On the podcast Ed revealed that they were told that this was a tie breaker task... Then David happened.
@capacitatedflux Жыл бұрын
When I saw this comment, I had not seen David's attempt, and thought it would be because he somehow is a pro cowpoke and lassoed in one attempt. I should have known better.
@Harvey1211 Жыл бұрын
This seems to be the first appearance of a task that was intended as a tiebreaker but ended up being a task proper. And what a treat it was. To think we almost never got to see the madness of ‘I’m gonna put another spoon on it’
@lisahenry20 Жыл бұрын
If it had remained a tie breaker task, we would have seen it if David had tied with someone. So basically never.
@MontyMonferno Жыл бұрын
yeah! they mentioned on the podcast that it was originally intended to be a tiebreaker, but because of how awful David’s attempt was, they kept it in haha
@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын
@@lisahenry20 Unless he and Ed were only awarded 1 point for the drawings on backs, I think he would tied with Rose then
@Smyleypan Жыл бұрын
If it had stayed a tie breaker than it might’ve meant Rose could have won the series given that the reason Ed won was because he beat Rose in every single tie break
@VaellinTheBard Жыл бұрын
@@Smyleypan tiebreakers dont give points, so Ed Gamble still wouldve won the series. She just mightve won an episode that she died in
@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын
Alex: "You took slightly longer than all 4 of the others combined." Ed: *maniacal laughter* Also Ed: *Champion of Champions II*
@ncitshubham Жыл бұрын
*Spoilers* . . . He is not the Champion of Champions II. It is Richard Herring from season 10.
@Rona44 Жыл бұрын
@@ncitshubhamI wish I listened to the spoiler alert 😭
@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын
@@ncitshubham I never said he was, in fact what I was referring to was pretty much the opposite lol
@barneymetcalfe8896 Жыл бұрын
No, he’s not saying he has the title, he’s referring to that special where Ed… breaks
@rizkyanandita8227 Жыл бұрын
What duck?
@MelinaPaez Жыл бұрын
How does David function on a daily basis? What’s his home like? How does he exist? He’s so frustrating to watch and I love it.
@nielsunnerup7099 Жыл бұрын
Given that his job is to make people laugh, he's probably not quite so chaotic when nobody is watching.
@erwinchan6077 Жыл бұрын
@@nielsunnerup7099 or he could be worse :)
@kewlwarez Жыл бұрын
He's tweeted more than once about microwaving his glasses...
@lisahenry20 Жыл бұрын
I don't think the spoons were that crazy of an idea. If he'd attached enough if them in a certain way, they could have kept the end of the rope in a more rigid way to keep it open as he threw, and so it would be easier to get it over Alex. It was an okay idea (I probably would have looked for a hoola hoop instead) with terrible execution.
@Renzsu Жыл бұрын
you know what, the football taped to the rope wasn't that bad of an idea really, it sure makes it easier to throw/aim for someone who doesn't know how to lasso. The spoons though.. absolutely mental.
@Irfanhill Жыл бұрын
Joe Wilkinson would have wondered for 5 seconds about the rules, then lassoed Alex on the first try and celebrated it alongside everyone in the audience and on the panel... and then... when watching his glorious lasso throw a second time... you all know what would have been.
@gregorydillon9167 Жыл бұрын
My first instinct was to ask Alex to walk closer. Clearly, that idea didn't have enough spoons
@NivMizzet89 Жыл бұрын
Ask Alex to get some spoons, then lasso him as he walks past?
@Romial34 Жыл бұрын
The look on Ed's face at 4:00 when he deduced that he could just move the tape killed me.
@ryanquek5841 Жыл бұрын
8:08 Alex is so brutal saying "So it's the usual" for David's 1 point! This task was just vintage, and peak David Baddiel
@obesus787 Жыл бұрын
Ed’s absolute glee at hearings Davids time gives me life
@samanthawoods800023 күн бұрын
It is a proper cowboy (or cowgirl) rope … but they were still set up to fail. Typically, when you throw a lasso, it’s a downward trajectory - because you’re taller than the animal or you’re on a horse. So, lassoing a tall man (6’2”) around his neck isn’t proper cowboy (or cowgirl) protocol.
