JOE WILKINSON'S Infamous Potato Throw! | TASKMASTER Reaction

[@BasilLecher]

I'm glad you've started with watching full tasks. Some of the clip compilations only show a single person's attempt and I think the real magic is watching how all five players compare to each other in a single task. Certainly there's fun in watching a compilation of all the disqualifications or of all the people finding loopholes, but it loses the impact when you don't see everyone's go.

[@filmslate]

I'm with you Basil.. compilations can be fun but it takes away from the subtleties and in-jokes that makes this show so special. I guess we'll see how this video performs and what everyone's general thoughts are for how we do more Taskmaster reactions. I'm considering recording full episodes, but then choosing the best segments to edit into reaction videos.. that way we get to understand the nuances of the whole program, while the reaction videos focus on the best parts :) Thanks for your comment!

[@ninapjust7165]

@@filmslate recording full tasks and then best segments would be great way to do it, because then you'll get all the inside jokes during the episode and season going along. And the occasional call back to previously seasons.

[@filmslate]

@@ninapjust7165 For sure Nina, I think we may venture all the way back to S01E01 and give it a try :D Thanks for your thoughts!

[@boskee]

@@filmslate Do it!

[@filmslate]

@@boskee You know it Boskee!

[@allanmorrison7651]

The look on Joe's face when he finds out is priceless

[@filmslate]

Hahaha yep!

[@eksiarvamus]

I think this clip is one of the best moments of TV history.

[@filmslate]

I think I'm with you on this one!

[@martincook3201]

Doc Brown is one of the most underrated contestants on Taskmaster. His 'harsh' at the end cracks me up every time. But Joe is definitely the star here; it's really hard to tell if the Joe Wilkinson on his knees pleading his case was Joe Wilkinson the comedian or Joe Wilkinson the comedy character played by Joe Wilkinson the comedian.

[@filmslate]

Haha it felt like it was a little of both real Joe and character Joe! Doc is definitely the unsung hero of this episode... Joe is obviously the highlight but Doc is gold as well! Can't wait to check out more of this season. Thanks for your message mate :)

[@lizcollinson2692]

And the fish Rap

[@filmslate]

@@lizcollinson2692 Haha yes!

[@KusaneHexaku]

People sleeps on Doc's "I love sport so much" a lot, it's a great bit

[@Meteorite_Shower]

I've always maintained this was the most heartbreaking moment of the entire show... until recently. I won't say who or which series, but once again, Joe's been knocked from the top for me.

[@filmslate]

Oh Meteorite I am so intrigued! You have to at least tell me which season haha!

[@Meteorite_Shower]

@@filmslate Hah, well if you really wanna know, it's in Series 13, so a fair ways away!

[@filmslate]

@@Meteorite_Shower Bahaha Alright I'll have to start bingeing :D

[@jonbolton3376]

I came across this show randomly part way through it's second series, and immediately went on catch up tv to watch all of the first series. This bit actually i think might have been in the first episode that i watched.

[@filmslate]

It's so good Jon, can't wait to check out more! Thanks for the comment :)

[@k2411871]

The big difference between Australian and American Reactors is Australian get the joke the first time even the subtle humour that goes over most American heads

[@renejean2523]

Yeah, I've remarked the same thing on this channel.

[@ScarletGhost53]

And here you see the infamous Betrayal of Doc Judas.

[@majbrat]

TM is the BEST show. Joe had weeks before the airing to celebrate that win. Tragic lol 😆

[@filmslate]

Hahaha that's what I was thinking K Maj! It's not just the moment in the studio, its the weeks of anticipation he would have had for that moment.. so brutal! hahaha.

[@kuidaorekitchen5850]

The best part about it is Joe didn''t know for about 9 months from filming to the shooting of the studio portion, so he thought he was a king at it for that whole time, until the show.

[@eolsunder]

exactly it wasn't right after when they filed the task then when they filmed the studio part. All that time he's going "oh i can't wait for everyone to see!"

