Set 3, Game 13 - No More Jockeys [04.02.21]

[@leona6455]

Having a little rewatch 3 years later and its still great stuff. Twerpy Horne, Fiddly Watto and Sparkly Key. What a time to be alive. Wondering wil we ever see a 6th set 😢

[@Lexi_lexis]

Horne cosplaying as either a minion, and old school village idiot, or a 90s children's TV presenter. When you think about it, I like it

[@cipherhex]

A dweeb

[@tr1ckster]

@@cipherhex a twerp.

[@askesl]

@@tr1ckster A classic North London elite, liberal jizzhound.

[@emmiekitten]

I can't shake the idea that he's wearing platform trainers, and I find that unsettling.

[@TheSFHAA]

I don't mind it

[@samc7634]

Both my brains enjoyed this today.

[@Kimberton149]

Nevermind Minions, I've never seen someone be exactly the same colour as their couch before.

[@danielcooper8964]

I couldn't tell where the sleeve ends and the sofa begins

[@franksimon8375]

He genuinely told Romesh he thinks him wearing yellow is out of character

[@franksimon8375]

On their podcast mashup

[@barbaricviking]

@@franksimon8375 Aw man, that was the one where Alex sings along to rap songs (and the others have to guess the song), wasn't it? That was the hardest I've laughed in a long time!! :)

[@kcolloran]

When you think about it, this was an all-time classic from Key. Starting with the absolutely brilliant plates on grass category, to attempting to match with Sinead Cusack, to all the possible moses categories, to the double brains theory to the ending. Just pure Key chaos. Just incredible.

[@samuelcardwell577]

We haven't had a classic Key brain explosion in a while, but that was one of the greats

[@dmleach]

Good thing he's got a backup brain in his knee.

[@gabriellag2611]

In tears at the new hit single "My Dad Got Mistaken For (Rolf Harris)"

[@RussBrown]

When you think about it Dick Dastardly might be the worst (or at least most challengeable) play ever in NMJ history. Double out on name in dictionary. Out for feet dangling. Out for appearing on TV with a dog. Out for having name on the front of a book.

[@stonecoggins107]

Also the Y is Dastardly is functioning as a vowel.

[@MusicalJackknife]

@@stonecoggins107 I was waiting for Mary Magdalene to go out on that count as well.

[@BodywiseMustard]

It also adds to the mountain of evidence for Wacky Races being a poisoned chalice for key.

[@BodywiseMustard]

Bob the Builder was out on 4 counts also.

[@duke_of_tako]

Key's expression when he gets challenged for Dick Dastardly is incredible.

[@Shift8YawnsShift8]

Come to think of it, he's probably been on telly with a dog

[@leileleileleile]

This might be my favorite NMJ in a long time. I loved, loved, loved Alex's overalls (I also liked how his yellow shirt blended in with his yellow couch. I thought he looked adorable. Plus, I adore goofy playful Alex, which contributed to a goofy playful episode, which is my favorite kind of NMJ.

[@laurawe88]

The way Key says "Why?" when Horne challenges him at the end was the most innocent and adorable thing anyone has ever done ever

[@laurawe88]

It's at 23.35 for anyone wondering 🤣

[@BodywiseMustard]

23:06: Walter Boggis No more mononyms. Classic.

[@ohanra5003]

Walter Boggis - No more mononymous people with two names

[@tr1ckster]

When you think about it, there’s no real mechanism for challenging whether the chooser has got the name right (or whether the category is actually correct for that name) in NMJ. It’s a big failure of the rules. Hopefully James Acaster will resolve this when he becomes the first guest player.

[@Shift8YawnsShift8]

@@tr1ckster it is the biggest hole in the rules, but I don't think it necessarily needs to be fixed. There is a common understanding that if it feels early on, or if the category is quickly changed, and the mood is right, then it's no big deal. They have said before that such a play results in elimination, but their actions don't match their words. If we look at precedent, I think any one of them could be got off such a challenge.

[@ianchandler9993]

Can't believe no one's pointed out the bit of brilliance from Horne at 13:43: Key: "I've got one…problem." Horne: "That's not the song, is it?"

[@hanthedudette]

Watching these games on a Friday morning feels like being the only sober friend while watching your tipsy mates making increasingly poor decisions

[@Lastielion]

Maybe start drinking at 8am?

[@froghornleghorn]

Watto there, the real winner of set 3 with 13 "Unicorn Mugs" to Horne's 1 and Key's 3.

[@franksimon8375]

They kept panning Key's Bop Bops. I think it's really him that's up.

