I don't know how much the budget for this show is, but I'm always impressed when a new series starts to see how much they expand their sets and decorate the Taskmaster House and find new locations to film at. The cinematography is also strangely beautiful at moments, even if what they're capturing is just 5 people losing their minds
The quality of filming and editing astonishes me, really. For some it's easy to overlook, but the thought that has been put into these is absolutely amazing.
At first I missed some of the earlier locations but now I like that it's different for each season. Although, it would be nice to revisit a few places after time has passed.
John's attempt was an eye opener... The initial dejection once it was immediately evident that gravity would provide the power but not the accuracy, the near-euphoria as the paper airplane contacted the rim, and the downward spiral that ensued perfectly encapsulated the struggle that is life. This show truly is a metaphor for the human condition.
Considering the only rules for this task was "most rolls in the toilet wins" and "you may not move from this spot", I'm amazed nobody thought to simply ask Alex to go down and throw the rolls back up
I think it is down to how you understands it. I understands it as "You need to say on this point, *while* you taking your throws" Meaning, I would just take the spot, and depending on the time, some rolls with me to place at the toiliet and throw
@@hooobbit6776 I would say it depends on how we understand the written task. It is the same kind of thing like with the yoga balls on the hill, that was on Taskmaster too. It is the same kind of way on how we understand the task. I already said how I would understand it
@@Danspy501st The task said Do not move from the circle at any time. Meaning anytime during the challenge you can not leave the circle. How else are you understanding that? If they had said you must make the throw from the circle. You would be correct and the could move the spot but part of the task is you have to stay on the circle at all times.
@@hooobbit6776 Sorry, but I still understand it differently. "Land loo roll in the loo. You must stay on the spot at all times. Most loo rolls in the loo wins. You have 15 minutes, your time starts now" It is exact the same kind of wording as for the one with the yoga balls mat thing that was on Taskmaster before. "Place those 3 exercise balls on the yoga mat on the top of that hill. ... " That sentence can be understood as you need to take the balls up the hill to be on the yoga mat. Which most but one of the contestants does in that task. However, it could also be understood as saying that the yoga mat is on the top of that hill. Aka, you dont need to take all 3 balls up the hill, they just need to be on the yoga mat. Which the 5th constestant does as to run up the hill to grab the mat and taking it down to the balls. I understand this sentence with the loo rolls in the same way. You can stay on the spot at all times, or you need to stay on the spot while throwing the loo roles. The sentence is sadly up for interpretation. You can argue that *you must* stand on the spot *at all times* or you can aruge that *you need* to stay on the spot *while doing the throws* In fact, the sentence should had more words in as to tell you as the reader what not to do. Simply, you cant not move from the spot after the task starts can be enough to have a simplier or better understanding the rules of the task.
I was already in love with the Scottish accent in general more than any other in the world, and you add in that whole raspy quality that Fern's voice has, that woman can read me the goddamn phonebook all night long lol
I work at Gatwick and witnessed some of the filming, for those of you saying they hired it out to put a loo there… there was a lot more tasks being filmed and the toilet was left there for weeks, was quite confusing until I saw the tm spot on the top floor
Very pleased that this task has been released so soon after the episode aired. The way John eloquently described his plane while the clock was ticking is so funny
Alex would have said no because that's not the task or even in the spirit of it. If he takes all the loo rolls down and puts them in the toilet for you, then Alex did the task, not the contestant. You MIGHT have gotten him to catch them and put them in there as you are then having to participate in the task somewhat- but as no one did, I imagine he must have said no. Because there's no way not a one of them didn't think of that.
Rules said you must stay on the spot, but it didn't say the spot must stay where it was. I'm disappointed no contestant thought to try and move the spot downstairs to just put it all in.
Heck, there was a spot underneath the toilet. If I heard Sarah read the task correctly, it said, "THE spot," not "THIS spot." In theory, they could've taken all the loo rolls downstairs before their first attempt and just dropped them in, as long as their feet were on the lower spot the whole time...
@@SteveOnotskyexcept they’d need to leave the spot to get there. They probably wouldn’t allow them to shuffle their way down the stairs (for safety reasons) and even if they did, it could’ve taken them most of their time.
The spot was a sticker on the floor because it stayed there between contestants who were filmed weeks apart. So it couldn't actually be moved. The toilet stayed there too, in the middle of he floor as well, lmao.
My idea was to unroll the paper, make a ball with one end and just throw that end of the roll. If you miss, you can pull the paper back up and try again
That a bit of an gamble if Alex will go for it. Sometimes even if the rules says no help, it's still on Alex how much he decides to give leeway if at all when suggestes him or the crew to do something. Worth a try
I was hoping someone would use some of the TP to make a rope for another roll. Lower it down, pendulum it back and forth until it's over the toilet and drop it in. If you miss, reel it part way in and try again. Repeat for half a dozen rolls.
I did not interpret "the most loo roll in the loo wins" as the most sheets. But I guess it makes sense. I initially thought if you roll up a small amount of paper it would count as a "roll". That way you could argue you got a lot more rolls in than you got initially. Also how did no one unroll a roll and try to swing it in?
I’m actually currently watching this from Gatwick, at the spot they were standing. The toilet location is pretty damn far off to the side. I don’t think a swinging roll would ever make it.
i like this new “look” (more of a cinematic look, the choice of colors, the editing, the music etc etc) comparing to previous seasons this looks like even more work’s been put into putting the show together.
Well this is the first series filmed after the deal to show Taskmaster in the US so they are likely trying to look a bit sleeker for US audiences who are more used to flashier sets.
@@SidShakal That’s because it’s the Pre-Watershed Master (see 8:35). Also, some of us don’t like swearing, so prefer these bleeped versions. Don’t call us lame!
