The ENIGMA That Is James Acaster | The Best Of James Acaster

[@blahblah9036]

The complete lack of humor in Greg's "yes I could." was something. No bragging, no jokes, just the absolute certainty that James Acaster was hoistable, and that he was the one to do it.

[@josemaria8177]

If you think James Acaster is funny you should meet Lloyd, the vocalist of a band called Pindrop

[@cobber9391]

I would like to see Pindrop. Lloyd sounds like a riot!

[@Doomsdaystomp86]

He'll be on later

[@AH-te5gs]

I think he was on wilty?

[@jamespetersen3229]

U got played son Jimmy got u good

[@ImBoredAsAMoFo]

😂😂😂

[@awhimdhwani]

Forever in Taskmaster history, Acasters hula incident will go down as the greatest injustice.

[@drbongorama]

How does it rank with Joe's Potato throw?

[@liquidfrost1499]

Joe Wilkerson might have something to say about that :)

[@stolentardis2111]

I don’t see the injustice. He was told he had one attempt and didn’t improve. If anything TM was unnecessarily lenient giving him points

[@drbongorama]

@stolentardis2111 you had one attempt at a reply and look what you offered. I'd be outraged if you got a redo

[@m-alexandria-g]

@@drbongorama please don’t take it away from me… 💔

[@CrystalisQ]

My eyes are circles?

[@ChrisCoxCycling]

Aisling laughing uncontrollably at the Pindrop story makes my day.

[@susie9893]

Aisling practically wetting herself over any story he told 😂😂

[@madmardagan2059]

She had clearly heard the story before and set him up for a retelling which is great.

[@susie9893]

@@madmardagan2059 omg, great handle! Willow fan, Val Kilmer fan, or both??

[@madmardagan2059]

Both! I've used this handle since I was a kid and couldn't stop watching the movie. 😆

[@susie9893]

@@madmardagan2059 "your sun, your moon, your starlit sky and now it's gone?!?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@petrakat]

"Coolness is not a competition" immediately cuts to the coolest looking guy I've ever seen

[@NicolasMogensen]

Not exactly James related but a slow-motion of Phil Wang hoolahooping in his yellow jumpsuit never, never gets old.

[@Jivvi]

It doesn't matter sometimes, how ornate the grandfather clock is, the pendulum draws the eye.

[@_kontingency]

Yeah, the fact it was against Acaster isn't relevant at ALL 😂 /shakeshead

[@beckbeschler5071]

Sometimes I wonder if they saw his outfit and made this task simply so they could see him hula hoop.

[@qwertyTRiG]

​@beckbeschler5071 So I'm not the only person with that theory.

[@AH-te5gs]

An enigma wrapped in green, brown and/or orange.

[@Arcturuseyes]

It's possible that James is an immortal inter dimensional being, that's really funny.

[@SCHTRAM]

I'm just sad every time you hear a story about him he comes of as a dick.

[@wayward.philosopher]

​@SCHTRAM by all counts the "being a dick" is just a persona. The rumor is, behind the scenes, he's actually really nice and thoughtful. Though by his own admission, in his "Classic Scrapes" book, he has done a lot of things without thinking first. He also admits he takes heckling too personally and has not always reacted very well to it in the past. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@SCHTRAM]

@@wayward.philosopher Im talking about people meeting him in public at like restaurants and stuff. But ye we all have bad days and what not.

[@samiecarr1885]

​@@SCHTRAMHe suffers from depression and anxiety and in one of his books talks about the years following a really bad break up. I also imagine he's a fairly introverted person. Many comedians are actually this way and can be very shy, and a lot of.people assume they are louder than life and constantly want to make people laugh. When really they just want to remember what they need from the shop and get through the day like.most of us!!

[@neuroqueercoach]

He does give strong Sheogorath vibes.

[@ritavrataski]

“You’re not a musician, mate” Furking legend❤️

[@pinpetos]

Colder and colder.

