I think the silence of the studio adds to the humour so much. Some of the outtakes is just these seven idiots giggling uncontrollably in the studio.

It's impossible to not love Johnny Vegas during this season.

From what I recall to get the audience sound they showed the final episode edits to like two smaller socially distanced audiences in a theater and then mixed the recorded reactions together and synced to the episode. So we end up with a smaller but still decent “live” audience sound, but the poor cast only had each other and the crew reactions to play off of in studio. Which definitely lead to some of their giggle fits 😂

The outtake of the egg frying pan task is a must watch 😂

I feel the vibe of this series is a group of colleagues whohave been up all night working on a project and have now entered the silly, exhausted phase of humour. One of my fave series by far :-)

At about the 16 minute mark I remembered how much Daisy eggs herself on throughout the series. Who needs a hype man when you look at your own work and think "that is BRILLIANT! YEAAAAAHH"

underrated season imo, and i really do enjoy this cast! i think they all tried the best they could under the circumstances

Def worth mentioning that because of the combo of moving to Channel 4 and Covid, a lot of people found the show at this time. So I imagine for those who didn't start at Series 1, a lot of peoples first season is probably this one. Also, I can't remember if this has been mentioned before over other reactions of the show but during lockdown, Alex started #HOMETASKING giving people at home tasks and having them send in their results which were then posted as a compilation on youtube with Greg giving out points for his favs. And that was also a huge time of growth for the show, so there is some really special magic about those times for Taskmaster.

Honestly love everyone in this season, but Johnny and Mawan have a special place in my heart

Never got why people don't love this series. The absolute insanity is perfect: - Daisy 'vanishing' a cow - Johnnny throwing balls at the coconut for ages - Katherine tiptoe running - Mawaan trying to fill an egg with helium - Richard trowing a paper plane with egg on it Equal parts baffling and impressive from their perseverance.

@KaiLucasZachary

26 күн бұрын

For me personally, it’s not that I dislike it. I think there was only ever one season of UK Taskmaster I actually disliked. It’s just that this one ends up being very forgettable. Without going and looking it up, I genuinely can’t remember a single task that’s going to take place in this series. That makes it rank lower than the series where I can totally picture the tasks and hear the jokes by the contestants.

@robertbrookes2000

26 күн бұрын

​@@KaiLucasZachary Fair enough to each their own. Idk if it's my strange brain memorising everything TM related, but I can think of at least 9 tasks from this series (obvs not including ep 1). One task might is up their as one of my favourite all time tasks, making cocktails silently. It's so straightforward and so silly that it tickles me just right.

Richard was the first contestant to have acrively campaigned, in public, to get himself onto the show. Notably, not the last. For audiences, they were basically non-existent for Series 10. For 11 and 12, they found a workaround, in that there were socially distanced audiences, but not in the studio - they watched the epiaode in a nearby movie theater and provided authentic reactions that were dubbed in afterwards. So until real audiences returned in 13, nobody in the studio had the energy of an audience to bounce off of at all. In addition, all of the contestant seating was also inside of perspex boxes that they entered and exited for going to the stage. Very importantly, remember that every task had to be heavily redesigned with Covid restrictions in mind. So the kidns of tasks they came up with were dramatically limited. Especially this season, since it took everyone by surprise.

26:10 They did the studio record without a live audience but then that recording was shown to a socially-distanced audience at a later date with their reactions added in post for the broadcast.

Mawaan wondering where the balls came from and trying to fill an egg with helium; and yet also disappearing a cow in the most brilliant way. (I developed such a crush on Mawaan.)

@profdracko

27 күн бұрын

Honestly, same.

I think the studio audience were able to watch it live from home via Zoom during COVID

They didn't copy the prize task prompt, this was broadcast only a week before the first episode of the first series of NZ Taskmaster had been released!

You can see the shadow of the small cow on Mawaan's jacket go down.

I know people give this season hard time, but it was the first one I watched and I instantly fell in love with this series ❤ so it holds a special place for me :)

@kevinroberts1954

27 күн бұрын

How could anyone not like this season? It contains the greatest speech of all time!

