Trap the Rat in the Most Ingenious Way | Full Task | Taskmaster

From series 11, Trap the Rat in the Most Ingenious Way.
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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.

[@caramelvictim193]

Whoever was controlling the rat deserves a raise, the mannerisms of the rat made me genuinely giggle 🤭

[@wolfelkan8183]

I wonder if they were credited at the end. "Rat Operator"

[@ClipCrew]

@@wolfelkan8183 has to have been, as it's their job title.

[@nub5760]

🤨

[@Hannie.Schaft]

They probably got a point for it

[@rossplendent]

The way they all stood around confused where the task was gave me a great idea for a different task: They arrive in a room, with no visible task, and are told they'll have to find it. After tearing apart the room to get the task, it simply reads: "Put the room back exactly as you found it. Your time started when you entered the room."

[@Looneyboyo]

YES

[@princesssshortie]

I *need* to see this

[@zakarymoninger7845]

This is quite similar to the "Make the biggest mess... now clean it up" task, but a bit less mean-spirited (one of the contestants got quite upset if I recall). That said, I think having Alex come in with a photo of the set and playing spot the difference could be fun!

[@sumsum8272]

@@zakarymoninger7845 for the biggest mess task (CoC 1), they knew from the get-go that they would have to clean up. I think you might have mixed it up with the exotic sandwich task (make an exotic sandwich, fastest to eat their sandwich wins, series 4)

[@mindicity3874]

@@zakarymoninger7845 They recently did that on TM NZ - while pretending the task was "come back to this room in exactly 10 minutes; you cannot use any timing devices", they made a number of changes to the room and told the contestant to find them all.

[@studentfilmed]

10:28 “didn’t the rules say you had to be off the green though by 3 meters” says Jamali who was also on the green and then given a point anyway 🤔🤔

[@komet5420]

at least his trap was meant to be done from outside. hers broke the rules in the design phase already

[@milowhittaker9739]

I love the fact that even though charlotte got the task completely wrong, everyone seemed genuinely proud of her :D

[@HonestAuntyElle]

She had the most ingenious, hands down. But rules is rules.

[@domb8448]

Empathy.

[@JLF201]

Well she did overcome her fear of large rats right before our eyes.

[@AVRDXB]

Yep shows how broken the world is when stupidity is celebrated. x

[@davidson7352]

@@AVRDXB I'm sorry what?

[@ShaggyRogers1]

Peanut butter is lowkey one of the best baits to use for mice/rat traps. Gives off a lot of scent that animals will pick up but not be offensive to humans, and it sticks to the trap instead of being able to be picked up/carried. Out of things that are in 99% of kitchens to use to bait rats, peanut butter is up at the top.

[@brendanhart517]

will not be offensive to most humans. But yeah your points stand

[@exessex3522]

How do remote controlled electric animals react to peanut butter?

[@JMill77]

just make sure your dog can't get to it

[@OriginalPiMan]

Tried it once with a mouse trap. Mouse just licked the trap clean without it snapping shut.

[@OriginalPiMan]

@@JMill77 Other than possibly being hurt by the trap itself, peanut butter is usually fine for dogs. It's the artificial sweetener in some of them that is the problem.

[@friday13michael]

All joking aside, I’m pretty sure Jamiali was not 3 meters away

[@redholm]

Probably why he was not going to argue it in any way XD

[@sjurhaugen8175]

…and should therefore get 0 points instead of 1…

[@SteelBuckeye]

You couldn’t see his hand.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Useless

[@ShimmeringSpectrum]

It feels like there was a pity point because there was at least an attempt at capturing it from the required distance.

[@aleandra3945]

i feel that we as a society don't talk enough about how fabulous sarah's hair is

[@PBTophie]

Sarah always has amazing hair.

[@arfansthename]

it's messily organized

[@Robyamdam]

really? it seems every youtube comment section i go to they can't shut up about it

[@yltraviole]

it's so thick

[@Beaneabean]

Why is hair considered fabulous when its big?

