and then launched into a comment longer than the original post.
Yep! XD (lol, i didn't realize it ended up being longer than the post, but actually not that surprised in retrospect, lol)
I'd be really interested to know how much thought goes into picking contestants that will play well off each other.
Someone actually asked that as part of the Reddit AMA that Alex did video replies to recently, and it turns out to be the answer is "all the thought" -- or at least that's true for who they pick in general, and I'm sure selecting for a good panel is part of that.
Every time anyone mentions Doc Brown, it immediately slams his incredible 'once I caught a fish alive' video into my head.
I do think that's his crowning moment of achievement on Taskmaster! :D
Her most memorable moment for me actually doesn't come from her series; it's her attempt at 'create the biggest mess and completely clean it up' from Champion of Champions.
SAME! But also, I loved that her assorted family members seemed completely unfazed by all the dramatic lies. Like, has she done this before?? XD
I think [personal profile] magistrate captured Joe Thomas on Taskmaster best: In every single studio reaction shot he gets, he looks like he's belatedly realized something about the task he's just watched, and if only he'd realized it sooner, he could have saved lives.
AHAHA what an incredible description, that is indeed spot on XD He looks so haunted XD
And I agree that Mike and Lee were a great team. I loved their enemies-to-lovers attempt at the 'have an argument' task.
Yesss, the enemies-to-lovers is exactly what it was, and it was FABULOUS!
I definitely felt I learnt new things about Victoria Coren Mitchell.
It's funny about Victoria, actually, because TM was also my introduction to her, and then I liked her enough that I went and watched a bunch of Only Connect and her WILTY appearances, and, like, one of the things I love about Victoria is that she actually brings exactly the same demeanor to all these endeavors? Like, she is businesslike, confident, and slightly superior both in her milieu of hosting an erudite game show where she has all the answers AND in the context of trying to ride a bike for the first time on national television, trying to prevent Alex from scoring a goal (very ineffectually), or trying to figure out if there is a chair hidden inside a piece of candy. Like Katherine Parkinson looks genuinely baffled and vulnerable when she is asking things like "am I the spider?" or trying the various mad impossible things she tries, but you know Victoria would be like, "here is a three point proof on why I am the spider, here you go, task complete" (and Greg would still give her one point for it, but she would maintain a sense of regal infallibility throughout).
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Yep! XD (lol, i didn't realize it ended up being longer than the post, but actually not that surprised in retrospect, lol)
I'd be really interested to know how much thought goes into picking contestants that will play well off each other.
Someone actually asked that as part of the Reddit AMA that Alex did video replies to recently, and it turns out to be the answer is "all the thought" -- or at least that's true for who they pick in general, and I'm sure selecting for a good panel is part of that.
Every time anyone mentions Doc Brown, it immediately slams his incredible 'once I caught a fish alive' video into my head.
I do think that's his crowning moment of achievement on Taskmaster! :D
Her most memorable moment for me actually doesn't come from her series; it's her attempt at 'create the biggest mess and completely clean it up' from Champion of Champions.
SAME! But also, I loved that her assorted family members seemed completely unfazed by all the dramatic lies. Like, has she done this before?? XD
I think [personal profile] magistrate captured Joe Thomas on Taskmaster best: In every single studio reaction shot he gets, he looks like he's belatedly realized something about the task he's just watched, and if only he'd realized it sooner, he could have saved lives.
AHAHA what an incredible description, that is indeed spot on XD He looks so haunted XD
And I agree that Mike and Lee were a great team. I loved their enemies-to-lovers attempt at the 'have an argument' task.
Yesss, the enemies-to-lovers is exactly what it was, and it was FABULOUS!
I definitely felt I learnt new things about Victoria Coren Mitchell.
It's funny about Victoria, actually, because TM was also my introduction to her, and then I liked her enough that I went and watched a bunch of Only Connect and her WILTY appearances, and, like, one of the things I love about Victoria is that she actually brings exactly the same demeanor to all these endeavors? Like, she is businesslike, confident, and slightly superior both in her milieu of hosting an erudite game show where she has all the answers AND in the context of trying to ride a bike for the first time on national television, trying to prevent Alex from scoring a goal (very ineffectually), or trying to figure out if there is a chair hidden inside a piece of candy. Like Katherine Parkinson looks genuinely baffled and vulnerable when she is asking things like "am I the spider?" or trying the various mad impossible things she tries, but you know Victoria would be like, "here is a three point proof on why I am the spider, here you go, task complete" (and Greg would still give her one point for it, but she would maintain a sense of regal infallibility throughout).