Alex Horne (from Taskmaster) greets the crowd who showed up for Task 185

They expected about a hundred. About 1500 showed up in the small town of Chesham.

[@andrewjohnston2850]

my grandparents told me about this when you could sit in a park with other people, didn't believe them until now

[@regmemer9198]

Co-existing with other human beings used to be a very common social trait. It's weird to us now, but before the great plague of 2020, people use to "do stuff" without fear of committing a criminal offence. It seems mental now, but you really could do pretty much what you wanted, when you wanted.

[@TheMijman]

It's so strange looking now

[@boskee]

You must have a gold fish memory

[@andrewjohnston2850]

@@boskee yes i remember my goldfish

[@christoffellouis2440]

oh look, it’s little alex horne

[@becauseimjewish]

I’m the person who came from NYC! I just found this video and it made me smile. Thank you!!

[@pidgsaints]

after the video cut, did everyone slowly close in on him or did you let him awkwardly approach you

[@becauseimjewish]

@@pidgsaints I’d say slowly close in! But also he was so kind and really and truly said hi to everyone!

[@mooalijasmine]

What was the special prize?

[@becauseimjewish]

@@mooalijasmine A signed copy of the board game!

[@kavalogue]

@@becauseimjewish nice

[@west077]

Ha, this randomly came up in my time line. That was a great day. He looked knackered right at the end but was such a positive and enthusiastic dude. . The meet & greet queue went on forever.

[@landonorris6]

This looks so weird now, no social distancing

[@harrypainter7472]

lol

[@jeffrey44]

Alex Horne also had bat meat at his picnic. It's amazing what seemed so normal back then is now so alien to us. He also touched his face and didn't wash his hands once.

[@harrypainter7472]

@@jeffrey44 He also didn't wear a face mask either.

[@jeffrey44]

@@harrypainter7472 I expect the dirty bastard purchased non-essential items that day too.

[@harrypainter7472]

@@jeffrey44 What a bastard.

[@davidplenderleith4176]

00:27 is nobody gonna mention the price tag still stuck on that birds dress?

[@kathughes4671]

Hah, interesting to hear what was said. The crowd was so big that we couldn't hear any of this despite being there!

[@kathughes4671]

@Da Mighty Shabba yes, after getting turned away from the football ground we went back to the starting place and he did some book signing and posed for photos.

[@Zkeleton969]

Oh, well, would you look at that... 0:35 IT’S LITTLE ALEX HORRRRRRRRRNE!

[@lilfrontgarden]

I live here lol it was the funniest shit seeing people at the park I knew who were just so confused.

[@TheCaptScarlett]

Slightly odd seeing yourself at an event from another angle. I was the one from Rickmansworth (it's the next major town down the valley of the River Chess geography fans, so not far at all) What the video fails to convey, but yiu can hear it in his voice, is Alex's suprise/fear/shock at just how many people turned up.

[@TheCaptScarlett]

The two Taskmaster sites mentioned were the Town Hall (Impress the Mayor) and Chesham Town FC (score the most impressive goal with this bag/hide this ball Mel Gedoric). The idea was to boost Chesham 's support for that afternoon's FA Cup fixture against Hayes. However when over a thousand extra people turned up, Hayes objected (think they quoted insufficient crowd control, stewards, police etc) and so it all fizzled out after that. Funnily enough earlier I popped into the stationers that featured in the show to warn them that they may have a busy afternoon with Taskers coming to visit.

[@TheCaptScarlett]

I'll have to find and upload my video now and include a link.

[@ullasjoseph4502]

@@TheCaptScarlett If you upload the video, pls post the link here.?

[@redwitch95]

As someone who has lived in Chesham all my life, I'm shocked I never heard about this. Although describing Chesham as a "small town" when it's got 20,000 people is a bit hilarious.

[@nicosmind3]

20,000 for a town ain't much

[@shantayedincsoy1611]

My college town was 600,000. And it felt small. My high school was 4,000. 20k is a like a 5 square mile in my city.

[@redwitch95]

@@shantayedincsoy1611 Depends on the country - 600k is absolutely a city in the UK, we tend to regard somewhere as a city when it hits about 80k in population. Below 1k, it's a village, and below a 100 is a hamlet. Also keep in mind our towns tend to be far more dense than the US, and we don't separate our housing stock from the commercial areas.

[@jocomfiresin6982]

My home town has a tenth of that and I've been to towns with single digit populations.

[@franksimon8375]

Its rare for Genius to be appreciated by the common people so this is nice

[@wellwithmeri8222]

Lady in the floral dress at 0:28 forgot to take the tag off her dress :'D

[@lglglg]

Yes! Thought I was the only one to notice it

[@jeffrey44]

She is going to return it.

[@sylviagovers8061]

Damn, I was going to make that comment, lol.

[@user-jf5jb4gk1w]

"forgot" :)

[@emilieshomegarden3677]

I noticed too 🤭🤫

[@Michael-sh1fb]

Bless you, Alex

[@katybagans6110]

Thanks alot really enjoyed being there

[@microlol136]

I was there

[@theTRUTHgroup]

Was this task related to the show in some way or was it something separate?

[@thesimpsons17]

It was in the Taskmaster book. There were coordinates saying a time and place that Alex would be having a picnic. The task was to find the place. Way more people turned up than Alex was expecting.

[@theTRUTHgroup]

@@thesimpsons17 That is greatness! Too bad we don't have access to the fun over here in the states. :(

[@thesimpsons17]

@@theTRUTHgroup I'm lucky to have met Alex a few times at his Horne Section shows. Hes such a lovely man!

[@PianoKwanMan]

@@theTRUTHgroup you did have improveverywhere in NYC

[@TheAstronomyFloyd]

@@theTRUTHgroup youse did get a chance, unfortunately it was short lived and the show only last one series because youse didn’t know what was going on

[@alextunstall6912]

Alex Horne x 100 gecs crossover

[@Tralby19]

What

[@alextunstall6912]

@@Tralby19 look up 100 gecs and you’ll see the resemblance too 100 gec idk

[@Tralby19]

@@alextunstall6912 the resemblance in what. The crowd, the music, Alex?

[@alextunstall6912]

@@Tralby19 the dude with the camera

[@Tralby19]

@@alextunstall6912 his face?

[@y0ngcheng]

0:29 the lady left the dress label on still?

[@colemannelson5392]

Which series is this?

[@vetiverhomeco.1623]

0.26 - woman in flowery dress forgot to remove the label from her dress. insignificant...or could it be a clue! nah. insignificant

[@bigboichungus6846]

0:26 please tell her she has a tag on her outfit

[@drewdemien481]

Isn't that nice. Another closed caption that doesn't work.