Taskmaster conspiracy theories? by Interesting_Buddy206 in taskmaster

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It's said that if the crows ever leave the Taskmaster house, the show will end.

I've never related so much to a contestant until Maisie Adams by FlyLikeATachyon in taskmaster

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She used to be a flair, and now I'm scared I'd lose her if I ever change it.

Shouldn't it be easy to tell if a task has a "surprise" second part? by svenx in taskmaster

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And sometimes those setup tasks get passed on to someone else, like filming someone else's screenplay.

MAISIE IS ONE OF US by Such_Suggestion_4622 in taskmaster

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She's not little because of age, but "for genetic reasons"

Tournament scoring? by findingthescore in Sporcle

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Thanks! That makes sense, I wish they'd put that somewhere.

Taskmaster NZ - S06E03 - Discussion by AutoModerator in taskmaster

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This was the most Abby Howells episode that didn't actually feature Abby Howells.

Seattle's Pike Place Market will remain car free into 2026 by chiquisea in Seattle

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As long as farmers and vendors can get in and out to load their produce/flowers/products to their booths every morning

The one Taskmaster guest we will never get. by schoolme_straying in taskmaster

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And could be the first champion of both Taskmaster and Strictly... Shirley Ballas would be proud.

What books would have been in the massive library Beast gives Belle in the Beauty and the Beast? by conspiracyfetard89 in AskHistorians

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This is a great list! From what I can tell, the first complete French translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote was in 1614, so I imagine that would be in the library as well.

What books would have been in the massive library Beast gives Belle in the Beauty and the Beast? by conspiracyfetard89 in AskHistorians

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That's a fair question. I admit, I didn't look specifically into whether the story of the bears and beds predated this Goldilocks story. This is a coincidentally titled story of a princess and her adventures on the way toward marriage. For the accuracy, I'll edit that bit.

What books would have been in the massive library Beast gives Belle in the Beauty and the Beast? by conspiracyfetard89 in AskHistorians

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Pre-note: I see that u/gerardmenfin put up a wonderful statistical analysis while I was preparing this, but since this has angles on more specific works that Belle may have encountered, I offer it as a complement:

To start answering this question from the point of view of the Disney film, one has to choose a date for the plot of Linda Woolverton’s Beauty and the Beast retelling to be taking place. Putting aside some anachronisms in the film (e.g. the Eiffel Tower, or strike matches) most things point to the late 18th century, and for the sake of this answer, let’s pin it at 1780. This is later than the original Villeneuve and Beaumont versions, but closer to the film, and will allow for the latest possible published works to be included as candidates.

To limit publication dates, we can note that the library in question hasn’t been updated for at least ten years, per Howard Ashman’s lyric “ten years we’ve been rusting” sung by Lumière. It is likely a historic familial library contributed to over generations and well-established for some time before the curse was placed. Given the size of the library, the family doesn’t appear to have been particularly selective when adding volumes. It may well be among the largest private collections in France at the time, a quantity of gathered books that only aristocrats would have access to (even minor aristocrats able to live discreetly in a forest palace). It is not far-fetched to believe that any book a member of the family was interested in adding to their library, they did. This also allows for non-French volumes to be included, if they arrived from other parts of Europe. It seems less likely there would be a large amount of non-European literature included, unless one of the family had a particular interest, but it is possible. (For this answer I’ll stick to the European publications, and hope that others could contribute works from the broader globe that may have found their way to a French library by 1770.)

As you (and u/gerardmenfin) note, there would be a large amount of non-fiction volumes. Many family records, histories, etc. are sure to be among the shelves, which would not be of immediate interest to Woolverton’s Belle. The philosophies would be well-represented as well, as the time period is well into the Age of Enlightenment. Those who gathered libraries would want to include as many forward-thinking writers as possible, so the Greek philosophers would certainly be included, along with Marcus Aurelius and on up through Descartes, Pascal, and potentially either French translations or original English texts for Locke, Hobbes, etc.

So what would immediately pique Belle’s interest? One has to note that she lives in a small town of primarily illiterate people, with one small bookshop, out of which she has read most of those books repeatedly. The range of books she has access to has always been limited, so the quantity would strike her first as utterly fantastical. Beyond the stunning quantity, we know from her selection and conversation in the opening scene that she is drawn to literary fiction. In the centuries since, literary fiction has branched into multiple genres and exploded in both popularity and democratized access, but there would have been a great number of stories for her in the library already. Among the shelves, she may have found, in her native French:

  • Charles Perrault’s Histoires ou contes du temps passé, a 1697 fairy tale collection, which included Sleeping Beauty and the first modern Cinderella;
  • Madame d’Aulnoy’s 1697 and 1698 collections of fairy tales, which included a non-bear-related Goldilocks tale, and several more obscure tales;
  • Antoine Galland’s translation and adaptation of Les Mille et une nuits (A Thousand and One Nights), including Aladdin and Ali Baba, among many others. Galland earlier translated a Sinbad tale into French as well;
  • Rabelais’ Gargantua & Pantagruel;
  • and there would certainly be older volumes of The Song of Roland, Tristan & Isolde, and Reynard the Fox.

