Have the Longest Argument | Full Task | Taskmaster

Here a task from series 11, and if you don't like it, you can just go to bank.
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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.

[@1personiam]

Lee and Mike's argument turning into fanfic and Charlotte using compliments in an argument are just perfect

[@viktormarxovic6875]

enemies to lovers, taskmaster au

[@TammyBundleballs]

Omg the compliments 😂

[@juliag.5114]

@@viktormarxovic6875 LMFAO

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

[@lester44444]

Lee and Mike have written some of the best slash smut I've ever read/seen.

[@rs8751]

The fact that Jamali's definition of town appeared on urban dictionary within hours of the episode airing, and that it's now the top 3 definitions gives me hope for the future of the internet.

[@Cabamacadaf]

I thought by top 3 you meant it was one of the top 3 definitions, but no, it's all three of the top definitions.

[@avatr7109]

yea from from getting the world closer to the world being retarded ~ thanks to the Internet

[@Droooooo0]

whats the definition

[@chris-hayes]

@@Droooooo0 Right now the top one is "A really bad word." with the example sentence: "Just what am I going to wait for, town?”

[@G-lad]

Just checked, I can confirm and it's hilarious

[@michaelmcdonnell5574]

I love that Jamali says "Go to Bank" despite the fact that "Hell" is a four letter word.

[@agilemind6241]

Same thing in the UK

[@eaglesun6946]

the argument started about driving, but no one even once ended on "Road"

[@yuki97kira]

Broke: insinuating you are a sinner Woke: insinuating you are poor

[@du6167]

"You're gonna end on that word!?"

[@Posiman]

I love the fact that he ended like two or three of his arguments with WHAT, didn't realise it's a four letter word and went on to struggle to find another one...

[@alwayscommenting56]

I love this but also James Acaster and Rod Ghilbert would’ve won this task by a long mile haha

[@simontay4851]

This would've been the perfect task for them. they could argue for hours. Alex would've had to stop them.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Rhod would've deliberately ended a point on a 5 letter word to stop James winning the task

[@izzybellen3737]

phil would be trying to keep up

[@degrassi420]

@@izzybellen3737 he’d use the words wang and then phil immediately and then run out of ideas lol

[@joshuabell7761]

"Take that satsuma and shove it up your arse!"

[@emmajean8631]

Alex’s “it is meant to be an argument…?” gets me every time LOL

[@rosie9487]

literally crying at this

[@MontyMonferno]

“I would love to see your wang” might be my favourite line in all of Taskmaster, Mike and Lee were so fun together LOL

[@cyberperson53]

So much to love about this task, but Jamali and Sarah stripping their clothes down to try and create some kind of rope or pulley to get the task, not stopping to think for a second that there might be three people in their team, never fails to crack me up. Especially with the shot of Charlotte happily walking up behind them.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

And Alex just lets it happen.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

It just might be the funniest comedic timing/editing I’ve ever seen.

[@genericname2747]

A year later, still hilarious. I wonder what Charlotte was thinking

[@JosephCWest]

“Thank you. I might be crass but I know the rules” words to live by

[@Cobralalalala]

I was going to like this, but it's at 69, and I can't be the one to mess that up. 🙂

[@ceruleanfive]

“Thank you. I might be crass but the rules, I KNOW.”

[@rawonionclips7007]

@@ceruleanfive that's eleven words so you clearly DON"T!

[@gazeros69]

@@Cobralalalala It’s safe to upvote now!

[@davidprince6877]

Charlotte opening the "argument" with compliments and then having to be reminded to be angry was adorable.

[@monaelisa8713]

Mike and Lee's "argument" is one of my favourite Taskmaster moments

[@thegamingbro123]

“Hand. Ha-A-Na-Da.” Charlotte’s too sweet I swear

[@TammyBundleballs]

"Town" 😂 Charlotte's face when he says "Go to BANK." 🤣

[@GlenBrixey]

Mike's delivery of the line "This is precious hair!" is going to stay in my head for a while, I can tell.

[@GreatHeartReaders]

Especially knowing what happens on the finale

[@azielraste6182]

5:57 "Thank you for pointing that out, but I'm angry. Nice ring." is 11 words but it wasn't caught

[@sebastien5048]

They can argue about who knows the most four letter words : A : "i know more four letter words than you ! example : good !" B : "no, i know more ! example : more !" A : "no, i know more ! example : trap !" etc.

[@abhijeetraut6427]

That's actually smart

[@Asbjoern]

Even smarter would be to pause between every word, making 1 sentence last up to a minute.

[@MaxLennon]

@@Asbjoern Taskmaster comment sections always do such a good job of demonstrating why the show uses comedians for its contestants.

