#mark olver

[unquietspiritao3]

I saw the host of that podcast about SA in standup saying on Bluesky that the story includes James, so I’ve been too scared to listen 😣

oh no! 🫂 i promise if i hear of any sexual misconduct allegations against james, i will mention them straight out. 💜

using james to promote the episode is mildly clickbaity, imo. he’s mentioned twice:

the host makes a good point that james created an entire tour show about heckling while there are much bigger problems in standup that don’t get discussed enough. the old observation ‘a women’s greatest fear is being murdered, while a man’s greatest fear is being laughed at’ definitely applies here.

the host named james, among several other comics, as participants in the taskmaster charity football match where one of the other players was mark olver. i’d never heard of this guy but apparently he has multiple allegations against him going back years. now, i see why the host did this, and ideally james and the other comics would’ve refused to play in that match—even if it was for charity—with olver. but you’d be surprised how many good people are unwilling to speak out against problematic behavior in a group setting. it goes against our survival instincts, which tell us that being ostracized by a group is life-threateningly dangerous. and unfortunately, being ostracized by the group is often the result of speaking out. however, i’m pretty sure mark olver’s participation in that match is ultimately down to alex horne, who certainly gave the impression at the time that he was solely responsible for organizing the comedians. also apparently mark olver has worked (works?) as the warm-up act for taskmaster. ew.

anyway, the podcast ep as a whole is very good! the host talks about protections against sexual harassment that are in place for volunteers of crisis helplines and contrasts that with standup. the overall point is that there’s a better way to do things and the system needs to be changed rather than focusing on each individual predator separately. i agree!

[lastweeksshirttonight]

God I love when you tell me something is "relevant to my interests" because you. never. miss. This is an absolute delight and I'm so glad John took the piss out of Russell's comment.

My journey through John Oliver's IMDB page that I've been doing in the last few days (summary: his old Cambridge doc got taken off YouTube, I got paranoid about how I'm glad I'd saved that but this is a reminder that nothing stays on the internet forever so you need to save the stuff you want to keep, this escalated too quickly into me buying a new external hard drive just to see how much of his IMDB page I can download and put in one place) has brought me through a documentary about Russell Howard from 2021. I previously knew that documentary existed, but I hadn't watched it because even before Russell doubled down on the Jordan Peterson thing enough for me to be done watching his stuff (I ignored the mild comments for months before he actually invited Peterson onto his show and made ignoring it impossible), I didn't need to see a documentary about how the pandemic made life difficult for an extremely rich and successful touring comedian.

However, I learned today that John Oliver had a credit in the documentary, so obviously I immediately downloaded it. To be honest I haven't watched the whole thing, I just skipped through it in search of the John Oliver bits. Because I have given up on Russell Howard, but his former connection to the Chocolate Milk Gang, and my hobby of cataloguing all Chocolate Milk Gang history, is the only thing that will make me temporarily suspend my closely held principles such as a hard line against all Jordan Peterson apologists. I did the same thing with his recent podcast, rolling my eyes when I first saw it announced because surely he doesn't need another platform and Britcom doesn't need another bland podcast, until I saw that there would be a John Oliver episode and obviously I listened to that one.

Anyway, the point is that there was some fun Chocolate Milk Gang history in the documentary, I've cut out the relevant clip:

The Chocolate Milk Gang goes by many names. Andrew Maxwell apparently called them "the guys with the bags". Stewart Lee has called them "The hanging around gang". In a discussion with Richard Herring they were labeled "the nerds of the circuit". But here we have a new one: the golden generation. A name coined by Russell Howard and then immediately and entirely justifiably ripped apart by John Oliver, what good stuff. I greatly enjoyed that. Someone should make a Chocolate Milk Gang documentary. I could probably cut together a Chocolate Milk Gang documentary from all the media files I've hoarded. See how many names they've been given over the years.