@somethingelse9176 Жыл бұрын
I bet this was the first time Alex had to ask someone to read the top line rather than the last!
@josemaria8177 Жыл бұрын
David Baddiel's greatest moment in his entire comedy career
@saoirsedeltufo7436 Жыл бұрын
Not a high bar in fairness
@fibrown444 Жыл бұрын
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 The Mary Whitehouse Experience was good back in the day.
@goldytwatus167410 ай бұрын
Those standards don't work out too well for the other contestants
@RickeGnool Жыл бұрын
Ed has mentioned on the podcast several times that he was quite bitter about this Task because he was told it was a Tiebreaker, so he thought it didn’t matter that he didn’t do well in it.
@SennaAugustus Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't tiebreakers be just as important?
@1violalass Жыл бұрын
@@SennaAugustus Presumably he was planning to get enough points from other tasks that he wouldn't need a tiebreaker at all.
@mss11235 Жыл бұрын
@@SennaAugustus Do you not know how game theory works?
@benzaiten933 Жыл бұрын
Ed can be so petty and I love it!
@axolotllan Жыл бұрын
@@SennaAugustus nah because if the points won't matter then it's just a great excuse to possibly get some schadenfreude on Alex for all the frustration and suffering he gave them.
@135chelmer Жыл бұрын
The task said they had to stay behind the line but it didn’t say Alex had to. “Alex please walk to me”…put lasso over Alex…Task done 😎
Жыл бұрын
There was a line in front of Alex, but the task never mentions it… :D And those moments, when you notice who has and who hasn't watched previous series, are the bits I absolutely love the most. "Wait, the task says…"
@blackdragoncyrus Жыл бұрын
Remember next time you don't know what to do: Just add more wooden spoons.
@Taolan8472 Жыл бұрын
I mean, Ed was technically correct. It wasn't "proper" cowboy rope because it was fresh. Brand new. Unbroken. New rope is stiff, and new waxed rope is tacky. Need to run it through your hands end to end a couple times to break it in.
@Pagliacci_Rex Жыл бұрын
That was a specific type of rope used for lassoing.
@verrufen2642 Жыл бұрын
@@Pagliacci_Rex try to display your lack of attention span in one sentence
@motodog2429 ай бұрын
@@Pagliacci_RexCorrect… but, again, the newness of the wax is counterproductive. You want it to get off your fingers… not stay on it.
@strawberrylemonadelioness Жыл бұрын
I'm glad Alex has face protection, I couldn't imagine how many times he'd get smacked in the face otherwise.
@Alakaizer Жыл бұрын
Especially when the spoons came out
@TheFinalSmash Жыл бұрын
Halfway through the video, four out of five contestants have been shown... wait.
@zoeloutay4734 Жыл бұрын
The nonchalant way Alex says 'so it's the usual' is brutal 😂🤣
@hwood8001 Жыл бұрын
Honestly thought this was a pretty mid task…and then spoons happened. Actual tears of laughter.
@Whisdom Жыл бұрын
nearly died choking on water at "the usual"
@Xerdoz Жыл бұрын
You hold the loop, not the rope itself. Then you spin it above your head.
@RosaCanina15 Жыл бұрын
Here after listening to the podcast, I don't know how I never noticed how seriously pissed off he looks while they discuss how you were allowed to move the line
@rachelstechman5959 Жыл бұрын
Truly one of the greatest tasks of all time
@Qrail Жыл бұрын
Always fun to see something entirely different.
@ianitor Жыл бұрын
nice these are lining up with the podcast episode just released...
@Moxiecore Жыл бұрын
I did not know why Alex was praying until David's time was announced: he just wanted it to end!
@TheVoitel Жыл бұрын
It only said "you must stand behind this line", but not "Alex must stand behind the other line". So I suppose the fastest way would have been to simply ask Alex to come over to your side ...
