Series 15 OUTTAKES - Part 2 | Taskmaster

The second half of the best bits from Series 15 that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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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.

[@sfshinz]

“Are you on top of your own show, or are you just sitting on a chair, near it?” Savage burn, Ivo. Pity it wound up on the editor’s floor.

[@angeladawn805]

I guess it was totally at odds with the persona put across on the show. But he's a canny lad ( love the father - son relationship with Frankie!

[@Sicanda]

I'm so glad that we still got to see it because wow, that might have been Ivos greatest line in the whole series. :D

[@DanielGervais]

God bless Ivo 💘

[@Sicanda]

@@futurememory that exact line? I don't think so, but this scene was in the show, it was only trimmed town.

[@cannibalbananas]

I burst out laughing at his comment 😂

[@nettieb7604]

this cast was about 5 seconds away from recreating the hunger games at all times 10/10 what a series

[@janeeyre1990]

"It started out as Hogwarts, now it's Lord of the Flies"

[@winterlighthome]

I haven't laughed this hard since series 12. This group is definitely in my top 5 favorite TM casts.

[@randomdude189]

Worst season so far

[@MilesPlaysPriv]

my favorite season yet

[@Zach90888]

@@randomdude189Yeah, we all have our least favourites. Mine’s series 10, but I’ve seen it at the top of a lot of lists

[@beesokay]

Greg saying "thats not a secret, im very proud of him." was one of the most threatening and chilling things ive ever heard. Perfect

[@brennanbarnes7628]

Ivo's meek, polite rage is absolutely delicious

[@FanFicnic]

This is the perfect description for Ivo

[@milowhittaker1965]

I was in the studio for the pineapple discussion, and the tension was SO real lol

[@nigeljames6017]

Frankie is very intelligent, he makes an intelligent argument over a totally inconsequential subject.

[@toneluy8343]

@@nigeljames6017 itwas probably the argument Kiell made.

[@nigeljames6017]

@@toneluy8343 I think a comment before mine was removed and I was responding to it !

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

That "hey hey heeey" to stop frankie was perfect 😄

[@artiezonk]

Did anyone point out that pineapples are from south America not Africa?

[@Joe-hi1zw]

I love Mae and Greg just continuing to talk about the puppet as the others complain

[@juliannechan7282]

I can't believe they're not showing us the double Greg cradle!

[@randomdude189]

Mae is disgusting

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

I think Mae is adorable and would totally enjoy a Double Cradle.

[@PlasticAstronaut]

“We’re just a waste of hired Beatles suits, now…” 😂😂 Brava, Jenny.

[@combogalis]

The chemistry of this group is so great. Even when they're legitimately arguing, rather than getting annoyed I want to hear them continue. They feel like a semi-dysfunctional family. Also I am in love with Mae.

[@emilyjanet455]

Kiell coming in with the reparations argument sent me over the edge 😂😂😂

[@annatheblobfish9684]

I laughed so much at that!

[@gardenshed6043]

Yeah. All that buildup really was worth it

[@21centdregs]

he nailed that jibe with perfect timing. it should have made it to the airing

[@jasonezzell6901]

Fantastically brilliant.

[@hanspecans]

Incredible bit.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

I would watch a supercut of every single Taskmaster series, everything that was filmed, outtakes and all.

[@Jenkss]

That would be amazing.

[@_Opal_Miner_]

Taskmaster XL. I agree. That would be a thing?

[@user-sx1fg7lc3c]

100%

[@joycastle.]

Not only would I watch it, I would PAY to watch it (i.e. buy the DVD box set if that's still a thing, I'm getting old)

[@iainmurphy833]

I'd like a picture in picture edit where you can see all the reactions in the studio as it's happening

[@khinzakhan66]

Love Frankie & Ivo's relationship throughout the series 😂

[@Sam-lr9oi]

and Mae and Kiell's rivalry!

[@stacygamble5472]

Father/son full circle.

[@monty6491]

"We can't do 'take it, bitch' in episode one, Frankie" 😂

[@tylerwill7259]

Ivo clearly thinks very highly of Frankie. He’s always looking for approval from Frankie haha

[@paulwalsh2344]

A surprising relationship...

