I've said it before on the actual episode, but giving John Kearns- One of the most anxious men I have ever seen in my life- the task of "secretly sabotage your team" is the most brilliant evil shit I've ever seen in my life
Plus it has the dual effects of 'he's getting flack for being useless, that's harsh' AND 'he's, now, getting entirely justified flack for working against his team to win 5 points'.
It could be Alex's best reactions to a task. His sly comments/covert pointing out of what should be done instead/shakes of the head are fantasticly timed.
I never thought it was possible for a real life person to be a real-life version of Winnie the Pooh, but every time I see John Kearns all I can think is he's 1 misshap away from saying "Oh bother"
John Kearns seems like a confused accountant who ended up on the show by accident and has no idea why he's there or what is happening. One of my favourite contestants they've had on
There's enough for 2 videos! 1) Dad's hands 2) Grape in a can of chickpeas 3) Toilet paper airplane 4) Face full of flour 5) Feather Loss-Gate, grab some chickens 6) One-Minute plays... too Southern
@@themug406I supported the OP, "Dad's hands" was not in this compilation vid. There were so many excellent John bits, and that's why I suggested a 2nd vid with all of those bits
Every time I see John Kearns in a task I'm reminded of a comment I saw under one of the season 14 episodes that says "the longer the series goes on, the more I'm convinced that four contestants were contacted through their agents and John was kidnapped from his home"
John and Fern were polar opposites in this series. She seems lost in a reverie of innocence and wonder, getting distracted by flies and meeting potatoes, and John is locked in an eternal struggle to stave off an existential nervous breakdown.
Nah, it has got to be "What aircraft.... crashes more (cue exasperation from Dara).... into mountains (cue paroxysms of laughter and incredulity from Dara and Fern)"
@@timothycahalan1540 It was on the Taskmaster podcast. There's so many funny insights on Series 14. Fern actually had to explain John's behavior on the sabotage task to Dara as "new parent brain" because he & his wife just had a baby.
Next time you rewatch the series, watch his jacket. In the first task of picking things to use later, he tries to hang it up on the door hook, and it immediately falls to the ground. The rest of the series, he walks to the task and throws his jacket across the room
I love how they decided to give the sabotage task to John. It couldn't have been given to any better person. Not only was is clear that he'd feel very bad about it but he's also the only one who could convincingly pull it off that he's doing it all accidentally.
I haven’t even started watching yet but I’m noticing… 32 minutes! Even the creators of the video struggled to pick ‘Best Bits’ for John Kearns because there is just so much he did in Series 14. Alex has actually said that filming the sabotage team task is his favourite task EVER in the recent ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit.
I think I like the Crocodile moment a little bit more as he changes the tone of "Beeeee" as he gets more and more exasperated as Dara and Fern say no guesses with befuddled looks on their faces.
John could easily have 2 tribute videos! 1) Dad's hands 2) Grape in a can of chickpeas 3) Toilet paper airplane 4) Face full of flour 5) Feather Loss-Gate, grab some chickens 6) Subbuteo streaker 7) One minute plays - Adulterous Southern astronaut (although, this task alone deserves its own tribute video)
John is one of my favorite Taskmaster contestants of all time. When he's puzzled or has failed, it's funny because he has tried so hard. (And when he tries to explain his rationale, it's even better.) When he succeeds -- he won multiple episodes and the trolley task was amazing! -- it's funny and also a bit heartwarming. :) Plus, he played so well with all of the contestants this series .. there was unmatched chemistry among the 5 of them and Greg & Alex.
Every single person in the world who heard John say "so I went up to the pharmacist" when talking about buying the plastic ducks, had their entire life pause for one second as their brain tried to establish if that is what he'd actually said.
To be fair to John, I've been to local pharmacies that sell bathing/body goods, random knick knacks. A rubber duckie isn't exactly out of the norm. Someone tell me that's the case??? I grew up in small towns/villages around England, however.
This is missing John bringing in a business card for his prize task, which caused Fern and Greg to be in near tears laughing at him. Plus the toilet paper roll toss, where “gravity will provide the power”
Dara's reaction to seeing that John had built a random sandcastle in the middle of the task for no apparent reason is one of my favourite ever TM moments.