[@ct5625]

IMO Rhod Gilbert's efforts on this show are all legendary, he really looked for every opportunity to bend the rules or read between the lines. Probably the best contestant they ever had.

[@lawbl5415]

Who is asking your opinion and who asked about other contestants?

[@theonetheonlyjoey]

​@@lawbl5415 Who asked for you to comment that in response? There's absolutely no use going down that route, by your logic there would never be any comments on anything ever, because nobody was specifically asked to comment.

[@invisiblekid99]

@@lawbl5415 You nimrod. Film Slate LITERALLY ASKED the viewers for other great segments 17:59. JFC

[@jonbolton3376]

A few of my favourites from this season are concealing a pineapple on your body, and placing exercise balls on a mat on top of a hill. Obviously there are numerous fantastic tasks in all seasons.

[@filmslate]

Thanks Jon! I think we are going to venture back in Season one, watch the full episodes and the tasks that really stand out and we have plenty to say about will then get turned into reactions... this way we get all the inside jokes as we go while also releasing clips of all the best tasks. That's my working idea at the moment at least haha. Cheers for the suggestions! Looking forward to getting to these tasks :)

[@mrborgeusborg9164]

The potato task is the most epic, perfect tragedy ever made. From what I know, I don't think it is days. More like weeks or months. Taskmaster have had a task that was every day for 6 months! The potato task also show the personality of the other contestants that season in a perfect way. John being the rule master. He did touch the red green. Richard being the honorable one. If I would have wanted it, I am happy to see it given to others. Katherine claiming not to care and tearing up from not understanding why sports are so fantastic. Doc trying to get every advantage he can get. Thrown Joe under the bus, followed by "that's harsh". This is my own view of the competitors. I do want to be honest. To start off with the potato. Imo not the smartest thing. It is the best clip from taskmaster to date. There are some other good ones, but not at the level of potato. Imo not even close. I would reccomend talking to a swede and the compilation of disqualifying in taskmaster. Or is it named "times contestants was caught cheating" Don't remember the full name of the compilation, but I think you can find it. Otherwise I'll look it up. Great reaction!

[@filmslate]

Thanks for the insights Borg! Haha did we peak way too early watching the potato clip first? I get what you mean... maybe nothing else would quite live up to that moment. If it's any consolation, as the segment is about 15mins into season 2 episode 1, we did watch the first 15mins off screen just before we shot it so we were at least introduced to all the players. I think we might go back to season one and chip away in the order it was intended. Maybe shoot full episodes and cut down reaction highlights.. still figuring that side of it out! Thanks for the message mate! Much appreciated.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Taskmaster is such chaotic fun.

[@filmslate]

It's the perfect show, I hope it never ends!

[@joseph.westbury]

This is one of my favourite ever moments from taskmaster

[@filmslate]

It was so good! Can't wait to check out more :)

[@carolineb3527]

Oh My Goodness, you've fallen into the rabbithole that is Taskmaster. Welcome to the Madhatter's Party! There are so many classic series of this it's hard to pick any of them - even the not-quite-so-good series had nuggets of gold. In recent series, try watching some Victoria Coren Mitchell (David Mitchell's oh so smart wife) solving a puzzle or having to learn to ride a bike in five minutes. Plus the most recent series (14) was one of the best ever - there was excellent banter between the contestants on that one, particularly when four of them ganged up on the fifth. Which happened a lot and made the bits in the studio as hilarious as the tasks themselves. And Claudia Winkleman appeared on the New Year's Treat II, a one-off episode shown on 1 Jan 2022. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@filmslate]

We sure have Caroline! Thanks for all the suggestions haha it really is a deep rabbit hole! I've gathered that we are going to miss way too many inside jokes on the show if we jump around and watch the highlights.. So Im thinking we will go back to S01E01 and watch the full episode, we'll react to it as usual, but with the intention of only making reaction videos out of the best tasks.. So each episode may have 3-4 reaction videos from the tasks, and maybe some episodes may only get 1 or even 0.... that way we get all the inside jokes along the way, while still producing the most fun reaction videos that we can :) So, in short, expect plenty of taskmaster to come! Haha :D

[@Tconl]

Watching tasks seperately? How dare you. :O This show deserves to watched full lenght! And the NZ and AUS and others too. Not all as funny, though NZ/Aus are pretty good.