Based on the ten or so minutes I watched, I think I might genuinely be capable of putting together better videos than the person who made this Russell Howard documentary, the editing on it looks surprisingly amateur-ish for a film about such a huge mainstream star. However, it did provide me with very slightly (only very slightly, but still) higher quality versions of a couple of CMG-related images I had seen before, but had only seen in terrible quality, so it's nice to have those a little clearer:

And I hadn't seen this one before, I don't think Andy Zaltzman changed in appearance at all between 2003 and about 2017.

Oh and Steve Hall shows up at the end, which is fun. I like that guy. I like Steve Hall probably too much, given the fact that the main thing I've heard him do is be quite gross on several episodes Daniel Kitson's radio show in 2007-2008. But it was really funny. Those episodes made me laugh almost constantly and I recommend them to absolutely no one, no one should ever hear that. Though it's not the only thing I've heard him do. I have to be the only person in the world who watched the We Are Klang sitcom in 2023 just for one actor, but that actor was not Greg Davies. Oh and Steve Hall was in that Late 'n' Live recording from 2007, but that's not a lot better for making him respectable. He writes on The Russell Howard Hour and on some level I know he was probably involved in bringing in Jordan Peterson and probably if I asked Steve Hall to tell me all his political opinions I wouldn't be able to enjoy his old sitcom anymore, but luckily he doesn't have a big enough platform to tell us all his opinions so I'll just assume it's fine.

@lastweeksshirttonight, tagging you in case you don't happen to see this post because you'll really enjoy that video clip, it is relevant to your interests.

[eightwholebreads]

could you enlighten the public as to what vasectomy opera is all about?

Oh I forgot to say! It was the warm up for episode 9. Greg asked for a genre and topic from the audience and alex had to sing

Things I can remember about it: Greg decided to play the part of a wife who has had 12 kids, after Greg said he would play this part alex immediately says "either [gender]'s fine!", alex brings up chronic eternal scrotal pain again

[pandaroboto]

Taskmaster Recording Report

This will be a long post and it has spoilers, so proceed with caution. More after the cut.

I will put in two different sections, what happened on warm-up and between takes and what they cut from the episode and I remember. WARM UP

Greg told people to stop sending sexy DMs because he would disappoint all the ladies/some guys.

He introduced Alex who came to the stage and hugged Greg's...knees?

Greg told the audience Alex was a master and could mimic any animal doing a dance style. He did a guinea pig first and it was the cutest thing, then a wolf (there is a picture of this that was used on a press release) and then a lion. When Greg asked about a dance style I yelled SAMBA with all my strength and then I saw Alex trying to samba as a lion. It was amazing.

Mark Olver asked who came from furthest to watch it and I raised my hand and said Brazil and he said BULLSHIT, you didn't come here just for that. I then explained I also was going to see Tim Key in Cardiff the next day and he was like "Oh..she did came here just for that then"

Again British people can't understand my name so I was referred as "Brazil" for the rest of the afternoon

I was also questioned about how do I watch the show and I quickly replied Youtube .

He made me list my favorite contestants to see if I could stay in the country. I tried to think which contestants were on the YouTube series uploaded. I then said Bob Mortimer, Mike Wozniak and Mark Watson (Alex smiled a bit when I said his name). Olver went " I can't believe someone in Brazil was watching the Woz fart a pile"

When I was telling I am from Brazil Alex waved at me and I was sure he knew who I was because long story short a bunch of friends really made me feel special and got me a signed book by Alex and he knew I was going to be there after travelling for 14+ hours.

At that point Greg said "Did you come for me???" and I pathetically went YES Y ES YES. He waved at me and IDK till today how I survived this.

They joked about a guy being first row and not being a fan,Mark asked who he had to fuck to get those seat and greg was pointing to himself.

They said we were clapping at the wrong places and that would confuse Alex and Greg

After the recording when I got back to London randomly meet Asim Chaudhry on Leceister Square. He was so sweet. We chatted a bit , I talked about how Sandman was big here, and that he had Brazilian fans and he got very excited and telling his mates about it

STUDIO

Sue got a massive round of applause. I think she and Julian got the big whoops from the crowd

The prize task was so much longer. Lucy went for ages talking about the ghost of the dog, and Greg kept asking questions. I knew most of it would be cut, but Greg kept mentioning during the episode and made me question how they would edit the references. They are bloody genius those editors.