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

The bit where it cuts to Ivo, with his head in his hands, followed by a brief pause, before Frankie slowly turns towards him, and says “You just couldn’t shut the fuck up, could you Ivo”, is pure comedy gold; the comic timing is the very the personification of perfection- like something you might see in some classic sitcom. This was an amazing series, with a seriously fantastic cast.

[@karamains9454]

This whole cast was ready to fight each other at all times and I love it 😂

[@Hexen_Wulf]

I would never in a million years have suggested that Frankie would be the calm, rational arguer.

[@Gildedmuse]

​@@Hexen_Wulf Have you seen his New World Order show? His more tranquil, less aggressive nature reminds me of his presentation there. That show also has quite a few more honest moments where he drops his more angry stage persona, and I notice that most of the comedians when they come on Taskmaster tend not to play their stage persona, so it doesn't surprise me that he was calmer here.

[@bethpettigrew9442]

@@Gildedmuse Well he didn't mention Prince Andrew once, which, while probably for the best, disappointed me.

[@r3snaadille]

@@Hexen_Wulf I think you might not know him too well. Here he doesn't have to play a persona, he's just being him. In his standups and elsewhere he usually is completely different.

[@MilesPlaysPriv]

PVP was enabled at all times, they didn't just want to win, they wanted everyone else to lose 😭

[@MusicalJackknife]

I just listened to the end of "Stayin Alive" and Greg's scream is actually bang on key, right note and everything 😮

[@heatherglover7789]

I just did and yeah

[@alnushka]

“Are you in top of your own show or are you sitting on a chair near it?” WHY DID THEY CUT IT?

[@schristopher9269]

because it undermines the authority of the Taskmaster

[@Emilio1985]

Sadly, because the amount of additional banter time required to lead up to that joke being as awesome as it was would be too much. Even an extra 30 or 40 seconds would require taking that time out somewhere else and, for that episode, where else could you pull from?

[@bethpettigrew9442]

So that it would end up on the "editor's floor" and make the joke 10x truer and 10x funnier?

[@AndrewJW]

Seriously, the best jokes from this seasons were in the outtakes

[@skilletborne]

Kayfabe It's barely a secret, but admitting or acknowledging it in the show makes the format and vibe fall apart

[@DizzyBusy]

I think Greg Davies, outside of his role as the Taskmaster, actually has the exact sense of humour as Mae Martin. They can probably just banter, bouncing sentences ad absurdum.

[@RustyBucket2]

The Brian Cox outtake is great, I love Frankie

[@lilyobrien6782]

I could literally watch Frankie do impressions all day

[@Gragore]

Kiell's reactions were the highlight of the whole series. Hilarious to see the outtakes took them even further. XD

[@MinekEzQM]

Now imagine the raw footage of the handcuff task - as they say was heavily edited in his favor. Yes, he was the new Ed Gamble. I generally don't like these type of people, on the other side, I admit the variety of the cast needs a "competition over anything" personality. It would be boring with 5 gentlepeople.

[@Joe-hi1zw]

@@MinekEzQM I think Kiell was irritable in a funny way and the team seemed to genuinely like each other. Not like Ian Stirling and Lou Sanders lmao.

[@FluffyCrimsonBirkenstocks]

Ed puts on a show. Kiell was genuinely annoyed but his timing on how he conveys his annoyance is great comedy

[@frizzyhairedbandit3590]

Frankie's willingness to argue any point has made this series so god damn good!

[@yeshua7238]

“Who’s in charge here?” “I think Frankie.”

[@spfisterer3651]

That was perfect

[@Sa5mRoxUrSox]

I really really hope that Mae Martin's lovely dad gets to see the outtake of Greg so thoroughly enjoying his puppet

[@randomdude189]

She ruined this season

[@Tjthemedic]

Mae was so good on the prize tasks lmao, their awkward delivery works so well

[@bee4590]

why @@randomdude189

[@eddiek8179]

If he even actually built it.

