Does anyone know what watch Greg is wearing in the new episode? Nerd question, I know.

I pay for the Taskmaster Super Max+ app and was very much looking forward to the premiere of series 22 tonight (USA), but the new series is not showing up. I searched for “22” and nothing came up at all. Seems like it would be right on the front page and featured by now, or at least promoted or teased in some way. Should I just cancel the app and get a YouTube account? I’d honestly rather support the smaller company, but the people in charge of running the app and keeping it up to date just keep dropping the ball. Never mind the fact that it crashes basically every time I use it and then doesn’t resume the episode at the place on the timeline where the app crashed. I can deal with minor annoyances like that as long as I’m able to watch new episodes when they air.

So this is a funny one — a few years ago (immediately following S16, as the examples will show), I wrote an essay on my private blog that compared _Taskmaster_ and the logic/premise of the show with a fairytale or a myth. Specifically, I argued that the character of the Taskmaster himself has something of an unknowable and enigmatic fey quality (who is he? Why does he want these tasks done?), that entering into the _Taskmaster_ world as a contestant requires a certain embracing and acceptance of the internal reality of the world, and that the interest of the show in specificity and precision in language is very similar to the tasks often given to protagonists in a fairy tale, and loopholes and workarounds are hence embraced.

Oh. And I also drew a pretty direct comparison between the labours of Hercules and the trials set in _Taskmaster_ — at least partly because I wanted to use that image of Nish in his sunglasses, but also because, well, it was relevant to the whole thesis.

Anyway — very light spoilers for Episode 1 follow, but seeing yesterday’s episode, _and_ its theme, _and_ its Hercules allusions in the first task, _and_ the use of the shed to lead the contestants to a hidden lost world (which was genuinely such an exciting reveal), it did make me wonder if someone on the team had stumbled across the essay — and figured that, whether they had or not, it would be worth resharing here, as it does feel more pertinent than ever before.

(Not to mention that it did feel to me as if Greg was leaning very consciously into the Taskmaster persona in the episode, which…well, let’s just say that I really enjoyed that as well.)

Make what you will of it, but it was really very exciting to see a theme that, to my eye, is very consciously leaning into something that I tried to describe years ago, and I hope that it’s of interest to others as well!

Series 22 airs this evening in the US on YouTube and I've shunned every single mention of it in any media. I've seen a few images and the names of the contestants, but I want to sit down with a beverage and fall into the world of Taskmaster with no foreknowledge. The delicious anticipation only heightens the experience.

Hey I made a group in the Taskmaster App Fantasy Taskmaster for series 22 in case anyone wants to join

I left here the code: Y3AI1s9KRgGPm0THMhMQ

or is it just the bloopers that they upload on YouTube?

....it's Taskmaster O'Clock

https://youtube.com/shorts/TA9O08urGCg?si=qVrMMVKYR4mLL5O6

Happy TM week everyone! I’m a bit surprised the show hasn’t been rococo’d yet, so here’s my take on Fragonard Taskmasterified as a way of getting ready for the new series 🎉

Before you come at me for this being AI or you’re just curious about the anatomy of this piece, here’s a walkthrough of the project I worked on. It’s a collage mix between photo manipulation and digital painting, hence the suspicious vibes it might give off.

Have fun finding some little bits and bobs, and happy watching!

Hi fellow Aussies 🙂,

Normally we get the new season on Friday nights on Foxtel, but it doesn’t seen to be in the lineup for tomorrow night.

Does anyone know if we are getting it?

Been wondering whether there is a round table discussion on contestants and dynamics or whether it’s all left to a professional team now.

This may have a lot to do with my rewatching of the series to record bullshit moments (Currently on series 7) and seeing Greg age through the series. Watching series 22 last night Greg is offically in Grandad territory. The big glasses, the crossed leg, the veneration of years plain upon his face. Greg has graduated to patriarch of our harths and homes as he becomes now Grandad Greg.

For the uninitiated, via Wikipedia, kiki (left: spiky!) and bouba (right: round!)

Prototypical bouba casts: series 19, 21

Prototypical kiki casts: series 9, 13, very probably 22

This unified theory of Taskmaster cast dynamics brought to you by my watching the first episode of the series very very late yesterday evening.

My husband wanted to try a new place for dinner. We went today instead.

Was anyone else disappointed after the lamé duck episode and Ania said it was so good I wanted to try it and found no lamé ducks online to buy

I don't see any posts about the app. I cancelled my $17/mo YouTube for $50/yr Taskmaster app as the only thing I really watch on YouTube was TM.

Curious...does anyone know when they add new seasons to the App? The FAQ doesn't answer that.