Taskmaster

[Papaya Dance]

I thought there was a thread on this already but can't seem to find it. Anyone else really enjoying series 7? I didn't enjoy series 6 so much and worried the format was getting tired but perhaps that was down to my hatred of Liza tarbuck. The bit with Tim Vine and the hook stuck to his shoulder was one of the funniest things I've seen in ages, mind.

 

This one's started really well though. I admit I only knew of rhod gilbert from the line up but I'm liking them all so far. Jessica knappett is a bit annoying but the rest I've enjoyed, particularly Kerry godliman. Will catch up on last night's episode this evening, woop!

[Uncle Mike]

Who hates Liza Tarbuck? Wow.

[wullie]

I liked S6 despite it probably being the weakest overall series, but Liza Tarbuck was the best thing in it be absolute miles.

[Stigweard]

5 hours ago, Uncle Mike said:

Who hates Liza Tarbuck? Wow.

 

I used to in my teens, but I think now I've got old and so has she, she's really grown on me. She was hillarious at times on the last series.

 

5 hours ago, Papaya Dance said:

I didn't enjoy series 6 so much and worried the format was getting tired 

My wife had the same issue and she didn't seem to be too fussed about starting this series, but we caught up on the firts episode last night and both of us laughed out loud a lot.

 

The show is great and I love how they're pumping out multiple series a year. We missed the first series so went back and watched it after series 2. Up to series 7 within 2 years for us has been great.

[wev]

Absolutely love taskmaster, not watched last night's yet but will do so tonight. My favourite contestants so far has been Nisha Kumar and Paul Chowdry

[BitterToad]

Acaster doing the draw a big circle task easily puts him up there with Chowdry, Kumar and Mortimer for me. The funniest TV I've seen in ages. 

[wev]

Oh God I've just remembered Sally Phillips and the caravan 

[Fry Crayola]

I only discovered the show a few months ago, and it quickly became an absolute favourite. Indeed, the first episode I watched was the second of series 1 (as for some reason, the first episode wasn't available). Romesh's Tree Wizard sold the whole thing.

 

In terms of the absolutely funniest thing, there's a long way to go to top Rosalind's A Fucking Nightmare.

[cassidy]

One of the funniest programmes on telly IMO.

 

Bob mortimer owned S5 and was superb. I think Tim vine and the hook had me in tears for about 10mins.

 

 

[rgraves]

Nothing will beat potato hole-in-one-gate. That was GOLD.

[Stigweard]

2 hours ago, rgraves said:

Nothing will beat potato hole-in-one-gate. That was GOLD.

 

I was just about to post about this. Amazing stuff.

[Paulando]

3 hours ago, rgraves said:

Nothing will beat potato hole-in-one-gate. That was GOLD.

 

Which series/ep is this?

[Stigweard]

2 minutes ago, Paulando said:

 

Which series/ep is this?

 

Series 2, not sure which episode

 

 

[Papaya Dance]

8 hours ago, wev said:

Oh God I've just remembered Sally Phillips and the caravan 

The best Sally Philips moment was the special cuddle she gave Alex.

[criminal]

Anyone know where I might be able to view series 7?  I am outside the uk and the usual sources dont seem to have this available..

[Nobuo's Organ]

People from /r/panelshow upload episodes to Google Drive pretty sharpish

[criminal]

Magnificent thank you!

[peeveen]

Yup, watched the first three episodes so far, and this series is MUCH better than the last ... there was only one actual comedian in the last series: who gave that the green light? Feels like they brought this series out super quick to eradicate the bad taste.

[Butters]

Definitely many more laughs this season. There were times that it felt a bit boring last season, and that the idea had run out of steam. Delighted that isn't the case.

[Stigweard]

This season has been brilliant, I've laughed out loads so many times. Just caught up with last week's. James kicking off over the extension/garage and Jess falling off the stage were hilarious.

[Fry Crayola]

I think that's this week's - the episodes on the site are a week ahead of the broadcast. I dunno why Dave does that, but they do.

[Stigweard]

Is it? Oh sorry. We've just been watching on UKPlay.

[wev]

That's the best one this series 

[Stigweard]

1 hour ago, wev said:

That's the best one this series 

Is it that stuff I mentioned a few post above?

[Fry Crayola]

Yep. Some gold there all right!

[Clyde]

Only started watching this after a colleague use to go on about it all the time. Absolutely brilliant! After catching up to the current series I watched James Acaster's Netflix specials because of his appearance on Taskmaster.

[Yobo Ahoy]

We stumbled across the Champion of Champions miniseries at Christmas - our daughter had just been born and the sight of Alex Horne eating a pancake mask off Bob Mortimer's face while the latter screamed 'I've sinned, man!' was so surreal in our sleep-deprived state.

 

Since then we've caned through all of the series online and every one is brilliant. Series 6 was a mild letdown, the contestants weren't quite up to scratch and the tasks seemed a bit barrel-scraping. It doesn't help that they keep extending the series length every time, I think it's pretty much doubled now.

 

Best overall contestants for me are Rob Beckett, Katherine Ryan, Hugh Dennis, Mel Giedroyc and Bob Mortimer. Absolutely loving James Acaster on the current series though.

[Yobo Ahoy]

Edit: sorry it wasn't a pancake. But on the plus side, I found a video! 

 

 

 

 

[wev]

8 hours ago, Stigweard said:

Is it that stuff I mentioned a few post above?

 

They were the standout moments but the whole thing was brilliant. 

[therearerules]

Just finished Season 5. Absolutely incredible. Bob Mortimer is a comedy clgod, and the whole cast worked so well together I got emotional that I won’t see them together again.