Taskmaster @feddit.uk Deebster @infosec.pub 10mo ago

Taskmaster S16 E5 Skateboard Division

For those outside the UK they did a premier on YouTube and here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEPKGNL0RqI

Let us discuss tasks and contestants.

Expect spoilers in the comments.

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I was a bit surprised that no-one had heard of the candle trick.

I feel Lucy's stories must end up mostly on the cutting room floor.

I thought that Perkins thought she was safe at the end because she'd completed her task.
- I feel Lucy's stories must end up mostly on the cutting room floor
  
  If the outtakes are anything to go by, they do.
- I think the candle trick was possibly also inspired by Katherine Ryan's Champion Of Champions task of "perform a miracle".
  
  You'd think more of the contestants would have watched the show before coming on. I suppose there is quite a lot of it nowadays.
- Lucy is a weird one. That gang task suggests she has absolutely no reading comprehension. She seems to be meandering her way through the show just doing whatever she feels like, and never knows what's happening. Even in the studio she doesn't seem to be that aware of the fact that she did something completely different to everyone else.
  
  I don't understand how she can be so unaware. I can't think of a previous contestant who was like this.
  
  Paul Chowdhry?
- @Deebster
  
  I think we're missing a tonne of Lucy's "thought process" from the "we have to move on" that seems to happen after her prizes.
Sam is fast becoming my favourite this series.

Especially since I discovered this video the other day, which I think might be my favourite song of 2023

https://youtu.be/C1Xu6Bc_A4E
- I hope you like anthrax
- Thank you for this. That video changed my life.
I, like Sue, assumed she was in the clear since she completed her task. But it was still very moving how Sue graciously accepted it right away and just happy to help a friend. Julian's comment about LGBT community in conclusion just topped it off. I didn't expect Taskmaster to make me feel teary.

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