Find the Back of Your Hand | Series 14 | Taskmaster

[@NovaBlueNova]

This was probably one of the best tasks in the whole show. It has everything, one gets no points, one uses all of the handicaps and gets no points, one figures out the trick, one uses a clever trick, and one just gets it by sheer luck. Also one ends with a shot of one of the contestants in shambles on the floor, it's everything that's great about Taskmaster in one task

[@sageslarres]

the best thing is that one only figures out the trick by wanting to high five with the manequin hand

[@justinsmith5169]

The only thing they're missing is a loophole. I was expecting someone to just hold up their hand and say "There it is!" claiming that the task does not state to find the Polaroid, only to find their hand itself.

[@sageslarres]

@@justinsmith5169 could also ask for a polaroid camera and put up their own pic :D

[@pvs1681]

@@sageslarrestoo bad no Rohd Gilbert.

[@Jinnhee]

@@pvs1681 Then there would be a photo of Greg's hand while he is sleeping on the wall

[@gloss6969]

the shot of dara on the floor wailing as the camera slowly pans out is nothing short of cinematic

[@DasGanon]

"SO MANY HANDS. WHERE IS MY HAND?!?" That's like some sort of circle of hell I'm sure.

[@breakinggreens]

It feels like one of those old computer games with the extremely over dramatic game over screen.

[@FunnyFungus]

That felt twisted!!

[@jester2077]

I was half-expecting someone to shout "Game Over!" as the door closed on him.

[@james-faulkner]

Since the video is a series of pictures combined to give the illusion of movement, cinematic is the definition indeed, of any video, movie, even a flipbook is exactly defined by the definition. Perhaps you just meant it was meaningful to you in some way but you are incapable of expressing it properly. Get away from the mirror, put down the phone and pick up a book.

[@beebix247]

I'm astounded that no one just held their hand in front of them, pointed at the back of it, and said "Found it."

[@martinduncan3765]

I know right!!

[@zahawolfe]

Rhod Gilbert would have done that

[@beebix247]

Rhod would have absolutely done that I agree

[@tsquare9168]

You think they would understand that sometimes they provide loopholes.

[@XxDigitalDaftPunkxX]

@@beebix247They wouldn't have done this task if Rhod was a contestant on account of his unique hands.

[@JStorkey6]

Fern guessing correctly because of how much she hates her hands is so funny

[@gianabakanos9131]

who invented left and right and what’s the point

[@petrpokorny360]

I do firmly believe that in a paralel universe, Little Alex Horne got fed up with being constantly humiliated and became Jigsaw.

[@IDigress]

"You're probably wondering where you are... It's all written on the task."

[@purrgundy]

Now, if there's no fanfiction about this...

[@andrewfetter4843]

I mean if he wasn't the creator of the show maybe but he rights himself like this so I doubt it

[@muskatDR]

"Your time start when Alex does a hand pun" And my thoughts immediately went to how a contestant could keep Alex from speaking while doing the task

[@twelfthdoc]

Ah, the tried and tested Gilbert Method! I approve

[@kevinschultz6091]

I've always wondered if "assaulting Alex" (ie, wrestling him to the ground and/or taking away his stopwatch, or something similar) would be considered a valid response to some of these challenges. I would imagine it could be funny in a performative way, but it's a (potential) game breaker that wouldn't feel particularly clever if you did it more than once.

[@sorryvol]

they didnt have to find the picture of the back of their hand they just had to find the back of their hand, im sure that they could of just pointed to the back of their actual hand and said "its here"

[@PianoKwanMan]

@@kevinschultz6091 Noel Fielding stopped the clock on the flour task

[@elliotpan]

@@sorryvol ore use their phone to take a pic

[@TBelen91]

The inner machinations of John Kearns' mind are an enigma

[@Tao_Tology]

His reading of Alex was pretty spot on.