Sam's Pinocchio made quite the impression, and Greg had a lot of fun with it. They talk about Pinocchio's penis, there was questions if it grew too with the lies. And Greg kept saying Pinocchio during the recording.

Sue's monkey orgy story was longer too.

When they showed Sam getting super closer to Alex, Greg mentioned Alex was very uncomfortable with touch and to prove that he got really touchy. BTW guys the amount of hand touches, and whispers behind the cards...they are insane

After the team task they were basically talking about how kinky it was, and Greg joked about Alex tied up , hogtie style and that he enjoyed. This was the thing I was most excited and I hope they put on the outtakes because I know how the fandom will be mental about it.

Greg is...MAGNETIC! Like the man demands attention and is very hard to not be looking at him. I kept looking at them at the studio and mostly ignored the tasks because I knew that I could see them later.

The live task took ages to set up and to reset after every round, Greg even joked we would spend the night there. It was more or less 3 hours of taping.

Greg interacted with us a lot because they had to reset the seesaw all the time, At one point he asked us to go "oooooh" that was show in the episode but he asked Alex using those words "Do you want the audience to oooh you while you pull it out slowly for me?" and he said with such a voice that...if I were a dude I would have a boner.

There was a point when Alex had to explain the outcome and he got it wrong and the audience corrected him to Greg's delight, he was very giggly. Sue got quite mad at Alex and the chains.

I guess it was this. At least that is what I took from my notes.

[bestoftheclones]

for occ will you do a claim voice video?:3

I’ll most likely animate these later on but these are Marks and Olvers voices in my head

[pillowfriends]

Lord of Chaos new reader thoughts: Chapter 16-25

I fell very behind on my Lord of Chaos reactions so I'm just going to do my general thoughts and favorite moment of each chapter. there are no spoilers past LOC chapter 25 in this post :)

Chapter 16 (Tellings of the Wheel): I don't have the brain to keep all the nobles and politics straight, way too many names and conflicting goals, but go off.

❤️ Rand's badass speech to Sammael's creepy messenger - my boy is growing up.

Chapter 17 (The Wheel of a Life): It's fascinating seeing Cairhienin and Aiel culture mingle and clash.

❤️ BERELAIN IS HERE!

Chapter 18 (A Taste of Solitude): This chapter gave me WAY too many feelings at 7am - Rand encouraging innovation and learning, including things that don't have wartime applications, in case he breaks the world again... I can't handle it.

❤️ The school, but also "If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead." LTT is spitting bars.

Chapter 19 (Matters of Toh): Oh I love this chapter, FINALLY we get Aviendha content. I really like Rand and Avi's relationship and this book has been holding out on me.

❤️ The Rand/Avi conversation!! They're both being so stupid and I love them so much.

Chapter 20 (From the Stedding): This was kind of cute I guess. I like seeing the Ogier view of history.

❤️ The really old Ogier crying over the maps.

Chapter 21 (To Shadar Logoth): I have no idea what the point of this chapter was, am I missing something??? Is it just a reminder that Waygates and Shadar Logoth exist, and that Rand doesn't want to see women die? Feels kind of pointless.

❤️ All the Aiel rushing to Rand because he only gave Sulin a count of 50 to round people up, so she was like "HE'S BEING ATTACKED!!" and everyone was jumping out of windows and shit to get to him. (This better be in the show - it's funny as hell)

Chapter 22 (Heading South): RIP to those Tinkers. Also Olver is so cute!! Mat is 100% adopting him.

❤️ Mat trying to sneak so the people in his tent wouldn't hear him. I don't know why, but I've never been more invested in a description of a guy trying to quietly stand there and avoid notice.

Chapter 23 (To Understand a Message): This chapter is short and sweet. Graendal got absolutely bodied by Sammael and I looove all the drama between the Forsaken.

❤️ Graendal being a wine snob.

