It's very true though, I've been to hundreds of games and seen the pitch from all angles but the first time I set foot on a full length pitch and saw how far away each goal is I was mindblown. Footballers run an average of 3 miles per game, back and forth.
Considering the fact that you don't comprehend the difference between "societal" and "social", I'd say it's just a default status for you, conversations or not.
I'm just surprised she didn't mention Crossrail, about how they had to "thread the eye of the needle between Tottenham Court Road and the Piccadilly Line"...
If he had just unzipped the sleeping bag all the way and asked Alex to pick it up, he could have won that task easily. He was so close to figuring it out.
I think the best part of Taskmaster has to be Greg Davies alternating between stern teacher, megalomaniacal dictator, and genuinely amused human being throughout the show.
I recently watched the Big Fat Quiz on everything, and Noel jumped over a Gold winning Olympian, (while wearing his gold medal) from a standing position. In heels of course.
@@karicoleman3548 He's the best. And it's not just about style. He's self depricating , but in a humble way I haven't seen from other comedians. He knows he's good looking but never comes across as self absorbed or cocky. It takes a miracle worker to be charming while flaunting your attractiveness, and putting yourself down at the same time.
I wish they would do that more. It would also prevent some of the dumber “conceptual” prizes some people have offered up lol plus because of somebody bringing their prize to the stage we have James Acastef yelling “just open it you p***y” at Gregg lmao
@@hollanderson I think you put it perfectly! People complaining that creativity is not rewarded in this show when we got Mel going through GAP right there... Hugh's attempts at reinterpreting the tasks aren't necessarily creative, and I think after 4 seasons Greg got used to people trying that and draws a line (like the hiding task, Hugh did WEAR the door, so that got him a good score). Which is a shame bc when he's no trying to fight the task's wording he really shines.
@@bia6677 There's an issue I find with people fighting the wording. Half the time Greg allows it, like with Mel going to the smallest gap. But won't allow it with Hugh dropping items. Both of those are technicalities on wording, but only one of them works.
Aka: taken out of the sleeping bag. Because they are no longer in there. Yep, logic is magnificent fun when you can actually do it. Of course, what you and Hugh did is: lexical semantics.
@@sandoumir4348 Lexical semantics is a form of reasoning, also known as logic. It might not be the most convincing form of logic, but it is a small aspect of logic nonetheless.
@@sandoumir4348 they had similar situations like that before, and referred to Susie Dent to clear it up. She always sided with the contestants because the wording left room for valid interpretations by them.
@@azurezere5196 Oh hey, maybe I should have done some googling before I wrote my comment. That's such a Hugo Boss (Joe Lycett) thing to do! Thanks for being nice about it.
I am surprised no one got Alex to take the items out of the sleeping bag. In earlier seasons, they really latched on to the loophole of "it says I can't, but someone else could!"
My strategy for the sleeping bag one: Put more items in. It only says you cant take em out, but if you put stuff in, you can just guess what you put in, and you'll have way more correct guesses than everyone else.
@@volvy420 I guess it depends on whether you view your hand as an item, since the rule only states "you can't take items out of the sleeping bag"... Maybe you could just drop/throw them in without putting your hand inside? Haha
I'm on Hugh's side with the sleeping bag. Holding the bag upside-down whereby gravity then causes anything in the bag to fall to the ground is not the same as "taking items out of the bag." His interpretation of the rules was clever and valid.
Yea seems silly that they wouldn't give Noel the point for guessing skipping rope because he didn't mention the carrot handles, and yet they were happy with "book" in comparison to Joe's on the nose guess.
@@Threadoflength really? do you actually think that's silly, because guessing any more detail outside of just "book" is literally just pure guessing, while carrots you can easily just feel. They are not the same in any way
@@kiiturii You try to tell the difference between average skipping rope handles and carrots when you're feeling through a sleeping bag and not in any way at all expecting that two hard objects attached to a rope would be anything other than skipping rope handles.
@@KaiLucasZachary Well, like Greg and Alex said, the correct solution would've been to reach into the bag and feel around. Even with that best method, there's no real way to identify what book it is for certain. But you can tell the difference between a carrot and a handle from the texture. So.... kinda makes sense to award points for book but not carrot rope
@@dhruvram9021 But then you get into the arguments of comparing one contestant to another. Yes, you’re technically right that reaching in might have helped, but how many contestants did that? The original series awarded points for creativity, but at this point in the series they only care about “right” answers. The series goes downhill for awhile with that mentality before they finally realize around Series 8 why people originally liked the show.
At the beginning of the series Noel was getting more applause than everyone else and by now they’re all getting the same applause. I’m so happy for them 😢
@@hennakhan4587 Greg did seem to favour Noel and made Hugh the joke, but really, the "scoring" was all over the place - it is the Taskmaster's call. This series' cast was really good, including Noel - the only yellow Ninja who can long-drive a Baby Bel with a broken cue.