John is the best ever! Nobody else takes 5 minutes to silently ponder before taking the most inexplicable, least-thought-through actions that anyone's ever made!
Finally, this is the one contestant “Best of” I’ve been waiting for. You could make a super cut of every single prize task with John and I’d watch it (even though I’ve DEFINITELY rewatched the prize task openings of s14 multiple times already)
I don't know what's funnier in the animal task, John forgetting what letter comes before M in the alphabet or him frantically yelling "B!" as he flops on the ground trying to mimic a crocodile.
I know John prefers to play off as the fool for laughs, but moments like 10:37 where you see glimpses of John’s more sinister side always crack me up. That bit when he laughs evilly into the camera and the task where he wanted to “maim someone” with a belt come to mind immediately 😂 That man may seem meek, but he has a rage deep down inside him
22:50 This task has cemented to me that Fern is fucking insane. Just absolutely nuts. Dara is just so distraught about the insanity that comes out of her mouth.
I would love to see a movie of John as some sort of Johnny English kind of secret agent. His mix of weird talent for the physical tasks and generally anxious demeanour would be a phenomenal thing to watch in that kind of scenario.
Despite all the sabotage and wolf impressions and so on, the moment of John’s that’s stuck with me the most is him insisting, against all evidence, that he’s not bad at the duck and sock task
I feel like John must be the contestant Alex laughed at the most, it somehow makes things even funnier when Alex is giggling away in the background. Even better when he's in shot and clearly trying very hard not to break completely.
What? No inclusion of the baggage cart-pushing task at Heathrow airport? Seeing John at the end of the task fearing that he had 'crossed the line' and would be disqualified (like Joe Wilkinson's potato hole-in-one in Series 2!) was the best moment from that episode for me!
In a compilation of, "Most stressful tasks as a viewer," John's sabotage is number one. I'm stressed for John, I'm stressed for Dara and Fern, I don't know who the hell I'm cheering for, but I know it can only end in tragedy.
At 22:30. You could probably argue that Munya and Sarah got the Overall and Dungarees the first round. The task was to make Greg say the word not leave it as an answer.
Greg is the taskmaster. His decisions are final. He said "it's either, just to tea it up..." so he kinda changed the rules halfway through just because he thought of 2 things and wanted to make it interesting.
Every task is like he's intentionally sabotaging it (like "genuine pleasure" while he's making painful noises) BUT I do think his crocodile and wolf were actually half decent 😢
I was unsure on john but I got into his humour by the end of the series. By the end I loved him, and then returned to the beginning to rewatch the series to appreciate him from the beginning!
Having even a moderate degree of athletic ability and watching him attempting physical tasks is like being in one of those dreams where you find you cannot run or jump or even move normally.
I've said it before on the actual episode, but giving John Kearns- One of the most anxious men I have ever seen in my life- the task of "secretly sabotage your team" is the most brilliant evil shit I've ever seen in my life
That's cause the really anxious people don't like being seen.
I’m convinced Kearns thought he had to sabotage EVERY team task. Either that or the secret task Alex gave him was redundant. 😁
Plus it has the dual effects of 'he's getting flack for being useless, that's harsh'
AND
'he's, now, getting entirely justified flack for working against his team to win 5 points'.
Judging by his stand up he doesn’t seem anxious
It's likely the most diabolical thing outside of when they got that guy to text Greg cheeky messages for 3 months straight
should make a compilation of alex accidentally laughing at the contestants during tasks
Yes! I often look for this - surprised it hasn’t been done so far…
It could be Alex's best reactions to a task. His sly comments/covert pointing out of what should be done instead/shakes of the head are fantasticly timed.
Alex reactions plz
I like when he shows his frustration with the contestants.
I would love one where Alex gets upset lmao. It's always genuinely surprising when he's visibly annoyed
I love this season because it's like Dara was falsely sent to an insane asylum.
🤣👏🏻agree
I never thought it was possible for a real life person to be a real-life version of Winnie the Pooh, but every time I see John Kearns all I can think is he's 1 misshap away from saying "Oh bother"
You know, I could never put my finger on what it was about him, but you're exactly right hahah
Even more accurate when you hear him mumble oh dear in the caravan 😂
Weird conviction that
HE IS EXACTLY POOH 😂
Omg you are dead on. That’s so funny.