Chapter 24 (An Embassy): I loved this whole chapter - very nice to see Egwene being comfortable with the Wise Ones, and also Amys being motherly towards Berelain is so amazing. So stressed about Egwene getting found out though, by both the Aiel and the Aes Sedai.

❤️ Egwene realizing she's gotten a lot stronger in her time with the Wise Ones

Chapter 25 (Like Lightning and Rain): I love the beginning of this chapter (Egwene spying on the Caemlyn Aes Sedai) and the end (the Aes Sedai trying to be crafty but completely missing the mark with their theories) but I HATE THE MIDDLE BECAUSE FUCKING GAWYN SHOWED UP AND HE AND EGWENE ARE AN ITEM NOW. Genuinely had to put the book down for a while I was pissed. In book 6?????? I thought I had longer to prepare. Someone please come put me out of my misery.

❤️ omg I am LIVING for Galina (who btw I'm claiming for the lesbians. don't ask me to explain I'm just sure) going "I've figured out Moiraine's plot. she faked her death and has a NEW IDENTITY as the Green Ajah sister we keep hearing about, and she's SPYING ON US"

Overall: Goddamn this book picked up speed here. Lowkey still not that much has happened but these chapters were bangers. I'm actually loving the Egwene plotline except now Gawyn is here to ruin it all. Fuck that guy.

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[aeolianblues]

@tellthemeerkatsitsfine, while I read your wonderful essay, I just wanted to jot down some of the timestamps of Jon and Russell talking about John during their show, where they refer to him by his proper name. I haven't done so in past episodes, but from where I am, I'm adding bits that I notice and will publish them from drafts soon/edit the post and add more as they come.

18 March 2007: ~57:20 "Our old flatmate John is really scared of the dark. I used to jump out at him and he'd get really scared".

8 April 2007: ~57:40 Mark Olver is accused by Jon of being a bad driver, but a better driver than Russell Howard, which Jon says is no big achievement, insinuating that Russell is a really distracted/bad driver. Mark says here, I'm a better driver than John Robins, to which Jon doesn't seem to agree (or disagree), saying, "we'll give him the right to reply next week." (This was during Russell's Australia trip, the second week that Mark co-hosted and before Robins sat in.)

Interesting to me because throughout the XFM years and even to the present day, John prides himself on being a good driver. Elis has literally said "you parallel park beautifully" to cheer John up on a bad day. Was John a worse driver in 2007? Did the improvement happen sometime during the intervening 7 years? IIRC (why the fuck do I know this) these were the Lanos years. I have heard John talk fondly of those, so I don't know.

8 April 2007: 01:17:20, Jon mentions he'll be at a Champions League game with John Robins later that week. John is still regularly in touch with his old flatmates, and also is still well into football.

29 July 2007: 01:02:30, Jon mentions on air that Russell had to accompany John into a chocolate shop because he fancied the girl behind the counter. Robins bought Jon Richardson chocolates and then got angry when Jon (who had recently vowed to only eat fair-trade chocolate recently) didn't eat them.

11 November 2007: 00:46:00, Jon has invited his former housemates Russell, John and Mark to a Christmas dinner, but none of them replied to his text invite for three days. Jon catches up with Robins a few days later, and at the end of their meeting John says, ‘oh yeah I’m free on 18th’, making Jon even more mad about how Jo one is replying to his text.

2 December 2007: 00:13:00, Jon has bought everyone in the studio an advent calendar, he gives Russell a Spider-Man or Island Princess one, I can’t tell which is going to whom, but Jon chastises Russell for eating all his calendar sweets in one day. Russell corrects him, revealing that the compulsive sweet eater was actually John Robins, not him (Russell revealed he didn’t end up eating any chocolates, which probably had to do with him being in a diet).

[apocalypticavolition]

Let's (re)Read The Dragon Reborn! Chapter 35: The Falcon

I keep forgetting about spoiler warnings. Spoiler warnings: everything. The whole book series. Seriously I discuss events from the last book multiple times in this.

We're once again starting a chapter with the waves icon because our characters are in urgent need of a boat in the middle of the night due to the rash actions of a male protagonist.