@@DrWhoFanJ Sorry, I'm not calling you lame! 😅 I've enjoyed the occasional bit of swearing in the Taskmaster videos I've seen, and it just struck me as strange that they censored it now. I might not even have given much thought to it if they'd just bleeped it the same way it's usually done. I think the visual stamp of the Taskmaster seal over Greg's mouth and the unusual "ding!" sound made me take note of it. Not very subtle, lol I don't understand what you said about it being the Pre-Watershed Master, and I don't know what I was supposed to note at 8:35. Could you elaborate?
@@SidShakal Yeah, they’ve fixed that error from the original version. They previously included the pause for the ad break, and the title card the channel controller would use to time in the next section of the show. It showed that this was from the “Pre-Watershed Master”, the edit of the programme made for broadcast before 21:00 (known in the UK as “the watershed”, the point after which swearing and adult content becomes allowable on television).
Ask Alex to lift the seat. The seat usually removes a few centimeters of diameter from the lip of the toilet. Bigger target and the lip is usually slightly slanted inside for a better odds of bouncing in.
Ask Alex to get the rolls back so you get more than just 10 chances If you go as fast as Fern, if you get 1 in every two minutes, you could get about 6-7 in
I feel there were quite a lot of options: -getting Alex to throw them back up -getting Alex to carry you down while you held the mat -shuffling the mat down to beside the toilet -getting Alex to carry the toilet up to you
@@Yue_Jin they started on a spot, and could not leave that spot. Any interaction with something out of arms reach, or movement was impossible. The only thing they could have done is to interact with members of the cast and crew.
This is such an amazing set of contestants. Isnt that the bloke who was Unknown P, the brittish rapper? Then of course Dara and Sara are great and Fern is a great rising comedienne. Love her accent. Her "Oh no" should be the noise a phone makes when you miss call.
@@candiddraconian3676 Comedienne denotes a female comedian but most people just say comedian now, it's a bit of dated language from the days when women's jobs had to have -ette or -ess on the end so as not to offend disgruntled men.
Indeed, I think we got a glimpse into the post-production editing process, as it looks like Evolutions didn't edit out all of the "pre-watershed master"😀
I find it funny that no one thought to ask alex to just, walk down and raise the seat on it, so many rolls bounced out and away cause they hit the seat
Maybe they asked and were told no on the raising of the seat, fetching the rolls and moving the toilet. I imagine the toilet is because it's hard to move a toilet. They left the toilet and the spots there for weeks between contestants, so it may have been about fairness in distance on that one.
Fern saying “Oh no” after every throw was very funny. I loved her and Dara, It was a very good task. I must admit whilst series 10, 11 and 12 were the best series by a long way, I did enjoy this episode.
They should have a task where it's create a scavenger hunt, most difficult wins thinking Alex will do it only for them to each get each other's and have to complete the scavenger hunt, fastest wins
it’s kinda similar to the task in season 9 with the hide the aubergines around the room, but they didn’t get other people to find them, it was just alex. also kinda similar to the task in season 2 where 4 of them had to write tasks and got one of the other competitors to complete all of them
@@yourmum69_420 @yourmum26 The average toilet roll is ~900" (76ft) long, the average height per floor of a building is ~14ft. They could've easily made the distance from the 2nd floor they were on with almost 60ft of roll to spare. Even if the floors of the airport were DOUBLE the height of normal building floors they could've made it (with over 30ft to spare).
@@yourmum69_420 @yourmum26 @yourmum26 can you provide a timestamp for when this happened? During John Kerns attempt around 9:47 he throws a length of unrolled paper and during it's fall you can clearly see could easily span over a quarter of the distance, while still being tangled in multiple places. This length was not a full roll nor was the center cardboard tube attached so it's fairly safe to assume even if these weren't full length rolls, they could still reach.
That's because the spot actually couldn't move. It wasn't a mat or paper they put down - it's a sticker of some type left for weeks between filming (as was the toilet and it's spot).
Taskmaster is, hands down, my favorite show, and I was so excited to see Fern Brady, she's been a favorite comedian of mine for years and I am so happy to see her career exploding lately.
I kept wondering if the spot you were supposed to be constantly on, could be slid across the floor and down the stairs with one foot? Like pushing a small rug along your floor with one foot. If one of your two feet never stopped touching the spot you could still be considered "on it". You take most of the 15 minutes just shuffling down to the toilet and then easily place the loo rolls in.
I grew up in the 70s (in America), and we always had pastel colored toilet paper, sometimes in floral prints. That hasn't been around for decades now, seeing all this brightly colored toilet paper really makes me want the colors again 😂
I think Dara was onto something with the fishing wire idea - assuming you didn't have any kind of string on you and couldn't have anyone give you some, IMO the strategy was to tie the end of one loo roll around another entire roll, and then dangle it into the toilet bowl. Then break off that length of toilet roll, and do it again.
No one moved the spot because one, that would take too long within the timeframe to do so and get downstairs while you are standing on it, as it's a rather small spot, AND both the toilet and the spot upstairs were left there for weeks between the contestants being shot - so the spot upstairs and the one under the toilet were actually stickers on the floor, not just mats or movable spots we've seen in other tasks.
They're a very patriotic bunch this series. Dara has the Irish flag on his tracksuit, and then of course you have Munya and his Zimbabwe related schtick
Best strategy: take 2-3 rolls and twist the toilet paper into a long thick rope. Attach one end to a couple of rolls. (May need to do some testing to see how strong rope is. Throw that end towards the toilet until it enters the bowl. Keep hold of other end of rope. Use the rope as a zipline for the remaining rolls by threading the tubes down the rope to guide it into the bowl.
