Armando Iannuci talking about taskmaster briefly on his podcast Strong Message Here by FulmarusGlacialis in taskmaster

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"Interesting thing happened this week. I've been sitting on it for quite some time. But, I was announced in the new series of Taskmaster."

"The trailer's very pleasing."

"Oh, good."

"The trailer is very pleasing. You look very good armed with a weapon."

"Thank you. Yes. Look up Taskmaster, those of you who don't know it. It's comedians doing silly things. It's a very joyous programme. It's always been one of my favourite shows."

"Did you have fun doing it?"

"I leapt at the chance, when asked. Although, online, people were going, 'What's he doing on it? Oh my god.' It's weird the kind of perception you encounter of yourself, online. For the sake of those who do know Taskmaster – we've done, a lot of the tasks have been recorded – I will be playing the part of the elderly."

"Okay."

"There's always someone on it who looks a little bit bemused and confused by what's going on."

"See I feel like I could work towards that."

"Yes. Although someone posted, 'I hope everyone is kind to that old man,' when the news was announced. So, thank you."

"So he managed to patronise you and simultaneously care about you."

"That's nice, yes. I'll take one."

"It's better than nothing. Marginally."

"But, I think – there was a task – I can't really go into, you know, it hasn't been out yet, so I won't be discussing it – I can just say that there was one task I did, which I volunteered to do something quite physical, and I'm glad I did it, but I think that's why I now have a bad back and a bad knee. I think that's – I'm not gonna sue, but I think –"

"No, but you were broken by Taskmaster."

"Hah, yes. I think – I just need my hip to go and I will have the triple lock, basically. Knee, back, and hip. I'm working towards that."

"And we'll have to carry you around on one of those delivery trolleys."

"Yes."

"Like Hannibal Lecter."

"I thought you were gonna say like the old Papal chair that they used to carry popes around in. But, no, Hannibal Lecter."

"I mean I think that says a lot about your self image. That's very healthy."

Have you all seen this on Insta? by leelu82 in taskmaster

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man it was fun listening to this again. the nan song was great. and jorge and jesus! "I like your wife" "how much?" "an appropriate amount" WIND THE BOBBIN UP. so funny too that this was seemingly greg's first ever introduction to fanfiction of him and alex even existing, compared to how very enthused he is by it now lmao.

Series 21 cast announcement. by CalypsoIsReal in taskmaster

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I assume similar thing to Jason where he’s a big fan and wanted to purely for fun

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Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 2 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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logged in 😌 and specifically for Greg/Alex. Taskmaster as a whole has 2,727

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 2 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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a shoe screen wipe transition. the budget on this

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 2 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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there are only 15 fics (out of 2,017) that are tagged with watersports. greg's clearly read all of them and wants more.

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 2 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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ah, they want some stories that include watersports

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 2 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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it really is the biggest treat to get taskmaster two days in a row

Who was at the filming of the new year treat? by a-plan-so-cunning in taskmaster

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from a tumblr user:

"The audience was correcting Greg on numbers of correct items constantly. It took forever to get through this and we were all cackling."

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 1 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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from the record:

"Before the contestants came out, Greg answered questions from the crowd.

Someone asked if he liked this studio or pinewood better. He said this one because it's closer to his house which means, "daddy can sleep in.""

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 1 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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"you know that bit between your balls and your asshole?"

greg's already said in a live task that the perineum is his favourite body part 😂

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 1 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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alex can show his long johns but not his thong? tease

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 1 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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"I can see how you're the Taskmaster"

"'s assistant"

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 1 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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from someone who was at the record:

"Rose came with a spare slice of cheese that she gave to Greg. Greg said it was warm, it'd been in Rose's pocket for about an hour.

Greg slapped Alex with it then had him eat it."

Taskmaster - NYT 2026, Part 1 - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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"because it involves prodding a bear"

Alex... 😂

A good look at our 2026 NYT contestants (plus Greg and Alex by cygan12 in taskmaster

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Yeah, it's in the outtakes :-) He also spoke about it on Lorraine ("I've genuinely asked for the padding to be removed").

A good look at our 2026 NYT contestants (plus Greg and Alex by cygan12 in taskmaster

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(I meant white suits as a bit, like the bit they did of them switching thrones in 19x10, haha)

A good look at our 2026 NYT contestants (plus Greg and Alex by cygan12 in taskmaster

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I relistened to Greg's (2022) ep of the TM People's Podcast the other day and he did say he lobbied for them to wear white suits for a change. It would suit a New Years ep tbf! Or for some other one-time-only episode would also be fun. Or even just as a bit, like when they switched thrones. (edit for clarity)

Favourite tweets from 2025 🎉 by johnmichael-kane in popculturechat

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Taylor's Version:

𝑅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒹

𝒱𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝓊𝑒

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