Top 3 Taskmaster Tasks Of All Time & Is Darts Really A Sport?

[@TheSarkyGamer]

I second the opinion that Alex Horne is under-appreciated. It's because his comedy is so subtle and nuanced at times - he's a slow-burner of the best kind. There is a brilliant video on KZbin of him having recorded his own voice, and miming along to it... which gets more and more surreal.

[@marcgorter8651]

Greg Davies may be the Taskmaster, Alex Horne is the one pulling the strings.

[@Hill_Walker]

Rhod Gilbert tying Alex up, then not caring when the siren went off.

[@Hill_Walker]

Or Rhod hiding in Greg's cupboard.

[@Son_of_a_Brian]

15:46 oops Rose Matafeo did the chickpea funeral (not Rosie Jones)

[@cyanmanta]

He must have Rosie Jones' name in his head because they recently revealed that Rosie is going to be in S18.

[@kriswheeler5686]

Rosie jones is a reason to not watch the entire series

[@joetrent4753]

@@kriswheeler5686Why?

[@kriswheeler5686]

@@joetrent4753 she’s not in any way funny

[@hannahk1306]

Thank you! I was thinking that I don't remember Rosie Jones being on it (although I really want to see her attempts), especially not with Ed Gamble and the chickpeas, but I couldn't remember who it actually was.

[@deborahmorris9963]

Rosalind, Rosalind, Rosalind’s a nightmare. Both teams (Mark and Nish’s “I’m always seeing you do cool stuff” and Aisling, Bob, and Sally’s “Quite good considering”) did a great job with this task. I’ve watched this one over again and again. One of my favorite TM tasks.

[@MsClaudz]

Agreed!! Both the Rosalind songs are all time favourite tasks (Nightnare is a funnier song but the pairing with the sweeter song makes it’s even better). But random but I also love Joe Thomas running through the train station. And every moment of series 16 with Sam & Lucy et al.

[@carelesshx]

Best Taskmaster Task Honourable Mention: Chris Ramsey's Sausage Machine

[@patrickrrmiller]

I'd say the fine distinction between games and sports comes down to whether a competitive activity needs a physical skill? Darts, snooker, golf, bowling, gymnastics, etc = sport. Chess, poker, dominoes, etc = game. If software alone could play it, it's a game.

[@johnmckenzie4639]

I think you've got it exactly right.

[@connieartist1907]

Too simple … By that definition, cornhole is a sport . Slap fight is a sport ….. They are not

[@KO-Jamadu]

Nearly always agree with Marina but saying Tennis isnt a sport is absolutely crazy. Its the forth most popular sport in the world and it takes an insane amount of athleticism and skill to play at a high level. You would clearly define Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray etc as sportsmen so obviously its a sport.

[@JonathanB6023]

Have to remember that Marina is a Baron's daughter and went through boarding school, so she grew up high circles where games like tennis, croquet, archery and polo were traditionally considered pastimes to while away an afternoon or evening off, with a small competitive element. Indeed Real Tennis dates back to Tudor times when the King and aristocrats had courts in their palaces, and many private schools in the UK still have Real Tennis courts. There's still a lot of snobbery around tennis in England as a very upper class thing, unfortunately, and that attitude is very evident at Wimbledon which has more than an air of exclusivity and stuffy etiquette.

[@CityofLight11]

It's genuinely her best take ever. Tennis can be played by athletically talented individuals, but structurally does not meet the criteria of a sport.

[@Kat-nx7xz]

Rose Matafeo Rose Matafeo Rose Matafeo

[@kgpierce]

Thought we were going to get a spoiler for next season for a second!

[@christianstanding]

Thank you! Came to say the same thing.

[@joepiekl]

@@kgpierce Rosie Jones is on the next series. They've announced it already.

[@OnlyOneTubing]

@@joepiekl That was the joke. Thank you for underlining it.

[@ohboy6672]

Thank you! This saved me a whole lot of pondering.

[@nickb4541]

Rose Matafeo was awesome on Taskmaster. She deserves an apology. Otherwise love the show.