I love Lolly! She's always smiling and just having a great time regardless of whether she wins or not! Mel is Mel ... you can't help but love her. Been a fan of hers (and Sue's) for years. MORE EPISODES PLEASE!
@@irondasgr she was a host on the great british bake off for a long time. Idk about anything else she’s done but I think that’s what most people know her from
@@ignacio.s they're actually very good friends, Hugh and Greg was in a show together as well. Greg is usually the hardest to his friends because it makes for good comedy. The show isn't for actual prizes and winning, it's just for fun and entertainment
That is part of the game - the random and unpredictable decision-making from Greg the mighty giant... Never forget that Greg was a teacher for many years before he became "famous" - that's why he is not even trying to be "objective" or "fair". (And that is a good thing in some way - because it show's us all that sometimes you fail even if you really try your hardest, which might make you feel better about your own "mistakes" in the past or even better the fact that your children are not always "succeeding" in everything...)
@@vickybabadoo9927 Noel is a surreal comedian, he created The Mighty Boosh with his comedy partner Julian Barrett and in the Mighty Boosh there are talking onions, a moon that is alive *("Hello, I'm the moon. Neil Armstrong walked on my face. He was nice.")* and a flying carpet that they use as a car. When Greg said "you don't like flights of fancy" he was mocking the fact that Noel's entire sense of humour is based on flights of fancy, surrealism, madness, weirdness, silliness.
Well due to the rules I doubt this video will have to many ads. But other then that shouldn't be a big deal. Blown out pussy's sprouting new newd babies and breasts be suckled upon by little men in diapers is already a thing on youtube that's tolerated why oppose something as meaningless as a phallic bit of wool?
plus taskmaster got picked up by Channel 4, which from what I can tell only censors things if they're really heavy swears. I want to say that's the reason why this channel has been going easier on the bleeping lately.
@@brokenmember1658 Even if his comedy isn't for you, you can't say he's not creative. The man is literally an artist. I get that many things are niche and not for everyone, but you must admit it's interesting, even though it's not quite for you.
I so wish Joe Lycett had changed his name prior to this series being filmed so it could be Hugh and Hugo. Also because there is no way Greg Davies could keep a straight face any time he said Hugo Boss.
Just heard her say that her friend's son is a Taskmaster diehard fan, obsessed with the show and she gave her collection of wax seals to him as a souvenir. Mel is just great.
So they'll say that "on" means "attached to" to justify that the contestants could have pulled stuff from underneath a table to build a bridge, but "take" means "to put into one's hands or possession" and they dock Hugh for that creativity?
00:33 Introductions 01:38 Prize Task: Best Sheep-Related Item 06:26 Task 1: A Camel through the Smallest Gap 11:17 Segment 2 16:45 Task 2: Score a Football Goal with a Plastic Bag 20:26 Segment 3
I feel like Hugh should have gotten a win on the sleeping bag, after all if you empty a container of water, you haven’t taken it out, you’ve poured it out, and I think he should have won just based on terminology
exactly. this is the kind of show that should reward pedantry that that in search of the most creative answers. instead as the seasons progress the answers become more literal and it's becoming a little less interesting.
I actually disagree. Take out is synonymous with remove. If you remove the items from the sleeping bag you have taken them out. Although it not commonly said, if you remove water from a container you have taken it out of the container.
I had to stop viewing just to comment. After binge watching to this point in only 3 days, I must say, Mels "positivity" montage was an absolute highlight. Brilliant. Marvelous. Magnificent.
Imagine having a walk around the shopping center, and suddenly famous comedian Mel Giedroyce comes running into, and then immediately out of Baby Gap holding a stuffed camel aloft, before taking a victory lap on the sidewalk.
7:06 the contrast of Noel after Mel's whispering is beautiful. But the fact that Mel has gone so far down the rabbithole that she seeks any secret meaning in the task is why I love this show and the contestants. Taskmaster is a beauty. Editors and everyone involved as well, great job! I'm from the Netherlands, and this show just works in so many ways that I will never see on TV in my own country. Well done!
The more I watch this series, the more I realize just how insane Mel is... and the more I love her! Edit: I wrote this before I saw this season's version of bean counting. Aww, I just love her even more now!
I'm not sure in which order the tasks went. Maybe the inflating and deflating followed _after_ the hiding. I think if the ball had been an "old friend" by the time she faced it in the middle of the football pitch, she might have remarked on it...
If you scroll to the end of the video press play, then replay, it gets rid of the ads. You only have to watch one or two right while you're doing this, no midrolls. (Basically you're tricking it into thinking you've already watched the ads. You only end up having to watch the ad at the beginning and very end (and only if the video has em there))
The tasks are so inconsistent on whether you can use ambiguous wording to your advantage. I'd argue that Hugh didn't take out any items, he poured them out.
