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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
  • From series 7, James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, and Rhod Gilbert attempt to write the best song that can be performed in 30 seconds.
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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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  • @iamarprestar
    @iamarprestar 3 роки тому +1008

    "Is that a boulder... or is it a big rock?" may be the subtlest call back to a previous series.

    • @Dutchman4real
      @Dutchman4real 3 роки тому +8

      What would it call back too?

    • @SennaAugustus
      @SennaAugustus 3 роки тому +49

      @@Dutchman4real Maybe Series 1 when they had to move that boulder.

    • @Hanny0PL
      @Hanny0PL 3 роки тому +106

      @@Dutchman4real It's a quote from Frank Skinner in the "move the boulder the farthest" task

    • @albasmith5824
      @albasmith5824 3 роки тому +25

      Greg looks at James like a disappointed father😂

    • @jenelaina5665
      @jenelaina5665 3 роки тому +88

      It adds another level to James and Rhod's dynamic on this show when you realize James is legitimately a huge Taskmaster geek to slide that reference in 6 seasons later and Rhod didn't watch an episode before he filmed.
      Heh.

  • @zuzanasommerova3935
    @zuzanasommerova3935 3 роки тому +1005

    I think about James’ song more often than I probably should. So catchy though...

    • @CC-yx2rt
      @CC-yx2rt 3 роки тому +6

      Totally

    • @jamesonmoore1837
      @jamesonmoore1837 3 роки тому +57

      I mean, when did a musician last dare to engage with the real questions of boulders vs. rocks?

    • @thegamingbro123
      @thegamingbro123 3 роки тому +25

      OVER MY SHOULDERRRRR

    • @natnatluv
      @natnatluv 3 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @lukek5303
      @lukek5303 3 роки тому +13

      Definitely sounds like an acoustic song the misfits would make when goofing around in a session.

  • @michelle.mightbereading
    @michelle.mightbereading 3 роки тому +335

    imagine stumbling across this video without having seen taskmaster. “some silly pieces of music, that’s so fun...wait...why is that man on a leash?”

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Рік тому

      E‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

    • @sapereaude1661
      @sapereaude1661 Рік тому +7

      that's precisely what happened to me

  • @bagelbaker411
    @bagelbaker411 3 роки тому +422

    That grown man screaming "AYE, TOOTHLESS GOON!" in a little girl's voice is my sleep paralysis demon.

  • @MrR2TheZ
    @MrR2TheZ 3 роки тому +766

    This task really captured everyone's personality:
    James - Off the wall; Makes a subtle reference to a previous series
    Jess - Fun, whimsical, and childlike (as called out by Greg)
    Kerry - Frustrated until getting some wholesome encouragement
    Phil - Book smart; difficulty improvising
    Rhod - F*cking insanity

    • @tereasia
      @tereasia 3 роки тому +17

      Maaan, I wish they had this task in every series!

    • @itsokay7989
      @itsokay7989 3 роки тому +33

      What you call book smart, I call lazy as fuck lol. Phil was just lazy through most of the tasks tbh and never actually tried. In this case he merely told them to play a blues and played THE basic note on the trumpet along.

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Рік тому

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  • @amyheath6324
    @amyheath6324 3 роки тому +204

    “The Ballad of the Toothless Goon”
    By Rhod Gilbert
    Eastern Europe
    We join our toothless goon
    In an unassuming house on an unassuming street
    Where he sits by an unlit fire
    He snores
    Deeply
    Fast asleep despite his cold and stony hearth
    Wait
    What’s this a knock at the door
    And a little match girl
    Selling her wares
    She can’t get the toothless goon’s attention
    So deeply does he sleep
    She shakes her matches and bangs the door
    And in her desperation she decides to knock at the window and shout
    Ay! toothless goon!
    Hello! toothless goon!
    Despite her shouts of toothless goon
    The goon sleeps so deeply
    Our little match girl decides to come around the back of the house and put the window through
    But still our goon he sleeps
    Deeply and loudly
    He dreams of teeth in days gone by and a lit hearth
    Our little match girl approaches with her matches
    And rests her hand upon his slumbering shoulder
    Whereupon our goon wakes up with as startle
    Agh!
    Whizzes round and shoots her shitting face off

    • @georgegeorges9652
      @georgegeorges9652 2 роки тому +3

      What style of music is this?