[@sweetssandbox3526]

I would give anything to be part of the creative team coming up with and setting up these tasks. Seems like such a fun time

[@t0m1337n]

Its alex horne i think

[@ethannguyen9638]

Idk I feel like it would be stressful if you cant come up with enough exciting tasks

[@ro-robican2762]

Yeah I think it's Alex also

[@sweetssandbox3526]

I don’t think it’s JUST Alex based on some interviews. That would be quite the single man effort

[@ro-robican2762]

@@sweetssandbox3526 I think from TM behind the scenes they talk about it

[@TT-md7mm]

Charlotte has got to be one of the most genuinely pure hearted people on this planet. She reminds me of hosts like Carl Sagan, Mr Rogers, and Shari Lewis.

[@xJeremySx]

I like how they just completely glossed over Alex calling peanut butter garbage at 4:49 lmao

[@regrettablemuffin9186]

Or meat

[@apancakewithabs632]

he was calling it meat, which it is classified as by the FDA

[@spencert94]

I’m surprised no one tried to just find the guy controlling it and take the controller lol

[@chalphon4907]

How the heck did the guy with the "green screen solution" get 1 point? He was definately not 3 meters away either...

[@alvaroampudia4382]

but there's no proof of that.... xD

[@tylisirn]

There was at least an attempt that theoretically could have worked, even if it ultimately needed some green screen help.

[@Nebulaoblivion]

Even if you cant see his hand, the rest of his body is clearly less than 3 meters away as he places a stick with a bag ontop of the rat lol.

[@robinmabbott7334]

Mike should get 4 points just based on the way he runs !

[@Hexen_Wulf]

He's like a new born giraffe.

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

Alex dropping the bathtub to answer Lee is just chaotic.

[@ambersexton517]

The real MVP of this task is whoever was operating the rat.

[@BenderTheCat007]

I'd have asked for a remote controlled cat to catch the remote controlled rat.

[@FutureDeep]

Then you'd need a remote control dog to catch the remote control cat.

[@a_921]

I think you invented a new "sport".

[@GhostBear3067]

I would have most likely reflexively picked up the rat to read the task and celebrated right up until reading that I had to be 3 meters away...

[@Cheesus-Sliced]

then just put it in a bucket and go back inside lol

[@lucasheap]

Charlotte never fails to make me laugh

[@lhfirex]

This series had such a great cast.

[@esteban280889]

mikes a gem. wish he was on every season

[@megarusso]

Task master rat is the best character of the last decade of TV

[@javiersds8081]

I feel bad for Charlotte. She came up with the most creative way of trapping the rat, but yet she blew it because she forgot the rules. I would've given her a bonus point for creativity.

[@SoSo-li6dn]

she used her hands

[@obamabinladen4109]

Honestly Alex should point this kind of thing out to the contestants instead of letting them waste their time

[@segevstormlord3713]

I am disappointed that nobody dragged the red "green" somewhere else to force the rat into confinement.

[@junova7503]

Damn, that's clever.

[@craigpayne5500]

I absolutely love every country’s version of this show and there is no show that is better. Thank you for this wonderful show Alex Horne

[@DadBodDrumming]

The net being pulled form behind cover while wearing camo should have won

[@reidleblanc3140]

"Rats like garbage and meat... "that includes peanut butter."

[@joshharkness7637]

Greg thinking that was a lovely stroke explains alot about how the English cricket team has been fairing recently.

[@uscitizen5656]

I am so glad I stumbled across this channel. Everybody needs a GOOD Laugh now and then!!

[@Budmiester]

10:29 Jamali points out you have to be 3m away yet is literally 20cm away from the rat as he traps it at 7:51..... The hypocrisy is palpable.

[@bobidou23]

This was the series that alone kept me sane early last year! Sarah 🥰🥰🥰 and Charlotte 🥺🥺🥺

[@rumrunner1990]

4:28 what she said here was fucking hilarious and I feel it went unappreciated lol

[@Crash290andmom]

I love the rat driver scaring her lol

[@durg8909]

I really liked the part where people who haven’t finished the video scrolled through the comments.

[@chayimweinstock443]

Just to see what other people are thinking.

[@miadzag]

😁

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

7:12 I would like to make the argument that he (Mike) wasn't 3 meters away when the rat actually got trapped. "You must be at least 3 meters from the rat when you catch it"

[@YoJesusMorales]

I think woz should have the 5 pointer here, Lee Mack wasn't ingenious, just more showboatie than Sarah Kendall.

[@CharlieQuartz]

"Ingenious" simply means clever and creative, which I think Lee's contraption was more than Woz's net. He also captured the Rube Goldberg spirit of the mouse trap game the most.

