Moments of Absolute Madness | Taskmaster

[@cheekbonestrenchcoat]

The fact that TWO of them see "surprise Alex" and immediately go "kidnap his children" is one of my favourite things

[@neilbertuk1]

2.2K likes and zero comments.

[@streaxu]

Did they go through with it?

[@yesmannoman454]

@@streaxu no

[@alexroxhissox]

@@yesmannoman454 It's the thought that counts.

[@flaetsbnort]

In the full episode Greg actually says something like 'you know, if Alex came out of the shed and his children were there, he'd be surprised... but you two had to go straight to the kidnapping'

[@louis559]

Liza cackling while running from Alex and his cakey ass has got to be one of my favorite things from this show.

[@sk8rissk8in]

y r u runnin

[@carjaroo]

Finally someone spelled her name right! Also yes, I totally agree, that is my favourite moment from season 6

[@alexbenavidez4500]

The way she straight up giggles had me dead

[@tomboychick]

For me, it's the funniest moment from all of Taskmaster episodes so far. Alex's face & the noise he makes Liza giggling her head off as she runs off around the corner, then again giggling in the studio.

[@CrimsonKage]

Kinda upset they cut what he said about it in the studio, tbh ('I was open', etc)

[@ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

As mad as Romesh was to rub that into his eyes, Frank Skinner singing whilst spooning up other people's tears looked like found footage of a serial killer.

[@nightsgrow6575]

Absolutely demented

[@Cory_Springer]

Watching Frank Skinner have the crew hold onions near their eyes while he simultaneously sang Old Shep and collected there tears was one of those moments that made me question my own sanity.

[@Virdeus]

He reminded me of a character from some bizarre Eastern European folklore. The Tear Collector. He sings his tragic song and takes tears from all the townsfolk to make his bath.

[@crummdog8125]

Have you seen his new hair...? Defo serial killer material

[@Yvolve]

@@Virdeus What the fuck...

[@iheartbusterk82]

Rob’s maniacal laughter while spraying Alex is truly haunting. Alex and the cake, still perhaps my fave moment in the entire show.

[@Jennyfisch]

This is how I imagine Norman Bates' mother was like when she was still alive

[@iheartbusterk82]

@Jennyfisch that is exactly what I thought the first time I saw it in the full episode.

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

I think the fact he'd even shocked himself, and the laughter was completely out of control, really nails it. This is a man who, by his own admission, sometimes gets so excited he has to scream into a pillow (under otherwise normal circumstances). There's a lot more to that man than those teeth...

[@kayleighbrown459]

Sleep deprivation is a helluva thing.

[@borismuller86]

That part had strong Japanese variety show vibes.

[@farosh-end]

I will never be able to scrub my memory of the sight of him clutching Alex and shouting that he's sinned again whilst his face is eaten. The feeling it dredges up from within me is indescribable.

[@EcoCurious]

It gives me the same kind of deep unsettled feeling as the old 'Salad fingers' videos 😖

[@ArianaCapraro]

Lust? Euphoria? Terror? Intense self loathing? All of the above?

[@namenamename390]

This is genuinely one of my favourite Taskmaster quotes.

[@OrigiName]

"Did I just watch Ed Gamble fuck some hummus" is a sentence I never thought I'd say out loud

[@Whymust898]

Surprised this isn't half of Rhod Gilbert's run

[@Sammie1053]

Surprised it isn't every time Bob Mortimer opened his mouth

[@soul9735]

Rhod was an absolute mad lad. There should be a compilation where contestants bully Alex.

[@SeanConway99]

Rhod hiding in Greg's bedroom

[@crummdog8125]

@@SeanConway99 creepy AF

[@theresayannetty2444]

He ... he threw a javelin through a camper and could have impaled Alex.

