Push the Watermelon up the Slide | Full Task | Taskmaster

From series 9. Push the watermelon up the slide and into the caravan using the breadsticks. Only breadsticks may touch the melon. You may not adjust the slide.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

[@gpvs2]

ed being the only one to complete the task whilst also being the most angry about it is very in charcter for him

[@icturner23]

This task is like a teaser for the seven-tasks task.

[@Tao_Tology]

'My fury will sustain me through these trials' 🤬🏋️‍♂️🏆

[@RetroEcoChicken]

but he did grabb it with his hands and was then warned......... normally its your job to follow the rules and a rulebreak is instant dq.

[@kurtsudheim825]

I think he's my favourite contestant ever, had many of the best moments in the whole series (I loved the enthusiastic anger): this, drawing with david, the board game argument, & of course the 7 tasks where he gets my sort of luck & then the subsequent argument as well when everyone else cheated

[@kurtsudheim825]

​@@RetroEcoChicken Not normally, but sometimes, they're are plenty warnings

[@GNVS300]

For those who haven't seen the full episode before, it got cut out here but Katy got the bonus point for using the least breadsticks.

[@SquiresIsle]

And also, she was sick for the studio days, which is why Katherine is there instead of her. Which seems like it might be confusing for newbies.

[@D.Jay.]

David not only looks like a 90s Nickelodeon cartoon character, he thinks like one as well.

[@queazeproductions]

I love it when he sings “Killer Tofu”, that song is a real banger!

[@zacharyhicks6237]

@@queazeproductions I prefer "I Need Mo' Allowance."

[@nigeljames6017]

Jo Brand :- “Bready, bready, bready, glue, oh fu** off Alex”

[@petgoose32]

Mmmm bready glovy...

[@Rob-dm8en]

This scenario reminds me of the math questions in school. "What is the minimal amount of breadsticks that it will it take to push a 2000g watermelon up a 45 degree angle slope if each breadstick can withstand 50g of pressure without snapping? Show all your work (worth 5 point)"

[@thundersheild926]

Are we to assume the slope is frictionless? If so: Sin(45)*2000g/50g = .851*40=34.036 breadsticks. If the slope is non frictionless, I will need the coefficient of friction

[@liamshelley496]

@@thundersheild926 You've plugged your angle in as radians instead of degrees; it should be equivalent to 2000/(50*sqrt2) or rounding up to 29 breadsticks

[@m17cupcakes]

Such an incredible cast. Yes David, it really is just about that.

[@PS-vm3we]

The overall best cast. That being said, I had no idea who Fern Brady was before she appeared on Taskmaster.

[@bbrockert]

Ed won the series by 8 points, this one task was a big impact.

[@kurtsudheim825]

The 7 tasks as well, same result, everyone else did for cheating, & when he had the worst luck

[@HellHunter00]

@@kurtsudheim825 Rose got disqualified for incorrectly measuring her tower iirc.

[@taylorbesharah8]

not really, if this went the other way and he got no points and the person who was 2nd got the 5 he only wouldve lost by 2 points

[@jonhohensee3258]

Well now we know how to get a laugh out of Rose - break some breadsticks.

[@TaskmasterMN]

Only David Baddiel could destroy not just the object he's trying to move, but also every single tool he had in his disposal in the process 😂

[@Tao_Tology]

I'll never understand someone who doesn't bother finding out what a show they've agreed to appear on is actually about. Unless he was given the offer and accepted and then put into the studio with only a moment's notice, he had time to watch even just 1 episode.

[@GNVS300]

@@Tao_Tology to be fair there are a handful of contestants who never watched the show before appearing on it but still ended up doing pretty well, e.g. Rhod Gilbert, Jessica Knappett, Chris Ramsey, Morgana Robinson, Joe Thomas

[@Tao_Tology]

@@GNVS300 Yeah, and (imo) it never makes sense. Like, even just watch 1 episode.

