Times the Answer Was Right There... | Taskmaster

Who says Little Alex Horne isn't helpful? Whether they spot it or not, the answer is often right in front of the contestants...
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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.

[@headlesszebra9857]

rhod closing the garage is the best villain origin story ever

[@loganally4227]

Who became the villain though, Rhod or James 😂

[@headlesszebra9857]

@@loganally4227 both (but mostly james)

[@williamclay190]

I imagine James became Rhod's archnemesis after that.

[@nightclyve2857]

Whereever Rhod is going into his thinking position you know either something disastrus or genius or hilarius or all of that ad once is about to happen.

[@CaptainBohnenbrot]

They're very charming, the Irish.

[@rextyrrano5183]

Having the ability to recognize morse code and knowing how to read morse code are unfortunatly 2 very different skills.

[@Hazz3r95]

He had unlimited time to write it down, go to a computer, look up the transcription, and then figure out what it says.

[@evah4431]

I read in a comment on that episode that the morse alphabet was written somewhere on the wall!

[@Camachameleon]

@@evah4431 yeah it was

[@SuperOldShows]

I remember watching this for the first time, I was so sure Al with his war history knowledge would know morse code!

[@ViridianFlow]

The task was "Pop the balloons, fastest time wins", not "pop all of the balloons". That's why Als time counts even though 2 got away. The Morse code was a clue, but if you read the task as it is written you can figure it out without knowing the code at all. The balloons, which ones? Any, so long as it's plural and the time between the first one and the last one popped is the time, so pop 2 and it's the time between the first and second. Pop 3 and it's the time between the first and third etc.

[@AlyJeann]

Lesson #1: always check your surroundings Lesson #2: never trust Alex

[@BurnEdOutOne]

Lesson #3: If you're pared up with rhod, knock him unconscious and make your life easier.

[@josh0g]

Lesson #3: Alex won't actually lie to you, but do not trust him to volunteer any additional information.

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

@@josh0g Corollary 3a: If you ask Alex a question and he says "All the information is on the task", your question is almost certainly relevant.

[@omniscient.nescience]

Lesson #1 (Supplemental) The thing you need is usually beneath, or on the other side of the table.

[@MinekEzQM]

I still wonder if there was a knife inside the loaf in the caravan. (The task where they had to select an item from the caravan, go to the lab, and slice a bread in there.)

[@redheadredemption1573]

I love how this is supposed to be about Greg and Alex being sneaky, but the first one is pure self-sabotage

[@YvonneWilson312]

And Rhod is best friends with the Taskmaster, interestingly...

[@Srade2412]

@@YvonneWilson312 this is the exact reason he just a lose cannon and its always funny

[@king6530]

Why do they let yellow dude walk around showing his tiny little donger?

[@h8moss766]

@@king6530 well, you see, it's funny

[@Daydream_N]

@@king6530 how are they gonna stop him lol

[@bleachedbonez]

When I first saw Rhod close the garage, I felt James's rage. The only time I've seen in this show where someone finds the answer and then goes "Eh" and throws it away.

[@corbeau-_-]

1:56 is already epic. James is lost for words, he's not even angry, just amazed xD. "Feh". "Ha". Is what he says! I first thought they censored something, but it's just F H phonetically :P

[@corbeau-_-]

while at 2:18 we can clearly see him go mad and try to restrain himself as he does

[@Predated2]

@@corbeau-_- pretty sure he wanted to say something like "for what?" and "how is a lorry going to help?". But realized asking the question would probably delay them more.

[@NaaimSiddiqi]

The perfect stuff

[@Snoborder95]

I don't understand the comedy what is an extension in the uk? What does it have to be with a garage

[@Maialeen]

"I wanted to be on the girls' team. REALLY BADLY." James was so annoyed.🤣 I could feel the helpless rage. He 100% wished he could shoot Rhod into the sun.

[@heatherwhited5735]

"He's nearly fifty."

[@josh0g]

And that was before he knew the full extent of it.

[@GuanoLad]

Rhod is a Super Hans. They're the worst.

[@macywade3785]

@Leonel Justice No we don't care x

[@ArtemisScribe]

It was such a "Youngest brother" comment to make.

[@rr2637]

James losing it at Rhod made me laugh harder than I have all week

[@marycanary86]

there was a certain "and furthermore i believe carthage should be destroyed" kinda quality to "and i dunno how youve been friends with him for so long!"