[@ajrh82]

Let’s get the post office and infected blood inquiries done then get on to this latest scandal

[@eyeyayayay]

I've been trying to pitch "Law & Order: Outer Space" for 30 years. My friends always said their favourite Star Treks were when one of the crew were put on trial for breaking some other planet's law - you had crazy costumes, power dynamics, philosophicai arguments with stakes, great stuff.

[@andya696]

The Bible franchise would be set in the "Bible-verse".

[@pd4165]

Best Takmasters tasks Richard with the mat and the balls. Sally Phillips giving birth. Rhod tying Alex to a chair. There are so many incredible tasks that you could list 20+ as utter star material. Then there are the ones where they break their own rules eg getting Tim Vine to do his own thing in a shop or picking on someone to do odd tasks eg getting Josh Widdicombe to count grains of rice.

[@philipellis7039]

Just in case you’ve missed all the other responses: Rose Matafeo did chickpea funeral.

[@gnomad42]

My father was a Music Director at a radio station in Sydney (Australia) in the late 70s, and he had to program the music from printed rotation lists and intuition. He thought there must be a better way and spent months on his own time after work each night, building up a database on a new-fangled mini-computer the accounts department had for the organisation (the size of a small room) and putting together the rotations in a new format that could print out a new recommended lists for each shift to stop the DJs playing their favourites over & over. The company sold his work to CBS USA for lots of $. Another station he worked at 10 years later had a version of it called (Music Selector) that they bought from the US for lots of $. He had to laugh.

[@JustinJHenly]

Great chemistry between these two commentators, as always. Very enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining. Thanks team Rest is Entertainment and "See you next Tuesday!"

[@chairmansparky]

I was told that a sport is something that you have to change your footwear to play. That would make tennis a sport, and darts a game...

[@kriswheeler5686]

Tennis shoes are trainers Everyone wears trainers all the time….

[@jackedpackage796]

@@kriswheeler5686 This isn't correct. Proper courts require players to wear no streak tennis shoes so they don't fuck up the court. They'll also tend to be thicker because the court surface wears holes in shoes quite quickly. If you wear trainers to play tennis that's like playing football in cowboys boots.

[@LiamNI]

Tennis is 1000% more of a sport than cricket. Cricket is incredibly boring, and they break for feckin tea... Marina is mental with that take...

[@pd4165]

When did boring become a standard to judge if something is a sport or not? Anything that lasts for four days needs to stop for meal breaks. BTW cricket isn't boring - you just don't have enough stamina to see it through.

[@rosskennedy-hi2gi]

Not as crazy as your take! 5 day matches are called Test matches for a reason. A team sport played by 11 individuals. It’s much deeper and fascinating than tennis

[@ladyflimflam]

Love Marina’s enthusiasm, the tennis discussion was brilliant as was the 75% chance to flop.

[@sarahadam8334]

But I just wish she would not cut Richard as much as she does

[@krisinsaigon]

when he said that about why DJs have features like "today we're doing songs about cats", i suddenly remembered Mark Radcliffe in the 90s on his afternoon show, he must have been doing that

[@dominicskelton3031]

Funny that XTC was Richard's radio example. Many moons ago I was picked for the Good Day Bad Day feature on Steve Lamacq's 6 Music show, and the producer went "please can you tell him you're having a bad day, as we've had a lot of XTC recently" so they didn't want to get in trouble by playing Stupidly Happy. 😂 I happily faked it and went with my bad day pick of Nina Simone's Sinnerman.

[@mattblack6736]

Austin Butler was also seriously good in Dune 2. I look forward to what else he does, although his new biker film doesn't appeal to me.

[@adamsbja]

Something like 20 years ago my local Oldies station was dealing with some stuff that meant they didn't have a night DJ do they just put their entire library on shuffle. I was dealing with insomnia at the time so I got to overlap with that and it was amazing. Full version of Anna Gadda da Vida, original versions of songs where a cover's the one that got the polish and popular, no throughline of tone to tie everything together, it was an amazing experience.

[@samhughes9631]

I like it how the chapters don't line up with the actual chapters at all on this one.

