Record the highest number on this pedometer | Full Task | Taskmaster

From Series 12: Record the highest number on this pedometer.
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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.

[@baronjutter]

Bridget's absolutely unhinged understanding of what a step is and how humans walk is one of the best parts of that series.

[@ishaan863]

looked like an AI learning how to walk

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

bridget was absolutely hilarious! bit biased due to the gunslinger outfit though xD

[@jukase]

​@@ishaan863s😊

[@VickyF_]

Bit like "When is a step not a step...when it's a fucking hurdle" 😂 TM discussing Paul Chaudreys definition of a step 😂

[@Oferdrincere]

she is my favorite contestant by far

[@mikeoxmaul9386]

7:20 "You haven't taken any normal steps" *Starts walking like C3P0* 😂

[@theendofthestart8179]

the best part about comedians is that they can be ANYWHERE on the range of intelligence

[@Infinite_Archive]

I love how Judy accused Alex of setting her up to fail, even though at any point, she could have looked at the RC car not counting steps on the pedometer and gone, "hmm, that's not working, let's try A Different Thing."

[@FilbieTron]

The way Bridget just zooms off screen at 7:00 just oh my god 🤣🤣

[@adamcake7]

My second-favourite thing about this task is that a normal walking pace is about 80 steps per minute, so in 20 minutes you could clock about 1600 steps just by going for a nice relaxing walk, thus beating everyone except Chris (and arguably Bridget).

[@maximillianford9301]

Bridget's walking is one of about three moments I've ever seen on this show that makes me cry laughing every time I see it. She's a fucking genius

[@Johanofsweden]

If Judi would have just used the pedometer the ordinary way she could have taken a step every other second and still got more than what she did. LOL

[@thecinemagician]

"No, you got beaten by everyone" made me laugh so hard I have to medicate

[@gravyblue]

" No, you got beaten by everyone..."😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@888PsyMike888]

Bridget took it a step further.

[@fedos]

I dont think anyone has ever looked so ridiculous while wearing such an incredible outfit.

[@emilyfischer263]

Bridget was serving some serious Kenny Ackerman energy and I am here for it.

[@josephlamb3528]

Chris: "Oh it's so hot" Also Chris: *wears two long-sleeved shirts*

[@monkeybandit4162]

The drill was honestly genius if it would just stay on lol

[@firesong7825]

The centripetal force would just keep the inside mechanism stationary though.

[@madelinebitts2766]

@@firesong7825 Clearly it didn't though, since she had over a thousand. She wasn't turning it on full bore, she was stop-starting it and that slowed it down a bit. That's probably why it worked.

[@Kept-safe-Locked-away]

Bridget’s spectacular

[@leerobbo92]

Ardal O'Hanlon should be protected at all costs.

[@datalaforge]

I like that the one in the train robber outfit won the task.

[@hans1783]

After binging the whole show from season 1… I can say… this is still the best moment in the show. Bridget's is one of the best season right beside the season 1… i think

[@MrSilvUr]

Get a marker, write as many nines and commas as you can fit.

[@Jell0zz]

Easy, just get it the closest to Prince Andrew!

[@uwuchildofdoom4208]

Only one of these people had a 3ds. Calling it now.

[@ZM1306]

Run to the tool shed, tape it to a Sawzall

[@Spartan-Four-Twenty]

I'm not gonna lie. Bridget looks exactly like my rdr2 Online character 😂

[@Soloman_Gumball]

Wonder if they tried this task a previous season but ditched the film because all the contestants just walked in circles in the yard.

[@Vprod.]

At first my caveman brain thought 'pedometer' was something VERY different.. 😂

[@baberooblack]

Such a great show! 😂😂😂

[@usrevenge]

Steps ? Its a pedo-meter you want that to be 0 all the time.

[@henryabrams6665]

i love his beard

[@katielicheni9451]

Bridget was trying her absolute hardest to walk without moving the pedometer

[@monhi64]

Seriously SHE had to be fucking with us. I ended up here after a tik tok and needed to see the full thing. It was mildly infuriating seeing someone find so many ways to walk without getting it to register a step but of course hilarious. I don’t know her but gotta be a character

[@kevinparker2409]

​@@monhi64 why did you capitalize she and not had

[@monhi64]

@@kevinparker2409 idk mane, just wanted to emphasize one word and prob didn’t think about it much. Maybe I was drunk lmao

[@Xhadp]

Exactly! There isn't another way of describing that "walk". She is literally moving forward without taking a step. There isn't a single outrageous prompt that you can give to create that "walk".