[@annajanestevenson1560]

Aah you would though, wouldn't you 🤣

[@mothersuperior6751]

I have come back to this episode several times for that very reason. A good belly laugh.

[@elliotaaaaa7640]

Rhod is a bit of a prick tbh

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎E‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

[@solarprogeny6736]

They're very charming, the Irish...

[@stenbak88]

That got me especially since Phil’s outfit is so ridiculous

[@gaco98]

The fact that Rhod is Welsh makes it even funnier

[@davidmann307]

@@gaco98 ...yes, that's the joke! 🤦

[@jocomfiresin6982]

I find potato's very charming as well... You can turn it into acohol boil it in butter mash it or even fry it. It can be a meal a side a desert and a drink it's everything. True potato's hold all the meaning in this food based universe.

[@beeble2003]

@@jocomfiresin6982 When you boil something in fat, that's called frying! Gotta love a good potato, though.

[@andykey78]

James never acknowledging Alex during the tasks should have been a secret task revealed at the end of the series.

[@Tralby19]

If only

[@BurnEdOutOne]

He wanted to play on hard mode and made up some tasks of his own. :P

[@DavidChong]

I think they've said it wasn't but I thought that was the case and they just cut out the explanation in the edit for time reasons. Same with Alice addressing Alex with weird pet names and Mel collecting the wax task seals.

[@cheekbonestrenchcoat]

@@DavidChong Alex also wore a different tie every time with Mel, no tie with anyone else

[@angmering5899]

I was actually convinced Rhod sabotaging the team tasks was a secret task.

[@bondfool]

I want to see a series where Rhod and James travel the world together, but I think it would end with one of them dead.

[@addiemiller9677]

The question is which one?

[@franciet99]

I know that James would probably have a heart attack.

[@MadcapShambleton]

And Rhod knows the good places to stay, like that one time he booked a holiday in a Frenchman's garage...though they weren't allowed to use the pool. He must've felt the Taskmaster's wasn't up to standard.

[@franciet99]

@@MadcapShambleton he also might know where to hide the body... Greg’s closet.

[@mannmctrash]

And he can dispose of the vehicle he used by trading it for some tapas.

[@nickmilligan3662]

You forgot to include the bit where Greg calls Phil spineless and gives James extra points

[@cloaking111]

Didn't matter did it?

[@nevergonnaupload]

That was legend

[@Squirl7504]

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[@lwaves]

Mike Wozniak would have got those two stray balloons back.

[@P0lkoli]

He's a peach isn't he

[@lwaves]

@@P0lkoli Indeed he is. By the end of the first episode, he'd gone from someone I'd barely heard of, to my favourite.

[@rindoubaka1574]

@@lwaves Honestly... same. I absolutely love Lee Mack on WILTY so was expecting him to be an absolute riot. So far he's been just fine and Wozniak (who I had never heard of prior to the series) was the standout.

[@cait812]

@@rindoubaka1574 Honestly they've been a quite quiet group? Mike has been a delight. Jamali is the loudest but not a fan of his humour. Went into it expecting to be rooting for Lee but I love Charlotte, Sarah and Mike too. Mike is a stand out though, the ease he jumped that fence.

[@lwaves]

@@cait812 That's something I noticed too, there isn't a 'loud' personality in the group and it's a nice change. Even Jamali isn't that loud, not compared to some previous contestants. I think it works well with no live audience for them to play too.

[@elizaheathen]

*"we'd been doing tasks all day together, this was the last one"* *I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH HIM FOR SO LONG*

[@kevinw712]

"Then Kerri said, 'at least we're not on Rhods team'" [audience "awwws"] "DON'T PITY HIM!! Try doing some team tasks with him, THEN tell me how ya feel!"

[@Rocky-qt7xt]

Yep just repeat what we have already watched. God what would I do without you?

[@elizaheathen]

@@Rocky-qt7xt you must be new to KZbin mate

[@ham5097]

This is off topic, but I love your name😌

[@elizaheathen]

@@ham5097 thanks! Didn’t realize when I picked it in ‘08 that we’d be on the verge of a tv series today!!!

[@stevenproper3343]

"Pop just two and win" Somehow he managed to do the exact opposite

[@sfshinz]

"That's worse than what we did in the dark!" Sally Phillips, who spent the entire Series acting like a chilled-out soccer mom to a group of dysfunctional neighborhood kids, uncharacteristically shocked into tactlessness by Watson's rainbow painting.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Did we see the same Sally? She's a classy, elegant, refined lady who can instantly switch to utter psychopath. She scares me.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

@@qwertyTRiGright? She’s awesome.

