Taskmaster s18

[Wayman C. McCreery]

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Hoping that JD is Jamie Demetriou, not Jack Dee. Also, Emma Sidi is very much comedy rather than just comedy-adjacent!

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[Wayman C. McCreery]

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lol imagine if AZ is Alex Zane

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[TheDevilPuppet]

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Hoping that JD is Jamie Demetriou, not Jack Dee. Also, Emma Sidi is very much comedy rather than just comedy-adjacent!

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Sorry - I know.  Poor phrasing.  I was trying to think of a quick way to suggest the non-standup, comedy actor each lineup has (Charlotte Richie, Katherine Parkinson, Steve Pemberton, etc)

[The Lurker]

Wait, is it filmed at Pinewood because

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Babatunde posted on his Instagram story this morning of him driving to Pinewood Studios

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[Wayman C. McCreery]

Wait, is it filmed at Pinewood because

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Babatunde posted on his Instagram story this morning of him driving to Pinewood Studios

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Yup!

[Ron Superior]

I really hope it isn't

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Elliot Steele

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fuck me, that'd be painful.

But in a more general way, @lankyguy95, how was it? Did it feel like a fun lineup? Hope you enjoyed it! And I'll be honest, after how unbelievably boring this series has been I'm hoping for a few exciting names in this next series.

[typeforty]

Come on,

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RJ

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is clearly

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Raji James.

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[bobloblaw]

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Hoping that JD is Jamie Demetriou, not Jack Dee. Also, Emma Sidi is very much comedy rather than just comedy-adjacent!

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Zaltzman and Dee would cancel each other out as token old man/Radio 4 quiz host

Which makes me worry about potential Alex Zane

There must be another female in the mix other than Emma - any JD potentials?

[TheDevilPuppet]

Zaltzman and Dee would cancel each other out as token old man/Radio 4 quiz host

Which makes me worry about potential Alex Zane

There must be another female in the mix other than Emma - any JD potentials?

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Julia Davis as an absolute long shot

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[bobloblaw]

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Julia Davis as an absolute long shot

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Blow job/Pope likelihood

[selectivememory]

Come on lads, it's obvious who "JD" is:

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[Wayman C. McCreery]

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JD could also be Jim Daly who played in that Taskmaster football match thing at the weekend

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[TheDevilPuppet]

Zaltzman and Dee would cancel each other out as token old man/Radio 4 quiz host

Agreed, that line-up seems a little like the current one - no chaotic wildcard. 

Surely JD would work best on a line-up with a Helen Bauer or a Harriet Kelmsley type.

[TheDevilPuppet]

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JD could also be Jim Daly who played in that Taskmaster football match thing at the weekend

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If it is that would be the biggest "Who?" they ever had.

[bobloblaw]

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RJ = Rosie Jones?

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Yes, wouldn't be surprised if C4 had leaned on Avalon to get them from the first series they had

[FeederFan500]

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As one of his Tweets was used as a clue in a Taskmaster book RJ is clearly football journalist Richard Jolly

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[Wayman C. McCreery]

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At least JD isn't Joel Dommett - he's doing a gig tonight

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[Jasha]

ES could be

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Emmanuel Sonubi?

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[BritishHobo]

Come on,

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RJ

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is clearly

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Raji James.

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Oh please. Please! Just imagine. He'd have to do an episode of the podcast!

[dharmashark]

I can only guess at 4 of them, only 1 of which I'm confident about:

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• AZ = Alex Zane?
• BA = Babatunde Aléshé
• ES = Emmanuel Sonubi?
• RJ = Rhys James?

No idea who JD could be.

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[bigfatheart]

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I'd bet everything on AZ being Zaltzman rather than Zane, partly because Alex Zane seems to have not done anything comedic for a while - Wikipedia suggests he's very much a straight TV presenter, and no longer a 'face of Channel 4' as he once was so there'd be no reason to book him - but mostly because Andy Zaltzman seems like exactly the sort of comedian Alex Horne would get on very well with and would push through.

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[Mr Trumpet]

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Alex Zane is more the type they'd get for one of their New Year episodes.

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[bobloblaw]

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At least JD isn't Joel Dommett - he's doing a gig tonight

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Phew. That would've been Howard/Stirling tier

[crumblingman]

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Would some cunt just give us the names already? This isn't Reddit!

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[FeederFan500]

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Weirdly I quite like Joel Dommett, although I'd never make an effort to watch his standup or anything.

But he can laugh at himself on Pointless or something, and his book was amusing to me

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[TheDevilPuppet]

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Weirdly I quite like Joel Dommett, although I'd never make an effort to watch his standup or anything.

But he can laugh at himself on Pointless or something, and his book was amusing to me

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Quite - he'd be a good sport, hes not afraid to look a dick. 

[bobloblaw]

Quite - he'd be a good sport, hes not afraid to look a dick. 

Quite - he'd be a good sport, hes not afraid to look a dick. 

Quite - he'd be a good sport, hes not afraid to look a dick. 

Fair enough. Bit blindsided by the 'Mr Saturday Night' persona he's lucratively adopted

[bobloblaw]

Fair enough. Bit blindsided by the 'Mr Saturday Night' persona he's lucratively adopted

No idea why/how I triple quoted @TheDevilPuppet there

[lankyguy95]

But in a more general way, @lankyguy95, how was it? Did it feel like a fun lineup? Hope you enjoyed it! And I'll be honest, after how unbelievably boring this series has been I'm hoping for a few exciting names in this next series.

It's hard to get a feel for how these things will look in the cold light of a hacked-down edit, but it was a very fun recording with a particularly responsive audience, noted sincerely by Greg. Contestants all very likeable. I wasn't sure how good the group dynamic would be when they were announced, but there was no concern once recording began, with some early and good-natured keenness to engage with how others had done. I laughed out loud a bunch of times. A line from one contestant during a task became a relentless running joke for Greg who must genuinely have brought it up 25 times in the rest of the recording.

[HMS Beanspiller]

I too was at today's recording and agree with the above; was fairly unimpressed with the line-up when revealed but they gelled nicely and seems a good mix of characters. The tasks were decent, though the live task ended prematurely, which was always a risk given the set up. The contestants doing their tasks in costume is getting a bit tiresome.