Episode 50 - Victoria Coren Mitchell | Taskmaster: The Podcast

[@elzbthlncstr]

The Alan and Victoria team is such a joy to watch. So charismatic, so endearing, just great

[@Mitrasmit]

I know Victoria isn't a comedian, but she's incredibly funny. Love her to bits. And it makes me really happy to hear her describe how she still has her heart jump for David once in a while. Relationship goals.

[@UnChannelDuVulpineX]

She did some stand-up when she was a teenager. There's a clip on KZbin, I think.

[@sfshinz]

I could listen to her saying the word “snacks” for days, and having finally watched this entire Series, I feel that I have.

[@Thisandthat8908]

she always says she isn't but she got in the main Taskmaster, which according to Alex is resevred for "real comedians". And she can hold her own to all of them. I think she undersells herself there.

[@ainsliewright9139]

Ed says Victoria lost cool points on the bicycle task but I disagree her determination was give it a go attitude was amazing

[@pkwan970]

The one thing I love about taskmaster is that you see many incredible comedians in a new light. I always loved Victoria because she is so fiercely intelligent but so charismatic! But I genuinely love that fact that she felt like she was out of her element, even though she is a truly gifted comedian in her own right, but still always gave it her all. Super admirable and hilarious. I freakin love Victoria! 😂😍

[@rufusdrumknottvgc]

Absolutely in love with the way Victoria talks about her husband. They are the most perfect pair.

[@sharkofjoy]

Victoria explaining that they do all of the studio bits to total silence makes the clips this season have way more context. They sort of feel different, and this is definitely why. It sounds harrowing! Victoria had no idea how funny she was.

[@beemoh]

If you go back through this channel to the outtake clips of Series 10 (Daisy May Cooper, et al) they didn't add the audience track in, and it's as eerie as hell.

[@StealthyLiving]

@@beemoh That whole series has an other Taskmaster worldly feel to it because of that. Still loved it, but totally different vibe.

[@goldenpony822]

I was wondering why some contestants seemed a bit serious for the atmosphere in the last couple seasons. At first I thought they were sort of not in the mood for the show but then in the poscast they sounded super cheery and viby... It seemed a bit odd... but now... it all makes sense now.

[@desrocchi]

I really don't care if Victoria arrives last this season, she's an amazing contestant and I really hope she gets more confident in her undermining of both Greg and Alex!

[@ntlespino]

33:16 Same energy as saying "Oh you're so good at this!" to her husband when they were on WILTY

[@johnwhittaker311]

If it makes Victoria feel any better, I thought the egg laying joke was funny

[@reasonablyserious]

But did you laugh until you fainted?

[@sfshinz]

Eggsactly.

[@shadou1234567]

i love Victoria and Desiree go so well together, absolutely loved both participations on Taskmaster

[@mikewartnaby]

Honestly Victoria has been brilliant, enjoying both her and Alan this series. Sad to hear how sad and worried she has been about the prize tasks.

[@johnhockenhull2819]

I don’t usually listen to these analysis clips but had to listen to this one. Seeing Victoria out of her comfort zone and the way she reacts to that situation reminds me, in a surreal way, of her father Alan Coren.

[@StealthyLiving]

Victoria has a commanding presence, she takes control of the each situation immediately usually issuing commands to teammates when in group tasks. In describing her some may even use the term, Taskmaster.... careful Greg.

[@bisma1352]

a new champions of champions! am I the only one who missed the news I was waiting for Also victoria is so hard on herself I think the layers was hilarious in the face of a pudding and lasagna but the natural reaction to Puns is groans so i don't blame the other contestants reactions but lol Greg's just unpredictable.

[@benzaiten933]

the new Champion of Champion has been announced for a while now. I think it'll air around Christmas 2021. I really can't wait and I'm sure Ed'll have a blast being able to return!

[@MisterItchy]

Victoria says she's not a comedian ... I disagree. She's fantastic! To see her joyfully riding that bicycle was so wonderful!

[@SennaAugustus]

She's not a comedian because that's a profession. She's a TV host, writer, entertainer, etc. but not a comedian.