[@jffpviana]

James' face watching Rhod close the garage lives rent free in my brain.

[@OmniscientWarrior]

what do you mean free? It pays in being there for a good laugh when you need it.

[@Josh-bu7hp]

Second only to Greg seeing his mum in the bath wearing a fez

[@jffpviana]

@@Josh-bu7hp Correct.

[@chaotickreg7024]

Arms

[@Adrianovaz2007]

Katherine and Richard's gasp upon learning what "Debajo de la Mesa" means is so god damned funny. And Doc later going "You know my vision is impaired around bridges!"

[@Squirl7504]

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[@MisterAppleEsq]

Just wanna point out that Jon Richardson read Hispanic Studies for two years at university.

[@beeble2003]

What the... ?!? How can you read Hispanic Studies for two years and not know what "debajo de la mesa" means? And I checked: the syllabus requires you to learn Spanish and Portuguese in the first year. Unless he got confused and thought that the boat on top of the table was labelled "on top of the table."

[@Noah-yj9uu]

@@beeble2003 he mentions in the episode that he understood the words, he just didn’t connect the dots. I think he says something like „I just thought ‘that’s a boat called under-the-table’!”. Which makes the whole thing even funnier in my mind :D

[@emhob]

@@beeble2003 he says that he knew it meant underneath the table but at the time just thought it was a boat called 'underneath the table' and didn't clock the fact that it was a hint

[@beeble2003]

@@emhob @Noah Ohhh, OK. Makes sense. It's a bizarre thing to think but people think bizarre things when they're in unusual situations. 😃

[@SundaraRamanR]

I don't think he did two years, he did a year of the degree and then dropped out. He does go to Spain a lot (or used to) and reads Spanish poetry I think, so that helps too.

[@issaposter]

the taskmaster channel knew exactly what they were doing making james the thumbnail, and i’m here for it

[@cheekbonestrenchcoat]

James's absolute RAGE at Rhod and the whole situation is still hilarious "And honestly, I don't know how you've been friends for so long"

[@BD-yl5mh]

“I’ve got an idea... but we’re gonna need a lorry” I fucking love Rhod Gilbert

[@lhfirex]

Jon Richardson getting his Cats Does Countdown smug face when he recognizes what "debajo de la mesa" means and then not at all following up on it is my highlight from this.

[@charliehunt7344]

“Maybe we should focus on the witnesses, do they seem unimpressed? No they said “wow”.”

[@simplysmile5509]

"clever idea, horrifically executed": the whole show

[@shamrockewe822]

Doc's line of his eyesight being affected near bridges is the best bit about theirs though 😂

[@stellielau5064]

V. As,##,

[@benj1b]

The "what's in the box" was a hilarious task. If I remember right one of them just shook it and said frozen peas and got it 🤣🤣

[@R-E-Tudor]

I wish they’d do a champion of champions but with the lowest scoring contestants instead. Idk I just think it’d be even more chaotic and funny 😂

[@dani_the_girl2197]

I said the same thing! I’d rather them go that way then get more unimaginative contestants on the show.

[@sfshinz]

I want a panel of also-rans, contestants who finished second or third in their respective Series. Romesh "There Was No Box, Mate" Ranganathan, Sally "Water Cooler" Phillips, Jessica "The Knappett" Knappett, Joe "Um, Well" Thomas, and Mike "It's Absolute Carserole Time, Tick Tock" Wozniak, would be a dream panel for me.

[@bethanylowe8773]

Not this point again! Someone always has to now point out that Alex refuses to do that because it would incentivise people to do badly.

[@joshuaharper2624]

Taskmaster 'the best of a bad bunch'

[@DrZaius3141]

Apart from the fact that it would incentivizse bad play in the future, with many "losers" of the show, it's just that Greg decided at some point that it would be the funniest if he really piled it onto them. Pretty much every last-place finisher at some point (often when still being in the middle of the pack) the seal of disapproval and from thereon out everything they did was judged much more harshly. You can't deliberately treat 5 people in a "loser of losers" style competition as unfairly, so it makes little sense.

