Bill Taroli
Mike Masnick ✅My Friday night tradition since the pandemic began is to watch (or in some cases rewatch) an episode of the UK TV show Taskmaster, which I swear to you, is the funniest thing ever put on television.
Also, for those of us in the US, they put the episodes up for free on YouTube (officially, not pirated), though there is a lag (they're about four seasons behind what's released in the UK). But they still have the first 11 seasons (almost they're releasing one episode each week for season 11) up and available for free.
Marc@mmasnick have you seen the New Zealand version yet? Season 2 is one of the best in all of Taskmaster.
@MarcP i watched season one, and maybe the first episode of season 2. should watch the rest...
Carl Malamud@mmasnick Just watched season 1, episode 1 (Melon Buffet). The show is hilarious. Thanks for the tip! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4YhsooE5xY&list=PLRWvNQVqAeWLpNL3IpUsGUdbaOiCG026u
Series 1, Episode 1 - 'Melon buffet.' | Full Episode | Taskmaster
@carlmalamud just know you have many more episodes and seasons to go, and somehow, they keep getting better and crazier.
EmilyTav@mmasnick @carlmalamud oh I’ve been looking for a good one, thank you!
Also, maybe old news but Episodes (British show on Netflix) is hilarious.
0ddysseus@mmasnick Outstanding. Thanks for the tip! Watched the first couple of seasons somewhere last year and its a blast
Randi Mason @ glammr.us@mmasnick Am still frustrated that Comedy Central couldn’t make the US series work (30 minutes an episode didn’t help) and the CW basically cancelled Taskmaster UK before an episode aired. Who do you hope they have on future seasons?
Justin 🐘@mmasnick
💯 I find myself often watching too much Taskmaster and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
💯 I find myself often watching too much Taskmaster and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Mike Johnson 
@mmasnick OMG Taskmaster is freaking amazing. Totally agreed that it is the funniest thing ever put on television.
Tim Nguyen 
@mmasnick sorry no Twitter is the funniest (saddest) thing on TV right now.
Adam BarnettYou have to respect the mileage they get out of famous people being delightfully incompetent, @mmasnick. Life lessons: always look under the table.
@dreadpir8robots i mean, it is kinda designed to make everyone look somewhat incompetent sooner or later. but, still, some seem especially more incompetent than others.
The one where he took Nish Kumar to the rear of the stage for a pep talk, @mmasnick ...
@dreadpir8robots hahahahah. yes, absolutely. That was so, amazing. That moment and James Acaster and the hula hoop are perhaps my two favorite moments.
The Acaster hula hoop was a slow burn emotional roller coaster, @mmasnick. Any time I thought I couldn't like a season as much as the one before, I've been wrong.
Brian@mmasnick You're not lying. It never fails to make me laugh and easily ranks among my favorite television shows.
Brianary@mmasnick Taskmaster during the pandemic was a tremendous treat. Seasons 7 and 14 (currently running) are my favorites, but there aren't any bad episodes. The New Zealand version is pretty good, the Norwegian one is Scandinaviansanity.
Keith Milner@mmasnick love Taskmaster.
I was lucky enough to have tickets to the shooting of one of the Series 7 episodes.
It was the one where Jess Knappett fell off the catwalk.
Knancy 
Serow@mmasnick Taskmaster really is hilarious and I wish there were more Americans watching it. Freeform in the US showed one episode of it one time on American TV... and the promptly cancelled and more showings of it.
Frankie@mmasnick Taskmaster is great! I just watched series 14 episode 7 tonight. Their official YouTube channel posted it. I've been watching UK panel shows for years now, ever since I discovered "Would I Lie To You?".
arethafrankenstein@mmasnick this show got me through covid.
@mmasnick in case you haven’t seen - TM is franchised in other countries too. The New Zealand one (particularly Season 2) stacks up there with the best of the UK. The Norwegian one (watched with subtitles) is also quite funny. The most dramatic difference being an apparent absence of film health and safety rules, leading to some rather different approaches to the challenges….
ChristopherHind@mmasnick https://link.medium.com/HyvdaSpaTub
Jack Bernhardt is a good follow on the Other Place for Taskmaster related content
1505helen❤️@mmasnick If you like #TaskMaster look out for #WouldILieToYou and #8OutOfTenCats I think you’ll like them too 😂
@1505helen have definitely seen a few episodes of each!
Todd Tyrtle@mmasnick @1505helen And if you folks like UK taskmaster there are a ton of really amazing ones from other countries with crowdsourced subtitles. The Scandinavian ones are some of my favourites.
The FFF@mmasnick I love it so much that it got me hooked on other countries' versions, too. Most of what I watch these days is Taskmaster or some derivative.
rui@mmasnick in the interests of cultural exchange, here in the UK I've watched 12 seasons of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in the last 2 months. Those awful people doing consistently terrible things have completely and utterly charmed me.
Robin Li@mmasnick It's soo good! Have you seen series 14? The latest episode had me laughing till it hurt.
@pencilled_robin Yes! I have to say Fern makes me laugh no matter what she does.
talya@mmasnick noted!
hybrid havoc@mmasnick
Taskmaster is amazing. It was also my first real introduction to James Acaster, who quickly became one of my favorite comedians.
Taskmaster is amazing. It was also my first real introduction to James Acaster, who quickly became one of my favorite comedians.
foxxtrot@mmasnick There will never be a better TV Moment than James Acaster discovering Rhod Gilbert opening that garage, then just closing it and moving on with his awful plan.
@foxxtrot that was fantastic
Justin Pot@mmasnick Taskmaster is so so freaking great.
Andy Claremont@jhpot @mmasnick #taskmaster is the greatest show on television and I’m *devastated* that it’s not better known over here. The dynamic between Greg and Alex is 👌🏻
Rem@jhpot @mmasnick @andymci Are you watching the Quebec version of #Taskmaster ? I recommend any of the international ones too.
@andymci @Remsreports @jhpot @mmasnick Yep! Le Maître du Jeu. I loved it, great contestants and task attempts. Louis Morissette is the Taskmaster, and imo he does a good job of it.
@mmasnick @jhpot @andymci @pencilled_robin Louis always reminds me of Dec (from the presenters Ant and Dec in England).
The contestant Joe is crazy.
The contestant Joe is crazy.
@Remsreports I'll admit I haven't watched the whole series yet, but from what I've seen so far, yeah he's utterly mad 😂
randmbits@mmasnick love Taskmaster. As an American I found it on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/Taskmaster. Full episodes thru season 11.
Seems it’s also on Pluto.tv: https://reelgood.com/show/taskmaster-2015
Taskmaster
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@mmasnick Regularly have tears in my eyes watching this - Greg's angry teacher demeanour is so funny.