torontogirl98 they didn’t actually prove his foot went on the green. Think about the tip of a shoe, it points up a little bit so it’s entirely possible that he didn’t lean forward enough to step on it and it was still legal.
I know it was cut down for length, but not including the moment where Joe pathetically crawls across the stage to beg Greg to keep his potato throw is a major loss to that clip.
Normally Joe plays the 'I don't give a shit about anything' type. But on these tasks it was so clear that he really, really wanted to do well. I mean... 7:14
Personally I agree with their stance. As Doc says, those tiny margins make all the difference in a sporting contest. Plus, let’s be honest, it’s funnier.
Joe, James Acaster, Noel Fielding, Bob Mortimer and Kerry Godliman: dream team together in one season. Bonus episode: they give each other a task to complete.
Throw Kerry out (even though she IS brillianft) and Ed in...imagine the chaotic Gamblacaster duo working together oh my....and if Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe would be there as well, the chaos would be UNREALISTIC
I just realised, in one season, he's had to throw a potato, make a stop motion film with a potato, make a tower of potatoes and make a bridge to support a potato. A very potato heavy season
Joe’s expression of epiphany when he declares that “there’s strength in arches” is the same I get when I comes up with something to write for my doomed master thesis!
blithering ape I think it’s bc he didn’t want to encourage future contestants purposely throwing the whole thing. It was either that or bc most of the “losers” were minorities and he didn’t want to call something a “loser of losers” and have it all be between minorities. It would be a bad look for the show if you didn’t have any context and just stumbled upon it.
@@derorje2035 It's just slang, from quid pro quo, meaning like for like. So, "I'll give you a quid for a pound!" We have lots of weird slang like that, partly because of historic differences between the different classes and partly because of centuries of immigration.
You cut out the two best parts of the potato reaction: 1) Please don’t take that away from me. and 2) the look he gives Doc after he says ‘that’s harsh’
I may not have granted Joe the win in the potato throw either, BUT, based on the reasoning of the contestant to camera left, I must counter-argue. Joe's weight was on his back leg, as well as his throwing arm which he arced from his elbow. If you pull his forward foot back a couple centimeters, the potato still would have gone in.
Okay, you can see here (2:00), the soles of Joe’s shoes have a slight upturn at the toes. It’s entirely plausible that Joe was _not_ standing on the red green, and was in fact standing above it, as the very tip of his shoe would not have made contact with the green. It should have counted.
This video isn't showing the absolutely heart-wrenching brutality of how Greg and Alex setup Joe after the potato task. It doesn't show him on his knees begging to be redeemed. And it doesn't show the palpable sense of guilt on Greg and Alex's faces when they realise "shit, we've taken it too far".
Shoes regularly have an upward curl at the toes, and may appear to overlap with a line they never touch, depending on the camera angle. At worst, close enough for doubt. This is common knowledge for anyone who has watched American football, because we also wear shoes. Joe deserved to win that potatoe throw and you can't convince me otherwise.
The amount his toe stepped over the line and the size of the hole compared to the potato would not have actually made a difference, that justification for voting against him was savage.
All is want in life is to see Joe Wilkinson play in SoccerAid for England and score. How he hasn't been called up to the squad is beyond me; biggest English celebrity and an absolute sporting specimen.
Eliza S Yes! I love Nish as one of the contestants. Great idea! Joe, Phil, Nish and just a few more maybe Rose? We definitely need one or more of the girls. They were great value.
i have to be straight up here, the first cut we see Joe throw the potato, the tip of his shoe was ABOVE the red green. had his shoe actually been ON it, it would have caused some movement where it touched since it's basically a rug - and i don't see any tug movement. that camera perspective from above was more misleading ...
Come to think of it, there's a strong chance that, were Joe not wearing shoes, he actually wouldn't have overstepped. His shoe touched it, but not his toes.
1:04 Look at that step. It had no impact on the throw at all. And how can your shoes touch something, but all things thrown on the mat aren't touching it?
Human existence encapsulated in 3 minutes of potatogate right there. Challenge Victory against the odds Bureaucracy Failure at the hands of your fellow humans "That is harsh" - Doc
Ladies and gentlemen, the single-most heartbreaking moment in all of competitive potato-throwing history.
I am still angry about how that was scored on Joe's behalf. He was robbed on a technicality!
torontogirl98 they didn’t actually prove his foot went on the green. Think about the tip of a shoe, it points up a little bit so it’s entirely possible that he didn’t lean forward enough to step on it and it was still legal.