[@ryanclark7962]

You can tell Gamble is starting to find David annoying. At 1:12, you can see him mouth to Rose 'I fucking hate him'. 😂

[@Syrange13]

​​​@@Tao_TologyI feel the same way, but I think the main reason for that is I wouldn't want to be caught out and make an ass of myself; but when you think about it, a willingness to make an ass of oneself is probably part of the reason these people are on TV in the first place. There's probably a lesson in there somewhere.

[@narancs5]

Tape 2 breadsticks to a brick and you have the perfect pushing device.

[@charliecrossing]

Do you think Ed was like "hey, if you make a clip of this task, please make sure the thumbnail is me nearly mooning the audience. Thanks"

[@simontay4851]

He needs to pull his jeans up.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@simontay4851 He knew he was giving the camera what the people want.

[@another_jt]

The rules say you can't adjust the slide, but they say nothing about moving the caravan. Now to figure out how to get the caravan at the bottom of the slide... 😀

[@kurtsudheim825]

Ya, cause that would only take 2min

[@jeremykeens3905]

I reckon ed touched the melon as much as rose - once when lifting it back on the slide and again when he stopped it falling off 5:40, and even said he was in trouble

[@Antagon666]

Ed's melon touched his shoe

[@brianl5194]

Ed’s hands touch it in the beginning though

[@kurtsudheim825]

When it rolls down & hits then before falling in the floor?! As he said when drawing with David, that didn't exactly help with the task

[@3ekaust]

In minute 5:39 you can clearly see him touch the melon with his thumb and hand. He did touch the melon with more than breadsticks

[@OliverBatchelor]

and his foot, it fell onto his foot.

[@Adrianovaz2007]

Breadybreadybreadybready!

[@SirSmuggler]

I'm of the opinion that the slide touched the melon for all contestants. And as the slide is not a breadstick they should all have been disqualified.

[@myguyry]

Also couldn't help but notice they let air touch it as well. I'm with you, as soon as the task started, they should have disqualified everyone. That would have been the best decision for this silly tv show.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@myguyry And light waves. And don't get me started on all the neutrinos.

[@myguyry]

​@@Tao_Tology it's almost like they've completely given up on educating us, and are instead just trying to entertain us. Which goes against the entire point of the show.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Every melon that fell off the slide touched the ground and so should have been disqualified. It was a very badly worded test

[@Gendulf]

I would have tried to lift the slide and had the watermelon roll in with 0 breadsticks.

[@LunaTheGoat6]

I might be taking this too literally, but the task specifically says 'you may not adjust the slide'. It does not say 'the slide may not be adjusted'. So I would've just asked Alex to lift the slide until it was level with caravan and used a single breadstick to get it to casually roll in 😂

[@nicholem4831]

Smart thinking! I usually think up loopholes of this type, but I missed this one.

[@jay_pine]

It also doesn’t say anything about the caravan being adjusted 😅

[@knottage]

He would say no, has done many times

[@VideoGuy232]

Doesn’t keep in the spirit of the line. It’s clear he doesn’t want anyone to adjust it

[@kurtsudheim825]

I forget wishing exactly, because when I watched this first time, I noticed Ed pick it up off the ground & thought surely just pick up the whole thing & chick it in the door, put it did say push up the slide

[@DustinDawind]

Take two breadsticks, break them in half. You now have 4 pieces, but only two breadsticks were used. Using your thumb and first two fingers on each hand put pressure on the two pieces against the side of the melon (long ways). You now have four points of contact on the sides of the melon, but your hands are only touching breadsticks. Slowly and carefully lift the melon and toss it in the window. Don't miss.

[@therookiegamer2727]

@@chaoticneutral6288 "May not adjust the slide" I had the same thought process though.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Ntm they're stronger when shorter

[@adamplace1414]

Someone my age shouldn't get crushes on celebrities anymore, but dang if Rose wasn't just too endearing on this series.