Screaming, they rushed upon us from the crowding brush. In a breath they were in our midst, their spears stabbing, slaying two of my best men and one of Gann’s immediately.

Three instant deaths is probably true, so some points to Orban for that.

Ogier really must have stopped in Remen at some time in the past, for the innkeeper had also found a wooden armchair that fit Loial, and filled it with cushions.

Well, it's on the banks of a major river in the middle of the continent. There were probably a lot of Ogier who'd use this route after the Ways went dark, possibly even during that period if they needed to get somewhere that was a distance from the nearest stedding or major city. The fact that Remen isn't a bigger place despite being where a trade road crosses a major river speaks to the slow breakdown of civilization that's been going on throughout the Third Age.

I must have known I would not be staying. I don’t seem to leave any mark behind me, of late.

An ironic statement, considering the social upheaval Perrin leaves in his wake. He's almost as bad as Rand at times, but he's not following himself so he doesn't get to appreciate that.

There was only one stableman on duty, a narrow-faced fellow in a dirty shirt, with lanky gray hair, who demanded to know who Perrin was to order four horses saddled, and who was his master, and what he was doing all bundled up to travel in the middle of the night, and did Master Furlan know he was sneaking off like this, and what did he have hidden in those saddlebags, and what was wrong with his eyes, was he sick?

I'm actually a little surprised that Master Furlan didn't warn this guy that there was a lady staying at the inn with a burly manservant. Even the bit characters on the Light side can't communicate!

“I am only fixing the mood in my head,” Loial said, sounding formal. Or perhaps defensive. “For my book. I have to put it all in. I believe I am coming to like it. Adventuring. Of course, I am.”

Loial is a vocal worrier, so he's trying to vent all his stress out now while there's time. Perrin, like Rand, tries to internalize his emotions, so he doesn't like talking about how shitty his day-to-day (night-to-night?) is.

Perrin kept a close eye on the horses, talking to them; horses had little tolerance for the unusual, such as being lifted into the air, but even the Warder’s stallion seemed soothed by his murmurs.

It's little things like this that show Perrin is really a friend to all living things, not just good at politicking with humans or running with wolves.

As the last line was tossed ashore and seized by a dockman, a girl in narrow, divided skirts burst out of the shadows between two warehouses, a bundle in her arms and a dark cloak streaming behind her. She leaped onto the deck just as the men at the sweeps began pushing off.

Since I'm already doing parallels this chapter, maybe I should be trying to find further Mat/Faile parallels than just their methods of boarding ships. My initial instinct of course is that this is crack theorizing, but Mat sounds the Horn at the beginning and she hands it to Olver at the end, so maybe there's something deeper here! (Probably not though.)

She was about his own age, he decided; he could not decide if her nose fit her face, or dominated it.

She's actually three years younger than he is, though they're just getting to the age where three years isn't so big a gap as all that. Well, he is anyway.

“The townsfolk think the Aielman chewed through the chain, or broke it with his bare hands. They had not decided which when I left.” She made a sound suspiciously like a giggle. “Orban was quite loud in his disgust that his wounds would keep him from hunting down the Aielman personally.”

Faile is crushing so hard. Perrin is oblivious.

He eyed her sideways. She spoke of fighting and killing as calmly as another woman might speak of baking. He had never heard of any Great Blackwood, but the Forest of Shadows lay just south of the Two Rivers.

As a general's noble daughter off on a epic quest, it makes sense that Faile doesn't see combat as any big thing. Perrin though, I think is suspicious that she's trying to verify that he's from the Two Rivers specifically, what with being surrounded by enemies who want him and his two bros dead. So good instincts, Perrin, even if you are barking up entirely the wrong tree.

“Only you free a caged Aielman, hold a long talk with him, then help him chop a dozen Whitecloaks into sausage. I assume you do this regularly; you certainly looked as if it were nothing out of the ordinary for you. I scent something strange in a party of travelers such as yours, and strange trails are what Hunters look for.”

