Mark should have gone out for playing Key as he has many catchphrases including, "I'm going to play Penelope Pitstop", "No more job gloves" and "I'm out".
I tried to play this game virtually with my grandparents, but my grandad kept using people like "mad Kev" and "Sheila and Ian from the White Hart", and my nan just wanted to finish getting tea ready...
I'm 2 minutes in and Key is arguing about whether or not you can have sex with an otter. This is the only game, when I think about it, where such behaviour is fairly normal.... it's ridiculous but I don't mind it at all.
I'll put in the work. Key: -No more people who are in the title of a book- No more spinsters Watson: No more items of clothing within name Horne: No more often holding wood Key: -No more catchphrases- No more green people Watson: No more appearances on a UK top 40 single Horne: No more politically incorrect speech Key: No more with catchphrases Watson: No more names 10+ letters long Horne: No more regularly with someone much bigger Key: No more involved in a physical fight Watson: No more not alive Horne: No more sportspeople born outside UK Key: No more over 50s Watson: No more current players Horne: No more with TV personality siblings Key: No more names with J Watson: -No more regularly working in London- Horne: No more appearances on Strictly Come Dancing or international equivalent Key: No more regularly working in London Horne: No more met by all players Key: No more surnames longer than forename Horne: No more visible knees while working Key: No more orange items within name
And no one challenged Watto's selection of Key, despite the fact that the man has catch phrases coming out of his ears. You can literally get "Penelope Pitstop, no more job gloves" on a mug in this day and age.
I've been rewatching all the NMJ episodes in the last couple of weeks. Great viewing, obviously. But I hadn't realised just how often Mark correctly challenges Alex or, especially, Tim and yet they end up being let off - and how rarely that happens for Mark. This episode was a perfect example: Mark correctly challenges Tim on Ben Whishaw being 10 letters. They let him off for it for no real reason other than he, as usual, remembered the category wrong. And then the very next go Tim correctly challenges Mark on Eric Dier and he's out the game. No reciprocal 'well, you can have a reprieve as well'. Poor Watto.
In this case, the category was genuinely ambiguously stated despite a clear example, and there's been a grey area for a while on misunderstanding (first brought about by Key for Horne's benefit). The Eric Dier challenge was also an example of the straightforward game with no room for a reprieve. That said, I broadly agree. Mark is highly sportsmanlike, and never accepts misunderstanding as a defence (despite chancing it a little at Christmas). Rarely do his opponents give him the leeway that he would grant them, though to his credit he seems to see that as all part of the fun. Also been watching through them all over the last week or so, what a show. Been having a lovely old time.
Incredible play all round but what a showing from Key here. The Dier Challenge was a fantastic maneuver and finishing the game with some deep pulls, well played.
When you think about it, I think watching all five sets of this show in one setting could really mess with your ability to speak like a normal person. I don’t mind it.
Gents, I'd like to tell you how much joy you've brought me recently. I was fairly late to the party (only heard about NMJ around new year) but I've since watched every episode. In such a crappy year, being stuck at home and having quite a tough time over the last 12 months, you've become a real beacon of light. As a group and individually, I'm a big fan of you. The warmth, friendship and general positivity you evoke is just so heartwarming and is so refreshing in the world we live in. Just wanted to say thanks really. I'm really happy to be one of those BTL. Now come on Key, keep your head in the game!!!!
When Tim said 'name a book and I'll tell you if it's on my shelf' - the first book that came to my mind was 'East of Eden'. Alex went for 'Of Mice and Men', another Steinbeck classic. So close. 😁
how are none of the top comments about “you could fuck an otter” what what even and they all just carried on. accepted tim’s impulsive thoughts and moved along-
Challenge on Tim Key holding wood. The man is a poet who reads from his books, books that are famously made of paper; paper that is famously made from wood.
Nice choice on the opening music. The music never gets any credit below the line. The score set a tone for an epic and possibly the most fiercely contested NMJs contest to date. Mr Key, the Frank Worthington of the group, played a blinder from start to finish. Drawing on the strength of his support from below the line he made Mr Horne, the Danny Blanchflower of the game, sweat on numerous occasions. Mr Watson again buckled. This time visibly appearing to be feeling the pinch of recent criticism from below the line with several accusations of him cheating on more than one occasion surely at the forefront of his thinking. He once more played with honour and integrity, but you could see he was playing with the shackles on. Mr Key triumphed with a dominant performance throughout. Leaving Mr Horne and Mr Watson battered from the encounter and in need of serious regrouping if they are to ward off the threat from Mr Key who has emerged cast as a beast of the game.
When you really sit down and a good old think about it, I think Key's key to winning is to act as bananapants as possible. It was a decisive victory, with Key grinding Watto and Hancock into the dust. Over.
Does anyone have the slightest clue what Tim wanted to challenge Gabby Logan on? I’ve wracked my brain and cannot come up with a single one, and he’s so confident we’d discuss it down here as if it’s obvious?
That Goliath chap is pictured exclusively holding a wooden spear. After the miss with Asterix I can understand the caution though. Hell of a game. Key on the board.
Oh no!! This one was only posted yesterday. I only started watching last Monday and I've caught up..... I now have to WAIT?!? When you think about it, I mind that. :-(
Weird ending. Key says Sun Lee, they look up Soon-yi Previn (so you can just name similar names now? lol) then Watson looks her up and says she's divorced and re-married to Jane or Dane Chow when she's still with Woody Allen. So who did Watto look up? lol
Just some pedantic correcting from BTL: Watto was confusing Soon-Yi Previn and Sun Li at the end there. The former is Woody Allen's wife, whereas the latter is the actress who is married to Deng Chao.
Of course you can wear a pot! I've never heard a southerner refer to a plaster cast as a pot before. Tim properly made me smile. I thought it was just a Yorkshire thing. I said it to a londoner friend once and they looked at me as if I were insane.
I think we below the line wouldn't mind a live stream version of the game, I think two hours of this nonsense is the perfect antidote to lockdown blues
Key uses chaos and ‘maskirovka’ as a tactic and that may not be against the rules but it’s ethically questionable. He’s the Vladimir Putin of No More Jockeys.
@Horne, I have a question for you, but it’s unrelated to the game. My brain is close to blowing up, because I can’t find the title of the music being played, in a Taskmaster episode, when Tim Vine is seen making a “tracksuit”. If you could please put me out of my misery, I’d be very grateful 🙏🏻 (Shazam didn’t help)
I just looked it up as well, and although she had legally turned 50 exactly a week before the game was played, this is actually based on a presumptive birth date given to her when she was found at an age somewhere between 5 and 7...so technically she could've been 49-51 at this time and nobody knows. Just thought it was fun, because if not pedantry, what are we Southern Sarahs for?
Great episode except for all the Woody Allen/Mia Farrow related errors. Ronan has been on TV approximately a million times and Soon-Yi Previn's name is more than 10 letters long.
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