#taskmaster bts

[fofi42]

BTS photos from Stevie Martin Taskmaster s19e07

[trainer-from-unova]

TASKMASTER CRUMB OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES SHE'S REAL (at least in this scene)

[turbomnstr]

[cloudberrylane]

Via Simone Nathan's IG

[captainfantasticalright]

Another Sir Terry Pratchett interview on the details of writing Good Omens with Neil Gaiman. (More about this process x).

Question about how he goes about collaborating with someone else .

Terry: “You make them do what you want”.

Gary Cornell came up with something very apposite talking about working together, he says : It’s not that (each) of you does 50% of the work, each of you does 90% of the work.

Um. The way we did it then, and I can’t really speak as an expert because it's the only time I’ve ever done it and other people do it in different ways, it wasn’t a case of, the way the Americans tend to do it, um, is one person writes a draft and the other person goes in and noodles with that draft. We did the whole thing from the ground up; each was doing bits. The ad hoc way we had of working, it’s simple: I’ve got a track record writing novels, Neil hadn’t. So I became like the editor, the taskmaster. Because the other thing is the practical problem about two people 120 miles apart doing something, is that, um, it would be different now, but in those days we had no reliable means of electronic communication. We could connect computers together with modems and then spend the whole evening at cross purpose and ringing each other up and saying “I’m getting lots of little faces and shit like that all over..”

Three quarters of an hour and about eight phone calls, you actually managed to transmit about 2000 words you could have actually phoned and sneezed in a morse code.

[w]hen we were doing the first draft of the film script, we were both members of CompuServe so crappy our BT rural lines that the quick efficient way was for me to go into CompuServe and leave the work I’d done in Neil’s mailbox on the computer in Ohio or someplace and later that evening he would dial CompuServe in America and download it from Ohio or wherever it was.

So in order to get the script 120 miles, electronically it was doing about 10000. This is from the global village.

What we would do is I would hold the master copy and sometimes work would have to stop for 24 hours because stuff was in the post, because the nightmare, the absolute nightmare which I knew would happen if we let it, was that somehow we’d end up with two master copies in existence with little, minute changes, and we’d never be able to spot which was which.

So the last thing we wanted was two master copies, and we worked on the phone who did what. I did a bit more than Neil, of that anyway. But, it also felt to me to be an awful lot of the glue that no one wanted to do because it was easy to do set piece scenes and written on a kind of, on the kind of plot somewhere you get A and B to F and X and Y across to C T. And that really is like 3000 words where you have to move people around and then,you know, shove extra bits in; so I ended up probably doing near 75% of the book.

I would probably say because it’s, because had we’ve done it any other way it would’ve been like three months longer to do.

Also part of the process from another interview with Terry Pratchett:

Q: Let's talk a bit about the book you collaborated with Neil Gaiman on: Good Omens. That was before email, so how did it work on a practical basis? What was the most challenging aspect of writing with someone else?

I'm sure what I have to say will echo what Neil has said. When two people work on a book, it isn't a case where each one does 50% of the work. Each one does 100% of the work. There are some bits in Good Omens which I know are mine. There are some bits in Good Omens which I know are Neil's. There are some bits which were Neil's idea which I wrote, and there are some bits which were my idea which Neil wrote. Some bits we no longer know exactly whose ideas they were, or who wrote them. By the time we'd gone through all the drafts, it had been written by some sort of composite entity. We wrote it in the 14th century. We each had one phone line and a 1200 baud modem. We'd work it out: "OK, you send, I'll receive." Sometimes it would take 20 minutes to half an hour before we could send the stuff. It would have been cheaper and easier to have rung each other up and sneezed out the text in Morse Code. I was the Keeper of the Disks. I insisted that there should only be one official version in existence at any time. The moment it split into two, we would be in dead trouble. But Neil would sometimes send me a disk with 2000 words, saying " This is the scene with so and so -- insert it here." It more or less worked. It took us about six weeks to do the first draft. I think it worked because, at the time, we were each making a name for ourselves in our respective fields. It's not that we didn't take it seriously. But we were relaxed. We thought we would earn some holiday money by doing it. The nice thing about collaborating is that there is one other person in the world who is thinking about the exact same thing that you are thinking about. We both have a similar reading background, I suppose. It was quite rare when one of us came up with something that the other guy didn't know about. So we could bounce ideas off one another quite easily.