[@reasonablyserious]

@@SennaAugustus thank you

[@UnChannelDuVulpineX]

@@SennaAugustus There's a video of her doing stand-up in her teens.

[@AnandaChakraborty21]

Love both David and Victoria. Wish they both were participating together. Still she's the only reason this season is special for me.

[@empressmatilda1633]

Her puns at the beginning of the show are my favorite part of this season...

[@louloumagoo2512]

This needs video-ing. If they did that I, and certainly many others, would watch.

[@emcyan7434]

Same with Off Menu

[@corbeau-_-]

I like it like this, casual, just a conversation.

[@CreamAle]

@@corbeau-_- and it wouldn't change for as you'd still listen. Watching is just an option for those that enjoy looking at body language.

[@sveniusz]

I wrote a poem. It goes like this: Victoria I adore ya. I didn't say it was a long poem. Or a good one.

[@TheUberjammer]

It really makes you think... mainly about whether or not it would be morally acceptable to give two syllables to 'adore', so that you can have both matching rhyme and meter.

[@SvobodovaEva]

@@TheUberjammer What do you mean? Both Victoria and I adore ya are 4 syllables.

[@bryanleaman5942]

Love Victoria's performances in this series so far and I'm excited to see what's yet to come.

[@bryanleaman5942]

The bicycle task did say you had to cycle forward the whole time, so presumably cycling around something would have halved your time each time.

[@rebefarfort1244]

Yes and did for Alan I think it was.

[@stevedempsey5098]

Watching Victoria learning to ride a bike was a joy. Especially when she stayed on at the end to have a bit more of a go.

[@dmeep]

Victoria is great and every panel show she appears on is better for it

[@Hugh_Jas]

Ooooh, I'm SO excited for David Correos! What an absolutely chaotic presence he is.

[@MrGallawe]

What happens at the dentist stays at the dentist ;)

[@Son_of_a_Brian]

The dentist story was great. Pity they cut it out :(

[@ThatJingleJangleFeeling]

@@Son_of_a_Brian Glad I listened to the original version straight away. That dentist story was great; it didn't leave me with a negative impression of Victoria or the dentist so I'm unsure why they cut it.

[@Son_of_a_Brian]

@@ThatJingleJangleFeeling I thought se was only joking on twitter, but I guess she was serious when she replied to a tweet with : "I’m now nervous because I think that’s something we didn’t talk about in the recording and I just told them afterwards! Needless to say I haven’t managed to listen to the podcast (!) so I might be remembering wrong. Ed that’s not something from after i thought we finished is it??"

[@ThatJingleJangleFeeling]

@@Son_of_a_Brian Thanks, hadn't seen this. Either way, Victoria's found a fan in me. I'm Canadian so I've only seen her on Cats and I'm enjoying her quite a bit on TM.

[@mftmss7086]

What was the dentist story?

[@deathlord269]

Have I lost my mind? I could've sworn I already listened to this via youtube. I scrolled to the end, it seems they might've cut the part about her listening to the podcast at the dentist

[@theoneandonlybosable]

Saw on twitter that was what Victoria had thought was just her talking to Ed, after they’d ended the podcast and stuff.

[@mytube001]

I think there was a spoiler about halfway through. Details about a task not yet aired. I suspect that was cut.

[@mytube001]

@@theoneandonlybosable Whose twitter? Not Victoria's, not Ed's...

[@freegraphite]

@@mytube001 It's on Victoria's twitter. Someone tweeted her in reference to the dentist anecdote and she said that wasn't supposed to be part of the podcast (and it's been deleted from this reupload). I don't remember any spoilers about a task not aired yet but maybe that's been deleted as well.

[@theoneandonlybosable]

@@mytube001 there 100% was a tweet on hers in response to a fan talking ab the dentist part, she said I didn’t remember that being in the podcast. She might’ve deleted since they fixed it

[@AlexB-vt5xe]

Can we please add cameras to this podcast already? I think it would add a really nice touch

[@england6013]

Victoria is so like her father. Alan was a great wit, and she is as well.

