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S1KRR said:
I knew Brand is going to make loads of "jokes" about a) her weight and b) Vaginas so wasn't expecting much. She hasn't provided much 
The family has a sweepstake running as to how many times she relies on those 'jokes' plus the men are s
t variant during the series.The debate whether we should include cake jokes ended up split, as TM cake jokes have previously been funny, which would be a first for Brand admittedly.
Shakermaker said:
FourWheelDrift said:
I wouldn't call Buckaroo a board game or Operation.
Didn't the task say bring a board game to life?
I'd say they were in the realm of board gamesDidn't the task say bring a board game to life?
"Here comes the wine rack!" (yee ha!)
Shakermaker said:
"A letter of the alphabet"
LoL forgot about that, my first thought when Baddiel said 'Q' was "oops" then second thought was that he should go and look in the kitchen for a packet of quinoa and empty it onto the tray for starters. The reveal about Quavers was real comedy.Also liked the Alex backstop when Ed stated his "Letter of the alphabet." Devious sods, it's like last week with the memory test and the answers on the reverse side of the task question.
Lasso Alex, it's obviously easier when you're sat at home but how tempting would it have been to have a play and figure out the lasso technique as it was clear that Alex was a lasso target before you open the task and read the fateful words 'your time starts now.'
To be fair it's possibly easier if you've spent hours walking round a cowboy show in Vegas and seen 6 year olds in roping competitions so you have an idea how to set the rope up and get it twirling. Also helps if you've watched a few of the zillion YouTube instructional videos after thinking how do they do that.
I guess the contestants just go into panic mode, except Jo Brand obviously who clearly doesn't give a toot.
Btw in that task couldn't they just have asked Alex to walk to them, THEY had to stop behind the line.
To be fair it's possibly easier if you've spent hours walking round a cowboy show in Vegas and seen 6 year olds in roping competitions so you have an idea how to set the rope up and get it twirling. Also helps if you've watched a few of the zillion YouTube instructional videos after thinking how do they do that.
I guess the contestants just go into panic mode, except Jo Brand obviously who clearly doesn't give a toot.
Btw in that task couldn't they just have asked Alex to walk to them, THEY had to stop behind the line.
droopsnoot said:
FiF said:
Btw in that task couldn't they just have asked Alex to walk to them, THEY had to stop behind the line.
That was my thought, too. I figured they'd have been knocked out for moving the line, but then be told "but there's no reason you couldn't ask Alex to move closer.".Shakermaker said:
Not quite as much of a stand out episode last night except for the welcome return of the ever-lovely Katherine Ryan (standing in for the unwell Katy Wix at the time of filming the live segment).
Just goes to show we are all different, in our house KR would be a clear candidate for the punch in the face thread. Fairly unanimous opinion too.Shakermaker said:
FiF said:
Shakermaker said:
Not quite as much of a stand out episode last night except for the welcome return of the ever-lovely Katherine Ryan (standing in for the unwell Katy Wix at the time of filming the live segment).
Just goes to show we are all different, in our house KR would be a clear candidate for the punch in the face thread. Fairly unanimous opinion too.Happy to reciprocate in the likely circumstances that you find someone more appealing than I do for no particular reason other than personal preference?
Intro, had Greg been taking some Colombian finest? Manic or what.
Suntan / dodgy makeup. Greg and Alex, what the shuddering fizz was going on there.
Chick pea, who could have thought a suggestion about necrophilia could be funny.
Tea making round, genuine Lol at Alex's voice when asked if he was tasting the young team's cuppa.
Multiple task round. Lol at Ed Gamble when he saw Rose Matafeo's attempt. Lovely Taskmaster trolling reveal at the end.
Final stage task. Rose, please pull David's breadstick.
Thanks once again Taskmaster, just lose the fizzing tan, OK?
Suntan / dodgy makeup. Greg and Alex, what the shuddering fizz was going on there.
Chick pea, who could have thought a suggestion about necrophilia could be funny.
Tea making round, genuine Lol at Alex's voice when asked if he was tasting the young team's cuppa.
Multiple task round. Lol at Ed Gamble when he saw Rose Matafeo's attempt. Lovely Taskmaster trolling reveal at the end.
Final stage task. Rose, please pull David's breadstick.
Thanks once again Taskmaster, just lose the fizzing tan, OK?
Taskmaster just goes to prove we are all different and ranking of series depends on who you do or don't like. It seems series 6 gets a bit of a pounding and a lot of negativity towards Liza Tarbuck, yet the task where she got Alex to sit bare arsed on a cream cake was stupendously funny.
I'm sure there must be some who find Jo Brand funny, but personally the endless, "I'm fat and lazy, men are st, but cakes oooh lovely" is worn thinner than a very thin thing. Series 9 was indeed below par, the continual annoyance at Brand, not to mention Baddiel's never ending stupidity but was finally lifted by the last task on the final show.
Best series for me is a tie between S5 (Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips) and S7 with Rhod Gilbert's endless trolling of the Taskmaster, especially Greg's face at seeing his Mum in the bath wearing a fez.
I'm sure there must be some who find Jo Brand funny, but personally the endless, "I'm fat and lazy, men are s
t, but cakes oooh lovely" is worn thinner than a very thin thing. Series 9 was indeed below par, the continual annoyance at Brand, not to mention Baddiel's never ending stupidity but was finally lifted by the last task on the final show.Best series for me is a tie between S5 (Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips) and S7 with Rhod Gilbert's endless trolling of the Taskmaster, especially Greg's face at seeing his Mum in the bath wearing a fez.
Is it just my imagination or is there a regular way in which they show the contestants doing the task if one of them appears to completely nail it. If shown last after the others have made a complete horlicks then it's because they have really aced the task. If shown first then the contestant is allowed to bask in a false glow of success until a later review shows "oh dear your foot momentarily touched a forbidden area. Disqualified, no points."
Such a set of sadistic bar stewards.
Such a set of sadistic bar stewards.
Agree the only one that wasn't previously known was Mawaan and he's been rather good.
Didn't care for Daisy May Cooper before, still don't.
The inside of Johnny Vegas' head must be a rather startlingly strange place.
Have been some highlights though, on the task where they had to move around in a rubber dinghy on wheel, the sight of Johnny rowing the air. Not to mention Katherine thinking that Mawaan(?) was actually hanging upside down like a bat.
Prize tasks have been unilaterally crap though, and the final round on the stage nothing special.
Still glad to see Greg channelling his inner Mr Gilbert.
For anyone disappointed with this series, start watching from the beginning on catch up, it's worth it. Things I'd forgotten, like series 1 where they set Josh W, *and only Josh W*, counting how many beans in a tin, then hoops, then grains of rice. The fury was palpable.
Didn't care for Daisy May Cooper before, still don't.
The inside of Johnny Vegas' head must be a rather startlingly strange place.
Have been some highlights though, on the task where they had to move around in a rubber dinghy on wheel, the sight of Johnny rowing the air. Not to mention Katherine thinking that Mawaan(?) was actually hanging upside down like a bat.
Prize tasks have been unilaterally crap though, and the final round on the stage nothing special.
Still glad to see Greg channelling his inner Mr Gilbert.
For anyone disappointed with this series, start watching from the beginning on catch up, it's worth it. Things I'd forgotten, like series 1 where they set Josh W, *and only Josh W*, counting how many beans in a tin, then hoops, then grains of rice. The fury was palpable.
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