Series 4, Episode 1 - 'A Fat Bald White Man.' | Full Episode | Taskmaster

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  • Опубліковано 27 січ 2020
  • Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding compete in a series of tasks, including destroying a cake.
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    In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
    Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.
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  • @jacobnixon4098
    @jacobnixon4098 4 роки тому +9376

    Hugh's ability to seem overwhelmingly cunning and completely inept at the same time is incredible.

    • @panchemist
      @panchemist 4 роки тому +208

      I loved Hugh's reasoning when making a painting and his approach to ducks!

    • @toc2836
      @toc2836 4 роки тому +255

      Hugh gets hosed in this series. A lot of his tasks if not better were at least just as good as the other contestants, but Greg treats them like their the worst.

    • @MAlanThomasII
      @MAlanThomasII 4 роки тому +136

      Charming Creepy Inept Man is one of his standard comedy roles. He's very good at it.

    • @jeezuschryst
      @jeezuschryst 4 роки тому +12

      I was just about to write this exact comment.

    • @skylarvinson3966
      @skylarvinson3966 4 роки тому +122

      @@toc2836 There seems to always be one that Gregg really goes in on, though. I guess Hugh was the one this series.

  • @dakotabrabec
    @dakotabrabec 4 роки тому +2727

    "Your friend mislead charity, and as a result, some people have perished."

    • @Jayk-kz7sh
      @Jayk-kz7sh 4 роки тому +257

      lmao same energy as Tim Key lying about filming for Comic Relief to high five a 55 year old

    • @happyghoststudios4237
      @happyghoststudios4237 3 роки тому +13

      I now regret my choice for my senior quote. This is SO MUCH BETTER!!!

    • @sharkofjoy
      @sharkofjoy 3 роки тому +19

      his delivery on this line is perfect.

  • @jakebradley2517
    @jakebradley2517 4 роки тому +3181

    hugh gives me the "smartest man in the room pretending to be the dumbest" vibe.

    • @lebbo88
      @lebbo88 2 роки тому +73

      Lee Mack.

    • @reasonablyserious
      @reasonablyserious 2 роки тому +33

      @@lebbo88 no, he pretends to be uneducated

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 2 роки тому +19

      no he doesn't pretends to be ,he just looks that way

    • @thecrabmaestro564
      @thecrabmaestro564 2 роки тому

      I'd say he has the vibe of a dumb person pretending to be smart

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens Рік тому +5

      Could be why MI5 approached him. He turned them down, though.
      Or *did* he?

  • @hop-skip-ouch8798
    @hop-skip-ouch8798 4 роки тому +4709

    I like that when Hugh talks you feel like, "This guy definitely knows how to cook a person".

    • @amalzuhair4495
      @amalzuhair4495 4 роки тому +18

      Indian Here yup definitely

    • @Emiliapocalypse
      @Emiliapocalypse 4 роки тому +91

      Low and slow. Don’t wanna dry out the meat 🥩

    • @marina0772
      @marina0772 4 роки тому +81

      I don’t know why, but this is the most accurate description of anyone I’ve ever seen

    • @fudge1770able
      @fudge1770able 4 роки тому +20

      I assume the same way one would cook a pork product

    • @rocketleaguenonsense1903
      @rocketleaguenonsense1903 3 роки тому +21

      And suggest a good wine to pair with it.

  • @michl8379
    @michl8379 4 роки тому +4084

    Seeing Mel from Bake Off just squash that cake down was both cathartic and hilarious

    • @speakertomeat
      @speakertomeat 4 роки тому +85

      It was, was soo good... but I was just hoping for one of them to smash the cake against the painting behind them on the table, and I had my hopes on her!

    • @grmpf
      @grmpf 4 роки тому +44

      @@speakertomeat I was wondering if one of them was going to smash it in their own face.

    • @melaniescarlet01
      @melaniescarlet01 3 роки тому +4

      @@grmpf this is what I would have done 🤣

    • @Sp4mMe
      @Sp4mMe 3 роки тому +86

      That task will always piss me off for putting Lolly in 4th. In fact, out of all the contestants, I'd say she was the one most consistently underrated.

    • @DLSacks
      @DLSacks 2 роки тому +28

      @@Sp4mMe Completely agree on the cake task. I actually would have put Mel in last because she didn't do the task! That cake was not properly destroyed, and I wonder if she actually misunderstood it as a speed task initially. Also, Noel's in the washing machine was great in concept, but I didn't think delivered visually. I usually follow Greg's logic even if I differ slightly, but this was the first judgment I thought he was very off. 5th - Mel; 4th - Dennis; 3rd - Noel; 2nd - Lolly; 1st - Joe.

  • @tommartenmark5786
    @tommartenmark5786 4 роки тому +4412

    UA-cam recommendations showed me one random task. Now i binge watched everything and need to wait 1 week per episode :(

    • @applepye87
      @applepye87 4 роки тому +24

      Me too! ✊🏻

    • @defense200x
      @defense200x 4 роки тому +3

      @@Felixfex Wow thanks mate, just found it :D

    • @EuphoriaInBloom
      @EuphoriaInBloom 4 роки тому +23

      @@Felixfex
      That was very cash money of you

    • @bcnm409
      @bcnm409 4 роки тому +2

      I did the same around last week

    • @RichardKelevra
      @RichardKelevra 4 роки тому +3

      Same here. This show is so good!

  • @anon5330
    @anon5330 4 роки тому +2197

    Hugh went very surreal on the painting challenge. “This is not a pipe, it’s a picture of a pipe” lol

    • @gladtobeangry
      @gladtobeangry 4 роки тому +74

      "This is not a black woman, it's a picture of a fat bald white man". Magritte didn't think of that one. What an amateur.

