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This Zapped worth checking out? I need something to chase away the winter blues.
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I showed my mum how to watch Taskmaster on the app about ten days ago and she came to me last night to ask if there was any more, and it turns out she's watched literally all of it now. I mean she's mostly bedridden so she has plenty of time but still, holy poo poo. Thanks thread, I probably wouldn't have bothered checking it out without you lot.
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Feb 6, 2021 13:28
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SeanBeansShako posted:This Zapped worth checking out? I need something to chase away the winter blues. I’m sure it’s worse than the original CITV version.
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Feb 6, 2021 13:52
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HopperUK posted:Not available in the UK! Tsk. I might have to resort to shenanigans. 
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Feb 6, 2021 14:24
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Pablo Bluth posted:TM Norway aka Kongen Bafeler has just started it's third series. I think I rate this as the best "foreign language Taskmaster"* so it's welcome news that it has returned. * very careful language so that I don't have to pick between this and TM NZ yet
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Feb 6, 2021 16:10
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How many Tasksmaster are there? The US (bad, cancelled), and the NZ, and Norwegian one. Is there a Japanese one yet?
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Feb 6, 2021 18:10
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Mr. Squishy posted:How many Tasksmaster are there? The US (bad, cancelled), and the NZ, and Norwegian one. Is there a Japanese one yet? According to the Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia posted:International versions of the programme have been made in Belgium (as Het Grootste Licht) [The Greatest Light], Sweden (as Bäst i Test) [Best in Test], Norway (as Kongen befaler) [The King Commands] and Spain (as Dicho y hecho) [Said and Done]. In Denmark the programme is titled Stormester [Grandmaster] and premiered on 25 August 2018. In April 2017, a US version with Reggie Watts as the Taskmaster and Horne as the assistant was announced, made by Avalon, the same production company for the UK version and originally aired on Comedy Central on 27 April 2018. A German version featuring Atze Schröder as the Taskmaster was commissioned by RTL in 2017; two episodes were recorded but not broadcast. In 2019 it was announced a New Zealand version would be produced, hosted by Jeremy Wells and Paul Williams. This was broadcast in 2020. Finnish network MTV3 started airing a local version Suurmestari [Grandmaster] on 12 April 2020. So there are Belgian, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Danish, US, German (unaired), Kiwi and Finnish versions. Which is 9 aired versions, and 1 which was never aired; including the original.
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The Finnish Taskmaster is strange. They decided to experiment with the formula, and maybe there is some cultural context I'm missing, but I don't think it was a particularly good decision. Instead of pompous chairs and red velvet, the studio set is a weird mix of a talk show with the host behind the desk and guests on two sofas, and your old-fashioned boss's office where his secretary also has a desk. Instead of having five contestants throughout the series, they only have four permanent ones, and one guest contestant each episode. Jaakko is also a bit off as Taskmaster. He doesn't come off as a whimsical tyrant, and instead more of a funny judge. On the other hand, in the NZ version, it also took some time for Taskmaster to get into the role. Pilvi (the assistant) is pretty good, and the contestants had some pretty different and hilarious takes on tasks, so I'm willing to stick with it at least until the next episode.
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Feb 6, 2021 18:48
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Pilvi is great. She's going for an "unflappable strict arbiter" persona and immediately gets flapped in the very first task.  tsob posted:German (unaired)
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Feb 6, 2021 18:57
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Paladinus posted:The Finnish Taskmaster is strange. The Swedish TM also does this, not a fan...
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^^^ Now that you mention it, it's obvious that Finns could be more familiar with the Nordic versions and try to lift more from there. The Finnish name of the show is also based on the Danish version, as far as I can tell.My Lovely Horse posted:Pilvi is great. She's going for an "unflappable strict arbiter" persona and immediately gets flapped in the very first task. She's a very solid character that you just immediately get. Perfectly fits with the formula. My Lovely Horse posted:And thank God, cause, y'all probably won't know who Atze Schröder is, but let me tell you: it would have been utterly dreary. Contestants were complete and utter no-names, too. Germany just doesn't have the kind of comedy culture that works well with Taskmaster I think. or being funny. Googled him, and I can see how it wouldn't work. quote:Schröder always appears in character with a large brown wig and glasses which he cultivated for his appearance on Quatsch Comedy Club and Alles Atze. His comedic style has been described as "vulgar" and centers around his self-assured "Proll" (simple working class) persona living in the industrial Ruhr area of Germany. Paladinus fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Feb 6, 2021 |
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Feb 6, 2021 19:20
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Danish Taskmaster is starting its fourth season soon, personally I think it's better than the original.
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Feb 6, 2021 21:27
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happyhippy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W3YL_4D8go Most likely it's EU only because of EU broadcasting rules. Same reason you can't watch Sky Go outside of the UK anymore.
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Feb 6, 2021 22:19
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The Taskmaster youtube channel is a bit weird. Some series are available outside UK but others aren't.
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Feb 7, 2021 10:17
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I'm amazed there are still internet people who don't regularly use VPN.
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Feb 7, 2021 11:13
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All the Nordic Taskmasters are fine to great, all the others are poo poo. Especially the Spanish one, I didn't make it through one episode of that. Almost worth watching just to see how badly they gently caress it up.
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Feb 7, 2021 11:54
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Unkempt posted:All the Nordic Taskmasters are fine to great, all the others are poo poo. Especially the Spanish one, I didn't make it through one episode of that. Almost worth watching just to see how badly they gently caress it up. Stupid question maybe, but do they have standup comedy in the same way we do in anglophone countries in all the countries where Taskmaster is now produced? I can picture it in Nordic countries, less so in Spain for some reason.
