Taskmaster 10x1 REACTION - So does Daisy May give birth during a Greg Davies tirade this season? 

It's impossible to not love Johnny Vegas during this season.

I think the silence of the studio adds to the humour so much. Some of the outtakes is just these seven idiots giggling uncontrollably in the studio.

The outtake of the egg frying pan task is a must watch 😂

From what I recall to get the audience sound they showed the final episode edits to like two smaller socially distanced audiences in a theater and then mixed the recorded reactions together and synced to the episode. So we end up with a smaller but still decent “live” audience sound, but the poor cast only had each other and the crew reactions to play off of in studio. Which definitely lead to some of their giggle fits 😂

I feel the vibe of this series is a group of colleagues whohave been up all night working on a project and have now entered the silly, exhausted phase of humour. One of my fave series by far :-)

Def worth mentioning that because of the combo of moving to Channel 4 and Covid, a lot of people found the show at this time. So I imagine for those who didn't start at Series 1, a lot of peoples first season is probably this one. Also, I can't remember if this has been mentioned before over other reactions of the show but during lockdown, Alex started #HOMETASKING giving people at home tasks and having them send in their results which were then posted as a compilation on youtube with Greg giving out points for his favs. And that was also a huge time of growth for the show, so there is some really special magic about those times for Taskmaster.

underrated season imo, and i really do enjoy this cast! i think they all tried the best they could under the circumstances

At about the 16 minute mark I remembered how much Daisy eggs herself on throughout the series. Who needs a hype man when you look at your own work and think "that is BRILLIANT! YEAAAAAHH"

They didn't copy the prize task prompt, this was broadcast only a week before the first episode of the first series of NZ Taskmaster had been released!

Honestly love everyone in this season, but Johnny and Mawan have a special place in my heart

26:10 They did the studio record without a live audience but then that recording was shown to a socially-distanced audience at a later date with their reactions added in post for the broadcast.

Richard was the first contestant to have acrively campaigned, in public, to get himself onto the show. Notably, not the last. For audiences, they were basically non-existent for Series 10. For 11 and 12, they found a workaround, in that there were socially distanced audiences, but not in the studio - they watched the epiaode in a nearby movie theater and provided authentic reactions that were dubbed in afterwards. So until real audiences returned in 13, nobody in the studio had the energy of an audience to bounce off of at all. In addition, all of the contestant seating was also inside of perspex boxes that they entered and exited for going to the stage. Very importantly, remember that every task had to be heavily redesigned with Covid restrictions in mind. So the kidns of tasks they came up with were dramatically limited. Especially this season, since it took everyone by surprise.

Never got why people don't love this series. The absolute insanity is perfect: - Daisy 'vanishing' a cow - Johnnny throwing balls at the coconut for ages - Katherine tiptoe running - Mawaan trying to fill an egg with helium - Richard trowing a paper plane with egg on it Equal parts baffling and impressive from their perseverance.

Mawaan wondering where the balls came from and trying to fill an egg with helium; and yet also disappearing a cow in the most brilliant way. (I developed such a crush on Mawaan.)

I know people give this season hard time, but it was the first one I watched and I instantly fell in love with this series ❤ so it holds a special place for me :)

You can see the shadow of the small cow on Mawaan's jacket go down.

There is a 2 minute outtake from this episode that is well worth a look. You might have noticed that Kathrine had been crying, and the outtake is the reason why. Links get deleted, so just search ---- NSFW: Taskmaster Outtake - Katherine Parkinson's At 2 minutes, you can always add it to the next episode or just watch it for yourself

I think the studio audience were able to watch it live from home via Zoom during COVID

I've just started this series too and trust me it gets better the more episodes in! I wasn't sure the first couple but it's slowly becoming a favourite cast the more eps I watch.

Richard Herring was a big star briefly in the 90s and has lots of friends from back in those days who are now world famous like Steve Coogan and Simon Pegg. I really like his stand up. He also had one of the first successful comedy podcasts and he's had some really huge guests on. He does the podcast in front of a live audience in a theatre and it's a good vibe.

You absolutely NEED to react to the outtake for the egg task

I think the seasons just keep getting better

While it's not one of my favorite seasons, it's got some epic moments!

Hi Adam, just wanted to say thank you for leaving subtitles on for these. I've loved Johnny Vegas for years and I almost always have trouble understanding his accent in particular, all other contestants are fine :)

Johnny Vegas is one of my favourite human beings. If you've never seen it you should watch (not necessarily for a reaction) his Tv Show "Ideal" it's a drama comedy where he's the main character. Also, keep an eye on Alex during this season, I won't say why, but you might notice something during certain tasks. haha

I admit I considered this season a bit weak, but I forgot how much fun the cast was.