    • @ahobbit1273
      @ahobbit1273 3 роки тому +48

      Magritte would be so proud

    • @mena376
      @mena376 3 роки тому +26

      also taking inspiration from the Medusa story

    • @Bitterswheat
      @Bitterswheat 3 роки тому +20

      showing that cambridge education right there

    • @Swirlingflame
      @Swirlingflame 3 роки тому +44

      He's also referring to a French painting that's often called "This is Not A Pipe".

  • @jenelaina5665
    @jenelaina5665 4 роки тому +623

    "interestingly, I didn't question that"

  • @apostleow
    @apostleow 4 роки тому +3396

    Noel is the human version of a fever dream

    • @magaliebatterie3148
      @magaliebatterie3148 4 роки тому +74

      Are you familiar with Eric Andre?

    • @scz1770
      @scz1770 3 роки тому +48

      @@magaliebatterie3148 just the american version of noel tbh, they've got theirs and we've got ours

    • @celinavivian1162
      @celinavivian1162 3 роки тому +127

      Sabina Zabarte plus Eric Andre seems mean spirited whereas Noel fielding seems more whimsical

    • @BroudbrunMusicMerge
      @BroudbrunMusicMerge 3 роки тому +56

      @@celinavivian1162 I dunno if I'd call Eric Andre mean-spirited. "Mad disrespectful", sure, but he seems to do everything for comedy's sake

    • @Marshalllawdy
      @Marshalllawdy 3 роки тому +2

      Liked this comment just for the 666th like.

  • @saesae2759
    @saesae2759 3 роки тому +902

    “Your friend misled charity and as a result some people have perished.”
    “I can’t even remember doing that task. I have no memory of that.” “Exactly what a serial killer would say.”
    “Some of my dirties would come up into your cups.”
    “I wasn’t trying to clean the cake.”
    “I think I’m just angry with you because you’ve got so much of your life ahead of you.”
    “I’VE GOT KNIVES”

  • @PimpMacSlickBac
    @PimpMacSlickBac 2 роки тому +852

    Hold up! At like 39:10, after Mel reads the final task, she absolutely took the wax off and pocketed it. She genuinely took every single one she could, I love it

    • @ryynerwicked2762
      @ryynerwicked2762 2 роки тому +111

      Yep she takes every one lol in one of the episodes she says that she keeps them an melts them back down I always wondered what she did with them after that lol

    • @mfdinak
      @mfdinak 2 роки тому +8

      Good eye!

    • @wewemcrhyne
      @wewemcrhyne Рік тому +18

      @@ryynerwicked2762 yes!! I really want to know! Do you think she made a candle?

    • @somethingelse9176
      @somethingelse9176 Рік тому +156

      I believe she said on the Taskmaster podcast that she kept one and gave the rest to a friend's son who was a big TM fan!

    • @PimpMacSlickBac
      @PimpMacSlickBac Рік тому +54

      @@somethingelse9176 of course she did, she is so sweet! That's great

  • @blakelowe1300
    @blakelowe1300 Рік тому +266

    Joe leaving the caravan with a bunch of (stolen) stuff in his hand, putting a hand on Alex's shoulder and saying oh so delicately "goodbye, my friend" has me DYING. It feels like he's saying goodbye to someone for the very last time... Alex's little "goodbye..."

  • @Klaproossje
    @Klaproossje 11 місяців тому +104

    I love that Lolly replied with 'yes, I'm only 12' to Alex and that she then proceeds to draw a heart on the wall 😂

  • @patrickhardison9669
    @patrickhardison9669 4 роки тому +865

    I loved the look of glee on Joe's face as he blew up the cake.

    • @garfreeek
      @garfreeek 2 роки тому +14

      I'm surprised no one else thought about blowing it up...it was my first instinct xD

    • @Alinor24
      @Alinor24 2 роки тому +3

      @@garfreeek Mine too. I would've asked for explosives immediately.😁

    • @TheHutchy01
      @TheHutchy01 2 роки тому +11

      I'm pretty sure my first inclination to all tasks would be "Can I have explosives?"

    • @valeriepark9444
      @valeriepark9444 2 роки тому +4

      his expression SENT ME

  • @sfshinz
    @sfshinz 3 роки тому +847

    Three of my favorite Taskmaster moments: Little Alex Horn arguing with Tim Key when a block of ice has disappeared, arguing with Rhod Gilbert about when a chair is or not a ladder, and arguing with Desky about when a mirror reflects an image and when it reflects a person.

    • @garfreeek
      @garfreeek 2 роки тому +25

      Legendary, the grabbing of his face!! xD

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 2 роки тому +34

      Rhod spent more time in that argument than the actual task.

    • @sfshinz
      @sfshinz 2 роки тому +33

      @@GhostBear3067 on “Would I Lie To You”, Rhod spends more energy winding up David Mitchell then trying to deceive the opponents.

    • @gamesandfun781
      @gamesandfun781 2 роки тому +3

      @@sfshinz like falling up a stationary escalator

    • @meghanbarton5532
      @meghanbarton5532 Рік тому +10

      @@gamesandfun781 I often think back to the escalator. David was soooo wrong about that, rhod was serious and right.... when we walk up stairs, the reason we don't have to look how high to step is because our mind works with the feet and knows the distance between steps. On an escalator that isn't moving, the last step is lower than all the other steps (unless by chance the escalator stopped perfectly). So when you take the step, your mind is expecting to touch ground, but it doesn't, therefore causing a bit of a trip.