[@Graysonn1]

I can't be the only person who has no idea why Tomothy Chalamet is popular

[@sarahadam8334]

Same here

[@sarahadam8334]

Mariana seems to be the only one who thinks he is a star He is nothing more than a face model

[@dereklawson1318]

​@@sarahadam8334 Millions (mostly female) would disagree with you!

[@sarahadam8334]

Oh, I agree millions Male and female find his face and bone structure very attractive That does not make him a good actor Or a superstar Sometimes, a character face could be a better tool of the trade

[@The_Tauri]

Good ep - love the idea of lawyers in space - some of (unironically) the best Star Trek TNG episodes are in fact, exactly that! Also, whoa! Why's the outro music so much louder? Scared me.

[@dominicskelton3031]

Totally agree on Star Trek - Strange New Worlds has done it too. Love a courtroom episode. 😂

[@simoncooper2994]

Maybe it's a terminology thing but I'd argue that yes, Marina's choice of stars under 35 are probably the biggest of their generation, but actually opening a movie? I'd say the IP is still the main draw for their big movies. Compared to movie stars of the past who would draw a crowd regardless of whatever blockbuster/tosh they were in I feel they're fairly niche. Young people might turn up but I don't see a big crossover. Or maybe I'm just too old to appreciate their star power...

[@BrianHiggins316]

Love this podcast!! These two are so prefect as hosts. The chapters are all wrong this week but. Also tennis isn’t a sport??! 🤦‍♂️

[@caglmdpoof9119]

13:58 Taskmaster

[@elwyndude]

It wasnt a great task but when Ardal O'hanlon revealed his sock on his hand and then the curtain came back and he wasnt wearing trousers, it had me dying with laughter. Especially after as people were perplexed and wanted an explanation.

[@pd4165]

Ardal never has to explain anything - his tenure as Father Dougal gives him a free pass to do anything he likes, in perpetuity.

[@dondesmond7969]

Coolest moment on taskmaster? The 7. somthing seconds it took Desiree Burch to knock that drink back without closing her mouth. The contortions the others went through made it just hilarious.

[@colinjones9515]

Nish and mark taskonberry and similarly Aisling bob and sally Rosalind is a F*"ING nightmare was inspired and comedy gold

[@sie4431]

Just FYI the chapters are messed up

[@josheldridge8546]

to provide an additional perspective on darts being a sport: i think what largely separates a sport from what i would call a 'game show' is how easily is it to produce the exact same activity outside of the view of cameras. footballs, basketballs, and even dart boards are a lot easier to come by than, say, a two-ton, castrated roulette wheel for a game of hangman. There's almost an inversely proportional relationship between reproducibility and participation: it could be argued that the two-ton roulette wheel is somewhat more open to amateur participation than the participants at the level of a televised darts match. Bullseye is in the middle of the border and i'm hoping nobody spends too much time staring at the flaw in my argument.

[@tonywalkuk]

Saoirse Ronan would have to be in the top three with Margot Robbie - Mary Queen of Scots with the two of them in was an acting masterslass

[@DannyDenay]

episode #50!? I've done fuck all with my life 😂😂

[@nickm8494]

As far as I am aware, BBC 6 music have playlists during the week, but at weekends the presenters can curate their own.

[@hjhw100]

Congrats on 50 shows guys!

[@garethgay9133]

Surely, there is room for a new season of drop the dead donkey (as you're talking about IP)

[@dominicskelton3031]

Most of the original cast have been doing a theatre tour with it recently.

[@garethgriffiths1674]

A podcast of two halves, I was gutted when it finished and great to see them showing such great character.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

I would LOVE to see Marina on Taskmaster

[@TheOneTrueKit]

A Sport is a game with the Fun removed.

[@SnoodyMcFlude]

Tennis does have fun to begin with, so where does that leave it?

[@TheOneTrueKit]

@@SnoodyMcFlude I say you can play any as either! But there’s a big difference between the two contexts

[@krisinsaigon]

who would be the worst person to play Jesus? Taskmaster has already shown us- Joe Wilkinson

[@krisinsaigon]

there's no script- we get him to ad lib each scene, all he gets is the scene premise

[@simoncarswell3515]

Turning water into 8 cans of lager and 42 Calippos.

