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CatstropheWaitress posted:It is perhaps the most ingenious thing about Taskmaster. You really get to meet comedians throughout the ten episodes, and I don't think anyone's done it "playing a character". A few have dropped their act to be on it. It's great. Cool, thanks for the info!! I figured it would go on YT, but like after the whole season airs, or in parts. Nice to know I can check it out and keep up with it weekly.
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i wouldn't start with season 7 tbh but it's mostly because i think that rhod gilbert, though funny on his own, is possibly the worst-for-taskmaster contestant they've ever had and i find his antagonism towards the show and the other contestants hard to stand on a rewatch (which sucks, because james acaster is possibly my favorite contestant they've ever had). not the best introduction to the show for that reason; i'd either jump into 4 or 5 or just start from the top and see how they figure out what works and doesn't work for the series edit: i know rhod is part of why a lot of people like season 7 but it's pretty clear that he was on the show to mess with greg over everything else, and even if it gives the in-studio stuff a kick it doesn't lead to great stuff in the other 3/4 of the show. to this day i think he's still the only contestant to actively decide to sabotage his teammates in a task for a lark flatluigi fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Mar 24, 2025 |
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CatstropheWaitress posted:It is perhaps the most ingenious thing about Taskmaster. You really get to meet comedians throughout the ten episodes, and I don't think anyone's done it "playing a character". A few have dropped their act to be on it. It's great. There's something about Taskmaster that gets people to break down and reveal how deeply weird they actually are and it's great.
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Mar 24, 2025 20:54
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flatluigi posted:game changer new season starts april 7, ten episodes total with no game samers (so no sam says 4, rip) I would like to have seen another escape room.
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flatluigi posted:i wouldn't start with season 7 tbh but it's mostly because i think that rhod gilbert, though funny on his own, is possibly the worst-for-taskmaster contestant they've ever had and i find his antagonism towards the show and the other contestants hard to stand on a rewatch (which sucks, because james acaster is possibly my favorite contestant they've ever had). not the best introduction to the show for that reason; i'd either jump into 4 or 5 or just start from the top and see how they figure out what works and doesn't work for the series To each their own, but "the contestant that actually knows the Taskmaster outside of the series and refuses to accept their authority" is a pretty get contestant archetype. Futile and juvenile, perfect setup and punchline every time. TMZ2 has Matt Heath in that role, and the recent season of AUS had one too in Mel. Feels a little presumptuous to say he was only invited on to "mess with greg", the guy does great stuff outside of that too. Sorry for ya that seeing Greg Davies near-naked body for nearly every prize task was a turnoff. MikeJF posted:There's something about Taskmaster that gets people to break down and reveal how deeply weird they actually are and it's great. That's part of the charm of the New Year Treat's too - even putting regularish people on the show usually ends up being pretty revealing. We're all one task involving rubber ducks away from showing the world our true colors. How Game Changer hasn't done their own Taskmaster yet boggles my mind unless Sam is making a legit pass at getting involved in the inevitable US reboot.
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If you wanted to pick a season to get someone started with Taskmaster you could do worse than TM NZ 2, come to think of it.
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Only didn't recommend that one because it is the best. Been very heartwarming to hear in the podcast that all the contestants are still in a group chat together and regularly chit chat. Gah what a good series that is.
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Alex Horne and Sam Reich have met and the topic of doing a new version of taskmaster US (or having the blessing to do a knockoff) has come up, but there's no plans for it CatstropheWaitress posted:To each their own, but "the contestant that actually knows the Taskmaster outside of the series and refuses to accept their authority" is a pretty get contestant archetype. Futile and juvenile, perfect setup and punchline every time. TMZ2 has Matt Heath in that role, and the recent season of AUS had one too in Mel. Feels a little presumptuous to say he was only invited on to "mess with greg", the guy does great stuff outside of that too. Sorry for ya that seeing Greg Davies near-naked body for nearly every prize task was a turnoff. oh no I'm great with healthy antagonism, I'm talking about how rhod straight up has said in interviews that he didn't have a great time on the show, was mainly there to troll greg, and regrets not having familiarized himself with what the show was like so he could've approached it less antagonistically. it's not presumptuous if it's a thing he actually said lol in one of the same interviews he talks about going too far with Alex to the point that health and safety had to step in and say they couldn't air the segment (apparently he stuffed a full egg into Alex's mouth)
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MikeJF posted:If you wanted to pick a season to get someone started with Taskmaster you could do worse than TM NZ 2, come to think of it. NZ2 is the e: nm, the correct starting series is UK13. Pinwiz11 fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Mar 25, 2025 |
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I'd concur that S13 is a great place to start too. One of the best recent series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_q0RMaV6Y
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from the weekly dropout emailquote:Dimension 20: Fantasy High is getting an adaptation from WEBTOON, premiering March 31st on webtoons.com! Re-live the journey of the Bad Kids through their freshman year at Aguefort Academy - with a few new twists! i think it might get looked over because of the gamechanger annoucement. also a mashable link about the webtoon that is also in the email https://mashable.com/article/dimension-20-fantasy-high-webcomic-webtoon?_hsmi=353331320
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Can't remember which one it is, but the Taskmaster series with Dara O Briain, Fern Brady, and Sarah Millican can't be recommended enough.
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anyone overeager enough to see if they can feather out what all ten episodes are gonna be from that trailer
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I'm still of the theory, Sam leaving the trailer through an exit sign with his own face tells me. This is Sam's Last Season hosting game changer Because if he's gone, then he won't be here the whole time.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:I'm still of the theory, Sam leaving the trailer through an exit sign with his own face tells me. Or they are doing a Where In the World is Sam Reich episode where he leaves the contestants clues on where to find him.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:I'm still of the theory, Sam leaving the trailer through an exit sign with his own face tells me. He's the face of dropout and I don't think he's going to leave their second biggest show right as they are (seemingly) beginning to really take off. Plus he's only 40. I think we've got a lot of time with him there left.