@Spaxcore Жыл бұрын
Or just throw the loop to Alex and tell him to lasso himself.
@TheVoitel Жыл бұрын
@@Spaxcore Or do it the mathematical way. Put the lasso around yourself and define: I’m on the outside ...
@TheRealLeesyKate Жыл бұрын
Jo Brand is a Commonwealth treasure
@Tibbyrevolution Жыл бұрын
He built a bloody weapon.
@auntlynnie Жыл бұрын
“Lassoo.”
@mbuhler6892 Жыл бұрын
The spoons 😂
@jonaslarsson5279 Жыл бұрын
Russell Howard would've just walked in, thrown the lasso as usual, got it on his first try, and left.
@lawrencecalablaster568 Жыл бұрын
Joe Wilkinson would’ve done it but gotten disqualified, & Nish Kumar would’ve done it for an hour.
@leeks1408 Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised David didn’t get disqualified because he stepped over the line but good for him for at least getting a point
@lisahenry20 Жыл бұрын
One point wasn't going to do anything for David. Might as well just give it to him
@rachelstechman5959 Жыл бұрын
The ol' Baddiel pity point
@tinkerer33998 ай бұрын
If people were disqualified for stepping over the line I suspect everybody would have been disqualified.
@juliabachmann2682 Жыл бұрын
This was the funniest thing I’ve watch in months
@UnitSe7en Жыл бұрын
Does this show have Top Gear's old cameraman? The low angles, deep DoF and heavy use of filters...
@dorissaclaire Жыл бұрын
What am I missing here why is Kerry Godliman standing in for Katy??
@AydenCard Жыл бұрын
Katy Wix was ill during the studio segments of this episode, so Kerry Godliman stood in for her while Katy was absent at the time.
@bcaye Жыл бұрын
What no one considered is that it didn't say where Alex had to be.
@jwagsftw Жыл бұрын
I saw how long the video was and figured "surely there must be more to it than lasso Alex." But no. That's all they had to do.
@Zubiila Жыл бұрын
My first thought was to move the carpet, like Rose ended up doing, but Jo's idea was brilliant!
@idkwhat2dowithmyhands Жыл бұрын
This hurt watching as a Mexican American living in Texas
Жыл бұрын
I agree, it hurt… my sides, from laughing at Jo moving the bloody line. :D
@Susan_-yt1re4 ай бұрын
I laughed way too hard at this. I think I know the theory behind the spoons but probably wouldn't be my go-to option.
@wishiwerespecial Жыл бұрын
This is the first task I can say as an American I'd have the advantage.
@Verity58 Жыл бұрын
That's... that's not a lasso, that's a flail...
@OliverBenson2024 Жыл бұрын
So good!
@PixelGamer91 Жыл бұрын
Now that's a loop hole
@hiiistrex2838 Жыл бұрын
Why didn't any of them think to ask Alex to move closer
@Raintamp Жыл бұрын
I'd just ask Alex to come to me.
@notalostnumber8660 Жыл бұрын
Nobody asked Alex to move closer
@syevaa Жыл бұрын
lasooo
@michaelcullen53087 ай бұрын
Where is Kerry's attempt?
@teazer7057 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t look like to me that David stayed behind the line at all times! He went to the caravan!
@EngineerLume Жыл бұрын
I was literally looking for this the other day, lol
@odd_shoes Жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me which episode the drawing on backs is in?
@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын
Episode 9, 'Don't Like Them Go Bang'
@odd_shoes Жыл бұрын
@@iliketrains3495 Thanks.
@johncameron4194 Жыл бұрын
Yup move the line
@FirstNameLastName-gh9iw Жыл бұрын
Hold on that not Katy Wik…
@mattkennedy9308 Жыл бұрын
Apparently she was ill for the live component that's filmed later
@AsbestosMuffins Жыл бұрын
I genuinely thought someone would actually do this one as written. it can't be THAT HARD to throw a line, they all just kept using either too large or too small of a loop
@nadger13377 ай бұрын
Dsvid is off his rcoker. Im surprised hes allowed out on his own.
