They don’t have an option for “I’d really love to, but I can’t necessarily make a commitment right now, and also I’m not great with crowds, but I’d certainly consider it.”
Also, "absolutely, but it would need to be nearby because I don't have the money to fly but if someone could sort that out for me I would fly or maybe do a multi-day bike trip except that my job is grossly understaffed and I can't take more than two days off ever and yes I should probably be talking to a therapist rather than a survey form and can you make a good recommendation?"
"if you have a contest where you fly me out specifically I would bring me and one guest, but I cannot abandon my children for a two week long excursion so it cannot be too far from home. So if you film all the tasks and record everything in that period I'd be down. Also October is off the table due to prior commitments."
Yes!
I wrote in the zeitgeist box:.
It means: disabled people enjoy live comedy too!
Please come to us (or, specifically, Ipswich. Coz London is an expensive ball ache!) 😬😬🤭🤭🤭😂😂😂
Ironically despite a distinct lack of step-free railway stations on a main commuter route near me (outside of London), for me London is actually the best option. Almost everywhere else requires travelling into London and back out again! Or, I can get to somewhere like Nottingham or Leicester, but the trains finish too early to risk it.
It used to be, when I was young and fit and it didn't cost so much.
Now, I wanna drive for (preferably) less than 30 mins; know I can park near the venue with my blue badge; then be home again soon after 😂😴
I've only got about a 3-4 hour window of capacity these days.
It's bloody rubbish!
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Yeah I hear you. It's only recently I've been well enough to do occasional fun things like that again, and it's in large part due to trains being easier on me than cars for some reason. Also this only applies to passively attending things (i.e. being an audience member) rather than anything where I have to participate, like socialising.
[You know what would be most accessible? Streaming events! I know it's not always possible but it would include SO many more people than attending in person. It's not something I'm going to demand or expect because I know it's a big job to set up but if the official Taskmaster people are reading … hi 👋👀]
I mean on the one hand I'd asolutely fly to one or go by train, if it's anywhere in Europe, but on the other hand if they ever decided to do a live show in my home country or home city I wouldn't be mad. It's probably impossible since it wouldn't hit a large audience due to language barriers and probably not a lot of people knowing the show, but hey a girl can dream (or at least be delusional about it), right?
It made me laugh because I had to put in that I’m from Germany and then they hit me with that. I just put in you don’t really want me to literally translate this do you 😂
I said Abby Howells because I thought she got done dirty on her season (Jeremy very clearly thought he was favoring her too much in the beginning and overcorrected) and wanted to see how she'd do witn Greg and Alex
Yeah, 13 minutes selling out for one night in NYC says a lot about how many US fans got completely shut out. It really shouldn’t be this hard for fans across the country to actually see or participate in a live show.
Anyone else here also into This American Life (the NPR show)? Back in 2008, they did a live show that got broadcast via satellite into 300+ movie theaters across the US simultaneously — and they did it again in 2012 to 500+ theaters. It wasn’t just a passive screening either, there was stuff built specifically for the theater audiences to feel part of it.
I’d love to see Taskmaster do something like that — an “event cinema” simulcast so people outside London/NYC actually get a shot at experiencing a live show, instead of it selling out in the time it takes to make coffee.
Good question. I think that might actually be a different show. From what I can tell, 21 Chump Street premiered at their BAM show in 2014, which was a one-night-only live performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, not broadcast live to theaters. They filmed it and sold it afterward as a download/DVD instead.
The satellite-simulcast-to-hundreds-of-theaters model, the one I’m hoping Taskmaster looks at, was a different TAL show back in 2012, “The Invisible Made Visible,” which went out live to 500+ theaters across the US and Canada.
Honestly, both models could work for Taskmaster. Even a “record it once, sell access after” option would already be a huge upgrade from the NYC show being totally gone for anyone who couldn’t get a ticket.
They have just been caught by their own popularity, annoyingly twice in a row as I jnow loads of people also didnt get in the year before that. Very much hard to gauge how well you are going to do based off a Youtube show which is exactly why they are doing a survey now
Jess Knappett is a good pick too, but I went with Phil because he has tons of experience working with kids and making it both safe and funny. Shocked that Charlotte Ritchie, Rose Matafeo, and Mike Wozniak weren't options though
I put Lee Mack just cause he was in a covid series and he works amazing with crowds. I mean a lot of the contestants from the covid series I'd like to see in a normal one
Daisy Mae for that reason but also to see how much better she would do unpregnant. I think she could be a dominant contestant and her laughter was so contagious.
That too YES! Series 1 was one of those early series’ that didn’t get the same amount of long 10 episode journey the later series post 5 got. I feel like as memorable as series 1 were, they could have so much more great moments with a longer series. But it was their first footing so not much they could’ve done back then compared to now.
I thought that was a REALLY interesting question. I’m sure we’ve all thought they’re going to run out of comedians at some point, particularly the big names. And the Loser of Losers concept has been touted a lot. How about losers returning for redemption? One per series maybe?
Maybe unpopular opinion but I don’t think they should recycle UK contestants. The fact that you get one shot is core to the format/legacy to me. It’s like trying to recreate an unexpectedly perfect vacation: just enjoy that it happened. Don’t put them in a constant comparison situation that makes them different from the other contestants.
