Series 18, Episode 7 - 'Captain Jackie and the hotdog.' | Full Episode

[@piccherroll]

"Look at him, he's Andy Zaltzman, he knows what velvet is!" I mean, this show never cease to add quotes to pop culture.

[@isuzu343]

Zaltor the Merciless learned all about velvet while doing research for his magnum opus - the Lou Reed inspired dog pun run.

[@MrFBrookes]

Well he was once a “cold and wet weaver” so he knows his fabrics.

[@FourEyesFive]

Emma’s revelation during the Napoleon portrait task solidifies her as a true detective.

[@lashier13]

And then her bumbling for the next 30 minutes solidifies her as a true Clouseau.

[@tulliusexmisc2191]

Her forensic skills examining the scene paid off during the bell task too.

[@SvobodovaEva]

But she was really rubbish during the cut the wires task 😞 I expected her to nail it

[@tulliusexmisc2191]

@@SvobodovaEva That suprised me a bit too, but I think it just goes to show defusing bombs is a whole different genre.

[@p.s.8891]

I never wanted someone to win Taskmaster so much as Jack Dee, because it would be hilarious to watch him think he's free from the show just to realise right after that he has to come back for the Champion of Champions.

[@XXANDERALEXX]

I'm cheering for Emma but if this happens I won't be mad at all 🤣

[@RossLinderman]

He could just do a Mae Martin and say that he was busy.

[@tjazeajn8028]

@RossLinderman I had the same thought. Andy, Emma, Or Rosie would definitely love to take his place for Champion of Champions

[@wisedred]

@@RossLinderman tho i'm pretty sure JD still has fun and enjoys being here. i think he'd be back just for the comic situation that OP mentioned lol

[@wakemeupwhenpeoplearesaneagain]

Jack? What about Babátúndé? There's a man who does not want to return :D

[@michaelreid322]

Whoa. Did Zaltzman pull the "All the information's on the task" card on Alex?! Well-played, sir, well-played.

[@DarkHarlequin]

About time someone did 😄

[@rbokhoree]

I've got multiple strategies to play this game (I'll probably never get called to play the game unless they do a fan edition. You heard it here first ladies and gentlemen.) and one of them is to fastidiously hold Alex to the task's every word.

[@mdrzn]

@@rbokhoree You can play the game IRL in London until late January I think

[@SerenityReceiver]

He still did not obey the rules/cookies..

[@fmbz858]

When's the last time Alex even used that line? I miss it.

[@EALoArt]

37:54 "you have to do them in the order you opened them" **Checks task** "No, I don't" Has any man ever felt more powerful?

[@DFGdanger]

All the information is on the task.

[@krablord]

He was so powerful- but then didn't think to then do the hot sauce/hot sauce ones out of order like Jack did 😭😭

[@Didi_A_Gogo]

More powerful than a conquering Caesar. And dressed for it as well.

[@gothorama]

@@EALoArt that's the exact thought I had about that task and I wondered why no one else did it, turns out even Alex didn't contemplate that it was never specified

[@anski00]

I wonder - it did not say you have to obey the ones you eat, did it? Could you just open all, eat 5 and choose which 5 to obey?

[@egalomon]

7 episodes in and Jack Dee can not hold his grumpy persona up for more than a minute at a time. Rosie has wittled him down COMPLETELY.

[@benja1378]

Omg yesss it was sooo good 😂😂

[@mphays]

After seeing the first episode, I commented "Who would have ever thought that Rosie would be Jacks spirit animal." On the last episode we'll probably find out that Jack is adopting Rosie and sending her off to boarding school.

[@Gildedmuse]

​@@mphaysWait, he's adopting her then immediately sending her off?

[@rvdb7363]

​@@Gildedmuse English parents...

[@rishabhpb]

very similar to the dynamic between Sean Lock and Harriet Kemsley on 8 out of 10 Cats

[@yumiulrich4eva]

Rosie: "He's my comedy hero 😊" Also Rosie: "Why did you put me with grandad!"