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Feb 7, 2021 12:19
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I mean Sofie Hagen has said comedy and standup isn’t really a thing in Denmark which is why she’s here. But not sure about the rest of Scandaweigia
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Feb 7, 2021 12:36
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It only works in countries where you have a poo poo climate for most of the year that forces everyone to stay in and watch excessive amounts of television.
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Feb 7, 2021 12:49
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so it's just gonna spring up everywhere now, is it
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Mr. Squishy posted:How many Tasksmaster are there? The US (bad, cancelled), and the NZ, and Norwegian one. Is there a Japanese one yet? US, NZ, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium and Spain I think. I haven't found any English for the Belgian one yet though.The Best foreign taskmaster pair would be Atle and Paul, imo, although I'm not sure how good Paul's Norwegian is. thehustler posted:I mean Sofie Hagen has said comedy and standup isn’t really a thing in Denmark which is why she’s here. But not sure about the rest of Scandaweigia Denmark having a smaller population than London probably has a lot to do with it too. Strawman fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Feb 7, 2021 |
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So The Masked Singer is dumb as hell but it gave me a bit of a shock yesterday because it turns out Sue Perkins has a really lovely singing voice. I'll drop a video in. I hope she sings more in public in the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCdd2IpluhI
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thehustler posted:I mean Sofie Hagen has said comedy and standup isn’t really a thing in Denmark which is why she’s here. But not sure about the rest of Scandaweigia It’s very much a thing, but obviously a smaller scene than England or the US. I don’t know a whole lot about Sofie Hagen, but my impression is that she is a failed stand-up comedian who is carrying a grudge because she wasn’t popular.
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Oasx posted:It’s very much a thing, but obviously a smaller scene than England or the US. I don’t know a whole lot about Sofie Hagen, but my impression is that she is a failed stand-up comedian who is carrying a grudge because she wasn’t popular. She’s definitely done better since moving here though. Perhaps her style didn’t work back home? Edit: I mean she had decently full rooms during the last time she was up at the Fringe, I seem to recall
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thehustler posted:She’s definitely done better since moving here though. Perhaps her style didn’t work back home? If 0.1% of 70 million people like her stuff it's going to be a lot more people turning up than 0.1% of 6 million, if you get me.
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Oasx posted:I don’t know a whole lot about Sofie Hagen, but my impression is that she is a failed stand-up comedian who is carrying a grudge because she wasn’t popular.
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Taear posted:If 0.1% of 70 million people like her stuff it's going to be a lot more people turning up than 0.1% of 6 million, if you get me. Yeah, fair point. Maths!
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stev posted:What a bizarre thing to say. How so? I'm danish and I follow danish stand-up, and I know that she didn't have much success as a stand-up comedian, but is mostly known for loudly announcing that was leaving Denmark. Her lack of success isn't due to Denmark not having a stand-up scene, but due to danes not finding her funny. If she did better in the UK then that is great.
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Oasx posted:How so? I'm danish and I follow danish stand-up, and I know that she didn't have much success as a stand-up comedian, but is mostly known for loudly announcing that was leaving Denmark. Fair enough, I thought you meant that was a general impression based on their work in the UK. They're not a massive star on the UK comedy circuit but they're pretty well liked here.
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I loved Games Master as a kid, but I don't know how much traction a similar format could get in this day and age, when Let's Plays and reviews of various formats online are so myriad. That said, Darragh O'Briain did a similar show a few years back where celebrity guests played games against more experienced staff gamers and I thought it was fun, even if it only got one season (maybe two; don't recall). The staff gamers weren't great, which I suppose is the key in a show like that. You need big personalities, and a presenter who can play up the virtues or vices of the particular people.
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It is going to have to do something radical yeah, the internet as is with Twitch, YouTube and a bunch of other outlets have it beat.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:19
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The show should be based around a new generation of gamers making Dave Perry cry.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:25
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They reckon Sir Patrick Stewart as the Gamesmaster? That's actually brilliant, if slightly unlikely. Dream casting Sir Ian McKellen obviously
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Feb 8, 2021 20:44
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Some sort of hybrid of news, reviews and clip montages they stole from YouTube, presumably. Maybe some esports coverage?
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tsob posted:I loved Games Master as a kid, but I don't know how much traction a similar format could get in this day and age, when Let's Plays and reviews of various formats online are so myriad. It's Taskmaster with computer games. If you check the original Ch4 press release here: https://www.4sales.com/latest/2021-02/news/gamesmaster-returns-seeking-brand-partner quote:If the show gets the go-ahead, five bold celebrities will embark on a gaming odyssey but only one can go on to become the GamesMaster champion and take home the Golden Joystick. I dunno, could be ok.
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I just realised that Richard Herring has both an original run Golden Joystick and a Greg Head trophy from Taskmaster. He's slowly trying to make his own infinity gauntlet and needs to be stopped.
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tsob posted:That said, Darragh O'Briain did a similar show a few years back where celebrity guests played games against more experienced staff gamers and I thought it was fun, even if it only got one season (maybe two; don't recall). It got three series! It also got a really weird spin off called 'Go 8 Bit DLC' which was basically a low budget chat show that looked like it was filmed in the studio's storage closet.
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tsob posted:That said, Darragh O'Briain did a similar show a few years back where celebrity guests played games against more experienced staff gamers and I thought it was fun, even if it only got one season (maybe two; don't recall). The staff gamers weren't great, which I suppose is the key in a show like that. You need big personalities, and a presenter who can play up the virtues or vices of the particular people. It was loving awful, and for me really put into highlight the problems with the agency comedian system in this country. There are so many gamers in the tv industry, and the series even had a sister show where the two subhosts would profile a comedian who was really into gaming. But the main show would constantly have people on who would basically admit to only ever having played a phone game and we'd have to watch them go the wrong way around the track in Gran Turismo. That and really poorly devised challenges that didn't suit themselves to one-on-one play or TV.
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