[@khinzakhan66]

Petition to have little Greg make appearences in all coming series 😂

[@homagetogorto]

Mae said on the podcast that the crew kept him because they want to use him in future series.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@homagetogorto If there is any artistic and comedic justice in the world, he will be made fully animatronic and will occasionally be glimpsed wandering about in the background of future series.

[@rontanamo_bae]

@@homagetogorto my happiness is immeasurable and my day is improved

[@bretscofield]

100% it will be sitting in the Caravan or in house somewhere.

[@homagetogorto]

@@bretscofield 100% I agree with the Caravan getting a capital letter. It's a character, like the Knappet.

[@drumurrrgh]

Frankie being an unstoppable agent of chaos was everything I hoped he'd be

[@PatClevenger0709]

I had to pause to listen to the end of Stayin' Alive. Greg is not wrong.

[@anyquestions9931]

I guarantee there's at least 3,000 more views on their music video. 310,891,483 views so far

[@pennygreening9210]

@@anyquestions9931 on my way

[@anyquestions9931]

I was soooo under bidding my prediction. +200,000 in the last 7hrs

[@secretforreddit]

Same, I immediately went over there to see if Greg was exaggerating; nope!

[@helenagackowska8398]

Yeah when he said it I was like he's so right (I have heard the end before lool)

[@wetwillie]

I absolutely loved this group. Just seeing how much they riffed off each other in these outtakes shows how well they all worked together.

[@Dimencia]

This whole series, I thought Mae was just this innocent and gleeful person who never once made a sexual joke or even acknowledged innuendos Turns out they were just too horny and TM had to cut it all out

[@papasy3748]

the cradling greg bit made me very um, alert let's say, they're quite the catch and so charming and funny

[@glenrobinson10]

This was probrolly one of the best seasons. A wonderful cast with wonderful complementary chemistry.

[@MinekEzQM]

There are fans who love the show for the cats and their chemistry. I fell in love with TM because of the tasks. If they meet the right cast, that's just a bonus. E.g. See how the "Eat the Grape" is almost half entertaining without David Correos, or how "Score 11 points" were ruined by a glasses man. But the tasks are still brilliant. This series' tasks were mediocre to my taste. And the great cast couldn't really elevate it. The camera crew and the editing was 100% as always, though. Mae finding the extra pineapples was a brilliant moment and well delivered to the screen.

[@randomdude189]

It was actually the worst season thus far

[@djpunyer8762]

A great cast... and Mae Martin

[@skeliskellington5233]

The cast are simultaneously ready to fight or give each other pats on the back during the entire duration lmao

[@dilligaf73]

My dad and i never liked the same things then taskmaster started. Every week. Without fail, we would sit and watch it together. When he was seriously ill with leukaemia, i recorded them for him to watch with me when he was better, and thats just what we did. 4 years on, he got secondary cancer and was always tired. He couldn't keep his eyes open for more than 2 mins. Although i continued recording them, it became clear he would never watch them again. His leukaemia came back and he got sepsis and died. I deleted all the recordings so ive missed a lot but im really enjoying what you put out on youtube and im hoping to start watching the ones on TV

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

May he rest in peace . I hope you feel better my friend . 🙏

[@alleeum]

I’m so, so sorry for your loss. ❤️💔❤️💔❤️

[@dilligaf73]

@alleeum aw, thank you. Never expected people to read my comment. He died 2 years ago, 7th June, this coming year, so yes, I've missed a lot of taskmaster

[@lb5368]

I'm so sorry for your loss. My own dad and I used to watch Jeopardy together every weekday (when Alex Trebek hosted), and it was one of the very few common interests we shared before he passed. If you haven't yet watched Greg Davies' stand-up special You Magnificent Beast, it ends with a very funny and touching tribute to his own father who passed after a long illness❤

[@dilligaf73]

@@lb5368 I'm not keen on Greg Davis . 2 me it's Alex horn that makes the programme

[@nickmilligan3662]

They might have been the most competitive cast they have had so far. The longer the season went on the funnier it became.