[@reidleblanc3140]

"who refreshes their mind?!" no joke though talking about your brain in terms of a buggy computer program is so fun and genuinely useful for communication

[@iliketrains3495]

One of the only times I've seen Alex actively question someone's performance on the spot right after the task

[@SkullXPlays]

There are 149,165 four letter words in the English dictionary. Assuming none of them are repeated and the maximum 10 seconds and 10 words are used, the game could technically go on for 6.2 years

[@rarefarera6946]

“My shoe don’t got no laces no more”

[@rangeispow]

Looks like a few people have since added Jamali's "town" to Urban Dictionary 🤣

[@squeakyelbows]

I've seen a subreddit where it's AIs talking to each other, and it sounds exactly like the group of three.

[@jonathanjohannessen866]

This challenge was made for Aussies. "You wanna go C**t?" "What'd you say mate?" "Gimme back my Esky!"

[@47Jaspers]

I come from a land down unda

[@dp-g5i]

and yet sarah didn't do that well

[@Sicanda]

"It is meant to be an argument..." XD Guys, guys, stop flirting!

[@jenniferhanses]

Mike and Lee really were poetry in this. I'm disappointed they didn't go on longer, but what there is, is gold.

[@doommarauder3532]

One of the greatest task, given to the most stacked line-up. Loved all of it. Could listen to Lee and Mike for hours.

[@RestoreTechnique]

Lee and Mike's argument was so entertaining, I wish it went on for longer 😆 The other 3 were surprisingly bad at this.

[@DragOnDani01]

I keep forgetting the Taskmaster house is a golf house but now seeing the whole golf area behind the house it makes sense lol

[@Elwaves2925]

It's not a golf house, it existed before the golf course. The golf course is fairly new and the land it's on used to be the park area we saw in the earlier seasons. You know, the one with the stream, the pagoda and the mound with yoga balls on it. When the show started I looked up the house location on Google maps, same again when I saw the golf course and they're in exactly the same location. 🙂

[@Elwaves2925]

Actually, scratch some of that as apparently it was a former groundskeepers bungalow. I need to re-research some things.

[@DragOnDani01]

@@Elwaves2925 Oh! I think I remembered disticntivly that the house used to be a former gold club house but I either have read wrong or didn't check my sources

[@Elwaves2925]

@@DragOnDani01 As my other comment says, you are right as the groundskeeper job was for the golf course. I was completely wrong about the golf course being the park. I was sure I was right but apparently not. Although they have also used other areas of the area (like the pagoda) that aren't the golf course. It's quite a large place.

[@dp-g5i]

It's a golf house because Alex is trapped in a loveless marriage

[@williebauld1007]

Loved this series, it was a cracking line up, I wonder if Charlotte ever did get a children’s show presenter gig 😂😂

[@simontay4851]

When i watched this task for the first time, i was hoping Mike and lee would do their own version of the Argument sketch from python. They would have got bonus points i think. I quote: "I came here for a good argument! AH, no you didn't, you came here for an argument! An argument isn't just contradiction. Well! it CAN be! No it can't! An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition. No it isn't! Yes it is! 'tisn't just contradiction. Look, if I *argue* with you, I must take up a contrary position! Yes but it isn't just saying 'no it isn't'. Yes it is! No it isn't! "

[@RikardPeterson]

That should have given the opposite of bonus points. I love python too, but we don't have to keep constantly reference them.

[@khinzakhan66]

My notification said "have the longest A..." and I thought it was the awaited aubergine task. Never have I clicked on a notification faster 😂

[@iliketrains3495]

You mean the one where they have to hide aubergine around the room? That’s already been uploaded

[@dp-g5i]

​@@iliketrains3495I think the were referring to the unaired task where Chris stuck an aubergine in Ardal's mouth and later rapped about it

[@iliketrains3495]

@@dp-g5i I realise that now lol I forgot this video was uploaded shortly after the end of series 13 and I didn’t realise how big of a thing the ‘lost aubergine task’ was

[@matthewlloyd3654]

This video reminded me of everything that was outstanding about this line up; everyone was amazing.

[@patchbunny]

Look, I paid for an argument. An argument isn't just contradictions.

[@Drakilax]

Well, it CAN be.

[@darthozlord]

Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position!

[@patchbunny]

@@darthozlord But it's not just contradiction!

[@PonmonofNuggetor]

@@patchbunny Yes it is

[@simontay4851]

No it isn't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.

[@lessavoirfaire]

okay if they argued for 5 minutes and 35 seconds I need to see the rest of the argument

[@Tredenix]

3:00 I do enjoy Jamali's impression of Greg's impression of Chris Eubank here 😆

[@NicVigil]

“Haha” being a word got me

[@bugorchard]

I loved the spelling of "hand" as "hah-an-en-duh"

[@danniantagonist]

Sarah and Jamali instantly worked together, and all this lot are so wholesome.... Makes an argument task entirely unlikely!

