Taskmaster Hotel - Extended Task: Julian, Lucy and Sam | Series 16

An extended version of Julian, Lucy and Sam's time running the Taskmaster Hotel.
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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.

[@darer7158]

The way theyre all just ogling/singing to him through the window as he makes a call and julians like " you think hes calling reception??" 😭

[@robopecha]

julian was really the only one playing along with the storyline here. i wonder what would have happened if he was on the other team and lucy and sam were alone.

[@janeeyre1990]

That is my favorite part, hands down I laugh so loud every time It's like a Bates Motel where you don't get murdered in the shower, but it's somehow more intrusive and disturbing 😂

[@doublelxp]

​@@robopechaHe's playing along, but in an amazingly chaotic way.

[@scdl-m2z]

istg they’re like children💀

[@159friendaholic]

I can't believe how much of Lucy being an absolute menace didn't make the edit 😂

[@tinfoilhatseller]

Also Julian dropping another c-bomb😂

[@annmariehicks1239]

Who would have thought in a season with Sam Campbell that he WOULDN'T be the most unhinged!? Lucy B. Is absolutely mental in the best ways.

[@peterhammond1701]

@@annmariehicks1239 Remember Sam lurking in the caravan. You could see at 9:02 that Alex was genuinely shocked. Lucy is clearly batshit crazy, but he is deranged enough to win the whole series.

[@MB-dg3lr]

@@peterhammond1701 He was surprised when Lucy kissed his knee as well 😂

[@annmariehicks1239]

​@peterhammond1701 I'll be see your lurking and raise you regurgitating a donut I to Alex's mouth.😂😂😂

[@dewaynewoods4788]

My favorite line: "if you need to change rooms, here are the keys to all the other rooms."

[@abimopectore6859]

They really had the energy of 3 kids trying to scare away their new nanny

[@liloupumpkin5278]

Nanny McPhee, a century later.

[@charliespinoza1966]

😂

[@janeeyre1990]

Oh my God, you nailed it on the head 😂

[@TheSongwritingCat]

I was gasping with laughter. The team of two were charming. These three were a menace.

[@rodanandme]

Series of Unfortunate Events

[@Leila-jc4ef]

Lucy: Is he ready for his spa treatment? Sam (head through the window): YOU NEED TREATMENT 4:47 😂😂😂

[@Maialeen]

Sam's vibe goes from absolute baby boy to creeper under your window so fast.

[@fundip12]

"HI!"

[@buskergirl]

creeper *in your room

[@Skoran]

@@fundip12 that HI while Alex didn't realise he was in the caravan =')

[@seanmcgovern1779]

His stand up is just as good.

[@NessaK1981]

I love my baby creeper 😂

[@JBoy62497]

Lucy's exasperated "Qrs, you haven't got time for milk if you've got to leave in three minutes" absolutely sent me.

[@nickgir]

lmao, her mother mode kicked in.

[@stefanzweifel]

Julian: „I can‘t wash and dry clothes in 13 minutes.“ Alex: „Not with that attitude“. 🔥😂

[@robopecha]

that was one of my favorite moments!!

[@ITLLBGRAND]

I've actually had an identical interaction before in my hotel job😂

[@jorgelenny47]

I feel like we don't talk enough about Mr. Tuvwxyz's 'no, these are your beddings' after sam just offers him the hotel's bed sheets

[@mirandakeigher819]

God the three of them peeping in on him and Julian going "do you think he's calling reception?" Then all three trotting off to check 😭 That's peak comedy right there lmao

[@irisblue2332]

"Here's your milk. . . and an owl." Lucy as she caresses Alex's head with affection or maybe to see if he has a fever.

[@jo-po]

“Not now, sir, I’m adding up.” - Julian Clary is a legend! I am so thankful taskmaster introduced me to this amazing man. How dare the UK keep him all to themselves!

[@margaretwyatt1674]

And then him saying, we do take tips, which we find out he pocketed. Hilarious!

[@stevedawson8017]

He's been around since the mid 90's, maybe even before. Plenty of stuff online for you to educate yourself on. He's absolutely brilliant!

[@meg4216]

If you haven't seen the clip of him on QI talking about meeting the queen, you must

[@ManWalksDogs]

@@stevedawson8017active in the 80s too

[@antenant9294]

It's been such a long time since I saw him in anything, that I didn't recognise him at all (I've never seen clips from this series). But the complete sass of that line made me instantly think "Hold on, is that the Joan Collin's Fan Club?". And it was.

[@michaelritchie2968]

A brilliant task, the absolute cherry on the cake being Julian waving Qrs out of the gate

[@Semiria5]

My absolute favorite from this whole episode 😂 it cracks me up every time

[@FayeBloodPlays]

Yea is the perfect ending

[@turoni314]

Qrs leaving had the energy of someone escaping some crazy hotel at the end of a horror movie.