[@rewerb]

1:30 ‘a haunted lighthouse keeper drawn by a friendless child.’ That’s my favorite little Alex insult in a while

[@princessthyemis]

Right! It's genuinely such a funny/good description! I could use it for a book!😂

[@bamereg]

It is amazingly clever to pull out this insult in the same week the lighthouse episode of The Cleaner airs. Absolutely brilliant.

[@ericaheap]

mine too!!

[@bigseanprice]

That time stamp is simply false. Fail. Please play again. Also that guy looks nothing like the insult. That weird grizzled homeless guy in a Roman outfit was the mark of that joke.

[@jennatodd4664]

“You need to _wake up_ , mate!” Emma feels like a combative Charlotte Ritchie and I love it

[@BlueManIan]

So, she's Katy Wix 😛

[@abaigealduda2756]

Hahaha! OMG you are completely spot-on!!!!

[@OwlRTA]

I've always said that Emma is like Charlotte's older sister (even though Emma is younger, but she's older in her series than Charlotte in her series)

[@gregbrown8881]

It's especially great because that side of her still kind of catches me off guard. She comes across as a genuinely sweet person, but then you'll see her calling for Rosie and Jack to lose six points.

[@brett8405]

@@gregbrown8881 Emma is playing to win

[@JacktheRah]

"I am a dry woman and I like to be moist" is definitely a sentence for the Taskmaster quotebook.

[@stijnvth]

agreed

[@alwaysfallingshort]

Rosie was SO pleased.

[@Huff-and-Puff]

I’m glad he made her say it out loud. It was worth it 😂

[@Nano0k]

That’s devotion to comedy right there.

[@esquonk]

Proudly dry!

[@Miltroit]

okay several of them did this, what kind of lunatic bites into a fortune cookie straight off? You break it in half, pull out the paper, then eat it.

[@jessehammer123]

I think all of them did it. It blew my mind how wrong they all did it.

[@paulomatute4114]

Could be because fastest win

[@bluenono3821]

I read this that they should eat the paper

[@NovaGuardian985]

@@paulomatute4114 Yeah, but cracking it and then eating it is faster. You crack it in half, pull the paper out, pop the cookie in your mouth and start reading while you chew. If you just pop it in your mouth you have to take the time to stop chewing, find it in your mouth, pull it out, go back to chewing, then uncrumple and read it.

[@goldenpony822]

​@@NovaGuardian985 idl mam cracking properly is a few seconds endeavor but in your mouth it's instant... Unless you did some messy whacky hand crack which could be quick but God forbid you'd spill bits of cookie

[@notme222]

Emma's really clever. The "zoom out" thing makes sense too. If you can't look up, expand your field of view.

[@periquinn]

Emma's detective costume make so many moments better. Her picking a vantage point (zooming out) was really funny and the zaltzman-velvet line was hilarious

[@paulomatute4114]

22:45 Emma figuring out moment is sooo good, very clever of her and she looks so happy! And then followed by just randomnly guessing foods for a long time

[@SpoookiePoookie]

if she hadn't been SO impressive with catching the lying and with her questions for figuring out the money, I think everyone would be making fun of her insanely specific food guesses, but the smart really did outshine the unhinged!

[@unacceptablefailurerate6453]

Haha that was great. I assumed she would go straight for narrowing it down. Is it a vegetable? fruit? and so on. But buzzing through just about everything was definitely more funny.

[@bungaIowbill]

@@SpoookiePoookie "Is it old bread??"

[@BeccaB529]

Oops. Andy nods at 24:40, but his teammates did not see, so maybe it would not have counted. But it broke the lying rule and the nodding rule. Of course, Jack’s performance might have earned the other team about -45, so I guess it worked out. Lol

[@rcyoung3388]

@@paulomatute4114 I have to wonder exactly how long they went on guessing foods and how many foods they named

[@Arkholt2]

"He doesn't know what velvet is? Look at him, he's Andy Zaltzman, he knows what it is!" Imagine having a persona so powerful that people can immediately see through your lies.

