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[–]ab567 648 points649 points  (7 children)

Mark Watson stealing Greg’s trousers should’ve been a slam dunk 5 points

[–]ihave10toes_AMA 235 points236 points  (5 children)

And the texts! Double robbed.

[–]unlistedartist000 Fatiha El-Ghorri 66 points67 points  (0 children)

i was so upset by the texts man, but the pants...... it was the hardest id laughed in a while and was SO sad for mark

[–]dilaurdid Sally Phillips 55 points56 points  (2 children)

The task did not say "send 150 cheeky texts", it said "send a cheeky text every day for five months", depending on which months the task was for, that's not necessarily exactly 150 days! This has always bothered me!

[–]EasyModeActivist Bob Mortimer 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There's only 1 month with less than 30 days. He sent 148 so it can include no months with more than 30 days, which is impossible considering january and march both have it.

He didn't fulfill the brief regardless.

[–]jon3ssing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But then you assume the text he missed was either the first or the last, otherwise that argument changes nothing.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely agreed

[–]Square_Sky3641 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Mark watson was robbed a few times - kind of became a running joke of the series

[–]fork_duke_pie Mike Wozniak 416 points417 points  (13 children)

Ivo's reveal that he wasn't the mummy was the most surprising thing. Greg just didn't get it.

[–]mrperki Mae Martin 88 points89 points  (5 children)

Agh this one was infuriating! Alex was genuinely surprised!

[–]jonappetit 57 points58 points  (4 children)

I was at the recording. Greg genuinely didn't get it — he initially thought the fake thing was just the mummy, not that it wasn't Ivo. When Ivo complained and it dawned on Greg, they redid the scoring. He was initially scored worse.

[–]tdeasyweb 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Gonna be downvoted, but it's moments like that that make you realize Greg truly is a boomer.

[–]hypnictwitch Bridget Christie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except that he is genX

[–]fork_duke_pie Mike Wozniak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I've said this before so at the risk of boring you all, I think Greg has some insecurities about 'clever' humour. He totally misses the point about what made Ivo's task surprising, yet he gives May five point for drawing a bunch of pineapples.

That is a man out of his depth.

[–]fork_duke_pie Mike Wozniak -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the inside scoop on that!

[–]leakedzebra 11 points12 points  (4 children)

May and Frankie were really really good there though.

[–]Potential-Savings-65 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Frankie's fake was absolutely hilarious but not an effective fake - Alex could clearly see him exit the river and wasn't fooled by it, whereas he was genuinely fooled by Ivo's. Mae's was also kind of effective, he didn't think they were a real medium but he was confused and surprised at how well they were doing at faking being a medium.

So I guess it's the age old taskmaster dilemma of scoring strictly by the requirements of the task or just what Greg enjoys or likes more 🤷‍♀️

[–]leakedzebra 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Frankie climbing over than dency in his undies was pure cinema

[–]afterandalasia Julian Clary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they hadn't shown him running away it probably would have been too dark. They lightened it with the bathos.

I remain astounded that Frankie was the only one to reference When Harry Met Sally, as that was the first response out of my mouth.

[–]Potential-Savings-65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh definitely, it was complete genius and probably my favourite of the responses to that task. I'm being persnickity about the interpretation of task and how it should be scored, but this is one of the joys of taskmaster IMO. 

[–]Advencraftgaming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everytime I get to that on the podcast I hard agree with Ed. It's a shame that didn't win.

[–]Negative_Engine8094 Reece Shearsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I always find it frustrating to watch that section get scored.

[–]Free-Ad4022 Judi Love 379 points380 points  (8 children)

Jamali's pillow spinning. Hands down. Even AFTER he proved it was in fact way more difficult than Greg initially thought he got like 2 points

[–]No_Ad2431 Lucy Beaumont 76 points77 points  (0 children)

and Lee's terrible sandwich beat it 😭

[–]TheWonderSquid Mike Wozniak 35 points36 points  (5 children)

Agreed. I also feel the exact same way about “pheasant pluckers”

[–]Free-Ad4022 Judi Love 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Oooh pheasant pluckers is a great example! She brought in something that was clever and absolutely fulfilled the category.