[@Bman1878]

Man, that Professor Brian Cox bit nearly killed me. Hahahaha, Frankie is so loose

[@emmoerm]

17:29

[@beesokay]

Genuinely heartbroken that not everyone who's seen the episode has seen that

[@DimitarNestorov]

0:00 - Stayin’ Alive outtake (episode 6) 0:31 - Ivo Shell an egg task outtake (episode 6) 0:57 - Prize task outtake (episode 6) 2:01 - Mae Prize task outtake (episode 7) 5:45 - Jenny Jelly task outtake (episode 8) 7:44 - Pineapple task outtake (episode 8) 11:01 - Probrolly transition outtake (episode 8) 12:34 - Banter outtake (episode 9) 13:46 - Make exactly 99 holes task without talking to Alex outtake (episode 9) 14:17 - Mae Prize task outtake (episode 10)

[@Gildedmuse]

Thank you for this. I was just checking the comments to see if anyone else asked about the egg task since I didn't remember it from the show and I could swear I watched every episode of this series. Now I know to go back over episode 6, see what I'm missing

[@MinekEzQM]

You mean "Mae" not "May" :)

[@DimitarNestorov]

@@MinekEzQM Yes, fixed!

[@DimitarNestorov]

@@Gildedmuse I'm glad my comment was useful to you!

[@se3000]

13:53 is the moment of the season for me. Franky just saying what we all thought out loud, and in a way to really twist the knife. Absolutely amazing

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

"Are you on top of your show, or are you sitting on a chair near it?" What a comeback.

[@FutureDeep]

The chair is on top of the carpet. Greg is on the chair. Through the transitive property, Greg is on top of the carpet.

[@sfshinz]

Yes, but is he on top of his own show?

[@trumanhopper2493]

He is above the carpet

[@TheAccidentalViking]

this just proves how essential and award-worthy editors are.

[@jaysponsor1080]

Especially when the job turns into Sophie's Choice like with Taskmaster.

[@chadywood]

I LOVE how much this cast interacted and fought eachother at every opportunity. 😂

[@lewis7870]

So pleased to hear more of Frankie's Brian Cox impression

[@awesomefrankrapid]

I love how much Alex clearly loves Frankie

[@seldom_bucket]

lmfao!!! no one can catch me off guard with a mad scientist laugh like frankie... 'teaak it ya bitch'

[@FORRESTtheunoriginal]

This group had exceptional banter.

[@shonaduthie857]

Always a brilliant show but this line up was close to perfect. Frankie and Ivo evolved into a wonderful double act, Kiell was sublime as he challenged everything, Jenny was as you would expect - daft as a brush but trying so hard. I was not aware of Mae before this but they are really good - funny and competitive.

[@gracebevill]

That pineapple chat was wonderful 😂

[@scattypetty]

Ivo is such a damn cutiepatootie, a goshdarn cinnamon roll, it's infuriating.

[@GroovingPict]

man I really hope Brian Cox has seen this

[@5hadow5talker]

man after all of this imagine getting Prof Brian Cox as a new year's treat guest Also Frankie giggling like a hamster/chipmunk at 6:48 was quite a surprise

[@StaceWah]

"Because of the nature of language, man!" Is one of the best lines of any season. Period!

[@thechillindude4478]

I'm not sure why Ivo finding the egg sheller was cut? It's very short and they normally love showing tricks in the show. The pineapple argument was the best thing ever

[@markgrochowski7934]

I wish they would post videos of the show uncut. I would love to see all the behind the scenes stuff.

[@alixmcknight]

Frankie trying to do a Brian Cox impression had me crying. 😂😂

[@bencaspar]

Trying to? TRYING TO? Bloody well succeeding, I'd say 😅

[@LW-bw8or]

One little Greg loves Alex, one doesn't

[@khinzakhan66]

I see what you did there 🤣

[@Tao_Tology]

-loves- has physical needs that must be sated

[@dparker4765]

The casting team did a wonderful job with this cast.

[@HerHollyness]

I love these so much! Sometimes the best stuff gets cut. I wish they’d do an XL version like QI.