They said Mel didnt get any of the items in the sleeping bag but she clearly said "plastic tortoise" unless that's considered a turtle, she got at least 1
For the sleeping bag task, I can think of two really easy ways to cheese it. It only says they can't look in it or take items out of it; just convince Alex or someone else to do it for you. Failing that, pull out your phone, set it to record video and turn on the light on your phone, then stick it in, wave it around, pull it out and review the video.
Mel genuinely seems like she'd be a lot of fun to be friends with. I admire Hugh's dedication to lateral thinking. I would be tempted to try the same thing if I were on this show, but I also feel like it would be less fun than doing the tasks as intended most of the time.
That's why her partnership with Sue Perkins is so amazing, Mel & Sue have been a comedy staple in the UK for almost 30 years, Mel is nicer than nice while Sue is acerbic and blunt, they compliment each other perfectly.
Joe (sorry, Hugo) getting an extra point for "blowing his own trumpet" the most and being absolutely delighted by that is peak Hugo Boss culture. we love a legend
"That is absolutely ludicrous"... So, did you see that ludicrous display last night? - Yeah, what was Giedroyc thinking trying to push that ball over the fence? Thing with Mel is, she always tries and drag it in!
This season is basically "Watch Mel be wholesome the entire time while Hugh finds loopholes for every task" and I love it
The only good content in this season.
@@polyphonicgherkins I personally love everything Noel does lol
@@terinrichardson6061 mostly the same. Although I am also a big fan of Hugh and I can appreciate Mel's character.
@@polyphonicgherkins Only?? Joe Lycett and Noel Fielding are here!
This whole cast is pretty damn wholesome, but Mel is definitely the wholesome leader.
The Mel Being Positive reel was the best thing.
It should be required viewing of everyone each morning before they go out into the world... would make everybody's life better.
Starts at 26:23 if anyone wants to go back and rewatch it
I love Mel so much.
She really is officially nice.
She is such a fake person.
"It's bloody knackering when you see the size of a pitch, innit?" is the most British sentence I've ever heard.
It's very true though, I've been to hundreds of games and seen the pitch from all angles but the first time I set foot on a full length pitch and saw how far away each goal is I was mindblown. Footballers run an average of 3 miles per game, back and forth.
@@krashd does that average include goalkeepers or something? I know that very mobile midfielders can get up towards 9 or 10 miles in a full 90.
@@Sam-lr9oi I'm pretty sure the average is 5 not 3. And yes some of them can definitely run that number up, especially wings.
It's a major reason football is so boring. Imagine how exciting it would be if the pitch was the size of a medium living room.
"I know what all the words mean, but together I find them confusing." - my brain during basic societal conversations
Saaaame
😂 Same
Considering the fact that you don't comprehend the difference between "societal" and "social", I'd say it's just a default status for you, conversations or not.
@@ao1778 That's not a nice thing to say to other people.
For a 90 year old man Hugh is incredibly athletic
97*
HES 97?!?!!
@@XX-kj9ub I dunno
He's 58 you fucking idiots
I think you mean 158?
Mel is so cute. She put a seatbelt on her little camel.
On 14:46? I agree. That was hilarious.
@@ditkind1340 Thank you for the timestamp! That's adorable.
I never noticed that!!! lol awww
The BABY GAP that's so cute ahahaha
I'm just surprised she didn't mention Crossrail, about how they had to "thread the eye of the needle between Tottenham Court Road and the Piccadilly Line"...
Hugh manages to maintain his ability to seem like the smartest and dumbest person simultaneously,
Greg’s definitet got something against him though to be honest. A lot of his prize task items weren’t that bad either
If he had just unzipped the sleeping bag all the way and asked Alex to pick it up, he could have won that task easily. He was so close to figuring it out.
@@louis559 for real after al murray you'd think more people would realise you can just ask Alex for help
@@ProfX501 they're freinds irl
@@fatterpillar I think you mean pay Alex.
Each contestant needs 5 head-shots, so that they change to reflect a different emotion based on their current position on the leader board.
These are the kind of comments we need!
This is quality feedback.
yall are fuckin crazy
@@frankiegargoyle7783 So what? We are the moist fun at parties.
So Hugh just needs one?
„The smallest GAP“ Mel killed it, I died laughing
As soon as she kept repeating the task in the beginning I KNEW what she was gonna do
Was thinking that but thought no way there's one nearby
Are you okay?
Nah. She should have been disqualified. She threw the camel into the GAP not through the GAP. She needed to go out of the backdoor.
Von King she did run into the Shop then through the Shop and out again.
