Taskmaster Series 3, Episode 1 - 'A Pea In A Haystack'

[@Smith.S.E.]

"Bastards crying, innit" lives in my best dreams

[@jackta101]

The raisins gag at the start always goes overlooked - such a dark touch to offer the eyes and buttons of Sarah's melted snowman to Greg as a snack.

[@athenagreen5390]

Literally some of the best foreshadowing is the one you forget about until the payoff. After learning some of the Taskmaster lore, Alex the character turns into Alex the mastermind. He really is one of a kind.

[@riverseverywhere]

I literally GASPED out loud when he pulled out the raisins the 2nd time and I got the joke...HORRIFYING 😂

[@weakw1ll]

32:37 😭😭😭😭😭 lmaooo

[@RealBradMiller]

I once worked in forensics and came across what I thought to be a mass grave of snowmen. Turned out just to be a field of carrots. -Milton Jones

[@Edward-Not-Elric]

I laughed so hard I had to actually calm myself down. That was so incredible.

[@Bleech606]

"I'm starting to think we shouldn't be laughing at Paul" is one of the best insults I've heard in a while. Literally cried laughing.

[@fernauld9494]

literallyy

[@actuallyapathy]

'...snowbear innit?'

[@Eggzy-b7f]

@@fernauld9494 weirdo

[@as3609]

@@Eggzy-b7f Mate, if you think this place is full of freaks, wait 'til you go outside. You won't fuckin believe it.

[@weakw1ll]

14:04 >:( mannnnnn

[@nomar5spaulding]

Greg asking if Dave cheated is peak school teacher energy.

[@gregoryhines7]

How did he cheat? What did they say he did? I didn't quite understand that.

[@nomar5spaulding]

​@gregoryhines7 He lost his pea, then got Alex to give him another one which he pretended to eat but really he stuck it into his tennis racket and pretended it was the ordinal pea. Replacement peas were not permitted.

[@Matti2ooo8]

wasn't Greg a school teacher before becoming a full time comedian?

[@nomar5spaulding]

@Matti2ooo8 Yes and you can really see it coming through here.

[@mirjanbouma]

​@@Matti2ooo8indeed! Drama teacher i think. 😂

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

"snow bear innit" "...Its a rabbit!" Paul was such an underrated guest on this show

[@watcherofwatchers]

Was he, though? Incompetence is not a virtue.

[@sharkofjoy]

Pascoe yeeting that pea onto the carpet with the professionalism of an Olympic shotputter took me by as much shock as when Noel demonstrated football skills and one-footed jumping like an injured yet still graceful gazelle. I just did not expect either of them to be sports people.

[@lordtachanka903]

It makes me so happy that taskmaster listens to the fans. We said we wanted more full episodes and BAM. As a US viewer though I appreciate the full episodes a lot because KZbin is the only way I can watch the show in the USA.

[@imallfordabulls]

FYI they’ve been slowly uploading the newer seasons too. It doesn’t show on the feed because they’re not new uploads, they just become available!

[@wpwouters]

This was already a episode you could watch. They just uploaded it again.

[@EziosBladez]

Why don't people just learn to use a VPN and watch Channel 4?

[@antygod]

@@EziosBladez adverts

[@themonado5030]

@@antygod the horror...... seriously come on.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

When I saw the step challenge I thought “yes! The first time in my life being in a wheelchair would be a massive advantage!” And then they reached the fence.

[@DeathnoteBB]

😔

[@berndarndt9924]

I am sure you could have moved around it, there was a way near the grass afterall. So most likely an opening. And yes wheelchairs can be quite nice to have. For example when you are at a con. And since most cities get more wheelchair frendy by the year, it will be better in the future.

[@tinnagigja3723]

@@berndarndt9924 There's currently a project here in Iceland, largely led by one man, to build at least 1500 ramps and do other things to improve wheelchair access all over the country. He just got tired of having to wait outside shops for his wife and kid, and now we have accessible self-serve gas stations and all sorts of things that should have been there years ago. And he made Elon Musk look like the twat he is. Amazing how one guy in a wheelchair can kick so much ass.

[@the808songbird]

I'm ambulatory and my chair folds easily, so I probably would've used a total of 3 steps to get my chair through the fence and keep going 😅

[@ShelbyPlatt]

The differences: Not censored, no throws to ad breaks, and the audio during the snowman task was cut due to copyright issues in the original upload.

[@isaiahf6442]

Thank you for taking the time to point out the differences. I was over here asking myself why they're uploading episodes they already had

[@KelpTheGreat]

Oh wow, I didn't even notice the lack of ad breaks, and I'm rewatching the episode after having watched the original version. In a way, that's something of a shame; I seem to recall some of the transitions to ad breaks being pretty funny, not to mention the little intro/outro for each break being unique and kinda interesting.