[@mundzine]

Jack Dee's resigned sigh at the beginning will forever be iconic

[@gothorama]

That's how I always feel , he gets it

[@sfshinz]

Right behind Jenny’s “Brace! Brace” and Fern’s “Whaaaa-uuhhh?!?!”

[@princessthyemis]

Right!!! It's my favorite part of the intro 😂😂😂

[@JudeFergy]

@@sfshinz Fern's sound will always be the best intro.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@sfshinz Another one I like is Sophie Willan's 'O noh noh!' from last series

[@WondrousPurple]

Among other things, I love how the contestants in Series 18 are having fun bantering back and forth with one another and with Greg and Alex. And all of them enjoy one another. Loving this series.

[@Taolan8472]

there is probably a *lot* of banter we dont see in the finished show, as evidenced by the outtakes vids. the banter this season has been wonderful though

[@yojelle1]

The implosion of captain jackie and the hotdog will go down in history as one of the greatest taskmaster tragedies of all time, right alongside the foot of joe wilkinson and the general existence of john kearns

[@thematiasmadness7010]

I think people exaggerated with John kearns

[@jensennc94]

john kearns for some reason, made me think of winnie the pooh 😂

[@joshhakey7705]

I love John Kearns even more after his taskmaster run, having only known him as a character on cats does countdown. There's sort of a resignation to fate, like an awareness of his predestination, that is tragically comic. I love the interview for taskmaster he did of his favorite tasks.

[@pandaboy5o]

I’m sorry Rosie saying Jack was her comedy hero in that sad voice was the funniest thing so far this season. I had to pause I was laughing so hard.

[@Chuustix]

Jack's ukelele song was genuinely sweet!

[@juliannechan7282]

I can't believe he didn't win that task, outrageous!

[@kralevic3297]

That's not a ukulele, it has 6 strings and the tuning isn't insane. I believe it's just a mini guitar, tuned a whole step above a regular guitar.

[@UkeRebuke]

​@@kralevic3297 I dunno why this set me off but what is insane about GCEA tuning? Lol

[@kralevic3297]

@@UkeRebuke Any sane instrument design (stringed or otherwise) places the notes in order from lowest to highest. Sure, it doesn't matter if you're just strumming, but having the lowest string just randomly in the middle of the instrument is jarring if you ever pluck individual strings.

[@pwnmasteh]

I love Andy going for the full breath YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@doorstepcult2407]

Screaming at a bowl full of hot sauce and fortune cookies, like he’s just discovered the greatest culinary creation of all time.

[@kittykat490]

Loved it so much. A man dressed in cricket uniform screaming YYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS at fortune cookies in a bowl of hot sauce is about as taskmaster as it gets.

[@xingcat]

"You're clever when you want to be!" HA! Okay, loved that.

[@G30R6E93]

Same! Rosie's hilarious lol

[@DrLipkin]

I just noticed that Andy's Roman garb is being worn over his cricket uniform, and his "sword" is a mini cricket bat.

[@ChewShew22]

i believe they film two episodes a day

[@DarkHarlequin]

Did you also catch that it`s the same outfit Alex wore in the "Guess the weight of my head and feet" task in season 7? 😉

[@BeccaB529]

Oh great catch! I do not know of Andy outside of this. Was he a former player or associated with cricket? Or just a big fan?

[@bodyslamhimjeff]

@@BeccaB529 He’s a massive cricket fan / obsessed psycho (delete as appropriate) and legitimately does cricket stats for the BBC. He had to leave The News Quiz the last two weeks to go cover it in Pakistan

[@amitpatilamit]

​@BeccaB529 He is a big fan and has worked as a statistician, scorer for broadcasting agencies. Also, wrote a lot of articles and comic material based on cricket.

[@andrevandervlies5700]

Andy deserves the No Bell prize!

[@slyasleep]

he would love that!