[@sherryxia8362]

It's not that he doesn't have regrets, he just doesn't go there

[@nedcurfman3486]

They don’t make them in any other size

[@vishnuchidambaram7825]

Like the Wingdings font!

[@Dilmahkana]

Is this the Krusty Krab commenting?

[@lordxur]

Every episode I believe Fern becomes more and more adorable. "Who invented right and left, what's it for?"

[@TravelWithBradley]

Like em young and stupid do you?

[@jgummow1]

Johns random anecdotes are such a joy.

[@toneluy8343]

I feel sorry for him at times. He was just sharing a related story and he gets teased like he was trying to look for his dads hand.

[@Lurklen]

@@toneluy8343 It totally made sense to me, was kind of sweet actually.

[@frankshailes3205]

@@toneluy8343 I think he appreciated the comedy mileage. He egged it on by claiming it is "easier" to look for your dad's hands than your own, which is just daft.

[@toneluy8343]

@@frankshailes3205 he does handle gregs teasing well.

[@oldmanstyl3]

Munya had that great "Dad" line, the LaserTag anecdote, and the smarts to find his hand. I hope he won the entire episode.

[@kawrno5396]

My respect for Munya has increased. His lyrics are all genius to the point that he should have his own album, now this. This is gold.

[@dizzyroach]

You should see his work as his grime rapper character, "Unknown P."

[@dadeee7776]

@@dizzyroach that shit is funny

[@ABPerlov]

Amazing banter following John's diatribe about his dad's hands. Dara: "I made a mistake because I was looking for auntie's hands." and "Because Placido Domingo said to me once..." Munya: "Those were my dad's."

[@spikemurphy5054]

I also liked Alex telling John ‘I don’t think your dad’s hands are here’ in a serious voice.

[@NickHoad]

Big fan of the editors’ contributions to the Saw vibe in this task

[@user-td4gh6kj2z]

When he said "thats MY fathers hand" i died

[@sherryxia8362]

RIP

[@hjt091]

"I've abduckted him" why is munya so adorable

[@MeepChangeling]

The task never said "find the photo of the back of your hand" just "find the back if your hand." Why did no one just point to their flesh and blood hand?

[@BenStockdale]

Rhod would have tried this

[@Magnify.]

It would have been cringy.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Oh yeah, that has never happened before on this show.

[@rhysjonsmusic]

Because sometimes celebrities are just fucking thick

[@Mystery_Biscuits]

One of most creative task ideas in a while

[@Casin]

John is one of my favourite contestants bc he just provides so much fuel for everyone else to riff off of 😂

[@Snaakie83]

I'm starting to suspect that John has been tasked to loose as much as possible, to cheat and to end up with the least amount of points to win the season...if he doesn't get caught.

[@flippetskater]

Your task: Fool the Taskmaster. Con him into giving you the fewest points. If he suspects anything, you lose the season. Your time starts now.

[@chrisoddy8744]

Either that or he misinterpreted his "sabotage your team" task to mean for EVERY task...!

[@WiGgYof09]

This would actually be hilarious to have the worst player end up winning everything by being terrible.

[@PianoKwanMan]

Has he put a bet on himself? hmm

[@bobafettjr85]

Turns out Greg was a computer this whole time and if you get negative points it overflows to 255.

[@videogalore]

A shame that they didn't include Sarah's attempt as they had the other four.

[@samirataubmann]

Yes, i thought so too! Why wouldn’t they put her into this video?

[@marguaritetherese3156]

@@samirataubmann possibly because she--geniusly--held her hand in a suggestive way. She tied with Munya for taking just one guess.

[@sssophie9292]

Yeah I wanted to see the result

[@benjaminbradley780]

@@sssophie9292 You can't always get what you want

[@sssophie9292]

@@benjaminbradley780 you can't always get what you need

[@kevinschultz6091]

Note that the challenge doesn't actually say "find the picture of the back of your hand" - just "find the back of your hand". I'm wondering if that was a deliberate choice to allow a contestant to simply point out the back of their hand, and finish the challenge in a second. (Or alternately, asking if you can have the fake hand, and then find the back of THAT hand.)

