Taskmaster Australia Series 2, Episode 9 - 'Killed by a nerd.'

[@samable7724]

Anne being in the season lead despite not understanding half the tasks is crazy

[@iliketrains3495]

Shades of Mark Watson leading for the majority of series 5 despite a myriad of tragedies and harsh rulings

[@simj202]

She is up against Jenny, who somehow understands the tasks even LESS

[@ellekay4758]

Jenny tossing the gold thong on her own BBQ was just the most Jenny thing to do.

[@danielk2055]

That was hilarious. And she still won both the task and the episode.

[@rararepelsteeltje]

I didn't know she was a tiktoker before this episode, but I can see it now

[@likeafolksong]

Loved Lloyd supporting Josh's duck in the price and then Josh immediately turning on him lol

[@FilmPeak]

The Rhod Gilbert story, also Welsh.

[@xingcat]

The comedians consistenly making Lesser Tom break during tasks is one of my favorite things about TM Australia.

[@KyleBaran90]

I'm surprised they allowed the interactions on the surprise task, since the UK version is very strict about people not communicating about tasks

[@Shomononosh]

​​@@KyleBaran90 if you're talking about Jenny speaking to Josh, I'm guessing that it's because it was so close to the end point of the task (Wil said that it happened on the day of the studio recording of the episode) that maybe it wasn't that worth enforcing the rule, especially with the other four having already done theirs beforehand

[@nickwijker1990]

I think they mishandled the pubquiz scoring. It was a fun side-task, but as lloyd said, it was basically impossible with a 1/24 chance to win. They could've done: a point per correct placement, all 4 correct is 5 points. He'd still have 0 points, but at least he'd have high probability to start with, 1/16 for the full 5.

[@Muffins888]

If you're that concerned over scoring you've missed the point

[@iliketrains3495]

It was basically the polar opposite of Jon Richardson's special task where he was the one who had to do the tasks rather than be the one to set them, and since he knew everyone quite well, he was able to figure out who set what task and got like 4 points with relative ease.

[@dlweiss]

@@Muffins888 I dunno, I think the best Tasks are always the ones where either a) it's pure creative subjectivity, or b) there's a clear system in place that the contestants have to work within. Saying "it's a comedy show, the scoring doesn't matter" feels like a bit of a copout, at least to me.

[@12_Feet_Up]

​@@Muffins888 If you're judging people for choosing to take silly things seriously, I think you might be the one missing the point of the show

[@MusicalJackknife]

Yeah, I agree that the points don't matter but the system really didn't make any sense. I thought of several ways immediately that it could have been done in a way that wasn't so all-or-nothing.

[@rayrowley4013]

30:06 Josh's and Jenny's reactions! I couldn't breath for laughing. The shear confusion. And the, "are you sure?" Chef's Kiss.

[@strawberrylemonade5546]

the way jenny physically recoiled at the 9/11 question 😭😭

[@RFC3514]

The 9th of November shall never be forgotten.

[@Labergemusic]

In case you're wondering, they accidentally set the video to post yesterday, privated it and made it public again. Hence the low views and "1 day ago"

[@benzaiten933]

I was so confused by that. saw the notification, couldn't find it to watch, but then it re-appeared again.

[@randomnerd1015]

Yeah, got excited and saved it to my watch later but was then sad I didn’t watch it before it got privated.

[@rewIndustry]

would you happen to know why episodes 8 and 10 are not available?

[@Labergemusic]

@@rewIndustry They haven't published 10 yet, but 8... now THAT's a mystery.

[@randomnerd1015]

@@rewIndustry episode 8 is playing fine for me. I’m in the US could it be an issue just in some places?

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Over the series, I’ve really come to appreciate the way Will will start a sentence normal, & then turn it into a big laugh.

[@Sharon-fw4rv]

“Jesus’ one night stand” would’ve been really good for Lloyd

[@JadonTheEternal]

The quiz task might be one of my favourite tasks theyve done, its so creative and interesting, albeit brutally hard for the quiz maker.

[@JacktheRah]

I feel like this task would have been more fair if the quiz maker had been given an hour or more to do so.

[@MusicalJackknife]

Yeah, they could have given a point per correct placement, or a point for every contestant who beat someone they were supposed to beat, or something.

[@JadonTheEternal]

@@MusicalJackknife I definitely think a slightly better scoring system would make this task pretty perfect

[@FlyI18817]

I thought 4 questions could have been things only Wil would know (his middle name or phone number, etc.), 3 questions for Jenny, 2 for Josh, 1 for Anne -- maybe the best way to get the ranked result?