19:39 What a coincidence! The definition of "throw" pops up in a lengthy discussion in a future series. You are guaranteed to enjoy it.

I belly-laughed for about a minute straight the first time I saw that balloon burst in Mawaan's face.

Important to know Kathrine looks like she is crying the whole season. She is not upset she just keeps laughing till she cries constantly.

Keep an eye on Katherine’s tasks, unless the task tells her to, she never leaves the room the task starts in. Hence she thought the largest thing in the room was the sofa.

Very happy you’re back with TM UK reactions! 🎉

This shouldn't be much of a spoiler, given that it's basically the essence of his comedy persona, but Johnny being absolutely crushed after putting a lot of effort into a task may be a recurring theme 😢😂

Losing all the helium balloons really is a low moment. lol

Darn Greeks... hemo from "haimo" = blood rrhea from "rhoos" = flow Because sometimes they burst in the blood flows. I guess that becomes a hemorrhage, which comes from the same two roots as well. But yeah, we don't do phonetic spelling in ingglish.

I love Daisy, most hate on her. She is def insane... but this is TM!

People were really concerned for Katherine's mental health by the end of the show.

One of the reasons I don't like this series as much is the new super-strict Greg. The tasks already feel extra tough this series and Greg hammering hard on the DQ's doesn't help. The 2 in this episode won't be the last tasks this series where nobody gets any points. On a lighter note, you're gonna love Johnny this series because he's like this the whole way through. And I found that despite being hesitant at first, by the end of the series, Mawaan was my favourite so I have a feeling he'll grow on you more too.

Richard Herring was legendary back in the 90's. Mostly for his comedy collaborations with Stuart Lee (all 4 or 5 series' of Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World, Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun).

This is probably my least liked season, mostly because of Daisy, but also because a lot of the team tasks are needlessly complicated thanks to COVID restrictions.

I want to see this guy watch RED VS BLUE

Thank god your back

Series 10 was the first one I was able to watch as it came out, so watching this reaction feels different somehow from watching your previous reactions... I'm excited! You seem to think there may be some Baddiel Award contenders this series... I have one in particular in mind but I'll have to wait to see what you pick!

Johnny Vegas is a national treasure. Also if you watch some of his early comedy from when he was young he would just get completely shitfaced on stage and do the most debauched things. He used to throw pots live on stage as part of his act and one time he threw up into the clay and then continued to make a pot from a combination of clay and his own puke. But yeah. Just so naturally funny and kind of unhinged.

Katherine Parkinson is SO FUNNY

Daisy is the only contestant I’ve never warmed to in any series. I’m pretty sure that’s an unpopular opinion though

The vanish task kind of annoyed me because it was make the "biggest" thing vanish. Technically, Mawaan made the smallest thing vanish, but he did the best 'vanish'. He should have been last with a bonus point. But this season is great, IMO. It certainly has one of TM's top moments in it at the very least.

This is the one season that didn't land for me fully. I still think it's fun ad i'm super happy if others are enjoying it 👍but I thin the whole pandemic setting and mood at the time made this season very weird.

Daisy's got an accent that we associate with stupidity but it's the voice of a woman who's written a couple of brilliant shows - "this country" is the sort of "personal experience comedy" that I think many people have exactly one of in them (though the story of how she and her brother just scraped and fought to make it is fascinating), but she absolutely cemented her reputation with "am i being unreasonable"

P.S. I take issue with the punctuation on your shirt. lol

David Correos!

Wait, was the winner of the Taskmaster NZ draw announced? I hope I didn't miss it D:

You've sort of got Daisy May right and wrong. In application of tasks, she's a bit dopey and all over the place, but don't equate that to intelligence. She's a fantastic writer and co-wrote one of the best comedies in the last decade.

What is that song in the outro?? 😂

Are you gonna react to pitch perfect 2 and 3?

Series 10 is a beautiful disaster, and I bloody love it!

S10 different from the other series, and I get why people rate it badly (compared to the other series) but it's still Taskmaster so it's still amazing. I do think Richard Herring is one of the weakest contestants ever though, at least in the studio, I'm just not a fan of his humour I guess. Don't think if there had been an audience that would've been any better. As for Daisy May Cooper - you should watch the show she stars in "This Country" absolute English icon. Johnny, Mawaan and Katherine are great too.

Daisy Mae Cooper really did nothing for me

I only watched this season once. I used to watch QI and one time Johnny Vegas forced a girl in the audience to kiss him. Absolutely disgusting. It was a pain to watch that man for a whole season. And I remember Daisy being absolutely awful. Sorry, I think I'm gonna skip these reactions, don't think I want to rewatch this season 😅.

This is not a great series. In fact most of the series on Channel 4 haven’t been very good