Faile, meanwhile, is doing a great job at trampling all over Perrin's triggers. "You look like you kill a dozen people a day and it probably doesn't even bother you! I bet your favorite thing in the world is that axe, you probably should get rid of that hammer." Also note that her instincts aren't just correct in the immediate sense (this group having been in possession of the Horn recently) but again, she ends up guarding the Horn all the way at the end.

“Nimble fingers and nimble wits will take you a good deal further than a sword and muscles. Sharp eyes help, as well, but fortunately, I have these things.”

I suppose this is something she has in common with Mat as well but so far I'm still thinking is a fool's errand. With so large a cast, you're going to get people doubling up on fighting styles, and other than her jovial attitude right now she's not got much else to work with.

“And modesty, as well,” Perrin murmured. She did not seem to notice.

Oh sure and then I turn the page and the very next sentence makes me into a fool by showing her getting the same general lack of respect Mat gets.

She frowned at him—he had the feeling she did not give up a scent once she had raised it, but he was ready to offer her as many side trails as she would take—then said, “Have you ever heard of Manetheren?”

Yeah, this is actually the most suspicious conversation Perrin's had in a long, long time.

But there were other nations, other cities, in the Mountains of Mist, so old that not even Aes Sedai remember them. And think of all those stories about it being bad luck to enter the mountains. What better place for the Horn to be hidden than in one of those forgotten cities.

Oh and she wants to loot cursed ruins that only an idiot would seek out in the first place. Dammit jokes about parallels, you aren't supposed to be REAL.

“We are just travelers on our way to Illian, girl. What is your name? If I have to share this ship with you for days yet, I can’t keep calling you girl.”

Note that Perrin makes no attempt to introduce himself, which is another good instinct around dangerous strangers who seek him out and ask about the Two Rivers but actually kinda dickish in light of the conversation he's really having.

“I call myself Mandarb.” He could not stop the guffaw that burst out of him. Those tilted eyes regarded him with heat. “I will teach you something, farmboy.” Her voice remained level. Barely.

Perrin's not super great at smelling emotions yet, so let's note his impression of Faile here before he gets a cheat sheet: she's clearly upset that he's laughing at her name, but managing to stay calm.

She looked so crestfallen that he hastened to say, “I like the name Zarine. It suits you.” The heat flashed back into her eyes, and for a moment he thought she was about to produce one of her knives again.

Now she's embarrassed that the dude she crushes on is more fond of her parents' image of her than he is of the one she's trying to make for herself. Stabbing him wouldn't prove anything. (Also note that he only consciously worries about her stabbing him for the dumbest of reasons.) (Also note that Mat's love interest also has troubles with his name GODDAMMIT.)

“Farmboy! Perhaps I will call myself Faile. My father used to call me that, when I was little. It means ‘falcon.’ ”

Poor Perrin just got his first taste of self-fulfilling prophecy. Frankly he deserves it after laughing so hard at this poor girl.

Next time: Perrin has a bad dream!

[caracarnn]

There's something in Mat's words that have him feeling a bout of surprise as he turned his gaze and watched the way Mat's expression fit across his face. Yes. It had something to do with regret? Maybe even hope? Rand could feel it seething there underneath his skin and it boiled and scathed. He knew that the end depended on him but would it still if he stayed right here? Right here where Saidin was lost to him? He would have Mat, he'd have Olver, and if anyone came after them Rand was skilled enough with his blade to defend the three of them - not to mention Mat's own abilities. They could make a life here. He knew that much.

"Are you saying that you're worried about me?" he asked with a small cant of his head, studying the look that Mat would give next. A slow smile came across his lips and he gestured to Olver. "I'm not going to leave the two of you alone out here. We both know how that'll end up." Safety. For some reason, the entire thing screamed safety. They could be safe and Rand could make sure that the two of them remained that way even long after he got rid of the Asha'man in the city. "You know that, right?" He asked, his smile fading and something a bit more serious marking his lips. "You also know that...well...you know we can stay here, right?"

