Phlag posted:

Gaz-L posted:

It's odd that in the US, Taskmaster and Game Changer are kind of on the same level, in that both are basically available on YouTube or Vimeo-based subscription platforms only.

Lager posted:

I did find the fixitman78 channel but sadly the discord, patron, etc. links don't work. I was hoping for some old school ARG insanity!

Bobulus posted:

I was also thinking there had to be a trick to the clown. Like, his shoes were just as black and glossy as the balloons, maybe you can to pop his shoe and the prize would be in that?

One random element isn't the end of the world, though.

flatluigi posted:

eh, it's mostly that for whatever reason nobody's made an effort to just air uk panel shows and the like unchanged in the US (probably because US TV tends to have very different energy and baggage around what a game show/reality show should be like).

the attempt at making a US taskmaster just had weird energy and I'd love to see them try it again in general, but I think you could get a couple seasons of dropout taskmaster easily

bunnyofdoom posted:

here's the video

inthesto posted:

US Taskmaster bombed because half the contestants weren't even comedians and Lisa Lampanelli was still somehow the worst contestant

I believe UPN tried airing season 8 of UK Taskmaster and didn't even finish it due to low ratings? IDK, it's weird that something can be a huge viral hit on the internet and then flop on cable

flatluigi posted:

eh, it's mostly that for whatever reason nobody's made an effort to just air uk panel shows and the like unchanged in the US (probably because US TV tends to have very different energy and baggage around what a game show/reality show should be like).

the attempt at making a US taskmaster just had weird energy and I'd love to see them try it again in general, but I think you could get a couple seasons of dropout taskmaster easily

bunnyofdoom posted:

here's the video

MikeJF posted:

It's a recurring thing where the US will try to adapt a British (or Australian or something else) show that's entertaining because most of the contestants are stand-up comedians plying their skills to the camera, and then skip the comedians and just have a bunch of generic famous people on and it's painfully unwatchable and then it fails.

Rougey posted:

Yeah I recall an Australian show about an amoral lawyer being adapted and the end result was... bleh. The adaptation wanted the protagonist (an amoral lawyer and trainwreak of a human being) to be "more likeable", so they were watered down and had the edges sanded off. The end result was somebody who was forgettable and it didn't last past the first season - contrast to the original where the protagonist is clearly an absolute piece of poo poo but is charismatic enough to get away with it.

He's lovable, like an old friend you just can't seem to abandon in spite of their awful behaviour.

Also helped that the Australian lead is a theatre actor who (like many Australian theatre actors) takes screen roles to subtitle their passion - so he'd "ask a mate" to do him a favour and then they've got Hugo Weaving or Cate Blanchette for an episode or two.

bunnyofdoom posted:

Wow um actually they weren't kidding about this being the baby episode


Edit relevant for the episode https://www.dc.com/blog/2023/04/24/the-many-loves-of-superman

Senerio posted:

Wtf is this false advertising



#NotMyGrant

Neito posted:

I absolutely have some Grant/Keith face blindness. Is this Keith? Is that the joke?

bunnyofdoom posted:

Soooooo....I set my phone alarm to be the wenis. I have set my alarm for 2am. Let's see if my wife can get divorce papers at 2:10am after she dances the Wenis.