[@bugbear2357]

​@@chaoticneutral6288 same but with both of them. also memento mori

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Since David Baddiel is a melon, I'd imagine that Alex prodding him up the slide with a breadstick would've won him the task

[@lhfirex]

Bready bready bready bready bready bready ..... IN!

[@Jimmehftw]

Only Taskmaster can imitate the myth of Sisyphus with melons, breadsticks, a slide and a caravan.

[@MrRamses0509]

5:38 he touched it tho

[@maximillianford9301]

'We've given you the significant obstacle of being David Baddiel'

[@rachelcookie321]

To everyone commenting about lifting the slide “you may not adjust the slide”. Please listen to the rules of the task before trying to come up with solutions.

[@darkhelmet169]

a breadstick is a breadstick you can't say it's only half

[@mszpirt]

Thank you for including the score ❤️

[@MegCazalet]

I agree half a breadstick is half a breadstick. If you’re hungry, would you consider half a whole?

[@rachelcookie321]

If I have a breadstick and I eat half and then my friend eats the other half did we both eat a whole breadstick each? No because we would of needed two breadsticks to do that and we only had one. So I only ate half a bread stick. Why would it be any different for using breadsticks to push a watermelon up a slide?

[@MegCazalet]

@@rachelcookie321 In fact, since arguably using minimum gross breadstick is the goal, limiting total amount of overall breadstick used while getting the same result should be recognized!

[@sliceofbread2611]

slide touched the melon, everybody loses.

[@bob1234881]

Just pick up the slide. 😂

[@maranatha_777]

I would have glued tons of breadsticks on a shovel...

[@AsbestosMuffins]

7:20 He's just asking if he's an idiot lol

[@FreshlyBakedLePain]

And the task is: tortuous small talk

[@Carnationdoll]

surprised no one didn't just tilt the slide and roll the melon in. Zero breadsticks used.

[@justalittlealien]

They couldn't move the slide it said so in the directions lol

[@alyssak7178]

move the slide.

[@ryanclark7962]

You can't. Task said without moving the slide.

[@NeaonBHB]

You can clearly see the watermelon hitting Ed's boot.

[@arcaneire]

That's a clip from David's attempt

[@CheeseTheWhistle]

Ed touched the melon with his hands though!

[@atomsmasher101]

Since they had access to things like tape, why not use something like a wire and tape to reinforce the breadsticks and use the bready ends to push it up the slide?

[@peterclarke7006]

Well, that did occur to David, but only after the melon was on the floor and he couldn't figure out how to get the melon back on to the slide. 😂 I've come to realise that the first rule of the "use the least amount of x to achieve y" tasks is you have to immediately decide how many to sacrifice, and then hope you can achieve the task with that amount. You cannot start with the absolute minimum.

[@icturner23]

Did Ed not get the bonus point as well?

[@iliketrains3495]

Katy got it

[@icturner23]

@@iliketrains3495 Why? Surely it only made sense as the attempt with the fewest breadsticks that succeeded and wasn’t disqualified.

[@40SnWfan]

Exactly what I needed!

[@neindanke1427]

didnt the melon also touch slide and ground?

[@dAfoodie101]

i’m trying to get my family into taskmaster, which tasks should i show them? bonus points if it’s not one where i already told them how it ends. your time starts now.

[@rachelcookie321]

I feel like you should just sit down and start watching the show with them. From the start of a season. If you want them to get into taskmaster then you need to properly show it to them.

[@evilturkey523]

I say any task from series 4. They're simple and fun with a great cast, so it's a good way to ease them into the absolute madness that is in some of the other series

[@dAfoodie101]

update: i showed them a lot of ones i thought were hilarious and they quite literally said “oh thank god” when i shut it off so i guess this is just my guilty pleasure show 😭😭

[@marianolaguzzi]

Surprised noone tried to just tip the slide to let the watermelon fall in using zero breadsticks

[@normalabby]

Much like A-presses, you can't have half a breadstick :V

[@RHM087]

Seeing the melon smashed made me wonder why someone didn’t do that and skewer the pieces with a breadstick to move them into the caravan

[@JimRFF]

Well, to stay within the rules, you'd need to smash the melon... with breadsticks

[@Xerrea]

Only breadsticks was allowed to touch the melon, so the hammer was not allowed to touch it either. Only way to smash the melon would be with breadsticks

[@Tao_Tology]

It wasn't till watching this video that I thought: why not raise the bottom of the slide so that it's still a slope upwards, but a much shallower one That way you're still pushing the melon up a slope.