@luckhissoul - cont'd from here

[goalhofer]

Where every player played during the 2012-13 NHL lockout: Colorado

DEL: Paul Stastny (Eishockeyklubb Red Bull München) ECHL: Ryan O'Byrne (Florida Everblades) HockeyAllsvenskan: Gabriel Landeskog (Djurgårdens I.F. Ishockeyförening) NL: Matt Duchene (C.D.H. Ambrì-Piotta) SEL: Matt Duchene (Frölunda Hockeyklubb) KHL: Ryan O'Reilly (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) & Semyon Varlamov (K.K. Lokomotiv) AHL: Tyson Barrie (Lake Erie Monsters), Patrick Bordeleau (Lake Erie Monsters), Stefan Elliott (Lake Erie Monsters), Brad Malone (Lake Erie Monsters), Mark Olver (Lake Erie Monsters), Michael Sgarbossa (Lake Erie Monsters) & David Van Der Gulik (Lake Erie Monsters) Didn't Play: Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Jan Hejda, Milan Hejduk, Matt Hunwick, Erik Johnson, David Jones, Nicolas Kobasew, Jamie McGinn IV, Wesley McLeod, John Mitchell, Shane O'Brien, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Ryan Wilson & Greg Zanon

[mrtony1990]

S4 Ep5 Just Pop A Knife Near Your Penis (Jon Richardson Mark Olver & Jenny Eclair Alexei Sayle)

[unquietspiritao3]

What can be done about Mark Olver, Taskmaster warm-up act and accused predator

(for those who haven’t heard about this, you can catch up here)

if, like me, it doesn’t sit right with you to allow the allegations against olver to go unaddressed while he continues to be the warm-up act for taskmaster, please join me in making your voice heard.

since i don’t use social media outside of tumblr, i’ve emailed avalon (management@avalonuk.com) and filled out a complaint form on the channel 4 website. you can also comment on taskmaster’s and channel 4’s posts and/or @ them. it doesn’t take that much negative sentiment to set off a social media crisis alarm at a company, i assure you.

alex is not on social media often these days, but i know some of you have other ways of contacting him. if you feel comfortable using that connection to express your concerns, that would carry a lot of weight, i’m sure.

‘but we don’t have any source for these allegations beyond a single podcast!’ you say? well, first of all, we have john robins’ chortle award acceptance speech, which was clipped in the podcast. second, it’s not necessary for us to provide proof. we’re simply telling them we’ve heard about some allegations (and, cya, don’t go beyond saying ‘alleged’). it’s on avalon to investigate.

of course, through all of this, please take care of yourself. you are only responsible for your own actions, not any predator’s or anyone else’s.

[arichcomiclife]

EPISODE 111: MARK OLVER

[mirandamckenni1]

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[pandaroboto]

Can I just say I miss your taskmaster gifs? Not in a pressuring you to do it if you don't want to do it way, but in they were the backbone of the fandom way. Hope you're doing alright.

Oh that's lovely. I am planning to get back here for real, I keep saying but yeah...

I had a TREMENDOUS time in London. Watched Mulberry and meet Tim and he was so adorable. Managed to watch a live recording of Taskmaster and Jesus Christ...I was the butt of the joke for a while in the studio because Mark Olver kept getting back to me "HEY BRAZILIAN GIRL". ( I really don't understand why the fuck 90% of British people struggle with my name if I say it exactly as it is in Portuguese. If I put an accent they call me something close enough.)

Greg Davies spoke and waved at me and I survived.

I might try to write a bit about my Mulberry adventures and also Taskmaster behind the scenes, ofc no spoilers!!! Also we bumped into Asim Chaudhry and he was soooooooo nice!

Life is being a bit of a mess since I came back tho. Had major depression after coming back from the trip. I still have triggers and nightmares about losing my job, but I am working on that, also doing a lot of CV revamp and side hustles, girl gotta eat right?

But as soon as I finish renewing my former working space into a more healthier space for my mind I will be back, gonna gif everything!

[wtfuckevenknows]

Dear Mark Olver,

I’ve never been so happy to see you in the line up as I am today!

Please don’t fuck it up,

Sincerely me ❤️