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Leraika posted:I genuinely hope people from TM MN get to continue with taskmaster in some official capacity, because they deserve it That'd be great, but there are only 5 or so people who work in any creative capacity on the main show. NZ has ten writers for some reason, but they're all infinitesimally small productions.
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Paladinus posted:Just recently the popular American streamer Ludwig did his take on Taskmaster with the serial numbers filed off, youtube keeps recommending me videos with millions of views about why Taskmaster is the best comedy show out there, etc. The format is very recognisable even among people who don't follow British comedy. If they don't have another go at a proper US version soon, I would be really surprised. Not just Ludwig but paymoneywubby did one as well. CatstropheWaitress posted:Our boys doing the talk show circuit. Interesting choice to put this much oomf in the U.S. over the debut of the next season. My guess is the YouTube analytics showed way larger US numbers than they envisioned. This little trip may just be a way to see if those views can translate to TV/Live views or if it’s a fluke. It’s mostly press they can still air in the UK on YouTube too.
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Not just Ludwig but paymoneywubby did one as well. Huh, I didn't know about that one. Looking it up, seems like they actually directly copied tasks from the show, which I'm not sure is cool if you're going to make money off it. Although I'm sure Alex wouldn't actually mind.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Our boys doing the talk show circuit. Interesting choice to put this much oomf in the U.S. over the debut of the next season. I'm disappointed their walk-out music wasn't an live-band version of the TM theme
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on the one hand, I'd love to see another Taskmaster US attempt, but on the other I have a weird feeling it'd just fail again
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Just treat it like TMAU, use the UK crew and set and just fly some americans over to england and do a show.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:I’m fairly certain it’s been talked about in the past but I’m watching Stormester Season 1 for the first time and Julie getting 5 points for giving two zero effort fake sneezes and then lying to a child is making me extremely hesitant to watch more. There is no sanctity to points but having a contestant basically say “Eh don’t feel like trying the task” and then also not being funny seems like a very odd thing to…. Celebrate? I'm finally watching this now and I 100% agree. I'm generally a big fan of cleverly misreading the tasks but she makes it obnoxious instead of funny.
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primaltrash posted:on the one hand, I'd love to see another Taskmaster US attempt, but on the other I have a weird feeling it'd just fail again The big lesson they seemed to learn off of it was to keep the formula way more consistent, so maybe not? It's a shame they're probably too big a player to go with Dropout, which has a huge stable of LA improv people that would kill on the show. You have to imagine they'd pair up with FX and we'd have Seth Rogen, Colin Jost, and Martha Stewart on instead. Feel like it would succeed on a cable network, but the heart would probably be test-screened out of it. It's borderline incredible some producer hasn't just made a rip-off show of it yet, ala' how Wipeout just yoinked Takeshi's Castle off of MXC's popularizing of it. Having fun imagining what that would look like. "THE BOSS", with a BOSS and his personal assistant, sending jobs that four celebrities have to complete. They are then rewarded anywhere from $1 to $500 dollars depending on how well they did. At the end the winner gets to keep the money they earned and the losers get nothing. With Kevin O'Leary as the titular boss and David Cross as the personal assistant. Oh who am I kidding, they'd get John Cena or Peyton Manning to be the boss for that.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Japan should take to Taskmaster like fish to water. Not least because it's pretty much just Gaki no Tsukai. Wednesday Downtown does a bunch of stuff that's sometimes crazier versions of what TM pulls so it wouldn't be out of place, but I think for them, they might change the format to rotate casts more and have shorter seasons just to maximize exposure of various Talent that they have. There's a lot of variables in that all things considered
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Oh who am I kidding, they'd get John Cena or Peyton Manning to be the boss for that. Dammit, I didn't want an American Taskmaster Part Two but now I crave it just for this
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Wungus posted:I want to see John Cena as a contestant on a Taskmaster so loving bad. He's really proven himself in recent years to be fast and weird and he fully commits to everything. Just ask him to be on any of the other english speaking shows, it's not like it's illegal
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Just ask him to be on any of the other english speaking shows, it's not like it's illegal
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Wungus posted:I want to see John Cena as a contestant on a Taskmaster so loving bad. The thought had never occurred to me, but you're right - he'd be incredible.