[@petertaylor4980]

The task said "ingenious and practical". The "practical" part seemed somewhat overlooked.

[@patriciocastro6198]

@@petertaylor4980 Does it metions it has to be practical? I think the task only said "most ingenious wins"

[@petertaylor4980]

@@patriciocastro6198, I'm sure I rewatched it before posting that comment, but I can't hear any mention of "practical" now. I suppose it's a good illustration of how inaccurate eyewitnesses can be.

[@patriciocastro6198]

@@petertaylor4980 I think Greg mentioned how practical the two first traps were so maybe that's where you heard it (?

[@nicpilditch8961]

Trapped the rat with the bat and that's that

[@dk14929]

Mike Wozniak has Paul F. Tompkins vibes

[@Purzius]

I love this task ^^

[@D3niz3n]

Charlotte was robbed. How was hers any less acceptable than green screen guy?

[@TheGary108]

She wasn’t at least 3 feet away from the rat when it got trapped.

[@themug406]

@@TheGary108 Whats it like having the same iq as a carrot

[@TheGary108]

@@themug406 I can count to Orange.

[@aharder5765]

"Do you remember the game Mousetrap?" "Yes" "Carry on"

[@venomsbite3925]

I love that they have a person who looks and acts exactly like mumbo does on the hermitcraft server XD

[@iz723]

Lmao true

[@marcusreading3783]

I like the judges socks.

[@potest_nucis8012]

I was wondering if any contestant would move red green to their advantage

[@failuretolaunch4571]

The funniest thing I found is Lee's celebration. Presumably he wanted to hit the ball against the plunger and that would trap the rat. He missed the ball completely,yet he must have been relieved that the bat hit the plunger and the trap worked. Also Greg praising his shot was probably fake praise.

[@HighSlayerRalton]

I'd have folded up the red circle and put in a box. Let the rat figure out how to trap itself.

[@krtwood]

The rat would be trapped in the impossible task of getting on the green.

[@ericadavenport2039]

Aw, Richard Briers. RIP ❤ Sweet man who starred in my favorite British comedy, The Good Life.

[@kisbie]

It’s not Briers, but Mike does remind me of someone and it’s been driving me mad for a year now trying to think who it is. 😵‍💫

[@jbbya6040]

@@kisbie For me it’s Chris Morris from the IT Crowd

[@paulquaife7974]

Oh that's who he said, i thought he said richard pryors, who was an african american comedian... Was thinking thats a bit inappropriate 😅

[@CramosReacts]

I was abt to comment on how offensive the video title was until I realized it didn’t say to “trap the rat in the most indigenous way”

[@robquinnpc]

Didn’t one dude go on the Matt as well to retrieve the ball?

[@ahabsbane]

I love how everyone's tactic is to use Alex like a slave as much as possible!

[@micahrichmond6469]

A swear Lee Mack also went on the red green? Poor Charlotte haha

[@AlexaFaie]

It didn't say you couldn't be on it whilst setting up the trap, just had to be that distance away when the trap caught the rat. When he removed the "cheese" the rat had not yet been caught by the trap.

[@GroovingPict]

which episode is this from? I thought I had watched all episodes from series 11 but I dont remember this

[@timotheit4]

Pretty sure it’s from the very first episode

[@GhostBear3067]

This is the first episode, I think it might be the first actual task after the prize task.

[@tednoob]

Don't know why, maybe it is the editing, but something felt wrong watching this.

[@MrOwenmorg]

No audience

[@andrewellis712]

Why is jamali’s beard so uneven

[@shinybugg9156]

But why did Jamali get any points? He also wasn't far enough away!

[@shortforchange]

I would have layed down a sub prime morgage loan.

[@Nebulaoblivion]

Mike should have won that one.

[@itunesaccount760]

10:46 shes the cutest D:

[@friday13michael]

Wow I was not expecting Charlotte to win like that but I suppose you shouldn’t question the taskmaster!

[@craftsmanwoodturner]

Or you could actually watch the video to the end, instead of guessing...

[@carolemercier7704]

Did we watch the same video? 🙂

[@beansontoast9000]

What?

[@friday13michael]

@@beansontoast9000 I said, “Wow I was not expecting Charlotte to win like that but I suppose you shouldn’t question the taskmaster!”