I think the best part of Taskmaster has to be Greg Davies alternating between stern teacher, megalomaniacal dictator, and genuinely amused human being throughout the show.
Let's not ignore the fact that Noel jumped on and off stage multiple times in heels without falling.
I recently watched the Big Fat Quiz on everything, and Noel jumped over a Gold winning Olympian, (while wearing his gold medal) from a standing position. In heels of course.
Noel also did great ball control on the pitch. In heels.
@@mercury3344 He's quite athletic, like that thing with the tennis ball, even though it rolled off the rim at the last second.
My hero.
@@karicoleman3548 He's the best. And it's not just about style. He's self depricating , but in a humble way I haven't seen from other comedians. He knows he's good looking but never comes across as self absorbed or cocky. It takes a miracle worker to be charming while flaunting your attractiveness, and putting yourself down at the same time.
i would've put Hugh's hat higher. it looks super comfy and warm.
I do like his hat, but Lolly's sheep and Noel's doll were hilarious, and if Greg Davies is judging, bringing in meat is a hard act to beat.
Agree! I think hugh’s celeb drawing (I think that was his earlier?) should’ve been put higher too ::
Hugh's hat was robbed of points!
I would wear the h*ck out of that hat! it looks so cool!
He looks hilarious in it too
"I wish I could give you extra points for the celebration."
"YOU CAN!"
"Oh, Okay."
HEEEYEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
“YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY” 😂
I might keep a TM quotes book of my own, that went in it immediatly.
I'm enjoying the fact that Hugh always brought his items onto the stage even though it will be shown on the screen.
I wish they would do that more. It would also prevent some of the dumber “conceptual” prizes some people have offered up lol plus because of somebody bringing their prize to the stage we have James Acastef yelling “just open it you p***y” at Gregg lmao
I honestly think his items are great! Can't believe they keep giving him low rankings for the items!
Mel's camel was hilarious. Brilliant setup, brilliant punchline, and the judges going for it was great too.
I am only thinking during this task, wasn't there a big iron wringer outside the house?
@@suzanne2 I was wondering if anyone would just run over the poor thing.
Lilllice I thought she was going to put the thing under the tire.
Also she put a seatbelt on it!
Comments like this make me think “wow. Is this person a professional critic?”
You know, Hugh's score is actually not that bad for a man who's tanking one of the tasks right off the top.
"And you don't like flights of fancy do you Noel?" Could be the best comeback Greg has ever made on the show
I'm not a native speaker and I didn't get this phrase, could you please explain it to me?
@@marquez2447 It roughly means an idea which is very bizarre or surreal and Noel is comedian well known for making surreal jokes
@@mohsin90ish thanks a lot!
I really enjoy how this show encourages and rewards abstract thinking
Hugh's attempts are mostly through lateral thinking / short cuts, but feels like a 50/50 chance of passing through Greg.
I think you mean lateral, not abstract. Which is something else entirely.
@@sandoumir4348 yes
@@hollanderson I think you put it perfectly! People complaining that creativity is not rewarded in this show when we got Mel going through GAP right there... Hugh's attempts at reinterpreting the tasks aren't necessarily creative, and I think after 4 seasons Greg got used to people trying that and draws a line (like the hiding task, Hugh did WEAR the door, so that got him a good score). Which is a shame bc when he's no trying to fight the task's wording he really shines.
@@bia6677 There's an issue I find with people fighting the wording. Half the time Greg allows it, like with Mel going to the smallest gap. But won't allow it with Hugh dropping items. Both of those are technicalities on wording, but only one of them works.
I think Hugh's logic was absolutely magnificent. He didn't take them out, he made them fall out
Aka: taken out of the sleeping bag. Because they are no longer in there. Yep, logic is magnificent fun when you can actually do it. Of course, what you and Hugh did is: lexical semantics.
@@sandoumir4348 Lexical semantics is a form of reasoning, also known as logic. It might not be the most convincing form of logic, but it is a small aspect of logic nonetheless.
@@sandoumir4348 they had similar situations like that before, and referred to Susie Dent to clear it up. She always sided with the contestants because the wording left room for valid interpretations by them.
@@itsokay7989 it is funny you think they actually contacted her and had a reasonable discussion about it.
Gravity took the objects out/caused them to come out of the sleeping bag, not Hugh. #JusticeForDesky
Utter robbery that Hugo got the bonus point for the goal *celebration*, when Hugh clearly had the best *goal*, which was what the task said.
Do you mean Joe?
“Hugo” 😂
@@Teri0is0Resa nah. He changed his name to take a piss at the company for charging people for using the word 'boss'.
@@azurezere5196 Oh hey, maybe I should have done some googling before I wrote my comment. That's such a Hugo Boss (Joe Lycett) thing to do! Thanks for being nice about it.