    • @SapkaliAkif
      @SapkaliAkif 2 роки тому +10

      @@georgegeorges9652 Closest I can think of is Ballad.

    • @SapkaliAkif
      @SapkaliAkif 2 роки тому +3

      @@georgegeorges9652 oh it is named a ballad as well :D

    • @mrbenoit5018
      @mrbenoit5018 2 роки тому +11

      @@georgegeorges9652 avant-garde folk

    • @lendmesomesugar97
      @lendmesomesugar97 2 роки тому

      What a lyricist!

  • @MrShenhai
    @MrShenhai 3 роки тому +475

    I study medieval literature at uni and after watching this task, I really want Rhod to perform a dramatic reading of Beowulf in one of my Old English classes.

  • @ericsarchive7718
    @ericsarchive7718 3 роки тому +389

    They are all catchy in their own ways, but let's admit it, not a Tree Wizard among them.

    • @MJones-xk8zu
      @MJones-xk8zu 3 роки тому +60

      The band kept doing cool stuff. The contestants tried their best. But it’s never good enough.
      Hey, look at that boulder.

    • @brucegrossman3531
      @brucegrossman3531 3 роки тому +21

      Tree Wizard is an anthem for our generation.

    • @NoisqueVoaProduction
      @NoisqueVoaProduction 3 роки тому +3

      Also it is not a Ted Hudson rap/anthem (Mayor episode)

  • @hollyludvigsen6763
    @hollyludvigsen6763 3 роки тому +339

    The fact that James didn’t earn 5 points here is just upsetting, his song was amazing

    • @TheCheesyNachos
      @TheCheesyNachos 3 роки тому +57

      James made a nice quirky song (a good one to be fair), but Jess' song was an actual masterpiece, could be an opening piece of a movie if it was extended a bit more.

    • @Italsik
      @Italsik 3 роки тому +14

      @@TheCheesyNachos but of all of them you can't deny everyone remember James' the most. Like I can still sing the lyrics even until now randomly 🙈

    • @lenochod6
      @lenochod6 Рік тому +5

      I mean it was awesome but Jess was so much better. But that does not mean James was not amazing.

  • @gracewilson6179
    @gracewilson6179 3 роки тому +69

    god they really keep putting James in the thumbnail and we keep falling for it

  • @sth5033
    @sth5033 3 роки тому +81

    i'm laughing so hard at how alex breaks character at "or is it a big rock?" 7:38

  • @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945
    @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 3 роки тому +73

    I’m glad they started including the scoring in these! bullshit that Rhod’s scored the same as James’s though.

    • @ladydreadpirate336
      @ladydreadpirate336 3 роки тому +26

      It's like Whose Line Is It Anyway, the points are arbitrary. I think it's so they can spread out the wins leading to the finale.

  • @jwrs6292
    @jwrs6292 3 роки тому +121

    One of my favorite tasks ever. Jess' song and Alex's dance to it are legendary.

  • @superwhiterice8640
    @superwhiterice8640 3 роки тому +63

    Since I first watched this in 2018, James' was the only one that I remembered. So who really won the task?

    • @Italsik
      @Italsik 3 роки тому

      I think it was Jess from the comments

  • @EvlNabiki
    @EvlNabiki 3 роки тому +64

    Greg maniacally juggling the reins as Alex dances is killing me 😭😭😭

  • @NewGalaktos
    @NewGalaktos 2 роки тому +17

    At 8:33 you can see the resigned look on Alex’ face as he realizes who “someone to perform a lovely dance to it” refers to ^^

  • @Sam-lr9oi
    @Sam-lr9oi 3 роки тому +42

    I guess it's been long enough that I'm gonna watch series 7 again. Lee Mack's weather task vaguely reminded me of Rhod's little matchgirl song

    • @lauriefromks7263
      @lauriefromks7263 3 роки тому +6

      Lee Mack was robbed in that task. Fog was the only different weather and deserved at least 3 points.

  • @thefinalfrontear
    @thefinalfrontear 3 роки тому +20

    the things that absolutely kill me that i’ve only noticed on subsequent watchings:
    -james is playing drum on a banjo
    -the child lead greg has for alex

  • @gwen8982
    @gwen8982 3 роки тому +80

    I wish James would do a full version of his song

    • @parklloyd6690
      @parklloyd6690 3 роки тому +12

      I’m picturing Lloyd, wearing a dress, jumping out onto the stage, and screaming the lyrics.