[@MissCaraMint]

It was my immediate instinct to do exactly that. It's not as if the whole Magritte painting of a pipe thing isn't well known or anything. The logic has got artistic backing behind it.

[@Spanner1971B]

Yeah I just made this assumption as well. They always go to great pains to say everything you need to know is in the envelope and it was read out for us. Shame, really, cos without this loophole (which noone seemed to realise) the task is quite intense.

[@danmakes2497]

Though sometimes despite the wording, they probably wpuld still say "it doesn't count" and can be annoying when they do point out the wording other times. One example is when the contestants needed to make a block of ice "disappear"; one threw it in the river and actually made it disappear but was told it didn't count meanwhile others melted it but the water was still there but got points.

[@GoriIIaTactics]

Finding loopholes isn't as entertaining as it sounds when you keep doing it

[@kevinschultz6091]

@@GoriIIaTactics - oh, sure. I can imagine that, as this is a partially scripted show, there's occasionally times that a contestant does something that is quick and efficient and makes for bad television - and they get asked to do something different. And because everyone involved is a professional, they probably do, because they all (collectively) want the show do to well. As one of the contestants in an earlier season said, "I didn't realize until now that there's a certain performative element involved" in being on the show. Good contestants are first and foremost entertaining, and competitive a distant second.

[@EnoVarma]

Mere words cannot contain my disappointment in Dara with this task. But, very proud of Munya. He did excellent. Also, who sent a photo of their dog's paw? My hat's off to you.

[@Snaakie83]

But his cameltoe though... I assume he meant moose knuckle...

[@kddidit08]

And Sarah for her inadvertent forward thinking...

[@pranavjain5281]

Yeah gotta hand it to him

[@inkyisdreaming]

Pawsitively amazing

[@winterlighthome]

It's not that Alex thought up a room that creepy. We're all capable of sinister fantasies. It's that he acted on it. He created that space and then stood silhouetted in the doorway like the monster who would catch the victim attempting to flee from being trapped in that horror movie nightmare of a garage. Even if you knew it was just a silly game and were beyond any shadow of a doubt safe, how could the involuntary fear reactions not crawl through your body in that space? Highly unsettling.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Lots of different folk with different mental processes. As a non participant, I’d be thinking of camera angles needed for the show. What’s the camera seeing that I’m not? Often they hid clues this way... and... accelerants. In this case they’d want a good shot of the finding. Pattern matching my hand from the photo shoot would be easy for me. I see differences way more than most folks. What’s unsettling is the Dexter room. The presence of the crew negates the Dexter effect for the participants. But not us viewers.

[@bishop1412]

or he produces a comedy show

[@frankshailes3205]

@@redelfshotthefood8213 Dexter... the opposite of sinister.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

@@frankshailes3205 I see what you did there. And what they did. Very clever. I was talking about the creepy US tv show. But I get the Latin joke now. I hadn’t realized it when I watched all the shows.

[@winterlighthome]

@@frankshailes3205 Oh, well done, sir! *applause*

[@barneymetcalfe8896]

6:50 Fern is so genuinely happy I love it

[@JayPhonomancer]

Her delighted "that's my hand!" Was so funny

[@davidconnell1959]

When I was thirteen and studying organ, I wanted to have my teacher’s hands. The shape, fluidity, texture, every quality. And before I was twenty I looked down and saw my teacher’s hands. The hardest part about forty years down the road was looking down and seeing the hands of a sixty-year-old…

[@deaconblooze1]

...woman.

[@mindicity3874]

I would have argued that a picture of the back of my hand is not the back of my hand, and that showing the back of my real hand fulfilled the task. Super proud of Munya for figuring out the system that points out the hand!