@@Teri0is0Resa yep. No prob. Too many toxic people now a days. Cya around.
If there is one thing this series has taught me it is that Hugh loves to tumble, I bet he dreamed of being a gymnast or an acrobat
I am surprised no one got Alex to take the items out of the sleeping bag. In earlier seasons, they really latched on to the loophole of "it says I can't, but someone else could!"
Imagine working security at this GAP, Mel running through the shop holding a camel. Not a single soul would believe you
Best day of work, though!
Well they would once the episode airs
I wish they had included the security video. :)
I loved the little montage of Mel being super positive. She’s such a light
Then she drops an f-bomb in the last task of the final episode.
My strategy for the sleeping bag one:
Put more items in. It only says you cant take em out, but if you put stuff in, you can just guess what you put in, and you'll have way more correct guesses than everyone else.
That is the kind of thinking outside the box this show rewards, great idea!
that is really clever idea wow :)
Year late, but I thought this. Then realised once you put your hand inside to add another item, you can't take your hand back out
@@volvy420 I guess it depends on whether you view your hand as an item, since the rule only states "you can't take items out of the sleeping bag"... Maybe you could just drop/throw them in without putting your hand inside? Haha
Brilliant.
Mel’s smallest Gap is honestly my favourite loophole of all time, it’s absolute genius.
Rhod Gilbert's hole in one is up there.
@JohnSmithShields Rhod is built differently. I both admire and fear him.
Who ever came up with the general idea of a secret extra task should get a raise
It's Alex, he created the show and produces it.
Josh Widdicombe's counting beans, Spagetti-Os, and grains fo rice is possibly my favourite thing to have been on hte show. Definitely top ten.
john kearns’ one as well was gold
@@gianabakanos9131Presumably Paul Williams or one of his co-writers came up with that one, since NZ did it first!
Hugh Dennis is my favorite put-upon guest. I really hope they do a Losers Series one day and have him back on!
and Joe Wilkinson too
Him, Joe and Paul in one episode would be great.
Hugh Dennis and Rhod Gilbert would be an absolute bloodbath
Oh that’d be fabulous
Sorry, gang (as Mel might say): Desky didn’t finish last, Lolly did.
I'm on Hugh's side with the sleeping bag. Holding the bag upside-down whereby gravity then causes anything in the bag to fall to the ground is not the same as "taking items out of the bag." His interpretation of the rules was clever and valid.
@@mauia88 ..mel won first place for getting a giraffe through the "smallest gap", lets not act like there isn't some leeway in interpreting the rules.
K3VYK3V1 It’s Greg’s game. Don’t act like it isn’t.
@@mauia88 ..it's alex's game
They have a 'dunce' every season and Greg seemed to decide early on it was Hugh. He was consistently clever and he got punished for it
I dont know why he didnt bring his trusty old mirror.
Good to see Hugo Boss doing well, man’s a legend
Fin Reid - That Hugo Boss coat that Hugo Boss wore during the footie match probably cost 10k.
Lol scrolled through just to see this comment
Fin Reid who is that? I’ve never heard of any of these people
still can’t believe he ACTUALLY changed his name
darby93 yeah that was definitely a Boss move ;)
Joe should have gotten a bonus point for identifying the book as a crime novel
Yea seems silly that they wouldn't give Noel the point for guessing skipping rope because he didn't mention the carrot handles, and yet they were happy with "book" in comparison to Joe's on the nose guess.
@@Threadoflength really? do you actually think that's silly, because guessing any more detail outside of just "book" is literally just pure guessing, while carrots you can easily just feel. They are not the same in any way
@@kiiturii You try to tell the difference between average skipping rope handles and carrots when you're feeling through a sleeping bag and not in any way at all expecting that two hard objects attached to a rope would be anything other than skipping rope handles.
@@KaiLucasZachary Well, like Greg and Alex said, the correct solution would've been to reach into the bag and feel around. Even with that best method, there's no real way to identify what book it is for certain. But you can tell the difference between a carrot and a handle from the texture. So.... kinda makes sense to award points for book but not carrot rope
@@dhruvram9021 But then you get into the arguments of comparing one contestant to another.
Yes, you’re technically right that reaching in might have helped, but how many contestants did that?
The original series awarded points for creativity, but at this point in the series they only care about “right” answers.
The series goes downhill for awhile with that mentality before they finally realize around Series 8 why people originally liked the show.
Alex's face when Noel said he got to feel up Greg is PRICELESS.
42:08 It is extremely precious.
equally adorable and disturbing
At the beginning of the series Noel was getting more applause than everyone else and by now they’re all getting the same applause. I’m so happy for them 😢
@@brokenmember1658 I love Noel but it seems as if Greg is almost afraid of giving him low points. He wasn't that good on this show.
