Can't explain why but John stepping into the caravan and whipping the balloons has similar unhinged energy to Romesh throwing the watermelon on the ground
John casually and silently popping into the lab with the fake chicken after they lost the feather has got to be one of the oddly funniest things I’ve seen in all 14 seasons of this show.
Had to rewind to find the pillow can't leave the lab, but after that, my plan would be to grab some tongs from the kitchen, pinch for firm grip and RUN :D. And if there's trouble getting it done, why not bring the tub to the feather!
She could have at least two replies to the insinuation: 1. Alex made the task, and he didn't say not to pour out the milk, so in the end she was just trying to solve the task in the best way possible within the rules. In this case, Alex is the cause. 2. Sarah poured out the milk, yes, but Alex and the crew resolved to clean it up. They failed to do so completely. Alex hired the crew. Thus, in this case, Alex is the cause. In both of these cases, in the end Sarah is only the middlewoman. Alex was the true cause of the spilled milk. I rest my case.
Kind of enjoying this new dynamic of the show where people realize they can ask for Alex's help but sometimes he'll lean hard into the character and become a liability
I like it, but Acaster's ignoring Alex is better because it eventually got under Alex's skin. "why don't you ever say hi?" ... "it's not on the task is it?"
Alice Levine greeting Alex with a pet name was actually superb. In his personal life, Alex is really awkward with women. Alice is friends with Alex's wife, and I bet they concocted this little scheme with these flirty pet names just to mess with him.
in the first episode of the series she misses a bunch dropping the loo roll into the loo and goes "ohh noo" the same way as here every time she misses and i also thought of Chris's "no way!"
I want "knappett" to become the official term for a broad runway attached to a stage, so the etymology writers in 200 years time have to/get to explain Taskmaster.
23:41 Dara's face when Fern claims to have come up with the system of endless plates, in spite of the fact that it was clearly his idea (with him being the one to triumphantly bring in lots of paper plates), is hilarious.
It really was as much her idea if not more, watch it back. Dara brings in the dust pan and two packs of plates in the wrapper and leaves with the feather before even considering unwrapping the package of plates. Then they fail as Fern is unwrapping the plates because Dara hadn't counted on each object having a total time limit, he thought it reset when it left the dustpan...Dara brought the plates to the room, Fern realized their full potential. Plus I think the face (in-studio) was more reacting to the over-the-top phrasing with a minor dash of dismay for not getting mentioned for plates in the first place.
John Kearns is a time traveler in the same way that Nate Bargatze jokes about; he’s gone back in time not knowing anything, and just has to live a life worse off than the time he left, haha.
14:24 the shot of him walking up to the caravan with the belt and throwing his jacket looked so menacing. That was a man who was ready to murder some balloons
That's what I was wondering too 😅 he was holding the dust pan last and they probably didn't realize until that moment that the feather could not touch items it'd already come into contact with for more than 5 seconds all together, also I don't want to say fern invented the endless* plate system but she was the first to grab them (when John had the spatula and Dara had the dust pan and plastic container) and it probably inspired their later system, it's still all so funny regardless 🤣
Yes! and you can even see the feather falling down if you look closely! It is hard to see against the white background and it's possible that Dara himself didn't notice it; he looks down and even hesitates but perhaps he looked just a second too late.
But I agree, the moment they collectively realize the feather is missing is too funny 😂 I just feel bad for Fern and John for simply assuming it must have been their fault when it wasn't!
@@HHh-ej4rl it looks like it, but maybe he just saw something in the corner of his eye and the feather had already slipped away by the time his eyes caught up? Idk...
I’m almost positive Dara was the one that lost it. And it almost looks like he noticed it fall off his dustpan at the time, but he definitely forgot by the time he got back to the lab because there is no way he would waste so much time looking for it just for a laugh.
I wasn’t sure about the cast when this season started, but it’s definitely one of my favorites now! The chemistry between everyone is so hilarious in the team tasks.
@@andrewgehling6566 I'm unfamiliar with 90% of the contestants on this show and every time I see amazing people I wasn't aware of before. Knowing them before or not shouldn't matter for your enjoyment I think.
Munya channels Tim Key while John, as another comment here says, really channels Romesh with that balloon popping task. Love to see the legacy of series 1 living on.
such fun it would be for a sit down, a bottomless biscuit barrel and a brew with Sarah, she saved a lot of people during lockdown by reading her book. She's an Angel.
