Select a Box & Get 10 Pairs of Glasses Into It | Full Task | Taskmaster

[@nexulis2717]

I really liked how the taskmaster handled Phil's broken glass. The rule was obviously to stop smashing them smaller, not accidental breaks. Just feels better.

[@iliketrains3495]

I said this ever since I first watched the episode, but I think the only reason Greg let Phil off is because this was from the same episode with the '50 different things in the bin' task where Phil was put in last place despite being the only one to properly follow the rules

[@es4forty892]

The rule was you couldn't break a pair. He only broke one from the pair, that's why it was allowed.

[@ResettisReplicas]

And let's be honest, there was no danger of Phil winning the entire series on the back of a few questionably awarded ponts.

[@sgt.yarpyarp144]

I’ve seen several different versions of taskmaster and all of them pale in comparison to the UK version and I think it’s largely due to Greg and Alex.

[@phily8093]

​@@sgt.yarpyarp144and the fact that UK comedians have a wider range of personalities and unique quirks, and they're not afraid to make fools of themselves. American comedians in particular try to be too slick, want to be seen as winners, and are ultimately dull, generic and unrelatable.

[@LastLighthouse]

What’s more shocking, Rhod breaking the rules immediately after reading them, or selecting a very small box even after seeing all the glasses?

[@peterlustig329]

Yes.

[@soulsearchingsun83]

tbf, Rhod did only break the rules when he returned and did not pick a box in an instant. The rules said "select your box", not "take a box". He could have come back and say that he selected box G before leaving the caravan and he would not have broken any rules here...

[@manwithhat7981]

Rhod should have ran back to the caravan saying, "Oh I forgot to take the box I had already decided on." That is what I thought he was going to do.

[@Mephistofred]

I thought he was making an IQ200 play again! I was just waiting for Rhod to say "I left the caravan, then I returned to the caravan, then I selected my box BEFORE leaving the caravan again, just like the task said!!"

[@ryanstahl6547]

Yeah he didn't select a box so loophole

[@DarkHarlequin]

"Phils Box is smaller!" "... no it's not!" is such an underrated quick thinking joke by Jess 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@amanda-we9fv]

where's the joke

[@SavageRealityBeasts]

@@amanda-we9fvPhil’s bulge was very noticeable throughout the tasks

[@emer157]

Everyone laughed so it wasn't underrated

[@josemaria8177]

Acaster's rage is so relatable here. Quietly mumbling and cursing through what's being imposed

[@jonhohensee3258]

Is that what you do? Quietly mumble and curse while raging inside?

[@OrgaNik_Music]

@@jonhohensee3258 Seems pretty clear from the statement, does it not?

[@GrammarNasty]

​@@jonhohensee3258what tipped you off Sherlock? The word "relatable"? 🤔🤣🤡

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@GrammarNasty I just have a keen insight into the human condition, Watson.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@OrgaNik_Music Does what not?

[@ThurstonCyclist]

A rarity: a task that Phil absolutely nails.

[@the3rdconstant564]

Still my favorite season, so much chaos from this group

[@jonhohensee3258]

I feel the same. And every cast member is hilarious and likable.

[@codevev]

Yes, bring them back!

[@dp-g5i]

I can't decide which group I love to bits more, these or S11

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@dp-g5i S7

[@timothycahalan1540]

This is my second favorite after 15

[@benzaiten933]

I assumed box "G" for 'glasses' would have been the correct choice.

[@razzledazzle1683]

This is the platonic ideal of a taskmaster task for me. Wordplay, cleverness, multiple levels of judging

[@richardcook1987]

At 04:21 When Phil is working out the space needed. They timed the music to his hand movements!

[@GT_Walker]

A rare moment when we see the Taskmaster invoking loophole abuse instead of the contestant.

[@megamania7106]

I love how disappointed James is with himself upon entering the lab.

[@jonhohensee3258]

No you don't.