  • @CthulhuInc
    @CthulhuInc 4 роки тому +348

    hugh's cake dissection is what, i think, jack the ripper was aiming for

  • @ohboy6430
    @ohboy6430 2 роки тому +237

    Noel putting a cake in a washing machine and then laughing maniacally has me in TEARS the camera angle god

  • @VetsrisAuguste
    @VetsrisAuguste 2 роки тому +323

    The mirror solution has precedent in the story of Perseus and Medusa. Using the mirror to see Medusa, Perseus was able to avoid being turned to stone.

  • @floralburrito
    @floralburrito 4 роки тому +361

    I wonder how long Alex and Hugh argued about the image in the mirror. Seemed like they still went on after the cut 😂😂

  • @marielavalon
    @marielavalon 4 роки тому +1760

    I’m irrationally infuriated that no one who was supposed to juice one handed actually did that except Lolly, but they weren’t disqualified 😤😤😤😤

    • @msyeed
      @msyeed 4 роки тому +191

      Lolly was supposed to be jumping up and down. Maybe they figured it's not much of a contest if 3 out of 5 are disqualified.

    • @AndrewBrowner
      @AndrewBrowner 4 роки тому +156

      i came searching for this.. noels one point from using 2 hands gave him the win too!

    • @mitchderise73
      @mitchderise73 4 роки тому +154

      @@msyeed I think he meant they jump if they had the same fruit and tool as one person

    • @mauia88
      @mauia88 4 роки тому +4

      Your use of “no one” is wrong and confused me.

    • @mitchderise73
      @mitchderise73 4 роки тому +43

      @@mauia88? They used it correctly. It's like "not one of them, who were supposed..."

  • @beckbeschler5071
    @beckbeschler5071 2 роки тому +82

    I personally love the note on Hugh's mirror saying "do not take"

  • @packx3
    @packx3 4 роки тому +1629

    Hugh does every task the same way i would do it.... Turns out i would suck at taskmaster

    • @tonispiip8054
      @tonispiip8054 4 роки тому +58

      You'd do that to the cake? You monster.

    • @everythingexpert4795
      @everythingexpert4795 4 роки тому +25

      Tonis Piip that was the first thing I thought of for the cake. I imagined it in perfect slices

    • @JapiePapi
      @JapiePapi 4 роки тому +10

      @@everythingexpert4795 oh no, just take a baseball bat and let alex throw it up. Then argue beauty in simplicity

    • @bullypopful
      @bullypopful 3 роки тому +2

      I honestly agree with this. All my ideas have lead to failure

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler 3 роки тому +44

      No. He is actually really clever. It's just that they always choose one person to be a scapegoat to put all their hate towards. So no matter what, Hugh is treated like shit and forced to lose because of how this "game" works..
      I feel bad for the man. Sometimes they are just cruel and put him down for no reason. His expressions sometimes crush me, he looks genuinely upset at times.

  • @ToastedCocoBun
    @ToastedCocoBun 4 роки тому +460

    If Hugh and Mel are like this throughout the series, I think I just found my two favourite contestants for this season 🤣🤣

    • @itsokay7989
      @itsokay7989 4 роки тому +35

      They are! And it gets so much better too 😂

    • @krablord
      @krablord 4 роки тому +31

      I think you'll really enjoy the team tasks then

    • @Itsspanda
      @Itsspanda 3 роки тому +6

      I love themm alll, but maybe Noel and Lolly just a bit more. Hehe, but they’re all amazing.

  • @itsokay7989
    @itsokay7989 3 роки тому +122

    Greg: Uh Creepy...
    Hugh: nods enthusiastically.

  • @lazigoguyman4414
    @lazigoguyman4414 4 роки тому +119

    Greg is clearly just shafting Hugh Everytime because they're old friends

  • @keatonfox1874
    @keatonfox1874 3 роки тому +721

    Ok. After hearing the word "courgette" mentioned in several episodes, I finally realized today that this is what we in America call a zucchini, or summer squash. Words are fun!

    • @nina6722
      @nina6722 3 роки тому +53

      wait- you guys call courgette summer squash?? omg i kinda love it

    • @Udertheo
      @Udertheo 3 роки тому +18

      @@nina6722 just the yellow

    • @auntlynnie
      @auntlynnie 3 роки тому +84

      @@nina6722 Green courgettes are zucchini; yellow courgettes are summer squash. And we call aubergines eggplants. Rocket is arugula.

    • @auntlynnie
      @auntlynnie 3 роки тому +21

      @UC_HujdkxjoB_FGN-MPfIxEA Yes -- rutabaga = swede. And yes, the only time I refer to fries as "chips" is when referring to "fish & chips." It is confusing, but I take it as a challenge. :)
      I mean, in the USA, we can't even agree on what to call a fizzy soft drink (soda/pop/coke); then there's the hero/sub/hoagie/grinder debate.

    • @auntlynnie
      @auntlynnie 3 роки тому +4

      @@mitchrudolph65 I didn’t say anyone would/wouldn’t understand the various words, but thanks for the correction. 🙄

  • @theplasmawolf
    @theplasmawolf 4 роки тому +234

    The instructions of the stage task at 38:40 may as well have been "with the five of you, have a complete meltdown" XD

    • @Magitek85
      @Magitek85 4 роки тому +24

      Hugh and Noel used both hands when they were supposed to keep one behind their back, yet they were never called on it.

    • @theplasmawolf
      @theplasmawolf 4 роки тому +7

      @@Magitek85 I think they forgot to call it out in the madness.