@dubious6718 Жыл бұрын
Just move the line.
@blondsquirrel4739 Жыл бұрын
As someone who knows how to lasso this was hilarious to me
@motodog2429 ай бұрын
As a Texan… yea… this task is still hard… if the line wasn’t movable/Alex wasn’t movable.
@Animalshikeforfun Жыл бұрын
Also I'm not sure any of these people actually completed the task as it was written. The process of lassoing something involves getting the rope over it and then cinching it down on the thing being lassoed. They mostly just threw a loop over someone and let it fall right to the ground without pulling the loop closed.
@somethingelse9176 Жыл бұрын
By that argument, David is the only one to successfully lasso Alex.
@Animalshikeforfun Жыл бұрын
@@somethingelse9176 ya. it's funny but I think that might actually be true. apart from him not actually getting the loop over Alex's head.
@dillonkirtonforeverАй бұрын
Why did they show Katy Wix, but then Kerry Godliman tried to explain herself in the 2nd minute
@nothanks9174 Жыл бұрын
Usually I concede the British pronunciation of English words is correct but lasso comes from Spanish lazo which sounds like the American (and I guess Kiwi) pronunciation.
@hunbi1875 Жыл бұрын
i dont mean to be that guy but actually generally speaking the american pronounciation 9specifically southern) of words is actually more similar to how they were pronounced back in the day
@nothanks9174 Жыл бұрын
@@hunbi1875 It’s perfectly fine to be that guy, I started it lol
@georgio1017 ай бұрын
Lass-oo used to be the favoured pronunciation in America. Cowboys in the Old West would've called it a lass-oo, which is where British folk got the pronunciation. Consider also 'buckaroo', which comes from 'vaquero' for a similar treatment of a Spanish loanword. British folk used to pronounce it lass-oh based on spelling, but there's actually dictionaries from the period complaining about this as a mistake! In the intervening century, British people picked up the 'correct' lass-oo pronunciation, but Americans meanwhile shifted back towards 'lass-oh'.
@mrbenoit5018 Жыл бұрын
Stick em up youu dodgers I’m a cowwdoy
@alphaelectricx6753 Жыл бұрын
Could someone tell me why the one woman had a replacement?
@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын
Katy Wix was ill during one of the studio tapings (they film two a session) so she was subbed in by Kerry and Katherine Ryan
@randyastle33019 ай бұрын
Why are all the English folks saying this Spanish word wrong? Lasso comes from lazar, to link or bind together, right? So as a noun it’s lazo, or lasso, from the first-person singular yo lazo, and there’s no such word as lassoo. Los lazos familiares son muy importantes, etc. But saying lassoo is like saying, “I want to eat a tacoo.” Man, I feel as pedantic as Jordan Schlansky now, but this has been driving me mad since I first saw this task a couple years ago. Kudos to Rose, not from England, for being the only one who can speak English correctly. Ha
@Momofan69Ай бұрын
La-soo is correct in British English, because it's a different language than Spanish, hope that helps.
@Twentydragon Жыл бұрын
"Lassoo"?
@degiguess Жыл бұрын
This task would be so easy if they stopped trying to spin the lasso around like a cartoon those ropes are pretty rigid so like you can just make the loop bigger then through it like a hula hoop
@joshuaclark9366 Жыл бұрын
Cool. Huge fan
@__eivy__5391 Жыл бұрын
I thought David is John Oliver
@serendipitousprincess6142 Жыл бұрын
Lassoo? 😂
@irondasgrАй бұрын
How come Kerry is on the panel and getting points when she was never shown to compete?
@Momofan69Ай бұрын
She's subbing for Katy
@arandombard1197 Жыл бұрын
Credit to David, he actually did the task without cheating.
@Alakaizer Жыл бұрын
They all did, that's why there were no disqualifications.
@THE_CDN Жыл бұрын
Watching people who've clearly never worked on a farm, or ridden a horse, is hilarious!