[@OrgaNik_Music]

@@jonhohensee3258 You need a better hobby

[@19DM81]

"Yep, yeah ... course it is.." 😄

[@catheriner999]

It honestly didn't occur to me that they could be eyeglasses, I immediately thought drinking glasses, so it's lucky the trick *wasn't* comically large spectacles. I have moved on average once a year for the past 10 years so packing glasses into boxes is something I'm pretty used to.

[@sam04019491]

You must be American, as you call them eye-glasses. Over here, we just say glasses. You don’t say “pass me my head-hat”, you just say hat. The head part is irrelevant. It’s this play on words that makes this task what it is.

[@zekrua4006]

@@sam04019491 as an american who calls them glasses, the first thing I thought of when I heard the task was twenty glass cups, I think you're looking too far into it

[@XavierTheNeonTiger]

As a KZbin viewer the thumbnail did spoil the joke for me

[@morgant6660]

I assumed comically large glasses. I would just always take the biggest box on one of these challenges and hope that other people couldn't fit everything in

[@jaredduncan8495]

@@sam04019491 It may surprise you to learn, but in America, we also often just say glasses. This comment specified "eyeglasses" in order to indicate which type of glasses they were referring to. Immediately after using "eyeglasses" they then also used "drinking glasses" to indicate that they were referring to the other type. "Head-hat" would potentially be used, but only if there were another type of "hat" that needed distinguishing from.

[@kosgoth]

I was hoping they would do the old, under the table trick with 10 regular pairs of glasses taped to it. Or maybe even shot glasses.

[@lowfuel6089]

Phil and Jess were each carrying a pair of glasses with them, for that matter...

[@iliketrains3495]

The one time Phil's engineer and task tester background actually paid off for him

[@blackdragoncyrus]

My immediate thought would be, "Wait, if they're eyeglasses, why would you be offering me these large boxes as an option?" and I would think they'd be comically large spectacles.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Tell us more.

[@jackodees1765]

It depends on the language. In Dutch the word "bril" can mean either a pair of glasses or a toilet seat.

[@olivergobrrr2935]

What I was thinking! I was thinking that "oh definitely they'll have to pick the biggest box to even have a chance"

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@jackodees1765 Stop with the lies.

[@fmbz858]

@@jackodees1765 Now, I could be wrong, but I heard them speaking English.

[@jito7377]

I expected there to be hidden glasses (looking) to be taped under the table or something. So packing glasses (drinking) or finding glasses (looking) could win you the task.

[@Dead-EyeJuncan]

These older tasks remind me that Greg used to be arsed to go to the house to film B roll!

[@benzaiten933]

I'm always surprised to see him there while watching older clips.

[@strangest_cacti]

I've been waiting for this task to be published on its own, but it sucks that the thumbnail spoils the twist of the task. I realize that a lot of people have already seen these, but newer watchers might not have.

[@elliefaunt1447]

It's a good thing I'm dense, because I didn't realize what the twist was from the image.

[@KoyasuNoBara]

​@@elliefaunt1447Honestly, same

[@shawnp2549]

I was waiting for them to pan under the table revealing 10 pairs of spectacles

[@ashleywhitt9994]

What I loved about this group is no one felt like a comedian. Not many jokes made to the camera during the tasks and I didn’t feel like anyone was trying to be funny, they were just trying to do the tasks and it was naturally funny.

[@JohnSmith-bn5mi]

My first thought would be to ask if it was going to be a mix of spectacles and cups. With them each being the reverse of what'd you expect in terms of size. I.e. comically oversized spectacles and teeny tiny shot cups.

[@roulpops2699]

They could have actually smashed half the glasses, as long as the other one in the pair was still intact...Also, the phrasing is kinda vague and confusing, you could say they all lost, since it says "Put all the pairs of glasses in the SMALLEST box", not "the smallest box you think would fit", just, the smallest box...That's tricky.