[@JadonTheEternal]

@FlyI18817 thats probably the best solution if you could think of good enough questions. I'd imagine that might have been the vision of the TM of optimal solution

[@q-tuber7034]

Tom Gleeson’s existential crisis (“you’re no Greg Davies!”) is very humanizing

[@rayscotchcoulton]

I was just thinking, How many times are there references in one version of taskmaster to another version? This is the first I've come across

[@nicolewong4987]

@@rayscotchcoulton Greg had a cameo in TMNZ telling Jeremy Wells to discipline the comedians back in S1

[@elliot-wd4cw]

He's existential crisis is being killed by a nerd. He's not a taskmaster nerd as I am.

[@RFC3514]

He's half the man Greg Davies is. Maybe even less, volumetrically speaking.

[@mremumerm]

@@rayscotchcoulton Rose Matafeo fush poster in the shid made on appearance on TM NZ S3E2

[@sfshinz]

Lloyd Langford did a very convincing imitation of Rhod Gilbert in his “surprise appearance” task. All that was missing was the mustard on his face.

[@OwlRTA]

must be a Welsh thing

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

He combined Paul Chowdhry and Al Murray from the series 3 "Surprise Alex" task.

[@TheDragon928]

Taskmaster staple: "Do the task with the things" "What things?" _Sees things_ "Oh!"

[@kj1111123]

"i agree with josh. i think it could carry a film" "it's a shame it didn't . . . carry this segment more" LMFAO this is why i'm always a josh supporter. yes he has attitude but imo it's hilarious and lighthearted attitude. he reminds me of some of my friends😂

[@oliviaq4322]

God 9/11 being brought up not just once but twice killed me

[@CheeseGreater]

Alt title: 'Lloyd, Why Do You Keep Dragging 9/11 into This Comedy Show?'

[@RFC3514]

Yeah, what's so special about the 9th of November, anyway?

[@momon969]

@@RFC3514 You know how it goes, "Remember remember the 9th of November, a day when probably some stuff happened, at some point."

[@WonderWhatHappened]

Will's Movie Poster was actually really good.

[@gwynn1104]

Ok but a feature length movie of a man grilling parsnips and calling them turnips would be too much

[@RFC3514]

@@gwynn1104 - There could be a couple of meatballs, too.

[@PokerJoker811]

The surprise appearance task actually shows off Taskmaster Australia's future very effectively: Tommy Little, discussed in Lloyd's attempt, has been confirmed for Season 4, and The Project, where Anne made her appearance, was the career lowlight for currently-airing contestant Peter Helliar.

[@notme222]

Lloyd's quiz-writing question is difficult, but if I had more than 10 minutes I'd enjoy taking a crack at it. You've got 10 questions so go super-specific with 4 Wil knows, 3 Jenny knows, 2 Josh knows, and 1 nobody knows.

[@xenofes2]

Really strange that this episode apparently got posted yesterday but I'm only seeing it now.

[@blacksun3185]

It was uploaded but then was almost immediately put on private. No idea why but I guess whatever it was is now fixed.

[@emmacole1857]

I believe they always do that. They upload and immediately location lock it.

[@scareddog5450]

@@emmacole1857So nord vpn or surf shark next week it is for connection to Australia!

[@missbizy]

It was posted yesterday but when I tried to click the notification it was private

[@steerr]

Yet I'm not seeing Episode 8. Just 1-7 and now 9. Playlist says two episodes are unavailable.

[@sccrguy610]

16:00 They need to better define “hovering” versus “tethering”. I would say only two people successfully made the balloon hover, while everyone else either failed or tethered their balloon to objects.

[@SharienGaming]

if we are being that technical... then technically the balloon isnt hovering when its rising.... hovering implies being stationary in the air (or at least staying level) and none of them managed that without "tethering" and mind you - technically things that are tethered can absolutely hover... like when you hover your hand over a button... that hand is tethered to you, but hovering in short - hovering is what the balloon does - tethering is one way of how that is achieved.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

One sneery-sneery.

[@RFC3514]

It'd say a tethered balloon _is_ hovering by most definitions of the word "hovering". Now, if the task has specifically said "float", that would be a different matter.

[@redbeard5939]

The balloon is "hovering" - that is, it is remaining in place in the air. The balloon is not "tethering" despite being tethered. Being tethered does not mean that the balloon is hovering anyless.