[@jackmcnally1667]

I just want to know who suggested putting the code on the roof of the shed as if one of them would be climbing on the shed roof to solve a maths problem

[@ChakChakGuy]

there were other puzzles on the board, which required them moving through the house so they might have come in the vicinity. But I guess the one on the shed was just for the cameras

[@TheCheesyNachos]

in the episode there's a shot of noel running to the shid and 201 is shown on there, doubt he'd see it but it's still funny nonetheless

[@penelope2945]

i think its quite a taskmaster thing to do, like thats a thing contestants shouldnt be surprised about bc alex would do that type of thing you know

[@kisbie]

It feels like a metaphor for life, or sutin.

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

That’s the joke. I enjoy the tasks where you have to perceive what Alex ‘might’ do. Much more fun to watch than to ‘smash a cake in the fastest time!’. The best ones are where the clue goes totally overlooked (unless you think), “What would Alex do here?” which I think Bob did with the case of peas... The task where one contestant brought the doorbell indoors was genius. I enjoy the tasks most where it’s easy but so easy to do it the hard way... Once everyone starts looking for clues it’ll become boring. So, maybe need the odd task which instead of lights up the room say, lights up a message like, “Not this time!”. “Please do not press the button again!”

[@spamgrant2872]

if no one is going to talk about James acaster’s arms when he sees rhod look into the garage I guess I’ll have to

[@hazelistheworst]

Please do, I was looking for this comment!

[@chaotickreg7024]

So many sexy moments in this show 😵

[@rine6740]

2:19 💪

[@33m3c]

yeah that's called having no fat on your arms

[@33m3c]

@@rine6740 no fat

[@WikiED]

I think every series should have at least one "the Answer Was Right There" task.

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

Also quite fun where Josh was the only one having to count things. It’s about balance. The odd surprise keeps it fresh, but not overdoing it...

[@emibentley8566]

mark turning on the lights when no one else even tried to or thought about it will always be a favorite of mine 🤣

[@D0CT0RECT0C00LR]

this could also just be considered a compilation of times contestants got legitimately angry

[@ClaireMangoify]

Phils “they’re very charming the Irish” is the most underrated moment

[@AukeKE]

These tasks are the biggest reason why this show is so great

[@debosmitadalui1998]

And also like the comedians innitt

[@reyo8036]

100% agree

[@crussteasock4047]

Seems like that's the whole point of the show

[@nevergonnaupload]

Yeah its awesome and have yous seen the Kiwi one its to much one or two kiwis are enough.

[@naomitiefenbrunn2857]

That 'debajo dela mesa' bit is the most unfortunate thing I've ever watched. It was literally designed for Jon to win and he didn't get it that's just awful

[@kisbie]

If I was doing that task I doubt I’d be able to make use of the stuff that was under the table anyway.

[@mithroth6703]

@@MrAnthonyRoger They were on the table. If you put a sticker on the underside of the table it is still sitting on the table.

[@falcon8752]

​@@mithroth6703 Okay that's weird. English isn't my main language, but the way I learned it, "on" strictly means _on top of_ and not under. If I was a contestant, I'd have dismissed all these "look under the table" clues as the game trying to tempt me into getting disqualified. I get what you mean though. if it was attached to the leg, I'd consider it "on the leg of the table" and not "under the table".

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

If only he looked up.

[@jinxingxuelang]

@@falcon8752 English is my second language as well. And yeah generally you are right, but like paly on words and thinking out of the box is exactly what the game is about (at least in my understanding). Plus the 'on' with tables meaning 'on top of' is just cause most things can't be supported elsewhere, but more broadly 'on' is like 'on the surface of' (like posters on a wall)

[@CaughtonCandy]

Phil emerging with a kite saying "that's gotta be a help" has me dead 💀

[@xRiizo]

Putting James on the thumbnail... Well played. The garage inccident will always be remembered! The fingers on the eyes!!!

[@gollyjunior6393]

I love that at 8:44 they blurred ‘LOOK UNDER THE TABLE’ above the door so that we would be surprised by it later as well.

[@Finsternis..]

"Rainbows have only got one physical character" They don't contain brown? Especially not after blue...

[@Hazz3r95]

He meant "They're curved"

[@Finsternis..]

@@Hazz3r95 You sure? I thought he meant that they are immaterial.

[@AH-te5gs]

After so many years of Taskmaster I can still watch the "under the table" gag and laugh as hard at it as the first time I saw it. It will never become boring.