  • @Drewbydrew
    @Drewbydrew 2 роки тому +13

    Jess’ song sounds like a Maritime Canada folk tune
    Rhod’s sounds like… well I don’t know but I loved it

  • @doctormixup5388
    @doctormixup5388 3 роки тому +37

    I love you little Alex Horne for creating this show, it is glorious.

  • @dirk9787
    @dirk9787 3 роки тому +33

    I love James' song and I have to admit I sing it from time to time.

    • @sonablom
      @sonablom 3 роки тому +3

      As I get older it becomes more and more meaningful to me

  • @simonandersson5117
    @simonandersson5117 3 роки тому +37

    Why did Kerry's tune sound like absolutely anything we'd hear here is Sweden on midsummer?
    Breathtaking! Bravo! *Tear run down cheek*

    • @jamesbutler6253
      @jamesbutler6253 3 роки тому +2

      It sounded very English to me. But will we be allowed to have midsommar gatherings this year? If so, I will probably go to Alsters Herrgård again, as I do most years. 🙂🇸🇪🇮🇪

    • @simonandersson5117
      @simonandersson5117 3 роки тому +2

      @@jamesbutler6253 I'm not all that well travelled in English folk music. 😁 But I did get a feeling of the game Unravel from Kerry's tune. (And clips of Swedish celebrations, of course)
      I hope you'll get the chance to have some snaps and herring in Värmland again this year. I have no idea who will be allowed where so just go for it. 😊💪☀️

    • @BoarhideGaming
      @BoarhideGaming 2 роки тому

      Absolutely agree, had the innocent, playful vibe of Nordic midsummar songs or something like that

  • @stargate525
    @stargate525 3 роки тому +19

    Finally The Ballad of the Toothless Goon is on youtube

  • @blackwiza24
    @blackwiza24 3 роки тому +63

    Rhod is a genius.

  • @sophiusdynami3401
    @sophiusdynami3401 3 роки тому +22

    James was the best song

    • @lauriefromks7263
      @lauriefromks7263 3 роки тому +5

      But hard to dance to. And that's all Jess and I ever wanted - was for the people to dance! (Sometimes even off the stage...)

    • @sophiusdynami3401
      @sophiusdynami3401 3 роки тому

      @@lauriefromks7263 hahahaha to winn both the tasks 🤣

    • @Italsik
      @Italsik 3 роки тому +1

      @@lauriefromks7263 but a song isn't made only to dance... Beside it was quite catchy to dance like generic pop songs.

  • @josemaria8177
    @josemaria8177 3 роки тому +38

    Clump Stump is a better punk band than Green Day

  • @jeremysmith9088
    @jeremysmith9088 3 роки тому +32

    Match stick girl was the freaking best!!!

  • @andracatheduckking257
    @andracatheduckking257 3 роки тому +13

    i playyyyed the trumpet....in that clip.

  • @ann1ka_
    @ann1ka_ 3 роки тому +11

    i dont know why but "here i am - im a violin" made me laugh

  • @rold-hx8bu
    @rold-hx8bu 3 роки тому +27

    That dance was beautifully improvised

  • @Wazeer10
    @Wazeer10 3 роки тому +32

    7:50 Jess's music is the best piece of the lot.

  • @alexandrakopko
    @alexandrakopko 11 місяців тому +2

    If you know the actual story of The Little Match Girl, this is... surreal lol

  • @JoffJk
    @JoffJk 3 роки тому +10

    I just saw the thumbnail and immediately started sing over me shoulder ...

  • @ChickenGeorgeClooney
    @ChickenGeorgeClooney 3 роки тому +62

    "I don't think I'm doing anything with this anyway"
    "I like it"
    "You're right. It's my band anyway."
    A summary of Alex and The Horne Section's relationship

    • @gwen8982
      @gwen8982 3 роки тому +9

      I also like the "I quite fancy him" after that scene in the studio

  • @afluka
    @afluka Рік тому +5

    I do agree Jessica's piece deserved first place, but it's only Rhod's ballad that keeps me coming back to listen again.

  • @hegmonster
    @hegmonster 2 роки тому +4

    I like to imagine myself in these challenges, but all I can think to say to these musicians is:
    "I am arytmic and tone deaf and with any luck, this is the worst day of the rest of your lives."

  • @Sunset553
    @Sunset553 3 роки тому +11

    I’m guessing the composers are much better paid than the actual musicians?