[@imartin_1998]

Tom and Lesser Tom's personalities match really well together, makes Taskmaster AU really fun!

[@Misogynisticfeminist]

2:11 Flawlessly synchronized head turn

[@mario_actually]

Geeeez that Josh and Anne bit. Holy smokes.

[@ROOKTABULA]

'What will your father think if he's watching? " _"He's not." 🤣🤣

[@paulomatute4114]

The quiz task is brutal to achieve in the correct order, would be doable if you know the people taking the quizz really really well

[@srivijaya9520]

The order they gave him was hard too with the oldest contestant having to get the highest score, and the youngest the second highest. It's just hard to find overlap that doesn't also overlap with the other two.

[@SrGunnar]

The rule about "No contestant's names can be included" might prevent this, but there wasn't a rule against Lloyd using his phone. Theoretically, he could have looked up four things about Will's career, Three about Jenny's, etc. and used them as questions. Maybe that doesn't work, but It's the solution I came up with.

[@Friendlysociopath]

@@SrGunnar I maintain there's a set of "hidden rules" for Taskmaster and one of them is, "Try not to use your phone". Because there's been a *lot* of tasks that could be trivially solved by using a phone.

[@SrGunnar]

@@Friendlysociopath You're probably right! It just stood out to me that there was a specific rule against it for the other people.

[@plisovyi]

"Put this show on the map", mate, hello from like around the globe, it already is, keep on! The bit about "you're not Greg Davies" made me giggle like a child also

[@RFC3514]

Lloyd was kind of robbed in a couple of tasks (ex., he was scored based on the _video_ of his surprise appearance, not on his _actual_ surprise appearance, as written on the task). I think Tom wanted to make sure Anne ended up ahead of him.

[@eggzacly]

the dysfunctional video was the scariest thing ive ever watched omg….

[@RFC3514]

It needed some red splashes on the lens.

[@picto0226]

Josh's surprise appearance was awesome!!

[@vaughanscott4580]

3:33 Lloyd's could be really cool backwards. Start with today and go backwards to eventualy showing jesus making it. 🤔

[@RFC3514]

Christopher Nolan will be in touch shortly.

[@vaughanscott4580]

@@RFC3514 🤣

[@Titri79]

The reaction of Jenny during the live task was so funny.

[@CheeseGreater]

Embarrassing herself in tasks she's good at: the Jenny Tian Promise (?)

[@Jessie91J]

I just really cannot understand why Josh was disqualified in the final task. HE ASKED Tom if he can get them from the floor at 43:08, and Tom said yes. Okay.. I just rewatched the rules and you cannot touch them with your hands. If Josh would've picked them up with the tongs, it would've been ok. I'm leaving the comment in case somebody else is curious =)

[@gothorama]

The quiz task would be perfect if it was a bit more winnable for Lloyd!

[@fooolsun4917]

Jenny's tiktoks really put this show on the map for me, that's how i found out about it and now I've watched 10 seasons lol

[@pandajesus5052]

Same!! I’d heard taskmaster mentioned on a podcast ages ago so I recognized the name but what really got me started earlier this year was a youtube short (😭) Jenny posted of the ‘make an audience go ouhhh’ task- I really like josh thomas and got very excited to see him there. I wanted to watch the whole season in one go, so while I was waiting for the episodes to come out, I watched a ton of other seasons- fast forward to now, about 10 series deep into this show and it all started w a Jenny youtube short/tiktok lol

[@359339]

The quiz task was fun - I think it would have been interesting to have each player told what rank to aim for, like "Come in 2nd place" and then see them struggle to get enough right and wrong to fit their prediction of other people's performance.

[@RFC3514]

15:56 - Marshmallow *_is_* a flavour. In fact, in most cases now, it's nothing but a flavour, because there's actually no real marshmallow in "marshmallows".

[@KathleenFeliciano]

The way Lloyd's got 9/11 on the brain 😂

[@howbigtheace]

The bit around the episode title is top-notch :D Also, I like the transition effect for the last ad break - I imagine that pretty hard to cut around, so that's a great compromise!

[@Shomononosh]

I only know her through this series of Taskmaster, but Jenny's reaction during the live task is the most Jenny thing that I've witnessed

[@NeonNijahn]

I feel so bad for Will. He's so sincere and just keeps getting shit on for it.

[@Rumo0fZamonia]

What was Tom Gleeson doing at 32:11 ?