[@TPH250290]

@@friday13michael But... she didn't win?

[@TRUBSYT]

Holy. 3 ads in 5 mins

[@johnsmithworth9296]

Is it just me or is the energy off in this episode? Greg just seems tired or sick. And it's weirdly quiet. Maybe it was the COVID restrictions but it just gave me some odd vibes

[@megamcgee]

I just made a similar comment and thought I’d scroll through to see if anyone else thought the same. Feels like Greg’s hearts not in it

[@PBTophie]

No audience, innit

[@DemstarAus]

@@PBTophie there is, BBC doesn't use fake laugh tracks.

[@IncaendiumDCS]

@@DemstarAus It's not a fake laugh track, true, but they just played the episode to an audience later after everything was filmed. Season 11 was during the height of Covid, so there was no live audience during recording.

[@sebastiang7394]

As an engineer my first thought was jam the signal from the remote. But the I don’t think I would have been able to construct a jamming device in 30min. At least not with the tools they had around. Plus it’s illegal so there is that. Would have been a creative solution though.

[@sebastiang7394]

Maybe a Faraday cage would have worked tough. Blocking the signals from the remote.

[@fruit6946]

Has taskmaster always had a laugh track? I don't remember it having one

[@grit1]

It used to be live before covid

[@alexortiz9777]

Did Lee kill the rat?

[@abigailswords2649]

what season is this from

[@notprovided1131]

Having a rat phobia isn't that irrational. Rats can give you a nasty bite. I once had mice in the house and that was a concern of mine

[@birdeynamnam]

That rat is so cute, if I was there I would have cried 🥺🥹😭

[@mancheetah5610]

I've come from season 7, it seems so dry now

[@ursraj27]

Her face at 1:31

[@rachelcookie321]

Mike wan’t 3 meters way when he trapped the rat though

[@Echinacae]

Please put an engineer on this show

[@alexisb3829]

Charlotte reminds me of Rashida Jones

[@megamcgee]

Is Greg okay?

[@reecetomm]

Disappointingly this is one of my least favourite tasks. The task should have had the rat going over a much smaller red mat in a straight line and if the contestant missed putting down their contraption it would have just went over it, much more room for failure and would have had more jeopardy to it instead of just having a remote control move the rat to wherever the contestant wanted the rat to move.

[@themug406]

Thats.. a weird stance to take

[@reecetomm]

@@themug406 How so? Making the task easier by allowing the rat to go wherever the contestant wants it to go makes it less of a “trap the rat” task and more of a “do whatever you want” task

[@MadaoNoKamisama]

Series 13 where

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

yay

[@knottage]

Jamali shouldn't have got any points because he was also within 3m

[@RossDougherty]

So, Lee Mack won, and they edited out Lee Mack's trap.

[@Glasby90]

not sure if you watched the same video as the rest of us there bud.

[@prowler6435]

Did you mentally combine the two bath based traps? Two contestants used the bath, just Lee added a cricket bat element to it. It was in the video.

[@keatonhayes1900]

If anything, reaching under the tub to grab the “cheese” tennis ball to roll down Alex’s ramp had nothing to do with it. The rest were not up to “the task”.

[@carolemercier7704]

Maybe you blinked too long or took a power nap, because it's very much on this video.

[@pearkore6821]

3:03 horrific, she's been americanised

[@fiveiron40]

Third

[@nuggetlord9617]

The Waffle House has found its new Host

[@_woof]

69

[@ryann1669]

you clearly tried to play american mucis.. ffs

[@ro-robican2762]

Most boring group of taskmasters I ever seen

[@domb8448]

Mike was a heart-warming, quietly eccentric, life-affirming joy. Vive le Wozniak.

[@ro-robican2762]

@@domb8448 yeah I am in US so don't know anyone but from task master. But usually those people are funny and made me laugh. This is the first time I seen these people so I just think they are not funny . No hard feelings

[@innateflavour]

Pretty weak guests except for the moustache feller

[@Ragzvids]

What happened to taskmaster? This is the worst season so far. And why the hell is everyone so far apart? You're losing your audience. Wake up

[@cmonkey3698]

everybody is so far apart because this was filmed in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, they had to be that far apart to be allowed to even film

[@themug406]

And the dumbest comment of the year award goes to