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VintageGin
09/01/20 4:45:42 PM
#1:


I feel like I haven't really seen anyone talk about this. My wife discovered the show on youtube a few months back (they've been uploading all of their epsiodes) and we're up to season 7.

The basic premise is that of a British panel show, but months before the show all of the contestants (usually comedians) are given tasks that they need to complete within a given time period. A lot of the tasks encourage people to be creative and find rules loopholes. They are given no indication of how well they did the task until they watch the footage of the tasks later with everyone, with a lot of banter between the contestants and the hosts.

It's hard to describe but it brings the same joy to me as old Whose Line episodes despite having a fairly different format.

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JackMan
09/01/20 4:47:20 PM
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Can confirm.

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SovietOmega
09/01/20 5:01:28 PM
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I plowed through the show a few months back. It was pretty solid entertainment, although I was getting a little bit burnt out on the format towards the end...less a quality issue and more me watching them too fast.

British Panel shows are rarely lacking in entertainment. Aside from Taskmaster, I've been quite partial to QI and WILTY.


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ZenOfThunder
09/01/20 5:05:19 PM
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thought this was about my favorite Marvel comics character Taskmaster

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09/01/20 5:08:06 PM
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PumpkinCoach
09/01/20 5:13:03 PM
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taskmaster is a delight.

also, 5 > 7 > 2 > 1 > 8 > 3 > 9 > 4 > 6

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Grimlyn
09/01/20 5:13:08 PM
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can confirm

I am addicted to watching then rewatching british panel shows these days and the past few months with Taskmaster really catching up their youtube catalog with the past seasons has really helped making the rewatches accessible - almost reaching Lou Sanders series 8 aww yeah can't wait

also series 10 hype, they had a "coming soon" video like a month ago but i'm dying with the wait (October)

les go Johnny Vegas

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Tom Bombadil
09/01/20 6:16:37 PM
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lotta kevin sullivan fans here

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Inviso
09/01/20 6:27:48 PM
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Haven't watched Series 8 and 9 yet, and still working through 7 on YouTube, but as it stands:

7 > 5 > 4 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 6

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ChaosTonyV4
09/01/20 9:12:31 PM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
thought this was about my favorite Marvel comics character Taskmaster


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TheArkOfTurus
09/01/20 9:55:15 PM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
thought this was about my favorite Marvel comics character Taskmaster

I've watched a couple of episodes, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

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scarletspeed7
09/01/20 9:57:06 PM
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Phenomenal show.

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Grand Kirby
09/01/20 10:01:44 PM
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I like british panel shows, so you have my attention

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Mega Mana
09/01/20 10:21:52 PM
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Five episodes down, loving it!

I just really want to know if there were actually any signatures on th at ball in episode 2.

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09/01/20 10:23:31 PM
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Peace___Frog
09/01/20 10:35:45 PM
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I thought this was going to be an appreciation topic for the PC application, but this sounds interesting so I'll definitely check it out

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PrivateBiscuit1
09/02/20 12:12:49 AM
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I love the theme song for Taskmaster.

https://youtu.be/PHZWZ7RzE-U

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GuessMyUserName
09/02/20 12:01:55 PM
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oh for fuck's sake, Viacom is now blocking Taskmaster Youtube

went to bed watching an ep, wake up and now they're gone

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Dr_Football
09/02/20 12:08:52 PM
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I blame this topic

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GuessMyUserName
09/02/20 12:13:38 PM
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they also took down the short clip portions which were the perfect way to introduce the show to anyone, and even some Home Tasking videos which aren't even the damn show wtf

all that's left is 9 Home Taskings, a board game ad, and the announcement the show is coming to the US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euOowj6E0wM

jazzercizing jupp 2 months ago
Fantastic. (Hope this doesn't mean we won't continue to get the episodes on youtube.)

"lol", top comment

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PrivateBiscuit1
09/02/20 12:15:51 PM
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Which member of this board is most likely to be a Viacom copyright attorney?

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Inviso
09/02/20 12:18:38 PM
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So Viacom got the rights to the show, aired a single episode on the CW, cancelled it for poor ratings, and are now blocking the show from being uploaded to YouTube.

Amazing. Fuck you, Viacom.

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CybrMonkey
09/02/20 12:20:21 PM
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I'm sure it'll show up on CBS all access in 6 months or so

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VintageGin
09/02/20 12:22:17 PM
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Aecioo
09/02/20 12:28:49 PM
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Wow. I was planning on checking this out this weekend when I had some time.

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GuessMyUserName
09/02/20 12:39:58 PM
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If they wanted eyeballs they could've just, y'know, started the new series that's beginning October nobody has seen yet.

-_- realizing that the assholes even took down the Series 10 teaser

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TheArkOfTurus
09/02/20 1:09:34 PM
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Wow, that sucks.

Thankfully the Taskmaster Reddit seems pretty cool.

