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TV TASKMASTER

 
It's always a bit jarring when really American Americans talk to British people...
 
Haflway through series 19 and it's VERY good, possibly one of the best! Jason Mantzoukas is completely insane - you can tell why he always plays similar characters on tv shows and why he's so good at it. But the other four are very good too and have the kind of chemistry that they producers must dream about when they're putting a series together.
 
Sereis 19 is definitely one of the best. Jason was great fun as said, and managed to do the thing where he would abuse Alex and destroy the set without coming across as an actual bad person. Loved her team with Stevie, they were so good together. Stevie (A GIRL DESPITE HER NAME) was really good too in the "young female comic I haven't heard of" spot. Fatiha's voice took a bit getting used to but she had very funny moments. Matthew was great at the tasks and had one of the funniest moments when his balls fell out. Rosie was completely fine too. Great casting and great series!



On to 20 which is looking good too and I'll make sure to record 21 off tv so I don't have to watch adverts EVER AGAIN.
 
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I need to catch up with the latest series.

Watching Last One Laughing, it did strike me as odd that the stars have never aligned for Ayoade to be on Taskmaster yet. Obviously, Last One Laughing is a days filming and Taskmaster is a bigger time commitment but STILL.
 
I've been in a lot of waiting rooms the past week or so, so I've had a chance to get through some more Taskmaster I missed the first time around on the ol' phone. AMAZINGLY (well not really) I found out that somehow I totally missed series 6 with Tim Vine, Russell Howard, etc. So I've been watching that. It's pretty good, not an all timer by any stretch but pretty good. I don't know how I skipped it originally. I've obviously seen a lot of series after it.
 
Is that the one with Alice Levine? That was the first one I watched and mainly because I fancy her. She wasn't the best contestant but it was nice to see her!

Mentalist said:
I've been in a lot of waiting rooms the past week or so
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HOPE EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
 
Finished series 6. Very comfy series. Enjoyed it a lot. Started watching Series 7 and I HAVE watched this one but I certainly don't have strong memories of all the tasks and banter so it's a fun watch. Way more goblin energy in this one and very funny backstabbing banter from the comedians. ALL the comedians are good in this and add a lot. Rhod being the standout for chaos but they all add a lot.
 
I remember Phil Wang doing the same "I haggled..." joke in every episode and it never getting a laugh.
 
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Still haven't finished 20. I like it, but I got distracted rewatching Better Call Saul.
 
Finally finished 20. Another great series. Maybe not quite as great as 19 as that had ALL TIME cast chemistry, but still great. All five contestants were funny and not annoying. That's what you want! Sanjeev you might think could have been annoying doing the "old guy who can't be bothered" act but I think it clearly was an act and he was enjoying himself a lot. Rhys Shearsmith is incredibly intelligent. Never heard of Phil Ellis before (they're good at finding kind of obscure comics like this who haven't been on tv much, aren't they) but he was hilarious. Maisie Adam was good too (I don't know why I'm listing them all when I already said they were all good.) And Ania Magliano has to be one of my all time favourite contestants. Recency bias and cute girl bias, yeah, but she was great. TOP LEVEL SERIES.

Celebrate Happy Birthday GIF by Sky


(There's no gifs of her from Taskmaster.)
 
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Sanjeev you might think could have been annoying doing the "old guy who can't be bothered" act but I think it clearly was an act and he was enjoying himself a lot.
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If you enjoyed that, I think you'll enjoy Armando Ianucci in Series 21. Still have a couple episodes left of that ourselves.
 
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