[@SamanthaBoooooooo]

​@@KelpTheGreatThey included the transitions just not the actual ads

[@Pomodorosan]

@@KelpTheGreat I miss the ad break clips!

[@daveyfunk]

The pea task was a real social study into how the mind works in individuals. Had everything!!! haha

[@beth12svist]

Taskmaster often is. It's part of what makes it so fun.

[@ceostudio]

Sometimes Paul has like a twinkle in his eye while keeping a straight face when he knows his joke landed 😂

[@rynabuns]

can't put into words how happy I was to see Fred again

[@joeryan7306]

Yeah saw him last year at a festival he was pretty decent

[@katewilson7852]

Why is noone mentioning how amazing it was sara threw the pea and it landed on the carpet every time??!!!

[@grandthanks]

Fred is criminally underused….

[@leonhardable]

fr, she would be the final boss in beerpong

[@jasonhare8540]

If we were in the service I would give her all my hand grenades 🤣

[@McLolzable]

and those rolls, she's a beast

[@alexeverett308]

"Bastard's crying, innit" Is one of funniest lines in the show

[@DJWidget]

From clean shaven to a beard to a mustache - Friedrich has character growth! lol

[@昭夫-o6y]

I was thinking the same thing

[@TyGently]

And hair growth!

[@weakw1ll]

Aw

[@unpreparedwithacapitalf]

@@weakw1ll riley hivemind profile pic. Nice

[@nybbleme]

I felt like they should have Fred do a cameo every series.

[@devinpelech]

I've finally started to listen to the Taskmaster Podcast (TMP!) and it's given me a whole new appreciation for Paul Chowdhry. I had never heard of him before, and I honestly couldn't tell if he was doing a bit during the series or if he was actually as confused as he seemed, and as Sara later put it, "I don't think we should be laughing at Paul anymore." Now, after listening to him on the TMP, I know it's a bit, and it's hilarious how committed he is in sticking to it.

[@Good_Ebening_]

Good to know he’s just playing a character, I was genuinely concerned that he’s not very bright lol

[@weakw1ll]

U saved the episode

[@weakw1ll]

19:53 this moment 💀

[@weakw1ll]

Awesome comedians these dudes and ladies

[@monkey7431_]

They're comedians on a comedy show, they're all doing bits

[@Bazinga.Punk.]

Alex genuinely laughing at Rob doing track and field made me laugh😂

[@dilligaf73]

Use to watch these on TV with my dad when he was alive. Just started to watch the seasons I have missed since him dying. I didn't think I would be able to watch any past seasons again but it's been good

[@smeetsnoud1]

Good to hear. Take care and I hope you enjoy the remaining seasons!

[@Imberis]

I'm sorry for your loss. It's nice that you have this sort of connection to your dad still.

[@sirsluginston]

Condolences, hopefully TM will be a healthy way to keep the memory of him alive

[@jamesbw2]

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Hey man hope you’re doing alright

[@tessarobins2451]

So surreal watching this knowing that Sara's boyfriend is a) now an ex b)winning his current series of Taskmaster in c)a Freddie Mercury jacket!

[@traveller23e]

Is it any wonder he's an ex, after she got rid of his favourite clock?

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

Who's her ex?

[@tessarobins2451]

@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts John Robins.

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

@@tessarobins2451 cheers mate

[@Pandsu]

I wonder if they would have counted it if someone re-contextualized the word "step" and went like "How to get your soup out of the microwave - Step 1: Walk over to the microwave. Step 2: Open the microwave", making that two steps

[@anotherone5235]

At this point, they definitely wouldn't, as the task is "Get to the Microwave in as few steps as possible and open the door before the microwave dings" At that point in time Greg _might_ have given out points for the sheer audacity of calling that "completing the task" but it would take a huge effort to talk themselves into more than two points, I'd say.

[@sixjhontongalamar979]

@@anotherone5235 well it'll depend on your persuasion skills with the least physical effort. Although if their target is "a show" instead of "a competition", imo it'll be more efficient to just roll, crawl, etc.