"there might be a twist, i haven't read it" an actual perfect comeback 👌👌
John Kearns seems like a confused accountant who ended up on the show by accident and has no idea why he's there or what is happening. One of my favourite contestants they've had on
It’s criminal that his dad’s hands did not make an appearance. My go to John moment.
There's enough for 2 videos!
1) Dad's hands
2) Grape in a can of chickpeas
3) Toilet paper airplane
4) Face full of flour
5) Feather Loss-Gate, grab some chickens
6) One-Minute plays... too Southern
"Is that him on the crucifix?"
@@jackwang9536Did you not understand what op said?
@@themug406I supported the OP, "Dad's hands" was not in this compilation vid. There were so many excellent John bits, and that's why I suggested a 2nd vid with all of those bits
Every time I see John Kearns in a task I'm reminded of a comment I saw under one of the season 14 episodes that says "the longer the series goes on, the more I'm convinced that four contestants were contacted through their agents and John was kidnapped from his home"
John and Fern were polar opposites in this series. She seems lost in a reverie of innocence and wonder, getting distracted by flies and meeting potatoes, and John is locked in an eternal struggle to stave off an existential nervous breakdown.
i couldnt possibly fully explain why, but the way he goes "oh!" when greg says he doesnt own any fridge magnets KILLS me
Well rip, you wont be missed
it's SO good
John is probably my favourite contestant out of all the seasons. He was so unpredictable, he was never going to win, but he was very entertaining.
Sam and Lucy are pretty brilliant in the latest seriest too
7:50 John sabotaging Fern and Dara is one of my all-time favourite Taskmaster moments
It was so funny when Fern called John "dafty in the middle" 😂
Nah, it has got to be "What aircraft.... crashes more (cue exasperation from Dara).... into mountains (cue paroxysms of laughter and incredulity from Dara and Fern)"
And Fern has John saved in her phone as John "Traitor" Kearns. Legend!
It's funny watching Dara and Fern get so exaggerated by John in the sabotage task
@@jackwang9536when did she reveal that
@@timothycahalan1540 It was on the Taskmaster podcast. There's so many funny insights on Series 14. Fern actually had to explain John's behavior on the sabotage task to Dara as "new parent brain" because he & his wife just had a baby.
Next time you rewatch the series, watch his jacket. In the first task of picking things to use later, he tries to hang it up on the door hook, and it immediately falls to the ground. The rest of the series, he walks to the task and throws his jacket across the room
"Know what you want, and have the confidence to go after it" - John Kearns
"vvVEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee"
- John Kearns
“Uh?”
- John Kearns
I love how they decided to give the sabotage task to John. It couldn't have been given to any better person. Not only was is clear that he'd feel very bad about it but he's also the only one who could convincingly pull it off that he's doing it all accidentally.
Most other people would have taken the loss and told their team. Only John would have gone through with it like he did
I haven’t even started watching yet but I’m noticing… 32 minutes! Even the creators of the video struggled to pick ‘Best Bits’ for John Kearns because there is just so much he did in Series 14. Alex has actually said that filming the sabotage team task is his favourite task EVER in the recent ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit.
When he brought in a sailor's hat for the "best thing to have on a car journey" prize task, it cemented him as my favourite contestant ever
My favourite Taskmaster moment is here
“Veeeeeee!!!” - John Kearnes, flawlessly imitating a wolf
I think I like the Crocodile moment a little bit more as he changes the tone of "Beeeee" as he gets more and more exasperated as Dara and Fern say no guesses with befuddled looks on their faces.
John could easily have 2 tribute videos!
1) Dad's hands
2) Grape in a can of chickpeas
3) Toilet paper airplane
4) Face full of flour
5) Feather Loss-Gate, grab some chickens
6) Subbuteo streaker
7) One minute plays - Adulterous Southern astronaut (although, this task alone deserves its own tribute video)
John is one of my favorite Taskmaster contestants of all time. When he's puzzled or has failed, it's funny because he has tried so hard. (And when he tries to explain his rationale, it's even better.) When he succeeds -- he won multiple episodes and the trolley task was amazing! -- it's funny and also a bit heartwarming. :) Plus, he played so well with all of the contestants this series .. there was unmatched chemistry among the 5 of them and Greg & Alex.