[@NaThingSerious]

One of my favourite moments was in the latest series where the challenge is to open a jar of mayonnaise that is covered in mayonnaise in the least time, and of the guys asks if they guess the challenge and complete it before they open the letter if they will get 0 seconds (cause the letter usually says something like “your time starts now”), Alex says yes and so he opens the mayonnaise jar in 0 seconds.

[@cyprel]

For part 2: -when they had to memorize objects and they were written in small print on the back of the task -when they had to memorize the cards and a pen was strapped to the side of the table -when they had to get the right number, and it was painted on the side of the caravan -when the point of the task was to say 'humiliation' -I suppose 'blow up a balloon blindfolded' while the scene in front of them is changed might also qualify

[@amritagiri4721]

And the deduction of 5 points for eating chocolate in series 4 Finding the satsuma in a sock in series 7

[@thejesident7138]

And the task where they had to find the pink ladies and the loations of them were shown multiple times

[@D0CT0RECT0C00LR]

the ping pong ball herding task!

[@PokerJoker811]

We're all ignoring our good friend OLLIE.

[@GT_Walker]

Demeaning, not humiliation.

[@the.sarasaurus]

LOVE that the thumbnail has a very annoyed James

[@Saltywinterchild]

Should've included Joe Wilkinson's "there's strength in arches" line in the bridge task. That was the moment I fell in love with Taskmaster 😄

[@221b-Maker-Street]

A psychologist would have an absolute field-day with the dynamics going on here... 😳

[@franinconverse]

Doc's face when it's revealed what's under the table is just perfect

[@sanholo2776]

2:57 “they’re very charming the Irish”... Rhod has most welsh accent you’ve ever heard

[@2195Arshi]

They knew they had us right from the thumbnail!

[@Alinor24]

My favourite is the 201 task. Everyone had a different aproach and there were additional possibilities that no one used.

[@MiaCarby]

“Ohhhh! I can’t see the colours...”

[@stenbak88]

I think doc was legitimately mad at the taskmaster and little Alex horn

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

Alex Horne in reality is the taskmaster, he decides about the challenges. It's apparently something he did to his comedian friends even before it became a show.

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

@Red Dwarf I know. But I was saying that Greg the taskmaster has actually not anything to do with the tasks so why would doc be mad at him and little bit at Alex who in all reality is the true taskmaster since he decides about the tasks and everything (so why would he be mad at Greg at all and wouldn't he be annoyed with Alex, get it). It's not a big deal, I was just pointing it out as a trivia info.

[@albasapri3265]

@@aleksisuuronen5969 yeah but still, it's Greg that _plays_ the taskmaster

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

@@albasapri3265 ofcourse but doc knows that he just plaayys the taskmaster

[@Stryder-ic3ws]

Listen to his episode of the Taskmaster podcast. He did not enjoy the show at all...

[@Shaderox]

To be fair to the audience, the "Look under the table" sign above the door is blurred out with extra much white to make it harder to spot and impossible to read during the challenge the times it's in frame.

[@eileenjohnson7000]

my favorite tasks are always the ones with the answers right in front of them and they rarely notice it lol

[@richardlloyd2589]

The irony of getting stuck with tunnel-vision when building a bridge....

[@snotrajohnson]

I was hoping to see Doc’s turn at the “fill the shopping cart across the ditch” task...his later realization made me crack up! Loved him in that series.

[@ariesmelody94]

Only james acaster can wear green shirt and trousers and look good in it

[@BurnEdOutOne]

The closer acaster dresses like a joker parody, the better it works.

[@Tralby19]

No

[@BurnEdOutOne]

@@Tralby19 Yaya is true. Somewhere between the Joker and Stanley Ipkis in "The Mask."

[@Tralby19]

@@BurnEdOutOne wasn't speaking to you

[@miraj5569]

I saw a comment saying he always looks like a 90s kid who got dressed for picture day in elementary school and I think that describes it perfectly

[@SennaAugustus]

"That's worse than what we did in the dark!"

[@lindam156]

Top Tier Taskmaster Moments 1. Joe Wilkinson's potato 2. James and Rhod's extension 3. David Badiel and Ed Gamble's silent drawing task 4. Romesh and Tim Key's watermelon task 5. Daisy May Cooper and Richard Herring's pictionary task

[@iliketrains3495]

Katherine's gasp at 9:39 and then Richard making the exact same facial reaction is gold 😂😂😂

[@IphigeniaAtAulis]

I think the best part is how Rhod just stands there quietly with his face in his hands and you can almost hear the gears in his head turning as he's thinking about the best way to do the task.

