It's all about fine margins. TASKMASTER Series 17 Episode 6 Reaction

It's all about fine margins. TASKMASTER Series 17 Episode 6 Reaction - "A three ring man."

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Ай бұрын

This Week: The Best Thing Greg Should Get Into, Have the Best Thumb War, Team Task: Dart Twister (& Bottle Flip), Found Portraits of Your Competition, and Team Task: Human Ring Toss for the Final Task!
Hope you enjoy my first reaction to Episode 6 of Series 17 of Taskmaster starring Greg Davies and Alex Horne and featuring Joanne McNally, John Robins, Nick Mohammed, Sophie Willan, and Steve Pemberton!
Watch the Original Show on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland.
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@tomasparrado873 Ай бұрын

If you're wondering, the crossword really did appear in a national newspaper. Steve really went above and beyond for many of his prize tasks/presents for greg

@15two Ай бұрын

i remember the inside no 9 subreddit going crazy over it because it came out before the contestants were announced lol

@PokerJoker811 Ай бұрын

You might remember, aaaaaaaaaaaall tne way back at the beginning of Series 3, Sara Pascoe brought in a clock of Freddie Mercury that sne said she originally got for her boyfriend. That boyfriend was John (it didn’t work out). He just really, really loves Queen.

@Rothiman Ай бұрын

I came to the comments section just to write about this little fun fact. Don't know if it has been mentioned in previous episodes. Before this series I only knew John from the mock the week episodes he did with Sara.

@thesimpsons17 Ай бұрын

You absolutely have to watch Inside Number 9 to see more of Steve Pembertons brilliance. Its honestly one of the most well written jaw dropping shows you'll ever watch. There's even an episode all about Cryptic crosswords which will blow your mind

@williamburnham3659 Ай бұрын

Steve and Reece are two of the best writers and performers around today 😊😊😊😊

@thesimpsons17 Ай бұрын

@@williamburnham3659 undoubtedly, I genuinely don't understand how their brains work. Genius gets thrown around a lot these days but Reece and Steve are absolutely genius. Can't wait for the stage show next year!

@KaiOpaka Ай бұрын

I am on a mission to see this. I need more Steve Pemberton.

@mashpojayde-o Ай бұрын

You need to watch the channel ‘Cracking The Cryptic’ where Simon takes you through solving Steve Pemberton’s cryptic crossword that he did (just for your own interests of course). I loved seeing both sides of this moment with the reveal he had created a crossword and the actual solve with Simon figuring out the hidden message :D

@embroiderystitches1239 Ай бұрын

i didnt know Steve was Sphinx

@bigthecat100 Ай бұрын

Steve Pemberton stars in a cryptic crossword themed episode of Inside No. 9 (S03E03, The Riddle of the Sphinx) which is definitely worth watching as it's also one of the best episodes!

@jaapsch2 Ай бұрын

Apparently he constructed the Guardian’s cryptic crossword on that day as well. When his Taskmaster cryptic was published, also under the pseudonym Sphinx, people suspected that Steve was appearing on TM.

@SennaAugustus Ай бұрын

Joanne and Sophie genuinely thought and called them presents. It was almost a spoiler when Joanne repeatedly called them presents in the Episode 5 podcast.

@FLQueerLiberal1982 Ай бұрын

Regarding Taskmaster AU, series 1 was amazing. I think the Tom Gleeson is really a great Taskmaster. He's more acerbic and witty. They've recorded 3 series, but are airing series 2 and 3 in reverse order.

@peterbulloch4611 Ай бұрын

I'm sure lm not the first to recommend Inside Number 9. They're half hour TV plays Steve Pemberton co wrote and stars in. They really are brilliant

@barneymetcalfe8896 Ай бұрын

Amen. Legitimately some of the finest tv of the last few years. I’ll be sad to see it go this year.

@williamburnham3659 Ай бұрын

I quite agree, No spoilers but one of the darkest episodes did involve a cryptic crossword 😊😊😊😊😊

@carlgibson285 Ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of The League Of Gentlemen so I thought I'd check out an episode of Inside Number 9, but the one I watched upset me so much that I couldn't bring myself to watch any others (it was the Krampus episode).

@PokerJoker811 Ай бұрын

It is very much in the vein of Black Mirror or the Twilight Zone. Horror comedy with a heavy emphasis on twists.

@williamburnham3659 Ай бұрын

@@PokerJoker811 indeed, but far better than Black Mirror

@spfisterer3651 Ай бұрын

Love knowing you are going to do a lot of Taskmaster in the next months....

@wtlover7683 Ай бұрын

Its great to see you back. Always enjoy your reactions no matter what they are.

@sarika.h Ай бұрын

they are releasing the outtakes as they go along, well worth a watch

@jeanlafayette7152 Ай бұрын

Joe Wilkinson was in series 2. In addition to 'Potatogate', that series included the 'create a music video for a nursery rhyme' task, in which Doc Brown chose the nursery rhyme you didn't recognise when Steve quoted it during set-up for this episode's Thumb War task.