[@rainydayz1632]

Frankie just might be my favorite contestant out of all 15 series

[@liammellor6405]

I do like how easily Kiell gets pissed off. He’s seemingly always on the edge of telling them to go fuck themselves.

[@francesgardner7070]

“Those pineapples were probably stolen from my ancestors” lmao 😂

[@danb4282]

Never was a cast so ready to kill each other while Jenny vibed in the background

[@Cobralalalala]

Watching the extended argument makes me wonder if Jenny would have won the jelly task if she'd just found a container that made contact with the jelly.

[@pppolaroids]

Oh! Yes!

[@Emilio1985]

I was thinking that if a contestant just placed their hand on the jelly, would that count? Because they weigh however much they way, and they are on top of (and on) the jelly. Nowhere does it say that the jelly has to support the full weight of what's on top of it, so I wonder if that would be an accepted workaround or if Alex and the crew would object and insist on doing the task in the spirit of the instructions.

[@19DM81]

The jelly mould? 🤔

[@samfairtex]

Frankie still would have won with his heat death of the universe

[@sarahgent2674]

I believe she did actually find the mould which was really annoying to me cause I feel like that's a no brainer

[@evilmaknae5988]

this series felt like a surreal metaphysics class 😂

[@trumsolon]

Greg Davies doing a Barry Gibb-impression is just what I needed in life

[@rowanredwood9316]

i hope kiell wasn't actually mad he does get talked over a lot, glad to see him get in the last laugh

[@TonyTheYouTuba]

Even more so now that he’ll be appearing instead of Mae in CoC. It’s a shame we won’t get to see more of Mae’s super competitiveness but there’s no bad options from this cast. 😎

[@poniesinthemist]

19mins of outtakes. Probrolly the best part of my day 😂

[@Kamila_Koziol]

The most enviable and coveted job: taskmaster reel editor... there's pure gold on that editor's floor

[@taylorjeoffroy3335]

So glad there was more content with the puppet! I was shocked at how quickly Greg gave it back in the episode!!

[@MedEvil1c]

i hope somewhere out there Mae's dad has a Little little Alex Horne to match

[@MedEvil1c]

i want the horne puppet to monotonely say: everything you need is on the task

[@rebekahandersen797]

There must be dozens of "tie breaker" tasks etc that you can show us!! We need something to keep us going between series!! Please!?!?!?!?!?

[@brendanberry7403]

They don’t so they can recycle them.

[@Dan_G.R.S.]

They usually don't so they can reuse them later on, but they have released one a few months ago of three different series casts doing a tie-break and it is very interesting and weird seeing all of them do the same task

[@gauravvikalp]

9:57 not Frankie bringing colonisation to this conversation 😭, and Kiell shutting him down😅. This is peak television!

[@LeornianCyng]

We need Taskmaster XL extended / uncut episodes on the C4 streaming service which includes all these outtakes.

[@ForeverHobbit]

it's so funny to me that the pineapple argument would've been over as soon as someone said "they drew the pineapples, they didn't fetch it" instead they gave us a gem

[@gryrabild]

I think what the jelly discussion really needed was the word “above”.

[@simontay4851]

Or over.

[@brinsonopinion]

Yet another brilliantly curated group of people! The newly discovered treasures of the season for me were Jenny Eclair and Frankie. They just made me howl over and over again !

[@Yewtewba]

"you're saying rice paper is inflammable" - inflammable means flammable, Alex

[@ironwhy]

Oh yeah - I remember that Brian Cox was talking about that on "The Infinite Monkey Cage"... 🤣

[@neongrey333]

it also means not flammable, it's a weird word like that

[@OriginalPiMan]

​@@neongrey333 Only when misused.

[@Elwaves2925]

@@neongrey333 It's never meant that. You might be thinking of uninflammable, which can mean not flammable but I don't know how much that is used.

[@jamesbutler6253]

​@@neongrey333 Not it doesn't.

[@psid9907]

This show doesn't need outtakes. It needs 45 mins more run time per episode and all the outtakes in the actual episodes.

