Get to the Microwave in as Few Steps as Possible | Full Task | Taskmaster

Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett, Sarah Pascoe and Al Murray attempt to get to the microwave in as few steps as possible before it dings from series 3 of Taskmaster.
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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.

[@leeyon_j]

Crawling is not stepping. We don’t count a baby’s crawling as first steps...

[@pauldiamond1583]

Or just look at the camera and say "step one: walk to the microwave."

[@tylerhorn3712]

I thought of that solution immediately as well. Didn't watch the video yet. How about bunny hops and then leaps for hurdles.

[@dynamicworlds1]

As soon as I read "steps" I would have been thinking "define 'steps'"

[@D-Vinko]

Why not skip? Skipping is innately not stepping.

[@leeyon_j]

@@D-Vinko a skip can be defined as a springy step.

[@AKidWithNoAttitude]

I'm surprised Al didn't just pay Alex to carry him to the microwave

[@TheRandyalex]

why not to bring him the microwave?

[@dubious6718]

@@TheRandyalex Cause its connected to the tree..

[@eamonnwalker4512]

No, no. Pay someone to unplug the microwave. Then have a wheelchair delivered and casually roll over. No steps, no ding. Bing, bang, bosh.

[@nachtelfirokese88]

@@dubious6718 That's true but the task was open the Microwave door before it blings in 5 minutes! So thinking out of the box, let someone disconnect the microwave and let it bring to you isnt breaking the rules, Because the Microwave didnt bling and you are still in the Timelimit! Also you only took 2 Steps! telling the order and open the Microwave!

[@tonyparker3506]

That would still require steps from Alex.

[@hollyludvigsen6763]

Rob really said “lemme just YEET myself over this fence”

[@0AcE013]

i kept waiting for the part where he said that

[@georgiegan]

Paul Chowdhry doesn't just do tasks badly, no, he fails them so spectacularly that it becomes legendary, iconic even.

[@periquinn]

Whats curious about this is all felt they needed to stay on the track and interact with the obstacles lol

[@MrFalcon343]

The most wholesome part of taskmaster is little Alex Horne genuinely laughing 🥺

[@Becausing]

Would love a compilation of Alex breaking his usual serious demenaor and laughing at contestants.

[@ConnorECudd]

@@Becausing yes

[@daruddock]

I genuinely agree.

[@AlyJeann]

"When is a step not a step? When it's on a f-in hurdle." That face Greg makes 😂

[@64ankka]

Somehow Greg's beautifully delivered foul language always cracks me up xD

[@caseym6272]

5:20

[@SoggyOatmeaI]

Paul legitimately just looked so mad the whole time and it’s so funny

[@KevinLaClaire]

If I was a first-timer participant on the show, I would be with Dave - "In as few steps" would mean... take steps to get there, but try to minimize it... As a Taskmaster viewer, I now know I'd say "well then, how do I get there without steps?"

[@schueltar]

Step 1: walk to the microwave.. There are no more steps

[@blackjack2724]

That’s what I would’ve done

[@pocket5751]

Step one walk to the microwave. Step two open. Two steps...

[@megawave79]

Genius

[@smeetsnoud1]

Pretty sure Greg would hate this particular kind of out-of-the-box thinking and put you last

[@panda4247]

Still better than disqualified

[@MrBanarium]

@@smeetsnoud1 Not necessarily, clever takes on the meaning of a task are often rewarded. Remember Richard Osman and the three balls on the yoga mat. The problem is, people often completely butcher their attempt trying to bend those rules. Remember Hugh Dennis in... in basically half the tasks he did.

[@mauritsponnette]

Thought of that too! Problem remains that you still don't win from the rollers :(

[@elainagilbert7663]

I'm surprised no one talked more about Rob's dismount over the gate. That made me laugh-cry.

[@MisaelMatute76]

It seems like that one guy thought the task meant: "As few steps on the tract", thats why he was trying to walk on the hurdle..

[@squanch4458]

@nieooj gotoy I was thinking hops too but then I thought crawling might be easier lol

[@MisaelMatute76]

@nieooj gotoy Their basic definition was using ur feet, so that may be backfire. The guy that rolled showed the best way to do it. Unless you could do a handstand or get on a bike, etc lol

[@hugofontes5708]

@@MisaelMatute76 or just drag your feet. No steps, just shifts

[@CadeHXH]

@nieooj gotoy "lift and set down one's foot or one foot after the other in order to walk somewhere or move to a new position." literally just search the definition, those are all steps that you mentioned

[@dylanelliott9589]

@@CadeHXH "or move to a new position"? so using your hand and arm strength, to move a wheelchair onto a plane, and exiting said airplane 7000 km away in a different country, without ever leaving the wheelchair, would be defined as a step to you/the dumb-ass dictionary writers? Or is that just step 1?