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The trailer is a smart departure from previous season mystery themes. The last few seasons had too many try hard nerds trying to Sherlock out secrets that weren’t there.
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a taskmaster episode randomly autoplayed for me a few months ago and then i went and started watching it from the very beginning, just started series 10 last night they've all been more or less enjoyable, but i think Paul Chowdry, James Acaster, and Nish Kumar have been my favorite contestants so far
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I really enjoyed Mawaan Rizwam. He was just having so much fun all the time, it was infectious, and him disappearing the cow was genius.
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Taeke posted:I really enjoyed Mawaan Rizwam. He was just having so much fun all the time, it was infectious, and him disappearing the cow was genius. i was genuinely shocked at that one, im only 2 episodes in but Mawaan rules
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My favourite season is 5, every contestant in it gels so well with each other and the studio segments are great. Also you can never get enough Bob Mortimer.
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my take with Sam being on the exit door to the studio is that it appears that we're finally returning to having episodes that take place primarily outside the studio
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The behind-the-scenes feature for Sam Says 3 mentioned one of their ideas was to initiate a game of tag that would lead them to a second set of podiums in the Vasquez Rocks where they would continue the game, so I could see them developing that into a new idea. Or it could just be that whatever episode uses the brick backdrop added Same's face to the sign on the door as a subtle gag and it doesn't actually mean anything.
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Man dimension 20 is so good, I'm to the finale of the first season of fantasy high 
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Weird Pumpkin posted:Man dimension 20 is so good, I'm to the finale of the first season of fantasy high Blimey. We have such sights to show you.
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Robot Style posted:Or it could just be that whatever episode uses the brick backdrop added Same's face to the sign on the door as a subtle gag and it doesn't actually mean anything.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:I'm still of the theory, Sam leaving the trailer through an exit sign with his own face tells me. He loves his baby too much. You can tell how much fun he has being the host of Game Changer and Make Some Noise. I don't see him leaving as host any time soon.
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Wungus posted:What are you talking about, it has all the meaning in the world just like how his stage magician hand gestures were a real sign of a secret message and top secret dropout ARG and not just a stage magician gesture done by a stage magic fan You sound like you didn't get into the ARG, friend.
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flatluigi posted:anyone overeager enough to see if they can feather out what all ten episodes are gonna be from that trailer unsurprisingly someone on reddit has taken a swing at this speculation spoilered so that people can be fully surprised if they want to: > Groups confirmed: > > Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ify Nwadiwe, Katie Marovitch (with themed flags on their podiums) > Ally Beardsley, Zac Oyama, Lisa Gilroy (includes dissing Sam) > Jeremy Culhane, Anna Garcia, Oscar Montoya (the wheel episode) > Gianmarco Soresi, Josh Johnson, Jeff Arcuri (crowd work) > Mike Trapp, Rekha Shankar, Jordan Myrick (seems to be something like Shark Tank?) > Vic Michaelis, Jacob Wysocki, Lou Wilson (costumes are involved) > Huge game: Vic Michaelis, Aabria Iyengar, Raph Chestang, Ally Beardsley, Demi Adejuyigbe -- and probably more people > Red curtain episode: Demi Adejuyigbe, Zach Reino, Ele Woods, Erika Ishii, and probably more players? > Becca Scott, Izzy Roland, Lily Du, Sephie Valentine, Ele Woods, Angela Giarratana, Jiavani, Erika Ishii (seems like a teambuilding/human knot thing??) > Jacob Wysocki, Jeremy Culhane, Kimia Behpoornia, Kurt Maloney (not sure what this game is -> may be the same stage/episode as #9??) > Team game (prediction - Color Wars/Capture the Flag/some summer camp game): > Team 1: Izzy, Erika, Ify, Katie, Grant O'Brien > Team 2: Brian David Gilbert, Tao Yang, Rekha, Becca (I think?), Jiavani > Other people shown: Geoff Ross (unsure what his role is?), Paul Robalino, Chris Grace, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfield, Paul F. Tompkins, Ranboo (as cameos/guests) > > Brennan is in at least one more episode, by his own admission. > > Jordan and Demi appear together at one point, but they may be judges/guests and not players.
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flatluigi posted:Brennan is in at least one more episode, by his own admission. I hope Sam makes good on his implied threat to surprise Brennan with a fake Adventuring Academy that turns into a Game Changer, but I also feel like he needs to wait another year or two to lull Brennan into complacency.
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flatluigi posted:> Gianmarco Soresi, Josh Johnson, Jeff Arcuri (crowd work) Calling this one now as an all-timer.
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I got tickets to see Josh Johnson this summer, so I'm really excited to see him get involved with Dropout.
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quarterback for like 12 different teams and now a dropout cast member, what can't he do!
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I don't know if this is a bold or strange claim, but I'm gonna say it anyway: Brennan is wonderful, but Erika is my wife's and my favorite regular.
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the only strange part about the claim is that you're limiting yourself to less than a dozen favorites
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Inkspot posted:Calling this one now as an all-timer. probably an easy bet - there's rumor that this went over so well it's getting spun off to a full show
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flatluigi posted:the only strange part about the claim is that you're limiting yourself to less than a dozen favorites *inhale* Lily Grant Katie Izzy Rekha Trapp Jacob Zac Vic Josh BDG Amy edit: ...DemiAllyJess *exhale* Squiggle fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Mar 26, 2025 |
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i diagnose you with needing to watch d20
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