[@mrmcawesome9746]

@@Xhadp Other than "walk in a way that wouldn't change the number on a pedometer"

[@benign_canine3423]

My friend and I had a theory watching this series that Bridget's hat is what makes her so.. cartoonishly silly. Like in the live segments of the show she's relatively normal, but the second the hat goes on, she delves straight into the realm of absurdity

[@JLF201]

The way she was walking made me think of Woody in Toy Story.

[@muddydog6605]

@JLF Yes thank you!!

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

Somebody should check it for chemicals.

[@hachnslay]

Interesting observation - my theory is now that the hat restricts blood flow to her brain.

[@GullibleProKiller1]

Just like the secret plot of Walter whites evil hat!

[@IamAlterEggo]

"I don't mind actually I am just happy in life" Bridget is such a treasure

[@ThePastaManCan]

things you say when you remember you're being recorded for tv.

[@natm7932]

She knew not to rise to it! 😂

[@scaleonkhan183]

8:04

[@emmajean8631]

Bridget is incredible 😂 “I am taking steps! Step! Step step step!” While flamboyantly tapping her foot

[@OrgaNik_Music]

The way Bridget's mind works is just... fascinating. You can never really know what's going to happen.

[@samdurham6277]

This is one of the better introductions to Taskmaster you can show people. It has a variety of results, people misinterpreting the task, sheer incompetence, unhinged success, and you get to see Bridget Christie try to walk.

[@DocFunkenstein]

The WOW Monster final task is the ultimate.

[@XMaster340]

Don't forget Gregg's clever humour. I completely lost it at "Have you ever walked?"

[@maiNmusica]

No, you got beaten by everyone😂

[@Taolan8472]

That was the moment that broke Judi for the studio. I dont think we really see her smiling in the studio much after that. I get the feeling she didnt really understand the show coming into it, or she vastly overestimated her own performance in the tasks, or it was all an elaborate bit, but she appeared genuinely upset in many straight-on shots of her after various tasks where she did poorly.

[@noskillzdad5504]

That was absolutely savage

[@Leto_0]

​​​@@Taolan8472 She wasn't upset about her performance on a game show, she was upset that they were making her look dumb. They normally pick on a contestant or two, but the hosts know what's going too far. "beat by everyone" was too far. It was more rude than clever. It went from laughing with her to laughing at her.

[@timq6224]

@@Leto_0 seriously, that is what you got from that? here's your participation ribbon

[@unkyduck]

@@Leto_0 best zinger of the series

[@neilpadfield]

"No, you got beaten by everyone" was a fantastic line 😂 Well done, Chris.

[@Brinta3]

@neilpadfield “No/oh, you know you got beaten by everyone.” The emphasized “know” is what makes it funny.

[@stuartavis8165]

This task has it all: a beautifully simple objective, hilariously deranged solutions and the burn to end all burns right at the end. Taskmaster gold.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

"Have you ever... walked?"

[@kaput_hodge]

she never said yes

[@wohlhabendermanager]

I have the feeling that this was meant as a tiebreaker task but got upgraded to a regular one because of Ardal and Bridget.

[@KaiOpaka]

They've said so in the past. Ed Gamble probably would've gotten into that on the podcast. I don't think it was. It could work as one if they all did it the same, most obvious way. Maybe they figured it was win-win. Either they'll get a task or, should the task not give them anything funny, a tiebreak out of it.

[@adastida]

It's 20 mins per participant which makes me think it was not a tiebreaker (which are usually much shorter and may not need the contestants to be using the whole time). I think the longest tiebreaker discussed in the podcast is the David Baddiel special of lassoing Alex - which did have the trick of moving the line

[@adastida]

@@Chickenmonstrero I am certain they do that! Same season, the final group task song by Ardal and Chris refers. to another task where Ardal puts an aubergine in Chris' mouth (ikr) but that was never aired and their reference failed.

[@LordHorst]

@@Chickenmonstrero Yes, they film more tasks than what we are shown. Sometimes footage from unused tasks even ends up in the intro. For example there was a task tried for at least 2 series' like "pop this role of bubble wrap, fastest wins", but it never made the cut because - as Alex said - it ended with 5 people just jumping around on it.

[@doublelxp]

I love when they turn a fairly mundane task into comedy gold.😊

[@mrquirky3626]

Having Ardal and Bridget as your parents would be quite a childhood.