[@sykes1024]

The silliest part of the "try to take as big of steps as possible" strategy is it would have required less steps if they had just run instead of trying to take big steps while walking. While you're walking, your steps are never further apart than your legs can reach, but while running, there are times where both legs are off the ground and therefor the potential to have a larger distance between each foot fall.

[@ashtonsmith1905]

revolutionary

[@gionnifer]

it completely baffles that they contemplated rolling, crawling, acrobatic foward rolls, handstands and hurdle-surfing before.... just... jumping

[@kevinschultz6091]

To be fair, so did I - I considered doing forward rolls as an appropriate solution the entire way there - but after thinking about it for a few minutes, I realized "Oh, right. Skipping would work, too."

[@Crazieo_o]

my first thought was just sliding on my feet and not lifting them up/moonwalk there, the video was hilarious to watch tho

[@mo0man]

I would guess Greg would have called that fancy stepping

[@tesscrelli783]

They wanna see funny stuff, jumping is too easy of a solution and they'd reject it.

[@maritza8825]

They wouldn’t reject it they would just have to work around it.

[@beckyrichards6351]

Rob literally makes me cry laughing in this task

[@cartoonhanks1708]

You're literally gorgeous

[@poolkrooni]

@@cartoonhanks1708 Could the youngling peruse the internet without being drooled on, appreciate it.

[@JackVermicelli]

I feel like just simple two-footed standing hops to get there would've been a lot easier and faster than just about everything of what I just saw.

[@minetheskybutter6881]

They would be easier and faster but would require more steps

[@JackVermicelli]

@@minetheskybutter6881 They'd require zero steps; just hops.

[@joshuahoman1184]

@@JackVermicelli what is a hop if not a two footed step?

[@JackVermicelli]

I'm not sure that it's possible for a biped to make a two-footed step.

[@endme6658]

@@JackVermicelli Then what is hopping?

[@dynamicworlds1]

If you're getting dizzy from spinning/rolling, turn the other way to cancel it out and you can help avoid puking. That is all.

[@wellshoot]

This is true, I’ve used it before to keep from falling

[@jacekstankiewicz1594]

idk man if i span super fast on those playground things and then did it the other way i just wantet to throw up more

[@squidlox5459]

That makes it worse lmfao

[@michaelccozens]

I'm not sure that's true. Dizziness is caused by the fluid in the inner ear moving about, isn't it? Does it calm faster if you start spinning it the other way rather than standing still, or does it just distract you by giving you something to do while you wait for the fluid to settle? Where's Mythbusters when you need them?

[@linkholder]

@@michaelccozens here's an idea. Figure it out your own damn self. There is literally nothing stopping you. Unless you're a paraplegic. In which case I just look like an ass.

[@taliaricher710]

i love that this was our introduction to these people... told us everything we needed to know

[@phasm42]

Paul: *The floor is lava, but I can firewalk the end.*

[@confusedlemon2986]

I felt so sorry for Paul, he looked so upset and embarassed. Like, what he did was stupid, and this show is very happy to make fun of people, and we're not gonna bend the rules as much as he was expecting to help him.... but that expression really hit me as something I've felt before, when I did/said something dumb and everyone refused to drop it

[@ggundercover3681]

these and Korean shows are not for the weak. I realize I would be too sensitive for those shows. I give respect for the ppl (even if I hate them) who go through this. always find myself feeling bad for them.

[@booknerdjebbi5037]

He looked like a kicked puppy 🥺🥺🥺

[@cassidymckinlay]

Whereas I would be laughing at myself just as hard as they would be laughing at me! It’s hilarious regardless of who’s doing it.

[@waqarsarfraz4205]

to be fair he always looks like this in all his tasks.

[@Sunset553]

My first thought was to do a handstand walk, which would be great if I were still in shape and if I had ever been able to do it.

[@flikkie72]

2:22 One of the few times where Alex broke character during a task

[@monaelisa8713]

I've only seen Rob's attempt at this and thought it (still do) one of the most hilarious Taskmaster moments ever but oh my god, seeing the whole thing made it so much better 😂

[@edithnackers7127]

"It's so poo-y" Alex was also a lol moment

[@johnmonk66]

WHy are they following the course? It said nothing about doing that

[@drowsypig]

Gentlemans rule

[@amelievandecasteele4998]

Conditioning

[@oksobasicallyimmonky]

grass was likely way wetter than the track

[@hem9483]

they’re british

[@addictwithapen1056]

I’d have just taken as many steps as possible to make Alex count.

[@phasm42]

"This is a metaphor for show-business" 😅

[@KHQMaster]

Thank you for making great use of Rob Beckett in a compromising position in the thumbnail.

[@TinTin_10]

There is not a time where I not crack up at rob

[@rufusdrumknottvgc]

'That's out of order, mate' I've forgotten this classic line, love it!