My idea on how to do this: Unravel the toilet paper and toss down the cardboard roll, if it misses pull the roll back up and try again, maybe tie the toilet paper off at some point though so you don't have to unravel and reravel the entire thing. If the toilet paper isn't strong enough pull off a piece and twist or braid it into a rope that you can tie through the middle. You have 15 minutes and now as many chances as you like.
There's 2 spots, one where they all stood and one underneath the toilet. Russell probably would have just thrown them all in successfully somehow though lmao.
Never have I ever threw toilet rolls in the toilet by accident. Until today. I watched this episode a couple days back. It's like I'm getting ideas of this show what not to do and then do it! 😂😂🙈 And it was bot even in my own home. 😅
knowing alex, i feel like that distance was probably just close enough to allow for someone to fashion a rope of around four rolls would together, which one could then use as a zipline for the remaining rolls for a maximum score. REALLY knowing alex though, it is probably just out of reach for this, and would result in a lower score than just wildly throwing them.
They could just make two ropes then tie them together to make a longer rope. I doubt it'd be possible to make ziplines a worse option that wildly throwing, even with 10 rolls of paper turned to rope you still have 2 rolls to zipline, which is already better than everyone else
@@gnack420 in my head, i don't see why you couldn't wind a few strands of roll together to strengthen it into a decent rope, then maybe leave the carboard on the ends of that rope as a slight weight. you slowly descend the rope and swing the end into the toilet, thus securing the other end (hopefully lol). then you can slide remaining rolls down the zipline, all without leaving the spot. would probably not work, but it's the first thing that came to mind. surely there are several solutions possible.
@@gnack420 By zipline he means a rope with one end attached to the toilet, by attached he means thrown in with a weight, by weight he means a toilet roll. By rope I mean something you can ask Alex to provide or make with what comprises 90% of their resources, toilet paper. Make a rope with toilet paper, tie it to a toilet roll, toss the toilet roll in and pull it back if it misses so you can toss it again, then once it gets in put your end of the rope through the hole in every toilet roll, then release the rolls. Gravity and rope combine to send them directly into the toilet, and you can just keep doing this for all 11 toilet rolls. In the end you lose the toilet paper you used to make the rope, but get 11 toilet rolls for free.
the best strategy is to unroll a whole roll, tear a hole in the cardboard roll, tie the paper around it, fish it down til it gets in the toilet, then twist the sheets so it’s a rope. Then you just slide all the other rolls down
unroll it to the end and swing the cardboard into the bowl by holding the end with the paper (stuff some into the roll to add weight). once one end is in spin the paper to make a rope and then loop the rope through the other rolls and slide them down and in.
Not watched the task yet, but my thoughts are: Does not say what spot. Does not say you cannot ask Alex to put them in. Does not say you cant ask someone to bring them back to you after an attempt. Does not say you cant move the spot.
I got the funniest feeling just even by the end of the prize task in episode 1 that Sarah Millican was going to win the whole series (even though she didn't even win that)
It bodes very very badly for Kearns that he wasted most of his time folding the paper into a form... that is much harder to aim. I think Nish may have been onto something on the podcast when he said that Kearns "has a whiff of the Kumar" on him!
I did a tweet predicting the postitions on June 24th which i believe is the same week we got the cast reveal. Jack Bernhardt quote-tweeted and commented on saying "At first glance I think you're REALLY underestimating John Kearns, and forgetting how much Greg hates young people (Munya is 29)". My predictions were 5 John Kearns 4 Dara Ó Brian 3 Fern Brady 2 Munya 1 Sarah Alternatively 5 John 4 Munya 3 Dara 2 Fern 1 Sarah Looking at it the day after episode 1 came out, I'm very excited to see what will happen.
Calling my attempt only a minute and a half in- 1. Unroll one roll. 2. Make rope. 3. Tie rope to full loo roll. 4. Use rope to 'fish' for the toilet. 5. Slide remaining rolls down rope. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as-needed.
I might suggest that, if you're trying to get a bog roll into a toilet from distance, that "Steph Curry!", "Trey Young!", or "Dame Liilard!" might be a better shout out than King James...
I totally got where he was coming from, as an old basketball fan and terrible player. It used to be shouting "Jordan!" and has changed to whoever the biggest star is since then (and I'm sure it was someone before Jordan, but I'm just dating myself there)
Stack all the rolls within reach to your left then keep your eyes and right arm aimed at the target at all times using your left arm to "reload", should give you the best chance of hitting.
Except they read the task from the spot and then they couldn't leave it. They'd need to step off it to move it downstairs. My only possible solution was to have a catcher from the crew next to the loo. The roll had to land in it, the task doesn't say it needed to be directly thrown in.
My first thought would be to unroll it a ways and wrap it back through the roll. Slowly lower the roll so the paper stays intact, and swing it over the bowl and drop.
I would have unrolled the 1st roll and made it just long enough to reach the lower level. Then swing it back and forth to get it in the loo. Then, you can use that paper as a track to slide the other rolls into the loo.
Would it go against the rules to unravel the roll, throw the roll down with the toilet paper still attached in order to reel it back for another toss with the same roll? At least until it snaps off. Only the roll has to make it, doesn’t say it has to still have toilet paper on it right?
Without watching the task, just from the intro; Twist one roll into toilet paper rope (idea from Mythbusters doing toilet paper rope in a prison myth), then tie that through one roll. Toss that roll again and again until either the rope breaks or I get it in the bowl, then I'm sending the rest down the rope. If the rope breaks, make a new rope. Now let's see if anybody tries this.