[@andyjones1927]

Key looking at his brain with his other brain is some Karl Pilkington level logic

[@TMTM7]

Their brains are next to their problem holes

[@J.L.Media.]

Key has a problem hole...it’s called his mouth. ...play a record.

[@marcokilby7875]

@@J.L.Media. The phrase 'play a record' will always make me laugh.

[@J.L.Media.]

@@marcokilby7875 You like phrases? Are you familiar with the phrase “giving someone the cold shoulder”? D’ya know how it came about? Well, ages ago....

[@savagehenry8286]

Humans actually have two brains. I kid ye not. Look it up. One is in the head and the other is part of the nervous system and is located in the stomach, which gives us the saying ‘gut feeling’. So, Mr Key, the Frank Worthington of NMJs, is right.

[@TiddlywinksVonSmythe]

Nice to see Penelope's colleagues getting in on the game

[@MichaelCoombes776]

I think The Ant Hill Mob was mentioned once but not as an actual play.

[@gretacwink8659]

The complete Horne breakdown in this episode is so good. "Horne, have you been doing magic mushrooms?" The chemistry is priceless

[@gretacwink8659]

"twenty-five seconds on the twerrrrrrrp clock"

[@jamiecutteridge4690]

Has anyone been pictured on TV with a dog more than Dick Dastardly?

[@coolpapabell22]

Probably Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, but it's close....

[@dalefrink7244]

Cesar Milan

[@RustyBucket2]

3 certainties in life: Death, Taxes and Key playing a Wacky Racer in a game of NMJ

[@ZackZiegler]

Has he ever mentioned anyone other than Penelope Pitstop, Dick Dastardly, and Muttley? I'd wager he doesn't know the other racers?

[@danielcooper8964]

"how many games is that show going to cost you?"

[@franksimon8375]

You don't have to pay taxes, you're just bad at reading definitions and finding loopholes

[@musical3lottie]

​@@franksimon8375 unless you live completely 'off grid' and don't participate in the economy at all, you at the very least pay taxes on the price of things you buy :)

[@Chalkie219]

A Frenchman, a Minion and a Christmas Elf

[@franksimon8375]

Weird, hadn't noticed that, but you're not wrong.

[@MichaelCoombes776]

Do they go to a bar after the game?

[@leona6455]

Together at last

[@albl247]

"Alex Horne. No more minions"

[@josephbarrett371]

We all want to see fancy dress nmj horne was effectively dressed as a minion. Also clear small caught opportunity missed. Absolute love this boys and all your work thanks for being a shining light of lockdowns

[@marcokilby7875]

I believe the consuming of the poisonous plant from the pink helmet was Key'd undoing really. A dastardly affair. Congratulations, Twerp.

[@bosco440]

"Little Alex" could easily be a 3rd Mario Brother. 🍄🟡🟡🟡

[@PlanckRelic]

Wario has a yellow shirt, but his overalls aren't blue

[@katebotterill6712]

Loving Alex's Minion garb

[@gryrabild]

I for one think Horne looks lovely in his dungarees!

[@Lastielion]

I'm a little jealous. I'm a big guy and if I wear dungarees I look like Leatherface or some other rural horror movie brute.

[@gryrabild]

@@Lastielion I'm very much pro-dungarees on everybody, so I'm sure you could pull it off!

[@ethanwatkins6780]

he looks a twerp.

[@twodollars4u]

The look of dread followed by the look of being formerly alive on Key as he eats the poisonous plant was quite good, actually.

[@notwhoyouknow]

Re: Horne's outfit, looks like somebody's bleaches the minions

[@peterhammond1701]

Liked for the old school reference.

[@eugenielegrand8590]

That has made me want to map the overlap between a variety of British TV shows, and then I remembered that this is definitely not the research I am employed to do, and I do have to pay rent.

[@WickedWickedJaymezIsMassive]

Horne may have won the set. but he really has to get his "Unicorn Mug" numbers up next set

[@karstenulrikviby]

Two (with a pronounced w) bop bops from Tim left hanging! UNICORN MUG!

[@franksimon8375]

Bro, at least two, I feel your pain.

[@speight88]

Nice to see the importance of Unicorn Mug being confirmed

[@veganjackson]

Boris Johnson top on my list of danglers

[@ZaphodTHEBeeblebrox]

hornes solemn nod when asked about consuming mushrooms recently made me giggle

[@robpayne1473]

When you really think about it, an absolute classic! Fun from the moment we first see Alex as a Rainbow presenter! A joyous ride sadly brought to an abrupt halt by Key completely losing his mind!

[@neilmeadowcroft7569]

Key workshopping his Moses category was classic NMJ.