    • @msyeed
      @msyeed 4 роки тому +10

      Yeah, and Lolly was supposed to be jumping up and down.

    • @dovahkiin52
      @dovahkiin52 4 роки тому +3

      @@Magitek85 and not all of them used their tools either

    • @melaniescarlet01
      @melaniescarlet01 3 роки тому +4

      I think only Mel got around to understanding what she's supposed to do 😂

  • @puckbryn3583
    @puckbryn3583 4 роки тому +1296

    I don’t mean to minimize any other cast or cast member, I get the feeling season 4 is often considered “the best cast”
    speaking personally, the near saccharine positivity of this cast came at a time that I needed them and at a time where I allowed shit like this to just make me happy. this season means a lot to me. thank you to every single person who had a hand in it.

    • @truthbebold4009
      @truthbebold4009 4 роки тому +44

      How are you? I hope you are well.

    • @inanutshell7718
      @inanutshell7718 4 роки тому +105

      for me also series 4 is the best coz all the contestants have the same joke style and very understanding of each other

    • @H.E.L.E.N.A.
      @H.E.L.E.N.A. 4 роки тому +9

      I agree!

    • @tenerife_sea
      @tenerife_sea 4 роки тому +38

      same! not sure if this is okay to say.. but S3 was my least favorite. so watching this S4 feels like a blast haha

    • @Hanbl-ip1tn
      @Hanbl-ip1tn 4 роки тому +35

      Tbh I completely agree, series 3 was watchable but no where near as good as other seasons especially this one. Loved everyone on S4

  • @snappycatchy
    @snappycatchy 4 роки тому +327

    "Suchet on a broad bean" comes ahead of "Suchet on the orient express" in the search results.

    • @brittvnvgl
      @brittvnvgl 4 роки тому +11

      snappycatchy i dont get that joke. can you explain why noël won?

    • @themoolag
      @themoolag 4 роки тому +19

      @@brittvnvgl I believe David Suchet is a well known British actor, well known for playing Agatha Christie's iconic Hercule Poirot. A murder-mystery detective, one popular story is Murder At The Orient Express

    • @Nagathe89
      @Nagathe89 4 роки тому +20

      I feel like it was a missed opportunity to put poirot on a poireau but i guess that joke is very niche for the french speaking viewers only...

    • @themoolag
      @themoolag 4 роки тому +4

      @@Nagathe89 no wonder I read something about leeks. It's the french word. Today I learned. And yeah that's definitely a missed opportunity. Also, is your username relevant? 🤔

  • @DeathnoteBB
    @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +319

    I can’t believe he put the 8 second cake smash over Lolly’s actual art piece out of cake :(

    • @asiyah7714
      @asiyah7714 3 роки тому +15

      Yes! That was bull

    • @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945
      @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 3 роки тому +83

      I'm American but knowing what I know now about Mel's cake-related place in British culture I think there is a more potent beauty in her instinctual destruction.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 3 роки тому

      @@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 What do you mean

    • @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945
      @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 3 роки тому +37

      @@DeathnoteBB she hosted the Great British Bake Off with her comedy partner Sue for 6 years

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 3 роки тому +12

      @@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 Omg. I didn’t know that was her :0
      Still wish Lolly got the win though

  • @ashv9565
    @ashv9565 4 роки тому +116

    I love Alex watching Hugh cut the cake in just complete bafflement lol

  • @sjbuttonsb
    @sjbuttonsb 4 роки тому +614

    "Little" Alex Horne is apparently 6'2"

    • @k8ishere
      @k8ishere 4 роки тому +24

      Excuse me, what? 😳

    • @danniluxgarbe429
      @danniluxgarbe429 4 роки тому +157

      @@k8ishere Greg Davies is 6'8"(2.03m).
      Alex Horne is 6'2"(1.88m)

    • @lilMissmAlice
      @lilMissmAlice 4 роки тому +73

      Greg Davies is technically a giant. Just by a hair as I undestand it, but it still counts!

    • @k8ishere
      @k8ishere 4 роки тому +35

      I knew how tall Greg was, but I just couldn't put Alex into perspective I guess! 😂

    • @hop-skip-ouch8798
      @hop-skip-ouch8798 4 роки тому +14

      @@k8ishere Look at Paul Chowdhury punching him. You'll notice the size difference.

  • @wendybillings
    @wendybillings Рік тому +50

    Who else loves that Mel mouthed "lime with a shoe" when Alex said it? 40:42

    • @KelpTheGreat
      @KelpTheGreat Рік тому +1

      Yes! That was a near-perfect accidental dub. XD

  • @BelleFlower15
    @BelleFlower15 4 роки тому +187

    33:21 Leaving this time stamp here for everyone who's done something hard today. :)

  • @OrlindeEarfalas
    @OrlindeEarfalas 3 роки тому +285

    I love that Mel calls Alex "my darling" it's just so sweet compared to the frustrated insults he sometimes gets xD

    • @heathergreylive
      @heathergreylive Рік тому +25

      Alex: "He called the cat a dick and then he called me a dick as well."

  • @noatrope
    @noatrope 4 роки тому +43

    Lolly, wearing a blindfold, grimly and mechanically hammering at a glass full of grapes, is a mood

  • @n16161
    @n16161 4 роки тому +1832

    I think Lolly’s portrait was the most accurate, she should have gotten first.

    • @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945
      @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 4 роки тому +264

      yeah that was bullshit, they awarded Noel for artistry rather than Lolly for accuracy

    • @lawbl5415
      @lawbl5415 4 роки тому +7

      Thanks for the spoilers absolute bellends

    • @lawbl5415
      @lawbl5415 4 роки тому +24

      @ChocoGamin3 its the comment that shows under the title moron, no way around it.