[@ResettisReplicas]

I didn't guess the twist exactly, but I did suspect there would be a pair of giant novelty sunglasses & that the small boxes were a bad idea.

[@Balthazar228]

This was such a clever task

[@jonhohensee3258]

But I'm more clever.

[@snr0n]

@@jonhohensee3258 🤥

[@IanSinclairTaiChi]

The task was to put the glasses “into the smallest of these boxes.” That means that they all failed right from the get go, as the smallest of these boxes was “k”.

[@alblin]

Couldn't you just take the largest box with all the smaller boxes inside? I'd argue I'm taking 1 box with me, and its contents.

[@chirpbirds924]

'You didn't break a pair of glasses, so you pass" But one could say the pair was broken, as there is no longer a pair, it's just one glass meaning the pair was broken.

[@Raucey]

I think it's just a frame rate/camera thing, but it looks like James almost rips the door off the hinges at the start lol

[@mr.grahamca]

it's one of the boiler suits flapping around from the door opening

[@jonhohensee3258]

The best cast ever.

[@oddf3ll0w]

It says that you can't break "a pair of glasses". I would have chosen a somewhat small box and then just broken one glass from each pair.

[@nanonerd2845]

You wouldn’t have been able to see that they were drinking glasses instead of reading glasses before picking your box though, so could you still fit 10 glasses and a bunch of broken glass into the small box you would have chosen?

[@lunabelletheinsane]

You would also have to hope that Greg would let you get away with that while you were doing the task. He let Phil get away with breaking one single glass, but it was after the fact, but odds are if you broke 10 glasses on purpose - he wouldn't let that fly, unless you REALLY sold your case and did a REALLY good job packing and make sure you got all the broken glass shards in the box. Also - it sounds way simpler than it is. How would you break them - how would you handle the broken glass, and how are you going to get 10 glasses to fit in the box with broken glass, which could arguably make it harder, not easier. And once you have all the broken glass in there, you'd have to hope none of it shifts and breaks another glass. Plus, unless you can break up fine or small enough, broken glass takes up way more space than you think it does. That's one of those rules that you have to take a gamble on, perform the task really well and hope Greg gives it to you.

[@lhfirex]

I like how Kerry's eyebrows pop up when her box does. That sounds like such an innuendo.

[@OmnipresentPotato]

For like the first half of this task I had no idea what Kerry and James were thinking. "10 pairs of glasses" meaning 20 drinking glasses just seemed like the most obvious thing to me. How could they possibly fit into those tiny boxes they chose?

[@KeeleyMoriarty]

When Kerry goes “oh, I was thinking like pairs of glasses!” Like she was the only one thinking that 😂

[@RestoreTechnique]

For some reason spectacles never crossed my mind. I guess i just saw packing boxes and thought drinking glasses.

[@asterozoan]

Thing is, a lot of them had pairs of glasses with them. They could have cheated a little and put their own glasses in!

[@frostden]

I think Rhod was fine. The task was "You must select a box before leaving the caravan." The task did not say something like "You must not leave the caravan until you have selected a box". Nor did it say "You can only leave the caravan once". During the task, Rhod selected a box, and then subsequently left the caravan. Therefore he accomplished the instruction to "... select a box before leaving the caravan".

[@MichalBrat]

There was a big QR code on the bottom of at least one of the boxes. I bet it lead to a clue of what kind of glasses are they dealing with.

[@mrfoxly6833]

James and Kerry, Fall into the trap. Me: “Oh come on! You had to see that coming!”

[@alejandrinahs]

Phil is who I thought of when realizing what I wanted to dress as for Halloween 🎃

[@lordkampi]

1:37 I think I see a qr code in the bottom of the I Box maybe that would say which box will be the right one

[@Anythingforfreedom]

Masterfully done Phil

[@snivelill4457]

I correctly expected that they would be glasses, not glasses...