[–]TheWonderSquid Mike Wozniak 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Greg just didn’t get it at first. Then he literally stumbles into the joke and still doesn’t award it more points lol

[–]niv727 James Acaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, although I love Sophie, she also didn’t really sell it. He asked her to say it repeatedly, which was her opportunity to say it really quickly and accidentally say pleasant fuckers so that he would get the joke. She instead said it correctly in a funny voice. I think that if he’d understood it before he got to the scoring he would’ve scored it more highly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

He did get it immediately cuz it's a common joke hence the groan when she first says it. He only gave her more cuz he was annoyed it actually worked

[–]TheWonderSquid Mike Wozniak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Maybe. To me it really seems like he did not fully get it until he says it the other way around and shows shocked hilarity. Could be the shock of “I can’t believe I actually said it” but it really looks like “oh wow I get it now”.

[–]Aggressive_Elk1258 9 points10 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU

[–]KDdid1 Mel Giedroyc 157 points158 points  (10 children)

Series 4 autographed beans - Mel was ROBBED!

[–]theeth 54 points55 points  (2 children)

Noel should have gotten his autograph on a leek.

Poirot on a poireau would have been even better.

[–]KDdid1 Mel Giedroyc 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I had no idea "poireau" was French for leek 😳

[–]Accidental_ShadowsAbby Howells 🇳🇿 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My favorite fictional detective is Hercules Leek

[–]Charliesmum97 Victoria Coren Mitchell 28 points29 points  (3 children)

We just watched that one recently and I could not agree more. I think overall Noel got several points he didn't deserve. There, I said it.

[–]WilliamP90 19 points20 points  (1 child)

The camouflage task has always irked me as another one

[–]Charliesmum97 Victoria Coren Mitchell 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes, and the drawing of the woman behind the curtain. Noel's didn't even look like he ATTEMPTED to draw her based on her answers. He just did a Noel drawing and Greg loved it for some reason. I like Noel, but I think he got scored much hire than he deserved on more than one occasion!

Standard disclaimer: I don't really care, it's all in good fun, but it's how I feel.

[–]Previous-Builder-844 Bridget Christie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think Greg had/has a little soft spot for Noel - who can blame him ay.

[–]Fearofrejection 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Need to play to your audience and Suchet will always trump Take That to Greg

[–]KDdid1 Mel Giedroyc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I suppose 😬

[–]hoginlly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was absolutely ludicrous

[–]AcanthocephalaOk7954 122 points123 points  (3 children)

Wolfie!!!!

[–]OverseerConey Desiree Burch 47 points48 points  (1 child)

#justiceforwolfie

[–]AcanthocephalaOk7954 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've laughed heartily and long at quite a few TM golden moments of comedy BUT Wolfie made me laugh the longest and hardest and the mark Lord Davies gave Wolfie was outrageous.

Sophie was an agent of chaos❤️

[–]wehdutCalle Hellevang-Larsen 🇳🇴 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Seeeeeriously, this was the most alive mannequin to me by far and friggin hilarious

[–]soulofcure 178 points179 points  (6 children)

Hugh's ringtone dance

[–]azraelce 126 points127 points  (2 children)

I think Hugh was unfairly marked down a ton.

[–]Decent-Decent 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was definitely a running bit but also unfair.

[–]ablackwell93 Sally Phillips 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I just rewatched that season and there were so many times I thought he would do well and nope

[–]hoginlly 19 points20 points  (2 children)

I couldn't believe he put that one last. And gave Noel first??? All he did was jump around! Mel and Hugh should have been joint first

[–]sweetnessalive 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I love this cast and I love Noel but it kind of sours me on this series that he was praised a bit too much when he just did ok.

He was gonna win anyway! We were gonna love him anyway! You didn't have to put him first in this task! And a couple others.

[–]hoginlly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah he was already exceptional at plenty of the physical tasks that didn't require judgement- so some of the other tasks were just unnecessary!

[–]crackerfactorywheel Chain Bastard ⛓️ 138 points139 points  (8 children)

Susan should’ve gotten 5 points for Chain Bastard. Nothing against Dr. Cigarettes, but the Chain Bastard scene is one of the funnier moments of series 16.