    • @lawbl5415
      @lawbl5415 4 роки тому +1

      NO WAY AROUND IT. fuck sake im dealing with a moron who cant read

    • @hanlosingit
      @hanlosingit 4 роки тому +70

      @@lawbl5415 Poppycock! When you click on the video, the default view takes up about 90% of the screen. Not even a comment was shown below and you had to scroll down to even look at the very first one. What a twat.

  • @Riddler577
    @Riddler577 4 роки тому +82

    "I love you and I love my wife equally" I'm crying I love Alex so much 😂

  • @Adrianovaz2007
    @Adrianovaz2007 4 роки тому +150

    "You need to use a tool Hugh"
    "I GOT KNIVES!"

  • @kittykat490
    @kittykat490 2 роки тому +58

    I love Joe's chaotic energy and swagger in his fur coat

  • @gd7681
    @gd7681 4 роки тому +189

    26:00 I would’ve put Lolly’s drawing in first place. It’s the one that most captured the model, really.

    • @Reminji
      @Reminji 4 роки тому +35

      Yeah greg just judged based on what's the best drawing in general, which is stupid.

    • @ca-ke9493
      @ca-ke9493 2 роки тому +6

      I would have judged their drawings as Lolly, Hugh, Joe, Noel and Mel. Hugh's solution should hv been rewarded more, they just wanted to use it for the joke.

  • @sarswatidevi
    @sarswatidevi 4 роки тому +464

    I only just realized, but has Mel been taking the seals from the tasks all season?

    • @PurpleCrayonMoon
      @PurpleCrayonMoon 4 роки тому +31

      Yes

    • @glynnL
      @glynnL 4 роки тому +85

      “To save them” she says later. Dunno what she did with them all

    • @alastairk0159
      @alastairk0159 4 роки тому +66

      @@glynnL she said in one episode she wanted to melt them down but idk if she meant it or not. Kept some as momentos perhaps

    • @ashv9565
      @ashv9565 4 роки тому +17

      I legit thought in that one clip she was taking some of the green stuff from the envelope because it was "satisfying" lol.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +3

      Glenn Long Well she saved them

  • @JaBoreman
    @JaBoreman 4 роки тому +186

    11:52 that was anticlimactic. I wanted to see the cake explode to bits but it pretty much stayed whole lol

    • @broisyougobbling
      @broisyougobbling 3 роки тому +6

      thought the exact same thing haha

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens Рік тому +1

      A fair point, but I think trying to learn fireworks choreography in 30 minutes would probably end-up being an A&E surgeon's best dinner-party story.

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist Рік тому +9

      I was also disappointed by that the first time I saw it, but then I thought that actually Joe tasting it at the end adds to it - because it proves that, even though it stayed mostly intact, it has been destroyed as a cake. 😁

  • @Zeresrail
    @Zeresrail 4 роки тому +40

    "Where are you looking now?"
    "Im back at school"
    XD Alex really is the backbone of this show.

  • @videt7459
    @videt7459 2 роки тому +167

    "Absolutely lovely to meet you" and wants to shake hands through the curtain. Can we please clone Mel and replace all world leaders with her? What an utter treasure of a human being.

    • @constitutionalli7522
      @constitutionalli7522 Рік тому +14

      With Noel as her humble, adorable vice president leader.. the world would have no more war, no more evil. 🥰💯

    • @billbauer9795
      @billbauer9795 Рік тому +1

      @@constitutionalli7522 A dumb person in charge is what Causes all of the evil.

    • @CookiesDC
      @CookiesDC Рік тому

      I think you mean udder not utter lmao 😂

    • @Ali-mv3jc
      @Ali-mv3jc 10 місяців тому

      ​@@CookiesDCudder is the thing on the bottom of a female cow, utter in this comment means absolute.

    • @CookiesDC
      @CookiesDC 10 місяців тому

      @@Ali-mv3jc lol I must’ve had a major brain fart when I commented that cause looking at it now I’m confused why I said that 😂

  • @michaelgirodat1062
    @michaelgirodat1062 4 роки тому +156

    I personally thought Hugh's cake destruction was the best because he clearly took his time and actually created a design out of the pieces. This is still probably my favourite series of Taskmaster, only missing one of my favourite comedian, Mr Bob Mortimer, but he's in series 5 so it's ok.

    • @thehoneyeffect
      @thehoneyeffect 2 роки тому +3

      I fundamentally disagree

    • @michaelgirodat1062
      @michaelgirodat1062 2 роки тому +4

      @@thehoneyeffect That's fine. You do you

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist Рік тому +2

      Lolly is the one that logic applies to. I'm fairly sure she also took her time, and she took great care with her design to really make it beautiful - she even used the fruit for shading!

  • @charles3840
    @charles3840 4 роки тому +102

    Funny thing is, Hugh did forge Malcolm X's signature somewhat accurately. According to Wikipedia at least.

    • @MrCh0o
      @MrCh0o 2 роки тому +25

      Plot twist: Hugh also forged the Wikipedia article

    • @liamw6562
      @liamw6562 Рік тому +10

      @@MrCh0o imagine if you open the wiki page and the signature section is just that banana with the x on it

    • @ellaisokay
      @ellaisokay Рік тому +8

      @@liamw6562 what bananas do you eat that are orange

    • @iliketrains3495
      @iliketrains3495 Рік тому

      @@MrCh0o Mark Watson be like

  • @vanessafrank8729
    @vanessafrank8729 2 роки тому +13

    The aggressively large ‘DO NOT MOVE’ on the back of the mirror kills me every time

  • @cuervowebdesign9356
    @cuervowebdesign9356 2 роки тому +41

    "If she can juice a lime with a shoe" sounds like one of those sentences that should be a saying. You know, to mean really difficult. Kinda like "Sure your girlfriend is getting back together with you if you can juice a lime with a shoe".

