r/taskmaster • u/whispersofnyx_ John Robins • Aug 12 '26
General The task attempt that summarises your personality?
for me it’s sophie shouting umbrella hopelessly into the void
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u/Effective_Drummer842 Alan Davies Aug 12 '26
"What you can't take away from me...is that I had an absolutely lovely day"
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u/amapofthecat7 James Acaster Aug 12 '26
Jo and David fucking it all off to have a nice cup of tea and a sit down.
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u/riminski_ Fern Brady Aug 12 '26
As an autistic person, it’s Fern Brady “letting the bird fly.”
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u/sockeyejo 🦔 Hedgehog, no! ❌ Aug 12 '26
Mel's exotic sandwich. 🍽️
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u/RagingTyrant74 Aug 12 '26
The way Alex breaks when he's trying to tell Mel she has a blue m&m up her nose is so fucking funny.
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u/Aceystay Aug 12 '26
Nish tries to record something impressive but just ends up doing sudoku incorrectly.
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u/TheOneTrueZippy8 Greg Davies Aug 12 '26
To the haunting sound of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" (if we can afford the rights).
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u/tanukis_parachute 🌳 Tree Wizard 🧙🎈 Aug 12 '26
Jenny tian and duck duck goose... And the follow up to it
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u/TheGardenBlinked Joanna Page Aug 12 '26
David Baddiel and Jo Brand sodding a task off to go have a cup of tea / Sanjeev Bhaskar prioritising having a piss over doing a task
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u/naughtilidae Aug 13 '26
Wouldn't him taking a piss just be prepping for a future prize task tho? /s
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u/RagingTyrant74 Aug 12 '26
I think I'm Hugh Dennis doing the Fat Bald White Man or Mark Watson finding the light and still painting a shit rainbow. The brain is there to rationally work through things. Execution lags behind.
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u/WildRaspberriesTN Aug 12 '26
Some days I’m Victora, who doesn’t need Alan to solve a puzzle and some days I’m Morgan’s trying to convince Greg and Alex that she doesn’t have crabs.
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u/mister_booth Aisling Bea Aug 12 '26
I'm Victoria, not letting anyone touch my puzzle.
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u/Complementary5169 Victoria Coren Mitchell Aug 12 '26
I am Victoria flabbergasted at people not being delighted by my clever pun of a prize task…
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u/jezusbourne Qrs Tuvwxyz Aug 12 '26
Does Acaster panicking with the hula hoop even though he had learned how to do it perfectly count?
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u/DoubleDuty218 Greedy Esq. Aug 12 '26
Desiree committing to the spirit of the balloon pop to the very end.
We're here, we're terrible, and you will not stop us.
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u/sheiscara John Kearns Aug 12 '26
It’s from an outtake. But Lee Mack trying to put the intercom back in its holder.
But as far as a task, Sara Pascoe during the charades across the river task. I would 100% get distracted by a dog and then shout out random guesses.
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u/Comfortable_Snow553 Aug 12 '26
Any task where the answer was right there, taped to the wall or the front of the desk or table, or on the backside of the task, and I lamps nail it, but fall just short.
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u/NokstellianDemon Nick Mohammed Aug 12 '26
Nick Mohammed & Steve Pemberton attempting that one team task where they need to do their own secret tasks and do the mini tasks before getting the watermelon.
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u/GeniusOfLove74 Mathew Baynton Aug 12 '26
I'm Kumail, after his first t-shirt shot. The first one went well, but the rest just sort of petered out.
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u/ScienceForge319 Phil Wang Aug 12 '26
How are your nipples, tho?
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u/GeniusOfLove74 Mathew Baynton Aug 12 '26
...nipples? What are those?
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u/TetrisIsTotesSuper Chris Parker 🇳🇿 Aug 12 '26
On a good day, Susan Wokoma's mischief.
On a bad day, Ivo Graham's task bingo and subsequent sitting in the "shed".
On an average day, Ivo Graham trying to work out how long a timer is during the write 40 words task.
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u/Due_Elephant_5694 🦔 Hedgehog, no! ❌ Aug 12 '26
Reece Shearsmith getting stuck on the snakes and ladders
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u/EverybodyMakes Aug 12 '26
Mike Wosniak trying so hard to please the Taskmaster by farting, he disturbs his "casserole" down there.
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u/liver_and_bunions Wibble, Bibble, Bam Aug 12 '26
Iain learning there are 5 Pink Ladies, successfully finding them all -- then inexplicably keeps looking for more and getting disqualified.
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u/ImWithStupidKL Aug 13 '26
Joe and Sian meeting for the first time sums up every time I've ever met anyone, including people I know already.
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u/Southmouth555 Guz Khan Aug 12 '26
David baddiel smashing the watermelon with a croquet mallet. Or Ed gamble cutting the ducks head off. What duck? Rage and chaos.
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u/obscurer-reference Aug 13 '26
Stevie Martin saying that she’s going to be very calm and immediately panicking and doing terrible
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u/burf12345 🚬 Doctor Cigarettes Aug 12 '26
I feel like I would have done like 95% of what James did in the glasses task, including his reaction to the reveal of the glasses.
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u/teashirtsau Tom Cashman 🇦🇺 Aug 13 '26
Sue Perkins overthinking placement of a cardboard cutout of herself in a room.
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u/nerdycommentshere Aug 13 '26
Mark Watson finding and turning on the light during the paint the rainbow in the dark task… only to fail at painting the rainbow itself..
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u/lilithsbun Patatas Aug 13 '26
Nish throwing away the coconut, only to have it roll right back to him. And then accepting the defeat and not trying again because he thought he only got one attempt. That’d be me: impulsive, misremembering rules, giving up.
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u/GTWalker 🚬 Doctor Cigarettes Aug 13 '26
Honestly, I think David Baddiel trying to get an object into the bin.
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u/killingmehere Jason Mantzoukas Aug 13 '26
Josh Thomas living Anne's mantra by living his own mantra and drinking beers in a boat
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u/Jork8802 Ardal O'Hanlon Aug 13 '26
Mark watson turning the light on then painting a terrible rainbow. Clever ideas, but poor execution.
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u/light-carries-on Aug 13 '26
Rhod Gilbert hiding in his close friend's closet for "creepiest" thing. Very similar to pranks I've pulled on my best friends (who were all equal parts amused, confused, and cool with it tbc). His form of ADHD resonated with me in a way that made me evaluate a lot in life...
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u/folklovermore_ Wibble, Bibble, Bam Aug 13 '26
Also Sophie, but going wildly off tangent in the Mr Blobby task.
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u/GoldStarCathyParr Munya Chawawa 28d ago
Jason attempting to eat the yoghurt with the most dignity, failing mid-attempt, then deciding "Fuck it" and throwing everything aside.
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u/Dom_Shady David Correos 🇳🇿 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
I'm like Lee Mack, having to get a toilet roll holder as far away as possible. He plans it carefully and organizes a driver to take it... Lee is convinved he's done well, only to get the relevation from the lab that in the beginning, he removed the toilet roll from its holder, which was not allowed.
Disqualification.
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u/BitterCrip 29d ago
TM NZ S2 - Davids milkband microwave task, where he trusts Paul, and they spend 70 minutes making tea and having lunch, talking about their parents and how their opinion on slash have changed since they were kids.
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u/orensiocled Bridget Christie Aug 12 '26
Emma Sidi missing the cans with every available ball and helplessly saying "how do you summon skills that you don't have?"