This is going to be a great season. “I like it” pause “My name is Sophie”

I like how she answered follow-up questions with the same 3 word phrase, even though she didn't have to.

"Greg Davies is an oaf." That won't come back to bite ya 😂

@Maialeen

Ай бұрын

Way more egregious is Alex saying there wouldn't be much of a change if Mr.Blobby took over as the Taskmaster🤣

@Lones555

Ай бұрын

it won't these "pre show interviews" have no relevance at all to the series

@ivivaitylin5248

Ай бұрын

I think you mean Mr Blobby!

@artbascomb1336

Ай бұрын

Greg would be the first to agree

@XopheAdethri

Ай бұрын

It's a toss of a coin if a slight to Greg is going to be insulting to _The Taskmaster_ or if Greg will respect the tenacity of a confrontation. 🤣

Being from Canada, I don't know most contestants that end up on the show (outside 8oo10c regulars) so it's always a treat to get introduced to these ' _new_ ' celebrities.

she seems like an absolute delight, can't wait to see her in action - love the Harriet Kemsley shoutout too, she was brilliant on Cats Does Countdown

@jurriendevries3673

Ай бұрын

God, Harriet would be great. She'd definitely come last, but it'd be brilliant all the way through!

@philipmills4411

Ай бұрын

Harriet Kemsley would be an absolute all timer. Charlotte Church was a good Leftfield shout too actually. She'd be great on the new year's special

@XopheAdethri

Ай бұрын

I fucking loved Harriet and Sean's hilarious father/daughter chemistry. She's an absolute gem.

@valerieberseth2547

Ай бұрын

Harriet's Off Menu is hilarious. I hope she does Taskmaster

At this point, Little Alex Horne might be in my top 10 favourite people on Earth, and I am including family members in that.

@josephchambers2000

Ай бұрын

I get that. He’s only beaten for me by my mother, father, best friend, godmother, godfather and myself. So I guess that makes him 7th.

@mremumerm

Ай бұрын

same here, and so is Paul Williams.

@helen2392

Ай бұрын

Me too - I am going to a Horne Section live show next month so am very excited.

As soon as they asked what Irish person you'd like to see on Taskmaster I couldn't help but think about what an entertaining train wreck Dylan Moran would be. I know he's not _actually_ his character from "Black Books" but let's face it we all would love to see that indignant, frustrated energy.

@dominicmanning4512

Ай бұрын

It isn't far off (he was a guest on The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE recently if interested).

@HermanVonPetri

Ай бұрын

@@dominicmanning4512 Well... I'm down the rabbit hole now. Thanks!

How on earth are either of them focusing on this when there's a tiny horse behind them? Why aren't they petting the tiny horse?

@Nabend1402

Ай бұрын

Because Sophie prefers goats. Were you not listening? 😀

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

Lil Sebastian has risen.

Thank ya'll for constantly giving us fresh content each week as we wait between seasons.

When I first heard who the cast was going to be, Sophie was the one I got most excited about. Totally unpredictable, speaks her mind, funny, and interesting accent. After watching this video, I am still assuming she'll be my favorite this season, though I'm pretty excited about most of the cast. I hope she calls Greg an oaf to his face. She can be the "James Acaster" for this season yelling at Greg. I'd be up for that.

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

She was the one I'd never heard of. As someone else here says, she could bring a bit pf Fern Brady-ness to this season.

@LincolnWorld

Ай бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 If you are curious, look up her history. It's pretty fascinating.

@Alacritous

Ай бұрын

She had me at, "Mister Blobby"

I can't tell you how excited I am to see her on the show, she was great in Alma's Not Normal

First off, Sophie means business! And I cracked up when Alex said that Mr Blobby wasn't a big difference to Greg, wow... 😅

I would like to see Richard Ayoade on taskmaster. Pity Alex didn't ask me. And Alan Carr.

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

If they get Carr it’ll be the first series that I won’t watch. Unfortunately I find him totally annoying. And yes lots of people find me annoying too 😉

eye contact just goes out the window

She's an intelligent one. Will be interesting to see her do tasks. The task didn't mention putting the balls in the correct bucket, Alex had to add that rule.