I think a god work around would be to ask Alex to stand besides the seat and quickly toss back the roll . once the pressure of finite rolls is gone ..a rapid repettion of shots can secure more points
I would have just chucked them all down, grabbed the spot and hopped with it down the stairs and put them all in. Can’t leave the spot? Fine, then take it with you 😂
I just discovered her right around last Christmas, and it was like I was hit with a bolt of lightning. hell most of the official Fern Brady-related gifs in the twitter library for all users to click on now are made by me lol (same with Rose Matafeo, after having a similar shock a couple years back) it was from short clips from the docuseries "British As Folk" that I first found her on here, and loved the series so much I made a special 2.5 hr edit from the 6 episodes that was only stuff that included her, by herself or with the other two comics
The main thing about this task is that I felt a great amount of anxiety that one of them would slip and fall over the railing at any time. It was hard to focus on the actual task. I will say if I were doing the task I would experiment with holding onto part of the toilet paper roll so that I could put it up if I missed and if I made it then I could somehow construct I chute to guide the other rolls into the toilet. Considering the structure of the rolls, I doubt this would work but it's an idea at least.
3:41 Oh I think I had an idea on how to do this. Now it does kinda hinge upon getting a roll into the loo first, but. . . if you unravel it a bit first and then try to land the roll in. If you can and you got a stretch of TP right into the toilet, you can just thread the other rolls right on in! But depends on how strong the paper is and if you can actually get a roll in to make it work.
Couldn't they have asked for scissors and tape and just cut the spot into two and taped it to their shoe soles and just walked down and put rolls in the loo? The rule just said they must remain on the spot at all times.
Oh that's a very clever one, they could even ask for a knife or anything sharp if there wasn't scissors and used the toilet rolls to tie them to their feet. Probably better than every other solution in the comments, mine included.
I don't know how much the budget for this show is, but I'm always impressed when a new series starts to see how much they expand their sets and decorate the Taskmaster House and find new locations to film at. The cinematography is also strangely beautiful at moments, even if what they're capturing is just 5 people losing their minds
I know, right?
This time, they built an entire *airport* inside of the house!
The show is probably taking up half of Britain's GDP at this point.
Not to mention, that was some grade A toilet papier.
The quality of filming and editing astonishes me, really. For some it's easy to overlook, but the thought that has been put into these is absolutely amazing.
At first I missed some of the earlier locations but now I like that it's different for each season. Although, it would be nice to revisit a few places after time has passed.
John's attempt was an eye opener... The initial dejection once it was immediately evident that gravity would provide the power but not the accuracy, the near-euphoria as the paper airplane contacted the rim, and the downward spiral that ensued perfectly encapsulated the struggle that is life.
This show truly is a metaphor for the human condition.
i know right? and also the -> SH is to live here!
and the struggle to get out the SH?!!
amazing! :')
F!!! SH!!!
Considering the only rules for this task was "most rolls in the toilet wins" and "you may not move from this spot", I'm amazed nobody thought to simply ask Alex to go down and throw the rolls back up
I think it is down to how you understands it. I understands it as "You need to say on this point, *while* you taking your throws" Meaning, I would just take the spot, and depending on the time, some rolls with me to place at the toiliet and throw
@@Danspy501st the task was you must stay on the spot at all times
@@hooobbit6776 I would say it depends on how we understand the written task. It is the same kind of thing like with the yoga balls on the hill, that was on Taskmaster too. It is the same kind of way on how we understand the task. I already said how I would understand it
@@Danspy501st The task said Do not move from the circle at any time.
Meaning anytime during the challenge you can not leave the circle. How else are you understanding that?
If they had said you must make the throw from the circle. You would be correct and the could move the spot but part of the task is you have to stay on the circle at all times.
@@hooobbit6776 Sorry, but I still understand it differently.
"Land loo roll in the loo. You must stay on the spot at all times. Most loo rolls in the loo wins. You have 15 minutes, your time starts now"
It is exact the same kind of wording as for the one with the yoga balls mat thing that was on Taskmaster before.
"Place those 3 exercise balls on the yoga mat on the top of that hill. ... "
That sentence can be understood as you need to take the balls up the hill to be on the yoga mat. Which most but one of the contestants does in that task. However, it could also be understood as saying that the yoga mat is on the top of that hill. Aka, you dont need to take all 3 balls up the hill, they just need to be on the yoga mat. Which the 5th constestant does as to run up the hill to grab the mat and taking it down to the balls.
I understand this sentence with the loo rolls in the same way. You can stay on the spot at all times, or you need to stay on the spot while throwing the loo roles.
The sentence is sadly up for interpretation. You can argue that *you must* stand on the spot *at all times* or you can aruge that *you need* to stay on the spot *while doing the throws* In fact, the sentence should had more words in as to tell you as the reader what not to do. Simply, you cant not move from the spot after the task starts can be enough to have a simplier or better understanding the rules of the task.
Fern Brady’s “Oh no!” is the new Chris Ramsey “No way!”
Oh, no way!
"sort of counted, that one" is my new favorite line. I'm going to use it during staff meetings after a public failure.
Meanwhile, Munya's "LeBron James" is the new Desiree Burch "ding dong!"
I was already in love with the Scottish accent in general more than any other in the world, and you add in that whole raspy quality that Fern's voice has, that woman can read me the goddamn phonebook all night long lol
I will say, it’s incredibly wholesome to hear that sometimes they just hang around afterwards and let miracles happen (ie loo roll throw)
I work at Gatwick and witnessed some of the filming, for those of you saying they hired it out to put a loo there… there was a lot more tasks being filmed and the toilet was left there for weeks, was quite confusing until I saw the tm spot on the top floor
"The chassis, the wings" then the theatrical fail is perfect to name the episode
My initial thought was to make a knot around the roll and have the rest of the loo as a rope so you can swing em in.