[@krisinsaigon]

@@simoncarswell3515 that was the other great one, impressing a mayor!

[@cjaurentium2567]

Mike Myers (as Shrek) as Jesus and Dana Carvey (as Garth) as pontius pilote.

[@steveelkin7787]

A question ....... CBS production Star Trek Discovery lists at the start of each episode - Co-producer: 2 Producers: 3 Consulting Producer: 2 Supervising Producer: 1 Exec Producer: 13 Why so many people? Or Why so many people who don't do anything (if Marina wants to wind Richard up)? Why do many?

[@Wunderpantz]

I would watch the shit out of ‘Lawyers.. in Space!’

[@stevej1154]

When I listened to this episode and they were talking about spitting, I remembered that in A Clockwork Orange Malcolm McDowell had to be spat on in a scene, but they couldn’t get it exactly how Kubrick wanted it, so it took more than 30 takes. Not fake spit either. The actor playing the probation officer ran out of spit, so Steven Berkoff spat on him instead.

[@fibrown444]

I've had a few of pieces of music requested over the years - mostly Classic FM and local radio when a friend was being interviewed.

[@DrCalamityJan]

'Sport' versus 'event' : A sport is something that can be objectively measured. An event is something that is subjectively measured. Ergo Tennis is a sport; gymnastics is an event. Bite me big boy!

[@KristopherBel]

Gymnastics has a pretty strict rubric and is not simply judged subjectively

[@DrCalamityJan]

​@@KristopherBelstill scored. Still different marks given by different judges.

[@cantgoslow]

No way zendaya at number two- Emma Stone is just in on the age and beats zendaya hands down.

[@RihannaBritney]

They said UNDER 35… 🙈

[@Theyellowandtheblue]

The best player doesn't often win! Tell me you don't watch tennis without saying you don't watch tennis

[@billswifejo]

I love the idea of the lawyer in space, I’d watch it!

[@glebeboi]

Rosie Jones wasn't in series 9. She's about to appear in the next series. Rose Matafeo was in series 9 & did the chickpea funeral.

[@plkrtn]

I'm struggling with Marina's claim on Tom Holland and Jennifer Lawrence being franchise players not box office draws, and then naming Margot Robbie as joint 2nd. What has she drawn with? Babylon? Amsterdam?

[@astronomenov99]

I like Roy Keane as a pundit. Especially in the 'Stick to Football' show. But in his previous existence as a player I never really looked out for him.

[@sandramckeehan5679]

Tennis not a sport? What world is she living in?

[@thebagelsproductions]

She's bought a one-way ticket to crazy town! 😂

[@SnoodyMcFlude]

It's definitely a sport, it's just a really shit one

[@fightthepowerman]

Its because no one ever gets a gnarly injury. Marina is all about the blood.

[@aramanon]

It's because it's hard to understand elite tennis and the amount of willpower involved in concentrating for 2 hours because most of the pros can do all the moves but its doing it every time. Its a sport because the winner exerts their game on the opponent and puts the ball where they want withoit mistakes until the opponent cannot overcome it. Smack, smack, smack, smack, overhit one inch, OUT called, I watch and just think wow very good what's on the other channel.

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

​@@SnoodyMcFlude It's better then all the American sports

[@ezracooper4263]

'Marina and Richard arguing about tennis" is a sport!

[@nickm8494]

I was an extra on a movie and I discovered that, to make cobwebs, the production team used a glue gun attached to a hairdryer!

[@thickgooface]

Nick Kyrgios assaulted his girlfriend. It was widely reported and it's the basis of the objection to his broadcasting role. Seems strange that you wouldn't be aware of this, and refer to him with seeming affection as a "tennis bad boy"?

[@Manoplian]

I looked this up. Apparently he was arguing with his girlfriend and grabbed her. He pled guilty to the charge, and has appologized for it. I don't think that's what most people would think when they hear "assaulted his girlfriend" and honestly seems pretty mild. In fact, the magistrate declined to convict him of assault even though he pled guilty, which has to be an unusual occurence (although of course we have to be careful, because criminal justice always gives lenience to rich and famous people).