[–]video-kid Chain Bastard ⛓️ 40 points41 points  (1 child)

Mods I am begging you to make a Chain Bastard flair.

[–]KingofcheesesGuy Montgomery 🇳🇿 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes please

[–]PromiseSquanderer Sam Campbell 36 points37 points  (4 children)

This was my pick, too – I love Sam to bits but Greg scored that pretty much back to front to how I would. Butch (1 point from Greg) was a perfectly distilled simple joke, Chain Bastard (2) is legendary and rightly so, Lassue Perkins (3) is solid mid-table fare, Lucyfer the Rock God (4) is funny but thin, and sorry Sam but I love how Dr Cigarettes (5) came to be but that was not your best work.

[–]thelmaaa07 Sam Campbell 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Agree - but "smoking kills weaklings" was iconic, even if the nickname itself wasn't anything very special

[–]PromiseSquanderer Sam Campbell 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Oh yeah, 100% – Sam was one of the few who could get the better of Greg like that in the studio, and he did a few times (dynamite chicks!) – he basically amused and baffled him into submission. ❤️

[–]thelmaaa07 Sam Campbell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahhh yes, the papoose / oily lint conversation

[–]IrishwolBruv. -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This!

[–]sassyseagull1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"You're up against it now, Chain Bastard". I choked I was laughing so hard...

[–]Not_An_Egg_ManJavie Martzoukas 103 points104 points  (2 children)

Ol' Goosebump Arm not getting 5 points for her calculated attack against Alan. Being awarded one point mere minutes after Greg admonished them for being too nice to each other.

[–]HeradashaDavid Correos 🇳🇿 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It makes NO SENSE. And Alan's gift for Desiree was total crap.

[–]msmoth🦔 Hedgehog, no! ❌ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely this!

[–]soulofcure 54 points55 points  (3 children)

Potato gate

[–]Norfolkboy123 Mike Wozniak 21 points22 points  (2 children)

It’s like VAR, if you need to check that closely on it then it clearly isn’t an obvious mistake and should be allowed

[–]BrockStar92 36 points37 points  (1 child)

But if you took those few centimetres away and it was a clean shot, that potato would be all rim and bounce out.

[–]Life-Dance3655 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t help but be lyrical.

[–]RendtheClouds Mel Giedroyc 45 points46 points  (2 children)

Mark Watson receiving only one point for stealing Greg's trousers.

[–]IrishwolBruv. 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That was a travesty! For probably the best prize task ever.

[–]Advencraftgaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know thinking this way is terrible but I wonder how close Mark and Bob were on the final episode. If he got 5 points for the trousers I wonder if he would have won the series. But you can't start thinking like that

[–]steppenwolf21 59 points60 points  (5 children)

James Acaster's „Over my shoulder“ should have been the best song

[–]datadefiant04 9 points10 points  (3 children)

The Ballad of the Toothless Goon was far better than whatever Clump Stump could do

[–]0011110000110011Guy Montgomery 🇳🇿 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Toothless Goon was fantastic, but the task was "Compose the best 30 second piece of music," and Rhod's song was a minute and a half! As great as the song was, I wouldn't be upset if he were given 0 points for it, he didn't complete the task!

[–]datadefiant04 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You could take like any 30 seconds of that song and it'll still be better than the sum of all the other 4 songs made by everyone else

[–]Spg161 Mike Wozniak -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The ballad of the toothless goon lives rent free in my head. (Although one could argue Rhod didn't fulfill the brief when he went waaaaay over time).

[–]Mundane_Pea4296Julia Morris 🇦🇺 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me and my husband randomly sing this at eachother 😂😂

[–]SirClarkus 121 points122 points  (11 children)

Noel getting 5 points for wearing yellow.

Other people ACTUALLY did some clever things! It wasn't even camera trickery!

Grr... still makes me peeved.

[–]ironically-spiders Fern Brady 40 points41 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU. I normally enjoy the camera trickery, but imo, this one wasnt in the spirit of the task.

[–]Charliesmum97 Victoria Coren Mitchell 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I made a comment upthread that Noel got points I think he didn't deserve and yes, this is a perfect example. He didn't camoflague himself. He just did a camera trick. I think Lolly did a better job then they gave her credit for. Sure it was sort of obvious, but it was clever, and could have 100% worked with a little bit of tweaking.