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

Combining ideas from a couple of the comments here: a horror film with comedians running a Hotel Hell - and throw in an homage to "Psycho."

[@brinsonopinion]

the family leaving at the end of "Poltergeist" LMAO

[@sfshinz]

“Qrs, you’ve got a meeting! You need trousers on!”

[@marccardiff]

Totally Shelley Duvall squeezing out the bathroom window and sliding down the snowbank in The Shining.

[@esinach]

Who the fuck is "Qrs" can't people spell in these comments?

[@anhishere]

Qrs could barely be the demanding guest he was for the Susans because the trio kept forcing services upon him 😂

[@anthonybowman3423]

Services is a very generous interpretation of what they offered.

[@Tao_Tology]

'You will take our service and you will like it.'

[@orangesilver8]

Yeah I love the completely different feeling between the two. With the other two he's being the ridiculous one that is asking for a bed time story and laundry and a spa all in 30 minutes. In this one he almost seems like the normal one who's disturbed by the staff suggesting things they can do for him.

[@shanedbunting]

​@@Tao_Tologyyes. , exactly! One is a about a bad guest the other a bad hotel.

[@captainmercy87]

This should be a show on its own. Comedians running a hotel.

[@patiencekillz]

omg yes!

[@1MoTimeRound]

Fawlty Towers

[@99Plastics]

I think he means a reality tv show, not something where a comedian is an actor. @@1MoTimeRound

[@johnbreitmeier3268]

@@99Plastics Fawlty Towers WAS as close as John Cleese ever got to reality in real life.

[@lonelyone]

This should be the Fawlty Towers reboot.

[@Harvey1211]

I love how there’s this brief moment of promise where Sam hands Qrs the complimentary feather. It looks like they might end up being quite nice to him. And then it all goes south really really quickly…

[@CeeDeeBC]

I thought the opposite, that the presentation of a random feather threw Alex/Qrs, and it was the foreshadowing of all the chaos to come😭😂🤣

[@barneymetcalfe8896]

I think throughout they’re trying to be nice to him, they just don’t know how.

[@K0feeKrawl]

Lucy and Julian commenting on his “bruised knees” sent me 😂😂

[@rkah6187]

And Lucy wanting to kiss it better! 😂 Alex's baffled laughter was the best

[@YesPlease1]

I can hardly think of anything more inappropriate than a hotel staff questioning a guest about the state of their body 😂

[@brianhenley2628]

It was the implication for me 😂😂

[@brinsonopinion]

yeah Julian didn't say that for nothing, LOL @@brianhenley2628

[@starrgirlE]

Can't believe this wasn't in the edit! Was hilarious

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

The point Alex was completely done with task when he said “I’d like to check out please… please get out of my bed” 😂

[@charliclement4345]

“Are you a white collar criminal” had big “are you a child of divorce” energy

[@kida4313]

Oh the absolute carnage. Lucy tooting her horn, Sam just being in Alex's room.. fantastic

[@sfshinz]

And of course, Julian wouldn’t recognize a washing machine if one bit him in the ass (OK, arse).

[@minhaaj00]

7:27 That cut is amazing 😂 Julian had enough of Alex and Qrs 💀😂

[@TheYorkRose]

"What a c***" is such a great line to throw into the middle of this waking nightmare, but the edit elevates it so much 😂

[@TheYorkRose]

And 8:37 with the "off you f*** then" hand gesture 😂

[@youseimonogatari]

what a lovely turn of phrase lol, i love your comment? thanks @@TheYorkRose

[@scf7334]

Fucking Julian - god, I love that man!

[@TassieLorenzo]

...and we thought the original edit made the trio seem unhinged, that was just the tip of the iceberg! 😂

[@lavraieAlice]

I feel like Sam is always unhinged but very involved in the tasks but here it just looks like he fully stopped giving a fuck (and it's amazing)

[@hmn15]

Alex asking Lucy to please get out of his bed & later hightailing out of the hotel with the 3 watching him are some of my favourite moments here.

[@1d10talert]

i loved both the Sues and the No Clues this task was comedic gold in both instances

[@normanbintang6520]

The natural friends 😂

[@isabellas3167]

I love how they keep commenting on Alex's legs like that's going to help lol

[@slyasleep]

I don‘t think THAT‘s appropriate!

[@brendanberry7403]

Hard to tell, but I think that may have actually bugged him a little lol.

[@DrMcFly28]

That was Qrs. An easy mistake to make.

[@isabellas3167]

@@DrMcFly28 my bad, they look very similar lol

[@sissy7351]

Lol, I say that to my family now "Lovely legs, Sir!"

[@bacul165]

Not now sir, I'm adding up. I don't think a line can ever be delivered more condescendingly!

[@may4557]

this is one of the most unhinged teams ever, all equally silently chaotic

[@isoleta]

Silent chaos doesn't usually involve a French horn, but it's quite a treat when it does.