[@anotherone5235]

@@sixjhontongalamar979 Definitely. If someone was crawling then there'd be a serious discussion what "a step" is (i.e. do you need to set your foot down flatly to take a step or is it a step to rest (a part or most of) your weight on part of your legs (i.e. knees), but I was just thinking if there was a way to contextualize the actual task with Pandsu's proposed solution of writing a "How To" - which is what my initial reply was about :)

[@Pandsu]

@@anotherone5235 I mean they never specifically said FOOTsteps so I thought maybe if someone provided their own definition of a "step" they would count that

[@anotherone5235]

@@Pandsu I get that. And I'd say you're on to something, if the wording was something like "Get to the Microwave and open the door in as few steps as possible" And during filming of Season 3 I feel there was a laxer approach to everything, so it _might_ have worked, but I can also see it could have gone down in flames immediately. And it would be fun either way. :D If they were doing this task in a current season and somebody did it, they'd definitely be DQ'ed because the "as few steps as possible" is very hard do spin to also include "and open the door" in this specific wording :) (See also the Yoga Mat task in Season 2)

[@iliketrains3495]

19:29 LMAO Sara going "Poor little Paul!" and him giving her a death glare 😂

[@rs8751]

I want to watch a conversation between Paul Chowdhry and Bridget Christie where they discuss the definition of a step.

[@sfshinz]

I’d love to watch any conversation between Paul Chowdhry and Bridget Christie, and add Katherine Parkinson. On any subject.

[@rs8751]

@@sfshinz Yes, Katherine should definitely take part, as the innovator behind tiny dance stepping.

[@kayoh1233]

This comment is underrated. Bridgett walking weird is still the most hilarious thing to me out if the entire 17 season released.

[@jax422]

I love how Dave Gorman always forgets this show is filmed.

[@jaykebird2go]

I've noticed that Friedrich and the other Swedes aren't credited at the end of the episode (at least up through this point). Either way, always nice to see Friedrich, I hope he's doing well.

[@beth12svist]

Since he's a Swede, I'm fairly certain his name is Fredrik, not Friedrich. 😉 (The latter, by the way, does not end in a "K" sound.)

[@mrpepin]

As a non-brit with no access to British tv, I'm looking forward to seeing the upload of season 11.

[@Andjelka99]

It was there for me when they were releasing it live but it's since removed sadly. So I second this statement

[@kingbouncer1314]

Gonna have to wait for their weird streaming service to inevitably crash and burn.

[@probablynot879]

Is season 11 channel 4 onwards? Don’t think they’ll put their eps on here

[@gonk9204]

I think season 11 is exclusive to channel 4s streaming service (which is utter shit, theres more ads then show on there), so you might have to wait quite awhile until theyll be uploads on youtube unfortunately. Hopefully channel 4s service dies soon so they can claim the rights back to upload it on here but thats pretty unlikely as of now.

[@OwlRTA]

@@gonk9204 It's up in Canada, so it might be your region getting robbed of watching series 11 on youtube

[@youremakingprogress144]

Scoopy's demise had me laughing so hard I had to cover my mouth, for fear of scaring the neighbors.

[@DerekB99]

When you can get Alex to laugh hysterically, you know you've done something right. Maybe "right" is not the appropriate word.

[@merhona3472]

Sarah's amazing pea throwing skills.

[@yoshikagespeedwagon8025]

I choked on my food on "Bastard's crying, innit?"

[@chandlersun3877]

Always nice to see Friedrich

[@apapataco]

My son was literally brought to tears by the snowman made with the stuffed bunny...

[@Sunprism]

This is the first episode that KZbin suggested to me and I decided…. I’ll see what that’s all about… Huge fan now, thinking of getting Greg tattooed on my foot

[@becauseimjewish]

I have this tat. Do it. Join us.

[@rivermistfae]

​@@becauseimjewish oh........ new task unlocked

[@becauseimjewish]

@@rivermistfae I also have a smaller “Alex” on the other foot

[@houstonbaxter5537]

"Wanna see scoopy again?" "I think about him everyday" *continues to show him melt away"

[@Alararar]

[Horror intensifies.]

[@andielamantia7658]

I'm endlessly impressed by the team who deals with the props. The stuff they are able to just produce out of thin air is mind blowing.

[@ArlanKels]

I'm impressed absolutely none of them looked up how to make snow, and instead went for mash potatoes and icecream and...slush puppies?

[@Goldi-Luc]

I know ! just throw the ice in the blender!

[@lilmm7258]

@@Goldi-Lucor a snow cone machine??? Like Alex got them anything they asked for!

[@AndrewJW]

So nice to know who's going to be this series laughingstock right away. Last in the first task. Disqualified from the second task lol

[@BiteMaster-dm8ip]

I love how they made Scoopy’s melting very harrowing 😂

[@ryanhalien8468]

Maybe the most infinitely rewatchable show ever

[@miss-nomer]

I keep imagining how great Sean Lock would have been as a Taskmaster contestant. Miss him.