When he said Break, that freeze really made me think the Taskmaster had commanded my phone to break and it had accepted the task, no question.
I got an ad when he said it
My video and audio went out of sync
Very pleased that this task has been released so soon after the episode aired. The way John eloquently described his plane while the clock was ticking is so funny
Otherwise known as the ballad of Oh No and Lebron James
After 12 season's, we finally have a visual representation for Doc Brown's "All rim and bounced out" @2:15
Love catching the version that still has the production card from the editing house on screen for a good 5 seconds.
I'm a bit surprised no one asked Alex to take the rolls and deposit them in the toilet for them.
Alex would have said no because that's not the task or even in the spirit of it. If he takes all the loo rolls down and puts them in the toilet for you, then Alex did the task, not the contestant. You MIGHT have gotten him to catch them and put them in there as you are then having to participate in the task somewhat- but as no one did, I imagine he must have said no. Because there's no way not a one of them didn't think of that.
Rules said you must stay on the spot, but it didn't say the spot must stay where it was.
I'm disappointed no contestant thought to try and move the spot downstairs to just put it all in.
Heck, there was a spot underneath the toilet. If I heard Sarah read the task correctly, it said, "THE spot," not "THIS spot." In theory, they could've taken all the loo rolls downstairs before their first attempt and just dropped them in, as long as their feet were on the lower spot the whole time...
And how would they carry the spot while standing on it?
@@eq2lornick There was a spot under the toilet itself.
@@SteveOnotskyexcept they’d need to leave the spot to get there. They probably wouldn’t allow them to shuffle their way down the stairs (for safety reasons) and even if they did, it could’ve taken them most of their time.
The spot was a sticker on the floor because it stayed there between contestants who were filmed weeks apart. So it couldn't actually be moved. The toilet stayed there too, in the middle of he floor as well, lmao.
I'm amazed that no one realized they just needed to have someone from the crew bring back up the rolls that missed the toilet
My idea was to unroll the paper, make a ball with one end and just throw that end of the roll. If you miss, you can pull the paper back up and try again
what about having someone bring up the toilet....or move the spot?
@@Willy-cx7py exactly my thought. 100% would have worked
That a bit of an gamble if Alex will go for it. Sometimes even if the rules says no help, it's still on Alex how much he decides to give leeway if at all when suggestes him or the crew to do something. Worth a try
I was hoping someone would use some of the TP to make a rope for another roll. Lower it down, pendulum it back and forth until it's over the toilet and drop it in. If you miss, reel it part way in and try again. Repeat for half a dozen rolls.
I did not interpret "the most loo roll in the loo wins" as the most sheets. But I guess it makes sense.
I initially thought if you roll up a small amount of paper it would count as a "roll". That way you could argue you got a lot more rolls in than you got initially.
Also how did no one unroll a roll and try to swing it in?
I’m actually currently watching this from Gatwick, at the spot they were standing. The toilet location is pretty damn far off to the side. I don’t think a swinging roll would ever make it.
Greg giving a point for artistry is magic.
i like this new “look” (more of a cinematic look, the choice of colors, the editing, the music etc etc) comparing to previous seasons this looks like even more work’s been put into putting the show together.
Well this is the first series filmed after the deal to show Taskmaster in the US so they are likely trying to look a bit sleeker for US audiences who are more used to flashier sets.
@@krashd oh? i wonder if that's why they censored greg when he said one of the US tv no-no words (1:28). lame.
@@SidShakal That’s because it’s the Pre-Watershed Master (see 8:35).
Also, some of us don’t like swearing, so prefer these bleeped versions. Don’t call us lame!
@@DrWhoFanJ Sorry, I'm not calling you lame! 😅
I've enjoyed the occasional bit of swearing in the Taskmaster videos I've seen, and it just struck me as strange that they censored it now. I might not even have given much thought to it if they'd just bleeped it the same way it's usually done. I think the visual stamp of the Taskmaster seal over Greg's mouth and the unusual "ding!" sound made me take note of it. Not very subtle, lol
I don't understand what you said about it being the Pre-Watershed Master, and I don't know what I was supposed to note at 8:35. Could you elaborate?
@@SidShakal Yeah, they’ve fixed that error from the original version. They previously included the pause for the ad break, and the title card the channel controller would use to time in the next section of the show.
It showed that this was from the “Pre-Watershed Master”, the edit of the programme made for broadcast before 21:00 (known in the UK as “the watershed”, the point after which swearing and adult content becomes allowable on television).
Ask Alex to lift the seat. The seat usually removes a few centimeters of diameter from the lip of the toilet. Bigger target and the lip is usually slightly slanted inside for a better odds of bouncing in.
Ask Alex to get the rolls back so you get more than just 10 chances
If you go as fast as Fern, if you get 1 in every two minutes, you could get about 6-7 in
Maybe just ask Alex to bring them down and drop them into the toilet - they just have to stand at the spot at all time...
Or just take the toilet rolls and stand on the spot the toilet is on.
I feel there were quite a lot of options:
-getting Alex to throw them back up
-getting Alex to carry you down while you held the mat
-shuffling the mat down to beside the toilet
-getting Alex to carry the toilet up to you
@@Yue_Jin they started on a spot, and could not leave that spot. Any interaction with something out of arms reach, or movement was impossible. The only thing they could have done is to interact with members of the cast and crew.
This is such an amazing set of contestants. Isnt that the bloke who was Unknown P, the brittish rapper? Then of course Dara and Sara are great and Fern is a great rising comedienne. Love her accent. Her "Oh no" should be the noise a phone makes when you miss call.
the Unknown P guy is Munya Chawawa? not sure if i spelled that right, very funny guy
This is really bugging me, why did you spell comedian that way?
