Taskmaster - Find Out What the Switch Does REACTION

[@sharonlock6452]

That's why a lot of British panel shows don't do well in America. You are too competitive and its all about the winning . The brits couldn't care less who wins . We are just along for the ride and the laugh .

[@Maytricks_Lee_VR]

True. But we do care about injustice. Rhod deserved five points for that task. And while we don't care as much about winning, multiple times, in this season in particular, there were heated debates over the distribution of points...

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

​@@Maytricks_Lee_VRwhich is all done mainly as a joke and not to be taken serious

[@dalbhuie_youtubeaddedanumber]

You are never going to understand this show if you don't watch the full episodes. The challanges are there purely to spark the conversations and humour. It's not about winning it at all. Watching individual tasks will never show this too you and you will only get a tiny part of what the show is about. WATCH THE FULL EPISODES! Better yet watch them by series as other reactors have done very succesfully.

[@thoso1973]

Taskmaster enjoys huge succes in its Danish, Norwegian and Australian versions also and its because their teams/players are entirely in line with the concept of the UK series: it's NOT about the competition or winning, but about the comedy and the contestants and taskmaster taking the piss on each other at any given opportunity. Forgive me for saying it, but this obsession with 'winning' or being number one is particularly an American invention. 😃

[@elijahmclaughlin-prosser9002]

New Zealand is the best. NZ S2 is a contender for the greatest across all TM series over the world ever

[@elijahmclaughlin-prosser9002]

@@kmjkmjkmj I’m Welsh

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

New Zealand is my second favourite of the bunch ​@@elijahmclaughlin-prosser9002

[@dio6274]

"Its all about the competition" Task master is not all about the competition, they purposefully pick a range of people who have different attitudes. It's about being entertaining and lateral thinking. Not winning. Every season has 1 to 2 people who want to win really hard and try really hard. 1 or 2 people who are just terrible and fail at everything. and 1 sort of in the middle. There's a reason why the American version of the show failed so quickly and its probably because they all took it far too seriously.

[@ct5625]

It is a very interesting cultural difference. I think you're probably right about why the US version failed. A lot of people didn't get it. It's just a fun, silly show, and it doesn't need to be anything else. It does make me wonder why there is this cultural difference. I wonder if it's related to the hyper competitive sporting aspect of American society which seems to cross-over into their politics, too. Everyone needs to be on a "team" and their team must win at all costs. Obviously we have football in the UK, but that kind of competitive attitude doesn't permeate our education system in the way it does in the US.

[@DocLunarwind]

I feel Greg hasgotten a little too fair in later seasons

[@Mike_Dubayou]

The American version failed because the contestants were incredibly unfunny and unlikeable. They also got very political. Maybe I’m forgetting some things, but I don’t think any of them were talented enough to be able to “try to win”

[@johnboy2562]

​@@Mike_Dubayou Don't forget one of the US contestants, Freddie Highmore, is English, and I think he understood what the show is all about: entertainment and enjoying yourself.

[@annicecooper8105]

​@@Mike_DubayouThe US version sadly was awful. Wrong casting for both contestants and the Taskmaster. 😬 Reggie is great but just miscast as he's far too cool.

[@DaveAnderson-n8x]

If its all about the competition then this isn't the show for u mate. It's purely about the comedy here,

[@eddhardy1054]

Sorry mate but Taskmaster is definitely not about the competition.

[@andy2950]

Richard Osman with his producer hat on, says this why so few uk panel shows do well in the USA. They just don't understand the lack of competition. 😂

[@jaykafei4815]

But it is about the competition as well. Of course it's about so many other things too, but without the competition it's not a show. Also look at Ed, John robins, Dara etc. To them it's very much about the competition.

[@MarkPentler]

A lot of reactors don't read the comments.

[@andy2950]

@@jaykafei4815 It's performative.

[@colinmadigan7251]

I think Rhod should have argued a bit more with the result because technically he was right, the switch did nothing.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

The question was worded "What happens when you flip the switch on?" So, I would argue that he did not completely answer the question.

[@raphaelperry8159]

To be fair, if Rhod hadn't blatantly self sabotaged the first task of every episode he would have probably won that series hands down.

[@stevehartley7504]

Lots of our comedy quizzes are not about the points it's an opportunity to be funny. The points are just secondary

[@nonautomaton6230]

The gordian Knot, Alexander the great.

[@Conor_Stanley]

don't you mean some guy

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Thinking outside the box can be rewarded or punished at the whim of the all knowing Taskmaster . Rhod and Gregg are long standing friends and there was some embarrassing subversion of the mighty overseer by him in this series - all for laughs . The tasks are cleverly designed , James was lucky , or quick enough to catch Alex . There are some really great moments on the show and I'm glad you at least watch complete tasks with all five attempts rather than random clips .

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Incidentally the switch signals Alex to change Ollie , so it does do something .