[@Ffancrzy]

Man, rewatching the Watermelon task makes me realize what an excellent debut task for the series it was. The progression of Roisin assuming there would be a bowl of cut up melon, to Josh feebly spooning watermelon into his mouth, to Tim and Romesh barreling into the room and immediately smashing the Watermelon, with Romesh deciding in the heat of the moment it was better to smash and subsequently eat the watermelon off the floor instead of the perfectly good table in front of him encapsulates every thing about the show so perfectly. I think Romesh's performance on that task is still my favorite thing in the entire series, as another commenter in this video said, I know whats coming and its still just as funny every single time.

[@TheHutchy01]

In that moment, Romesg must have feared dying the most ignoble death in history.

[@richardgurney1844]

"You know what's coming and it's still just as funny" - that is the reason I think it's the funniest moment in the whole show 🤣

[@compositeembryo7186]

Funny thing is that the time only started after they opened the door to the lab means that they could have simply not opened the door, gone to the store and bought another watermelon and take their time eating that one instead

[@jenelaina5665]

Lisa with the cake wasn't madness, it transcended past that into brilliance

[@ethanreilly4891]

The way she runs away giggling really seals it in

[@Jayk-kz7sh]

I love that even when she was watching it back in the studio Lisa still has the same sheer giddy in her voice when she did the task. Her little “I felt so dirty! He was a different man!” All the while laughing 😂

[@jenelaina5665]

@@Jayk-kz7sh He Was Open.

[@serenevil]

alex has gone through a lot for the show but that....that was....something else

[@kylekinsey2624]

It was so... in me. Funniest thing I've ever heard

[@jonnydaly3939]

The reveal that Paul chodry stayed in the cardboard box for 45 minutes before trying to surprise Alex makes me laugh everytime I think about it

[@canvacat]

I want to thank whoever runs this account, you truly know what Taskmaster fans desire

[@nashmishah6064]

it's my headcanon that Alex personally runs this account.

[@Snuffpoo]

nashmishah mine too 😂

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

stuff with taskmaster. I dont give a shit what they make a compilation off, I love it all. :D

[@josephchambers2000]

I think it’s run by Channel 4.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

@@josephchambers2000 iirc the owner posted something about he owning it as a private citizen but the income from views/ads etc goes to Channel 4 and that he has no control over the ads. A solution C4 made rather than just shutting down the channel. Was a topic when people complained about the increase in ads.

[@madanotap6492]

Honestly I’m very curious as to what Alex ranks as the worst thing a contestant has ever done to him or made him do for a task.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

I know which one. the appology task where he got signed up to scientology and a bunch of other crap. xD

[@aexazec9352]

Probably the one where he had to sit on a cake naked.

[@slipknot95maggot]

If he has any dignity, the answer is Al dangling money in front of him to make him do things like a servant My guess is that's prolly not his answer

[@ThurstonCyclist]

I'm thinking "everything Rhod Gilbert forced me to do."

[@PortsTM]

*insert future compilation here*

[@no1raniuk854]

I'm amazed this doesn't have Hugh Dennis methodically cutting a cake into pieces with the steely look of an utter psychopath.

[@MedievalFolkDance]

Rob sitting in a nanna's dress & wig asking Alex if he was wet after blasting him for nearly a full minute with a jet-washer. Classic bants.

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

I think about Romesh and the watermelon several times a week.

[@keep7smiling]

I know what will happen, but I still can't help burst out laughing every time :D

[@spacemonkey4811]

It's even better when you think of him as Romesh.

[@copperdragon9214]

It’s iconic.

[@genericname2747]

This moment really defined the show. Like, you've got 2 people eating watermelon relatively peacefully, you've got the dude who broke the watermelon on the table, then you've got a guy just THROWING the watermelon on the ground and savagely eating the pieces.

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@genericname2747 and then you have someone bumbling around, forgetting what the task just said and almost eating nothing.

[@__chreeees]

the timing of the music to the first clip of romesh murdering the watermelon is *chefs kiss*

[@Roflmaolinde]

I would have loved an inclusion of “There’s strength in arches”! It is the moment when an already fragile mind breaks from the pressure of completing the task.