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Mega Mana
09/02/20 1:38:22 PM
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Ffff, I was so excite tocontinue later! WTF VIACOM

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SirBinro
09/02/20 2:27:13 PM
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It was blocked for me this morning, but looks like it's all available again now. Hopefully the blocking was just a mistake.

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Grimlyn
09/02/20 2:31:27 PM
#30:


!!

IT'S BACK FOR ME TOO (CANADA)

plz stay

*edit* official twitter comments

https://twitter.com/taskmaster/status/1301222440694165505

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XIII_rocks
09/02/20 3:08:27 PM
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Man I absolutely love Taskmaster - I even watched it on a plane recently - and I never thought I would see a topic here effusively praising it, this is cool

Made me happy until all the Viacom shit happened.
My reaction to this topic was essentially this meme https://i.imgflip.com/3xr9iz.png

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Grand Kirby
09/02/20 8:19:00 PM
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Yeah. I binged a couple of episodes last night, and started to really get into it once I saw that guy bite into the toothpaste pie. I was going to continue then got hit by the deleted videos. Talk about blue balls.

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VintageGin
09/02/20 8:24:13 PM
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Man, glad it's back. That was weird timing.

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Grimlyn
09/02/20 8:26:08 PM
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also I like how OP mentioned Whose Line joy because Whose Line was my main repeat binge show before I got into the current british panel shows

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Forceful_Dragon
09/02/20 8:59:59 PM
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I love this show! I first noticed it on youtube some 6 months ago, but now I'm all caught up. I had to turn to dailymotion for a bit because youtube wasn't caught up and I was excited that it was going to be coming to US television, but lol nope.

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GuessMyUserName
09/03/20 12:56:17 AM
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I wouldn't wanna see CW censor Jo Brand's Taskmaster theme anyways

Alex is great!
Greg's just a t***

.... even GameFAQs won't allow it

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Aecioo
09/06/20 2:10:08 PM
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Peace___Frog
09/06/20 2:17:33 PM
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I finished season one. I agree, this is excellent

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ChaosTonyV4
09/06/20 11:26:04 PM
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I generally hate reality/panel shows, but I just watched episode 1 of this and it was very good.

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Aecioo
09/06/20 11:28:11 PM
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...
I generally hate reality/panel shows, but I just watched episode 1 of this and it was very good.

I agree, I don't enjoy panel shows. This one just works because the tasks are so creative and stupid. I immediately think of what I think is a great idea, and then the idea is immediately shit on because someone tries it and it's shown to be a terrible solution. Then someone is (hopefully) genius and comes up with something so out there it blows my mind.

it's so good

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ChaosTonyV4
09/07/20 9:51:30 PM
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Whoops I accidentally finished series 1 and am halfway through series 2 already

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Grimlyn
09/07/20 10:13:26 PM
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sounds about right

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lordloki12
09/07/20 10:22:46 PM
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Individual tasks popped up on my homepage a couple weeks back and now I'm into series 4. Sometimes the algorithm works.

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Forceful_Dragon
09/07/20 10:30:39 PM
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Yeah I got pushed into the individual task of throwing the potato into the golf hole and I was hooked.

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Grimlyn
09/07/20 10:38:52 PM
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S2 was my entrance, with that task in it ep1. Such a great introduction I loved it, I went in since I'm familiar with all of them from Countdown appearances so S2 is definitely my favourite full cast.

Also heads-up for newcomers, after Series 5 there's the short (2 episodes) Champion of Champions series with the winners of the first 5

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scarletspeed7
09/07/20 11:10:29 PM
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Hugh and Mel are the high point of the series, but the entire series is phenomenal.

Except season 6. It's absolute garbage.

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VintageGin
09/07/20 11:55:49 PM
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I saw several individual tasks before watching any of the full episodes, but I think the moment that hooked me was Romesh's immediate reaction to the watermelon task on ep 1.

scarletspeed7 posted...
Hugh and Mel are the high point of the series, but the entire series is phenomenal.

Except season 6. It's absolute garbage.

Eh, S6 was fine. It wasn't the best season, but I'd say it's about on par with S3 (which felt pretty forgettable).

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GuessMyUserName
09/08/20 12:18:20 AM
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bunny hands up

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ChaosTonyV4
09/08/20 11:55:23 AM
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VintageGin posted...
I saw several individual tasks before watching any of the full episodes, but I think the moment that hooked me was Romesh's immediate reaction to the watermelon task on ep 1.

Eh, S6 was fine. It wasn't the best season, but I'd say it's about on par with S3 (which felt pretty forgettable).

ok so Im continuing the binge, and the start of S3 was worrying, but I genuinely think S3E3 is the best episode Ive seen yet.

I dont know if Ive genuinely belly-laughed as hard as many times from any other episode (yet?)


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Grimlyn
09/11/20 12:47:49 AM
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7-7 uploaded~

y'know it might just be my favourite episode, even on a rewatch I lost my breath laughing at Jess in the stage task, not to mention the group task and Rhod's self torture

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