[@ninapjust7165]

This could be the longest list many ever written with recommendations to other tasks. One that is often a call back is but the taskmaster a present from season 1. Or "eat the melon", "empty the bathtub", "get the ice block to disappear" and "egg golf" is the tasks from season 1 that comes to mind, there are some good price tasks too. And then just in generally romesh being romesh losing his mind is pure joy. and this is just season 1. "write a song for a stranger" from season 5 is a half of fame task with the bild up to the task and the performance of the task is perfection. Season 5 was such a strong season too. "POV movie task was good", "build the highest tower of cans". Season 7 in itself is all best tasks. There are som many from that season it is impossible to choose, and it you haven't seen them all you don't why "build an extension to the taskmaster house" is even better that just seeing it alone. Sometimes I envy people who haven't had the pleasure of watching taskmaster so they get to see it for the first time.

[@filmslate]

Wow thankyou Nina for your detailed ideas! I definitely get the vibe from everyone in the comments that we are just missing out on inside jokes and the player dynamics if we jump around to random clips and seasons. This is what I think we we do, and by all means I'd love to hear your insights on if this seems like a good plan.. We are going to go back to S01E01, and watch the episode in full, reacting away and chatting as we normally would. By the end of the episode, we have potentially 5 tasks to make up to 5 reaction videos to upload on the channel. But instead of uploading all 5 just for the sake of it, we can have a threshold of if we found the clip funny enough/if we felt we added enough value to feel it was worth creating an individual clip from it. So some episodes may turn out to have 3-4 reaction videos, and some episodes may just have 1 reaction from it. Im thinking if we do it this way, we are catching all the inside jokes as we go along, still making videos that are maybe 10-15mins in length, and also cutting out some of the challenges that may not be "reaction worthy". Who knows, we may love every task and end up making 5 videos from each episode haha. What do you think? Thanks Nina :)

[@johndenverfan]

Alex Is Brilliant

[@gbulmer]

Brilliant reaction. You could probably do more full tasks while Blake gets the gist. Maybe react to episode 1, series 1? Aim to release as five videos, each one a full task. Maybe do it in 'one sitting' but pause the episode between each full task to discuss the task. At least trying to do that will give you some concrete data on how easy/difficult it is. Best Wishes, Chaps. ☮

[@filmslate]

Thankyou sir! I think you're exactly right.. We'll go back to season 1, episode 1 and watch the full episode. We'll stop and chat as we go, but not with the intention of putting it all on a reaction video. We can then put together reactions of the clips we thought were the most entertaining or the ones where we thought we added the most value through our commentary. Maybe we make 3-4 clips from an episode, and maybe we just move on to the next episode if we didn't find any worthy. I'm thinking this way, it gets Blake up to speed on the show's dynamic, we don't miss out on any inside jokes that build up over the season, and we only use the best clips. That's my current plan of attack haha but as you know, I'm always up for suggestions! Do most taskmaster fans believe all segments are fantastic, or is there also a feeling that some segments can be hit or miss? Cheers G!

[@gbulmer]

​@@filmslate Your idea seems very good, maybe ideal. It seems like it's worth doing to get some experience. However, I watch Taskmaster on Channel 4 (and before that Dave). They also have a streaming service, where we can watch old episodes. So, I only watch specific Full Tasks, or specific compilations on YT. Hence, I don't feel I'm a typical YT Taskmaster fan to advise you. Based partly on my reading of comments, my feeling is you'll have to react to at least one entire episode (even if you release in pieces) to prove you've understood it. Maybe plan to do that for each series, to demonstrate you've get the initial dynamic of contestants? *You will get feedback!* 😀 Best Wishes. ☮

[@filmslate]

@@gbulmer Haha yep, either way there will be feedback! Yep good idea, Ill do the test run with the first episode and aim to release all 5 tasks so people see the full episode, then Ill be more picky in subsequent episodes :)

[@gbulmer]

@@filmslate Seems good. You might use a playlist to put all 5 tasks in order, or name them "part 1 of 5", "part 2 of 5" etc. so people can easily see you've a whole episode. Best Wishes.