    • @hp8685
      @hp8685 8 місяців тому

      would be great if it had an implied meaning of "you have an advantage/it's a little less hard for you, but it's definitely still fuckupable"
      "Sure your parents are alumni, but your granddad hasn't made a donation that big again since the 80s and your grades are pretty mid. You might get in, if you can juice a lime with a shoe"

  • @schwig44
    @schwig44 2 роки тому +37

    I love that in the final sit down after the last task, Mel is still wearing the shoe

    • @kantahanwithkahel
      @kantahanwithkahel 2 роки тому +3

      She continued to wear it in future episodes, too. 😊

  • @fakjbf3129
    @fakjbf3129 2 роки тому +53

    For the duck challenge, I was expecting Greg to tell everyone but Noel they don't get any points because the big duck next to them didn't get knocked over.

  • @darrylp3525
    @darrylp3525 4 роки тому +286

    Fantastic, this might be my favorite lineup from all of the 6 seasons I've seen.

    • @waking00one
      @waking00one 4 роки тому +7

      They're all absolutely spectacular

    • @juniamaia1726
      @juniamaia1726 4 роки тому +22

      S1, S4 and S7 are the best

    • @gertjan3329
      @gertjan3329 4 роки тому +20

      7 really is the best though with rod and james acaster

    • @Adrianovaz2007
      @Adrianovaz2007 4 роки тому +3

      @@juniamaia1726 those are my top 3 too, although 4 and 5 are reeeeally close

    • @daharmanswhatnot5361
      @daharmanswhatnot5361 2 роки тому +1

      I personally have:
      8. Series 8
      7. Series 6
      6. Series 3
      5. Series 2
      4. Series 1 (2 and 1 are pretty close)
      The top three are all very close but I think I like
      3. Series 4
      2. Series 7
      1. Series 5
      Too close though

  • @AeynYT
    @AeynYT 4 роки тому +111

    "Mel and Shoe"
    **slow clap**

    • @josefv1154
      @josefv1154 4 роки тому

      I finally got the joke. Thanks!

    • @eriesara6424
      @eriesara6424 4 роки тому

      @@josefv1154 I'm still missing it, what is the joke?

    • @josefv1154
      @josefv1154 4 роки тому +26

      @@eriesara6424 Mel and Shoe=Mel and Sue, two hosts of The Great British Bake Off

    • @eriesara6424
      @eriesara6424 4 роки тому

      @@josefv1154 I knew it probably had something to do with GBBO! I couldn't quite connect the dots. Thank you!

    • @artwisty4048
      @artwisty4048 4 роки тому +5

      It’s even funnier when you see the outtakes where it was originally joe lycetts joke but they told them to do another take so then Greg made the joke but I guess they went with the one where Alex did the joke instead. If you want to see outtake go to UKTV on UA-cam and if you have android use turbo VPN to change your location to the uk and you can see all the blocked content although it doesn’t work for iOS as you would have to buy a subscription to switch

  • @berkpick
    @berkpick 4 роки тому +506

    OF COURSE THE MIRROR THING SHOULD BE ALLOWED! When was the legend of Perseus and the medusa written? Some thousands of years ago, that's how much precedent is on his side.

    • @chrismanuel9768
      @chrismanuel9768 4 роки тому +17

      When you watch a movie, do you say "Ryan Reynolds is in this movie" or "an image of Ryan Reynolds is in this movie"? A person is not just their physical body. In fact, he was told not to look at her and sight is simply capturing reflections of light. To see the light she reflects is to see her

    • @berkpick
      @berkpick 4 роки тому +61

      @@chrismanuel9768 Hey, you can't talk to me like that, I'm a close personal friend of Ryan Reynolds. We've spent a lot of time together. Usually we meet in a theatre or at my place and just hang out for 1.5-2 hours, have some laughs. 🙄
      Careful taking linguistic conventions so literally. You could really hurt someone next time you shoot the breeze.

    • @joachimbrehmer8224
      @joachimbrehmer8224 4 роки тому +40

      @@chrismanuel9768 well, Ryan is in the movie, but *you* are watching the image of him.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +3

      Joachim Brehmer Yeah but a mirror ain’t a movie. A mirror is just looking at someone with extra steps.

    • @SuperSonicBlur
      @SuperSonicBlur 4 роки тому +2

      But it was the GAZE of Medusa which turned people to stone, the fact that she was asleep at the time means that even looking at the reflection wouldn't have mattered since he was not looking at her eyes. If memory serves me well, Medusa's Gorgon sisters shared a single tooth and eye between themselves so, being able to look at them, would mean that it has to be both eyes. Either way. The point is moot since looking at the reflection was when Medusa had her eyes closed.

  • @Kernel15
    @Kernel15 2 роки тому +57

    It's hilarious how you can see Joe shaking his head when Alex said "Mel and shoe", because Joe was the one who made that pun first hahaha

    • @KelpTheGreat
      @KelpTheGreat Рік тому +1

      Was that a pun? Sure, it sounds like "melon shoe," but... "melon shoe" isn't a phrase or anything, so...

    • @Kernel15
      @Kernel15 Рік тому +11

      @@KelpTheGreat Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are a comedy duo

    • @KelpTheGreat
      @KelpTheGreat Рік тому +4

      @@Kernel15 Oh, I didn't connect "Sue" with "shoe," lol. I get it now, thanks!