[@spencers4092]

This is easily one of my favourite tasks ever

[@amberdawn5372]

Lucy talking about painting Agatha Christie’s toes while Sam looked like he might actually drown Alex in the wash basin broke me 😂🤣

[@kilon1]

This task has so much potential for a spin off series. Not too long because it could wear thin, but a good hour per group of owners could work for a series or two.

[@LC-le9ew]

If it doesn’t get at least one of them hired for a sitcom, justice will not be done.

[@Passh74]

Lucy being inappropriate the whole time is hilarious 😂

[@YesPlease1]

"Lovely legs, sir!"

[@iliketrains3495]

@user-ir2nl8kc2pit reminded me of Phil and Rhod also ignoring Alex after James had done it for a while

[@Zarkawi17]

This is a contender for best task of all time. Both teams were hilarious, but my god team chaos just had me in tears.

[@meitchris]

It's funny Sam just comes from behind the bushes when he's out there looking for room 13

[@deaconblooze1]

This turned immediately into Fawlty Towers.

[@RichardParker2099]

Can we please get another outtakes and bloopers for this season?!?! My absolute favorite series so far.

[@dangerliesbeforeyou]

this is honestly one of my favourite tasks ever lol the contrast between the sues and this team is just spectacular lol

[@JayJay-17]

I love how there are multiple moments where you can see Alex get visibly upset 🤣

[@pearse9116]

5:43 even Alex had to break character briefly at her kissing his knee

[@elwyndude]

The motioning of Julian telling him to shove off was priceless.

[@garethstruivigdegroot4837]

"Why are your knees bruised?" Got a smile out of him.

[@AH-te5gs]

One of my favourite tasks ever. Never laughed this much at one.

[@toneluy8343]

Same. I smile and enjoy it but I rarely lol. "She's French" and Sam being in his room got my lols 😂

[@CallMeProm]

One of my favourites as well!! Loved every moment.

[@danielledavis9335]

Alex's face at 3:26 is like he's genuinely angry/disappointed in Sam 😂

[@Wizard_Level_1]

The running legs gag gets me every time.

[@slay3r478]

absolutely loved how they censored the c word with the french horn

[@TurtleMyrtle12]

"Do you want us to provide a view or a new room?" Love Sam. 🤣🤣🤣

[@ym10up]

I appreciate the clever editing at 7:27 where Julian clearly said "what a c#$*t" as Lucy started playing the French horn so the edit uses the sound of the horn to mask the last word of Julian's comment

[@UkeRebuke]

All three peering through the window while Qrs calls reception is some of the funniest Taskmastery imagery

[@HerHollyness]

This task is so brilliant. I don’t think Alex even got the chance to ask for all the things he did with the Sues because this mad bunch just kept forcing him to do things! So good.

[@mrsgollum]

I feel like Sam and Julian took the opportunity to get revenge on Alex for the tasks that infuriated them while Lucy was just being herself.

[@susanseddon7800]

Sue did the same with the exercise/gym task as well. Getting her own back on Alex.

[@DLBookTheGamer]

As soon as I saw this task and the team setup, I knew this would be absolutely golden.

[@xsenobe4396]

Sam handing out a feather at the beginning of the task? Very strong "cat bringing a dead bird to his owner" vibe

[@kristenbooks]

We have not given enough attention to Alex getting dragged to the fire assembly point and walking and tripping over himself like a newborn foal with gangly lil legs he can't quite use yet. Plus the towel falling off, there was something very precious and goofy about the whole thing

[@icturner23]

I’ve watched the broadcast task twice and both extended videos in a few days and it never gets old.

[@Mike__B]

I remember seeing this and having to rewind to see if their task was the opposite of the other group where they tried to make the guests stay as uncomfortable as possible.

[@varanchio]

they cut out bruised knees, I can’t 😂😂😂

[@NoGoodNik1]

Thank you for these extended clips. I have a friend who's a hotel receptionist and sending these her way will do a great job giving her nightmares for weeks to come.

[@harryRockCountrySoul]

by far the funniest task in the taskmaster history 😂

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

Nah him sitting on a cake and the potato throw still the funniest

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@Stuffthatsfunny1Lisa Starbuck giggling as she runs away after the cake sitting thing always cheers me up.

[@rkah6187]

Honestly, it's almost on par with Taskmaster NZ's rapping task. Both sent me crying

[@irisblue2332]

@@RealBradMiller "I felt so dirty!"

[@faaa999]

Lucy needs to be like the 3rd cohost of this show. Just watching her make Alex utterly exasperated and seeing Greg try to walk through the minefield that is her mind is thrilling by itself 😂😂😂

[@michael___684]

7:27 is lucy just french horning the word Julian was trying to say? Nice job editors LOL

[@lisadethlefsen4232]

I absolutely love juliens debonair attitude. I find him quite charming! This was a hilarious task

[@GabrielKnightz]

They're like the most demented, loving family.