[@wwemmeL]

I heavily suggest you to start watching full episodes starting from season 1. It gives you so much more context on firstly the inside jokes that you miss with just these one off videos and secondly you get a greater appreciation for how the contestants are doing overall in the show.

[@filmslate]

I think I'm with you wemmeL! We are going to go back and do episode one, and break it up into the 5 seperate tasks.. if they are all funny and we have plenty to say about them, I'll make 5 videos for them, and if some aren't as great, then at least we've watched them for the references in future episodes. Does that sounds like a good idea? Do you think all tasks are worthy of a reaction or are there a few here and there that are just OK and not worth reacting to? Appreciate your insights mate!

[@wwemmeL]

@@filmslate Thanks for the response! I know this is a little late but I'll chime in anyway. I'd say that yes there are a few tasks here and there that aren't peak television but really all of them add something to the arc of the season. And yeah a lot of tasks will be referenced later in the episode or season. Hope you enjoy the journey!

[@filmslate]

@@wwemmeL Excellent! Thanks for the advice! Just cutting together episode 1 as we speak haha!

[@wwemmeL]

@@filmslate Sounds awesome, can't wait!

[@irisblue2332]

@@filmslate I definitely vote for whole episodes! You can cut things if you need to, but I really believe that there's a lot of benefit to seeing both the show unfold (with prize tasks and live tasks included) and seeing the season unfold over several episodes. The individual tasks are funny, but there's a lot of great stuff that's getting left out.

[@lizcollinson2692]

Evidence, in competition your mates are your worst enemy.

[@filmslate]

This is true Liz!

[@jameshumphreys9715]

There is an Australian version this year

[@filmslate]

Yeah mate only two weeks away! Fingers crossed it's decent 😁

[@naevus671]

Ahhhh, pure class.

[@thesimpsons17]

You should watch full episodes of Taskmaster from series 1!

[@thesimpsons17]

It's much more rewarding than just watching the random clips as good as they are

[@filmslate]

Haha we are certainly thinking about doing full eps!

[@Thisandthat8908]

now it has gotten to a point that "we have another look" creates an audible shock in contestants and audience. But this was og and it came out of nothing.

[@MBHenriksen8900]

This one is iconic xD

[@filmslate]

A classic!

[@booradley8895]

Lee Mack is also in a season but we know one of you hates him.

[@filmslate]

I think Blake has come around to liking Lee haha, we are good to go!

[@felixangelpazovila1350]

Greg's mom. You know what I'm talking about

[@filmslate]

Haha!

[@rlosangeleskings]

Anything involving Rhod Gilbert on TM...

[@Eva-mp7xg]

Do more Taskmaster, pleeeeease, pleeeease, pleeeeeeeease :D

[@filmslate]

Sure thing Eva! There are a couple taskmaster clips on their way as we speak! :)

[@jgreen2015]

I've always been of the belief that technically he didn't step on the red. The tip of his shoe touched it but your shoes are rarely that tight that your toes touch the end

[@annother3350]

You know on station platforms when they say 'stand behind the yellow line'? that still counts if you're wearing clown shoes no matter where your toes are!

[@filmslate]

For sure... as I was editing this clip, I had the thought that if Richard could get away with standing on thin materials to get to the whole, you could also make the argument that Joe didn't touch the green, his shoe did! And you're right; his toe probably never passed the threshold of the green anyways! Robbed.

[@annother3350]

@@filmslate YOu guys have never played darts!! You wouldn't make it out the bar alive with that argument!!!