[@DerekB99]

Rosie: "Captain Jackie and the Hotdog". Jack: *sigh*

[@turtlecantalkgaming128]

Emma is insanely lovable and "you need to wake up mate" may be one of my favorite lines in all 18 series

[@SpoookiePoookie]

also for some reason I'm REALLY into this outfit of hers

[@stephenwalker5264]

She's very pretty, too.

[@notbjork1046]

@@SpoookiePoookie (spoilers) i was really happy she won this task because of how well her hat prize went with her outfit

[@mistyz0ne]

she seems so supportive and genuinely rooting for everyone too

[@erwinchan6077]

I think the "Captain Jackie and the hotdog" song will remain in my head forever, mostly because the sigh is part of the song.

[@allie-k-watches]

Emma realising Andy is lying exactly like Eleanor realising they are not, in fact, in the Good Place

[@shannonforsberg4118]

Holy mother forking shirt balls

[@shilo2100]

can someone explain?

[@jimmyletter4444]

@@shilo2100 I recommand you watch the very good tv show "The Good Place", the reference is in it

[@allie-k-watches]

@@shilo2100 "The Good Place" is a show where characters find themselves in an idyllic afterlife - but, spoilers, there are some lies involved, and a scene slightly similar to Emma figuring out the lying in this episode... Strongly recommend The Good Place, it's a wonderful series

[@shilo2100]

@@allie-k-watches thanks so much for your reply! I'll check it out :)

[@lesliewickham3912]

Andy shouting yes for 30 seconds is top tier comedy

[@failuretolaunch4571]

Andy made a friend of mine interested in cricket. He is German, and he asked me about Andy's costume and now he is giving it a go. The power of Taskmaster is real...

[@VarmintLP]

They also got people more interested in rubber ducks, eggs, and a bunch of other stuff like frozen peas.

[@theatheobhv]

@@failuretolaunch4571 well, it got me interested in Andy Zaltzman . He’s a genius.

[@slyasleep]

@@VarmintLP😂

[@ellekay4758]

Like because of this show, my friend and I try ‘make a dish using ingredients beginning with the letters of ….” 😁

[@rvdb7363]

​@ellekay4758 wishing you good luck with X in advance

[@TheDragon928]

"Why were you shaking the ropes?" "You need to get some footage!" Rosie is sharp as a tack.

[@theatheobhv]

She is indeed

[@rmhartman]

She has shown that in other tasks as well

[@garrettclarke2266]

Especially her zingers at Jack after the hotdog task!

[@benja1378]

​@@garrettclarke2266she was out fir blood 😂

[@rcyoung3388]

💯

[@tccoops]

Guessing the box task is such a perfect representation of Emma. She figured out the ruse so quickly, and then decided to guess everything specifically instead of using some basic 20 questions deductive interrogation. Oh, Emma. I love you and am exasperated by you equally.

[@afteryouwatch]

My sincere thanks and appreciation to the amazing camera/boom/tech operators and the hard-working editors of this show!

[@FloraWest]

Yes! I often think about the production assistants as well-the clean-up after so many of these tasks-yikes!

[@gothorama]

The guessing task had me thinking they were going to take about 50 points away from Jack and Rosie 😂😂

[@JacktheRah]

@@gothorama Yeah I think that they were merciful with them to not completely eliminate their chances of competing with the other contestants.

[@gothorama]

@@JacktheRah yes I'm not sure how they got only got 3, cause Jack basically never lied lol

[@mloxard]

He lied when he spoke, the grunts can't really be interpreted ​@gothorama

[@smellslikelayne]

@@JacktheRah 100% Alex was being kind saying there were only three "real" lies and Greg was being kind not doubling the penalty. I'm glad about it, I'd rather everyone be happy than the rules be followed so strictly.

[@Misogynisticfeminist]

@@gothoramaI’m guessing they allowed the plausible deniability of Jack not saying actual words, and penalized the times he spoke the truth.