[@adeletaylor6143]

That sounds like a mid naughties BBC sitcom

[@Ffinity]

@@adeletaylor6143 Noughties, not naughties. Nought is the number, naughty is misbehaving.

[@_kontingency]

James Acaster?

[@FiXato]

​@@Ffinity in American English 'nought' actually is the less common spelling of 'naught'. Though 'noughties' is used in British English for the time period, it's not in the American Merriam-Webster dictionary; instead that period is referred to as the 'aughties' in American English (or just the 2000s). Yes, with an 'a' and without the 'n'. The Wikipedia article "Names for the number 0 in English" in the section «"Nought" and "naught" versus "ought" and "aught"» has even more discussion about the terms if you feel like diving deeper.

[@pmc8451]

Bridget is actually married to Stewart Lee and they have a number of children together. They never talk about each other by name in their routines and keep it on the relative downlow but Stewart Lee does do a routine where he mentions his mad, drunk Irish wife and it’s all the better when you realise thats Bridget Christie

[@newageoutlaw]

"No you got beaten by everyone" is one of the sickest burns on this show.

[@mr.weirdo5756]

Bridget looks like she works at the Ministry of Silly Walks.

[@dittmanrat]

This is one of those tasks that... really shouldn't have been interesting at all to watch and yet the cast is so insane it became a highlight of the series! Similar thing happened with the high-five task.

[@FutzAmok]

The way she has no idea how a pedometer works is crazy

[@ResettisReplicas]

I question if she knows how walking works.

[@twanlange2827]

Yeah 3 out of 5 people there have no clue how it works. Why would riding a bike or putting it on a RC rat be a good idea lol

[@FutzAmok]

@@twanlange2827 I defend RC rat to the end of days

[@vnXun]

​@@twanlange2827 So the best way to cheat the thing is to shake it but how hard the shake has to be? They just thought the shaking of the bike or the rat was good enough and it wasn't, those were very bad attempts but not crazy ones.

[@applejayz1987]

Fastens it securely above her leg Is confused it cant tell her leg is moving

[@yomama531]

In the most kindhearted way possible: Did Bridget genuinely not understand what she was doing wrong?

[@my0p1n10nst1nks]

She's an enigma

[@kevinschultz6091]

I think she THOUGHT she tried to walk normally (and they weren't filming her when she did), but she probably just didn't take a normal, real step with enough momentum and direction change to set the pedometer off.

[@thenonexistinghero]

Well, other than the guy shaking very hard no one seems to have understood how to get steps quickly. Okay, the drill girl did but she wasn't bright enough to tighten the thing more or to try something else and just kept wasting time. Even the best wasn't very efficient though... you can get 2000 steps just walking normally in 20 minutes.

[@kevinschultz6091]

@@thenonexistinghero - yeah, I was wondering why not even one of them just said "OK, I'm going to go jogging for 20 minutes." (Although it did seem to be a hot day, and none of them were dressed for it. But as you mention, even a brisk walk would have gotten them more than 2000 steps.) As a guess, the show is a bit performative - ie, they're trying to be funny. But usually they have at least one person who just "does the thing", and acts as the straight man, which ends up being a sort of baseline for all the others to compare to. Also, none of them seem particularly athletic, so they may simply not have known how many they could have gotten in 20 minutes, and instead thought they could have gotten more by being clever. (Which is entirely possible.) I'm guessing the guy that shook his, for example, tired his wrist/arm out fairly quickly, which is why he only had 2k.

[@Slurptacular64]

@@kevinschultz6091you underestimate how large 2000 steps is. The avg human gets about 2000-3000 steps a day if they dont do jogging or running normally. There are only 1200 seconds in 20 mins, you’d need to get 1.6 steps a second to reach 2000 steps in 20 mins. Thats like 20 mins of super fast high-knee excersizes.

[@Tredenix]

Personally I think it would have been even funnier if he didn't give Bridget the points purely on the basis of 'gazillion' being completely made up.

[@CalLadyQED]

Funnier and more fair, IMO.

[@hedizaoui609]

@@CalLadyQED taskmaster isn't really about being fair

[@dunbar9finger]

Agreed. Her interpretation of the wording to make an outside the box solution was entirely correct... Until she decided to make the sounds she recorded coming out of her mouth not form an actual number.

[@Rosalind-butNotThatOne]

Nah, as Alex said, regardless of the "gazillion" she did say "11 trillion," which is a real number.

[@dunbar9finger]

@@Rosalind-butNotThatOne That logic is incorrect because "two bazillion" isn't a number even though "two" is. Just like "11 trillion gazillion" isn't a number even though "11 trillion" is. You can't just truncate what she said halfway through and say "well if she had stopped there it would have been a number".