[@jgreen2015]

@@annother3350 no. That line is there because of the gust of wind as trains fly past.

[@jgreen2015]

@@filmslate I was going to make that point! But thought I was stretching the definition a bit. But again TECHNICALLY he's standing on his shoes

[@katherinedowling4246]

Love this it’s so funny than you so much 😂

[@filmslate]

You're welcome Katherine!

[@deeplaysgaming4754]

so a green sheet being stood on is ok but your shoes arent id just walk on and put in hole technically my shoes touching not any part of my body.

[@filmslate]

Im with you Dee.. If a sheet is fine to step on, then so are the shoes on your feet!

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Best prize task item? Rhod Gilbert's creepiest thing... I'll say no more. Anyone who's seen it,knows.

[@filmslate]

Hahaa oh no.. not sure Im ready for it lol! I'll get to it soon enough though Andrew!

[@roderickmacsween2820]

Red Green is a tv show in Canada...

[@filmslate]

Hahaha really? Is it the same premise? :D

[@roderickmacsween2820]

@@filmslate no...they just kept mentioning the 'red' green and that's all I could think of.

[@filmslate]

@@roderickmacsween2820 Haha fair enough!

[@chrisparti]

Rhod Gilbert all day, its a disturbing insight into his mind... 😂😂😂

[@bernardtaylor7043]

Don't do Rhod Gilbert - yet. Watch some others first, then you can really appreciate his mastery of the game.

[@chrisparti]

@Bernard Taylor That's a really good point actually. You should save Rhod for later... you're not ready for Rhod yet... 🤣

[@filmslate]

Good points guys, maybe we'll do all of season one to develop a baseline, then we can branch off to other seasons :D Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated!

[@xwiick]

water melon, Anything with Rhod for starters

[@filmslate]

Sounds good mate, I'll pop them on the list... Cheers!

[@JulietteReacts]

YEEEEESSsSSSss

[@filmslate]

Hahaha it's finally Taskmaster time Juliette! :D

[@boskee]

Joe was robbed. The curvature of the shoe means he never touched the red green. #PotatoTruthers

[@filmslate]

YES Boskee!! I'm a Potato Truther as well!! I would also like to add... if Richard was able to walk on materials which were on the green, using the argument that his feet never touched the green, the materials did.. Then it doesn't matter if Joe's shoe even touched the green or not.. it wasn't hit foot. #conspiracy

[@rlosangeleskings]

The more I see it...the more I hate Jon... It was 100% legal... Note how Joe's shoes point upward and DON'T TOUCH THE RED GREEN...and still haven't...

[@videoeditorbloke]

The way Doc Brown (Ben Bailey Smith) turns against Joe at the end and then basically lies to him about it is totally preparation for his role as Blevin in Andor!

[@filmslate]

Hahaha, Doc Brown certainly feels like the unsung hero of this clip, he's so good in it :D

[@dominiccowley8676]

Why do you put your watermark over the video which isn't even yours. It's from task master yet the whole clip has your water mark, and the video is tiny as your face cams take up most of the room, to the point were you can barely see the clip. If your worried about it your video being stolen then your watermark is in the top right. I see no reason for you to cover the clip with it

[@filmslate]

Hey Dom! Oh it's not at all there because we think our video will be stolen, it's more of an added deterrent for people watching the clips for the first time through our channel. The video's focus is a couple of random Aussies reacting to UK content, so it's really for people who have seen these clips before and are specifically looking for reaction clips to them. The big watermarks are there so people who are seeing these clips for the first time are more inclined to go source the original clip. Cheers for the message mate, hope that clears it up for ya :D

[@flea1972]

Shoes and socks aren't actually parts of the human body. 👍✌️

[@filmslate]

For sure Flea! While editing I was thinking that if Richard can get away with stepping on some thin materials over the green, then the edge of Joe's shoe should be totally in play!

[@bashab3098]

Ooh girlie gonna cry , the feminist turns on the tears because of the boys .