  • @rossplendent
    @rossplendent 3 роки тому +6

    Here I am - I'm a Violin sounds like a wholesome melding of Celtic and American Southeast music.

  • @belg4mit
    @belg4mit 3 роки тому +12

    James was robbed

  • @altblankn1448
    @altblankn1448 3 роки тому +29

    OMG THEY FINALLY UPLOADED IT I KEPT LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR LITERAL MONTHS

    • @dcr645
      @dcr645 3 роки тому +1

      Great!

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle 2 роки тому +6

    Jessica's song keeps unironically getting stuck in my head.

  • @taralown7023
    @taralown7023 Рік тому +2

    "shoots her sh$%ing face off", I peed my pants. Funniest crap Ive heard in forever

  • @Tou24601
    @Tou24601 3 роки тому +4

    Did you post this just because of the Eurovision semi-final last night?

  • @angeladunnangiedraws
    @angeladunnangiedraws 11 місяців тому +2

    Hands down THE BEST TASK if ONLY for Jessica's song! Holy shit I love it so much! They're all so damn good!

  • @izworth9123
    @izworth9123 2 роки тому +2

    Rhod giving off heavy Tom Waits vibes

  • @RichManSCTV0
    @RichManSCTV0 2 роки тому +3

    That poem escalated

  • @Tessunia
    @Tessunia 3 роки тому +4

    But is it a Boulder or a big rock?

  • @AceJoker72
    @AceJoker72 Рік тому +1

    I woke up with James song stuck in my head and I'm on a completely different season at this point.

  • @Daplin1
    @Daplin1 3 роки тому +5

    PROUD! Proud? Proud or ashamed?!?

  • @flourchylde
    @flourchylde 3 роки тому +3

    Love Jessica. She also has the longest neck I have ever seen on a human.

  • @SoNextJenn
    @SoNextJenn 3 роки тому +7

    Masktaster

  • @charlesmartiniii1405
    @charlesmartiniii1405 Рік тому +1

    Surprised at the amount of music theory everyone knew. Guess Europe has better music educarion

    • @charlesmartiniii1405
      @charlesmartiniii1405 Рік тому

      Also Greg tryna hate on 12 bar. Add some 2 5 turnarounds and extensions and a 12 bar can be timeless

  • @Tepalus
    @Tepalus 3 роки тому +3

    02:11 The Shire but 1 note off...

  • @smuukipuuki
    @smuukipuuki 2 роки тому +1

    Isn't Jessica's song veryy similar to 'Mr Fox's Promenade' by Alexandre Desplat?

  • @SoumyajitSarkar
    @SoumyajitSarkar 3 роки тому +9

    It's not here but I think Nish Kumar's one was the best song

  • @bewitched975
    @bewitched975 Рік тому +1

    'Over my shoulder' still holds up, I legit sing it at random

  • @mulatso7959
    @mulatso7959 3 роки тому +5

    The Knappett

  • @Tess791
    @Tess791 3 роки тому +4

    Yes! Finally my favorite videoooo

  • @wegotdawsonhere1659
    @wegotdawsonhere1659 3 роки тому +3

    The muscians looook soooo saaad
    I love it

  • @Adrian-xb5fq
    @Adrian-xb5fq 2 роки тому +10

    Rhod's was absolutely flipping brilliant. Understand why Jess won, but in my heart, Rhod is the deserved winner. Especially since he introduced me to the term "match girl."

  • @joepritchard1393
    @joepritchard1393 6 місяців тому

    Highly recommend watching this task at 2x speed, thank me later…

  • @msai257
    @msai257 3 роки тому +2

    I can't parse what James says at 0:32 for the life of me. "Ah yes, fly into my hut see ya mate fuck you"? That makes no sense :'D

    • @markbank9959
      @markbank9959 3 роки тому

      Pretty sure it's "Fly into my hands here, mate, fuck you."

    • @-Fionaa-
      @-Fionaa- 2 роки тому +2

      “Playing into my hands here mate, fuck you” :)

  • @anianikka
    @anianikka 7 місяців тому

    i only just now realised that Jess was pregnant during tasks

  • @AarOnCoasters
    @AarOnCoasters 3 роки тому +1

    Series 7 was the unofficial Champion of Champions.