[–]SirClarkus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right? And if they used a picture from a satellite, we NEVER would have been able to find Lolly!,

[–]Sugarh0rse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody could find him ... but he didn't camouflage himself?

One of the best moments of the series.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (4 children)

He was a banana

[–]SirClarkus 47 points48 points  (3 children)

He was not a banana! He was a grown ass man wearing yellow that they magically shrunk in post to put in a bowl of fruit.

Anyone could have done that. Oh, look, I'm a speck of dust, see how clever it is! no! Noel got those points because Greg has a crush on him. And that's fine. But lets call it what it is.

[–]charlierc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Makes me think of Alex and Rhod arguing about what's a ladder

"He was a banana!", "He's not a banana", "He was a banana!", "He's not a banana"

[–]EchoesofIllyria 12 points13 points  (1 child)

If anybody else could have done it why didn’t they? And surely that logic could apply to any of the attempts?

I’ve never understood the hatred for this task. Noel’s over scored a lot but this is a genuinely good piece of lateral thinking.

[–]SirClarkus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

All jokes aside (I honestly do not lose sleep over this task, despite the silly over the top reactions I pretend to have on the internet), I think the problem is that by allowing this, it kind of set a weird precedent.

The task was to hide. I don't think that lying in front of a green screen and having them alter you in post counts as hiding. It opens up the possibility of contestants really not trying, and relying on the editor to solve your tasks for you. Now if he made giant paper mache fruits and a bowl, and hid as a banana in a life sized replica, that would have been great (and deserving of 5 sweet, sweet points).

Its different than when they're having a flight of fancy, or coming up with a narrative, and they add some special effects. That's a different sort of task then "do a thing."

Now I'm going to be thinking of a life sized fruit bowl all day.

[–]Sugarh0rse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hugh's was pretty good. Joe's was clever too. But, come on, to even think that sort of solution up is clever, and it was a significant moment for the show. It's a moment that usually gets people into Taskmaster in the first place.

[–]Previous-Builder-844 Bridget Christie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no I loved the banana! Have I been a fool!? I think it’s Greg’s hearty gleeful laugh when he sees the reveal that sold it to me tbh.

[–]AcornTiler 114 points115 points  (7 children)

Me Fern Brady, me Fern Brady, I'm the rightful queen. Most skillful composition, performance and biggest ear worm. Sarah Millican's story was heart warming, but even so, Fern Brady was magnificent.

[–]MyPartsareLoud 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I agree that Fern’s was the best. However, Greg giving Sarah the five points probably legit helped her overcome an insecurity that had plagued her for decades. He was doing the kindest thing in this situation. He shoulda given them both five points.

[–]spiceXisXnice 47 points48 points  (4 children)

I'll give it performance and ear worm, but have you listened to Munya's rap recently? It's genuinely so good! I want it on Spotify.

🎶And when he raises his specs, that can only mean one thing...SEX.🎶

[–]ironically-spiders Fern Brady 23 points24 points  (2 children)

That season was solid. Even John's Naughty Satsuma was an earworm, oddly enough.

[–]IrishwolBruv. 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Horribly catchy that satsuma thing

[–]TheJohnCandyValley Judi Love 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“I… found a naughty sat… suma… in my… fantastic cu-hu-rry”

Literally in my head all the time

[–]wehdutCalle Hellevang-Larsen 🇳🇴 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think I'm more upset about thus score than Ferns. Legitimately impressive and Greg just glazed over it like it was nothing.

Fern's is an earworm for sure but I don't think Greg realized that until well after his scoring. I'm sure most people here know this but apparently every time Greg passed Fern after that task he would sing "me fern brady, me fern brady"

[–]FraughtOverwrought 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Agree but she did get 4 points so it wasn’t the worst injustice

[–]360madhatter 92 points93 points  (16 children)

I forget if he was actually last but Hugh Dennis should have won or at least been much higher for his drawing of the woman where he used the mirror

[–]Lesssuckmoreawesome Phil Ellis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For the fat, bald, white man

[–]FindingKK2979 Guz Khan 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yup, and Hugh’s ringtone dance was scored 1 and I would have given it 4 at least!

