Taskmaster

[Mezzanine]

All in all another underwhelming series in my opinion.

Better than 15 certainly, but the magic seems to have gone (for me anyway)

I think the main thing is the tasks - they are getting very convoluted and quite hard to follow at times.

Also the chemistry in the studio is still off - there seems very little genuine connection between the contestants.

[hairykrishna]

I thought the contestants were excellent this series. I do agree that the task quality has declined but it must be hard to keep coming up with them.

[thetapeworm]

Mezzanine said:

Also the chemistry in the studio is still off - there seems very little genuine connection between the contestants.

Sue and Susan seemed like they were practically married by the end of it.

The other three aren't the connecting types and that made things amusingly awkward at times.

[PinkTornado]

Julian Clary spent the whole series seemingly not wanting to be there really...the others were ok. Not the strongest series though.

[bigandclever]

PinkTornado said:

Julian Clary spent the whole series seemingly not wanting to be there really

I suspect he was having a great time. 'dour comedian ' isn't for everyone

[thegreenhell]

[PinkTornado]

bigandclever said:

PinkTornado said:

Julian Clary spent the whole series seemingly not wanting to be there really

I suspect he was having a great time. 'dour comedian ' isn't for everyone

Possibly, and I'm aware of his style. I've met him years ago- once quickly at a TV recording and another time for a few minutes chat. Genuinely nice guy.

[Richard-390a0]

bigandclever said:

PinkTornado said:

Julian Clary spent the whole series seemingly not wanting to be there really

I suspect he was having a great time. 'dour comedian ' isn't for everyone

He was clearly enjoying it in his own way. The constant digs at Alex reminded me of the previous series with Rhod Gilbert taking pops at Greg whenever he could. All in all I thought it was one of the better series.

[ajprice]

Lucy Beaumont and Sam Campbell are starting a podcast in 2024, 'Lucy and Sam's Perfect Brains'. Just a 1 minute trailer so far but it's out there wherever you do your podcasts.

[EmailAddress]

ajprice said:

Lucy Beaumont and Sam Campbell are starting a podcast in 2024, 'Lucy and Sam's Perfect Brains'. Just a 1 minute trailer so far but it's out there wherever you do your podcasts.

That'll batst and super nasally

Perfect bedtime stories.

[silverthorn2151]

I like Lucy and Sam, in fact I've liked them all this series, even the odious Sue P. However the series never really worked for us. Odd bit but it felt tired and over contrived.

Shame really.

[andburg]

EmailAddress said:

ajprice said:

Lucy Beaumont and Sam Campbell are starting a podcast in 2024, 'Lucy and Sam's Perfect Brains'. Just a 1 minute trailer so far but it's out there wherever you do your podcasts.

That'll batst and super nasally

Perfect bedtime stories.

I don’t do podcasts and this will do nothing to convince me to start

[bobbo89]

ajprice said:

Lucy Beaumont and Sam Campbell are starting a podcast in 2024, 'Lucy and Sam's Perfect Brains'. Just a 1 minute trailer so far but it's out there wherever you do your podcasts.

I get the feeling this'll either be amazing or ste, I kind of think you need other (more normal) people with these two to react to their insanity and so the both of them together could just end up a garbled bunch of nonsense.

A weekly podcast with a different guest, say a different comedian every week, could work a treat and be absolutely hilarious!

[LARK F1 GTR]

I won't be tuning in to their podcast, both Sam & Lucy grated on me.

[bobbo89]

Kiell in for Mae for COC3....

Not a bad thing IMO as whilst I didn't dislike Mae, she didn't really bring anything other than boring competency.

[ajprice]

bobbo89 said:

Kiell in for Mae for COC3....

Not a bad thing IMO as whilst I didn't dislike Mae, she didn't really bring anything other than boring competency.

I'm ok with that. MM was busy in America when it was filmed. https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/12/14/54693/ma...

[shirt]

Richard-390a0 said:

bigandclever said:

PinkTornado said:

Julian Clary spent the whole series seemingly not wanting to be there really

I suspect he was having a great time. 'dour comedian ' isn't for everyone

He was clearly enjoying it in his own way. The constant digs at Alex reminded me of the previous series with Rhod Gilbert taking pops at Greg whenever he could. All in all I thought it was one of the better series.

i only watch the series when they get released to YT, so bit late.

i thought julian clary came off well. he was clearly self amused/bemused by it and he's definitely more intelligent than i thought he would be. to do the 'dour comedian' well you need to be quick and clever, otherwise you just end up with jo brand.

[bobbo89]

shirt said:

To do the 'dour comedian' well you need to be quick and clever, otherwise you just end up with jo brand.

Very true!

Julian was brilliant and having re-watched (yes I'm that obsessed) almost every episode now he get's better when you kind of know what's coming and that he's really leaning into it.

[Kinky]

Just a heads-up that there's a New Years TM on tonight at 9. I don't think it's a repeat.

[durbster]

Kinky said:

Just a heads-up that there's a New Years TM on tonight at 9. I don't think it's a repeat.

Almost forgot about this, thanks.