Taskmaster

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BadOrangePete

626 posts

44 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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Greg on top form as ever! Enjoyed that, some top efforts with the 'make a big thing disappear' task. The lack of live audience didnt really change anything either

AlexRS2782

8,046 posts

213 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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Good start. If tonight's episode was anything to go by, there's going to even more randomness from Vegas over the coming weeks laugh

Daisy kept looking like she was going to go into early labour given how much, and how hard, she was laughing.

Edited by AlexRS2782 on Thursday 15th October 23:22

Mcphisto

830 posts

135 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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AlexRS2782 said:
Good start. If tonight's episode was anything to go by, there's going to even more randomness from Vegas over the coming weeks laugh

Daisy kept looking like she was going to go into early labour given how much, and how hard, she was laughing.

Edited by AlexRS2782 on Thursday 15th October 23:22
I thought she was going to piss herself laugh

bobbo89

5,216 posts

145 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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I get the feeling this is going to be a good series. Never heard of Mawaan before but it was some of his moments that had me laughing the most, genuine tears when he tried filling an egg with helium! rofl

ajprice

27,477 posts

196 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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There will be a non sweary daytime edit on E4 on Sundays, 5.45pm this week, 6pm after that.
https://twitter.com/taskmaster/status/131671040774...

sgtBerbatov

2,597 posts

81 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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ajprice said:
There will be a non sweary daytime edit on E4 on Sundays, 5.45pm this week, 6pm after that.
https://twitter.com/taskmaster/status/131671040774...
What's the point? Swearing makes it. Especially when Daisy is there half hanging out of the caravan like a lush from magaluff.

thetapeworm

11,225 posts

239 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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Any Taskmaster is better than no Taskmaster at all so I'm chuffed to bits it's back on with a new series despite everything that's going on.

That said I didn't warm to it from the start and I can't quite put my finger on it, Greg didn't seem to be "on it" as much as usual and it all felt a bit wooden, perhaps it was down to how mundane the items brought in for the "nice in your mouth" thing were?

It got better as the episode progressed and the disappearing object, egg challenge and the final on-stage one were really good, I just didn't enjoy the drinks to the caravan for some reason. It has all the hallmarks of a good challenge but somehow lost something in the edit (for me).

Maybe I just need to rewatch earlier in the day when I'm a bit more alert, I'll definitely be forcing my daughter to watch the E4 one anyway.

bobbo89

5,216 posts

145 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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sgtBerbatov said:
What's the point? Swearing makes it. Especially when Daisy is there half hanging out of the caravan like a lush from magaluff.
It's proven really popular with kids since Dave started showing all the previous series between 6pm and 7pm on a weekday that were also edited. Alex Horne was also doing loads of tasking stuff on Twitter which over lock-down loads of families were getting involved with.


Speed 3

4,564 posts

119 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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Really good start, was a bit nervous about no audience but it didn't matter. I thought Greg was on fine banter form. The one program my teenage daughters will sit and watch with us live, several laugh out loud moments.

Mezzanine

9,214 posts

219 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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thetapeworm said:
Any Taskmaster is better than no Taskmaster at all so I'm chuffed to bits it's back on with a new series despite everything that's going on.

That said I didn't warm to it from the start and I can't quite put my finger on it, Greg didn't seem to be "on it" as much as usual and it all felt a bit wooden, perhaps it was down to how mundane the items brought in for the "nice in your mouth" thing were?
I agree, it was a little stilted in the studio but they are out of their comfort zone a bit with the necessary changes being enforced. It’s also been quite a long time since they filmed the last series so a bit of it practice too. It will get better though I am sure.

Like you say, any Taskmaster is better than no Taskmaster.

I am not really a fan of Daisy but her manic laughter in the studio has already won me over! I hope she doesn’t win the series otherwise she might give birth right on stage hehe

i4got

5,655 posts

78 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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I thought it was slightly weak start but am hoping it improves. The bring you best item round was abysmal. Looked like none of them had given it any thought.

bobbo89

5,216 posts

145 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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i4got said:
I thought it was slightly weak start but am hoping it improves. The bring you best item round was abysmal. Looked like none of them had given it any thought.
It was a poorly thought out 'task'. I was trying to think of something that might have been funny or at least shocking and really couldn't think of anything other than obvious crude ste that'd only get a laugh from someone who watches Mrs Brown Boys.

AlexRS2782

8,046 posts

213 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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bobbo89 said:
It's proven really popular with kids since Dave started showing all the previous series between 6pm and 7pm on a weekday that were also edited. Alex Horne was also doing loads of tasking stuff on Twitter which over lock-down loads of families were getting involved with.
If the edits on Dave are anything to go by, the only difference tends to be a bell ding whenever there's a pre-watershed swear word and / or a wax TM stamp covering a hand gesture / obvious lip read swear word or if someone has written / drawn something rude during a task hehe Phil Wang will be pleased that his hula hoop task passed with no wax stamp required hehe

ajprice

27,477 posts

196 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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Any excuse for the Wang gif hehe


defblade

7,433 posts

213 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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BadOrangePete said:
Enjoyed that, some top efforts with the 'make a big thing disappear' task.
My daughter spotted the small/far away one ... the cow throws a shadow on Mawaan's track suit, then drops. She made us rewind to prove it smile

marksx

5,052 posts

190 months

Friday 16th October 2020
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I'd like to take a trip inside Johnny Vegas' mind.

AlexRS2782

8,046 posts

213 months

Saturday 17th October 2020
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Just incase anyone missed the first episode - it appears the original / unedited version will also be repeated on E4 on Saturday nights circa 9 to 9.30PM (dependent on earlier shows).

Murph7355

37,714 posts

256 months

Saturday 17th October 2020
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Watched it on All4.

Great start. Laugh out loud a lot. Helium in the egg was great!

FourWheelDrift

88,516 posts

284 months

Saturday 17th October 2020
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I did wonder why Katherine looked to have been crying a lot at one point. This is why, the first TM outtake clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERLvefF8jlA

Kinky

39,556 posts

269 months

Sunday 18th October 2020
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FourWheelDrift said:
I did wonder why Katherine looked to have been crying a lot at one point. This is why, the first TM outtake clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERLvefF8jlA
That was my assumption. Good to see it thumbup