  • @mindscapejem
    @mindscapejem 4 роки тому +104

    For people who are curious/not wanting to do a web search, there are currently 9 full seasons of Taskmaster with a 10th season currently being produced (but not airing until the tasks have been completed obviously).

    • @reconstruct23
      @reconstruct23 2 роки тому +4

      update: they just finished showing season 12 in UK, I saw it with a vpn, but I believe its available on Daily Motion (a UA-cam competitor)

    • @bragny
      @bragny 2 роки тому +2

      @@reconstruct23 It's actually also on their UA-cam channel, just geo blocked for some regions I suppose. I'm in Germany and was able to watch season 12 on this channel.

  • @ri-xj1vs
    @ri-xj1vs 4 роки тому +50

    "this is my showstopper."

  • @Gildedpossum
    @Gildedpossum 4 роки тому +56

    I came in excited for Noel's chaos but oh boy Hugh....

  • @JothJackson
    @JothJackson 4 роки тому +45

    "some of your dirty!?" Gets me every time

  • @Commenter339
    @Commenter339 Рік тому +65

    I love Noel's "something made me want to go for the more natural tones of the wood rather than the stark white background of white paper" fck yeah, Noel! That man understands nuance, and I value that so much.

  • @JonathanNichollstechandsuch8
    @JonathanNichollstechandsuch8 3 роки тому +10

    Hugh Dennis’s cake destruction felt like American Psycho meets The Great British Bake Off

  • @hareecionelson5875
    @hareecionelson5875 3 роки тому +155

    Big respect to Lolly for how she reacted to being put in 4th because Greg was bitter, Ed Gamble and James Acaster would still have taken it well, but they'd also have been quietly seething (understandably so). Lolly rolled with the joke

    • @abbreviatedalex2418
      @abbreviatedalex2418 3 роки тому +55

      I feel like nobody in this series took the games too seriously like some other contestants on other series. I'm a very not-competitive person which is why I think I like this series so much. Hugh was criminally robbed of points in this series and Noel just skated by on mediocre work because of favoritism, but everyone took it in stride and had fun with all the tasks anyway. I rewatch this series all the time because it's just so great.

    • @iliketrains3495
      @iliketrains3495 Рік тому

      Mind you she did complain about not getting any points for the bathtub task (where the whole team did terribly) but Joe said it was fair

    • @Jujube23806
      @Jujube23806 Рік тому

      It’s not the prize is €1 million

    • @lexicon1913
      @lexicon1913 6 місяців тому +1

      She can't very well come off angry now can she? 😅

  • @danieljp9694
    @danieljp9694 3 роки тому +29

    I could die happy if Mel addressed me as “my darling”

  • @danieldahlinger177
    @danieldahlinger177 4 роки тому +39

    Thanks UA-cam. One recommendation and now I've binged 3 seasons and will binge this one.

  • @kyleecats2255
    @kyleecats2255 11 місяців тому +17

    It's like Noel has always wanted to put a cake in a washing machine and finally gets the chance to try it without pissing his wife off.

  • @davinaz6885
    @davinaz6885 2 роки тому +26

    I know for many people this safed them through the high time of the pandemic.
    I discovered this just know and it's also saving me through my quarantine.
    Somehow managed to avoid getting covid till now and currently isolating watching all of taskmaster.
    Thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting these on UA-cam

  • @dancetx
    @dancetx Рік тому +9

    I'm already obsessed with Lolly's sweet demeanor, Joe's creativity, Noel's style, Mel's straight-forwardness and Hugh's epic tactics

  • @suec.7179
    @suec.7179 3 роки тому +22

    Hugh Dennis and Rhod Gilbert have the same energy, and I really need them to have a face off somewhere in the future.

    • @mrcephalopod
      @mrcephalopod 9 місяців тому

      Seconded, but I need them to do a team challenge together even more

  • @jgodbee3090
    @jgodbee3090 4 роки тому +69

    I thought it would be hard to assemble a cast as good as the first series. I was wrong, this cast is likely to be so completely bonkers that it will eclipse all previous seasons.

  • @kuidaorekitchen5850
    @kuidaorekitchen5850 4 роки тому +20

    Watching Alex genuinely laugh is quite wholesome.

  • @garfieldsspaghetti
    @garfieldsspaghetti 4 роки тому +38

    Finally, the ultimate season with Noel and Hugh.

  • @iliketrains3495
    @iliketrains3495 Рік тому +85

    Mel: "Are you very pretty?"
    Model: "Yes"
    Mel: *draws a ridiculous creature whose face is 50% lips*
    She took the 'caricature' bit too seriously lmao

  • @brandonthompson5796
    @brandonthompson5796 3 роки тому +25

    I love how Noel put little rubber ducks in the wash on the very first task. Noel is the best 💜

  • @kyrridas1573
    @kyrridas1573 4 роки тому +94

    when Mel starts twitching and says "don't say the C word", she reminds me _so_ much of Hyacinth Bucket.

  • @mazeman90
    @mazeman90 4 роки тому +18

    Hugh's "I have KNIIIVES!" killed me! XD

  • @josesalas5694
    @josesalas5694 3 роки тому +13

    "I wasn't trying to clean the cake..." had me in stiches

  • @garfreeek
    @garfreeek 2 роки тому +20

    Oh this season is going to be goooooood! Hugh's deadpan humor, Lycetts incredible chaotic pettyness and the "woke up and chose violence" of Mel and Noel! 😂♥️♥️♥️
    I don't know Lolly yet, so I'm guessing she must be more calm and rational.... But I can't wait to be proven wrong! 😂😂😂

    • @garfreeek
      @garfreeek 2 роки тому +4

      I love Lolly already, glad she joined!