And he technically didn’t touch it either
TacoBellWorker195 so they just robbed that man of a grand achievement
@@QixTheDS Joe should have fought for it. Part of Taskmaster is arguing about points with the Taskmaster. Begging only triggers Greg's sadistic side.
top 3 most heartbreaking taskmaster moments:
mark watson's cheeky texts
joe wilkinson's potato throw
james acaster's hula hooping
Mark's was most for me, that was months of his life 😂😂
Tim vine’s hook was also heartbreaking
zara yess
Tim Vines hook.....
@@zara5211 yesssss the hook 😭
If there was a top 5 I'd say Aisling and the can tower as well
watching the potato throw again hoping they don't take it away from him this time
I always stop it just before the replay and imagine that he won the task. He hasn't lost, yet.
wasn't this the night his marriage license was on the line too?
@@TheOfficialCzex ah Schrodinger's potato of course
Don’t blame the taskmaster, the other contestants could have accepted it and they didn’t. I was really disappointed in Jon.
'Please dont take it away from me'
Saddest moment in Taskmaster history.
*human history
i know i’m about to have my heart broken by the potato-gate again, but i’m still going to watch
Doc and Jon were absolutely motivated by bitterness that they didn't have a toss like that.
@@josh0g I think you're reading too much into a stupid comedy game show where they threw potatoes into a hole.
I know it was cut down for length, but not including the moment where Joe pathetically crawls across the stage to beg Greg to keep his potato throw is a major loss to that clip.
Also a loss? Doc's confident "If you analyse the slow-mo..."
"please don't take it away from me!"
Scotty Enn That Potato would have been all time and bounced out
He got his redemption with that Eureka moment with the bridge.
@@BrunoMaricFromZagreb that they also took away from him 😂
It's funny how quickly my eyes dart to "Look under the table" ever since the first time I saw that task.
What was under the table?
@@rachelfrazer6956 It's a secret
Normally Joe plays the 'I don't give a shit about anything' type. But on these tasks it was so clear that he really, really wanted to do well. I mean... 7:14
The way he broke character with the potato throw was wholesome tho 😂
I still haven’t gotten over the red green.
Neither has he.
Joe deserved better 😔
It's a shame joe did
as a Canadian hearing that phrase brings back childhood memories of the Red Green show; but they did Joe dirty in that task
Surely what he did is the same as throwing his shoes onto it to get the potato off. Yet he was the only one to get disqualified.
I'm still upset they didn't give him points for the potato toss. It's Acaster's hoolahoop do-over all over again
In my mind, Joe is the clear winner of the potatoe throwing. Champion of hearts!
'please don't take this away from me' and the pineapple has to be in here right
They cut out the part with him begging which is unfortunate because that was gold.
Honestly, they couldn't include every funny moment because it way take up the length of an entire show. Everything Joe did was hilarious.
Nic Q Can’t believe they cut that. That’s one of the crucial bits. The human drama escalates to, as Greg puts it, ‘unexpectedly genuinely harrowing’.
Arguably the best Taskmaster contestant ever and easily one of the funniest comedians around right now.
Well, arguably. But I do agree.
Not even arguably. He was. Everything Joe did cracked me up.
The crown of God rests heavy on the head that wears it.
I feel so bad for Joe with Potatogate, and DAMN YOU JON AND DOC FOR NOT VOTING!
Evan Blenkinsopp yeah what assholes
Personally I agree with their stance. As Doc says, those tiny margins make all the difference in a sporting contest. Plus, let’s be honest, it’s funnier.
@@kisbie it would have been all rim and bounced out
Yea but in doc's attempts you can see him touch the red-green. So he has no place to talk
@@kisbie oh come on lad. Hole was big enough for it to score either way.
8:53 I love the little things he says... 'Nice to see you again', Joe is such a quick wit!
Bribing a politician eh?
- "Yeah it always works innit? Good health!"
Legend.
Joe, James Acaster, Noel Fielding, Bob Mortimer and Kerry Godliman: dream team together in one season. Bonus episode: they give each other a task to complete.
Acaster was one of the best, as was rhod and Phil Wang. I do agree with you though
Nah... They need a Ladies Taskmaster episode.
Swap out goodlimam for tarbcuk
That would be fire
Throw Kerry out (even though she IS brillianft) and Ed in...imagine the chaotic Gamblacaster duo working together oh my....and if Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe would be there as well, the chaos would be UNREALISTIC
"That's harsh." - What a scoundrel!