[@jackhagens8964]

Rhod was not correct. The task did not ask what the switch does…..it was very carefully worded (as many are) to ask “work out what happens when you flick this switch on” It didn’t ask what the switch did, it asked what happens when you flip the switch, and the answer was that Alex moves the statue when you flip the switch on. So Rhod disconnecting a circuit and then claiming the switch doesn’t do anything, was wrong, because that isn’t what was asked. And the switch being connected to a physically working electrical circuit or not, wouldn’t have changed the fact that Alex would move the statue whenever you flipped the switch.

[@mojojojo11811]

Tell us you're an American without telling us you're an American 🤣🤣🤣

[@courtneyjaphta001]

Please react to the "Write and perform a song for a stranger" task. It features Bob Mortimer.

[@brillsmith2207]

glad to say your youtube 100k plaque behind you :D you deserve it hope to see lots more Taskmaster videos

[@jaykafei4815]

Love your reactions, you've got to check out some other series 7 tasks like the tying themselves up one, Rhod does very well in other tasks. Taskmaster is about so many things, the humour, the entertainment, the luck, the skill and the competition as you say. I do believe though that in Rhod's head, he had completed the task.

[@MelvinSimKH]

You’d have been reading about the Greek legend of the Gordian knot. Anyway, most British panel shows (Taskmaster can be considered a panel show since there’s only a symbolic prize up for grabs and most participants are comedians) are played for laughs, not for the competition though the squabbling over technicalities makes for the comedy in the show.

[@roaringviking5693]

All about winning. American mentality.

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

just here for the obligatory and nessasary but ultimatly futile comment of "single task dont work, you need full episodes and there are plenty of people who manage it"

[@Dacaed]

This was one of the best series of TM. Watch all of them!

[@floriferous1174]

Technically Rhod won because the switch did infact do nothing as the statue had to be manually moved.

[@paulbromley6687]

A switch could operate a pump which could affect water flow.

[@livinglavvu]

Alex goes to sleep, the switch does nothing 🤷🖖🏕️

[@jamiewilson9280]

I think you should react to the opening task where they have to bring in the Most confusing thing.

[@andrewpitt-h3i]

You need to check a few more two ronnies . A lot may be topical to times and uk news at time but the racing duck and boring accountant still survive passage of time.

[@DS-uy6jw]

Rhod was technically right. Once he turned off power to the switch, it did nothing. The question wasn't "What SHOULD the switch do" so I think we have to give him the points for forcing a technicality.

[@Tyrconnell]

Although as the switch did not actually cause Olly to turn, but was just a signal for Alex to turn him, it was still fulfilling that function whether it had power or not.

[@rikmoran3963]

You made the same mistake that Rhod did. The question was ‘What HAPPENS when you turn the switch on’. The switch itself doesn’t do anything, but what HAPPENS is that Alex rotates the statue. So no points for Rhod, or you! 😂

[@Flamezy86]

Alexander The Great cut the knot

[@HenrikJansson78]

Surprised that Rhod didn't push for the 5 points. After seing Alex move the knight, I would definately claim that the switch didn't actually do anything. It might not have worked, but I would definately have argued hard for it. :)

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

You couldn't be more wrong about the show, but then you refuse to watch full episodes so that's to be expected.

[@adam.f89]

Agreed. WATCH. WHOLE. EPISODES.

[@NJH01]

I think breaking episodes into segments will have to be the case anyway so you guys might as well do it from episode 1 onwards

[@jrswinhoe58]

You have to do a full episode

[@ondrejvasak1054]

How did Rhod get 1 point? He was right, the switch didn't do anything. It was Alex moving the statue, the switch had nothing to do with it.

[@DLites151]

Rhod was actually right, he should get all 5 points

[@shaneord7527]

Personally, I'd have just pulled the main fuse of the house(or flicked the trip) and said it does nothing.

[@Thisandthat8908]

well, Rhod was spot on with the switch not doing anything, since Alex was doing it.. Only his reasoning was wrong.

[@Jamienomore]

I Challange you both to take the Top off a Screw Top Bottle without using your Hands.🧸🧸

[@peterdawson7198]

ooohhh come on, 'Taskmaster' is all about entertainment and comedy, NOT about winning. I've commented before and I'll say it again, You really need to react to a lot of 'Taskmaster' series and FULL episodes to get the proper experience of 'The Taskmaster' 🤨

[@livb6945]

Whaaat?? Rhod was right!! The switch didn't do anything! Alex turned the statue

[@jameshumphreys9715]

You should react to, make something that will engage the toddler.

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

I think Rhod won 😊 ❤ from Northeast England ❤️

[@jonenih]

People want the full episodes please. Listen to people. Break it up like You do WILTY. Please. People are getting frustrated at the things you miss. Please

[@watchreadplayretro]

That was a good Blue's Clues meow... btw we had our own UK version of that, same thing but different host and UK-based stories and accents! I think the US version was the original, not sure though. Great reactions and a fun task!

[@blackdotkiller1]

👍

[@jonenih]

Lol, British fans are brutal. We love you. But some taskmaster fans that don't know you are in the comments, ignore them😂😂. Love you guys. God bless the family. Greetings to the kids, and the other members of the boring review squad

[@courtneyjaphta001]

Please react to the "Write and perform a song for a stranger" task. It features Bob Mortimer.