#vanja watches taskmaster

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[ID: Eight screencaps from Taskmaster Australia. Tom Gleeson sits in his Taskmaster chair and looks at Tom Cashman as Cashman says, "I've actually invented a new sexuality. You know how some people are ethically non-monogamous? I've been doing something different. I'm non-ethically monogamous." Cashman glances at the audience and continues, "I'm extremely committed to my partner. But she owns shares in mining companies." Gleeson asks, "Do you have to pretend to have a partner for that bit?" Laughing sheepishly, Cashman says, "Yeah." End ID.]

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I made a new header for @askanordic, and for whatever reason I decided to put them in the outfits of the contestants of Taskmaster series 20. I had no reason for doing this other than the fact that I love Taskmaster.

Fin as Ania, Den as Maisie, Swe as Phil, Nor as Reece, and Ice as Sanjeev.

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I'm rewatching the UK series Ghosts, and I'm gobsmacked by the realisation that four of them have been on Taskmaster. Strike that, five. No! Seven!

Probably even more I skimmed past while looking at the IMDB cast list. I've seen them on Taskmaster so many times, and here they are, Lolly and Kiell and Mathew and Charlotte! And then more Taskmaster contestants as minor characters!

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Oh, my god, I'm so excited. I'm wiggling my hands because I'm trying so hard to find the words for how excited I am.

I love Taskmaster so much, it's so much fun. Imagine my delight when I found out there's a Norwegian version. And then there's a Swedish version. And a Danish one, and a Finnish one. And so many more. And there's a whole subreddit that has all the episodes of every show, with English subtitles.

I have watched all of the original Taskmaster, as well as the US version, the Australian version, the Aotearoa version, the Norwegian version, and I'm finishing the Swedish version today. Next up is the Danish version, and then I'm gonna watch the Finnish version.

I'm hoping, right, that I can make a sort of Taskmaster related thing on my askblog. Like, I can apply the vibes I get from each version and apply them to the characters. TM Norway is always like, "what the fuck is health and safety?" and TM Sweden is like "let's do something absolutely disgusting that will make someone throw up". Alternatively I can make a "baba ganoush" bit, or a bit about Ankan walking into a street sign.

And then I can have the characters do some stupid tasks, and they'll not be having a great time, and then the Taskmaster's assistant will be standing to the side. Just, fucking Olli (Norway) staring tiredly at the camera with a look of "you seeing this shit?" and David (Sweden) making a snide remark or a pun.

God, I'm so EXCITED, I'm gonna EAT SOMEONE. AUGH.

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Ok, but the UK Bros and HWSIreland as contestants in TM.

I just might.

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so you did manage to get me into taskmaster so now i ask you: which seasons do you recommend besides season 7?

HEHE

Series 4, with Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc, and Noel Fielding, is a classic. Lolly is adorable, Mel has some interesting moments, and Noel is Noel.

Series 5, with Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, and Sally Phillips, is also excellent, mostly because of Nish's complete inability to do anything at all, and Bob's wild and/or bewildered approach to everything. Sally has a wonderful moment that will stick with me forever.

Series 6, with Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, and Tim Vine, I also really enjoy. Tim and Liza are amazing to watch.

Series 12, with Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson, and Victoria Coren Mitchell, is amazing. Each of them have such wonderful moments in this series, and if I had to pick a favourite moment from this series, it's Alan Davies' "WOW". You'll see what I mean.

Series 14, with Dara Ó Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa, and Sarah Millican, is a shitshow of the best sort. Dara's cartoony reactions to things, Fern just vibing and having a laugh, Sarah being a gremlin, Munya being delightful, and John just absolutely messing up everything. Someone on Youtube described this series as, "it has four contestants, and John was just taken off the street and forced to be here".

Series 16, with Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins, and Susan Wokoma. Honestly, Sam alone is a good reason to watch this one.

Series 18, with Andy Zaltzman, Babátúndé Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee, and Rosie Jones. The combo that is the morose Jack Dee and the cheerful Rosie Jones is a sight to behold.

Series 19, with Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey, and Stevie Martin. All five of these bring amazing energy to the show. Between Fatiha's "what the fuck is this bullshit" energy to Jason's "I'm gonna break my own neck and you can't stop me" energy, it's truly wild.

Series 20, with Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith, and Sanjeev Bhaskar, is probably my personal favourite of all time, and not just because I developed a bit of a crush on Phil. They're all so good in their own ways.

Obviously I like all the series, but I can't just say "uh, watch all of them, lol", because that's not helpful to anyone, haha.

And, of course, if you don't have Dave or some other channel where you can rewatch things at your own leisure, there's the subreddit r/panelshow, where you click "Wiki" and "Available series collection".

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My non-Hetalia friend had some opinions.

I guess I'm doing a follow-up to my Taskanordic comic, lmfao.

I just got some more messages, and

This should be interesting.

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After a LONG time, the fifth series of Taskmaster Australia is finally live!