@@brokenmember1658 You're al over the comments shitting on Noel lol Why do you dislike him so much?
@@hennakhan4587 Greg did seem to favour Noel and made Hugh the joke, but really, the "scoring" was all over the place - it is the Taskmaster's call. This series' cast was really good, including Noel - the only yellow Ninja who can long-drive a Baby Bel with a broken cue.
@@Natalie-ox7xm Probably because we don't like seeing obvious favoritism even when others do well.
@@michaelhoogendoorn3179 By "we" you mean Americans who don't understand British humour.
I love Lolly! She's always smiling and just having a great time regardless of whether she wins or not! Mel is Mel ... you can't help but love her. Been a fan of hers (and Sue's) for years. MORE EPISODES PLEASE!
Is Mel an actress? What kind of acting has she done?
@@irondasgr she was a host on the great british bake off for a long time. Idk about anything else she’s done but I think that’s what most people know her from
Love Lolly!
@@irondasgr Hitmen acting
Philosophers will debate whether Hugh took out the items in the sleeping bag or not for centuries to come.
I wish philosophy was this fun.
A real ship of thesus situation.
Alex please dont stop posting episodes every week. Its part of my life now
It’s ridiculous that Hugh’s hat only got 4th place. It’s so cute
Greg really was just riding the momentum with that one. Didn’t even give a reason for why other than that it was Hugh
That squeeze sheep thing? I'm going to have nightmares about that thing 😂.
The montage of Mel's positivity followed by her special task is one of my favorite Taskmaster moments. So wholesome.
Greg's absolute befuddlement at "I got you a sheep."
31:54 the relief on alex's face after noel says he liked the task is so sweet actually
Between jumping over the pommel horse and somersaulting into the goal box, Hugh’s quite athletic for his age!
You might say he jumps quite far for a man of his age! (I felt so low, 'cause at sport I'm just pathetic. I'm always seein' him do cool stuff ...)
So Greg Davies is about to tell me that Noel “held” him but Hugh “took” the items out? 🤨
No one shall question the taskmasters decisions!
Yes, clearly greg doesn't like hugh for real.
@@ignacio.s they're actually very good friends, Hugh and Greg was in a show together as well. Greg is usually the hardest to his friends because it makes for good comedy. The show isn't for actual prizes and winning, it's just for fun and entertainment
That is part of the game - the random and unpredictable decision-making from Greg the mighty giant...
Never forget that Greg was a teacher for many years before he became "famous" - that's why he is not even trying to be "objective" or "fair". (And that is a good thing in some way - because it show's us all that sometimes you fail even if you really try your hardest, which might make you feel better about your own "mistakes" in the past or even better the fact that your children are not always "succeeding" in everything...)
Also he didn't get anything from Hugh removing the items from the bag; he enjoyed being held though
I love how at this point Hugh just keeps his prize task items on him as a fun surprise
“And you don’t like flights of fancy do you Noel” was a fantastic line 😂 Greg is a different breed
Do you know what that’s referencing? I’ve only recently heard of Noel lol so I don’t get the reference 😂
@@vickybabadoo9927 Noel is a surreal comedian, he created The Mighty Boosh with his comedy partner Julian Barrett and in the Mighty Boosh there are talking onions, a moon that is alive *("Hello, I'm the moon. Neil Armstrong walked on my face. He was nice.")* and a flying carpet that they use as a car. When Greg said "you don't like flights of fancy" he was mocking the fact that Noel's entire sense of humour is based on flights of fancy, surrealism, madness, weirdness, silliness.
Every time Noel says "mind your own business" I love it.
Why does he say that? Is it his catchphrase? Did he say it as a character in another tv show?
@@jonhohensee3258 I have no Idea but I love it😂 (32:15)
@@KikiV06 Why?
@@jonhohensee3258 IDK. Probably because I imagine Greg being a teacher who is really irratitating me and Noel is saying what I was thinking.😂
@@KikiV06 It seems out of place and kinda stupid.
"I didn't TAKE your virginity. It just sort of fell out." - oh Joe, never change
That line was amazing
Well to be fair that's putting something in rather than..
Is youtube going to be fine with noel's umm...doll
Well due to the rules I doubt this video will have to many ads. But other then that shouldn't be a big deal. Blown out pussy's sprouting new newd babies and breasts be suckled upon by little men in diapers is already a thing on youtube that's tolerated why oppose something as meaningless as a phallic bit of wool?
The doll has been full seen before on 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown with no issue. In general artistic or informative renditions are acceptable.
plus taskmaster got picked up by Channel 4, which from what I can tell only censors things if they're really heavy swears. I want to say that's the reason why this channel has been going easier on the bleeping lately.