[@richardnewell8478]

"nope, you do not" @ 37:59 LOL I knew right away that was the key to the fortune cookie task.

[@El-mi4vi]

And you can tell that that was actually intentional based on the way the kitchen fortune cookie was worded Edit: I think you could argue that still that isn't one of the five you obeyed

[@sfshinz]

Pure Richard Osman.

[@beth12svist]

Except, funnily enough, it wasn't, Andy was still too slow.

[@h0lly_blue]

this episode was definitely one of the most chaotic out of the series which is saying something, Alex was truly devious this week and I'm pretty sure Jack is close to losing his mind lol

[@Didi_A_Gogo]

The way Rosie makes direct eye contact with Jack as she says "I'm feeling confident" about wearing the hotdog for the team task! Her eyes are 100% saying "Don't fuck this up for me Jackie." 🤣

[@Huff-and-Puff]

I am pleasantly surprised by how well Jack played that uke and how well his song went. I always think of him a dry comedian and that was very nice and well done. I loved it

[@yezhikvtumane210]

Emma's "and you would know" with the innocence of him in general, possessing that knowledge, and his outfit supporting that claim, only for her a half second later to realize she inadvertenly insulted his age.... lolllll. Love her!

[@SCMabridged]

"Haunted lighthouse keeper drawn by a friendless child" is genuinely a perfect way to describe Alex's presence.

[@da1n0v27]

Andy winning a projectile throwing task when dressed as a Roman soldier is what I would expect

[@ARS3NIC3]

Rosie was MVP this episode for sure. She had some great moments and jokes, her messing with Jack was hilarious. This was a great episode!

[@michaelreid322]

I used to wonder why she was on so many UK shows, as I thought she just wasn't funny (nothing at all to do with her disability). But she's freakin' hilarious! And yes, Jack simply can't maintain his grumpy old man persona in her presence.

[@mdntctyvlcn]

Rosie is the MVP of the entire series, no doubt.

[@Englishham]

She is annoying, and not funny

[@ferdabayazit4859]

She is a favourite of mine but this episode she was on fire-so quick!

[@Deleralia]

Same. I can't wait for series 19 😢​@@Englishham

[@Friendlysociopath]

"Dock six- dock six!" Holy shit- Emma went for the jugular with *no* hesitation.

[@juliahelm9893]

I thought they might be at minus 100 points. He didn’t lie once…

[@DeMinoTheDragon]

Andy just screaming yes at the top of his lungs at fortune cookies in hot sauce might be one of the funniest things on TM

[@martonjenei5620]

Abso damn lutely!

[@likeafolksong]

This whole episode felt like one giant fever dream, truly magnificent

[@PNW_Marxist]

"WHY DID YOU PUT ME WITH GRANDAD?!?!" ☠

[@h0lly_blue]

Alex looked so amusedly guilty lol

[@fyrerose]

This statement comes IMMEDIATELY on the heels of her calling him her "comedy hero" 🤣

[@itselisha222]

@@Throckmorton.Scribblemonger A good example of why they choose comedians and not KZbin commenters.

[@itselisha222]

@@Throckmorton.Scribblemonger Go on, finish the sentence. He can't make fun of her... disability by using a slur? I dunno, you tell me how you think that would have gone over.

[@freakytea2815]

@@itselisha222 Sshhhh, don't feed the trolls. They're only here for the attention, not to have a discussion.

[@KJFMZ]

Rosie's "Do you understand it Jack?" At 43:00 creased me 😂

[@travis303]

Rosie is never going to let Jack forget about the lie task, haha

[@bobbybreland2169]

The fact that I found this show while I was in Germany, and have watched it through deployments, and now in South Korea, thank you so much for keeping this channel alive.

[@brinsonopinion]

Rosie not letting Jack off the hook for the ENTIRE rest of the show was utterly iconic. That last "Do you understand" deserved 5 points on its own 🤣😂🤣

[@jj022]

What does she say? I couldn’t make it out exactly.