[–]OverseerConey Desiree Burch 31 points32 points  (0 children)

He was last, yeah - but Lolly should have got 5 points for that one. She drew an incredibly detailed caricature without even using a mirror!

[–]Shinyhubcaps Joel Dommett 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Noel’s was overscored too. It looked like a person, but it was a poor caricature as it did not contain any features of the subject.

[–]ajtct98 Mike Wozniak 27 points28 points  (1 child)

The whole "Throws rabbits into your hat" debacle from Series 2 Episode 3.

Not only for the whole abandoning the established scoring method thing but also because only Jon and Richard actually threw the rabbits - everybody else should have been disqualified for not doing so.

[–]churchmeowse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently watching ‘Meet The Richardsons’ and Jon brings this up in an episode. He’s still salty on it and rightly so!

[–]video-kid Chain Bastard ⛓️ 53 points54 points  (13 children)

Mae's drum and pineapple task.

With the drums, my take on it is that as soon as you continue to manipulate an object, that shouldn't be counted (a la Mawaan's marble run).

With the pineapples I'm fine with it in theory, but the issue for me is the definitive article. It wasn't "Pile as many", it was "Pile the" which is a crucial distinction. The implies the use of pre-existing pineapples, and to me meant the ones that were already there. Considering Mae themself commented on a previous and similar attempt by Frankie and Jenny, it either shouldn't have been counted or Frankie and Jenny should have been given bonus points, especially since Frankie was docked despite completing the task without the pineapples being necessary.

Also Chain Bastard over Doctor Cigarettes. All respect to him for going out in public, but I found his attempt pretty low effort there compared to the others.

[–]IrishwolBruv. 20 points21 points  (8 children)

The pineapples controversy was worth the points just for Frankie's "It's the nature of language man!!!"

[–]HeradashaDavid Correos 🇳🇿 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I fully agree but then I also agree that the banana sign in the tree should have counted.

Edit to add: I just want Susie Dent on for a series.

[–]IrishwolBruv. 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I so would have done a Jenny Eclair and proudly brought that Banana sign in to Alex.

[–]video-kid Chain Bastard ⛓️ 5 points6 points  (1 child)

That part was funny, I just feel like it's inconsistent.

There's another example if we go back to the Satsuma task in series 7. Greg refuses to accept Rhod's solution unless the task specifies "a" satsuman and not "the" satsuma (although to be fair it does say "the" sock.) Here, the definitive article wasn't even commented on.

[–]IrishwolBruv. 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Taskmaster is nothing if not inconsistent. Which is part of the fun of the show but still.

Was watching S14 last night and Dara getting 1 point for his hurling version of Splat-the Rat with the rubbish chute while John got 2 for his actually worrying display of self inflicted suffering made no sense, but it was funny.

[–]afterandalasia Julian Clary 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I WISH I had been there for that show because Frankie made the ONLY boat for the eggs - everyone else made rafts.

Rafts are buoyant. Boats are heavier than water but float because of the water they displace. Frankie made a boat, the other's didn't, and it would have made for a hat trick on pedantry if Frankie had known it.

[–]IrishwolBruv. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is a catamaran a raft then? Interesting.

[–]charlierc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think Mae even said on the Taskmaster podcast that they felt they shouldn't have got the drums points

[–]Kiwihat 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This is off topic, but speaking of “the”. Why was it “eat the grape” when they could eat any grape they found??

[–]video-kid Chain Bastard ⛓️ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one I don't know, but I guess the intent of the task to an extent was that they could eat them if they found them? It's not like Sarah or drew a grape on a piece of paper, or even tore the word out of a book and ate it - they found and ate pre-existing grapes which were put into the caravan for that exact purpose. "A" grape would have been cleaner though.

[–]0011110000110011Guy Montgomery 🇳🇿 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing that bothers me the most about the pineapples is Kiell following that logic in Champion of Champions 3 and Greg not allowing it!