[@lauraparkinson437]

Not putting Rhod Gilbert’s attempts at killing/torturing Alex is a sad oversight.

[@mickeyu2893]

Kinda glad they didn't since the series hasn't finished airing on YT

[@lauraparkinson437]

Mickey U I suppose, but they put up “Rhod Gilbert’s Best Taskmaster Moments” 7 months ago, so..

[@mickeyu2893]

Laura Parkinson I’m okay with that since it’s in the title so people who’ve seen the series while it aired can watch it and people who haven’t can ignore it

[@wich1]

There is a criminal lack of Rhod & Sally in this video

[@wich1]

Mickey U well, they included Edd Gamble’s bit in here the season of which has not been released here, so clearly that is not an issue for the channel owner

[@Matth3w23]

Romesh appears twice in the first 10 seconds. Of course.

[@jenelaina5665]

OMG it's another balloon!

[@soul9735]

Tree wizard!

[@that.guy11]

I love the mental gymnastics Liza did to reason that getting Alex to sit on a cake will somehow fulfill the criteria of “tell the taskmaster you love him” 😅

[@Garresh1]

I mean, tormenting Alex is definitely something the taskmaster loves...

[@nekotomo_o]

I love how she didn't even think twice about it, just off rip with no hesitation or thinking of backup plans she KNEW what she was going to do

[@mylahobbit1815]

these are all fantastic, but I can't believe Sally Phillips' film of Alex being born isn't on here. what the hell was that.

[@molitirionMUSE1996]

Abso freakin lutely

[@JKLoans]

Or, her shoving cake into his armpits and waterboarding him.

[@martinhendry2683]

Sally Phillips was pretty incredible in general

[@CleverGirlAAH]

That's a good one for sure. Especially the footage of her crawling all over him, recording.

[@wiiuandmii7619]

Where on god's green earth is Sally's special cuddle!? That was absolutely insane!

[@8inclips]

Fr tho 😂 she genuinely just rolled around on top of alex shoving things into his face

[@wich1]

There is a criminal lack of Rhod & Sally in this video

[@wiiuandmii7619]

@@kisbie Not to mention Season 7's Rhoderboarding...

[@hwren9845]

Every moment featuring Sally was pure madness. She was too powerful for this video.

[@ILuvAyeAye]

If Romesh putting hot sauce in his eyes qualifies, then Rhod Clockwork Orange-ing himself should too, right? That said, I don't actually want to see that again, if I can help it.

[@bigolbur1251]

They don't do it as much in the newer series but I love it when they show shots of the contestant's back in the studio reacting live to other contestants and their own footage. Adds another level of hilarity to each task. Seeing them cringe or reel in embarrassment or seeing them laugh hysterically at their own decisions aha. Hope they have some of that style shown in the new series!

[@tomboychick]

Liza giggling her head as Alex waddles out the shed, trousers & boxers round his ankles, with cake still falling off underneath his towel, is the funniest moment in the history of Taskmaster so far for me. "I felt so dirty!"

[@EatinPaste]

I'm a sinner. I have sinned.

[@jenelaina5665]

Legitimately the most haunting moment of the 9 and two episode series

[@kisbie]

- “Did he cure me?” - “I don’t know! It was your fucking mask, mate!” 😂🤣😂

[@jamiecopland6317]

I’ve sinned again man!

[@ponimacaroni]

Come to me, human man!

[@kieranive8763]

"Absolve me! Howay!"

[@mil0931]

I love how they are tanned and wearing suits out of the context

[@alexw322]

I was wondering about this! I haven’t seen series 9, what the hell is going on?!

[@MattieSheldonTheYoutuber]

@@alexw322 they all did that during the season finale.

[@ruaoneill9050]

I still don't know why Greg and Alex had such nad tams?

