Shame, but not at all surprising. It's definitely best for his mental health to stay completely away from all social media or he's going to have a very rough time of it anywhere he goes.
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Shame, but not at all surprising. It's definitely best for his mental health to stay completely away from all social media or he's going to have a very rough time of it anywhere he goes.
Amazing
You bunch of bullies!
Several of the people he disliked did have non-English accents though...
The only contestant I've truly disliked was Iain Stirling, but I didn't finish Series 8 because the whole casting seemed off. Sterling and Lou Sanders were far too similar, but he just took it too far (that first group task was painful to watch). Joe Thomas and Sian Gibson were okay but not the most entertaining in the tasks but sank into the background in studio segments because Sterling and Sanders were so loud, and Paul Sinha was effectively useless both in tasks and in studio, which I suppose is understandable given he was diagnosed with Parkinson's just after they finished filming.
I might go back to it at some point, but after a few episodes I ended up binning it.
I might go back to it at some point, but after a few episodes I ended up binning it.
That series has one of my favourite tasks - driving an electric chariot around a series of obstacles whilst blindfolded. Well worth going back to.
Christ! Imagine saying the same thing 15 times, then when someone mentions it you lose your shit about it.
I don't do social media either, and have similar feelings about it as Bertie did, but his skin must be wafer thin if he thought he'd been victimised here.
Am I a baddie?
Is that your gang's name? "The Baddies"?
I'm not sure why that intimidated him to be honest...
I'm watching season 8 right now and I think Lou Sanders is probably the funniest one, I guess I'm really out of sync. I also realize I obviously don't have any idea what 'loud' means, how is she loud compared to e.g. Acaster or Mortimer?
I don't get it either. The only obnoxiously loud contestant where it had started to annoy me was Ian Sterling. I don't get people's problem with Aisling Bea or Nish Kumar either.
Agree with this. Iain was loud for the sake of being loud, and coupled it with extremely misplaced confidence in solo tasks, and genuine anger at not getting his own way in team tasks.
I'm about to give season 8 another go after abandoning it halfway through, but Iain is putting me off as he's the only contestant I've ever disliked.
She was my favourite from that series, not sure issue people have with her.
Since we're talking about not liking contestants, Josh Widdicombe is the only one I didn't like. Something about the way he was annoyed me.
He can be a bit irritating but his foot tattoo was legendary.
Also all the bits where they had him counting ridiculous things for no reason
I liked it when they used to give everyone a task and one member of he panel was given a little bit extra to do, such as joe lycett having to smile into the camera while painting.
They don’t seem to do that anymore, I guess in the interest of fairness?
They don’t seem to do that anymore, I guess in the interest of fairness?
Listen to the taskmaster podcast episode he's on. I think it'd improve your feelings about him.
No, they space them out more so it's not too obvious. There'll be future ones, but not every series.
Agreed on that. I hated him as a contestant, but it make more sense now.
I loved when they got Mark Watson to send Greg dirty messages every day for six months. So mean.
They did also have one for Mike Wozniak last series.
I only just finished watching that series the other day but half the time it was on in the background so I must have missed that one.
Wait what? You need to go back and watch it immediately...it'll go down as probably the single best moment in TM history, even over Joe Wilkinson and the potato
Wait what? You need to go back and watch it immediately...it'll go down as probably the single best moment in TM history, even over Joe Wilkinson and the potato
Put me off pasta for a while.
Wait what? You need to go back and watch it immediately...it'll go down as probably the single best moment in TM history, even over Joe Wilkinson and the potato
I’m on a four hour train journey and stupidly left my iPad at home with the all4 app. I’ll have to see if YouTube has a clip of it. Some what’s i can gather Mike Wozniak and pats seem to be the key words?
Wait what? You need to go back and watch it immediately...it'll go down as probably the single best moment in TM history, even over Joe Wilkinson and the potato
No way it's better than the potato. The potato is unbeatable.
Really disturbing at the same time.And what a classic moment it was too
He was a great contestant as well, perfect for this type of shoe.
Episode 6 if Google is correct. Well worth watching.
Yeah, the potato has my vote. The way the whole thing went down was just magical.
Have I found the correct one? The very wet sounding fart?
Aye, you do lose out on the whole story if you just search for the clip though.
My favourite is probably when Rod Gilbert hid in Greg's wardrobe overnight.Wait what? You need to go back and watch it immediately...it'll go down as probably the single best moment in TM history, even over Joe Wilkinson and the potato
Yes, but you have to make sure you watch the whole thing and especially the studio bit.
My favourite is probably when Rod Gilbert hid in Greg's wardrobe overnight.
This show has so many fantastic moments!My favourite is probably when Rod Gilbert hid in Greg's wardrobe overnight.
Someone did a season 1-10 best bits list and had Rhod in the wardrobe as 1 and Joe and the potato as 2.
Thought the team task where he just shut the garage door was funnier myself.
The Acaster rage it brought on was brilliant. Shame they edited out the argument the two had about the satsuma in the sock, that was incredible.
Thought the team task where he just shut the garage door was funnier myself.
That was in there somewhere.
I do think Joe and the potato as, I think, the first task, of the first episode of season 2 (which is the first "proper" season), was just perfect Taskmaster and encapsulated so much about the show in one moment.
Rhod Gilbert was brilliant on the show. His series about work experiences as well as his documentaries are also good watches.
The what?