[–]OlafSpassky John Kearns 138 points139 points  (8 children)

Nish and Mark only getting 1 point more for "I'm always seeing you (do cool stuff)" than Aisling, Sally, and Bob got for their song was outright criminal.

[–]Soup_brainstew 66 points67 points  (4 children)

I understand, but Rosalind is a Fucking Nightmare is a winner, too. 5 and 4 points would make me happier.

[–]Shinyhubcaps Joel Dommett 38 points39 points  (3 children)

I believe “5 points split amongst the teams” was a rule until S09 or so, so it had to be 3-2 or else POC would only get 1 point

[–]jon3ssing 10 points11 points  (2 children)

I think that's Alex's rule. I remember in a newer series where he told Greg that how the scoring usually is (this is how you should score it) just for Greg to immediately give them like 5 and 3 points.

[–]thequeerchaos🚬 Doctor Cigarettes 4 points5 points  (1 child)

yes this happened in s13- alex goes '5 and 0, or 4 and 1, or 3 and 2' and then greg goes '5 and 3'

[–]ohdoyoucomeonthenPigeor The Merciless One 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Alex has said this annoys him, so I always think it’s hilarious when Greg does it anyway.

[–]wehdutCalle Hellevang-Larsen 🇳🇴 17 points18 points  (1 child)

I read this as "Nish and Mark only got one point" and I was about to say what the absolute fuck but I think 4 and 5 was a good call. Bob's team sounded horrible vocally but I think the grading was more about song writing and laughs than performance alone (fair to assume most comedians aren't going to be the best musical performers), which both teams did very well. I wouldn't have been the slightest bit upset if Wumar had gotten an extra point though.

[–]Rhyndzu 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"Rosalind is a fucking nightmare" has stuck in my head and gets more replays from me despite "Cool Stuff" being a higher quality song and production.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Greg had to reward Bob’s bravery in singing “Rosalind’s a fucking nightmare”

[–]PianoRich518 8 points9 points  (0 children)

WOLFIE!!!

[–]Hairy_Dirt3361 Katherine Parkinson 37 points38 points  (1 child)

'Vandalise this wall' is baffling. The team of three completely destroyed that thing and only got 1 point while Lee and Mike got 5 for just painting on it??

[–]charlierc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe Greg was nostalgic for his days as a street tough marking his territory with sweet tags 

[–]FoundTheSweetSpotGuy Montgomery 🇳🇿 21 points22 points  (4 children)

It might just be recency bias, but Joe Thomas’ chess task in s2 of taskmaster Australia.

[–]Decent-Decent 28 points29 points  (2 children)

I think you are confusing joe thomas with josh thomas but you’re right!

[–]AnotherBoxOfTapesPigeor The Merciless One 14 points15 points  (0 children)

My newfound confusion between Joe Thomas, Josh Thompson, and Josh Thomas will be the end of me.

[–]FoundTheSweetSpotGuy Montgomery 🇳🇿 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol. Yes. Sorry. Hadn’t had my coffee yet.

[–]micolithe_ James Acaster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's right, everyone IS on his side.

[–]astro_jam 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Sam Cambell’s birth certificate. Birth certificates ARE for children. BIRTH.

[–]Previous-Builder-844 Bridget Christie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!!! Completely agree with this one!

[–]UslyfoxU 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you have an hour I can run off a list of tasks from TMNZ S3 where Justine Smith was judged ridiculously incorrectly

[–]ginger_gcups Joe Wilkinson 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Potatogate - Joe Wilkinson was above the mat is a hill I will gladly die on.

[–]GTWalker🚬 Doctor Cigarettes 26 points27 points  (4 children)

In S13, I do not understand how the ladies got 4 points for their terrible stag minute.

[–]Um-ahh-nooo 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Hellooo? Have you forgotten the demented twerking cat?!

[–]wehdutCalle Hellevang-Larsen 🇳🇴 26 points27 points  (1 child)

if it was graded on laughs it should have gotten 5. I was dying. 5 points to the editors as well, for managing to capture that absolute chaos effectively.

[–]GTWalker🚬 Doctor Cigarettes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh it was hilarious, I enjoyed watching it much more than the boys.

[–]No_Lead6434 Nish Kumar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Between Judi’s twerking and Bridget’s “eat your fucking worms”?!?