@Charlie_Wolfe

27 күн бұрын

I would just see so many comments on the episodes that it was boring…they don’t like Daisy’s attitude…they don’t like Richard (Richard and Kathryn are my favorites)

@dittmanrat

27 күн бұрын

@@kevinroberts1954 Huh? What speech? ...no spoilers for Adam of course but what was it?

@insertgenericusernamehere2402

27 күн бұрын

I genuinely can't stand it which is a shame because I really like all the guests as an individual. It just doesn't work for me.​@@kevinroberts1954

@insertgenericusernamehere2402

27 күн бұрын

I just could never get into it. Whilst I appreciate and respect the guests on it. It just felt so uncomfortable and awkward and there was no STAND out tasks like there has been in previous series. Seemed like the tasks got obnoxiously long to try and negate loopholes and in general the vibe was a bit crap. My least favourite series by far sadly

There is a 2 minute outtake from this episode that is well worth a look. You might have noticed that Kathrine had been crying, and the outtake is the reason why. Links get deleted, so just search ---- NSFW: Taskmaster Outtake - Katherine Parkinson's At 2 minutes, you can always add it to the next episode or just watch it for yourself

@qwertyTRiG

10 күн бұрын

He usually does the outtakes all together at the end of the series.

I've just started this series too and trust me it gets better the more episodes in! I wasn't sure the first couple but it's slowly becoming a favourite cast the more eps I watch.

Losing all the helium balloons really is a low moment. lol

I think the seasons just keep getting better

Very happy you’re back with TM UK reactions! 🎉

While it's not one of my favorite seasons, it's got some epic moments!

Richard Herring was a big star briefly in the 90s and has lots of friends from back in those days who are now world famous like Steve Coogan and Simon Pegg. I really like his stand up. He also had one of the first successful comedy podcasts and he's had some really huge guests on. He does the podcast in front of a live audience in a theatre and it's a good vibe.

@rebeccarobson4940

26 күн бұрын

They call it RHLSTP!

You absolutely NEED to react to the outtake for the egg task

I belly-laughed for about a minute straight the first time I saw that balloon burst in Mawaan's face.

Keep an eye on Katherine’s tasks, unless the task tells her to, she never leaves the room the task starts in. Hence she thought the largest thing in the room was the sofa.

@KaiLucasZachary

26 күн бұрын

Compared to everyone else and the things that exist in a house (other than the cow outside)… there really aren’t that many objects bigger than a sofa in a typical house.

Hi Adam, just wanted to say thank you for leaving subtitles on for these. I've loved Johnny Vegas for years and I almost always have trouble understanding his accent in particular, all other contestants are fine :)

Johnny Vegas is one of my favourite human beings. If you've never seen it you should watch (not necessarily for a reaction) his Tv Show "Ideal" it's a drama comedy where he's the main character. Also, keep an eye on Alex during this season, I won't say why, but you might notice something during certain tasks. haha

I admit I considered this season a bit weak, but I forgot how much fun the cast was.

Important to know Kathrine looks like she is crying the whole season. She is not upset she just keeps laughing till she cries constantly.

19:39 What a coincidence! The definition of "throw" pops up in a lengthy discussion in a future series. You are guaranteed to enjoy it.

I want to see this guy watch RED VS BLUE

This shouldn't be much of a spoiler, given that it's basically the essence of his comedy persona, but Johnny being absolutely crushed after putting a lot of effort into a task may be a recurring theme 😢😂

Thank god your back

@KaiLucasZachary

26 күн бұрын

What about his back?

People were really concerned for Katherine's mental health by the end of the show.

Richard Herring was legendary back in the 90's. Mostly for his comedy collaborations with Stuart Lee (all 4 or 5 series' of Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World, Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun).

Darn Greeks... hemo from "haimo" = blood rrhea from "rhoos" = flow Because sometimes they burst in the blood flows. I guess that becomes a hemorrhage, which comes from the same two roots as well. But yeah, we don't do phonetic spelling in ingglish.

@firstsurname7099

26 күн бұрын

In actual English (rather than 'merican) we often diphthong words with ancient greek etymology including using ligatures and digraphs for the written form so the word is haemorrhoids and tis therefore phonetic (see also oestrogen, paediatrics etc)

Series 10 was the first one I was able to watch as it came out, so watching this reaction feels different somehow from watching your previous reactions... I'm excited! You seem to think there may be some Baddiel Award contenders this series... I have one in particular in mind but I'll have to wait to see what you pick!