[@ARISUinW0NDERLAND]

I watch Lee and Wozniak arguing every month or so. I think it helps my mood. 😅

[@allischaeffer2143]

This is, by and large, the best taskmaster task to be filmed.

[@michymusic]

Go to the BANK.

[@JacktheRah]

*Go to BANK

[@CallMeProm]

Oh how I miss Mike Wozniak! 😢

[@ArcG3]

"Thank you for pointing that out, but I'm angry. Nice ring" 5:56 hmmm that's too many words 👀

[@xxhollyxx97]

This is one of my favourite tasks to watch

[@banan19961996]

Since they couldn't be silent for 10 seconds or more, keeping 9 second breaks between each other's turns would make the argument last longer while not running out of 4 letter words quickly, wouldn't it? Technically 9 seconds breaks between each word within one's 10 word long turn would also not violate the rules, right?

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

Not even between turns; you could do it between each word.

[@banan19961996]

@@trickytreyperfected1482 Well, yes, that's what I said in the last sentence.

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@banan19961996 ...that you did. I zoned out midway through the comment, I guess. Sorry about that lol

[@dp-g5i]

That's what I would have done if I was on the show. Gives you time to think and lengthens the arguement

[@Robyamdam]

I want a Wozleemak podcast please

[@iliketrains3495]

Was this the first time the winning team got 5 points instead of 3? Because I have noticed they changed it around this time and Alex Horne seemed surprised Greg gave WozLeeMack 5

[@qquadratt]

i just want to leave a message of appreciation to Greg's socks that make an appearance around 2:48. lovely!

[@wizardstumpt4467]

Finally someone else who refreshes their mind

[@gddanielk8491]

I’ve fallen down the taskmaster rabbit hole

[@RealSalica]

Mike is the greatest "Nasty piece of work" ever :)

[@joaopires1761]

If you tell people you're a "nasty piece of work", chances are that you aren't a nasty piece of work, haha.

[@dp-g5i]

"Street Tough"

[@carpetclimber4027]

The Swedish equivalent of Mike Wozniak is another Brit living in Sweden, Tareq Taylor. He absolutely dominated this show like no other. Probably even better than Mike if that's possible.

[@monicaraybrandt]

"go to bank" lives in my mind rent-free

[@josephchambers2000]

I think series 14 is going to be announced soon so here's who I want Maisie Adams Miranda Hart Richard Ayoarde Rob Brydon Susan Calman

[@simontay4851]

Yes, Rob Brydon. He would do well. I think Susan wouldn't though. She's very short.

[@josephchambers2000]

@@simontay4851 that’s why you put her on a team with Miranda

[@izzyasif]

Mine would be : Richard ayoade Rob Brydon Miranda hart Michelle collins Stacey solomon

[@josephchambers2000]

@@izzyasif I'd definitely watch that.

[@xXDarklyAngelXx]

The fact they thought they was immentadtly in a task and had to get to the task to read it xD

[@emmarubacava]

I want a Mike Wozniak in my life!

[@jennyanydots7582]

‘My shoes don’t have no laces anymore.’

[@elenas3571]

As someone who can talk about nothing for hours I would dominate this competition!

[@2alicat730]

This is like that computer game "Oh, Sir!" This is exactly what the insults sound like XD

[@lillithdv8]

It honestly sounds shakesperian

[@javiersds8081]

5:58 - "Thank you for pointing that out, but I'm angry. Nice ring." - 11 words (if we count contraptions as one word); it should've ended there.

[@2dan4me97]

town

[@cazzabojangles]

town

[@beek.4860]

What a vulgar comment...

[@bartholomewdan]

There are children on this website, you know.

[@discontent2201]

An interesting approach to this ask might be something like this: I know better four letter words than you for sure! Oh yeah? How about Able! Much better is Ants! That's worse than Atom! A better one is Axes! Even greater is Bear! Not better than Back! Is that as good as Barn? No, but that's worse than Bang! etc. etc.

[@duytdl]

You should make a compilation of all the guests throughout the series meeting for the first time!

[@Dilmahkana]

Still need a compilation of Lee's unseen studio comments pleeeeeease!

[@slhokkohls]

"Thank you for pointing that out, but I'm angry, nice ring" is 11 words?

[@Jose.AFT.Saddul]

They probably considered “I’m” as a single word

[@cottoncandycloudsrobloxedits]

@@Jose.AFT.Saddul still 11?

[@Jose.AFT.Saddul]

@@cottoncandycloudsrobloxedits yes. Unless you consider “I’m” as two words. Then it would be 12.

[@cottoncandycloudsrobloxedits]

@@Jose.AFT.Saddul oh I thought you were saying it would be 11 words if I'm was counted as two sorry

[@iblame_nargles]

God, I love Charlotte so much.