[@bigjaffa02]

Well I for one think it's great that Horne has got that new job presenting Play Away

[@JoQeZzZ]

I wasn't expecting a minion in my No More Jockeys. Also: TWERP!

[@susanjbarclay5303]

As one of the Below the Line group who has not yet made a comment, I just want to say thanks to all of you for giving us something to watch online during the Covid lockdowns. It is very entertaining to watch three good friends, all super-intelligent, play this silly game together.

[@el10t]

I would have hoped Watto would know Pasteur wasn't penicillin - that was Fleming.

[@MadcapShambleton]

No more people with things they invented named after them.

[@Shift8YawnsShift8]

@@MadcapShambleton Mr Penicillin is out then

[@catmannersScaryCatLady]

Incredible outfits from two thirds of ATL today. I don't mind it.

[@andrewpwebster]

Watson with by far the most Unicorn Mug action and yet out first 7 times in set 3. Just shows how tough it is to keep focus at this level

[@rachelball9200]

Shouting "THERE'S NO GRASS IN THE JUNGLE, ALEX" at my laptop so very a normal friday morning when you think about it

[@franksimon8375]

There is, here and there

[@MichaelCoombes776]

No clue why but I found Tim's scream at 13:14 very amusing. Feels like it could be used in a number of situations

[@tom.lox.ralphs]

Did anyone else fill in the awkward gap left open after the ignored BOP BOP with a follow up UNICORN MUG? I don't mind telling the world that I, when I think about it, did. And, to be honest, didn't mind it at all.

[@ursulageorgeson7086]

The NMJ sign language for any given sport being snooker fingers with no utterance of a laugh is just the kind of thing I have to say, I love.

[@chrisleonard1738]

🎵🎶 AT THE AIRPOOOOOORT THEY WERE SHOOUUUTTIIINNNGGG 🎶🎵

[@jessesutton7985]

That outfit is doing Horne no favors dispelling his image as little. He looks like a child who was left alone with some yellow paint.

[@Lastielion]

You're not wrong there! What is working in his favour is getting the stats out there. He and Greg are probably the only public figures whose height I actually know.

[@conz1012]

Tim's checking brain let his thinking brain down badly

[@lexo42]

BTL: gets invested in Key's plant, names the plant (Martin), monitors the plant. Key: tries to eat the plant.

[@franksimon8375]

It's his plant, you're crazy people on the computer.

[@MadcapShambleton]

That game went by in a flash! Only recently started watching these and today especially was a much-needed diversion from the Dick Dastardly f***tastrophy that is the current covid situation in Ontario, CAN. Thanks mates!

[@barbaricviking]

Fantastic, fantastic game! ^_^ I would happily fork over some money to see the whole, unedited thing :) Thanks ATL and Haiminh, much love to you

[@julianlineham]

As always, superb fun. Horne looked too young to be drinking, what on earth was that outfit? Plates on grass was an amazingly dastardly category

[@BeccaBee20]

"It couldn't be worse" Tough to argue with that one really.

[@BodywiseMustard]

We do, actually, have two brains. Look up what happens when someone has their link severed, it's fascinating.

[@yodudesup1988]

Just seen the thumbnail, is alex horne dressed as a minion?

[@Williamwerenberg]

Horne, with his superb dress sense, playing ficticious instruments! Top of the pops 👍

[@samwaldron1204]

horne turns up dressed as a minion, comes up with two of the most memorable songs in jockeys history, wins the set. vintage stuff

[@shaggy0917]

I'm sorry, is Horne wearing Charlotte Ritchie's Taskmaster uniform or am I just going crazy?

[@thejobbernowl]

Is Alex dressing as Charlotte Ritchie here

[@flywithguy_]

As a dungaree wearer, I don't mind Horne's choice of outfit when I think about it

[@jamesismyname3690]

Stats prove that Watson has really let his game slip this series. Key needs a good pre-season and all the board room issues sorted out.

[@nelsondias9989]

I’m so relieved it’s a 5 set game and not 3-set. What would I be doing with my Friday lunches if they wrapped it up now 😓 good entertaining game as always. Thanks!

[@franksimon8375]

How's putting your faith in these 3 working out this week?

[@Christopher_Clark]

When you think about it, Horne's yellow couch makes him look like his arms are outstretched for a hug.

[@trishking6343]

Brilliant as ever. Thanks gents.

[@raphaelattar6942]

Moses was quite famously born in Egypt. You'd have to have a really maverick definition of Asia to make that category work

[@biquinetto]

Congratulations on a great set. Long live No more Jockeys !