[@Meleny95]

The 3 of them cluelessly staring & singing to him through the window sent me

[@StrongBalloonChris]

Qrs: *I'm going to be as annoying as possible LOL* Trio: *We're about to end this man's whole career*

[@irisblue2332]

I love how the sight of the forks and marbles send Susan into hysterics, but Sam is completely unfazed by it.

[@duytdl]

"Here's your bedding, sir." "No this is _your_ bedding."

[@shanghaiallie]

Just watched the full episode again and realised his initials are Q.T. "Cutie". No wonder Lucy is treating him like a three year old and Sam is low key stalking him.

[@lindakapp]

I love how they all just sit in his “room” with him and then shove his suitcase through the window. Sam is too funny.

[@andrewsnyders0411]

Julian: "What a... *sound of french horn blowing*", and based on what he named his 2nd exercise in the other task of this episode, I think we all know where he was going with that one! 🤣

[@realShadowKat]

This series was an absolute treat to watch. I can't imagine how rough it was for the producers and staff though. This energy had to be magnitudes over what they were accustomed to.

[@Veilamia]

so happy that we are getting extended version of tasks of this group they are so good

[@DrMcFly28]

Qrs in Part 1: I'm now going to call reception to act as annoying as possible Qrs in Part 2: I'm now going to call reception to make these three nutjobs leave

[@heysahar]

Julian's little 'go on' gesture when Alex was taking his time to leave is sooooo funny to me

[@maffigabri]

Whoever thought of this task, deserves a medal. More like this!

[@Clovedom]

7:28 "what a cu-" * french horn noises* gotta love Julian 😂

[@DT-xf6cj]

why are you holding my arm so tight? and please get out of my bed. incredible performance

[@boneyarsebogman]

Julian: "what a cun-" is probably my favourite editing of the show so far.

[@bellalysewinchester]

This is basically a Dungeons & Dragons escort mission. Alex is the DM, Qrs Tuvwxyz is the NPC, and the Chaos Trio is the party that spends 5 sessions stymied by an unlocked door.

[@dnd_dicegoblin]

7:28 Julien: What a cun- *french horn noises*

[@KaiLucasZachary]

I like the thought of Julian in a real emergency situation just pleasantly saying in his cheery gay voice “Oh, is there a fire? How awful.” LOL

[@bear_2344]

this whole task was just absolute chaos and i love it so much. these are probably some of my favorite contestants on the show.

[@jaexiusnem1267]

Funniest thing when all three of them rush to reception through the front entrance rather than just going through the open double glass doors directly next to them 😂

[@Rubrickety]

Massive props to Alex- er, Chris- for maintaining a straight face. Must have been an epic struggle.

[@bluejadeblue]

lucy getting alex to break by kissing his knee better,,, HILARIOUS

[@Henry2054]

I love Lucy’s genuine concern for Qrs being late and not having time for milk and a bedtime story and then that he needs to have trousers on to go to his meeting. 😂😂

[@renthicya]

"..and what's your favourite number?" "Is that how it works?" :D :D :D

[@timowagner1329]

I just now noticed, Lucy just straight up patted his head😂😂😂

[@Jaxos050]

7:27 editor, you are a master of your craft. consider yourself among the pantheon.

[@grimscriven]

"Chris, you haven't got time for milk if you've got to leave in three minutes" -- Lucy's mum voice speaking to a toddler. 😅

[@TheMarkoSeke]

"If you need to change rooms, here's the keys to all the other rooms" hahaha top notch service

[@hp8685]

7:35 "hi- WOO!" 💀💀

[@TheBlackDemon1996]

It seems like Alex was going easier with the trio, taking Susan's complaints to heart, because he was doubling up his orders in his phone calls. Also, I like how Lucy question Alex's narrative of wanting a bedtime story before he needed to leave for a meeting.

[@mimi-ho8xc]

"Are you a white collar criminal?" 😂😂😂

[@indiarose2963]

This task was amazing, I feel like Taskmaster Hotel should be a spin-off show of its own.

[@TheMagicdunk90]

I liked Lucy's genuine shock at the fore alarm, like her whole body jolts

[@DLSacks]

7:27 may be the best cut to someone playing the french horn ever.

[@jasminkhangura3832]

Best task of what is probably one of the best TM series if not the best. I honestly don't know how any future series can compare.

[@JenniferLee-26]

This is one of my favorite tm moments. 😂 these three need a show of their own. All of them are so quirky in their own ways.

[@UnclePalpy]

I can see why they saved this task for the finale. One of the best tasks of the entire show.

[@gianabakanos9131]

also, when they all get into his bed for the bedtime story is just class. they were such a good team and had me in tears every time they had to do something.