I love Daisy, most hate on her. She is def insane... but this is TM!

Johnny Vegas is a national treasure. Also if you watch some of his early comedy from when he was young he would just get completely shitfaced on stage and do the most debauched things. He used to throw pots live on stage as part of his act and one time he threw up into the clay and then continued to make a pot from a combination of clay and his own puke. But yeah. Just so naturally funny and kind of unhinged.

Katherine Parkinson is SO FUNNY

David Correos!

@whiro8945

23 күн бұрын

interesting, the prize task and the vanish task are both reused from tmnz

P.S. I take issue with the punctuation on your shirt. lol

This is the one season that didn't land for me fully. I still think it's fun ad i'm super happy if others are enjoying it 👍but I thin the whole pandemic setting and mood at the time made this season very weird.

Wait, was the winner of the Taskmaster NZ draw announced? I hope I didn't miss it D:

@AdamfromFWCI

26 күн бұрын

Yes it was, it got really confusing with the uploads going onto patreon early and trying to lock in a date for it to close. The winner was contacted on their post. I definitely need to get better at organising give-aways

This is probably my least liked season, mostly because of Daisy, but also because a lot of the team tasks are needlessly complicated thanks to COVID restrictions.

What is that song in the outro?? 😂

Are you gonna react to pitch perfect 2 and 3?

Daisy is the only contestant I’ve never warmed to in any series. I’m pretty sure that’s an unpopular opinion though

Series 10 is a beautiful disaster, and I bloody love it!

One of the reasons I don't like this series as much is the new super-strict Greg. The tasks already feel extra tough this series and Greg hammering hard on the DQ's doesn't help. The 2 in this episode won't be the last tasks this series where nobody gets any points. On a lighter note, you're gonna love Johnny this series because he's like this the whole way through. And I found that despite being hesitant at first, by the end of the series, Mawaan was my favourite so I have a feeling he'll grow on you more too.

The vanish task kind of annoyed me because it was make the "biggest" thing vanish. Technically, Mawaan made the smallest thing vanish, but he did the best 'vanish'. He should have been last with a bonus point. But this season is great, IMO. It certainly has one of TM's top moments in it at the very least.

Daisy's got an accent that we associate with stupidity but it's the voice of a woman who's written a couple of brilliant shows - "this country" is the sort of "personal experience comedy" that I think many people have exactly one of in them (though the story of how she and her brother just scraped and fought to make it is fascinating), but she absolutely cemented her reputation with "am i being unreasonable"

You've sort of got Daisy May right and wrong. In application of tasks, she's a bit dopey and all over the place, but don't equate that to intelligence. She's a fantastic writer and co-wrote one of the best comedies in the last decade.

S10 different from the other series, and I get why people rate it badly (compared to the other series) but it's still Taskmaster so it's still amazing. I do think Richard Herring is one of the weakest contestants ever though, at least in the studio, I'm just not a fan of his humour I guess. Don't think if there had been an audience that would've been any better. As for Daisy May Cooper - you should watch the show she stars in "This Country" absolute English icon. Johnny, Mawaan and Katherine are great too.

@storageheater

27 күн бұрын

I love Richard so much but yeah, studio-wise he's just a normal bloke having a nice time (which also sums up the most recent season in its entirety really.)

Daisy Mae Cooper really did nothing for me

@MusicalJackknife

27 күн бұрын

Glad I'm not alone. She had her moments, but mostly she just got on my nerves, at least more so than most other contestants.

@epkeenan

27 күн бұрын

Agreed

@TheOrlandoTrustfull

20 күн бұрын

She's even worse on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, constantly screeching at the top of her lungs at even the mildest jokes.

I only watched this season once. I used to watch QI and one time Johnny Vegas forced a girl in the audience to kiss him. Absolutely disgusting. It was a pain to watch that man for a whole season. And I remember Daisy being absolutely awful. Sorry, I think I'm gonna skip these reactions, don't think I want to rewatch this season 😅.

This is not a great series. In fact most of the series on Channel 4 haven’t been very good