[reluctantjoe]

The gang’s all here.

TASKMASTER | 19.02: An Invisible Jump Rope (BTS)

[ivogfan]

Taskmaster S15: BTS (2023)

[danglovely]

Regrading Taskmaster: S07E01 The mean bean.

*Score changes noted in parenthesis.

Let's do it. It's time for everybody's favorite season. It's not my favorite season, but everyone who matters likes it. I think this season really works because the cast is so competitive and willing to fight with each other in studio. James and Rhod really seemed to get what is entertaining for the show, but the other three were great as well.

Prediction time? I'll guess that I will end up having Kerry still winning it. It always felt like she wanted the win more than she wanted to be an entertainer on the show. Jess is the only other contestant that seems to take the competition aspect of seriously in any sort of way.

But enough exposition.

Prize Task: The Thing That Most People Would Like to Touch

I think that's more likely than the sign having an existential crisis.

My immediate go-to is to bring in a cat and bringing in living things always seems to work well. Greg could pick it apart if he hates cats or brings up dog people, but I think it's solid.

James chooses MC Hammer because of the song "Can't Touch This." It's a decent joke, but they only have a cardboard cutout of him. Real MC Hammer gets five points instantly; cardboard cutouts compete for one.

Jess brings in a sign that says "do not touch." James immediately mentions the weakness in that it is clearly referring to not touching something other than the sign and so that other thing would be the thing you'd want to touch. Jess limbos under James in points.

Kerry brings a Newton's Cradle. I'll give it this -- when I first saw one, I was fascinated. Once the novelty wears off it kind of becomes, as Greg says, "disappointing to touch." Kerry slots in between Jess and James.

Phil brings in a delightful chariot toy that moves in the most interesting way. To this day I want to play with it. I assume everyone is like me and wants to play with it, so it's getting the five. Note: First instance of the haggling joke.

Rhod brings in a replica of Greg's childhood toy, "BT" and there's a lot of conversation about the absolutely insane things Greg did in his youth. It's clever and deserves second.

James: 3 (+1) Jess: 1 (0) Kerry: 2 (0) Phil: 5 (0) Rhod: 4 (0)

VT 01: Design and demonstrate the best "quick change outfit." Best and quickest "quick change outfit" wins.

Just no sense of urgency whatsoever.

Two aspects to the win condition here: (1) best, (2) quickest. I would say "quickest" is more important, seeing as that is the point of a "quick change outfit," but I could be convinced the other way if there was a change where I truly couldn't figure out how they did it.

Jess's change is great and it's only marred that you can see the neon green headband from her 80's workout clothes underneath her wedding veil. She goes with the classic "curtain up, curtain down, different outfit," albeit with a lot of ruffling in between. Also insane that Greg thought she was a ghost and not a bride. 4-second change.

Rhod's attempt is completely insane. Obviously he was doing a different task and that task was "humiliate Alex." He wasn't going for points here, but he still gets one.

James seems to connect a suit and a dress on each half of his body, steps offscreen, then turns around. It was fast, I'll give him that. His third outfit was just removing the suit. It's definitively worse than Jess's outfit so the speed is irrelevant in this instance.

Kerry's is good. It happens quickly and the outfits look completely different. I'm more impressed with Jess because I can see the strings that pull Kerry's velcro apart, but I think they're close enough that fastest wins. 3.6-second change.

Oh Phil. It's so unimpressive. He basically just changes out of his outfit off-camera and it takes him longer to do it than an average person would take. It's even more brutal now that Taskmaster showed the video of him changing.

James: 3 (+1) Jess: 4 (0) Kerry: 5 (0) Phil: 2 (+1) Rhod: 1 (-2)

VT 02: Build the highest tower. You have five minutes from when your first box is assembled and maximum time twenty minutes from now.