[@mauritsponnette]

Especially since the task in series 4 where Hugh Dennis used a mirror to draw a woman behind a curtain and explained to Alex how the mirror is not the person itself, although that was an art task and Hugh messed up 😅😅

[@IDigress]

@@mauritsponnette where apparently a mirror turns a black woman into a fat, bald, white man 🤣

[@mauritsponnette]

@@IDigress 😂😂🤣🤣

[@Pailzor]

Yeah, as soon as I heard, "Find the back of your hand" with no other stipulations, I thought, "Look down. There it is. Task done." The wall's just a red herring, or an entirely different task. I wonder if Sarah did that, since we don't see hers in this. Edit: Found out what Sarah's was in the comments.

[@HanneleKormano]

I really wanted someone to do that 😆

[@Meg_Sanchez]

That dog paw in the middle was gold 😂😂

[@natasham4184]

As I sent my hand in, I was able to do the task for myself. It took a while, but I found mine! Top row, third from the left at 5:43 before it zooms out (and eighth from the left after it zooms out).

[@doctorsno906]

Nice find 🎉

[@_TheDudeAbides_]

That is a great hand too, I bet if you were a hand model you would be asked to do a lot of jobs.

[@RestoreTechnique]

I laughed so hard at the Dad's hands conversation 🤣 funniest Taskmaster ever I think

[@peterc.hayward8067]

Yeah I absolutely cracked up at that

[@katiehough2499]

Good system from John using Alex's reactions to figure out roughly where his hand was, shame he didn't get the right one

[@mateuszkubas4433]

Definitely one of the best tasks they've ever done. Everything is on point, from the editing to the contestants reactions in the studio

[@Hosander2202]

“Who invented right and left and what’s it for?”

[@Jcorry123]

Strong Philomena Cunk vibes in this question.

[@mozzathephrog9409]

I am exhilarated by this task! I was one of the few to see the Twitter post of sending their hands, but hopefully I did make the cut. Might be the closest thing I'll get to being in the Taskmaster house!

[@cazzabojangles]

If you didn't, you can rest easy knowing you lost to a dog

[@stipuledorange4]

It's not too late to start your new career as a British comedian and get cast in the show

[@mozzathephrog9409]

@@stipuledorange4 It'll be Series 55 by then.

[@glencoconut]

Props to whoever the hell lined up the photographs so it pointed directly at where the laser goes

[@cnelsonlv99]

Fern shouting "That's my hand!" victoriously is one of the best moments of this season.

[@ispringer1996]

One of the best tasks that they’ve done in recent series for sure, instantly a classic

[@henryaung7229]

This one was perfect. Munya uses the secrets in the puzzle, Fern just actually fucking finds it from sight alone, and Dara lost so much more than just the task.

[@jessicafrost7579]

"Oh, that's sinister." I see what you did there.

[@HermanVonPetri]

I'm glad someone else got it.

[@iliketrains3495]

Minor inconvenience: *exists* Fern Brady: "OOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!"

[@DarkHarlequin]

The cast this season is GOLD! Putting Dara and John in a Team was a stroke of genius 😁

[@Randoplants]

The visual of all those photos is just stunning!

[@Tao_Tology]

6:10 Narrator: "The word he is looking for is 'moose-knuckle'. "

[@DomWeasel]

There's always been an element of Saw to Taskmaster but this one really screamed it.

[@jessesutton7985]

Seriously, favorite season yet! So far.

[@AB-zc6wy]

Been great hasn’t it

[@alexanderdavidmartinezsilv1914]

"I abDUCKted it" would make little Alex Horne very proud 😂

[@jellyjeff9894]

I find it hard to believe that nobody pointed at their own hand and said “found it”

[@Queenside_Rook]

Right?

[@ri22o]

That's the same thought I had. According to the rules, it should count.

[@jacksonfunke8230]

I expected one of them to raise their own hand and be like "found it!" I mean, they have the back of their hand on them, and it doesn't ever say the image of the back of your hand

[@annelisezeender1334]

If the guy who designed "Where's Waldo?" was a serial killer.

