best of taskmaster

16/10/22

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[ID: Three screencaps from Taskmaster. Sally Phillips says, “I’ve brought you a human turd. I’ve brought you one of Bob Mortimer’s turds.” Bob Mortimer raises a hand above his head. Smiling, Greg Davies says, “This is gonna take some unravelling, isn’t it?” End ID.]

[ID: Nine screencaps from Taskmaster. Mark Watson reads out a task that says, “Also, please don’t say any words containing any of the letters in the word Taskmaster.” The camera zooms in on a cupcake on the table, with a lit candle on top, as Alex Horne asks, “What are you thinking, Mark?” Mark shrugs and says, “Fiddly. How?” He proceeds to carry the cupcake around the house, saying as he goes, “Fiddly. Fiddly. V fiddly.” End ID.]

[ID: Five screencaps from Taskmaster. Aisling Bea walks up to Alex Horne in a sunny field, and says, “Hello, Alex.” Alex replies, “Hello, Aisling.” Aisling asks, “Why have you brought me to this bloody shithole?” Alex asks, “Please can I put a blindfold on you?” Aisling, wearing sunglasses, stares at him stony-faced. End ID.]

[ID: Four screencaps from Taskmaster. Nish Kumar tries to cross a hallway filled with floating bubbles, holding a cupcake with a candle on it. He shouts, “Oh, you bubbly fuck! The candle’s gone out!” The audience laughs and Nish says in disbelief, “The candle went out ‘cause I said ‘bubbly fuck’.” End ID.]

[ID: Three screencaps from Taskmaster. Greg Davies says, “Hello and welcome back to the final part of the show.” Alex Horne adds, “Yes, and hello to everyone watching us on Google Earth.” In unison, they look up and wave to the ceiling, and the audience laughs. End ID.]

[ID: Three screencaps from Taskmaster. Greg Davies and Nish Kumar stand at the back of the studio floor with their backs to the audience. With his arm around Nish’s shoulder, Greg says, “Just try and pull yourself up by the bootstraps. Give it a go. Really have a go at the show. You’re not a bad guy, Nish.” End ID.]

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I think this is the most on-brand way Nish could have possibly ended his run on Taskmaster and I cannot stop watching it.

[ID: Five screencaps of Nish Kumar throughout series 5 of Taskmaster, shouting on various occasions, “Oh, shit and piss! Shitting piss! Piss and shit! Oh, shit and piss! Piss and shit!” End ID.]

[Image ID: Sally Philips and Alex Horne standing in a room lined with sheets of plastic and lit by a red light. Horne is shirtless and partially wrapped in cling film. Philips stands facing him, reaching up to touch his head. End ID/]

the fact that Aisling Bea’s response to this challenge was to put on as many obstructions as possible is the most beautiful thing alksjfd

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[ID: Three screencaps from Taskmaster. Nish Kumar stands opposite Alex Horne and says, “I mean, my instinct is to remove all my clothes, but I think that that’s just more… My general instinct is to do that in any given scenario.” End ID.]

This made me laugh so hard that my childhood hip deformity started hurting

Taskmaster - Series 5, Episode 8: Create the Best Graph