@@candiddraconian3676 Comedienne denotes a female comedian but most people just say comedian now, it's a bit of dated language from the days when women's jobs had to have -ette or -ess on the end so as not to offend disgruntled men.
@@krashd Yeah kinda guessed that, feels a bit weird
Unknown P is one of his characters
Bizarre editing choice around @8:15
It's something happening with the UA-cam ad break?
Indeed, I think we got a glimpse into the post-production editing process, as it looks like Evolutions didn't edit out all of the "pre-watershed master"😀
I find it funny that no one thought to ask alex to just, walk down and raise the seat on it, so many rolls bounced out and away cause they hit the seat
Yeah or to at least fetch the loo rolls and bring them back to have more shots
Or bring the whole toilet upstairs? Only said they had to stand on the mat 🤷🏻♂️
Maybe they asked and were told no on the raising of the seat, fetching the rolls and moving the toilet. I imagine the toilet is because it's hard to move a toilet. They left the toilet and the spots there for weeks between contestants, so it may have been about fairness in distance on that one.
Fern saying “Oh no” after every throw was very funny. I loved her and Dara, It was a very good task. I must admit whilst series 10, 11 and 12 were the best series by a long way, I did enjoy this episode.
They should have a task where it's create a scavenger hunt, most difficult wins thinking Alex will do it only for them to each get each other's and have to complete the scavenger hunt, fastest wins
There's one where Alex does it (hide the eggplant/aubergine I think) but I like the idea of doing each others'.
it’s kinda similar to the task in season 9 with the hide the aubergines around the room, but they didn’t get other people to find them, it was just alex. also kinda similar to the task in season 2 where 4 of them had to write tasks and got one of the other competitors to complete all of them
I was hoping someone would try to throw one in but hold the end of the roll, and then just slowly feed the next roll in by unraveling it.
they aren't long enough
@@yourmum69_420 @yourmum26
The average toilet roll is ~900" (76ft) long, the average height per floor of a building is ~14ft. They could've easily made the distance from the 2nd floor they were on with almost 60ft of roll to spare. Even if the floors of the airport were DOUBLE the height of normal building floors they could've made it (with over 30ft to spare).
@@KeeptainKeep where tf are you getting these numbers? one of them unrolled by accident and it didn't reach
@@yourmum69_420 @yourmum26 @yourmum26 can you provide a timestamp for when this happened? During John Kerns attempt around 9:47 he throws a length of unrolled paper and during it's fall you can clearly see could easily span over a quarter of the distance, while still being tangled in multiple places. This length was not a full roll nor was the center cardboard tube attached so it's fairly safe to assume even if these weren't full length rolls, they could still reach.
Yeah i was so sure that someone would try this, but alas
I was waiting for somebody to scoot the spot over and down the stairs, because they had to stay on the spot but nothing said the spot couldn't move.
That's because the spot actually couldn't move. It wasn't a mat or paper they put down - it's a sticker of some type left for weeks between filming (as was the toilet and it's spot).
Taskmaster is, hands down, my favorite show, and I was so excited to see Fern Brady, she's been a favorite comedian of mine for years and I am so happy to see her career exploding lately.
The cinematography and production style is getting more beautiful and sophisticated with each season... reminds me of Top Gear.
I kept wondering if the spot you were supposed to be constantly on, could be slid across the floor and down the stairs with one foot? Like pushing a small rug along your floor with one foot. If one of your two feet never stopped touching the spot you could still be considered "on it". You take most of the 15 minutes just shuffling down to the toilet and then easily place the loo rolls in.
I thought the EXACT same thing!
I spent this entire video thinking that
I'm amazed that no one tried to make a rope out of the toilet paper and use a pendulum movement to get the rolls inside one by one.
I could listen to Fern say loo roll all day
@John Capry that was a bit like the Noo Way! From Chris Ramsey
I love her narration.
"Ah, nooo..." is going to be prominent in my personal soundtrack for at least next few days. Probably longer.
It is physically PAINFUL not being able to watch new series as they release here in Sweden!! I hate our Swedish version, I want Greg and Alex!
lovely pre-watershed master this
Wow, full task from the new series already
I grew up in the 70s (in America), and we always had pastel colored toilet paper, sometimes in floral prints. That hasn't been around for decades now, seeing all this brightly colored toilet paper really makes me want the colors again 😂
The editing is just A ++++ fantastic
Which is better: Chris Ramsay's "No way!" or Fern Brady's "Oh no!"
I think Dara was onto something with the fishing wire idea - assuming you didn't have any kind of string on you and couldn't have anyone give you some, IMO the strategy was to tie the end of one loo roll around another entire roll, and then dangle it into the toilet bowl. Then break off that length of toilet roll, and do it again.
that’s what i was thinking too!!
No one moved the spot because one, that would take too long within the timeframe to do so and get downstairs while you are standing on it, as it's a rather small spot, AND both the toilet and the spot upstairs were left there for weeks between the contestants being shot - so the spot upstairs and the one under the toilet were actually stickers on the floor, not just mats or movable spots we've seen in other tasks.
Take three rolls, unravel them, twist the paper on each, braid them together, swing it in, zipline the rest of the rolls down the braid one by one
Can’t believe you guys got DARA on! Maybe he will press a buzzer.
Have we moved on past megabus?
top class editing
They're a very patriotic bunch this series. Dara has the Irish flag on his tracksuit, and then of course you have Munya and his Zimbabwe related schtick
I reckon they could have asked Alex to run down and retrieve the ones that missed.