[@drewidlifestyle7883]

The sinister edit to John’s “what’d you say?”

[@electrikhan7190]

Actually found the hidden solution in one of the tasks, noteworthy of its own.

[@bobroberts2581]

It reminds me of the Cube series of movies. The way the older bloke wound up on the ground as the camera fisheyed, backed out, and showed the door closing.

[@sondrevullum]

"Find the back of your hand" Me: Yeah, okay, there it is. *Points at the back of my hand instead of any picture*

[@serioushex3893]

I'm downright shocked nobody immediately held up their hand, pointed to the back of it, said "There it is." and was done.

[@destinyjewel2588]

My ADHD gremlin self having already scribbled a turkey on one hand and a smiley face on the other: My goals are beyond your recognition.

[@brendotheoffendo]

I heard 'Find the back of your hand, not find the picture of the back o your hand'. 😂

[@fractal_mind562]

Munya is one of the funniest people on the planet, his timing is incredible !

[@Czeckie]

at this point whenever John is about to say something I'm already starting to laugh

[@TuckerDale89]

That room looks like the room of a serial killer who collects their victims hands.

[@maycontainmustard6976]

You should watch jjba diamond is unbreakable

[@AsbestosMuffins]

Dara genuinely turned this into a horror scene

[@rukoh4980]

Shocked nobody just pointed to the back of their own hand as opposed to the picture like "its right there, does this count?"

[@sparky4878]

Not showing Sarah’s genius? Though just had a thought, was it the back of her hand?

[@toneluy8343]

It was the side of the back of her hand. I'd say it counts

[@nicbanh6470]

She did a completely different pos, making it easiter to spot

[@frankshailes3205]

Weren't they just told to find which one was their hand?

[@Psy0psAgent]

She made a fist instead and made a sexual joke about it during the show so that's probably why they skipped her part.

[@MadcapShambleton]

@@Psy0psAgent Yikes but thanks for the info! Haven't seen the whole episode yet and was wondering why her effort wasn't in this clip.

[@taralown7023]

Munya is amazing, more Munya please

[@jasonhensgens8086]

Alex handled those puns beautifully...

[@Sim0n98]

If only the bloke from The Last Leg was a contestant this series

[@Elwaves2925]

Hahahaha! Poor Alex. At least they're back on TV tonight, they've missed a couple of newsy bits. 😁

[@krashd]

He was a contestant in the first series.

[@Sim0n98]

@@krashd I meant Alex, the one with the deformed hand lol

[@ArvidOlson]

Really wished the full tasks with the scoring were uploaded all the time.

[@knivetsil]

I’m surprised nobody just pointed to their own, in-person hand and shouted “It’s my hand! I found it!”

[@FungiGamer]

Was there ever a challenge where the contestants were blindfolded and brought to a room on the TM property, were given a VR helmet showing a live feed of a single room/angle, and tasked to find their way essentially blindfolded to wherever the camera is pointed? That’s what I envisioned this one to be based on the title

[@polyphonicgherkins]

There hasn’t been one yet, but that’s an interesting idea!

[@andrewe2057]

There was a blindfold task in that same episode, but it wasn't as you described.

[@NeverGonnaTellALie]

They did something close to that I believe. Forgot what episode that was, but they had to navigate a corridor wearing a VR Helmet.

[@gianabakanos9131]

@@NeverGonnaTellALie is that the same one as them like walking backwards or forwards or something through this building/castle and had to end up outside?

[@FAB1150]

"those were my dad's" lmao that line broke me

[@spikemurphy5054]

The fact that someone sent a picture of their dog’s paws is both funny and cute.

[@Pipubbles]

As someone with two fingers on my hand, I feel like I would be best for this challenge for no particular reason

[@MaggieJacksonJacksonspace]

That quote is about getting older. It's more of an existential crisis than it is a "hand-finding fact."