[@phi7534]

this season has a special place in my heart, because it had the highest proportion of genuinely baffling decisions. just pure oddity. immense confusion. i love it.

[@jaybestnz]

What's interesting is how many times an obstacle is on the track and viewed as required but "the instructions are on the paper" 😂

[@Mioumi]

I'll remember Beckett's execution forever

[@Smoth48]

Step 1. Walk to the microwave Step 2. Open the microwave. Only takes two steps

[@briankelly1240]

so glad to see the rolling. First thing I thought of. Would do that after broad jumping though.

[@JZ909]

You know it's gone to a new level of ridiculous when Alex can't hold it in.

[@niarudle]

SPOILER! Rob rolling his way to victory is one of my most favourite moments of Taskmaster. Never gets old! xD

[@wakipaki7381]

I had the perfect idea - "Alex, I've got a plan to get to that microwave in as few steps as possible." "Yeah?" "Step one - get to the microwave." (walk over to microwave) "Done. One step to get here."

[@WalkerStudios1]

My thoughts exactly 🤣

[@glasswolf2061]

I would have just walked by sliding my feet on the ground, never picking them up unless absolutely necessary, though I suppose the validity of that method would depend on what exactly defines a step. xD

[@victoriashevlin8587]

I frickin love this. One of my all time favourite tasks🤣

[@eq2lornick]

Rolling is immediately where my brain went to. I don't know if rolling in goose crap is worth winning though. That kind of begs the question "what is winning?". I would argue that if you finish covered in crap then you lost at something.

[@karlshaner2453]

If you have to ask..."Is that a step"? Then it was a step lol. The roller won easily.

[@hyenal.k.3738]

So when was said there would be some hurdles I would have asked if they were optional to completing the task. The way I think of it trying to avoid steps if possible would be a hurdle in itself.

[@jenelaina5665]

1. Rob's flip, the music, the shot, the editing, Alex - just perfection 2. "I thought I was gonna be sick out me eyes" Edited to add editing

[@turbopokey]

I might suggest that this concept be done in United States, but would probably devolve into eating the most mouse testicles in 60 seconds... or something involving bugs. I.E. just "fear factor" The Brits have a keen ability to keep it focused on pointless tasks as opposed to grosser and more disgusting ones. I vaguely remember Fear Factor originally having common stuff people were afraid of and turning into nauseating things very quickly.

[@FelipeAntonioOnline]

You might have seen it already, but there is an American version. Alex is there as well.

[@haleylampley1056]

To my knowledge, they tried too do this in America and the results were horrible. A group of college kids made a KZbin spinoff called taskmaster Minnesota though and that's apparently actually pretty good

[@zyaicob]

@@haleylampley1056 Taskmaster Minnesota is fantastic

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

@@haleylampley1056 if it involved college kids that's probably why it failed

[@haleylampley1056]

@@idkwhatsgoingon4584 no, the college kids did really well, they didn't actually make it to televised media though. American television producers tried to recreate the actual show and it flopped.

[@sophiusdynami3401]

When I sometimes remember Rob and Tom Allen went to the same school I have to pause and ponder about it...

[@elduardo2496]

I can do it in literally one step: Step 1 - Walk to the microwave. Done.

[@Alex-zi1nb]

“This is the future mate!” Hahaha

[@ickess]

I gotta give these People credit for thinking out side the box all the time.

[@werts180]

Your microwave starts now...

[@Methalec1985]

I would have said; "Step one; I travel to the Microwave." and just walked over to it. Bam! That's ONE step!

[@slurp1729]

Step 1: walk Step 2: open microwave

[@dariogutierrez6716]

My first thought was rolling. Didn't expect someone to commit

[@MrBigangry]

Step one. Walk to the microwave.

[@huraqan3761]

What?! No way! I'd have done it two steps: Step 1: run to the microwave Step 2: open the microwave

[@11rubina]

How would that make it different from any of the others. They would also do it in two steps. 1. Roll/step/fancy step/big step to the microwave 2. Open it.

[@stefaniamarchese4177]

Oh my God i just commented exactly the same thing ❤️❤️❤️ Great minds think alike!

[@YayDee85]

I came here to say this, but knew in my heart, it had already been said.

[@Mostbee]

@@11rubina not actually, most of them made a second step before the microwave, jumping over the fence

[@brookehildebrant4936]

Greg channeled Rob Brydon for those names at the end

[@Cragified]

I was shocked that not one of them hopped to the goal. It's what I immediately thought to do.