Goddamn stinger and stinging nettles and then the friggin holly bush and thorny branches. Where do you get off?

First location task! The Woodrow High House -- I like the aesthetic of this place a lot and wouldn't mind visiting it one day. I also never noticed that they folded the task into a box before.

This task is a joy because the five put together so much failure in their own ways. The only real judgments to make is whether their attempts constituted "a tower" and when their first boxes are assembled.

James tried to hang a box off a tree with rope made of tape. A tower probably needs to consist of a minimum of two boxes. Arguably he didn't complete the task.

Phil contests that he hasn't assembled a box until every side is closed. I'm not buying it and his argument doesn't help. He also did not complete the task. Phil also argues that Rhod's tower isn't free standing. If that's what was said in the task I'd give it to him, but it wasn't.

Jess confidently builds a tower only for it to fall over as soon as she turns around. Here's the thing: the task doesn't specify when the tower should be measured so it could be interpreted to the maximum height she ever achieves. She even says "I'm leaving it there." Jess's maximum looked a lot taller than Kerry's so I'm flipping them.

James: 0 (-1) Jess: 4 (+1) Kerry: 3 (-1) Phil: 0 (-2) Rhod: 5 (0)

VT 03: Work out the circumference of the caravan in baked beans. You have three minutes. Most accurate wins.

It is such a bad omen that Rhod is the smart one.

I'm with Alex here in that the only way to do it is to find the average length of a bean. There is honestly no way for me to actually evaluate who did best from the footage, so Alex's measurements need to be trusted.

James: 4 Jess: 3 Kerry: 5 Phil: 1 Rhod: 2

Live Task: Make the best fruit display hat. You may not touch or tamper with your hat. Only the fruit picker-uppers may touch the fruit. You may only hold the fruit picker-uppers by their handles. Best fruit display hat wins.

First off, we ask if there are any disqualifications. There is some inadvertent contact with the fruit, but nothing intentional and that's the heart of the task.

The next bit is that people start collaborating by making each other's hat. The task specifically says to make the best hat, not wear the best hat. Thus, the hat that they make should be what they're graded on.

And now my subjective opinion:

James makes his own hat and gets a watermelon, and what looks like an apple and a mango on it. It's bad.

Jess makes Kerry's hat and Kerry makes Jess's hat. I think the hat Jess makes looks better and has more fruit. Phil makes Rhod's hat and Rhod makes Phil's hat. I'm honestly impressed that Phil got that much fruit on it, including a pineapple. Rhod's is similar to what Jess and Kerry did, but has slightly less volume than the other two.

James: 1 (-1) Jess: 4 (+1) Kerry: 3 (-1) Phil: 5 (+1) Rhod: 2 (-3)

F I N A L

James: 11 (0) Jess: 16 (+2) Kerry: 18 (-2) Phi: 13 (0) Rhod: 14 (-5)

There are no crazy scoring changes. I did dock Rhod a lot, but that's mostly because I felt Phil deserved credit for making his hat. There is a prisoner's dilemma version of that game where you depend on the other person to build your hat but you don't want to make it too good. That's not what the task said though.

Kerry wins.

[neuroticbookworm]

🌸List five things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox of 10 more people. Let's spread some positivity and joy today!🌸

No pressure if you don't feel like playing…

My own five things are here, if you'd like to read them: https://www.tumblr.com/telomeke/782768389235081216/list-five-things-that-make-you-happy-then-put

Hi Tel!!! Your list sounds so warm and cozy, so on brand for you!

I had a sub-optimal day yesterday and spent my time finding ways to distract my spiralling mind, so here's a list of things that worked and gave me some joy:

A yogurt bowl with pomegranate seeds, sliced bananas and a bit of honey

A long, steamy shower

First episode of The Next Prince (gay Princess Diaries, let's gooooo)

Random episodes of Taskmaster (highly recommend, absolutely amazing stress-buster content, and it's available on YouTube for free!)