[@mushmello526]

It's always funny to me how riddiculous many phobias are. You sit there thinking "Foam? For real? You're joking", even when you yourself have a phobia of balloon's popping, which is just as riddiculous

[@nopenope5203]

I'd hate any kind of task that forces me to count words or the amount of letters in that word. If I had gotten this task, I would've been SORELY tempted to just walk away.

[@a_921]

Seemed like what you said didn't have to be very "connected" to what was already said, so I suppose you could stick to using one word (so you wouldn't have to count the nr of words)? But yeah, I'd lose by ability to count to four

[@Spicy10101]

they are litterally 2cm of the ground Alex: are you okay with heights?😂😂 this guy!!!😂😂😂

[@balrogdahomie]

For fun, I tried to see how far I could go with this on my own, having seen the clip Obviously this isn’t the same test of skill since I (1) saw all of their attempts, (2) had more than three minutes, and (3) didn’t have to play off other people, but I thought it would be fun regardless I was going to give a content warning for crass sexual content but. After Mike and Lee I think that’s a bit unnecessary, lol “Your finances suck; go to the bank!” “My finances are actually doing quite well!” “As well as your wife!?” “My wife is doing fine!” “Like the fines that put you in debt?!” “I’ll have you know I’m debt free!” “As free as your wife, the twat?” “How dare!” “I dare, and find it easy.” “For that remark, I’ll see you hang!” “Your wife will tell you, I’m already hung.” “Why are you so lewd?!” “Only because you’re so rude!” “I’m rude?! Now that’s a laugh riot!” “Oh please, you’re full of sass!” “You’re trash that I ought to toss!” “Well I think you’re the right tosser here!” “To drown my memory of you, I’ll need beer.” “If you were a true gentleman, you’d have wine.” “I’d only have wine if I were a snob!” “Well I’d only have beer if I were a slob!” “What an absolute knob” “If I’m a knob, why don’t you take the door?” “If I did that, I think we’d lose.” “We aren’t in this together, despite the task.” “God, I’ll have to open a cask…” “Back to drinking? You absolute lush!” “I’m a lush? You’d be a mess!” “Let’s put that to the test” And the 10 second timer ran out before I could think of a response to that one

[@anastasiagraboviuk6079]

I love that 🤣

[@SensationalBanana]

God I love Jamali's lisp! It's adorable!

[@SpottyLotti]

The second argument is pathetic and I love it

[@lawrencebutler7016]

One of the most hilarious tasks I've seen, you duck!

[@masberrycreek782]

This task would be perfect for my parents

[@MedEvil1c]

can we please, please see the uncut 5min version of Mike and Lee?

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

It needs to be said that at the end of this video, youtube tried to autoplay "Hamlet" to me.

[@AdmiralJaneway74656]

'Plum' is my favourite cuss word from now on

[@fragglet]

4:38 - the most obvious response here is "stop!"

[@sbgaming7316]

I love everyone's *town*

[@stillwaiting1234]

I beat the game “I disagree I think a better word would be ****” 10 words ends in 4 letters repeating this saying would go on forever

[@Gzeebo]

Something about Mike Wozniak.

[@Bruhecc]

Go to bank!

[@Mr_Gabbles]

He should’ve given the three 3 points. Each? Divided evenly.

[@foiledits]

it sounds like Xavier Renegade Angel dialogue at times and its great

[@craigpayne5500]

Heavenly. I love Mike Wasniak

[@angelinasoh9211]

i can't beleive this is the actress that plays kate on YOU s4

[@dcworld1076]

i would have just used this task to try and think of different four letter swear words to end with

[@aristotlekaiser6974]

These arguments feel like an episode of Xavier renegade angel

[@scorpioninpink]

Because it's a task, I would probably get blank on the spot but if it isn't, I always argue with almost anyone.

[@JovialRoger]

I feel like Brennan Lee Mulligan in the sketch about always trying to win the game. My first thought was to have everyone take turns saying their name 9 times then a 4 letter word and do it in alphabetical order. The names to pad the time and give you time to think of a word, the alphabet to make duplicates very unlikely in the first 26 sentences.

[@playswithpiglets]

i need to see mike wozniak as the star of a movie. maybe wes anderson? maybe some buddy cop movie.

[@redrob6026]

Should have said 'mack the knife? Knife the mack'

[@SolPhantasmagoria]

_Clearly one of my famous rants have never been recorded._

[@lazthegreat10]

3 way argument too much more difficult

[@phonotical]

Not the best sign when nobody knows who the other person is

[@isaaclinn2954]

When there's a will, there's bees!

[@TheJStocco]

Lee and Mike are moving like NPCs. 🤣

[@ericzubyk2329]

If only Sarah took off her socks to bind the items together before they realized that the task was to have the longest argument.

[@billzebub7535]

Is this that show where a someone tried to fill an egg with helium?

[@Emily-lg9cq]

This brings me great joy! XD