In 2017, Noel spoke to the Taskmaster website about how the show had impacted him!
Noel: "This completely takes you out of your comfort zone, which is nice. It just makes you feel like there are a lot of things you could do. I sort of now feel like some of the things I thought I couldn't do I should maybe have a go at. I can't drive and maybe it will be fine and like a task. Maybe I'll learn French because my grandma is French and I really wanted to learn it. These things that I didn't think I was very good at because I'm not very practical like driving or good at languages - maybe I should just have a go. Because it's kind of fun even if you don't pull it off...What I'm really saying is that Alex changed my life. I'm going to be driving all round France next year!"
Noel: “I always try to project a sort of “happy-go-lucky”, charming, carefree, otherworldly character, and I wish I was that guy. But I’m quite neurotic. I think all comedians are quite neurotic. I think my fans would be surprised to think that I worry about everything and I’m quite neurotic. They probably think I’m quite happy all the time.”
Noel: "As a comedian, what you're always sort of playing is a version of yourself. You can play against type, but you generally have a clown, and my clown is quite inclusive and kind and creative. So, I tend to take those things through whatever shows I'm doing."
With costume reuse comes another kind of reuse – fabric. The distinctively colored striped silk fabric has also been used for a costume seen in Return to Cranford and Belgravia.
This waistcoat has been used in several productions depicting the late 18th century through the 19th century. It first turned up in the 1999 TV series The Scarlet Pimpernel, in both the second and third episode of the first season, where it was worn by Anthony Green as Andrew Ffoulkes.
From there, it was briefly used in the 2008 sixth episode of the miniseries John Adams, where Zak Orth wore it as James McHenry.
It appeared next in the 2009 miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, where Robert Bathurst wore the waistcoat as the character Mr.Weston.
Most recently, the piece showed up in the first episode of the 2024 show The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, where Noel Fielding wore it in the title role.