[@amethystpagan8682]

i love coming back from work at the end of the week to a new taskmaster ep

[@CharlotteRose-z7v]

Patatas!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@guyjackson132]

Or is it his brother...Huevos? :)

[@louiskennedy9065]

I can't be the only one that see this, but Andy Zaltzman reminds me so much of Larry from Three Stooges.

[@smoothiedeluxe7422]

Probably my favorite contestant line up in a long time. What an amazing cast this series.

[@lhfirex]

Rosie is hilarious and seeing her make Jack Dee turn tomato red with laughter is fantastic. This is also one of the best prize tasks I can think of across all series.

[@jesb3973]

Really great episode. The comebacks and insults were top notch and that aspect of taskmaster is what makes it so funny to me. Probably why I love season 7 so much. I also immediately thought with the fortune cookie task that I would open and read all of them first then decide which I want to do and in what order- I was sure some would be worse than others and some would take more time. Very rarely do I come up with a good strategy right away. I lived vicariously through Andy's 'no I don't' being praised. Probably the highlight of my day. With better execution he could have beaten Emma's time easily.

[@T1_True_Bob]

As a long time fan of the bugle, Andy being on Taskmaster is everything I wanted him to be.

[@chrisbarry9345]

The team of 3 worked out that Andy was lying then completely lost their mind and started guessing foods 😂

[@iliketrains3495]

Emma's pure joy upon finding out that Andy was lying is one of the most adorable moments on TM, up there with Charlotte's safety announcement, Alice shaking the utensils out of her headband, Mel and Hugh's French-speaking wheely bin task and Nick's "I don't think I've done this one right!"

[@sharkofjoy]

Rosie SLAYS me. "Jack is my comedy hero, he would never let me down"

[@youtubeuser00012a]

What kind of insanity is it to bite into a fortune cookie and then pull the paper out of your mouth instead of breaking it first?!

[@kittykat490]

Jack and Rosie's box task was pure poetic tragedy. Rosie in her cute little hotdog costume being seemingly (hard to be sure with the editing if there was more questioning in between) pretty quick and clever at interpreting his expressions to mean lemon and money (aside from all the obvious nodding and head shaking and noise making, if his job HADN'T been to lie then the sour face and sniff would have been great and she got those hints really well). Jack completely one thousand percent fumbling the task in EVERY possible way, the task itself as well as his secret mission. All this immediately after their bit in the studio about him breaking her trust as her comedy hero. The only saving grace here was Greg having mercy and not docking Rosie double points. Also shout out to women @ the bell task. Deeply funny that the men all pulled every single rope and the women figured it out with minimal to no error. Stereotypes are based in reality and all that. So gutted Zaltzman didn't win the fortune cookie task because his performance was hysterical, from telling Alex off to SCREAMING his yes.

[@PokerJoker811]

What have we learned today? We've learned that human beings have a Zoom function known as legs. We've learned that Emma Sidi is dry and bloody proud of it. And we've learned that comedy is a cruel, cruel industry where you should never meet your heroes - they'll only lie to you and ruin all the faith you put in them at your own peril. We've also learned that this dramatic episode's dramatic winner, is EMMAAAAAAAAAA SIDIIIIIIIIII! See you next time on Halloween, goodnight! (Lucky Numbers: 22, 15, 20, 5, 11, & 8)

[@barzdinstone3831]

The older I get the more I feel like Jack about most things, but I love having someone like Rosie around

[@winterlighthome]

Same here. So true.

[@NeonNijahn]

Emmas joy that finding out andy was lying via the velvet was such a vibe!

[@whatiwasgoingtosay]

Rosie Jones and Jack Dee might be my favorite ever pair on Taskmaster.

[@winterlighthome]

Yes! They are right up there with Mel and Hugh and with Sue and Susan.

[@elvecxz]

@@winterlighthome Sue and Susan is the most wholesome thing I've ever seen on a TV show where people are also allowed to say "fuck."