[@michaelparham1328]

A loophole for the last challenge. You can't move your BBQ, but nothing says you can't move someone elses. Quickly call a truce with a person next to you. Move each other's bbq closer to the tossing spot. One person toss sandles on both bbq, and the other guards against gold thongs. That's if you're a nice person. Because another tactic could be landing one sandle on the BBQ, and burn the clock up. No one is probably going to toss a gold thong on your measily 1 flip flop. So wait till the last 5 seconds, and kick everyone elses bbq over. You yake first, with one, everyone else will have 0.

[@ProstoJean]

Nokia would definitely beat any iphone in a fight 🥲

[@davidmcgill1000]

I sure can't recall anybody hammering nails with an iPhone, Nokia on the other hand...

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

A Nokia would beat every iphone in a fight.

[@mario_actually]

Absolute banger this season.

[@RFC3514]

3:29 - I have bad news for you, mate. The Titanic sank _before_ the opening scene. Everyone knew what was going to happen.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

No, some people actually went to the film not knowing it was based on a real event. People thought the ending of Apollo 13, when they get back to Earth safely, was too contrived. People thought the "actor" portraying Sen. McCarthy in Good Night and Good Luck was overplaying his part, not realizing that the film used archival footage of McCarthy.

[@RFC3514]

@@christianboehlefeld5168 - Why did those people even go see Apollo 13 without seeing all the previous 12 Apollos?

[@Woad25]

@@RFC3514 Well you know how it is with a movie series. Apollo 1 burned up the story too quickly and never got off the ground story wise, so why see the others?

[@sanddagger36]

after the shed thing they just decided to pick on Loyd

[@OwlRTA]

if you think they are picking on Lloyd now, just wait until the finale!

[@nyamjunie]

finallyyyyy the pub quiz appeared!! omg hahahahah i saw a reel of it months ago and was so curious for the whole context 😭😭😭

[@youremakingprogress144]

If I had been in the live task, I would have thrown my thongs at other contestants' hands, so they technically would have touched thongs with their hands and been disqualified. Unrelated, I don't have any friends.

[@KyleBaran90]

Technically nothing was stopping people from taking the golden thong and touching people with it to force a disqualification

[@sigasaurusrex]

bro i still don't know where Anne was WHAT

[@LL-lv8ke]

37:28 I had to go back and re-watch it as i missed it too, on the left

[@kwebst1]

I love this group of comedians. Im from US and only knew of Gruen -Will Anderson but they are all so endearing

[@RFC3514]

Wil would have been the perfect replacement for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Nothing against Trevor, he's smart and great as a stand-up comedian, but he lacked Jon's (and Wil's, and Sam Bee's) sarcasm and occasional bitchiness.

[@irondasgr]

I came here for Jenny Tian actually. I did not bingewatch through the episodes since I was waiting for them to get uploaded during those final weeks. I am really gonna miss those people after the show will have ended.

[@BigDaddy-vk6rv]

Re-tuning in weeks later after watching it I just realized Greg Davies was spoken on here!

[@vagabondfeet]

42:48 Girl you always steal my heart

[@antiphon000]

You are strange

[@HHh-ej4rl]

30:25 Jenny was right though.

[@pahasiga]

I had to go and google because I definitely remembered that one of the planes failed their attack thanks to passengers.

[@BlueManIan]

The surprise appearance task was beautiful! 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚

[@danielandresriveraflores8865]

I never thought I'd get another "they hit the pentagon" button. 29:54 aye shoutout to oney

[@Gildedmuse]

Ahh, Tom, you may not be Greg Davis but youre my second favorite Taskmaster!

[@bobtheskutterbot]

Ah, the appearance of the jar of marshmallows in the dressing room! (Watch out for this again in the finale...)

[@Ichsfkb]

This episode should have been called "Fair play." imho.

[@Terikor]

Okay but there WAS a flight on 9/11 that was hijacked and did not reach its intended target - The Capitol Building. United Airlines Flight 93. The passengers fought back after hearing what happened to the other flights, took control of the plane and crashed it in a field in Pennsylvania, sacrificing themselves for the Congress which was in session at the time.

[@notme222]

That was no doubt the basis of Lloyd's question, but we'll never know for sure what the exact target was. Al-Qaeda leaders claimed it was the Capitol Building but there's no way to know for sure which DC building the hijackers actually intended.

[@JHN12x12]

@@notme222 exactly. it also could have been the White House. both highly valuable symbolic and practical targets.