  • @elviratornay2070
    @elviratornay2070 3 роки тому +2

    6:27, you're welcome

  • @thedrizzle5411
    @thedrizzle5411 9 місяців тому

    Acaster's song was amazing, my only regret is that Lloyd from Pindrop couldn't get involved

  • @blackcat-mp7kh
    @blackcat-mp7kh Місяць тому

    No way jessica won this.

  • @anitasarkeesian3658
    @anitasarkeesian3658 2 роки тому +5

    Jess is a goddess

  • @annaolson4828
    @annaolson4828 Рік тому

    This is my favorite task, and was from the first time I saw it. I definitely still reference Toothless Goon on a semi-regular basis.

  • @TheFacrecords
    @TheFacrecords 2 роки тому

    If you don’t think this is the most amazing sequence on TM, than you should be in jail. Indefinitely.

  • @pavelmalikov5321
    @pavelmalikov5321 2 роки тому

    Seems like Rhod reimagined Horses by Patti Smith

  • @Matatabi6
    @Matatabi6 Рік тому

    Why does the guy in Rhos song have the guitar

  • @saumya9173
    @saumya9173 3 роки тому

    there is something deeply wrong with the thumbnail of this video

  • @darklingdarkengar705
    @darklingdarkengar705 3 роки тому

    One of those musicians looks like that jazz maverick - Howard Moon xD

  • @taurnilx
    @taurnilx Рік тому

    Rhod should have been disqualified

  • @Efrumful
    @Efrumful 2 роки тому

    Isn't Jessica's song more of a Reel than a Jig?

  • @footbroke
    @footbroke 3 роки тому

    Shoulda just asked if they knew how to play Freebird.

  • @SensationalBanana
    @SensationalBanana 2 роки тому

    Lmao, Jessica's tune is SO HER!!

  • @a_commenter
    @a_commenter 3 роки тому +24

    Rhod should've won that one

    • @ShinyHubCaps
      @ShinyHubCaps 3 роки тому +7

      Nah, sometimes breaking the rules gets you disqualified. The task said 30 seconds.

  • @bcjohnd101
    @bcjohnd101 Рік тому

    "Deh Masteh Clahss"

  • @duvan-solis
    @duvan-solis 3 роки тому

    Having a great time any time, well it makes me feel great any time...(weird)

  • @mikewazowksi7938
    @mikewazowksi7938 Рік тому

    i like rhod’s

  • @Joseph_Tackett
    @Joseph_Tackett 2 роки тому

    Man, this is hilarious

  • @wegotdawsonhere1659
    @wegotdawsonhere1659 3 роки тому

    Oml

  • @isabellaearnhardt6380
    @isabellaearnhardt6380 3 роки тому

    💗

  • @theoneandonlydrowlf819
    @theoneandonlydrowlf819 3 роки тому

    Wow 🤣

  • @UltraDumbass1782
    @UltraDumbass1782 Рік тому +7

    I think Rhod’s was the best, because it was more detailed than the rest, and it was really cool and gave a story. Next was James, obviously. James’ was just a masterpiece.

  • @Italsik
    @Italsik 3 роки тому +1

    OVER ME SHOULDER

  • @iamironclaw
    @iamironclaw 3 роки тому

    o/

  • @J_ST
    @J_ST 3 роки тому

    Hi

  • @codeman4301
    @codeman4301 3 роки тому

    But overall great show I love it

  • @masterboby1
    @masterboby1 3 роки тому +8

    Truth off my chest: Phil ruined this season for me, and this clip proves it even more in my eyes. His song was the weakest and lamest and you then see him get angry when he gets last place. 😒 You can't play the loser guy and then be mad when you lose

    • @greyep3145
      @greyep3145 2 роки тому +14

      Seems pretty clearly like mock upset to me

  • @codeman4301
    @codeman4301 3 роки тому +1

    The task where y'all make them do music usually is the worst ones y'all should stop asking to do that it's a great show and I love it it makes me laugh but the tasks where they have to usually make music or just dumb usually don't end up watching them

    • @Italsik
      @Italsik 3 роки тому +20

      It's all personal preference you may hate it but some like it too. If you don't like watch it then just skip

    • @grandmastersenseichosenone2742
      @grandmastersenseichosenone2742 3 роки тому +16

      I can assure you, you're in the minority on this.

  • @chrism82793
    @chrism82793 Рік тому

    For being a little scattered at times it seems, Jessica's song was beautiful