[@niamhmcdermott7512]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who instinctively thought to do cartwheels

[@MisterBoZiffer]

Rob being able to get Alex to break character so hard is the funniest part

[@swe021]

I would just turn to the camera and say: My first step is to go to the microwave and then I'm done in one step

[@tutu8896]

I really loved the silly walk lunge thing

[@BillyOnYouTube]

Would have asked either Alex or one of the runners to bring the microwave to me so I can open it without taking any steps at all

[@sarahneplevrednav]

Almost peed my pants seeing him roll and almost throw up... hilarious

[@skyoneasassin]

They should bring this show to the states, it's hilarious!

[@tsotate]

They tried. The US version was absolutely terrible, full of (alleged) comedians completely unable to laugh at themselves. The Norwegian and New Zealand spinoffs, on the other hand, are pretty awesome.

[@tvftw1]

Rolling was the first method that came to mind, got worried when they showed it first

[@Arsenov92]

The Ministry of Silly Walks would love this video.

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

Lay on your side, and start rolling.

[@Felipera_]

Step 1: casually approach microwave Step 2: done in 2 steps.

[@KennBosak]

Best show in comedy 🔥

[@daz222]

I would have pointed at the microwave, and said "Step 1, walk towards the microwave" and then added steps for each hurdle and the fence

[@briankenney9528]

My initial thought was to roll...then when rob said he was dizzy i was like "oh thats not a good plan"

[@tinavaleska4193]

As soon as I heard the task I was like "Just roll there" and of course it was the first thing shown

[@lucassalmrojo]

literally just walk there, thats only one step: walking there

[@tyler9851]

I would've said "Alright, I'm going to make a step-by-step guide. Step 1: Go to the microwave."

[@MewDenise]

Before watching... I would roll on the ground I see

[@pauljmorton]

Step 1: Walk to the microwave. That's it. One step.

[@nathalievandewerken2457]

Step 1: go to the microwave (by walking). Step 2: open the microwave

[@evelyntorres7563]

i wonder if a contestant could have made alex carry them on his back?? they wouldn’t be stepping at all!

[@Jovius2k]

Soon as I saw this, I was thinking "Okay.. Step One, walk to the microwave. Step Two, wait for the microwave to go ding."

[@coach_nomie]

😂 Paul just concerns me

[@SkydivingSquid]

Three things came to mind. 1. Rolling. 2. Crawling. 3. Shuffling (never lifting feet) I would have attempted option 3.

[@MintyFarts]

Secret auditions for the ministry of silly walks

[@marvinkitfox3386]

Need a microwave? Just HOP to it.

[@simplysaida]

I really thought someone was going to say: Step 1: walk to the microwave Step 2: open it Two steps, I win.

[@wagyourtai1]

step 1: walk to the microwave. fewest number of steps

[@yrosan]

My take on the challenge: -Walk to the microwave with the letter -Say "your time starts now" -Open the microwave

[@super8bitvideos]

say "Step 1: I walk there" and then walk there

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

few steps as possible... step 1: walk to the microwave done

[@Pistoolkip]

I'd ask some of the other runners to carry me to the microwave

[@beebee33]

Rob Beckett is hilarious 😂

[@Verity58]

I... just.. jumping, you guys. Jumping.

[@loonyt22]

Was expecting someone to try hopping all the way.

[@oldkid820]

I would have just jumped keeping my feet together.

[@AwsmBuff]

Paul was so sick of it and I am feeling him xd

[@HypnoT0ad]

Step 1- walksto the microwave. There, done in one step.

[@user-uw4uv3cy7l]

this was good

[@fafnir242]

Literally just walk to the microwave. That's the only step to the process.

[@abiezerjerom8426]

Since they didn't explain what kind of steps Step 1: complete the objective

[@gohoosiers8824]

Copied

[@olddutchfarms]

Still more than 0 steps when u crawl

[@KitchenerLeslie2]

Just a PSA: don’t turn off your microwave by opening the door. The safety switches will melt over time. They are not designed to be hit with the full electrical load of a microwave.

[@hulltugev]

Honestly sounds like a massive design flaw.

[@danniluxgarbe429]

@@hulltugev only insofar as a SawStop system is flawed. You're not meant to be using the emergency cut-off for anything other than an emergency.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Thanks for the tip.

[@KitchenerLeslie2]

@@danniluxgarbe429 so I should stop turning off my safety chop saw by sticking hot dogs in the blade?

[@danniluxgarbe429]

@@KitchenerLeslie2 I mean, it's you're money. If you want to replace the brake mechanism and the blade every time you turn the saw off and you're not hurting anyone else, you do you, man.

[@sayuriando3379]

My first thought was to have get alex a wheelbarrow, sit in it and have Alex drive me to the microwave (mind that was when clicking on the video before seeing the setting). Now I would ask him to get me a bicycle and cycle there.

[@AjithKumar-uk1wq]

This is only show I don't want to grow too much. If this grow too much , money and other things distroy this precious show...

[@jab2ez]

Alex can you run that microwave to me. Just unplug it and bring it here.