[@peridotqueen26]

@@pinpetos Is that a boulder?

[@ludvig9184]

The funny thing about that is that the thing Alex is most famous for outside of Taskmaster is probably being the host and bandleader for a comedy band.

[@justindias8314]

Except Alex Horne is a musician he has his own band called the Horne section

[@keepswimming9408]

@@justindias8314 yep mate thats the joke

[@quinnmarchese6313]

15:11 hes not talking about the amount of glasses hes fit into the box, but rather the fact that he closed it in that way where you dont have to use boxing tape.

[@aukehuizenga1536]

Great Vegetables

[@shush2000]

"Steve Coogenheim: Ah-art" has to be one of the greatest off-the-cuff improvisations ever.

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

James Acaster has the energy of a chaotic puppy dog who's just eaten his owner's packet of cigarettes.

[@jiasd123]

Aisling should always be invited whenever James is on the panel 🤣

[@pozzezz]

'I'm pretty cool, pretty happening guy in my circles.' 'My eyes are circles.' He split a joke across two TV shows - genius upon genius

[@nijnij3988]

I think you're confusing a word for a joke, babe ;)

[@neilgerace355]

16:47 Jon is eyeing that cardigan off - it's his size.

[@susie9893]

LOL, I didn't even need to check that reference - cos I was thinking the exact thing

[@KT-dj4iy]

4:08 My wife once wore a fascinator to a wedding. I'd never heard the word before, and for years after I would refer to it as a "frustrator".

[@susie9893]

Do you remember that scene in Death At A Funeral where the widow's fascinator is disturbing stoned Simon? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aaronhelmsman]

Every flap was the top flap on his box of glasses, if you'll notice

[@txbill2512]

Anyone else here want to meet Lloyd?

[@dreamsolutions3037]

James has by far been my favorite contestant on any of these shows

[@Pwills]

5:52 the best story ever told. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@CraftyLucyYoder]

So chaotic - I love this man!

[@pleun5594]

i am so madly in love with him

[@loreleiwebster9347]

No way, he's my ❤❤❤ dreamy dork ❤❤❤ !! Him and Warmbo (from the KZbin channel "Some More News")

[@flamingowilliams9664]

The Pindrop story is on3 of my favourites, honestly. 😅

[@tomcross3000]

He is the most beautiful lifeform that has ever been.

[@qruigley]

Was not expecting that panda poem to go so hard

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

5:26 - the way Greg lifted James up genuinely looked like he was setting up for a Tombstone Piledriver 😅

[@pallasathena1555]

James’s improvisation skills with the Lloyd story are outstanding, he should try the aristocratic joke

[@susie9893]

I love James Acaster but my biggest takeaways from this were: how nice it was to see Sean Lock again ❤ and that I don't mind Joe Lycett as Travel Man as much as I thought I would (Richard's shoes are hard to fill)

[@anvitamishra6853]

James is a BEAST! So hilarious man! You just can’t not love him! ❤️❤️

[@Vtarngpb]

“My eyes are circles…”

[@MrFBrookes]

I would give a lot to make Aisling laugh like that.

[@cudomoney]

Who is Aisling?

[@AH-te5gs]

@@cudomoney Barbarian!

[@meganm1074]

@cudomoney look up Aisling Bea, brilliant & funny & gorgeous

[@fruitloop831]

Famous last words "I thought..."

[@anotheruserism]

finally a james acaster clip that includes the dog for christmas

[@josephsawczyn1145]

WILTY James Acaster and the cabbages???

[@Zeptre_]

Every Lloyd I meet from now on ill ask if they are in a band called pindrop

[@GeminiTom]

If you havnt already, do yourself a favour and listen to his audiobook.

[@laurac1357]

James Acaster is my ASMR.

[@andresbarriga5305]

You probably have ADHD then. LoL

[@romanmcmillan7542]

I stg James Acaster is the second coming of Bob Mortimer 💀💀💀😂😂

[@tylerzip2666]

I genuinely believe that James Acaster is the funniest person on Earth

[@ivanj.conway9919]

I'm just discovering this guy. He seems absolutely, adorable to me and as funny as all hell.