The look from Joe, he knows
I just realised, in one season, he's had to throw a potato, make a stop motion film with a potato, make a tower of potatoes and make a bridge to support a potato. A very potato heavy season
Well it was potato season
Each season has an underlying theme. One was coconuts, another was eggs, etc.
Joe’s expression of epiphany when he declares that “there’s strength in arches” is the same I get when I comes up with something to write for my doomed master thesis!
He is such a character.
You took away "Please don't take it away from me"? What? That was the single funniest thing in the entire season!!
Joe was robbed. Maybe they should do worst of the worst
I know Alex said he didn't like the connotation of doing a losers season. But surely we could have a fan favorites season instead!
@@torontogirl98 what is the connotation? he just wanted to avoid calling them losers?
blithering ape Yeah that is what I am assuming
I’ve suggested this elsewhere. Would love to see the last placed in each season have another crack.
blithering ape I think it’s bc he didn’t want to encourage future contestants purposely throwing the whole thing. It was either that or bc most of the “losers” were minorities and he didn’t want to call something a “loser of losers” and have it all be between minorities. It would be a bad look for the show if you didn’t have any context and just stumbled upon it.
-Do you have anything else on the impressive scale?
-15 quid?
for a non-brit, how much is it?
@@derorje2035 about 17EUR
@@capta1nher0 so quid is just pound? Why do you call it than? I thought it would be like 1 quid = 10 or 100 pound.
@@derorje2035 It's just slang, from quid pro quo, meaning like for like. So, "I'll give you a quid for a pound!" We have lots of weird slang like that, partly because of historic differences between the different classes and partly because of centuries of immigration.
It’s the same for America such as Dollar and Bucks. 15 bucks is the same as 15 dollars
How did they manage to take a man throwing a potato into a hole and turn it into one of the best bits of TV in the last 10 years?
humans are insanely competetive. Taking it to the absurd just adds to the flavour.
Ooh, I've been hoping for this one. #TeamJoe with the Red Green potato! --Ooh, it's the first task, here we go :(
All you need to do to explain the show to a friend is just show them a clip of the first task from this vid. Brilliant.
You cut out the two best parts of the potato reaction:
1) Please don’t take that away from me.
and
2) the look he gives Doc after he says ‘that’s harsh’
Joe is one of the greatest comedians and overall funny human being (which I have my doubts) I have ever seen on my entire life
Every time joe gets a hug he looks like he is recovering from a childhood trauma
There's strength in arches.
There's strength in arches
There’s strength in arches.
There's strength in arches
There's strength in arches
There's strength is arches.
Finally potatogate is on UA-cam
The task is also uploaded separately quite a while ago.
Shorts from Joe in Taskmaster and Countdown has seen me through some dark times. Never change Joe!
Can't be a coincidence, that there were only 42 Calippos.
Love this guy! He's seems so kind and humble! The last will be the first.
My favorite moment of his was when he yelled at Fred (the Swedish guy) to try and find out about him
Joe Wilkinson is too good for this world; too pure.
"Guys, sometimes it's hard to be the Taskmaster"
Finally. Joe was fantastic and I need a good laugh at the moment. Actually at all moments. Thank you!
I aspire to be like Joe.
Fred the Swede Highlights please
I like how the mayor asks why 42 calippos. Well, it is the answer of life, the universe and everything.
Oh god it's one of the most memorable moments in my TV history and I'm bloody almost 41!
We need a series with the losers - imagine joe, chowdry, nish PLEASE
I may not have granted Joe the win in the potato throw either, BUT, based on the reasoning of the contestant to camera left, I must counter-argue.
Joe's weight was on his back leg, as well as his throwing arm which he arced from his elbow. If you pull his forward foot back a couple centimeters, the potato still would have gone in.
Okay, you can see here (2:00), the soles of Joe’s shoes have a slight upturn at the toes. It’s entirely plausible that Joe was _not_ standing on the red green, and was in fact standing above it, as the very tip of his shoe would not have made contact with the green. It should have counted.
Joe has the best personality! He should come back on the show one more time.
4:50 - Joe "Salami 'n' Ketchup" Wilkinson!
watching the potato take and then seeing the foot was worse than finding out about Lance Armstrong
The potato golf shot from Joe is such a defining moment for this show! So funny 😂
cut out the best part! where he gets on his knees and just goes, "please don't take this away from me..."
Missed my favourite Joe quote: "Yes! In the face!"