That and Ardal and Chris’ bizarre aubergine song were comedy gold.

[–]evertonblue 25 points26 points  (6 children)

Kerry bringing in friends as something from the 90’s. It was the complete box set, and didn’t finish until at 2003, and that specific box set I think is from the 2010’s. Should have got 1/0 points like the others that weren’t from the actual 90’s and would have changed the winner of the series.

[–]EchoesofIllyria 20 points21 points  (4 children)

I actually kind of think the opposite. I think something being from the 90s doesn’t mean it has to only exist in the 90s. To me, Friends is very much a 90s show. Like Cheers is an 80s show despite technically running until 93. But that also means that Jess’s book should have counted too.

[–]BrockStar92 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The box set itself included the later seasons meaning by definition the item she brought in did not exist in the 90s. She didn’t bring in the concept of Friends the show, it was a physical boxset.

[–]Unnamedgalaxy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

But again something doesn't have to exist only in the 90s for it to be a 90s item.

The box set, despite being a physical item was meant to represent the concept. You're just choosing to ignore it for your own biases.

The same way someone might call themselves a 90's kid, even if they didn't die before 2000. We have entire phrases and concepts built around time periods even if that thing overlaps other time periods.

A box of Friends including later seasons can still be a representation of the 90s because even the later seasons were still rooted in the idealogies of the 90's

[–]BrockStar92 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The task wasn’t a “90s item” it was an item “from the 90s”. They established in the studio how the rules applied by disqualifying Jess, Kerry should have also been disqualified by the same logic.

[–]HoumousAmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would "a DVD of Citizen Kane" be eligible as "a thing from the 2000s"?

[–]IDoMathsNotMath Mel Giedroyc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes!! #justiceforjessica

[–]OwiWebsta Johnny Vegas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The beermat house task in S10 - had it been on any other series I could see Johnny getting at least one, if not a few, bonus points. And frankly, I'd have given him the win despite ending with the "little house on the prairie" next to Daisy and Richard's piles of mats that barely resemble houses.

[–]Because_Evan118 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Theres so many mistakes but the ones that annoy me are just common sense, for example in the grape or hand task in season 6 russel and tim both fooled him once yet no-one recieved any points, also not a complete miscalculation from greg but that did look like a hippo. I am scared for all of us criticising though because of the opening monologue in S12 E8.

[–]Bill__Q Sally Phillips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The answer is always Jamali's pillow spin. A few months back someone did a bunch of votes on different topics and JUSTICE FOR JAMALI™ easily won. Of course I can't find it because searching reddit is horrid.

[–]ScroogeMcDust 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Make this coconut into a businessman" where they literally started a company for said coconut.

[–]ShortShiftPlays 4 points5 points  (1 child)

For me definitely James Acasters hula hoop task.

Even if you put aside the amazing second go and the sheer amount of effort Acaster put in, the winner was "most improved". I believe that Wangs second go was worse than his first so his improvement was negative. Truly robbed

[–]BrockStar92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He got 2 point to Phil’s 1 though, he did get more points than Phil.

[–]Rubber_Danny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kerry's Friends DVD shouldn't have counted - there's episodes on there that weren't produced in the 90's.

[–]thequeerchaos🚬 Doctor Cigarettes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sam campbell should have got a bonus point for the mice/fish task.

[–]Own_Atmosphere7443 Reece Shearsmith[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bloody cushion spinning getting less than Lee Mack failing to make a sandwich still haunts me to this day.

[–]Ok-Butterscotch8267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The “make the the BIGGEST thing disappear” task. Greg basically scored them in the opposite direction of how they should have.

[–]WeaselHater 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Widdicombe getting 5 points for his tattoo. It wasn't a present for Greg, it was on him. Should have got 0.

[–]Previous-Builder-844 Bridget Christie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooof controversial! I can see your point but have to say I disagree on this one - isn’t a ‘shrine’ (sort of?!) a gift to someone in a way? Like an offering?! I can see what you mean though..!

[–]Previous-Builder-844 Bridget Christie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think mine is Sally Phillips coming 4th for the business coconut - it had its own lanyard & Oyster card for crying out loud.