[@johnny5k]

James got robbed on the hula-ing tho- Phil went from 57 to 1.5 seconds. James went from 6 to 5… You don’t have to be Rachel Riley to figure out that James should’ve come away with more than 2 points… But such is the way of The Taskmaster. Maybe it was punishment for calling him a c**t.

[@jamespetersen3229]

If u make the lock laugh like that ur onto something

[@susie9893]

RIP 😢

[@pitbullsandcalicos]

I LOVE JAMES. HE MAKES ME LAUGH SO HARD I BLOODY PEE MYSELF!! 😂😂😂😂

[@Daf__XL]

"draw the biggest circle" Done: this is the biggest circular spiral of life called me.

[@JeromeBeckett]

I'm in Sainsbury's in the membranesburies is genius

[@Carrotspy]

The Devil callback really got me.

[@Meleageria]

Poor Springleaf still hasn't solved his case.

[@assumptaai]

He's giving Lidl Michael Caine in Alfie but I like it

[@sheiscara]

2 points for the hoola hooping is criminal.

[@neilgerace355]

3:03 How many circles is that, James?

[@adzm1987]

The dude from ghostbusters ❤❤😂

[@eilsmile8732]

James is f***ing hilarious

[@StrongBad-r5c]

Full Wang

[@kkumi1782]

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

[@ST0RMTROOP3R]

Legend 🤟

[@domainegordon7617]

I swear this man doesnt have to do anything to make me laugh. Like Jim Carrey, just his presence is enough.

[@CoIumbo]

I fucking love ❤️ you

[@vivienneoneill5400]

He is so cool ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AeraLeafMoonStudio]

22:11 what show ep ser ?

[@mcjecca]

It's Travel Man S10E02

[@brianallen8588]

James. Stalactites hang down, like tights, not the other way around. ☮️

[@PaulBerryisTall]

That's what he said, stalactites from the ceiling.

[@058Martine]

Or is it a big rock? 😂

[@bleeblah234]

Smash

[@scottydontpee7229]

An e what ma?

[@taylorring7601]

The English Theo Von equivalent

[@rachaelanear7049]

I am so in true love with James. My soulmate. We often speak identical sentences at the same time! Will I ever meet you ?? 🙏🏼 ❤ 💋

[@d6u4]

Aisling was dripping wet when he was telling the pin drop story.

[@samnpoppythedog4416]

Very marmite to me, sometimes but he's just what you need but then mostly just no.

[@t.c.4321]

Care to elaborate ?

[@julian2719]

The bar to be considered funny in the UK seems to be pretty low.

[@chrisjames3204]

Enigma is right, as to why anyone finds him funny.

[@pinpetos]

You're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.

[@wavydavy9816]

I'm 5 minutes in and he hasn't said anything even remotely funny yet. He most certainly is an eigma though, as in, it's very difficult to figure out how someone becomes a comedian if they're dull and unamusing 🤔 It's almost as if the current crop of British comedians have accepted the challenge of pushing someone as a comedian who clearly isn't funny. 'If we all just keep saying he's funny then _some_ people will believe it' 🤷‍♂

[@t.c.4321]

Terrible take

[@angryredstone]

just because you have no sense of humour doesn't mean other people don't

[@wavydavy9816]

@@angryredstone Some people find other people falling down the stairs rip-roaringly funny. There's a market for everything I suppose.

[@angryredstone]

@@wavydavy9816 you've stated your opinion as if it was universal truth, shitting on younger comedians like a bloody boomer. if you don't understand them, that's on you, people like what they like and you not getting it doesn't mean it's bad, just that you don't get it

[@KT-dj4iy]

Finders keepers, shu' up!

[@Lightning_Lance]

he's trying too hard to be funny

[@benfisher1376]

Is he meant to be funny? I don't get it.