My vote for an Irish person would be David O'Doherty!

@improbablecontinent

Ай бұрын

Mine is Saoirse-Monica Jackson! She’s quite funny and quick witted in interviews.

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

And Ed Byrne.

@sophieryan1455

Ай бұрын

I'd want Dylan Moran

I am soo looking forward to Sophie Willan in this upcoming series.

Looking forward to the new series, I don't know many of the cast but tbh I think that could make it really fun

Sophie is giving me major Fern Brady energy

@poppinlochnesshopster3249

Ай бұрын

Fern would have dumped all the balls into 1 bucket and wandered off.

LOVE her!! Alma’s Not Normal needs a series 2

Here we go, found my favourite of the series. Never heard of Sophie before but love it all.

I hope Greg hears about Mr Blobby comparisons, maybe we'll get another audience warmup, of Alex doing/wearing something funny.

For Irish contestants I'd like to nominate Jedward (as a single contestant), Siobhan McSweeney, and David O'Doherty.

Fabulous! Love Sophie. She’s so talented

I like how Alex can’t keep his helmet on straight at all over multiple of these lol.

That was honestly just so competent after the last couple. Coherent answers, reasonable ball strategy... What show am I even watching here, this can't be right. :P

Now the Mr Blobby reference makes perfect sense after episode 3.

lol! Not much of change if Mr Blobby were Taskmaster instead of Greg? How brave of Alex to say 😂😂😂

Thanks to the Big Fat Quiz and Jack Whitehall I know who Mr. Blobby is :)

@maiNmusica

Ай бұрын

Haha, yes!

I would like to see Adam Hills, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greg (Fran in Black books) on taskmaster.

@phuttyyt

Ай бұрын

Julie Walters would be an absolute hoot, too - I'm guessing she'd be super-enthusiastic about some of the tasks and completely over others from the word go.

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

You mean Tamsin Greig from Green Wing. That’s her at peak hilarity for me.

Harriet and Bobby on the same season but opposing teams would be brilliant

Right there, Mr Blobby for the next series.

@sfshinz

Ай бұрын

“Not much of a change, though.” “You’re a cheeky man,Alex,

Harriet Kemsley is on my list too

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

Mine too!

Alex' little mmm's of discouragement are hilarious

Harriet Kemsley would be brilliant. I mean she would definitely be rubbish at tasks but she always is willing to laugh at herself so it makes for good fun.

Oh she's funny, i look forward to her for sure

I dont know if theyll be good in the show, but i love these interviews!

Sophie and Alex both throwing some shade at Greg in this one 😂 I cannot wait for Friday

Ideally, Taskmaster would cast: Susie Dent, Adam Savage, any or all of the Six Idiots, Bill Bailey, Dawn French, Rachel Riley, and Phill Jupitus.

Harriet Kemsley on Taskmaster! This needs to happen!

I would like to watch Greg being possessed by mr Blobby

That's the first time I've heard anyone else apart from Robert Downey Jr. using the word "discombobulate."

I'm so so excited that Sophie is on TM. She's so funny 🤣

Love her dialect ❤❤

Harriet would be good :)

Irish people Pauline mcglynn father ted, also Tommy thernian

Id love to see Tommy Tiernan on Taskmaster.

it doesn't matter that ive seen most of these already, each one stresses me out 😩 only alex would create a device like this and then force himself to use it LOOL

2 days, 16 hours, 25 minutes

I knew I would enjoy her! Just two days now. 🎉

This is exciting. I've noticed in the past that when these interviews start to come out there is usually another season of Taskmaster not long afterwards.

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

This week.

Dylan Moran would be a funny contestant though I wonder if he would ever complete a task.

I really want to see Bill Bailey and Richard Ayoade on TM. And Jimmy Carr, he deals so abysmally with vulnerability. 😂

@OriginalCaliKitty

Ай бұрын

Those would all be great, but also I'd like to see Taskmaster take on more contestants with physical disabilities (like Rosie Jones, Chris McCausland, Alex Brooker, Adam Hills, Josh Blue from the US, etc.) just to issue a challenge to the show and Alex.