[@censorbleep3018]

I found the solution . . . show the back of your actual hand (on your body), and say, "Found it!"

[@andreiandrofski9426]

Munya asking why the camera panned down at his camel toe statement is a fair question...

[@kevinfitzpatrick444]

They did focus a lot on Phil Wang at times, so probably expected

[@TheDemonicPenguin]

Fern's Oh Nooo gives me life

[@nuggetoftruth865]

I can’t be the only one who thought to just point at the back of my actual hand and say “there it is”, right?

[@MrDj200]

Expected someone to just point at the back of their own hand since it did not specify "Find the picture of your hand"

[@anonymouse9833]

My American self had never heard of this show! I love it!

[@cazzabojangles]

Don't get a hand tattoo, Mum said. Well jokes on you, Sue, I'd ace this task now, cheers. Sorry Mum, you've probably got good intentions as to why you wouldn't want me to get a hand tattoo xx

[@seldom_bucket]

You weren't in the task so she's still right. Anywhere above the collar or past the sleeves is silly.

[@snowfloofcathug]

I have longer nails than anyone else I know, I regularly have people assuming they’re fake, I’d ace this

[@cazzabojangles]

@@seldom_bucket It's a bit late for that now, I'm afraid, I've got tattoos on both my fingers and neck, though they're all small, at least. Besides, it helped when I was trying to find my own hand picture on the boards :)

[@TrophyGuide101]

Everything out of John's mouth is golden

[@gerikbensing]

Today I learned England also had Laser Quests. A man after my own heart!

[@mickharrison90]

"I was looking for my auntie's hands" 🤣🤣🤣

[@RHTQ1]

My right hand is currently covered in distinctive eczema that I've been failing to make go away, so sign me up for this one XD

[@RHTQ1]

Im also a big fan of asking Alex not to speak prior to the pun

[@palmeristo]

Alex with these tasks! Clever guy

[@placeholderblankspace]

I LOVE THE DOG PAW BEING INCLUDED OMG

[@Paragon13]

I probably would’ve pointed at the back of my hand (actual hand, not a picture) and said “here it is”.

[@signeaarejrgensen61]

I love this cast. I knew I would enjoy Dara ond Sarah, but Munuya, Fern and John are so good😊

[@mindyourbidness]

Munya*

[@k.x.d8115]

Kira yoshikage would cream the instant he enter that room.

[@crazyreader21]

Why isn’t Sarah’s attempt included in the video? I think it completes the task

[@math9172]

I would've said "here's the back of my hand". Then pointed to all the photographs and said "these are not backs of hand, these are simply images of the back of a hand". (ceci n'est pas une pipe).

[@hinzster]

And NOBODY got the idea I had the instant they read the question and showed Alex the hand attached to their arm? You know, like their REAL HAND instead of just a picture of one?

[@canoli72]

This generation will solve all the world's problems with a laser pointer, a drone, a smartwatch, and a latte machine.

[@kathythai]

this is definitely one of my favourites

[@sarahbrownlee4084]

why did you leave out sarah's bit? that was the best part!

[@bob_._.]

I guess we'll have to wait for the bootleg channels postings to find out how Sarah handled the task.

[@beatnikmary]

I don't know much about Munya, but I've been looking forward to seeing him in action ever since his insane Off-Menu Podcast episode, in which iirc he insisted on creating cliffhangers so "James and Ed will have to have him back again."

[@edwardp5748]

easily the greatest moving picture show ever.

[@Yewtewba]

Oh damn, this probably means a new episode is out. I'll go watch that before I spoil myself.

[@sparrowt4082]

I feel like I could look at my hand as I'm looking as see the shape of the nail, how dry they are, or some minute detail. Plus, no one was looking at their own hand WHILE looking! No surprise the ladies were better at noticing detail. :)

[@Natty11100]

If people are wondering why not point at their own hands, it does say "find" the back of your hand, the key word being find

[@rebeccamoore8536]

Sarah knew exactly what she had signed up for!