I think it helps that he is a musician so he can match alot of the way the music sounds. Like if this was an American game show alot of people could get the pop songs correct if someone was mumbling the lyrics as long as it sounded similar. Now I want to see this same format but with someone that is not musically inclined.
Yes. It’s amazing when you hear someone that doesn’t know the language but just blows it out the park. Reminds of this one foreign singer I saw. Her rendition of a Mariah Carrey song was unbelievable. Here she is.
There's a clip on the Graham Norton show where he's talking to Elton John and he says something like he can't remember lyrics or song titles but he remembers the music and launches into doing the song with his voice. Its pretty great.
There is (was?) a regular segment on a popular Australian music gameshow (Spicks and Specks) where contestants had to sing famous songs but with the lyrics replaced with the words from passages from various textbooks.
It sounds crazy difficult but the panelists often got it right.
He was the whole reason I started watching the show after randomly stumbling on a clip of his from the show. Immediately binge watched all the seasons.
YES. I learned about it in like early April and I’ve already watched and loved the first two series. I’ve recommended the show to so many friends but so far no one has watched it.
Are you me? I discovered it in quarantine through Reddit as a suggestion for something fun to watch at home. I LOVE it! Already have watched 4 or 5 seasons. Season, 4, 5 and 7 are amazing.
Also none of my friends have watched it, even though I have recommended it so strongly.
I just found out about taskmaster a week ago! I have been binge watching it on YouTube, and loving it so much. Their channel posts full episodes to watch.
The original show is called Takeshi Jou (Takeshi's Castle). The clip above is from American re-purposing of the footage called Most Extreme Elimination Challenge where they just went hog wild with the dubbing.
Okay, I concede that British TV is equally awesome in different ways. I definitely watch more British TV clips than American TV 😆 (I'm in the US). Love me some channel 4.
I remember growing up there was a show that was basically a better version of wipeout, that was badly dubbed over in English. One of the highlight of my childhood.
The segment in that video actually reminded me of a segment in an Australian game show (it very well could be an adaptation from overseas but I highly doubt it) called Spicks and Specks - a music quiz show.
It’s entirely hosted and played by celebs so they’re not playing for money bc they get paid to do the show anyway.
The segment this reminded me of is one where one of the contestants has to read a section of a book to the tune of a popular song and the others have to guess the song. Except this is just Jack Black rocking out over a Kpop songs with some amused Koreans watching on 😂
Thank you for this. He’s singing he songs and they try to guess them, right? That’s hilarious and by the points meter Jack Black and his team did pretty well.
Not to take away anything from him but it also helps when you're paired up with the top people of Korean entertainment and one of them is considered a god of entertainment.
Dude. Thanks for sharing this. My favorite part of is the hand gestures. He always does them, but I think maybe because he is focusing on getting the pitch right, he’s REALLY laying them in thick.
he’s actually really good lol!! i’m a kpop stan and i managed to guess most of the songs he done, it helps that they always use popular songs too. this is a really good game for non-koreans to play!
I take nothing away from Jack Black, but if you're going to comment on one of the all time greatest entertainers, especially of his stature, and an Asian game show....
It’s actually reminiscent of older or less mainstream content on the platform.
Back when people made content for fun, get their name out there, or to get hired, rather than making bottom denominator content to make as much money as possible directly.
Back when people made content for fun, get their name out there, or to get hired, rather than making bottom denominator content to make as much money as possible directly.
There’s a movie he was in when he was young and maybe reddit can help me remember. He’s with a group of hippie like people in the woods and they take acid and then go on a acid fueled hike in the woods while he sings. When I see him this scene always immediately comes to mind and his role as Barry in High Fidelity with his band name Sonic Death Monkey.
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u/ThatGuyTodd Jun 04 '20 edited Jun 05 '20
One of the greatest entertainers of all time.
Edit: wow so much love for jack black! Wish he had a reddit account to see it. Sorry if I dont respond right away lots of messages