44:40 didn't realize how big it was til Lolly grabbed it
@@TheTheoTherone it's the size of a baby😂
That is the same doll that Noel brought as a mascot on 8/10 cats Countdown.
@@CM28277 Isn't everyone on the internet a wo/man of culture? :D
@@brokenmember1658 the doll was made for him by a "Fan" I think he was trying to find a way to get rid of it.
@@brokenmember1658 Even if his comedy isn't for you, you can't say he's not creative. The man is literally an artist. I get that many things are niche and not for everyone, but you must admit it's interesting, even though it's not quite for you.
@@brokenmember1658 Yeah, that's why he's a pathetic UA-cam troll and you're a famous comedian...
I think Noel is hilarious 😍
The little montage of Mel's positivity made me tear up a little, it was so sweet
Graphic: Hugo Boss massacres a camel
There's such a one sided rivalry between Joe and Hugh and it's great.
The description is wrong here, I dont know who this "joe lycett" is
MightierMarvel he looks a lot like this guy called Hugo Boss if you’ve ever heard of him
Ralph Martin Hugo Boss, The Nazi tailor?
I think Joe Lycett is being played by Hugo Boss here.
I only know Hugo Boss
Man they bully Hugh Dennis too much XD I feel sad for him sometimes :(
It is absolutely unfair to Hugh. Greg is mean to him. He’s mean to the older people in general.
@@polyphonicgherkins hugh is greg's friend. greg likes to bully his close friends a little, its all in good fun
I so wish Joe Lycett had changed his name prior to this series being filmed so it could be Hugh and Hugo. Also because there is no way Greg Davies could keep a straight face any time he said Hugo Boss.
I make stuffed animals for a living, and these crimes against camels have me SHOOK.
How do you make them that is?
Poor Stuart!
'Crimes Against Camels' will be the name of my rock band if I ever start one!
Mel getting the camel through the smallest gap is one of the cleverest things I’ve ever seen. I adore her.
Mel is still collecting all the task stickers. She's adorable as hell.
Just heard her say that her friend's son is a Taskmaster diehard fan, obsessed with the show and she gave her collection of wax seals to him as a souvenir. Mel is just great.
Alysha - Except when she laughs. Yeesh!
@@jonhohensee3258wtf is ur problem mate
So they'll say that "on" means "attached to" to justify that the contestants could have pulled stuff from underneath a table to build a bridge, but "take" means "to put into one's hands or possession" and they dock Hugh for that creativity?
Yes lmao
It also means "remove something from a particular place" which Hugh kinda did. He took them out, by making them fall out of the bag.
Lolly's camel task would've been pretty unremarkable, but Greg's setup just made it absolute gold
14:47 Mel put the seatbelt on the camel that’s adorable!
00:33 Introductions
01:38 Prize Task: Best Sheep-Related Item
06:26 Task 1: A Camel through the Smallest Gap
11:17 Segment 2
16:45 Task 2: Score a Football Goal with a Plastic Bag
20:26 Segment 3
love that hugh always actually brings his prize task items
I feel like Hugh should have gotten a win on the sleeping bag, after all if you empty a container of water, you haven’t taken it out, you’ve poured it out, and I think he should have won just based on terminology
I would've requested a Suzie Dent clarification.
Sparo Splat That should be their official way of clarification, would’ve seen her appear a lot more this episode because of Hugh 😂
I also think Hugh should have gotten the points
exactly. this is the kind of show that should reward pedantry that that in search of the most creative answers. instead as the seasons progress the answers become more literal and it's becoming a little less interesting.
I actually disagree. Take out is synonymous with remove. If you remove the items from the sleeping bag you have taken them out. Although it not commonly said, if you remove water from a container you have taken it out of the container.
"And you don't like flights of fancy do you?"
oof, flashback to Simon Amstell's tear down of Noel's entire career
That's a classic
Just write "This Camel" on a slip of paper and fit it through a paper-sized gap.
Still would’ve been bigger than the baby GAP
I had to stop viewing just to comment. After binge watching to this point in only 3 days, I must say, Mels "positivity" montage was an absolute highlight. Brilliant. Marvelous. Magnificent.
i love how upon receiving the woollen noel from a fan, noel thought he'd never have a use for it but it's made two different tv appearances now lol
I love how she put a seatbelt around the camel.
Imagine having a walk around the shopping center, and suddenly famous comedian Mel Giedroyce comes running into, and then immediately out of Baby Gap holding a stuffed camel aloft, before taking a victory lap on the sidewalk.
7:06 the contrast of Noel after Mel's whispering is beautiful. But the fact that Mel has gone so far down the rabbithole that she seeks any secret meaning in the task is why I love this show and the contestants. Taskmaster is a beauty. Editors and everyone involved as well, great job! I'm from the Netherlands, and this show just works in so many ways that I will never see on TV in my own country. Well done!