@blackdragoncyrus Ай бұрын

I immediately knew that Alex wouldn't bring up the fine margins if it wasn't regarding Steve and Nick's team.

@apatternedhorizon Ай бұрын

16 really was a great one. Felt like early taskmaster again.

@MrJamBluejam Ай бұрын

These reactions are always a treat when they pop up. Looking forward to you doing series 16 too. All the best.

@veryvarley6706 Ай бұрын

As has been mentioned, Inside number 9 is a great anthology show. The episode relative to Steve's crossword skills is called "The Riddle of the Sphinx" it is series 3 episode 3. With it being an anthology show, each episode is completely separate so trying this one alone would be no problem. I think this episode would be right up your ally. ENJOY

@eb7446 Ай бұрын

You can watch drunk Alex if you want, he's on an episode of Drunk History UK. A lot of TM alumni appeared in it.

@Meteorite_Shower Ай бұрын

I love the Presents task.

@mamathuggin Ай бұрын

I'm so happy you're doing this

@RiyaSDesai Ай бұрын

i'm so excited for you to watch s16!

@RiyaSDesai Ай бұрын

(but on the subject of overhyping - there were a couple of tasks that fell super flat, but was made up for by the cast. i think we like s16 mostly for the cast dynamic and the in studio banter)

@mashpojayde-o Ай бұрын

Are you a child of divorce?

@stackels97 Ай бұрын

Same, the blend of characters shouldn't have worked and yet....they're absolutely delightful together.

@jamesmasefield6109 Ай бұрын

I rarely comment, but 16 really is a brilliant season. Enjoy my friend

@Robalogot Ай бұрын

Hey Neil, you might want to react to The Traitors UK and AUS, I think it's right up your alley.

@galaxspace1 Ай бұрын

They might as well be presents. Greg stopped awarding them based on fulfilling the description and instead now rewards what he likes

@misterlobsterman Ай бұрын

Actually, i was kinda meh on this season, but this episode made me like the contestants a lot more. Like all of them. And i'm really excited to see you watching series 16. It's insane.

@Renzsu Ай бұрын

I'm still kinda meh on this series.. None of the contestants really click for me, but maybe I'm a little bit over-saturated on TM content.

@barneymetcalfe8896 Ай бұрын

I don’t mind when you get round to all of the back logged TM content. Just think of all the videos we’re gonna get out of it, whenever that ends up being. Also I believe they had rum at house for Joanne's attempt that was left over from the gloves task. I think they shot those on the same day for her.

@NJH01 Ай бұрын

Don’t get me wrong I didn’t dislike s16 or any series for that matter but I’m surprised that everyone else seems to rate it so highly lol

@DavidSmith-cx8dg Ай бұрын

I am enjoying this series, I do think Nick suffers a bit being paired with Steve . Gregg definitely penalised them a bit harshly but nice to see a different winner . Thanks for sharing your thoughts Neil , you'll be caught up in no time .

@StarkRG Ай бұрын

I agree that these were definitely weaker tasks this episode, but overall I still enjoyed it quite a lot.

@IntoTheWhite04 Ай бұрын

John does a very funny podcast on BBC sounds with Elis James. Well worth listening to it. Evert Tues and Friday . You'll get the type of person John is from that. ie extremely competitive and nerdy about stuff in a self depreciating way.

@oksobasicallyimmonky Ай бұрын

On the podcast sometimes they go into those production details

@AzimovTube Ай бұрын

Dave Gorman also does cryptic crosswords, have seen one of his on Cracking the Cryptic. Can't remember if he has been on Taskmaster, seems like his sort of thing.

@lesshero9982 Ай бұрын

He was on series 3, and was famous for cheating multiple times.

@scottythedawg Ай бұрын

if ice cubes in wine were a solution to a task, the smart players wouldve cooled the bottle in an ice bucket.

@michaelnolan6951 Ай бұрын

I hope you get around to Real Hemisphere TM at some point, Aussie TM is about to start the second season (3rd filmed) and TM NZ is still ticking over nicely

@RoToRa Ай бұрын

Richard Osman has a newish podcast together with Marina Hyde called "The Rest is Entertainment" in which they discuss/explain what goes on behind the scenes of TV and movies. They have talked about Taskmaster a couple of times. For example, Richard said, that the players don't actually get to keep the "prizes".

@squeakyelbows Ай бұрын

There is a Canadian version of Taskmaster...

@Thisandthat8908 Ай бұрын

tbh treating the prize task as Greg presents makes total sense, because he judges them, not the episode winner. but tbemh, Alex's reaction is just prizeless, that would be reason enough..

@juless1161 Ай бұрын

Do you ever watch the outtakes on the taskmaster channel?

@spfisterer3651 Ай бұрын

I wonder if there is a statistic whether its better to be in a team of 2 or 3 on TM...I know a few instances where 3 was better (like today) but that could be my scewed memory.

@KaiOpaka Ай бұрын

They cover it on Taskmaster: The People's Podcast. It's from a recent ep, I just don't remember which or, unfortunately, what Jack's stats said.