[@aramanon]

I can't believe five comedians brought four black and white things and a plain brass thing for 'flamboyant thing' contest

[@evelynnvernaz]

Well that's a job prospect I didn't expect: being a Swede in Taskmaster.

[@sfshinz]

“Bastard’s crying, innit.”

[@kyndramb7050]

I'm amazed by Sara's aim. I would have immediately lost it.

[@nybbleme]

So who didn't realize at the time that Sara was dating John robins, the Freddie Mercury and queen fan that we ended up getting to see in series 17?

[@randyastle3301]

From steps to snowmen to Swedes, this episode has been such a thrilling journey through language and meaning.

[@whitwoodruff4334]

So much humor is in the bits going to and from the ad breaks - why are we being denied those sparks of joy 😫

[@DerekWrites]

I love how clear it is through the series that Paul's character is everything Greg finds hilarious

[@UkeRebuke]

Just realized Sarah's boyfriend with the Freddy Mercury clock was season 17's John Robbins

[@XDin4D]

Man, Al had to win, guy was going to lose his stove.

[@kbsheldon]

It was a clock

[@leonhardable]

a flamboyant clock at that

[@halflink]

A very expensive stove (looks like AGA).

[@tyfaknee]

Dave’s mashed-potato snow man looked like Johnny Vegas with the paddy cap. 😂

[@blackdragoncyrus]

"Well, if Davies' got a problem with it, I'll knock him out."

[@iliketrains3495]

They made a slight mistake with the scoring of the live task - at 41:49 Rob goes up by 2 and Sara by 1 even though they balanced the same amount of Swedes. Unless Rob got a secret bonus point to make up for the 'lack of space' on his Swede.

[@michellex98]

"I can cook 8 things at once... With my clock" might be one of the best lines ever said in taskmaster history

[@Crooks7772]

Honestly, Paul just might be my all time favorite Taskmaster contestant.

[@davidmangle]

Every time Al Murray says the clock is "just to the left of the knob on the right." My brain follows with "and to the right of the knob on the left is Dave Gorman"😁

[@VoiceSnacks]

"Don't disrespect me or I'll make you come last." Don't threaten Rob with a good time Greg.

[@DaveYognaut]

"Regular Fred and the London Swedes" _needs_ to be a band

[@daynaanderson4896]

8:13 has got to be one of my most favorite physical moments in taskmaster 😭😭😭

[@Azraline]

Watching taskmaster out of order finished season 17 then went back and started at the beginning. Sara pulls out her Freddie mercury clock and says my boyfriends a big fan and that’s how I learned she dated John Robbins 😂

[@eddieserrano8833]

Rob's swede at the end was absolutely gorgeous 😭 too bad she couldn’t hold more

[@Jaqueli9er]

Sara's snowman was the cutest thing ever

[@davesmith2194]

That laugh at 35:40

[@Soturi92]

The monstrous snowman was disturbingly cute!!! LOLLLL 31:04

[@skilletborne]

This season really wasn't long enough Dave is a brilliant comedian and will do anything to make a point, and he just isn't given room for that in 5 episodes

[@silversleeper1193]

I loved this season with Dave and his cheating 😂

[@Batters56]

I want to see some Taskmaster bailiffs ripping Al Murray’s oven out of his kitchen and giving it to Sarah!

[@Egippy]

Taskmaster bailiffs, I love that! 😂

[@91debaser]

How is this episode not called 'Bastards cryin'? 🤣

[@ShelbyZealand]

Oh... I genuinely thought Paul's blue "bear" with the Greg statue was a callback to Greg's sexual awakening with Blue Ted! 😂

[@mentalpasient6823]

Oh that’s brilliant

[@gilldurf]

its so nice seeing the Swede from the last series back for the final task in this episode

[@ece2382]

i love this show bc i pick up on new things every time. “are we on broadchurch?” during the pea investigation… good stuff

[@ReyKing-b8c]

The boyfriend Sara mentions when presenting her flamboyant clock isJohn Robbins who is in series 17 wearing a Freddy Mercury yellow jacket!

[@singenstattatmen5096]

No way!!! (in Chris Ramsey's voice) Were they just together at the time or are they still an item?

[@lenochod6]

Not together now just at the time

[@vhagars_riders]

was looking for this comment

[@fatesDeath]

thank you for allowing canada to view full episodes again.. or at least ontairo

[@johneckert8165]

The stove and microwave prize task reveal (as the first 2) was the absolute best way to start this series 😂😂

[@TheOffkilter]

When I was in the US Army as a private, I had a Sergeant who would punish us by making us roll across the green endlessly in front of the barracks. It actually is incredibly nauseating and exhausting. I vomited a couple of times and I wasnt the only one. Gets your clothes ruined with stains too.