[@Aliasalpha]

Ooh now Basden would be an interesting addition to above the line, even if only for a one off

[@elliebeeb]

YES please!

[@missspoons8806]

Howling at about minute 08:00. Tim I love ya, man.

[@ThomAshworth]

Rash play by Key there. He was getting his eye in, but a rush of blood to the head and he's thrown it away.

[@PlanckRelic]

Losses by own category is a hilarious stat

[@reelkonversationswithryank4945]

Mary Magdalene was the lead vocalist on the song "I Don't Know How To Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar. Not sure if it hit the top 40 in the UK though.

[@eleanorrigby2008]

It was my birthday this week, and all I want is a date with Tim Key. Also, loving Horn’s minion look.

[@supertouring22]

Would you consider a fig with Alex Horne?

[@eleanorrigby2008]

@@supertouring22 yes, probably, but it would be platonic.

[@kesktify]

My birthday is the 25th and I would also like a date with Tim

[@neilpotter66]

Hale and Pace's Billy and Johnny lives on in Alex!

[@m_w_a_t]

You know it's Friday when the NMJ notification pops up 😁

[@alisonthrower5444]

Alex Horne in his outfit in which, when you think about it, he failed in his audition to be Mr Tumble.

[@PolecatVi]

One of the all time greats!

[@jabbawabs]

How in the world is the video thumbnail of Mark, the person wearing the most normal outfit, and not one of these other twerps?

[@comicKkrakK]

I was really looking forward to the "sometimes y" argument for Enya......

[@prognerd39]

I’m surprised it wasn’t brought up for Mary Magdalene

[@Shift8YawnsShift8]

Sorry to hear you got caught in the rain Key. You didn't wind up with another heat rash did you?

[@oshada]

Watto’s good lighting is freaking me out

[@hooloinnit]

looking forward to mutley being played, will be a real sight to behold.

[@3GreenMojo]

i feel like the moment everybody realised what horne was wearing was the moment things started going a bit unhinged

[@franksimon8375]

So, instantly.

[@susanjbarclay5303]

I am so excited to have bought a ticket for 6th May. Thanks for tickets being available internationally! I live in Melbourne. I and my two adult sons, David, 38, and Michael, 27, are massive Taskmaster fans, and therefore of all three of you.

[@bondfool]

Horne’s whole frame is screaming Cbeebies. Apart from the beer.

[@PaddyRoon7]

3:14 Key's brain chat here feels like a reference to Karl Pilkington but maybe I'm mental lol

[@dynimo1]

The Minion. The champion. The people's man.

[@DasIstDerMars]

Congratulations, Mr Minion.

[@joecollins2513]

For some reason, when Watto goes 'weeeeelll' at 16:16, it makes my Home Pod start googling Mary Magdalene

[@maladaptvs]

1:47 horne sounds like a children’s show character “what is it? do you know what it is?” okay dora.

[@adgf_id]

Does anyone find themselves shouting 'Get your hands off your face!' to people in real life?

[@ryanjones7509]

Yes.

[@benktubes]

How did it start? I have no recollection of when it began

[@Conor2400]

Just seen Watto's background... Lovely to see Otley get a mench.. Not quite Bradford, but almost...

[@however3255]

must say, when you think about it, im watching a new episode of no more jockeys first thing in the morning. i don't mind it.

[@solipsismworld]

Can anyone explain/point me to the origin of "take your hands off your face"?

[@barbaricviking]

Ooh, I've been wondering too!

[@richardstokes88]

I assumed it was general COVID-19 advice for preventing disease transmission, as we touch our faces so often without being aware. They are doing a public service :)

[@Darthyoof]

Think It was because the comments about mark touching his hair got on their nerves so they banned head touching

[@tashaaaaaaaaaaA]

ive seen esther rantzen with a plate on grass twice in my actual life lol

[@alexperry9588]

Key consistently playing the best categories we’ve ever seen

[@MB-xw1tu]

I think a key (lowercase, dictionary version) Key strategy should be coming out early with a weird 90 second category. It keeps people focused on not fouling it, draws early failed challenges, and decreases the likelihood you'll be called on other categories. Of course... there is no excuse for the BFG and Dastardly.

[@bioLarzen]

"Somewhere between swinging and dangling" Swingling? ;)

[@C.I...]

Dingle.

[@bioLarzen]

@@C.I... Even better :)

[@Christopher_Clark]

Key has two brains watching each other and making passive-aggressive comments? That explains a lot.

[@byron86bb]

If the Davenport one is based on Wimbledon the trophy despite its look is not a plate its technically a salver and is called a dish within the game. Not to be pedantic or anything

[@markhillman4378]

Big if