[@beefpelican]

You were also forbidden from repositioning the slide

[@Tao_Tology]

@@beefpelican 'You may not.......but you could get one of the crew/Alex to raise it'

[@krisedane]

um. i know i cant say for sure but. what about lifting the slide up from the bottom?

[@jakejackie]

Now I want some bread sticks... Damn......

[@wavingbuddy3535]

Ed did touch the melon with his hands tho

[@Lockieez]

I wonder if you could've just lifted the bottom of slide up and rolled the melon in that way? Doesn't seem very well connected. Edit: Nevermind, I just saw the rule "you may not adjust the slide."

[@55527777777]

Ed used his hands at the start…?

[@soma1780]

I would have just lifted the slide

[@chiptovar]

"You may not adjust the slide." (:46)

[@soma1780]

@@chiptovar doesn't mean I wouldn't have just lifted the slide. I'd have been proud too

[@chiptovar]

@@soma1780 Fair point

[@ZesPak]

The women all have their strong points, but Ed's competitiveness and Dave's complete ineptitude made this series.

[@HotelPapa100]

I never thought a person that loses as much at life as David existed.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Mark Watson

[@HotelPapa100]

@@lawrencecalablaster568 Nah. He‘s next, but not even in the same league as David.

[@VideoGuy232]

Rude and unnecessary

[@blackcat-mp7kh]

who got the JJ Simson refence

[@mustachesforeveryone]

Of the excitable puppies strikes again!!

[@CC-zf4yv]

I thought Greg said something very different from hawk!

[@jenaminton7009]

There is a loophole. Get Alex or someone else to lift the slide up with the melon. The task said you can't adjust the slide meaning anyone else can. Also, I probably would have figured out a way to cover the melon with breadsticks and did it that way instead of putting them on my hand.

[@growupjohnny9374]

I need more hawk of justice

[@RageKwits]

Love you

[@yourmum69_420]

thanks

[@Rocketman22222]

I've just realised the trick to this task. Can't believe it took me this long. Tilt the bloody slide till the melon rolls into the caravan

[@MisterDaveJohnson]

Can't adjust the slider

[@FORRESTtheunoriginal]

wonder what would have happened, if someone just, tilted the slide up so the melon rolls into the caravan?

[@yaweification]

"You may not adjust the slide"

[@FORRESTtheunoriginal]

@@yaweification Missed that part.

[@danielroberts8049]

Pretty simple, gloves/gaffa tape and pound a couple breadsticks to dust.

[@Nokkiwow]

I wish we could've seen Katherine's attempt too. Not quite a full task without everyones attempt 😅

[@karthikgovindappa]

Katherine was a stand in to Katy, so all the recorded tasks were done by Katy and only the live tasks was done by Katherine

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

So they all failed the second it touched the slide?

[@AlyJeann]

Just imagining them trying to do this with the fluffy, soft "American" breadsticks 😂

[@Rugras.]

I would have lifted the base of the slide up, and let the watermelon roll in.

[@grimftl]

I would have taped the sticks around the melon and pushed it.

[@aim-to-misbehave5674]

"You may not adjust the slide"

[@jessie3339]

@@aim-to-misbehave5674what? but that’s not adjusting the slide

[@aim-to-misbehave5674]

@@jessie3339 before editing, the post was along the lines of "I'd have tipped the slide up, or taped sticks around the melon and pushed it" sneaky edit from the op there (benefit of the doubt, youtube edits can be laggy so it's possible they edited before I commented)

[@Tao_Tology]

@@aim-to-misbehave5674 I think you were indeed the victim of a sneaky OP edit. To the KZbin tribunal chamber!