[@ladyflimflam]

1:00 this whole segment really shows Ivo’s posh upbringing, as did the bingo segment where he had to talk to someone with a specific name and he got caught in a conversation he couldn’t cut short because it would be impolite

[@bexualhealing]

“Take it you bitch” had me howling 😂

[@suzieb8366]

15:00 That puppet is amazing ... well done that maker and lovely item from contestant.

[@lreid7420]

Such a fantastic series! Gonna miss this group so much!

[@christopherbaker259]

Joke's on Alex, inflammable means flammable!

[@whatsthatnow308]

"Terk i' yer bitch". Gregs reaction of holding his hand to his mouth is absolutely priceless.

[@marmarballz]

Damn I love this show. I don't know what my favorite part is. The Greg puppet is spectacular and I want to know what happened with it. I hope little Greg makes an appearance in future episodes.

[@gl00myharvester]

Apparently Mae said the crew took it to use in future series

[@SGAK2]

This was such a fun season!

[@ilovehorrorrr]

please release full taskmaster records one day!! i could genuinely watch them all debate for hours

[@JayJones-oh1hu]

Honestly could rewatch Greg mimicking Barry Gibbs vocals on staying alive. 😂😂😂😂

[@sluggseulgi6828]

my favourite outtakes are always when alex or greg mess up lmao

[@gabbiwest]

I wish all of the Brian Cox conversation was included on the show coz it had so much content!! OMG Pineapple gate! With the brilliant puppet scene you realise how awesome the editing is on this show

[@patricklynch9048]

We need fully unedited studio fights! Its so fun

[@MissValentina125]

This was such a great cast! They were all hilarious

[@emmabannan2496]

More of these please! This cast was so perfect I could watch their bloopers for hours!!

[@growupjohnny9374]

I loooove these outtakes!! 😂

[@ruaoneill9050]

These outtakes really help fill in the gaps of the story, no wonder Ivo's whackamole was scored so low!

[@lafayettethebaguette1418]

Shame they didn’t include the bit where Frankie accused Ace of Base of being nazis, but I can see where that might be something you don’t want on the socials

[@petesmart1983]

Well one was a member of Nazi youth in sweden

[@titanuranus3095]

Ace of Base are certainly nazis.

[@madaug4389]

I love the Greg puppet. I hope we see him in future episodes.

[@catsdogsandlego10000]

Do you know what the fuck it says though every time I listen to it I just hear this muffled rage which is funny in itself but I am so curious

[@OllerHaha]

​@@catsdogsandlego10000Mae said that it says "I'm so full of hate!", but I totally understand your confusion because before they clarified that, I thought the doll was saying "I'm so bulky!"

[@Wickerrman]

Such a fun series, really wanted Ivo to win it all in the end, love his sense of humour and him n Frankie were brilliant as a team. They were all excellent though to be fair!

[@Jnoooooo]

I hadn't fully gotten into this series yet - and then there was the pineapple discussion. Legendary stuff and why we love TM.

[@redbinary]

Can there be a "Have I Got A Bit More Taskmaster"/"Taskmaster XL"?

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

Wish they'd keep this in and just release another longer 'Uncut' version. You know, like they did with 8 out of 10 Cats when they released a normal 30 min version and later that week a 50 min one

[@kevinw712]

trust me I do as well, but it's A LOT harder to do with something like TM than more traditional panel shows like 8oo10C or QI. there's a great interview with lead editor Rebecca Bowker elsewhere on youtube, and one of the many things talked about is that kind of distinction.

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

@@kevinw712 I guess, but most of these seemed like bits cut for time. And seeing how last series' outtakes even had more context about Ardal's table-tennis bat, I think they'd improve it

[@DerekB99]

"Do you still need Alex?" "I feel so jealous" "I've still got sexual needs, Frankie."

[@jasonflay8818]

Thank god these outakes were put up, these are hilarious!

[@admiraloverdone]

That pineapple debate was more enthralling than some thrillers I’ve seen

[@SlutForInstantNoodles]

I would kill for full uncut episode recordings

[@emzular]

the brian cox segment had me fucking howling, i love how they all jump on each other's jokes