[@LudvigIndestrucable]

Of all the bizarre and inexplicable moments on the show, Bob Mortimer bringing Alex Horne into a loving embrace and inviting him to eat his nose while moaning "I've sinned"....

[@GoWithTh3Flow]

Bob Mortimer was already my favorite human being, and after the ending that just solidifies his position for eternity.

[@KingWingull]

This show is extreme chaos sometimes, that's one of the reasons it's so good

[@kayleighbrown459]

It's partly because it kinda forses then to work under pressure, but on something they don't need to take seriously. It's a brilliant recipe for madness.

[@ellegracie99]

Ed and the chickpea makes me uncontrollably laugh every time I see it 😂

[@arifdale]

nothing beats Romesh smashing the watermelon on the floor

[@PamDangersnatch]

The hurried waddling as he enters the room just adds to the hilarity 😄

[@parryyotter]

I was like “why on the floor?!” 🤣 so extra lmao

[@kbg6070]

Alex looks utterly violated after the cake. That was genius.

[@TheWaffleGoo]

Lizas laugh when she runs away from Alex gets me every time!

[@bami2]

0:02 I appreciate that the editor matched the watermelon hitting the ground and the theme starting

[@Addy0302]

My favourite thing about Liza getting Alex to sit on the cake was just how much of a leap in logic it was

[@xSweetMiseryxx]

Rob surprising Alex and absolutely HOWLING with menacing laughter has me crying

[@brilliantchaos5397]

Everyone’s talking about Sally’s special cuddle, but what about The Birth of Alex and the water cooler affair?

[@Hanbl-ip1tn]

Definitely Sally’s top 3 tasks 😂

[@uniquerebeljaney3639]

I loved Sally, she was a brilliant contestant.

[@jzthompson9598]

Sally brought a full game. Dayam.

[@threesugarssevensugars]

That mask eating scene felt like a scene from the Mighty Boosh

[@kayleighbrown459]

Fitting.

[@h4ppym0nday]

exact same energy oh my god

[@scarletnight1077]

That's so true lmao

[@scarletnight1077]

That's so true lmao

[@theresayannetty2444]

I think Noel aims to project in his art what Bob is naturally.

[@cesariojpn]

I think the two that wanted to kidnap Alex's children to surprise him was the Absolute Madness than a Nan welding a pressure washer.

[@beybladekatie]

But they didn't actually kidnap his kids. Rob's maniacal laughter was actually a moment of pure madness

[@SamishWad]

“Something wrong with that mirror” 😂 that will NEVER not be funny, love Tim Vine

[@sparo_splat]

The lack of Rhod Gilbert and Sally Phillips is appalling.

[@JKLoans]

Right? I swear, she, Rhod and Mel (we need two more) need to comeback for a viewer's choice series.

[@JCridford]

Romesh and the watermelon grenade still kills me every time!

[@CM_CM_]

Alex being born from Sally's womb creation is the top tier madness I compare everything to now

[@louis559]

I love the compilations getting more creative and themed. I can't believe how good this channel is to us.

[@blackwiza24]

People in my country dont know what they are missing with all those insane british TV shows honestly.

[@blackwiza24]

Ian Thompson Québec, Canada. This 10 cats and WILTY are just pure joy

[@devinrai4266]

please please please tell me there will be a part 2. there are simply too many good moments not included in this compilation.

[@imacmill]

The way Lisa ran off giggling after having Alex sit bare-butt in a cake has got to be in the top three funniest things ever shown on TV. Every time I watch it, my gut muscles burn from laughing so hard and long.

[@thatloganr4819]

I think Rob Becketts “Suprise” was Unique and once in a lifetime.

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

Can't lie, my first thought with the pea was the same as David's. After that is where we deviated.

[@yanguskhan8513]

i gotta tip my cap to alex horne for being such a good sport throughout this show. the contestants do some horrible things to him sometimes and he takes it all in stride.

