's a distinct lack of Jamali in this one.
Whoever has been making these compilations recently: thank you so much.
I mean, this is the official channel
this one was really nicely done. so much context
I have that james acaster satsuma outburst memorised by now, that's how many times i've watched it. Never gets old
I just want someone to give Joe a big hug. Such a nice boy
i want james acaster and joe thomas and mike wozniak on a series together NOW
We can add Ed and Mawan and call it the Thirst Special
@@mandarinz69 and Charlotte Ritchie I’d just love to see her and James acaster work together in this
THANK YOU
@@mandarinz69 Imagine a thirst series with the three mentioned in the OC, Sally Phillips and Alice Levine
It's even more funny with Greg doing his teacher chat with James when you learn that Acaster used to be a teaching assistant too!
See now this one specified "erase the eraser" unlike that "make the ice block disappear" one so the flushing it is a fail.
Hmm so other than just typically erasing it, what can you do?
Maybe if it was a live task it would work
@@Dilmahkana I think the wording on this one was specific enough that there may not be a loophole
@@michaelmaguire4147 ahh yeah. All depends on Greg still. Which is great. It depends what kinda day he's having or what he's thinking at the time. I'm never about the results because it's all authentic at the time, In my opinion
So when you erase something from your hard drive, do you rub it away? No. You erase it and its no longer there. You make it disappear. So, erase these songs. Erase these erasers. Works out just fine.
Joe Thomas deserved 5 points, zero for everyone else.
Agreed. The “lateral thinking” move is only funny when used sparingly, but season 8 was full of it. No effort, boring.
Jamali and Greg arguing about whether Greg can spin a pillow on his finger and then him trying it and failing will always be a highlight to me
i always loves the haggle story
Kerri agreeing with james at 9:29 never fails to make me laugh
Joe Thomas and Iain Sterling arguing is hilarious cus Joe was so passive and nice throughout the show before then 🤣🤣
Greg is so biased with rods antics and wonky work arounds. I love it and it just adds to the chaos and anger from the other contestants 😂
An episode with James Acaster, Ed Gamble and Joe Thomas would be class
"Wanky Workarounds" would be another good TM compilation video.
That’s an amazing idea omd
We are missing Knappett snapping back at Greg at the end of the box task!
I think one of the greatest moments in this shows history is when Josh finds out no one else had to count the beans 😂😂😂
There's a serious lack of Romesh "Tree Wizard" Ranganathan in this compilation.
Because he was too busy being a Tree Wizzzarrd!
The Acaster/Gilbert series is my all-time favourite.
Oh this is where Alex Horne got the idea of using the confusing box in one of the tasks in season 13. 👏
“I am the spring system!”
“Yeah, but you’re a conscious being.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry!”
You can see the "teacher" in Greg come out with how he takes James aside and talks to him
The standing ovation for Joe, was everything
I thought it's going to be all Jamali Maddix complition 😂
Jamali could not have cared less about Greg's authority at any given moment
@@emilymcglynn oh god can't agree more watching him destroy Greg's authority was a delight
@@reemasharma__23 it was such a bizarre and wonderful thing to watch their relationship transform :D after Jamali brought the children's face paint and ranted about how much he hated it something clicked :D :D and suddenly every time he says he'll "settle for 3 points", Greg delivers
@@anam00090 At one point jamali said himself "so three points then" in prize task and it seemed Greg just surrendered to his surrealistic behaviour
@@reemasharma__23 :D and it all led to the brilliant Dara moment in the end. Greg pouting but instantly excusing and forgiving when Jamali says his full name
The first clip proves that Greg Davies is the best at somehow sounding comforting yet terrifying at the same time.
Acaster wasn't really standing up to the Taskmaster with the box, it was more of the ultimate put down by the Taskmaster .
The irritating part about that eraser rant is that Greg gave the least points to Tim Key for his 'disappearing lake ice' and still let Paul and Iain get away with the 'flushed eraser', when all 3 followed the same logic. Shows how soft he's become, I feel for Joe in that moment!
The ice being thrown into the river didn't count because ice floats and Alex could still see the ice. It hadn't disappeared yet (until it had floated out of Alex's view). Flushing the eraser counts because of you erase something, it means you can't see it. If you erase a pencil mark, you can't see the pencil mark. Unless you have x-ray vision or go searching in the pipes for the eraser, flushing the eraser means you can't see it. On the show they also mention erasing meaning it no longer functions as an eraser. If you've ever got an eraser wet, you'd know that even if you dried it out, it no longer functions as an eraser.
I was hoping for the scene in which Nish was being scolded by Greg
But he didn't stand up to him, just brought a shitty prize, didn't he?
@@SvobodovaEva Not quite, he did a really shitty sudoku puzzle for the 'point of view" task which killed his brief momentum after he got a surprising win on the balancing task
Romeshs face when josh says "can't he go first..." 😂😂😂
“You’re a conscious being”
“Oh! I’m so sorry!”
The look on Romesh's face at 10:37 never gets old.
I had the same reaction as Joe Thomas when Iain and Paul just flushed the eraser down the toilet. It was hilarious though that both men thought it would somehow be better if the eraser were wrapped in toilet paper.
I think it would actually...because an eraser is rather dense, it might just sink to the bottom, but all the paper gives the water something to catch and push it down the line.
Collecting rubbers means something completely different in the states.
The idea in my American mind that Sian's Mum has a tin full of her daughter's rubber collection doesn't bear repeating.
@@kassistwisted and yet you inflicted it upon the rest of us... *Shudder*
At least she said they were never used before she put them in the tin
@@OwningMicrobe Never used for 'rubbing' those 'rubbers'
Kinda. It's a pretty outdated slang word.
10:45 I love Alex laughing here, he's probably thinking "I'm glad I chose Greg for the Taskmaster role, he's already abusing his powers"
When Greg gets up and calls James to the side. I genuinely felt he was going to sock him.
50% of it is just James Acaster
And they left out half of his outbursts
lol Rose and Katy's southern accent 😂
Anybody else really hoping it was just that one clip of James Acaster?
James Acaster is such a mood though, so relatable.
Greg instantly went into teacher mode and schooled James xD
The amount of times James is in this compilation hahahahaha
Poor Joe. Just genuinely trying his little heart out until he blew a gasket 😂 bless him
FINALLY!! Including clips from past series 7 in these compilations! This is very happy indeed.
I knew the 'Oh I'm so sorry!' line was coming up at some point 😂😂😂
Also, 'Mouse Trap's good?' Said no one ever
Lol I love Alex reacting to Greg at 9:25 - He really puts a lot of effort into his TM persona
A whole compilation about standing up to the taskmaster, and not one Jamali Maddox clip...
18:05 and gregs wheeze never ceases to make me laugh🤣🤣
James is an absolute treasure.
150,000 minutes is just over 3 months.... Closer to how long James Acaster practiced hula-hooping than to Frank Skinner’s age.
I don’t know how old frank skinner is but I DO know that there’s 525600 minutes in a year, so god knows I’d have got closer. Embarrassing, really /j
@@musicbyella3769 they're all comedians and yet it's as though none of them were theater kids in high school
@@alannar.8701 but seriously, embarrassing for the ex maths teacher
As American, I was reading comments and not paying much attention to the video but I had to look what the hell was going on when she said she collected rubbers
Same!
BRING ACASTER BACK!
I have been looped into these endless stream of videos. HELP.
I've watched Josh counting the baked beans on like 3-4 different clips by now, not getting tired of it.