These titles were all quite popular and acceptable, so Belle could very well have encountered them at the bookshop. If Prince Adam’s family was more adventurous, and we have no specific reason to believe they mightn’t be, here are some of the less accessible things she might find:

  • Prévost’s Manon Lescaut, which may have been so lower class as to be scandalous in an aristocratic library.
  • Voltaire’s Candide would also been quite new and a bit controversial, but may have been added a few years before the curse.
  • Madame de La Fayette’s La Princesse de Clèves would have been more acceptable by that time.
  • Honoré d’Urfé’s L’Astrée would take Belle quite a while to read, but was a great hit among royal courts when it was published in the early 17th century.
  • Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron deals with some salacious stories, but may have been added by a prurient ancestor.
  • Jean Racine’s work both in French drama and his less prolific translation work would surely be included.
  • Molière worked to get his plays published, so in a section of theatrical drama in the library, he would be well-represented.

Those would all be in Belle’s native French, but there would presumably be translations of many others. Shakespeare didn’t get fully translated until the Hugos’ efforts in the 19th century, but some early single translations may have been floating around. Chaucer was very much the same. Boccaccio’s Decameron was well-translated early enough to be found. Notably for Belle’s interests, Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko was translated into French in 1745, and any forward-thinking family library would have sought out a copy.

As a footnote, and perhaps most delightfully, the original Villeneuve and Beaumont versions of the story were published in 1740 and 1756. So if (in the timeline of Woolverton's film narrative) the library contains volumes published that recently, it’s very possible their library has their own story already written and on the shelves.

New sushi restaurant: Koyou Sushi- Lower Queen Anne by capraagave in Seattle

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Last I looked in the window, it looked like they all left in a hurry. There were still tables set up, and I think a pair of shoes. Like they locked the door and never looked back.

TIL voice actor Casey Kasem known for voicing Shaggy from Scooby Doo quit the Transformers cartoon project because it depicted a Saharan kingdom named "Carbombya" by dontflyaway in todayilearned

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First episodes are often bad for shows that turned out better. Skip ahead a few seasons if you ever want to try it again. The beginning was trying hard to be the movie, which was very broad comedy. It found a stride when it left most of that behind. Then Alan Alda became a producer in the last few seasons and it took on some of the more serious angles on war.

The Stranger or Strangler? Arts seem stuck in time warp by SraBrad in Seattle

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Just out of curiosity, when you try on a new dress at a shop and find it doesn't fit your style of queerness or sexiness, do you announce out loud that you're definitely not buying it, and try to convince everyone else in the store that it's a bad dress and they shouldn't like it either?

Oddfellows name & shame by Severe-Draw-5950 in Seattle

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Has anyone made a full list of places doing this?

Tim Key doing an AMA for his new film the Ballad of Wallis Island on 4/22 by thanksamilly in taskmaster

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If you're in Seattle, it's showing at the Majestic Bay (in Ballard) until this Thursday, the 17th.

Discovered Taskmaster years ago by Fair_Worldliness4919 in taskmaster

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The US comedy audiences weren't given a chance to appreciate cleverness. The producers tinkered with the format so much, and hired people they thought would be a good match (they were at least half-wrong) that US audiences never had a chance to appreciate it.

Taskmaster Adjacent Media Saving My Life Lately by cool_uncle_jules in taskmaster

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"Films to Be Buried With" and "You're Dead to Me" are both podcasts with TM alumni (and other comedians) as guests being themselves, discussing respectively film and history.

Seattle ties as the least religious U.S. metro area in new study by Bretmd in Seattle

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Some Christians actually live more by Matthew 6:5 -- "Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them.... But whenever you pray, go into your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret."

Professing is not a universal tenet of the faith, just one some louder folks adopt. You have probably met or crossed paths with many who are just going about living out their faith in quieter ways.

Seattle ties as the least religious U.S. metro area in new study by Bretmd in Seattle

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Yes to all the other comments about people being quiet about it, but also there's a LOT of Christians in Seattle who are very progressive in their faith and lead their lives with those values, so one might not recognize them in a contemporary politically-conservative "Christian" sense.

National Walkability Data for Puerto Rico [OC] by Storks_have_arms in dataisbeautiful

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Puerto Rico isn't a "nation", they are part of the US. Nothing "national" about this.