[@lisasimpson8895]

james acaster pissed off angry is the cutest thing ever. i love him hahaha

[@kemasuk]

Crazy that due to circumstances he managed to pop all BUT 2.

[@SwimmingMegz01]

Can we have some episode title compilations? Hearing the titles being said in the episode is one of the greatest payoffs.

[@Adrianovaz2007]

That would help cause I haven't found some of them like the Series 10 "God's hemorrhoids", when the heck did they said that?!

[@zzombiepunkk2794]

@@Adrianovaz2007 iirc when all the red balloons went to the ceiling

[@iliketrains3495]

'The Leprechaun and the Lesbian' is my favourite

[@NewGalaktos]

“A Documentary about a Despot” goes well with “A Novel about Russian Gulags”

[@jinja-ninga97c21]

The only show that makes you feel like a right ejit

[@sarge019l4]

@Keith Panton that makes me feel like an ejit for a different reason. Taskmaster is actively deceptive while Only Connect is just too smart for me.

[@sideshowmark913]

That season with Watson and nish was funniest stuff ever

[@Aiko2-26-9]

These were my favorite bits when watching the shows for the first time. That "look under the table" was magnificent and no one noticed it. The looks on the contestants' faces were hilarious.

[@SamOGr]

That extension task never fails to crack me up

[@Prakriti2041]

i like that glow paint task. My first thought was "nothing says you can't turn on the light" I was so frustrated by the people that left it off.

[@baitedlol6972]

I love that even when he can see he still cant draw a rainbow 😂

[@eleanorbrant3190]

These are my favourite moments. It’s the best when something is so obvious but no one realises

[@benzaiten933]

by now contestants really should know to take a look around the room because likely there are clues not-so-subtly strewn around.

[@loganally4227]

Often they haven't actually watched any other series

[@beeble2003]

@@loganally4227 And there aren't _that_ many tasks where there are big clues. When it's, like, one in ten, it's barely worth looking for them.

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

@@beeble2003 A book with “Inspector Horne and the Pea Case”.

[@hollyeatsgravel]

Sarah Millican was great at this, she always checked under the table. To the point where one time they put an extra task under the table that just said "Hello Sarah"

[@CucumberpatchAddict]

It's so sweet that now, after all these years, having seen how every tiny detail clicks together perfectly on TM, the thought that Alex could just get a toy boat with a random name in spanish would be absolutely laughable ^^

[@paula1909]

I see James on the thumbnail, I click, simple as that

[@sui_fowen5891]

Yes same

[@Tralby19]

Same

[@Tralby19]

Also I thought it said times acaster was right at first

[@stenbak88]

Exactly what happened here

[@Ladybirdlps]

You read my mind

[@DerOllie]

These are the challenges which I like on TM, something very obvious in hindsight, but hard when you have to perform...

[@janeeyre1990]

Just like lovemaking. Wait what were we talking about

[@hollyludvigsen6763]

Amazing compilation. James acts angry a lot, but I think it’s genuine here and I love it so much

[@kisbie]

The comedians that are proper hardcore TM fans are the most satisfying to see fooled. They have a genuine meltdown. 🤣

[@chrissiem3958]

The collective gasp and look of shock at 9:42 is the stuff of legend. Just sheer brilliance 😂

[@gorgeousgambler]

Rhod as a solo act is great. In a team, he needs to shut up and listen.

[@adamhenley8295]

Sometimes it’s just like watching confused guinea pigs in a maze

[@lindsayb1152]

I thought it looked like Morse Code too, and then he said it as well, so I paused when the camera panned out and laughed so hard at him just shrugging it off like that was coincidence.

[@-c3202]

I will say, asking a man with adhd to do tasks literally all day is setting him up to have absolutely no executive function on the last one

[@burnbobquist8999]

The Bajo de la mesa and "Just Pop Two and Win" ones have been my favourites, even though everyone is talking about the Acaster one (which was brilliant), i think there it was just very very veeery bad teamplay while on the other ones all contestents were just oblivious of theire surroundings. xD

[@hsanrb]

Bridge must support the pony... Gets me everytime...

[@oblxvious]

Honestly james rhod and phil will always be my favourite team from taskmaster, they are so effortlessly funny

[@jewswami]

I still maintain that the rules said "ON" the table when they should have said "FROM" the table

[@marc.lepage]

They clarify in the episode, from Susie Dent, that "on" means like "in contact with."