The more I watch this series, the more I realize just how insane Mel is... and the more I love her!
Edit: I wrote this before I saw this season's version of bean counting. Aww, I just love her even more now!
Hugh's hat is SO ADORABLE especially with the glasses!! I love that!!!
This is definitely my favorite line up of the show, everyone's so likeable!
Omg I just realized that the camel task is a biblical reference lol.
Radical.Compounds yeah?
@@austinjames60 First thing I thought of. Easier for a man to get a camel through the pin of a needle than for a rich man to own the gap
Austin James it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god. Mark 10:25
They should have projected the task as a 2 folded one though. The part rich in heaven should be around somehow as well.
Lolly Adefope has the BEST wardrobe this whole series 😍🥰✨✨
Loving the fact that Mel knew how to inflate and deflate the ball, and she didn't try that
Ikr? Surely deflation would not count as damage
I'm not sure in which order the tasks went. Maybe the inflating and deflating followed _after_ the hiding. I think if the ball had been an "old friend" by the time she faced it in the middle of the football pitch, she might have remarked on it...
"A visual collage of Mel's positivity."
"Can we have a look at that?"
"Yeah."
*Raid Shadow Legends ad immediately plays*
If you scroll to the end of the video press play, then replay, it gets rid of the ads. You only have to watch one or two right while you're doing this, no midrolls.
(Basically you're tricking it into thinking you've already watched the ads. You only end up having to watch the ad at the beginning and very end (and only if the video has em there))
Yeah, I enjoyed the swiffer ad, really showed off how positive Mel is.
"Right, and you don't like flights of fancy, Noel, do you?" Honestly the best call-out ever!
I loved Hugh's hat. He looked ridiculously cozy in it!
I wish these earlier seasons had 10 episodes. Especially the first season
me too! the rewatchability of the earlier seasons are insane! I just kept coming back here whenever im sad
The tasks are so inconsistent on whether you can use ambiguous wording to your advantage. I'd argue that Hugh didn't take out any items, he poured them out.
He should have asked Alex to dump the out...
He took them out of the bag. They were taken out of the bag. By him.
I love Mel's commitment to a pun.
They said Mel didnt get any of the items in the sleeping bag but she clearly said "plastic tortoise" unless that's considered a turtle, she got at least 1
I think it was because she changed her answers by the end of it.
For the sleeping bag task, I can think of two really easy ways to cheese it. It only says they can't look in it or take items out of it; just convince Alex or someone else to do it for you. Failing that, pull out your phone, set it to record video and turn on the light on your phone, then stick it in, wave it around, pull it out and review the video.
Once your phone is in the bag, you can't take it back out. Checkmate
Genuinely impressed that Noel is pretty decent at football. Doing it in heels is even more amazing!
Mel genuinely seems like she'd be a lot of fun to be friends with.
I admire Hugh's dedication to lateral thinking. I would be tempted to try the same thing if I were on this show, but I also feel like it would be less fun than doing the tasks as intended most of the time.
I wouldn't mind being friends with her, but I'd have to look away anytime she laughs. Yeesh!
That's why her partnership with Sue Perkins is so amazing, Mel & Sue have been a comedy staple in the UK for almost 30 years, Mel is nicer than nice while Sue is acerbic and blunt, they compliment each other perfectly.
41:22 "I think you're fucked, Noel!" - Joe
42:53 .... LMFAO, this all came together too perfectly. Noel comes in first, Joe comes in last.
Noel’s doll was much larger than I expected it to be. It makes the surprise bit slightly funnier, IMO.
i wish someone had acknowledged the "tasko" on the plastic bag for the really good joke it is
Joe (sorry, Hugo) getting an extra point for "blowing his own trumpet" the most and being absolutely delighted by that is peak Hugo Boss culture. we love a legend
When Greg said “well I do tend to panic” to Joe’s butt plug comment - I nearly fell of the couch 🤣🤣
Mel going through GAP was really clever lateral thinking!
It's so nice seeing hugh get complimented by Greg for once
BREAKING!!! Hugo Boss blows his own trumpet!
Hugh is smart. He plays the game the right way.
Agreed. He was my favourite of all time. I wish I could've watched more, but my parents said I wasn't old enough. But now I can!
"I didn't take your virginity. It just sort of 'fell out'."
Remember when Hugh let his youth side down in the championship and received a participation medal from the Wolves manager?
Amazed no one thought to grab the bag with their teeth and run.
"That is absolutely ludicrous"...
So, did you see that ludicrous display last night?
- Yeah, what was Giedroyc thinking trying to push that ball over the fence?
Thing with Mel is, she always tries and drag it in!
So weird to hear them call Hugo Boss, Joe Lycett lmao