[@shakirakurosawa1740]

Much better people than Giles, the both of them

[@notthere83]

Kind of disappointed that Ed didn't immediately explain that you can only fall forwards if you brake with the front brake but not the rear one.

[@Elderflowerpunch]

I liked the layer pun, Victoria. :)

[@sfshinz]

What this world is crying out for: a book of games invented or co-invented by Greg Davies. Snorkle Parka Music Practice Room, Blu Tack Phone, Milky Cow...the list seems to be endless.

[@vamk3432]

According to the task, the bike had to be ridden forwards at all times. So circles weren't really an option ...

[@jlust6660]

I suppose you (or definitely Victoria) could bullshit yourself out of that one by saying that would mean the bike could just never drive backwards, not that it wasn't allowed to return to where it came from.

[@sharkofjoy]

@@jlust6660 I have thought about this extensively while washing dishes and I don't see that it betrays the rules at all. The bike is being ridden forward from the perspective of the bike rider. I felt that was more of a direction to say they couldn't just sit on the bike, or scoot on the bike...

[@vamk3432]

I believe the wording of the task is "forwards within the course". The course has a clear direction (start and finish line). A finish line set by the taskmaster, no less, which should overrule the direction of any mere contestant's head. So I still don't think circles would have been a possibility.

[@beemoh]

I am fully expecting Victoria's four sexiest Mr. Men to appear in the Sequence Round of a future episode of Only Connect.

[@kingturk3105]

Champion of champions 😁, absolutely buzzing

[@ThatJingleJangleFeeling]

We demand the Dentist Cut!!!

[@sfshinz]

I haven’t seen this episode (because I live in a backwater called the USA, where we don’t get to watch Taskmaster after the first two episodes), but I lost it when Morgana said “Eggsactly” in response to Victoria’s plastic chicken farm. I hope to see the episode sometime before I die.

[@adorabell4253]

VPN is your friend.

[@Norien711]

I swear I listened to this yesterday…

[@Waylorn]

Interestingly, science doesn't really know why a bike stays upright. There's a history of theories and then disproving of those same theories.

[@TimelessChildWWTD]

I loved Victoria. She was my favorite after Morgana .

[@Thisandthat8908]

i think Victoria is great at the cats countdown prop part.

[@patpat8727]

It's definitely not too late in life. And of course there are people you can go to that will make sure you get the right size bike for you.

[@patpat8727]

She thinks she didn't come unstuck? I think having the information of all of the episodes now, there's definitely a case she did. I don't want to spoil for anyone that hasn't seen them all yet.

[@iliketrains3495]

Wait so Victoria had watched the show before going on it? Damn, so this series proves against the common belief that contestants who watched it would do better, as Morgana and Guz confirmed they had never watched it and came first and second

[@xxAKSHUNxx]

36:00 I think we can tell Victoria doesn’t know what cool is just by thinking Mark Zuckerberg is cool

[@andrewhamp2893]

Anyone know where episode 3 and 4 are? I see clips and podcasts, but no 12.3 or 12.4...

[@griffservo8074]

I had to set my VPN to France to access the full episodes on the official TM channel

[@andrewhamp2893]

@@griffservo8074Thank you. This is new, and disappointing. I'm in Canada, and haven't had to mess around before.

[@ArcusLibri]

@@andrewhamp2893 Yeah, I'm in Canada too and have had to start using an Ireland VPN

[@andrewhamp2893]

Let's start our own Taskmaster.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Victoria should get an adult tricycle. Bikes are marvellous.

[@notthere83]

"Robustly heterosexual" - I always find it funny when people who obviously aren't say that about themselves. 😆

[@CreamAle]

12:30 simple. Ask if she's the ultimate authority in cupcake flavors and what can and can't be used. Hate gatekeeping like behavior, I know it's a baking show but I'd go off on that behavior. Like Gordon as an example, that would come to blows for sure.

[@adorabell4253]

Seeing as it’s bake-off, Mary Berry was indeed the ultimate authority on cupcakes.