[@spongebuddy009]

@@marc.lepage yea like everyone associates "on" with "on top of" but it doesn't necessarily only mean that. I love how they did that lol

[@marc.lepage]

@@spongebuddy009 Mostly because it involved the table. If you said to check for a wart on your foot, you'd look on the bottom not the top, I wager. But we still say "on" in that case, not "under" or other alternatives.

[@NeonfOxa]

I was thinking that at first then I thought, you don't have lights under the ceiling, on bottom, on top, on side :)

[@overlydramaticpanda]

"From" the table, aside from being fairly clunky in terms of word choice, would have given the game away pretty quickly since "use the items from the table" isn't a natural way of phrasing that sentence. "On" is a valid word choice since the items were still technically on the table, just not on top of it - like putting a magnet on a fridge doesn't necessarily mean putting it on top of the fridge. It's like Richard Osman interpreting one of the tasks that said "put the balls on the mat on top of the hill" to mean "put the balls on the mat that is currently on top of the hill" and realised he could simply bring the mat down the hill, while everyone else took it for granted that the wording meant "take the balls up the hill and put them on the mat". The wording definitely invites one clear interpretation but it's ambiguous enough to allow for others.

[@Kobutori]

"Debajo de la mesa" is the one that always makes me laugh hard every time I see it

[@keanee]

James vs Rhod is my fave part of series 7

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

The balloon task is the task I’ve thought was the cleverest so far in all the series, as so in-your-face. Really enjoyed the ‘art’ aspect. Is fun to watch those tasks where you have the solution obvious (when shown) but has been approached in the hardest way possible due to being missed! Nice one Bob! :)

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

There was a Derren Brown episode once where there was a message above the doors that stated you can just walk in and take the money. Little Alex Horne is becoming his competition! The case of peas was good too. Only issue is, contestants may become wise to Alex’s way of thinking...

[@boianko]

I don't really get that one, are the balloons just adding an extra win condition, or is it some subtext I'm unable to grasp?

[@joonamato]

I don't understand the balloon task either.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@joonamato it was kind of dumb IMO, but if you translated the morse code, it meant (I think) you get an instant victory if you pop ONLY two balloons

[@cierraroach9782]

Love the Acaster rage! These are some of my fav tasks with silly twists. A reverse twist of not eating the chocolate on the back of the task was also good!

[@FiremansGaming]

Ha yes ... The "Garage Betrayal" made me so mad cause we all know an asshole who did that in team in our life

[@natalie-1592]

2:54 Phil: they’re very charming the Irish Rhod: *is welsh*

[@honeyclark815]

"ohhhh... i cant see the colours" will never not make me laugh

[@Stiles2004]

These are my absolute favourite TM segments. There haven’t been as many as in recent seasons but I love them so much

[@katarzynaw4664]

It's missing the HOP task ;)

[@Thorpefan]

Garage-gate, what a classic.

[@Mazillius]

What's fantastic about the balloon challenge is if Al hadn't popped any of the balloons in the bags, he would've won because of the two which took off 🤣

[@richardlloyd2589]

They probably popped...eventually...but not as quickly as Rob popped the lot.

[@Mazillius]

@@richardlloyd2589I'm not sure that would matter as the Morse code was to pop two and win. I'd interpret that as being untimed. But all depends on how Greg judges it!

[@richardlloyd2589]

@@Mazillius Could be. Taskmaster’s decision is final! 😁 What if they didn’t pop, but slowly deflated? Remember Tim with the block of ice in the river? Tim: it’s gone. Alex: I can still see it.

[@planetkendal]

that paint task from series 5 is one of my favorite tasks, so underrated

[@cre8ivoutlet]

I was so vexed when Rhod still got points when there was a sock with an orange in and everyone had to find it, but he didn't, he just put AN orange in A sock. So after that, I really feel James' pain in all the injustices.

[@me-ovv]

the “Hops” task from series 6 would also be a good addition (a personal favorite of mine)

[@Not_An_EV]

See I love the james acaster one because you can see that's him dropping character and getting genuinely angry.

[@bethanylowe8773]

His character IS genuine anger.

[@no_peace]

"they're very charming, the Irish" makes me laugh no matter how many times i watch that clip

[@fenhen]

11:49 “That number! No, that’s an h.” Bob using Planck’s constant I see.