  • @yonathangonzalez6670
    @yonathangonzalez6670 4 роки тому +22

    This is the season where Greg starts growing facial hair

  • @kylet.4582
    @kylet.4582 2 роки тому +10

    I've watched this a half dozen times and only just now noticed the ducks in the washing machine with Noel's cake

  • @adamarens3520
    @adamarens3520 4 роки тому +118

    I really like this group! It’s a good mix, looking forward to this fourth series 👍

  • @darcybhaiwala7057
    @darcybhaiwala7057 3 роки тому +18

    Hugh's mirror idea is actually based on Christian Metz's psychoanalysis theory of film, nice

  • @ndrag0n
    @ndrag0n 8 місяців тому +3

    Rewatching these back i feel this is the season where the editing team really found their footing with this show and i bloody love it.

  • @maiNmusica
    @maiNmusica 4 роки тому +62

    Yes! Signed vvegetaboles!

  • @a1iij
    @a1iij 4 роки тому +32

    Hugh should've been first in the cake task. Such a shame he made that beautiful clock for nothing

  • @t123a698
    @t123a698 4 роки тому +19

    20:34 Noel just drew himself.

  • @HZ-fg9sf
    @HZ-fg9sf 3 роки тому +53

    Lol whenever there is food in front of Mel she automatically starts eating it without regard of the potential task.

  • @dmittleman9757
    @dmittleman9757 Рік тому +11

    Hugh shouting “I’ve got KNIVES!” should be upsetting, but for some reason I find it oddly charming.

  • @RSpracticalshooting
    @RSpracticalshooting 2 роки тому +15

    Mel juicing a lime with a shoe is top tier television.

  • @erinokay9991
    @erinokay9991 3 роки тому +14

    i want this whole series cast to come back again honestly

  • @hihowareya4004
    @hihowareya4004 5 місяців тому +3

    Wow, the caravan & house has come a long way since season 4 lol.

  • @radlee974
    @radlee974 4 роки тому +62

    Look, I know that this is all just silly fun and that the humor aspect is far more important than the actual competition aspect. However, I do think that it’s B.S. that all 3 of the gents weren’t disqualified from the live task for using both hands. Poor Lollie got screwed. Hahaha.

    • @Brinta3
      @Brinta3 Рік тому +6

      Also, I didn’t agree with how the ‘destroying a cake’ and ‘drawing the woman’ challenges were judged. Very unfair episode.

    • @iliketrains3495
      @iliketrains3495 Рік тому

      Joe didn't use two hands. He briefly touched the bucket at 41:08 with his left hand before correcting himself, but he shouldn't be penalised for that

  • @elizaheathen
    @elizaheathen 3 роки тому +8

    *i started with James Acaster's series 7.*
    I then binged 1, 2, and 3.
    over a single week.
    i'm so happy to be here

  • @mayanganggarani
    @mayanganggarani 3 роки тому +6

    "Suchet on a broad bean. This is what this competition is all about !" - Greg Davies.

  • @tysonfontanez
    @tysonfontanez Рік тому +6

    Greg and Alex carry the early episodes of each series with their wit. Once the dynamics of the new players are established they each start to contribute more, but I think the hosts should not go unrecognized

  • @3DCGdesign
    @3DCGdesign 4 роки тому +8

    Watching him destroy that cake like that, it's like Hugh had not bothered to watch a single episode of Taskmaster before coming onto the show!

  • @CurveTheRain
    @CurveTheRain 4 роки тому +206

    Wtf! Lolly was the closest with the drawing!

    • @gd7681
      @gd7681 4 роки тому +35

      Greg has the visual equivalent of tone-deafness.

  • @mylahobbit1815
    @mylahobbit1815 4 роки тому +12

    Lolly getting robbed on that cake one. but mel and shoe? iconic.

    • @plastichouseplant
      @plastichouseplant 4 роки тому +8

      Lolly was totally robbed on the caricature too. It might not have been as good a drawing but it was the most accurate caricature, she even got the model's style of clothes right. And she actually juiced her fruit one-handed in the last task.

  • @itsokay7989
    @itsokay7989 4 роки тому +21

    Yes!! One of my top 3 Taskmaster series's (4,5,7). This is the most wholesome group of them all. They're like a big family, and it's just a great series.

  • @halasaad9871
    @halasaad9871 3 роки тому +131

    Hugh should’ve gotten points for the mirror one. That was actually good.

    • @TMTM7
      @TMTM7 2 роки тому +12

      I think that was less about the any rule being broken, more Greg just taking any chance to take the piss out of his old friend

    • @reconstruct23
      @reconstruct23 2 роки тому +10

      He also should've at least outscored Mel's cake smash, every season Greg decides to pick on someone, I guess we know who that'll be this season

    • @andrellana8838
      @andrellana8838 2 роки тому +1

      Going off of all the seasons they seem to put at least one of Greg's friends in every other season so he has someone to pick on. They all seem to love the dynamic.

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 2 роки тому +10

      @@TMTM7 nah , it wasn't the rule bending but the drawing wasn't good in first place, he was giving points based on drawings.

    • @bareakon
      @bareakon 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah I don't find the mirror thing controversial at all.
      If it's good enough for Perseus, it's good enough for Taskmaster.

  • @laneminor6240
    @laneminor6240 3 роки тому +14

    23:00 This is like a monty python skit.