[@jesb3973]

Rhod and Acaster are one of my favs- obviously a very different dynamic but incredible. I also loved Mel and Desky.

[@brinsonopinion]

They're up there with that angry Scottish comedian and Ivo - total odd couple charm

[@brianz505]

Rosie had my crying this episode. She is hilarious!

[@zevo9314]

i had seen her in a few other things before this, and wasnt really a fan. but this series she's really shining and growing on me. calling alex a dickhead after he task was peak comedy

[@youremakingprogress144]

Another great example of Emma figuring things out. That detective outfit really suits her.

[@Sprakenheit]

I seriously love Rosie and Jack's pairing 😂

[@3gsFreak]

42:00 she hit the island. Should be fair and not disqualified. I would have argued it.

[@kantahanwithkahel]

My thought exactly! The task never said anything about the bean bag falling off. “If you miss the island, you are disqualified.”

[@MrStsveins]

rosie poking fun at Jack was so good!

[@infinitejest.4994]

I love Rosie’s Greg head. GENIUS !

[@Taolan8472]

i was definitely expecting it to just be the trophy. the actual head was so much better.

[@Blue5wirl]

... and lo, during the Jack and Rosie team task, a thousand GIFs were born, and it was good.

[@DrZaius3141]

What a close series. Andy is only 4 points behind and still has the hot dog joker. Emma and Baba are also in striking distance.

[@jennatodd4664]

Am I correct in that I seem to recall that Emma still has the hot costume too?

[@DrZaius3141]

@@jennatodd4664 Yes, she does, giving her a slight edge over Baba.

[@Misogynisticfeminist]

And only 18 points between first and last. Unless there’s unique scoring methods, there’s 75 points left to score this season.

[@Arcturuseyes]

Jack's "isn't it?" May be be one of the most sarcastic phrases I've ever heard...lol

[@paulomatute4114]

From what we saw, different from other secret tasks where it was "if someone accuses you of having a secret task you don't get the points" this one before entering the room they could have said to their teammates, "oh by the way I have this task where I am only gonna lie"

[@vansitcodarring8855]

no

[@mremumerm]

nope, but they could have said "oh by the way I DON'T have this task where I am only gonna lie" 😁

[@Blip0000]

Dear Taskmaster team, The last part of the video is missing closed captions. Is that something you can fix? Thank you for your efforts from the hard-of-hearing community!

[@bamereg]

This has got to be the cleverest introduction of little Alex Horne in a long time. Very well done, big man. J'adore.

[@kevincaldwell9700]

So you open all of the fortune cookies and read the fortunes, pick which five to obey, and eat those.

[@Misogynisticfeminist]

Andy figured it out, but he had the misfortune of reading the start over cookie

[@petertaylor4980]

Emma rediscovered the photographers' mantra, "Zoom with your feet".

[@nunyanunya4147]

thanks for keeping me company.... almost watched a documentary and actually learned something..... you all saved me there!

[@nunyanunya4147]

after watching i have to say. VENIT VIDIT VICITI!!!! a great day for Roma! a great day for all the other Stooges! all hail juliaus agustus Larry.

[@Pikaton659]

@@nunyanunya4147 So true bestie

[@itselisha222]

45:28 Emma forgetting she put a bottle of moisturizer in her hat.

[@macmcc]

I feel like the live task was just "tallest wins" 😂

[@IneffableTrash]

I am so glad Andy tried to shout one singular yeeees for 30 seconds, cause that is what I thought they actually meant with that little task.

[@chantalhamilton2374]

Rosie's "You can be clever when you want to." out of nowhere absolutely floored me

[@HarringtonsApocy]

Jack got such a raw deal on the prize task

[@cynthiabasu1845]

I have been watching Taskmaster so seriously for so long I instantly knew the answer to the bell task.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Especially because they did a task with the doorbell earlier

[@Misogynisticfeminist]

18 points between first and last must be one of the smallest margins for overall points this late in a season

[@rndmlttrs]

I miss, "What have we learned?" and the transitions in and out of commercial breaks. Oh well. Show is still great!