Every single person in the world who heard John say "so I went up to the pharmacist" when talking about buying the plastic ducks, had their entire life pause for one second as their brain tried to establish if that is what he'd actually said.
To be fair to John, I've been to local pharmacies that sell bathing/body goods, random knick knacks. A rubber duckie isn't exactly out of the norm. Someone tell me that's the case??? I grew up in small towns/villages around England, however.
He probably means Farmacist (for all things farm).
This is missing John bringing in a business card for his prize task, which caused Fern and Greg to be in near tears laughing at him. Plus the toilet paper roll toss, where “gravity will provide the power”
Even just reading the phrase “gravity will provide the power” made me crack up laughing
And Munya quoting him later in the same episode was the cherry on top.
Dara's reaction to seeing that John had built a random sandcastle in the middle of the task for no apparent reason is one of my favourite ever TM moments.
John is the best ever! Nobody else takes 5 minutes to silently ponder before taking the most inexplicable, least-thought-through actions that anyone's ever made!
Can't wait for a sabotage task in TMMNII
Well, There's Rhod. But he had the decency to have a good-enough plan after its ponders.
hadn't realised Dara's entire head blushing with laughter and despair during the live task!
2:41 this once again reminds me that I'd really love to see a compilation of Alex breaking during Contestants' attempts
They could call it “Oops! All Parkinson”
Finally, this is the one contestant “Best of” I’ve been waiting for.
You could make a super cut of every single prize task with John and I’d watch it (even though I’ve DEFINITELY rewatched the prize task openings of s14 multiple times already)
I don't know what's funnier in the animal task, John forgetting what letter comes before M in the alphabet or him frantically yelling "B!" as he flops on the ground trying to mimic a crocodile.
"VEEEEEEE!"
i love how soft-spoken and gentle his voice is and then sometimes he'll just SCREAM an expletive hahahaha john is such a legend
His ulysses twist joke is one of the best under the radar jokes in the entire show!
Possibly my favorite contestant of all time. It's between him acaster and wozniak
add Bob Mortimer and Bridget Christie to this as well.
Edit: and Sam Campbell
I know John prefers to play off as the fool for laughs, but moments like 10:37 where you see glimpses of John’s more sinister side always crack me up. That bit when he laughs evilly into the camera and the task where he wanted to “maim someone” with a belt come to mind immediately 😂 That man may seem meek, but he has a rage deep down inside him
He puts that darkness on the top shelf, where he thinks he can’t reach it. But he goes there
@@PrestonDLuffyHe climbs his step-ladder of awareness.
@@Tao_Tologyaka the tv antennae he borrowed from Alex's caravan
@@PrestonDLuffy The route of his downfall......
22:50 This task has cemented to me that Fern is fucking insane. Just absolutely nuts. Dara is just so distraught about the insanity that comes out of her mouth.
Dara's reaction here left me gasping for air! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I never knew Fern before this, she's fantastic 😂
The worst part about watching John do the tasks is the sneaking suspicion that I would be even worse.
You mean like David Baddiel?
He seems so emotional when talking about his sailors hat.We love John!
„Which Aircraft - Crashes more - into Mountains?” Gosh, I love these three!
"Why are you buying ducks at the pharmacy" sounds a lot like "why are you shopping for clothes at the soup store"
I wonder if duck sales at pharmacists have gone up since John's time on TM...🤔
I think they must have.
Any time I have a look in they have none left.
Don't know what it says about me but if I was looking for a rubber duck I would go to a pharmacy too!
19:06 genuinely thought I couldn’t laugh more than at the pharmacy ducks, and then the live task that episode happened
i can't explain it but he and Judi Love are so similar in their approaches to tasks and then failing to talk themselves out of it
The compilation I've been waiting for 😂 John is just on a different wavelength from everyone and I love it
The modern day Pierrot himself
That business with the wind in the paint task is such a magnificent bit of tragic clownery
Dara at 8:51 The way he says IDIOT.. there's so much festered rage behind that😂
I would love to see a movie of John as some sort of Johnny English kind of secret agent. His mix of weird talent for the physical tasks and generally anxious demeanour would be a phenomenal thing to watch in that kind of scenario.
The way Alex says "pharmacy" at 19:00 gives me life
John Kearns is everything I never knew I always needed in my life.