@glockenrein

Ай бұрын

@@OriginalCaliKitty I’d love Alex Brooker! Not the biggest fan of Rosie Jones because it feels like she goes for the most obvious joke or for shock value most of the time but I only know her from panel shows, not sure what her own stuff is like. I’m not familiar with the others unfortunately.

Next Irish person should be David O'Doherty

Throwing another Irish name in here....I'd love to see Sharon Horgan on Taskmaster!

I fell in love with Sophie once she mentioned Mr.Blobby...😻😻😻

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

Yeah but Alex's dig at Greg straight after was great.

how did Alex come up with all these crazy tasks?

For the next Irish person I vote Jason Byrne or David O'Doherty!

How much did Alex regret this task?

Does it start on Thursdays?

@simontay4851

Ай бұрын

Yes. Channel 4, 9PM.

@Tao_Tology

Ай бұрын

​@@simontay4851 The hallowed hour approaches.

why are the clouds zooming?

Not being from the UK (but visited many parts), my friends and i have a challenge every series to guess the english accent. This one was bit difficult as you can get in the region but miss the exact accent.

@petertaylor4980

Ай бұрын

To my ear she could be Johnny Vegas' sister.

@petesmart1983

Ай бұрын

​@@petertaylor4980despite her being from Yorkshire (same area as Peter Kay) and Johnny from Merseyside they have similar accents

This is the first time I've spotted the guy sitting at the back, and Alex holding a task at 2:00

@barneymetcalfe8896

Ай бұрын

That task is THE task

@VonBlade

Ай бұрын

@@barneymetcalfe8896 I assumed so, but hadn't spotted it in the earlier interviews, plus it didn't look open. Wasn't sure if it was a "open this and lose immediately because you looked away" type deal. But Occam's razor eh.

Future contestants wishlist - Lee Evans, Harry Hill, Jack Dee, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, Nick Frost, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Jason Byrne, Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Jessica Hynes, Mark Heap, Jimoin, Shaun Walsh

Give it the dog ✔️

Obviously I understand that this isn't a real task but it doesn't say that 'their' buckets are the same-colour ones so if Alex had insisted on that I would have accused him of ball racism and segregation. Or I at least would have collected and stacked all the buckets before getting the balls and then just stood putting them in at chest height.

@keithpanton7486

Ай бұрын

My thoughts too, if all the buckets are stacked, just pour the balls in, they're all in every bucket, technically. technically right is TM right.

You mean that Davies isn't Mr Blobby? Next you'll say Horne isn't Edmonds! So why are they at Crinkley Bottom, clever boots?

Lil sebastian???

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

You show some respect young person and capitalise his name. How very dare you. Stand out side with 5,000 candles and think on it.

Why did none of them put the buckets together?

@Maialeen

Ай бұрын

Because they were distracted by having to make eye contact with Alex while talking to him and listening to his instructions on how to answer. And because they're all wearing contraptions on their head which are massively distracting. Happy to help with other obvious answers.

@SquirrelNutkins

Ай бұрын

A true champion would have thought of it….

I saw a camera man within the first five seconds... Busted!! 🎉

Taskmaster is so unhinged that when she said "but i have to look at you while i do it" i was like shes gonna crush it. 😭😭

Sophie is just Johnny Vegas in fancy dress.

@iliketrains3495

Ай бұрын

Just came here from the first episode and this is incredibly fitting 😂

She sounds so much like Johnny Vegas!

windy

Mr. Blobby would be a great taskmaster 😂

Next Irish person on Taskmaster: Conan O’Brien! And before anyone complains he’s American go check out the clip of him talking about the results of taking an ancestry DNA test with his Doctor. I believe the phrase “more genetically Irish than the majority of Irelands population” is used.

Nice smell and subway in the same sentence?

as long as "mr swallow" stays away, this'll be good

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

Nick seems to be playing another character.

@kischtrine

Ай бұрын

⁠@@Elwaves2925as far as I know he’s not playing a character at all.

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

@@kischtrine Not in the usual way but do you think he looks the way in every day life? I think his voice was a little softer and posher than his real life one too, but we'll see for certain in a couple of days. It's just my initial impression from what little has been shown.