John, Sarah and Fern might be some of my favourite contestants of all time, the energies are so different and yet so chaotically similar, John peaking through the lab curtain with the chicken actually killed me
For everyone reading this: there is also a small handy version that can be kept on the key ring with the car key. In case of a crash it doesn't get thrown around, but can be easily reached at the ignition
john is such a wild card coz everything about him makes u feel like hes gonan do the worst but somehow his sad but meticulus way of doing the tasks work
they're always such fun! they should have chosen less bouncy items/balls. perhaps stuff like a satsuma and stress ball and the ilk. you know a ping pong ball and beach ball will likely roll right off anyway.
The man/woman responsible for the feather task being wordless is a genius and I love them. P.S. 21:16 I nearly died, it's an absolutely Diogenean scene
One reason I like this show is that I get to learn all sorts of interesting British terminology for various random things, like "five-bar gates" for tally marks, or "pumpy" for....well. :P
I know I'm not the only one that can't decide who is more endearing between Sarah and Fern. The whole cast is great this season but those two just make me smile.
Knowing nothing about anyone in this series except Dara, I was expecting him to be my sole favourite the entire time, but instead I love them all. I think it really is one of, if not the greatest casts of the show.
I adore how the crew re-use things again later; seeing John's AHOY hat showing up on all the contestants in the next season while piloting their barge was brilliant. Reminded me of Phil Wang's impossible-to-open box that showed up in the find-the-ducks task a couple series later. Brilliant folks.
At 20:40 it was in the dustpan, at 20:44 Dara turned, stopped and looked as he noticed the feather wasn't on the dustpan anymore, and then his reaction at 23:25 😂😂😂
John and Munya are both pretty bad at prize tasks, but their approach and delivery could not be more different. John brings in a shit prize and pretty much goes "Here's my shit prize... I guess...". By contrast, Munya just can't wait to tell you all about his amazing shit prize.
And this completely throws away the idea that your selling power is more important than the prize itself, because John wins 3 prize tasks and Munya wins 0 😂
Except in very rare cases, points aren't awarded on rounds completed, but coming in 1st, 2nd, etc. First place ties for five. It's consistent with the rest of the show
A quick translation for non-Brits: BAIRN = child (in Scotland and Northern England). When Sarah came up with the plate system and gave it up to Munya's pipe system, it was because of Munya's face of childlike enthusiasm. She says, "It's like having a bairn, I imagine..." Sarah has made multiple kid jokes this season. In the laminator task, Munya bragged about his technology skills and his PS5, and Sarah asks, "What's a PS5?". Greg explains, "Playstation" and Sarah dryly remarks, "Oh, for children". And with the She-Wee, she explains to Fern that she can pee on the toilet seat like a little boy... Sarah doesn't have kids and is honest about not wanting kids, so it's super cute that she can make people laugh about the "children" in this cast (Fern, Munya, and John) who are conveniently seated in between their two elders (Dara & Sarah).
It's somewhat crazy for me to realise that 'et barn' is 'a kid' in Danish (most likely in all other north Germanic languages too), and thanks to this knowledge and to the context I did understand what was going on in that moment of the series. Also, an interesting example to point out on how certain conservative parts have remained in certain parts of the Isles. Thanks for bringing it up. My native language is Ukrainian btw.
Another contestant who is afraid of/ has a problem with balloons?! I know Aisling Bea, Mark Watson, Sally Phillips, and Josh Widdicombe have all expressed that before.
Either they hadn't done it or I didn't notice before that they'd named the thrust bit in memoriam of Jessica Knappett's tragic fall in series 7. Hero and legend for all time.
Munya was such a treat this episode. Absolute mess, but such a treat to watch. I really agree with sarah here, it's just so nice to see his lil face when he does the tasks!
I did some digging... the plaque first appears in series 9, episode 4. I checked every studio task after the fall, and examined every Knaplett, until I saw the plaque. Curiosity abated.
I have rewatched series 14 so many times, I’ve lost count! 7:03 Greg: “It’s a fairly pessimistic thing to take with you, isn’t it?” Sarah: “It’s not … I think it’s positive. If it was pessimistic, I would just be like, ah well, dead now” 🤣🤣🤣
7:05 Unless 'windscreen' means any window in a vehicle, she's wrong about the pointy end of the hammer. The hammer is specifically meant for the side windows which are tempered glass. Meaning they're quite strong to blunt impact, but enough force in one area will break it, and when it breaks, it shatters into lots of tiny pieces, rather than large pieces which come with their own number of risks. The front window aka windscreen\windshield is laminated glass which means a sticky film is sandwiched by two pieces of glass. So that if it breaks, large pieces don't come flying into the vehicle. The hammer would be pointless to use on the windscreen/windshield.
I do like that the prize task alternated between perfectly bland and utter chaos. You are either about to have a State Sanctioned Good Time™ or kill dozens.