[@singenstattatmen5096]

That sounds absolutely miserable and pointless.

[@chriskaprys]

27:30 Thought Alex's bobble hat was a top knot and he was dressed as a craft brewer.

[@mymortalspectre]

I NEED a compilation of all the times Greg went into "teacher mode"

[@CapnSnackbeard]

The episode that convinced Noel to wear a halloween costume all of season 4

[@PersonYayyy]

I think season 3 is where the show hits its stride. Season 1 it feels like the contestants didn’t really have a good feel for the show and season 2 had some highlights but overall still felt pretty low key, but this season is where it really pops off with the contestants as well as the tasks and Greg and Alex’s comedy

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

So many funny moments in this episode, probably one of my favourites!

[@levistan8394]

Oh was that current contestant (series 17) john robins’s Queen clock that sarah brought?

[@iliketrains3495]

Yep!

[@spruhakurlekar261]

Does anyone else miss this era of taskmaster when Greg was still gleefully wondrous of all the ridiculous things that the participants did? He's a little jaded now.

[@MeonLights]

Greg's face when Rob threatens to K.O. him 😂

[@mohsin90ish]

I'm guessing the people who think Paul's being serious are also the people who think Mike Wozniak's picture got accidentally smashed

[@Adouglasses]

Tbh on my first watch I thought he was serious for a bit and then realised he must have been doing a bit. Coming back to it , It’s obvious, but idk he does really commit so I can see people genuinely believing Paul is serious

[@mangodude-nq6su]

Guess i just don't get this kind of humor. Romesh seemed serious too, but then did shit like tree wizard and broke character sometimes. Paul just feels like he's getting bullied left and right

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@mangodude-nq6suI’ve heard that in British humor being the one put-upon is the preferred angle. Idk how true that is though

[@junbh2]

​@@AdouglassesI know it's a bit but I just find it a depressing and boring bit rather than a funny or entertaining bit. Just not my type of humour.

[@mujiescomedy279]

@@mangodude-nq6suI prefer Paul’s to Romesh’s tbh. Romesh was overly competitive, Paul’s humour is just pretending to be clueless and it makes me root for him

[@ronwevsleys]

Favourite highlights 2:07 flamboyant clock - stove 2:40 microwave oven - clock 6:26 didn't know these trees are generated 8:13 alex can't hold back his laughter 16:53 *These are intelligent people here* 20:19 cheaterrrrrr 35:36 crying innit

[@ozanyoung2909]

"Bastard's crying, innit."

[@jasonhare8540]

I love it when the prize task devolves into a tax scheme 🤣🤣🤣 Is Jimmy Carr a producer on this thing 🤣

[@rivermistfae]

lmfao

[@math2222322]

This show really has something for Swedes.

[@dogchaser520]

The London Swedes... I love their second album

[@craZgirl1091]

Paul and Bridget need to go to a class about stepping lol 😂

[@crichards037]

Lol the sundial made me giggle...there was one in the yard when I bought my house that the previous owner had put DIRECTLY under a giant tree in the shadiest part of the yard. Cracked me up so much I still haven't moved it in 5 years. 😂

[@Taurusus]

Wasn't actually a disadvantage "on the ol' space", so much as she couldn't ruddy keep still! That's a right wiggly Swede you got there, Beckett.

[@amishrobots]

I can't believe no one thought to cover Alex in whip cream and stick a carrot on his nose

[@matthewbarratt4935]

For the snowman task, or just in general?

[@amishrobots]

@@matthewbarratt4935 well, yeah. No kinkshaming!

[@auntlynnie]

14:51 “Rob the Retching Roller”

[@SameBasicRiff]

My God Paul is literally a fucking Gem!!

[@bluelilylilyblue2762]

Just realised that must have been John robins’s clock (from series 17)

[@kischtrine]

Sarah complaining about the „pooey“ track. And then Alex telling her the soup was „pea“ soup was that another pun that didn’t get noticed? Why are they using the track with all the hurdles in the first task? It doesn’t say they needed to.. 🤔 they could have just go straight over the green?

[@jesselandman]

Sarah's clock, the clock of a future winner

[@danielandresriveraflores8865]

Paul's approach to tasks is as brilliant as Noel Fielding's with none of the results

[@thefandomtraveler2082]

no but I have a similar clock to the one that Sarah brought and i immediately thought of it when alex announced the prize task xd

[@shawn4819]

I always wonder why Al Murray didn't argue that his clock was the most flamboyant because the flames of the gas top make it flamboyant.