A Sad Boi BTS playlist @lurkingshan shared with me

I made a more light-hearted list yesterday, if you want a change of vibes lol. Have a great, joy-filled day, Tel! <3

[fofi42]

Taskmaster set

by Andy Devonshire

[22bananapudding]

OKAY GANG at the cinema seeing thunderbolts rn!?!? WITHHH @doublebaconchessyburger17!?!? THE GANG IS SO BACK TOGETHR!!

prlly gonna post abt thunderbolts in a day or so just so people dont get spoiled haha... I'm super excited bt lowkey scared😭😭 prayer circle for taskmaster and sambucky pls

[live-laugh-lenney]

*insert gif of Stitch saying hi* Hi! How are you? (No idea when you posted that you wanted company, so hopefully this message isn't at a weir time)

i fell asleep… 🫢🫢

i gave up on the stuff i was writing and started watching the bts of the sidemen taskmaster video on side+, aha. just for some new arthur content. i didn’t realise it was 3 in the morning when i last looked at the clock so i thought i’d head off for some sleep. haha.

i’m really good though, ha. enjoying all the time i have to do whatever i need to do without needing to be awake for work. it’s great, aha.

but i’ll be here all day instead so come keep me company today! <33

[cloudberrylane]

via Ray O'Leary's Twitter: Yes Bubbah's tattoo is real yes i can do a backflip please stop asking

[kirstlander]

Tag 9 people you want to know better! I was tagged by @orangesabre and @likesummerrainn tysm <33

Last song: I've been listening to the BTS album Wings as per my sister's recommendation and have enjoyed it a lot considering it's not usually my thing! So the last song was Interlude: Wings.

Last movie: I watched Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies last night because it was a fun and easy rewatch and John Cho is cute.

Currently watching: Agatha Christie's Poirot (even they took it off streaming!!!), the Tomb Raider anime, The Good Place, MASH, Taskmaster and, for some reason, I've been watching I'm A Celeb This year??

Currently reading: I'm just away to start Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker (book 7) and I think I'm going to read my Winnie The Pooh collection I've had since I was little and that my Grampa used to read to me.

Current obsession: Wrestling obviously but, more specifically, ZSJ, ELP and Hangman <3, journaling and reading.

I tag: @hugcollector @nukilja-reactor @dancingwithsilhouettes @angeloparker

Please don't feel obliged to do this if you don't want to but I'd love to see your answers <3

[dickfuckk]

hi lets show some love for our mutuals. tag your favorite mutuals and tell them why you love them

@bizarrelittlemew is genuinly the nicest person i think ive ever met online i dont know whats up with that she has so much love and she’s truly one of my favorite fic writers and gif makers. Don’t forget that she made the truly blessed ed gif <3 also im so behind on my fic reading but since we pretty much have the same taste in fics its always fun when we yell at each other about fics we read lmao

@blakbonnet is genuinly hilarious and she’s always the first i msg if i need help with smth fandom-related. If i need help with a video i’m making or if i need help with bts stuff or smth she’s the one i go to first. Also she gets bonus points for Bilbo cause i just truly love that stupid little dog so much. So many inside jokes and secret codes too akfksk

@youshouldseemeinadeerstalker fellow taskmaster enjoyer and just always comes across as very excited and it’s genuinly adorable dog energy. 10/10 would adopt

@sherlockig always fills my dash with beautiful screenshots <3 and beautiful people tagged as fashion when i think we can all agree that’s not it babe but i love you for it regardless akdksksk

@ella-doe the unhinged DJ crush is hilarious and the videos are just so wonderful i love every video Ella has made truly either heartbreaking or so so stupid in the best way possible. Always just seems super nice

@saltpepperbeard i mean is there really anything more important between mutuals than hot man hot potato <3 you get the greatest tags from Jodi it’s a great morning newspaper bless

And everyone else i love too but we should talk more akfkskdn

[reluctantjoe]

ED GAMBLE and MATHEW BAYNTON | Taskmaster The Podcast — 202: Mathew Baynton - Series 19 Ep.2 (BTS)