[@blackdragoncyrus]

2:07 - Really, Kerry? You don't know why you had that in your head? XD

[@jhfh3112]

she was acting a thick person

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@jhfh3112 so she says

[@Anythingforfreedom]

Of course Phil's name is Wang

[@shadowprincess7709]

Did anyone catch the goof up??? 😂😂😂 The rule was to put all the pairs of glasses into the smallest of the boxes (0:43 seconds)

[@dp-g5i]

I think I would have absolutely nailed this task. After displaying some Acaster rage thinking they'd be spectacles, my first instinct would be to smash one glass from each pair and argue that I never broke a pair of glasses, I broke half of each pair, which is not a pair. Would definitely go into G, maybe even H.

[@johncameron4194]

Great group

[@Simqer]

It's funny his last name is Wang, because he's been on full display the whole season.

[@danielroberts8049]

Jess, James and Phil could’ve had a nastier trick, fuck the champagne glasses and shove their shades in to fit them in a smaller than expected box

[@jandelion404]

oh. the thumbnail completely ruins this one

[@biggtrux]

So when do you think the contestants will start thinking out of the box? Nothing on Task Master is EVER as easy as it sounds.

[@oddgarrett2619]

I mean for this task they very explicitly had to think INSIDE the box

[@wilbo_baggins]

Rhod did that in this series. In a task about tying yourself up he tied up Alex so he couldn't be untied

[@jonhohensee3258]

Phil did in this very task. Did you not watch the whole video??

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@oddgarrett2619 You mean??

[@happivaras]

Zero Nothing 😂😅😂😅😂😅

[@johanhalvarsson2148]

Noone looked under the table to see if there were spectacles taped to the underside?

[@phonotical]

Anybody else waiting for a big trick reveal that never comes?

[@jelbecornelis3139]

My plan would be to just pick up box a with all the other boxes still in it. Then sort it out in the lab

[@Heisenberg896]

Get Simon Bird, Blake Harrison and James Buckley also pleeeeeeeaaaase!

[@ExperimentH4T]

I wouldve picked box A, but i wouldnt have removed the smaller boxes. My box is box A and it comes with a load of other boxes, what could be better?

[@es4forty892]

Im surprised no one realized you could break one of each glass and fit rhen easily into a smaller box. The rules said you couldn't break a pair of glasses, it didn't say you couldn't break half the pair.

[@vidarthorsby2052]

In theory you could slit the boxes. If you slit sideways, and the slit sideways the next line where the previous stops you can make like a paper cradle. It would expand much larger.

[@johncameron4194]

LOL what?

[@Anothy]

So if I select Box A (the largest box) and just carried it (with all the other boxes still in it) to the lab, then use correct box, would that still count? 😂😂

[@JayTheProtag]

I believe that would count as "changing your mind"

[@jonhohensee3258]

No. Because you can only use the box you select.

[@Anothy]

​@@JayTheProtag But it doesn't say I have to use the box I selected.

[@gerardomacias7370]

No wait. It did not say you couldn’t keep the boxes inside the box. However you still chose the largest so, the points would stay the same. Although I see if there was any paint, paint over the letter, label them all A and take them all saying I choose box A. But that would take too much time so I’d loose.

[@ziegfriedn.3575]

To be fair, the task required you to "Select a Box", you didn't have to indicate the selection physically. Rhod could have looked at the stack of boxes, mentally selected a box, run to the lab, come back and picked up the box he'd already selected (or whichever box he decided on) and still been within the rules. Shame he just did what he did

[@rcsibiu]

rule no 1: Never attempt to outsmart an asian :))

[@emer157]

Except the Asian was outsmarted in almost every other task in the entire series

[@williamdowns9409]

First I also loved this task.

[@jonhohensee3258]

First???

[@Mike_Dubayou]

You weren’t first, therefore I cannot award you anything more than 0 points.

[@19rudy73]

I love me some Wang

[@flomoose7315]

As a non-native I really thought like: what’s their problem?? What did they think? How I’m the world would you fit 10 pair of glasses in this tiny box🥹😂😂😅