Or get Alex to place them into the loo
He'd almost definitely say no to placing them. Probably retrieving them too
@@bungaIowbill I'm not sure he would say no
there was nothing in the rules that said Alex couldn't do it
I like how funny the contestants are, but you need at least 1 person who takes the wording of the task to the extreme to think outside the box.
I'd have gotten Alex to move the toilet
Make 3-5 layer “rope” from one roll.pull it through another roll, put it down, swing until it’s in.
Serves him right trying to land shots shouting 'lebron james' - youre supposed to shout KOBE!
Best strategy: take 2-3 rolls and twist the toilet paper into a long thick rope. Attach one end to a couple of rolls. (May need to do some testing to see how strong rope is. Throw that end towards the toilet until it enters the bowl. Keep hold of other end of rope. Use the rope as a zipline for the remaining rolls by threading the tubes down the rope to guide it into the bowl.
The problem is the sheets have perforation separating them so even a rope made from 10 rolls is going to be a very fragile rope.
@@gnack420 once its twisted into a rope it becomes strong.
My idea on how to do this: Unravel the toilet paper and toss down the cardboard roll, if it misses pull the roll back up and try again, maybe tie the toilet paper off at some point though so you don't have to unravel and reravel the entire thing. If the toilet paper isn't strong enough pull off a piece and twist or braid it into a rope that you can tie through the middle. You have 15 minutes and now as many chances as you like.
On tasks like this I always wish Russel Howard was on, to see the potential of this challenge. It must be harder than it looks I guess.
There's 2 spots, one where they all stood and one underneath the toilet. Russell probably would have just thrown them all in successfully somehow though lmao.
This is the best show in history.
You can’t convince me otherwise
3:43 Does Fern not know how to clap haha
Never have I ever threw toilet rolls in the toilet by accident. Until today. I watched this episode a couple days back. It's like I'm getting ideas of this show what not to do and then do it! 😂😂🙈 And it was bot even in my own home. 😅
knowing alex, i feel like that distance was probably just close enough to allow for someone to fashion a rope of around four rolls would together, which one could then use as a zipline for the remaining rolls for a maximum score. REALLY knowing alex though, it is probably just out of reach for this, and would result in a lower score than just wildly throwing them.
They could just make two ropes then tie them together to make a longer rope. I doubt it'd be possible to make ziplines a worse option that wildly throwing, even with 10 rolls of paper turned to rope you still have 2 rolls to zipline, which is already better than everyone else
Uh, how would they make a zipline without leaving the circle, how would they secure the other end?
@@gnack420 in my head, i don't see why you couldn't wind a few strands of roll together to strengthen it into a decent rope, then maybe leave the carboard on the ends of that rope as a slight weight. you slowly descend the rope and swing the end into the toilet, thus securing the other end (hopefully lol). then you can slide remaining rolls down the zipline, all without leaving the spot. would probably not work, but it's the first thing that came to mind. surely there are several solutions possible.
@@gnack420 By zipline he means a rope with one end attached to the toilet, by attached he means thrown in with a weight, by weight he means a toilet roll.
By rope I mean something you can ask Alex to provide or make with what comprises 90% of their resources, toilet paper. Make a rope with toilet paper, tie it to a toilet roll, toss the toilet roll in and pull it back if it misses so you can toss it again, then once it gets in put your end of the rope through the hole in every toilet roll, then release the rolls.
Gravity and rope combine to send them directly into the toilet, and you can just keep doing this for all 11 toilet rolls. In the end you lose the toilet paper you used to make the rope, but get 11 toilet rolls for free.
the best strategy is to unroll a whole roll, tear a hole in the cardboard roll, tie the paper around it, fish it down til it gets in the toilet, then twist the sheets so it’s a rope. Then you just slide all the other rolls down
Lob all the rolls at the loo, pick up the sticker, walk down the steps and drop them all in.
unroll it to the end and swing the cardboard into the bowl by holding the end with the paper (stuff some into the roll to add weight). once one end is in spin the paper to make a rope and then loop the rope through the other rolls and slide them down and in.
Not watched the task yet, but my thoughts are: Does not say what spot. Does not say you cannot ask Alex to put them in. Does not say you cant ask someone to bring them back to you after an attempt. Does not say you cant move the spot.
Dara being angry about getting so many rims that day 🤣
I got the funniest feeling just even by the end of the prize task in episode 1 that Sarah Millican was going to win the whole series (even though she didn't even win that)
It bodes very very badly for Kearns that he wasted most of his time folding the paper into a form... that is much harder to aim.
I think Nish may have been onto something on the podcast when he said that Kearns "has a whiff of the Kumar" on him!
I did a tweet predicting the postitions on June 24th which i believe is the same week we got the cast reveal. Jack Bernhardt quote-tweeted and commented on saying "At first glance I think you're REALLY underestimating John Kearns, and forgetting how much Greg hates young people (Munya is 29)".
My predictions were
5 John Kearns
4 Dara Ó Brian
3 Fern Brady
2 Munya
1 Sarah
Alternatively
5 John
4 Munya
3 Dara
2 Fern
1 Sarah
Looking at it the day after episode 1 came out, I'm very excited to see what will happen.
I was just thinking "sounds easy, but one of them is going to spend 9 minutes looking for the toilet."
@@forallthestupidshit3550 hahaha I could see that
4 minutes in, so haven't seen everyone's attempt BUT
I'd send Alex down there to catch the rolls and place them in the loo.
no one has had such publicity as Lebron James in a minute of doing what he does so poorly.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
I wonder if you could unfurl the roll and throw it, and possibly pull it back up. Seems like the best way is to just throw handfuls of it, though
Calling my attempt only a minute and a half in-
1. Unroll one roll.
2. Make rope.
3. Tie rope to full loo roll.
4. Use rope to 'fish' for the toilet.
5. Slide remaining rolls down rope.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 as-needed.
I don't know why but LeBron James got me everytime 🤣
I might suggest that, if you're trying to get a bog roll into a toilet from distance, that "Steph Curry!", "Trey Young!", or "Dame Liilard!" might be a better shout out than King James...