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At the risk of fanboying, you could probably get an all-timer episode of Taskmaster with 5 wrestlers (or former) if you got the right ones. Cena, Evil Uno, Orange Cassidy, Statlander, and iunno, Asuka? Saraya? can't ever mention wrestling without fantasy booking.
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primaltrash posted:At the risk of fanboying, you could probably get an all-timer episode of Taskmaster with 5 wrestlers (or former) if you got the right ones. Hmm, yes. And then all the tasks are about arts and crafts.
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Here Starts S17 E1 chat.... https://twitter.com/taskmaster/status/1773455572433530958 Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Mar 28, 2024 |
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primaltrash posted:At the risk of fanboying, you could probably get an all-timer episode of Taskmaster with 5 wrestlers (or former) if you got the right ones.
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Alright, we’re off to a great start. I hope Nick comes across a bit stronger as the series goes on.
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Poor Sophie... I'm with her on the team task, it was too complicated.
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"That's what happens when you–" Amazing job Little Alex Horne.
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Great episode but it bugged me that Greg didn't do a little closing speech at the end like he usually does.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Somebody in a wrestling thread recently mentioned Will Ospreay https://x.com/THEdavidfinlay/status/1306082313848205313?s=20
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I guess "what have we learnt" must have been cut to accommodate all of the live task. Steve is more like Tim Vine than I was expecting, but I don't mind it... Oh, and if Joanne had just bought in two copies of her prize and gone with "glug vases" with the American pronunciation it suddenly works a whole lot better. Heavy_D fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Mar 29, 2024 |
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Has Nick always sounded like he does in the tasks or is he doing a voice
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Dr. Fraiser Chain posted:Is a new TM airing now?? Season 17 Episode 1 aired yesterday and is up online, next episode April 4th.
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Heavy_D posted:I guess "what have we learnt" must have been cut to accommodate all of the live task. Steve is more like Tim Vine than I was expecting, but I don't mind it... The sadness in Steves' eyes as he realised what will lose him the series is the way he makes puns as naturally as he breathes, combined with Gregs' seething hatred of puns...
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Sophie's 'what's your name and where are you from?' to Robins got me.
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Good ep. How is Joann older than Sophie? Sophie seems like a Mrs Bucket type already. As long as Nick stays away from Mr Swallow I'll be happy. I like him a lot so far and the interviews sound like he'll be the outside-the-box guy.
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Beerdeer posted:Good ep. Glad it's not just me. I think the Bolton accent sounds naturally middle aged.
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"Not you, Sophie, you'll have to wait. You know what you've done."
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Having fun imagining what that would look like. "THE BOSS", with a BOSS and his personal assistant, sending jobs that four celebrities have to complete. They are then rewarded anywhere from $1 to $500 dollars depending on how well they did. At the end the winner gets to keep the money they earned and the losers get nothing. This is making me imagine a Trump-hosted Apprentice/Taskmaster crossover and I hate it
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Beerdeer posted:Good ep. Right? I thought she was closer to Steve’s age!
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having actual cash would ruin it, the whole point/fun of some games is some people get weirdly tryhard about points that dont matter at all.
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On top of them sharing the episodes on youtube now, just throwing out there that the subreddit panelshow's always has the episode up pretty fast via dailymotion. PhazonLink posted:having actual cash would ruin it, the whole point/fun of some games is some people get weirdly tryhard about points that dont matter at all. 
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stev posted:Glad it's not just me. I think the Bolton accent sounds naturally middle aged. yeah I was shocked to discover that she's the only one of this cast younger than me
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Pleasantly surprised by Steve Pemberton's effortless punning, he was the highlight of the episode for me. Undecided on the rest of the cast yet.
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Two wildly bold predictions based on just a single episode: 1) Joanne to win 2) Steve is going to set a record for points earned in prize tasks Another thing I remembered I liked a day later: the freeze frames as Nick was throwing bricks, great editing choice.
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