Still the best moment ever for me. You know what I’m talking about.
what is there to say.. it's Joe Wilkinson
"it was like being one of those kids at school that, like, you know, did exams and all that"
I still feel this was the best series of the show.
Never forget #potatogate
All you need to do to explain the show to a friend is, just show them a clip of that first task. Brilliant.
5:24 he's about to say "there COULD be points for style"
Hells yeah, thank you for the upload.
Joe is awesome.
Awww, how can they not have the...
"Come on, Joe!"
"SHUT UP!!!"
The replay on the first clips is the most pure genuinly genius evil i've seen
Joe bribing the Mayor, that was funny stuff
This video isn't showing the absolutely heart-wrenching brutality of how Greg and Alex setup Joe after the potato task. It doesn't show him on his knees begging to be redeemed. And it doesn't show the palpable sense of guilt on Greg and Alex's faces when they realise "shit, we've taken it too far".
I think out of all of the comedians doing the rounds of these shows i think i would like to met Joe Wilkinson the most, he is very good :)
First time seeing that potato throwing challenge and I am absolutely heartbroken for Joe.
Shoes regularly have an upward curl at the toes, and may appear to overlap with a line they never touch, depending on the camera angle. At worst, close enough for doubt.
This is common knowledge for anyone who has watched American football, because we also wear shoes.
Joe deserved to win that potatoe throw and you can't convince me otherwise.
Literally asked for this on the last video, I’m so happy
I could just watch a show where Alex and Greg just give Joe tasks to do. Can you make that happen?
The amount his toe stepped over the line and the size of the hole compared to the potato would not have actually made a difference, that justification for voting against him was savage.
2:55 XDXDXD Alex's laugh caught me off guard
All is want in life is to see Joe Wilkinson play in SoccerAid for England and score. How he hasn't been called up to the squad is beyond me; biggest English celebrity and an absolute sporting specimen.
The egg eating task 😂😂 handled that in the best way possible! 👏👏👏
I am so glad that I found this. Now I just wait for someone in the US to grab the idea up and muck it up.
Tim Johnsey There is an American series, Alex Horne is the assistant but Reggie Watts is the American taskmaster, not sure if it’s still going.
They did grab...they did muck !!! A few yrs ago.
I've waited for this video for so long
Weird that this video is only two minutes long.
“42 calippoes and 8 cans of strong lager”
Greg is like the teacher he always wanted to be now 😂😂😂
I absolutely adore Joe.
"I'm more impressive than a bag of 42 calippos" -Rustage 2022, Worldwide Cypher 2
I loved Joe on the show. You’ve had a best of the best Taskmaster, how about the best of the worst? Joe and Phil Wang come immediately to mind.
Nish may have had more fun than anyone, and he was definitely one of the worst!
Eliza S Yes! I love Nish as one of the contestants. Great idea! Joe, Phil, Nish and just a few more maybe Rose? We definitely need one or more of the girls. They were great value.
Best of the worst would be hilarious. Some of the funniest characters came in dead last.
calippos = 42
answer to life, the universe and everything = 42
calippos = everything
i have to be straight up here, the first cut we see Joe throw the potato, the tip of his shoe was ABOVE the red green.
had his shoe actually been ON it, it would have caused some movement where it touched since it's basically a rug - and i don't see any tug movement.
that camera perspective from above was more misleading ...
Finally! The beardmeister gets what he deserves.
I thought series 2 was the best series. It's a shame it was the shortest.
Come to think of it, there's a strong chance that, were Joe not wearing shoes, he actually wouldn't have overstepped. His shoe touched it, but not his toes.
1:04 Look at that step. It had no impact on the throw at all. And how can your shoes touch something, but all things thrown on the mat aren't touching it?
Top 10 Anime Deaths
This guy would be a riot to go get some cans with!
"it's anybody's game.....except joe's"
That is harsh... 😂
I would love to see a series with Jimmy Carr.
he should have gotten the points for the potatoe
Every task Joe did could have made it to the video, tbh
This man- I adore him
Ahh, to be part of the studio audience when the potato throw happened... mustve been amazing
Please don't take this from me... :) You cut out Joe actually begging on his knees.. How was that not one of his best moments?
"you cant touch red" meanwhile 0:51 standing on the red carpet
10:11 someone must watch the show "so, anything else"
Human existence encapsulated in 3 minutes of potatogate right there.
Challenge
Victory against the odds
Bureaucracy
Failure at the hands of your fellow humans
"That is harsh" - Doc