[@aeonsolo]

I am laughing frenetically with Bridget, every single time. Legendary delivery and editing and one of my fav tm moments.

[@valerielevasseur8674]

I knew exactly what I was in for and still laughed myself to the edge of an asthma attack. Worth it.

[@jackconrad6711]

I've watched this at least 10 times and I'm still literally crying with laughter

[@secretfolo154]

Alex was absolutely losing it throughout this task and I love it 7:12

[@OwlsoccergoalieLL14]

The funniest part of this task is knowing that most people can walk a mile in 20 minutes which is about 2000 steps meaning that besides what Bridget does the best method may be to actually just walk or jog

[@ryanstardust_]

Yup, I can do that easily in 15 minutes. I would ace this.

[@KajolKhan-qj5ne]

​@@ryanstardust_ yes but then you'll still get beaten by someone who recorded an unrealistic number while sitting on the thing, and mind you, they don't even know how to walk 😂😂

[@ryanstardust_]

@@KajolKhan-qj5ne I'd still feel accomplished though! And I think it would be quite funny if I didn't hesitate, just put it on and zoomed out of there 😂

[@Highrider_Phil_C]

Once again, I loved Chris's response to Judy, "No. you got beaten by everyone", life is good, and funny. 😆

[@MrSirViking]

Bridget is like out of a Monty Python silly walk sketch! haha :D

[@tresman91]

Was just going to say, looks like she trained at the Ministry lol

[@stewhv94]

I'm glad the ministry still gets representation on British tv

[@englishmuffinpizzas]

The hilarious thing is that all of them could have been beat by a light jog or even a speedy walk for the twenty minutes

[@ARR0WMANC3R]

You're not beating 11 trillion gazillion steps by lightly jogging for 20 min

[@MitchellTF]

"Congratulations. You won the challenge. But, we now have video evidence that you only did it because you are COMPLETELY incapable of performing a basic human task."

[@adamplace1414]

Bridget Christie is the Chairwoman of the Ministry of Silly Walks.

[@suugoi]

That expression on Bridget's face on 8:02 and follow up, simply amazing

[@tainted_bread]

I definitely think it would have been funnier if they didn't give her win based on the fact that 11 trillion gazillion isn't a number.

[@minascarratt3085]

FINALLY the amount of times I’ve searched for ‘Bridget Christie can’t walk properly task’ is embarrassing frankly

[@rubydown3329]

Bridget Christie is a gift and a blessing

[@hans1783]

In a moment of despiration... she shown a hint of brilliance. That blown everybody out the water. This is just beautiful.

[@xislomega242]

8:02 Her anger counter went up to 9999 and then looped back into the single digits lol

[@asheep7797]

she just did the backwards gandhi

[@artstsym]

The winners in Taskmaster alternate between those who bite the bullet and those who think very laterally WHILE still understanding the assignment. That last part is critical, otherwise you put a pedometer on an RC rat.

[@KingDugan]

Bridgette remided me of the "Ministry of Silly Walks" from the Monty Python skits.

[@williamreames9311]

Love how not a single one of them knows how a pedometer actually counts 😂

[@AppleGameification]

The ones shaking it do

[@DeathnoteBB]

The 3DS taught me how pedometers work lol. You could shake it (gently) and the “steps” counter would go up. Did that for the free coins every day 😂

[@Alinor24]

Bridget apparently not knowing how to walk is the funniest thing.😄

[@julienrouche-lestonnat997]

As a French guy who wants to practise his English comprehension, this show does the job + makes me laugh. thank you !

[@peterfireflylund]

Try “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”.

[@madiaikau9140]

It's not that she doesn't know how walking works, she doesn't know how a pedometer works. Which is still kinda crazy

[@FilbieTron]

I see Chris really has really perfected that technique 👀😬

[@johanmalm8378]

He might have a wankometer at home.

[@Skeleton_Black]

This has to be Bridget's best moment!!! had me on the floor

[@gatherer818]

Gotta admit, I expected someone to toss it in a clothes dryer with the heat turned off. Also gotta admit I expected someone to toss it in a clothes dryer and forget to turn the heat off and absolutely melt the meter.

[@Highlandword9]

_Record_ a number _on_ it Very clever

[@iliketrains3495]

I totally forgot Bridget ended up winning after all that. I mentioned on another video recently "when contestants win a task but it really doesn't feel like it" and this has to be the #1 answer

[@Arian545]

Judy being bewildered by the fact that Bridget beat her is the best part of this segment.

