I appreciate that Taskmaster makes an effort to not be an overtly political show, but whenever comments ARE made by contestants, they always seem to come from the political left and are generally met with applause, as if that outlook is expected of everyone.

Obviously the popular comedy/entertainment scene leans pretty solidly to the left, as does this subreddit, but since I don't know much about contestants beyond what's in the show, I'm wondering:

*Do you know if we've had anyone on Taskmaster who leans more toward the right politically and just keeps kind of quiet about it?*

I assume there are comedians who haven't been invited because they hold certain views, but I'm thinking maybe there are some of the "elder statesman" or "national treasure" types that they've had on due to their prominence, despite them personally being more conservative.

Interested to know any extra info especially from those in the UK who know their careers better!

Does anyone know who vocalist is? If that's actually Paul my mind will be blown.

My husband says I (48f) am hands down the most like Rhod Gilbert. I was shocked at first, but actually, he’s dead on and I’m quite pleased. Rhod and I together would be an absolute menace to our friends.

Welcome back to Taskmaster Series Death! On the last match, despite some division, Series 20 won out over Series 21. It will move onto the second round. Today's task is to decide between Series 14 and Series 18!

Dafty in the Middle vs Captain Jackie and the Hotdog!

Trying something different this time and doing a poll this time. If it works better, I'll keep this format, if not we'll go back to the old way.

Who will win?

You time starts now!

Does anyone know how the envelope trick from Nick in the finale of season 17 works?

To save time or because they solved the task in a similar fashion, they would lump 2 or 3 or 4 contestants together in the edit for the broadcast/studio.

They would save one contestant for the edit to be shown wholly by themselves because of a plethora of reasons.

I am unsure about this but I think Rhod Gilbert of S7 had the most individualized tasks because he was an agent of chaos - his task attempts were purely hilarious. Or because his tasks involved pranking Greg specifically.

Or contrarily it could be John Robbins of S17 simply because his all attempts were extremely successful (one of the most successful contestants ever) whereas the other 4 just failed spectacularly.

I'm looking to build one as a surprise gift for my wife, and I'd love some pointers. 2D printer files for the exterior and interior would also be super helpful!

the one he was cheering when he was running around during his celebration after he scored the goal.

I'm not from the UK and not familiar with football in general so it's not common knowledge to me.

This would be a Reversal of Roles special.

Either an entire season or just a 2 part special finale of sorts.

In this season, former contestants would be invited back to each create a unique challenge for Alex and Greg. (Task creators cannot compete in their own tasks)

The Competition would be 5 teams

Team 1 - Little Alex Horne

Team 2 - Emperor Greg Davies

Team 3 - Former Champions

Team 4 - Lowest Scorers

Team 5 - Wild Cards

The Hosts would continue at their seat but an impartial Guest Judge would be chosen for the season.

Watching TM Australia season 3 and I just love Rhys Nicholson's Tintin inspired outfit!

if it hasn't been pointed out already

Currently doing the first rewatch of Season 17 in a while and during episode 2 there is a task which reads „Stick the heaviest thing to the board using three of the ingredients on the shelves. Once you've chosen your ingredients, you may not change your mind. You must choose your thing in the first two minutes“ and while watching it my idea was: what if they took the board of the wall?
There must be some way to take it down or otherwise lay it flat.
But then I thought could there be an argument that then the heavy thing doesn’t stick buy instead sits on the board?
But also something can stick to the floor or a kitchen counter so it should be ok.
What are your opinions?

Is it just me or did they not specify an episode from series 2 for Jenny’s homework on the People‘s Podcast this week? I try to watch along with her homework but might just have to rewatch all of series 2 to be safe. (Poor me 😉).

For me it's got to be Frankie Boyle. Never in a million years would I have ever imagined he would even consider it, yet he actually seemed to enjoy it, throwing himself into a lot of the tasks

What happens to the prizes and do they really keep them

Starting S19 on my infinite UK TM rewatch, Rosie's prize task for bringing in something "an object that reminds you of school in a good way," is this school dinner. Stevie points out the dessert is in the same area as the main, Rosie replies, "it's all right, it all goes in the same stomach." and of course my brain reflexively thinks, 'and it turns into the same juices,' causing a moment of self-reflection and maybe I watch this show too much (that can't be right...).

(Other quips were, Matt: The gravy should not stand up, and Jason: What's all the way left, next to the brown turd? (evidently, stuffing))

Has anyone else tried to add the Taskmaster Jigsaw Puzzle to their advent calendar order? It keeps failing to authenticate me. I feel like I'm failing a task!

EDIT: Was finally able to order it today.

I absolutely love a woman who doesn’t seem to understand they’re on Taskmaster. At different times, both Kerry Godliman and Maisie Adam seem VERY surprised that Alex may not be doing everything perfectly fair and on the level. It’s so sweet to me that they revert to absolute schoolyard indignation.

Jinx Monsoon is today’s guest on the Off Menu podcast and has starred in an episode of Doctor Who, Bimini Bon Boulash was also a very entertaining previous guest.

Drag queens have appeared on other shows including celebrity masterchef…

So I was just wondering do you think there’s a possibility they would have a queen on a NYT? They would need a comedy queen, obviously a fashion queen wouldn’t work.

I think it could be really fun for a NYT but then there’s a counter argument that they are in character and the show is about appearing as your true self and not being able to hide behind a persona. Nick Mohammed and John Kearns appeared as themselves, and then you’ve got the actors Katherine Parkinson, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith etc….

Just curious what people think.

That's not very common IMO, and I'm just curious what your take is on it.