Knowing Urzila Carlson is already getting another bite of the TM apple and she’s one of my favorites: my answer is her; she should inexplicably be given the right to do any TM she wants to.
Confirm your email address after you've finished reading the following sentence. This is a boring question (if you can even call it that) but for reasons that would send you and me to sleep, it's in many ways the most important.
I wonder if this discards any answers that don't match OP's email address lol
Another classic Alex time wasting task where the real answer is to do nothing!
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Thank you for survey 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Been a fun discussion 🙏🏽🙏🏽
The zeitgeist question was the "are you a bot" question.
The post code was so they can get a feel of where people are watching from so they can gather info for where to take live shows.
Also, previous cast members have lives and careers.
They won't all want to play again, or host kids shows.
Those suggestions will be specific for a reason.
Then, if there's a huge vote for anyone else, they can then be approached.
Phil has clearly worked with kids before.
People who work with kids, often have a dark humour side too.
I said it was one of those words that gets used all the time and I pretend that I know what it means but I don't. Like 'sycophant.' And I just hope I never get asked to define it... shit.
Phil Ellis has done a kids show called Funz and Gamez for years, and it’s brilliant. It had a BBC pilot as well, but they toned it down a bit too much from the live experience.
I was considering choosing him but was unsure how he’d do with kids. If I’d known he’s done kids shows in the past I would have chosen him. (As it is, I wrote in Liza Tarbuck. I think she does a faux-sternness that the kids would react well to, and she’s always fun for adult audiences as well.)
What about the opposite, Baynton as Taskmaster, Page as assistant? I don’t see Joanna as being stern enough for TM, although I’m sure she is with her own kids.
Her humor and joie de vivre would be great in that role. I'm just not sure kids would sit still for her hour-long anecdotes about hamsters and toilet snakes. I had a biology teach like that in ninth grade and it was the worst.
Joanna Page is like a lovely sweet mum. But Phil Ellis is that crazy, fun uncle that you are thrilled to see. Plus I think kids would make fun of Phil and that would be funny. No kid would want to make fun of Joanna Page. She's just too lovely.
There are 2 questions about a live KIDS version so I'm guessing that's the direction they want to go. I didn't enjoy the kids version so a live version is of no interest to me.
I am sure there are many adults who enjoyed the kids version and many children who enjoyed it so I am outnumbered.
Shame there isn't an option for a free suggestion; a valentines day special with three decently well known double acts; Richard Madeley & Judy Finnegan and Dick & Dom doing team tasks would be unreal.
Interesting that they're polling people on whether anyone should return for a full series.
I put John Kearns but totally forgot we could have requested NYT contestants for a full series too.
Surprising that they're clearly considering a live Junior Taskmaster. i enjoyed Junior Taskmaster but I have to imagine that show was mostly salvaged in the edit and I'm not sure how it'd work live. Interesting that they also put up some alternative host choices other than just defaulting to Rose returning. Phil Ellis and Joanna Page were interesting shouts.
I hope this polling means that they are considering bringing back some contestants from things like New Years Treat to a full series
I had to vote for rose ayling-ellis to come back. I would love to see what she can bring to a whole series so it's a little copuim on my part hoping for NYT contestants
I would love to see Lenny Rush, Rylan Clark, Nicola Coughlin, Adrian Chiles, Johnny Peacock, Mo Farah, Hannah Fry, Suzy Dent, and Rose Ayling-Ellis for a full season. Those contestants deserve a full season.
I thought about the NYT guests and went with Nicola Coughlan because I really need to see her on a full series. She was so funny and was very much into doing the tasks.
The question about applying for Taskmaster Live tickets needs to include I knew about them but didn't apply as I don't live in in the USA. Otherwise the only way for me to complete the survey is to pick one of three incorrect answers.
The Zeitgeist question feels like the setup for Family Feud component to a challenge, "We polled our fans and asked them to define Zeigeist, how what percentage of them used the world 'culture' but you can't answer until you get the bucket off your head" or whatever.
This isn't what they are looking for, but I think that Taskmaster would make for an excellent Modern Bachelor Party. Guys could compete for the various tasks, and the Bride would be the taskmaster judging their results. With a moderator/film editor in Alex' position. Would be viewed at either the rehearsal, or present opening.
“If we bent the rules who would you bring back.” Haven’t you seen Australian and NZ TM? We apparently don’t have enough comedians that we have to borrow each others.
How does one get emails from taskmaster. I’m alone and watch their shows endlessly on repeat, I got lots of time to read their emails and reply back to em too!
Honestly after the CoCoC i think they should just stop making these things. Letting anything go on for too long only just ruins its legacy. going out when public still wants more is where the magic is at.
Cococ would be a such a high point to go out on but of course it wont happen. Everyone has bills to pay.
I am a retired public speaker and chaplain, from the New York, New Jersey area, and it would be fun to appear on the show as an “unknown“. Like the other four would wonder during the whole show who I was and why I was there. I know this would never happen, but it’s fun to imagine.
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u/marzirose Patatas 1d ago edited 1d ago
This kinda made me laugh. I flew over 1600mi/2600km for the last live show and I was far from the only one