I totally got where he was coming from, as an old basketball fan and terrible player. It used to be shouting "Jordan!" and has changed to whoever the biggest star is since then (and I'm sure it was someone before Jordan, but I'm just dating myself there)
Stack all the rolls within reach to your left then keep your eyes and right arm aimed at the target at all times using your left arm to "reload", should give you the best chance of hitting.
Wish we could get full episodes in the US still
Maybe I'm too into loopholes, but wasn't it possible to "take the spot" downstairs next to the toilet and then throw the rolls from there?
Except they read the task from the spot and then they couldn't leave it. They'd need to step off it to move it downstairs.
My only possible solution was to have a catcher from the crew next to the loo. The roll had to land in it, the task doesn't say it needed to be directly thrown in.
Ask Alex to go down and throw them in... or get the toilet upstairs
Rope made of three roles of tp, put a water bottle on the end for weight, swing it into the bowl and use the rope as a zip line.
My first thought would be to unroll it a ways and wrap it back through the roll. Slowly lower the roll so the paper stays intact, and swing it over the bowl and drop.
I cant help but think that Rohd Gilbert would have requested for a bag to hold the rolls and moved the spot to beside the toilet seat.
I'm surprised that nobody asked Alex to just walk down and place the rolls in the toilet
I would have unrolled the 1st roll and made it just long enough to reach the lower level. Then swing it back and forth to get it in the loo. Then, you can use that paper as a track to slide the other rolls into the loo.
Was thinking exactly the same!
This is the type of thing I fantasize about doing when high up in an open area.
Would it go against the rules to unravel the roll, throw the roll down with the toilet paper still attached in order to reel it back for another toss with the same roll? At least until it snaps off. Only the roll has to make it, doesn’t say it has to still have toilet paper on it right?
Without watching the task, just from the intro;
Twist one roll into toilet paper rope (idea from Mythbusters doing toilet paper rope in a prison myth), then tie that through one roll. Toss that roll again and again until either the rope breaks or I get it in the bowl, then I'm sending the rest down the rope. If the rope breaks, make a new rope.
Now let's see if anybody tries this.
Strategy #1: Cut spot in half, tape each half to each foot, throw bog rolls off railing, go downstairs and drop them in up close.
I'm disappointed no one asked Alex to go stand by the toilet and put the toilet paper into the bowl
You must stand on the spot at all times, there's one under the toilet.
I think a god work around would be to ask Alex to stand besides the seat and quickly toss back the roll . once the pressure of finite rolls is gone ..a rapid repettion of shots can secure more points
When you can’t move from the spot, move the spot
4:28 omg what is this laugh lmao
I would have just chucked them all down, grabbed the spot and hopped with it down the stairs and put them all in. Can’t leave the spot? Fine, then take it with you 😂
Surprised no one moved the spot they were standing on. Just take the spot, rolls, go downstairs and place them in.
I thought I have internet issues during the break xD
I’m surprised nobody thought to move the spot.
I'm honestly surprised none of them tried moving the red dot to be next to the toilet before saying "starts now"
Or held all the rolls under their arm (or even just tossed them off the side) and then shuffled the dot down the stairs.
Airplane cinematic was awesome
As an American, I have never heard of Fern before, but I am absolutely in love with her look and now have to search out her comedy.
I just discovered her right around last Christmas, and it was like I was hit with a bolt of lightning. hell most of the official Fern Brady-related gifs in the twitter library for all users to click on now are made by me lol (same with Rose Matafeo, after having a similar shock a couple years back)
it was from short clips from the docuseries "British As Folk" that I first found her on here, and loved the series so much I made a special 2.5 hr edit from the 6 episodes that was only stuff that included her, by herself or with the other two comics
It hurts me that he kept saying "LeBron James" instead of what you're supposed to say 😔
The main thing about this task is that I felt a great amount of anxiety that one of them would slip and fall over the railing at any time. It was hard to focus on the actual task. I will say if I were doing the task I would experiment with holding onto part of the toilet paper roll so that I could put it up if I missed and if I made it then I could somehow construct I chute to guide the other rolls into the toilet. Considering the structure of the rolls, I doubt this would work but it's an idea at least.
Hold onto the end of the roll and let it unravel!! That way you have a change of pulling it back up
but if you get the cardboard in then the rest will end up outside of the toielt
3:41 Oh I think I had an idea on how to do this. Now it does kinda hinge upon getting a roll into the loo first, but. . . if you unravel it a bit first and then try to land the roll in. If you can and you got a stretch of TP right into the toilet, you can just thread the other rolls right on in! But depends on how strong the paper is and if you can actually get a roll in to make it work.
Loo roll sadly doesn't support any significant amount of weight (in its usual form). But nice thought :)
Couldn't they have asked for scissors and tape and just cut the spot into two and taped it to their shoe soles and just walked down and put rolls in the loo? The rule just said they must remain on the spot at all times.
Oh that's a very clever one, they could even ask for a knife or anything sharp if there wasn't scissors and used the toilet rolls to tie them to their feet. Probably better than every other solution in the comments, mine included.
The way she says "land lörel in the lö" had me cackling 🤣
But she didn't say that. She said "Land the loo roll in the loo." Get your ears cleaned.
@@jackdubz4247 It was a joke about her thick accent, lighten up bud
@@Mazurecki56 What accent?
Is the toilet flushing sound something they added in post, or did they actually have a working toilet in the middle of a walkway?