[@drumset09]

It's like Bridget learned how to walk from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks.

[@benja1378]

I adore Judy so much! She's an absolute treasure! Such a good drama Queen :D

[@Ansible1000]

Literally any of them could have beaten the real numbers by just clipping it to their belt and going for a walk.

[@davidwellman6422]

I am not irritated that he let her do it based on the reading of the task. I am irritated that he gave it to her, despite the fact that the number she said was not in fact a real number!

[@olivergobrrr2935]

To be fair, she said 11 trillion, which is a real number. If one says "I will be there by 20 minutes", would you not count 20 as a real number just because minutes isn't a number?"

[@cynicalclusterfuck5605]

She says 11 trillion gazillion. If gazillion doesnt exist, then you just remove it. If you remove the gazillion, the sentence still has "11 trillion" in it, which has been recorded, as per the task. She still wins. Taskmaster made the right call.

[@Parasica]

Never change, Bridget Christie. Never change. 🤣

[@calereliya]

Genuinely disappointed that nobody referenced the Ministry of Silly Walks.

[@Kyle-km7eg]

Epstein would have crushed this task.

[@RaptorJesus.]

i saw the thumbnail of what i thought was a man in a trenchcoat doing a creepy dance with the title "Highest number on the Pedo Meter" XD

[@Th3R4junC4jun]

The power tool was an excellent idea she just didn't know of the reciprocating saw

[@videogalore]

The comment from Chris makes this task - "No, you got beaten by everyone"

[@Slackow]

I feel like the cleverness of "recording" a number while on the pedometer is canceled out a bit by thinking that "gazillion" is a real number, lmao. It could've been for the bit but that's crazy

[@jen_sen8508]

she still recorded 11 trillion on the pedometer the gazillion can be ignored

[@Slackow]

@@jen_sen8508 see I'm not that sure about that, like if I asked you what numbers are in the sentence "I have 5,000 bananas" You aren't going to say 5 and 5,000. And it's clear in this case that it's intended to be the entire number. Either way her saying gazillion just makes me feel like she doesn't deserve to have the workaround work if she thought that was an actual number, which I know isn't an argument to disqualify the attempt, it's just how I feel about it lol.

[@cynicalclusterfuck5605]

​@@Slackow Its about the number not the amount. In your example, in your 5000 bananas, there is still the number 5. In this case, that is all that matters. It wasnt about how many, it was the number. Listen to the task carefully. It's perfectly fair game, brcause she did record the highest number. No matter how the sentence went, the number "11 trillion" was in fact recorded.

[@EmperorSigismund]

Bridget's whole attempt looks like someone deeply under the influence attempting a Michael Jackson impression.

[@falcoschristmas7172]

Damn Bridget looks so cool. What amazing style she has!

[@AsbestosMuffins]

I see Bridget has been to the Ministry of Silly Walks

[@shethjrebbell]

The country music riff at 7:19 is editing genius

[@AfferbeckBeats]

2:45 that's a gif if ever I've seen one

[@FilbieTron]

Too bad it’s not green screen 😂

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@FilbieTronI mean… the background IS green

[@__dane__]

Bridget is the only contestant I’ve genuinely been concerned about when watching Taskmaster

[@BerzerkVideos]

My first thought: Literally just take the Pedometer and shake it really hard. I used to have a pedometer, and that's literally just what I did. I just shook it, cause it was fun. Glad SOMEONE had the thought to do that lol.

[@volundrfrey896]

I'm a bit sick and have a sore throat and Bridget's poor understanding of humans walking very nearly killed me.

[@RestoreTechnique]

Gazillion isn't a number, so a trillion of them is still nothing!

[@DodderingOldMan]

The fact that Bridget demonstrated that the simple act of walking baffled her, and then cleverly won the task anyway, is emblematic of why she's one of my all time favourite contestants.

[@SgtSupaman]

Bridget's attempt is very much like an old grandma not understanding how technology works.

[@segevstormlord3713]

I loved the cowboy dance she was doing. Admittedly, I would've asked for a marker, and recorded something in as many exponents as I could fit onto the screen. And maybe wrapped around it.

[@Tao_Tology]

137, 138, 139, 100 trillion gazillion,

[@DWish808]

I would've used a Sawzall or jigsaw... anything that reciprocates...

[@YRhandlesathing]

I had one of these as a kid in the form of a pocket pikachu. I just shook the thing rapidly and it counted