Despite all the sabotage and wolf impressions and so on, the moment of John’s that’s stuck with me the most is him insisting, against all evidence, that he’s not bad at the duck and sock task
Alex was like a mob boss when he delivered the secret sabotage task
Hes fantastic, one of the best contestants ever.
Genuinely one of my favorite contestants of all time. John Kearns is a special breed.
genuinely my favourite ever contestant.
I was really unsure of John in the first episode but I was hooked by episode 2. I still think John and Munya need a buddy sitcom.
genuinely perhaps the funniest "oh!" of all time somehow, randomly, it just hits right
I loved this series' cast. All great in their own way.
This was the best series. Best cast, best a tasks.
But what about “I found a naughty satsuma, in my fantastic curry”?
The Veeeee!!! Brings me to tears every time
I feel like John must be the contestant Alex laughed at the most, it somehow makes things even funnier when Alex is giggling away in the background. Even better when he's in shot and clearly trying very hard not to break completely.
the video we’ve all been waiting for
Might be the best contestant ever on the show.
This cast was fantastic! What a treat this whole series was!
that sailor hat was used in the boat task in series 15, haha
STOHP EIHTTTT is one of my favorite bits ever. Truly my favorite season.
I love Dara's reaction in 19:58, it screams "why am I stuck with these two here" 😅
“Veeeeeeee!!!!”
I love the two seconds of Dara and Fern’s confusion before Alex plays the VT of John’s sabotage task 😂
What? No inclusion of the baggage cart-pushing task at Heathrow airport? Seeing John at the end of the task fearing that he had 'crossed the line' and would be disqualified (like Joe Wilkinson's potato hole-in-one in Series 2!) was the best moment from that episode for me!
He seems like a classic character from some lost season of Cheers. What a delight.
Omg I searched for "Taskmaster best of John Kearns" like two days ago, I feel like I manifested this lol
"I'm opening chickpeas..."
Fern: I think John should do that
Dara’s face said otherwise
Such a good series. The sabotage was a great touch.
The hat sandcastle knocks me dead every time
john if you ever read this, you have been my favorite contestant on this show ever
An absolute casserole of anxious chaos. Love it.
In a compilation of, "Most stressful tasks as a viewer," John's sabotage is number one. I'm stressed for John, I'm stressed for Dara and Fern, I don't know who the hell I'm cheering for, but I know it can only end in tragedy.
The sabotage task must be the hardest task ever since Dara en Fern must have have thought he was annoying as fuck for the whole season
At 22:30. You could probably argue that Munya and Sarah got the Overall and Dungarees the first round. The task was to make Greg say the word not leave it as an answer.
Greg is the taskmaster. His decisions are final. He said "it's either, just to tea it up..." so he kinda changed the rules halfway through just because he thought of 2 things and wanted to make it interesting.
That Live Team-Task about asking a question though... :D
Every task is like he's intentionally sabotaging it (like "genuine pleasure" while he's making painful noises) BUT I do think his crocodile and wolf were actually half decent 😢
Love greg's reaction to the wolf howl.
I just think John Kearns and Mike Wozniak would make the best team Taskmaster has ever seen. Soft spoken, brilliant bizarre magic
i expected the helicopter description to be in ferns best bits
"That was Fantastic! Can you lift my flap?"
Biggest regrets in the milk task is my favorite
John Kearns is definitely most underrated contestant
I was in stitches the whole time! I forgot how funny this season was
Which aircraft… crashes more… into mountains
The top hat sandcastle pops into my head at least 4 times a week
Saw him live and he was great! 😂
Just pissed my pants laughing watching John's defeated face after he failed at finding pleasure in the rubber chutes. 😂😂
the fact that john kearns went to my uni is objectively hilarious
Gotta love this man.
he has so many great moments
I was unsure on john but I got into his humour by the end of the series. By the end I loved him, and then returned to the beginning to rewatch the series to appreciate him from the beginning!
Absolute legend
Half of this compilation is just Dara being absolutely irritated with someone else. 😅
John Kearn’s ‘V’ still makes me HOWL with laughter.
Having even a moderate degree of athletic ability and watching him attempting physical tasks is like being in one of those dreams where you find you cannot run or jump or even move normally.
That season was really good.