[@Phil_Tutty]

How is this not just every task that Sally Phillips does?

[@JossieMimo]

This entire video could be one hour of just Rhod and Sally

[@zekstrskis]

The shit Alex goes through for this show...

[@fargotua13]

those are probably his ideas, he's sick, twisted, sick little man

[@christophernicolson5086]

It's his format so he's working for himself innit

[@eolsunder]

@@christophernicolson5086 exactly, it's Alex's show so he does it to himself

[@gsampson97]

The fact the watermelon task was series 1 is shocking because it's by far the best example of how this show is amazing, each celebrity gradually increases the amount they eat and the craziness in the way they do it. If you have to show someone 1 task over the entire series to get them into the show you show them that one, maybe the potato throwing

[@Bouzsi]

Omg they edited out the BEST part of the whole cake-up-Alex’s-arse segment, when he said “because of the shape of the chair, it all got pushed up inside me” (or something like that). The first time I saw the clip of that task, with Tarbuck’s cake, I honestly cried, I was laughing SO flippin hard! 🤣🤣🤣

[@123Sunshinexox]

“There were fewer profiteroles there than when we started” 😂

[@qwertyTRiG]

It was a low chair, so he was almost squatting. What he said was, "I was open."

[@lazthegreat10]

I love her running away laughing after the cake, beautiful

[@StevieJSound]

Liza Tarbuck and her cake sitting bit will always make me laugh.

[@kisbie]

Tim’s gesture of love was probably even madder than Liza’s. Dressing as Greg’s mum, wearing a dress made of kitchen lino...

[@cookierap4273]

The chickpea bit still makes me holler out loud, laughing every time. Absolute gold

[@PortsTM]

9:32 was probably the only moment in the show I had to stop it and rewind because I couldn't breathe from laughing too much! And the tears!

[@shanustheanus]

The Bob Mortimer mask segment is always going to be my favourite thing, possibly ever. I lose all physical control everytime I see it 😂😂😂😂

[@JohannaInTheCorner]

Isn’t it about time we had “Greg and Alex:The best bits (Part 1).” and “Greg and Alex:The cringeworthy bits.” There’s been enough series so far to have SEVERAL episodes of best bits!

[@stacks13uk]

I don’t think I’ll ever see Romesh smash that watermelon and not laugh.

[@ozanyoung2909]

I don't know why Romesh running in and throwing a watermelon at the ground aggressively makes me laugh so much every time but it just... does. XD

[@BurhBurhBurh]

Do a compilation of cheating (with audience reactions)

[@erg6316]

Yess

[@deliquescencemusic]

Bob is what Noel becomes when he grows up

[@namiswannnnn3]

this video could've literally just been every episode in it's entirety

[@youngwang97]

Timing the song with Romesh's watermelon smash is perfect

[@benzaiten933]

Moments of absolute madness? I hope they included Sally Phillips, well, everything!

[@callumfoxvlogs]

I think getting a tattoo is, and will always be the most insane thing on this show.

[@tjjames9846]

Cut the clip of Alex sitting on the cake too soon. When Alex says “When I sat down, I was quite….umm….open…” I laughed so hard I nearly pissed myself!

[@themug406]

Maybe Im imagining it but I feel TM UK is the only version where you really feel like the TM is in charge rather than the assistant, which is no small feat since Alex owns the whole show

[@Sharpe1502]

I wish I could relive watching the cake and watermelon tasks for the first time. I think I was actually crying laughing the first time I saw Liza running away cackling.

[@lindsaychiasson7629]

How does Alex not bust a gut laughing during these! 😂😂

[@A-G-A-G]

What about the time Katherine Ryan randomly started crying over a discussion of sports. I can never stop watching that. It’s so insane and hilariously random

[@kayleighbrown459]

And the moment she couldn't figure out how to tie a tie.