[@RubbishGimpy]

Nope, the real incident is: police had to separate the two in a hotel quarantine argument. He had to go to court for a completely different incident in 2022 which he was not convicted off. You appear be purposefully complicit or niavely simplistic not to see through cancel culture bias hate tactics character assassination. They are people stamping their feet trying to get what they want using any narrative available to them.

[@thickgooface]

Glad I'm not your girlfriend if you think grabbing and pushing one's partner to the pavement is "mild." I agree that people can make very bad mistakes without the need to discard them permanently, assuming they show genuine contrition and consistently altered behaviour, but it's weird to completely gloss over in this way.

[@Manoplian]

@@thickgooface It was clearly not intended to hurt or intimidate her, he was trying to get into a car and leave. And it was basically the same level of damage as tripping and falling on a sidewalk. That's not a story.

[@RubbishGimpy]

@@thickgooface Its a non event thats why. Its you're female bias and the fact you have completely 'glossed' over it wasn't a one sided argument. Portraying the female as an innocent victim and not complicit in this argument. Why also is police involvment and court results not adequate enough for you, that you need to push this 'bad man' cancel culture?

[@chrisknight2631]

Chickpea funeral was Rose Matefeo!

[@annethroop229]

I love the outfit, Marina.

[@michaelstill5184]

Didn't the Muppets do lawyers in Space? Oh, sorry. That was Pigs in Space!

[@duncanpaton7344]

Big difference between a game and a sport, footware….. if you don’t have to change your shoes it’s a game! 😂

[@maxine2798]

But most of the young world walk around in trainers. Possibly not sports ready though. For those in brogues, is clay pigeon shooting a sport?

[@exapnomapcase3267]

"Ken as Jesus" would be a little too close to Mel Brooks's "The Producers". You'd be in danger of making an inadvertent hit. Though I suppose that would fit in the 25% chance of being a hit.

[@davidgorman7911]

Presumably if Peter Jackson does the Old Testament, Ian McKellen will play just about every part?

[@chrisknight2631]

Gotta be honest, I thought Margot Robbie was over 35. That’s not meant as an insult, like I think she looks old or anything, I genuinely just thought she was closer to 40, due to owning production companies etc - just made me think she’d been in the business for much longer than she has. I’m not good at judging ages though. I thought Sophie from the latest series of Taskmaster was in her mid-50s (possibly older). Googled her during the final episode and was surprised to learn she’s 36!! So I’m not the best judge.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

Lawyers In Space sounds like what I wanted Better Call Saul to be.

[@ennayanne]

top 3 taskmaster tasks starts at 14:00 not sure what's going on with the chapter markers on this video lol

[@achatwithalex474]

All jokes aside, I would genuinely like to know what Marina's criteria is for what a sport or a game is? Still not quite sure what it is

[@christymclaughlin618]

Romesh Ranganathan smashing the watermelon on Taskmaster . Series 1 i think

[@pjalne]

Series 1, episode 1, task 1.

[@trickyd1977]

joe and the potato

[@monkey26mash1]

Jon Richardson attempting to impress the Mayor

[@jamiedeering3400]

The time stamps on this are completely wrong

[@jbum]

Timestamps / bookmarks are way off on this ep.

[@cullenjames7542]

I think y'all really missed some great actors in the "under 35" set: Dev Patel is amazing in everything he does; Anna Sawai who played Toda Mariko in the recent Shogun remake -- she made that show; Will Poulter is another overlooked talent; John Boyega is always entertaining; and Daniel Radcliff has gone on to do some really fantastic work.

[@cre8ivoutlet]

31:03 - Rosie Jones is on the next series.

[@PaulC_DH616]

"Why did you just call Roger Federer a sportsman?" ...boom 👏

[@chrisc_1012]

Starting a top three list on number one is a crime against humanity Off the The Hague

[@ohboy6672]

Alex is a "good sport". Taskmaster is a sport, confirmed by Marina.