[@grimftl]

@@aim-to-misbehave5674 Yes, I do admit to editing after the fact. Mea Culpa.

[@7bubbles796]

I was thinking couldn't you have won this by just lifting the slide up

[@WonderMotion]

“You may not adjust the slide”

[@7bubbles796]

@@WonderMotion oh ok I didn't hear that

[@Tao_Tology]

@@WonderMotion ".....but someone else could."

[@RedSoul001]

I can't believe no one just picked up the slide.

[@jc626]

What part of "you may not adjust the slide" did you not understand?

[@CatherineJessicaNatof]

To get my cup to overflow with only liquids touching the red green, I simply changed red (portion of the) green to yellow, by staining it with paint. My friend was able to move the caravan closer and then be careful enough to not spill a drop. It took patience, attentive thought, and stellar balance though. I wrapped the mouth a funnel to the balloon. I did this with 50 balloons. I got 3 balloons near the pan. 2 full eggs landed in the frying pan. I got the relay blocker to skip the bottom person in the soccer scoring task from series 12. I read the task before Alex could put paint in my hat. I was then careful and followed all of the rules. I made a diamond shape with my breast sticks as to strengthen their force and stability when I pushed the watermelon up the slide.

[@kittysplode]

humans don't enjoy speaking in riddles, dear. it's difficult to process context outside of what they've experienced. i know it seems like people speak in riddles to you when they communicate, but they're terrible at it, and you don't have to be. the art of communicating is being direct and succinct--focused. do mind the dead body.

[@CatherineJessicaNatof]

@@kittysplode I understand, but I win how I may.

[@cayj1869]

Ed Gamble using bare hands and bread sticks 5 points, the women using gloves, glue, tape and breadsticks 0 points...🤔 I will die on this hill, Ed Gamble only won Taskmaster because he is friends with Greg Davies. I'm not saying Greg is a sexist, I don't know him and I don't believe that to be true BUT he does favor the boys, particularly his friends😅

[@Wadeaminutemate]

My first thought was to lift the slide and just roll it in. Zero breadsticks needed 😎

[@michelilla511]

"You may not adjust the slide" so it wouldn't have been possible

[@SensaiJOD]

nobody lifted the slide

[@chiptovar]

"You may not adjust the slide." (:46)

[@Tao_Tology]

@@chiptovar '(but someone else could)'

[@odd_shoes]

What a waste of food.

[@TheRacoonGhost]

Whyyyyyyy didn't anyone just tip the slide?!!! or atleast try to tip it?!!!!

[@chiptovar]

"You may not adjust the slide." (:46)

[@Jlundeen]

@@chiptovar It's almost like no one listened to the video. Half the comments here are about lifting the slide.

[@Ridethebomb777]

Absolute drivel.

[@kakapofan6542]

Did they verify that joe and katie actually touched the melon with the glove?

[@galaxspace1]

No, Greg does what he wants

[@johnbreitmeier3268]

And it was pretty obvious that they both did, though their solution was ingenious.

[@PhantomObserver]

Hang on - was Katherine Ryan subbing for someone?

[@TomJonty]

​@@PhantomObserver Katy missed two shows through illness IIRC. Katherine Ryan replaced her for one and Kerry Godliman for the other.

[@SennaAugustus]

@@PhantomObserver Katy was ill for a studio day which is 2 episodes.

[@williamc1881]

0:10 Alex names the Jew

[@poombie]

hi

[@RedBlackFilms]

Nobody thought to just lift the slide?

[@snowiiiiie]

Part of the task was that you couldn't move the slide!

[@Tao_Tology]

@@snowiiiiie Get one of the crew/Little Alex to lift the slide till it's almost level.

[@marymintz9147]

I wonder if the poor crew members who have to clean up after the tasks on this show get any recognition.