@kischtrine

Ай бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 I was at the recording for s17 e 9 and I didn’t have the impression he plays a character. But I don’t know him very well so maybe I can’t judge. As far as I have learned. The Dracula outfit was not meant to be a „character-thing“

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

@@kischtrine Okay, thanks for the info. Maybe it was just this task that his voice sounded a little different then, or it's the outdoor recording, or I'm hearing things. I'm jealous you got to see a studio recording. How long was the show on for?

Getting Katherine Parkinson vibes from her!

Why did Alex choose such a physically awkward and painful task for him and the contestants to do these interviews?

@valerieberseth2547

Ай бұрын

Not sure but Im so glad he did 😂

I think this was my least favorite interviews because of the setup, too much task and not enough interview. But that's not saying much, cause I still enjoyed these

Why is Alex being so incredibly annoying to this delightful lady. Oh wait he's just being Alex.

@Tao_Tology

Ай бұрын

You are taking these interviews seriously.

@goldenpony822

Ай бұрын

@@Tao_Tology that's just your personal opinion.

@Tao_Tology

Ай бұрын

@@goldenpony822 No, you really are. 'being incredibly annoying towards' is _your_ claim about how _you_ interpreted what you saw in the video. You're taking the video seriously.

@00millern

Ай бұрын

@@Tao_Tology mate have you read your own comments

@Tao_Tology

Ай бұрын

@@00millern Hi there, 'mate'

This is just weird.

I've got too much fish. I almost live alone, I do have a "wife," but she doesn't eat fish I've always been easily persuaded into large transactions, now I've got too much fish. I could try and dry or preserve it in some way, but I wouldn't really know how to do that.

@ballconei

Ай бұрын

You could cut the fish Into thin strips, salt it then slowly dry it in a fan assisted oven on very low. then store it in sterilized airtight containers. Then later rehydrat and use it in many delicious recipes. Maby even take the opportunity to cook up something nice n reconnect with the "wife" White wine goes good with saltfish.

This is only missing rubbish robots.

When are we going to get David Mitchell, Carr, Ayoade, or (the G.O.A.T) Justine Stafford as a contestant?

@britney_the_evil_overladybug

Ай бұрын

Mitchell said he wouldn't do it😢

@edgeworth097

Ай бұрын

David Mitchell won't do it, Jimmy Carr's too busy, Ayoade I'm not sure about since they almost got him, but he had to drop out because of Travel Man, so it is a possibility now unless he's said he doesn't want to do it, and this is genuinely the first I am hearing of Justine Stafford

@Lones555

Ай бұрын

@@britney_the_evil_overladybugbecause he knows the role he'd have to play, he would be like his wife: supremely intelligent but ultimately spending most of the show humiliated.

@Tao_Tology

Ай бұрын

Mitchell : doesn't like 'being puzzled' Ayoade : would combust with self doubt and apologetic awkwardness before he got to the live tasks

@corychristensen5917

Ай бұрын

@edgeworth097 Justine Stafford is awesome. Very loveable, aspiring comedian and sitcom writer that I feels needs more exposure to the industry help guide her on her way

The interviews are fascinating, but the task is becoming tiresome to watch. It's so awkward. Not one of their better ones. The only one so far who seems to have gotten into it so far is Nick, who is an absolute joy to watch.

I would like to see Jacksepticeye on Taskmaster 😊 He is from Ireland

@urmumsbaps

Ай бұрын

No

@thefunkyJ

Ай бұрын

@@urmumsbaps Okay 😆

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

I'd like no KZreadrs or 'influencers' to ever appear but for Irish folks there's Ed Byrne, Patrick Keilty or Graham Norton (won't ever happen but I can wish) for a start.

@iliketrains3495

Ай бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 technically too late, Munya Chawawa and Amelia Dimoldenburg essentially fall into the KZreadrs category

@Elwaves2925

Ай бұрын

@@iliketrains3495 A fair point but I'd also add that neither of them are known just because of being YT'ers, they both do other things, which is the point I was trying to make. What I don't want to see are people who are only 'famous' for being YT'ers/influencers. 🙂

Who cares about this Dave cast off now channel four rubbish. Just when is series two of Alma's not normal starting on BBC2.