[@TMThesaurus]

I think Marina's anti-tennis position would have been much more defensible if she said it's not a (good) spectator sport.

[@andreathompson7896]

To be fair, The original Napalm Death fans are probably listening Radio 2 now, so perhaps it wouldn't be that out of place.

[@castielswingman]

Glen Powell surely should be in the top 3 for the first question

[@Andrew-lc9sw]

Is this available as a podcast?

[@Walperion_Music]

18:55 - anyone knows the explanation why is TM the most lefty-viewed show on TV? That trivia baffled me. Because you would think it's one of the least topical politically engaged shows out there. It's just made for pure fun.

[@dereklawson1318]

Probably because comedians, the participants in TM, are generally from a 'liberal left' viewpoint?

[@ladyflimflam]

Also, now I’m going to have to go listen to xtc, maybe add some robyn hitchcock after

[@CityofLight11]

Marina calling tennis out for not being a sport is straight fire

[@mattybob12310]

"Tennis isn't a sport" *Tennis players casually being some of the fittest people on the planet...*

[@alexanderrose1071]

As someone who knows nothing about actors, I would have assumed purely by the name that Florence Pugh was an 80 year old woman

[@davidparker6046]

Some of the worst opinions I’ve heard on this for a while about tennis trying hard to be funny saying people at Wimbledon would rather see a pidgeon on court then says she goes all the time what on earth

[@Alo4321]

Mark Wahlberg as Jesus surely. He already knows the book off by heart

[@notthatrkelly]

I'm guessing very few people were going to Dune 2 just to see Tim-oh-tay Chalamet.

[@davidgorman7911]

I went to see it right at the end of its run so I expect everyone there had seen it at least once before. The audience was a mixture of weird men by themselves (yes, I've tagged myself) and schoolgirls still in uniform (it was a 4pm matinee so they'd come straight from school). The commercial success of the film is in uniting the two most obsessive fanbases - scifi nerds and teenage girls.

[@ian_sear]

Timestamps are completely wrong

[@Cameronwatt]

Throw the potato in the hole was my favourite taskmaster.

[@Difontaine07]

Now, I don't know if this makes it a 75% chance to flop or succeed but: "Coming this summer, Nicholas Cage IS Jesus Christ"

[@morganthedruid1]

I'd have to disagree with Richard's point that sport producers firstly need someone who is an incredible analyst when you look at what we've got in football. Rugby, cricket and tennis commentators/analysts all seem to have an insight into the sport that us viewers will mostly miss and their commentary adds so much to colour to the game or match we are watching. Football, the producers surely don't pick the analysts for their analysing prowess but because they are a name in the sport or they have a loud laugh. Working on say Match of the Day the analysts know they need to speak about something because they are paid for that service but it almost always ends up with these analysts simply describing to you what you just saw with your own eyes watching the telly. If they had charisma and a sense of humour like Lineker or Henri then it still would be uninformative but very entertaining, as it lies now what we have is laddish football describers whose job is to show you the thing you just watched but in slow motion while drawing arrows on the screen

[@RosClarkeCraft]

Chickpea funeral was Rose Matafeo, not Rosie Jones. Rosie is on the next series. I think she’ll be great.

[@StudioSquidink]

Hear me out here: Werner Herzog as Jesus

[@jobaird5014]

Best Taskmaster task - Grand Theft Auto and Space Invaders

[@pd4165]

Tying up Alex. Sally Phillips' giving birth.

[@EricAitala]

There are people who do Space Law already....

[@leeclayson2194]

Timothee Chalamet is definitely number one but dismisses Jennifer Lawrence because she was in the Hunger Games or X-men franchise (not sure which IP was being referenced) although movies like Don’t Look Up, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook don’t count? I really don’t even see a comparison, let alone find it that way round.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Rose Matafeo, not Rosie Jones. 😂😂😂

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

Shame on you, Richard. Ed Gamble had the chickpea task in series nine!

[@maldaror7097]

ok top five people who are really appreciated but still somehow under appreciated, gonna go with number one......Victoria Wood , the worst Jesus would be Jared Leto