[@A-G-A-G]

Kayleigh Brown and when she duped us into thinking she had ruined her sister’s marriage

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

@@A-G-A-G Her dad just laughing: 'I didn't come over on the last banana boat, you know'

[@Amber-oi5go]

When people ask me what being British means, i show them this show.... just pure chaos

[@joiedeceivre]

After the edible mask task the show has forever been changed to mask taster in my head

[@kisbie]

Tbf, that’s clearly how Alex came up with that task. It’s by far the weirdest he has ever set.

[@Mackarrrena]

I have to be honest, Bob's mask task its one of the best moments of the series for me. The accent, the way Bob's holds Alex near his face, the continuous "I've sinned again man", just makes me laugh every fucking time lmao

[@chrisbatman8619]

Absolutely fantastic show I’m sad it didn’t last long in America

[@LuxLisbon26]

It's on CW seed!

[@janm.4496]

It didnt deserve to last. They invited horrible guests, Lisa Lampanelli was like the worst person I've ever seen and hated every second of her. The taskmaster was just a lame stage prop who never even stood up to his assistant or given bonus points based on effort ... absolute shitshow.

[@malcolmmorris3947]

@@janm.4496 why are you here then...

[@cesariojpn]

@@janm.4496 He might be talking about the CW showing, which got ONE DAY of airing before or got shunted to online. But yeah, the CC version sucked donkey balls.

[@janm.4496]

@@malcolmmorris3947 because I like the British/Norwegian/Danish version but loathe the US one

[@justinspencer6283]

Seeing Bob with his cheesy wotsit face helmet brings back all those feelings of first seeing Vic and Bob on TV as a teenager. Bloody love him, the cheesy bastard.

[@tylersmall3169]

The task with the watermelon didn't specify eating *that* watermelon. Pop down to the grocer, buy a few pre-sliced watermelons, eat them over the course of any amount of time you like, then go open the door and wait a minute.

[@champo976]

The imagery of lisa hunched over scuttling away and cackling is forever burned into my brain

[@cazzabojangles]

Liza running away after sitting in a cake is hillarious

[@katjap.3489]

This is the one compilation video I have been waiting for!

[@D3usExMachina]

Romesh blasting the watermelon made me realise that this show is nothing short of brilliant

[@joseperez-escareno7320]

The way she runs cackling is pure gold!

[@connorruse4599]

Absolute carnage compilation needs to include Lou Sanders on the mobility scooter 😀

[@123Sunshinexox]

Yes yes yes! And Bob making a mess then “tidying” it 😂😂

[@GrapesUponHerVine]

Nothing will ever be funnier than romesh smashing a watermelon onto the floor

[@pugnaciousbanana]

bob's mask scene is probably my favourite thing so far in 12 series

[@jaynelee433]

There's not enough Rhod Gilbert in this

[@Benginator1]

11:51 the sound the watermelon makes when ROmesh smashes it is very satisfying

[@indiamackay8413]

These 16 minutes and 34 seconds will live rent free in my mind forever.

[@michaela.webermann4141]

This is by far the best Taskmaster compilation ever. I'm in pain from laughing so hard 😂

[@chrisheath880]

I can't believe no one did a 'Hummusidal Maniac' gag after Ed Gamble's bit.

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

The paintings of Greg on the wall are magnificent. I want them 😍😍😍😍

[@villa9611]

The first scene alone is pure gold.

[@HardstyleGamerz]

Hahaha I laughed so hard at the watermelon one, I had to pause the video for a solid 10 minutes. That's when I started to watch all these episodes. Pure comedy gold! I hope we a get a similar show here in the Netherlands. Keep it up!

[@perkysnood]

Romesh slamming the watermelon on the ground will never not be funny

[@caitealyssa]

Remember when Bob tried to convince Greg that his urine could be counted as sweat. That was pretty mad.

[@blunderstruck1]

the fact that Paul’s snowman isn’t here 💔

[@cheekbonestrenchcoat]

That's not madness. It's the saddest, most tragic thing I have ever seen