[@SomeGuy-mt4hq]

My guess is it was a sacrifice made to show more of the tasks on TV time

[@aaronhusk]

It is still in the Australian version.

[@guspolly]

@@WatchTwentyTwoSame with the funny story at the end of the newscast (to pull a reference from ep. 5)… The only reason they put it in is so they have something inconsequential they can drop if the rest of the show goes long.

[@youmagnificentbst]

at least with the ad breaks bits i can help :)

[@marcusmcgowan844]

I think we've just witnessed one of the truly greatest anime betrayals of all time. You know what I'm talking about.

[@rcyoung3388]

The wait is over! Time for Taskmaster! Watching from US

[@LETSFISHINGO]

I cant believe it took 18 series for me to find out who Andy Saltzman is!! 😂😂😂 everything he does has me in stitches!

[@MrZzammuel]

YEEEEEEESSSSSS

[@andrew66862]

His podcast "The Bugle" is incredible. You have to start from the beginning though, and he's on episode 4317

[@michaelreid322]

When this season started, I thought Zaltzman, who I admit I had never heard of, was going to play the "only sane man" role, like Dara O Briain in his series. Clearly, I couldn't have been more wrong.

[@MorningAngel]

@@andrew66862 Although they did skip from episode 200-something to 4000 when they relaunched! LOL I've listened to the Bugle since it started in 2007, and it still makes me laugh a lot. The first few years with Andy and John Oliver were quite amazing: pun runs to torture John Oliver, the fuckeulogy of Bin Laden, the royal wedding of Will and Kate,... There are a lot of classics. But since Andy relaunched with loads of cohosts; it is also very good. I think Alice Fraser and Nish Kumar are the best cohosts with Andy these days.

[@DarkHarlequin]

He actually came up in the comedy scene with John Oliver (Last week tonight host). They did like 50+ episodes of Andies Podacst "the Bugle" together ☺

[@abaigealduda2756]

I know, I know, it's just a stuffed toy, but seeing 'Patatas' fall kind of made me feel for him/her/them.

[@abaigealduda2756]

Maybe it's because I really did fly from the USA to London to take part in the Taskmaster Experience, and Patatas was in the general/open area. I particularly enjoyed seeing the "artwork" and Patatas.

[@fastauntie]

The official video "The Story of ... Patatas" uses he/him.

[@human_collector0]

i quite like genderfluid patatas

[@fastauntie]

@@human_collector0 If that's how Patatas identifies, more power to them. All I know is what the video says, and I trust that the TM folks have confimed the preference. But "them" is the best choice when you don't know.

[@guyjackson132]

Who knows...maybe it was Patatas' brother - Huevos? ;)

[@aliiannucci3135]

Rosie gets more hilarious every episode!! She had so many good one-liners in this one!!

[@ladyreverie7027]

I'm in love with Rosie Jones she's just so incredibly funny. Her whole guilt trip of Jack is so manipulative but in an ironic way!

[@Rubrickety]

Okay, fine, since I don't see it anywhere else in the comments, I'll do it. I don't feel great about it, but I'll do it. Andy won the no bell prize.

[@tehjoch]

Et tu Emma, brilliant

[@JacktheRah]

@@tehjoch That was some quick thinking. Loved it.

[@cannibalbananas]

Loved Jack's song at the beginning. Also love Emma attacking Greg with a "You need to wake up, Mate" before turning on Andy who was trying to help her out. 😂😂😂

[@iHEARTice94]

I love Rosie and Emma so much Rosie’s hilarious and I love how Emma (almost?) always backs her up 🥲

[@tekeguy68]

Where the f has Emma been all my life. Extremely fun to look at and love her humor. Love how this show lets us get to know entertainment personalities that we would never have run across otherwise (from here in the US at least). I've found so many great series, panel shows and movies just by deep diving into people from Taskmaster.

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

She's on a britcom with fellow taskmaster Rose Matefeo called Starstruck