[@derAlphabet]

Jenny throwing the golden thong was so much fun 😂

[@SewerTapes]

It's probably just my OCD, but I really want to take an electric shaver to Josh's fuzzy sweater.

[@RFC3514]

Is your last name "Shearer", perchance?

[@vagabondfeet]

45:42 looking forward to that

[@antiphon000]

predator alert

[@DarkHarlequin]

This season is really good I must say! TM Australia has improved a lot 💪💪

[@jimfabry]

"Turning Wil into il by picking up the W" is a fire line

[@rosalbachairez7388]

Definitely started watching this show because of Tiktok. Thanks, Tom!

[@kj1111123]

this is one of my favorite episodes ever, i think. do we have a favorite episodes of all time list? that would be fun!

[@Fortunateson69]

I object to one of the answers in the pub quiz, it’s quite well known that Steve Jobs died of Ligma

[@sallysmiles3214]

9/11 comes up weirdly often on Australian comedy

[@davidnottennant1161]

Love a Greg Davies shout out!

[@jamcdonald120]

5:20 what is deadpool chop liver? Not eczema specifically, but I would argue that is a much worse skin condition.

[@jawstrock2215]

That Anna surprise appearance.. I totally missed it on the first watch, like totally oblivious and was waiting for it.. waiting for it.. where is she..? what?

[@MatthewUrso]

Jenny keeps failing up

[@SoozBeez]

I want Australian Taskmaster to get Sam Pang on it.

[@spencerraney4979]

They could have found, say, a plastic bag, put it over the balloon, and the held the handles of the upside down bag in place with the balloon inside.

[@imogentait5744]

adelaide fringe mention!! best time of the year!!

[@strawberrylemonade5546]

icb will had to literally re-establish the patriarchy to get five points

[@noneofyourbusiness7055]

A bit late, but I looked it up and if anyone cares: flight 93 was supposed to hit the U.S. Capitol Building, but the terrorists chose to crash it because the passengers were about to overpower them.

[@bobtheskutterbot]

I love it when they single out Lloyd.

[@bellag8572]

As an American, we make way worse 9/11 jokes so good job Lloyd!

[@n0isyturtle]

Ah, this episode reminds me of that huge tragedy...

[@genericname2747]

Surprising amount of 9/11 references

[@jordonchu4205]

What is taskmaster doing at 32:12?!

[@hasti5915]

I actually found this show cause of tik tok and been coming back every week for it now

[@ThomasBlueWorkshop]

Jenny shouldn't have lost the barbecue haul, since it explicitly said "tossed on *another* barbecue". Still fine for comedic purposes, ig

[@adivhahomathivha1881]

I'm shocked that no one popped the balloon

[@0318dweebjoyashley]

Where’s the banter section before the prize task?

[@JesusHComedy]

Taskmaster Australia > UK > New Zealand > US

[@jarod9793]

Thank god they didn’t get bush. He was at an elementary school in Sarasota Florida.

[@westlifeunited]

For the stage task, didnt tom first tell josh he could go and pick up the slippers and then disqualify him for doing the same 😅

[@rewIndustry]

does anyone know why episodes 8 and 10 are not available?

[@tvjunkie25]

Hard disagree that Jenny’s was hovering. That balloon was tethered. Not hovering

[@randomnerd1015]

I think Anne’s was tethered with tape then too if you want hovering (using the definition: to remain in one place in the air) without a tether. The definitions I have found do not specify about hovering needing to be unaided to qualify though some definitions do include, allude to, or apply best to when there is some uncertainty in the manner in which the object remains in one spot.

[@RFC3514]

Tethered balloons are hovering. A thing doesn't have to be _floating_ freely to be hovering.

[@tvjunkie25]

@@randomnerd1015 I absolutely would’ve counted Anne’s as tethered. She got disqualified anyway though so I didn’t mention it

[@benzaiten933]

I felt the Josh disqualification at the end wasn't sportsmanlike.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

The task clearly stated touching a thong with your hand, "at any point," is a DQ. Just because he choose to interpret it as only when throwing rather than as worded was his own fault.

[@whollyshift7782]

43:34 dannggg!!!

[@ashlei315]

Oh Ann. Why’d ya have to touch the balloon 😔.

[@Robotcomedian]

its so sad that steve jobs died of ligma.

[@instajustin49]

Two questions. Where is episode 8? And why is the playlist out of order?

[@BubbaBowie]

"HEY FUN BOY!"