[@CreamAle]

@@adorabell4253 seeing as bake off isn't the end all creators and judges of flavors...no she isn't. By the old coot's logic every single cake there would have the same flavor in a competition where creativity is important.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

She likes things savory…and alcoholic. 🙂

[@lud3re384]

Reupload?

[@robintownrobintown]

It would seem so. It's two minutes shorter than the previous upload now, so they must have edited something out

[@samodelkini]

Apparently a task was mentioned that was not yet aired

[@deathlord269]

there was a dentist story after the outro that has been cut.

[@dittmanrat]

@@deathlord269 The dentist story was possibly the best part.

[@GinoZump]

13:02 erm, excuse me? recently done Champion of Champions? when? where? details!!

[@MisterItchy]

I am proud of the fact that, when that solve the riddle task came up, I paused the video and took 10 minutes to solve the letter substitution and then restarted the video. I literally can't believe it took them so long to solve it.

[@sparo_splat]

You ignored the time needed to find the clues in the first place, and to come up with the solution to the riddle. The letter substitution isn't the only part of the task.

[@elizabeths.8683]

Yeah, I wondered why they didn’t just solve the cipher without the code, like the puzzles in the newspaper, instead of running themselves ragged looking for jigsaw pieces and Chaplin mustaches.

[@softreyna]

@@sparo_splat I think they're talking about figuring out the cipher without any of the other clues. Like, you see "xyz'ii" at the bottom and guess that it's probably "you'll," then take those letters and figure out more words, which gives you more letters until you've figured out the riddle.

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

well, as I said before, Finally a task I would have won, I rode BMX for years so I can stand still for ages without falling whilst on a bike!

[@Think_Deep]

I noticed they gave them pretty mediocre, basic bikes. I know I could do it with my hand brakes, but I'm not sure about that equipment.

[@Thisandthat8908]

all great but that VERY loud trumpet in the middle is super annoying.

[@ravenhanning1]

Excuse me… the whattttt? 27:05

[@georgeprout42]

I love how all4 is so easily referred to as awful. What a broken system, but the ads are fine. Oh and Coors is terrible beer, no amount of advertising will ever make me buy that shite.

[@YoJesusMorales]

Wait, champions of champions already filmed? I guess it is only going to be a couple of episodes again. Btw the podcasts was botched on the audio feed on the beginning. Also, she's lovely and a great guest.

[@goldenpony822]

Ohh she watched Baddiel! So thats where her inspiration came from!

[@corbeau-_-]

victoria's pun was alright, but like football, greg simply doesn't like puns and he has stated that several times -.-

[@georgielancaster1356]

It wasn't that Baddiel was out of his comfort zone. My opinion of him changed forever, watching him in this. The degree of smug dismissal of - was it Ed Gamble? when he refused to let Ed draw on his back, was the most arrogant, public despisal of Ed, that was possible. He not only was firmly sure that his hunch based on NOTHING, was better to rely on, than Ed's attempt to draw on his back, THE ACTUAL ANSWER ED HAD SEEN, but he refused to even allow Ed to give him the answer and then compare it to what he guessed it may have been. It was a team attempt. Ed would lose as well - and Baddiel was so contemptuous of Ed, that he HELD ED'S FINGER to stop him from giving information, so little respect did he have, of Ed. It was one of the most breathtaking example of hubris I have ever witnessed. To refuse to accept any proffer of help by the person WHO HAD SEEN THE ANSWER... To choose to go with a HUNCH based on NOTHING, and as it turns out, wrong in any and every way, was both jaw droppingly self deluded and so sad, for Ed. No wonder Ed was in disbelief. Whatever Ed says, I would not work with him again. Even when humiliated, he was cr ap in his attempts, anyway Baddiel's bizarre ego was SO HUGE, he did not even consider the damage he would do to Ed's desire to win. I will never again wonder if Baddiel's opinions will be entertaining or worthwhile. I am interested in nothing he does, ever. Or maybe if Ed had to work with him again, he could repeatedly remind Baddiel of his monstrous, almost comical, ego.