@Spaxcore Жыл бұрын
Even if they'd all worked on a farm in the UK, we don't use lassoing in the UK on farms.
@THE_CDN Жыл бұрын
@@Spaxcore Not even to lasso young livestock that need to be reigned in? Interesting.
@Spaxcore Жыл бұрын
@@THE_CDN we tend to work in much smaller scale in the UK so we'll round animals into barns using dogs and quad bikes then seperate the animal once they're confined. Things might be different on various farms but I grew up farm handing in Scotland and never once saw a lasso. We don't really use horses much either. Some farmers will ride for pleasure and I know a guy who uses draft horses for remote area logging, but that's pretty unusual.
@THE_CDN Жыл бұрын
@@Spaxcore No horses, but quads are the way to go, I guess. I haven't worked on a farm in decades, so I guess I'm behind the times. Lol!
@arandombard1197 Жыл бұрын
So the vast majority of humans?
@mat_tamarin Жыл бұрын
Kerry Godliman's attempt is missing, whoops! Edit; ahh she was a sub in the studio for Katy Wix, forgot about that!
@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you're joking or not, but Kerry was only a sub-in for Katy Wix in the studio for two episodes, all the recorded tasks were still done by Katy
@MikeDCWeld Жыл бұрын
@I Like Trains they probably should have popped a clip or annotation explaining that at the beginning. Not everyone watching has seen the full episode and some that have may not remember everything that happened in it. I've certainly seen things in the shorter videos that I didn't remember from the full episode.
@andrewjolly319 Жыл бұрын
I got so confused by this. I went back and forwards...
@mat_tamarin Жыл бұрын
@@iliketrains3495 ahhh cheers, forgot about that 👍
@StercusAcciditMedia Жыл бұрын
Is is missing Kerris go?
@chiptovar Жыл бұрын
Katy Wix was not feeling well and missed two of the live episodes.Kerri replaced her for one and Katherine Ryan came in for the other.
@davidallen111 Жыл бұрын
As an American, I feel that I should point out that none of the contestants did anything that even hinted at proper technique.
@RD-js3uo Жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware that only Americans were able to use a lasso, that's a pretty cool and strange fact.
@davidallen111 Жыл бұрын
@@RD-js3uo It is not that only Americans can use a lasso. It is a Mexican invention, and many Canadians have used one. It is just that here in America using a lasso is a popular form of entertainment and has been for over a hundred years. American children learn how to stretch a rope, shape a loop, and snag a fence post at ten paces at a young age. Some of them go on to compete at snagging sheep and goats, then calves, cows, and horses. Some Americans even do it for a living. And many Americans, even old men, still like to snag a fence post once in a while.
@RD-js3uo Жыл бұрын
@@davidallen111 cool! Thankyou for the knowledge drop. (This sounds sarcastic but I do appreciate it)
@diogenesoliveira6473 Жыл бұрын
@@davidallen111 I really doubt it's even the majority of American children
@hopemccalley6955 Жыл бұрын
There are so many ways to cheat this task…..I think. The task never said that Alex/Carpet couldn’t move. So, move Alex closer to you. Also, no where was it said that any spot of Alex was off limits or you had to loop a specific spot (i.e top of head). And, you have to stay behind the line but, the rules didn’t say that the line had to stay where it was originally placed. Btw, I’m commenting before the task officially starts so, maybe others will have better ideas. *omg the spoons
Жыл бұрын
"cheat". If you think they're in any way cheating, you haven't understood Taskmaster yet. Hint: the only rules are _in the task_ There are no "ground rules".
@hopemccalley6955 Жыл бұрын
@ I just meant “cheat the task” like, find the loopholes to solve the task besides, just going straight to the most obvious answer/attempting to complete without messing up a simple “unspoken rule”. Like, this show has said, “all instructions are written on the task”. It just is interesting that humans have so many ways to complete a simple problem. Sorry, if this sounded rude, I just wanted to try to explain my self better.
@mericaman9660 Жыл бұрын
Darn British people this is why we left, and taxes