Series 5 of Taskmaster continued this week with its regular plummet into madness and we're enjoying the ride.
This weeks episode opened with the regular 'prize task' where our comedians were asked to bring in their 'hippest headwear'. No prizes for guessing who came last with a Disneyland special hey Noah. Still, this task saw the now famous 'Al Murray's trick make a reappearance under the guise of Mark, who really should have learned that throwing cash around never really impressed the Taskmaster.
The first real task of the episode saw our comedians construct a machine in order to fling a coconut the furthest, which saw almost complete failure from all, despite an attempt to change a Wikipedia page to prove your construct was in fact a machine. We could almost guarantee that none of the comedians should ever give up their day job and enter the field of engineering.
Next up we had a paint the best rainbow scene task. As with all tasks there's always a catch and this time it came in the disguise of painting in the dark. This task brought up far too many highlights to list but we've gotta go with a few. First up is Bob giving us Greg's favourite quote of the series so far with, 'shit it's thick', followed closely Sally's rainbow scene of 2 lesbians using a test your strength machine and Aisling's leprechaun that appeared to be smeared in its own shit. Lastly it showed that yet again, some tasks can be blindingly obvious and yet still hidden and we've Mark to thank for that. Now, we don't really like to give away spoilers but on this occasion the quote from the Taskmaster was too fantastic to leave out, where else would you hear points being given to a winner based on the fact that that the Taskmaster 'can't prove that Leprechauns don't smear shit everywhere'.
Task 3 saw the reappearance of the famed caravan where little Alex Horne is permitted to live. In here they were tasked with the rather simple task of 'slice a loaf of bread as neatly as possible using any tool from the caravan's. They were instructed to carry out the task in the lab, however it seemed 'someone' hadn't read the task properly and never materialised and a spectacular failure to understand the task properly led to a first in Taskmaster history of a triple 0.
Task 4 saw the first team task of the series. 'Achieve the best splat' with 1 team member being splatted. Now, you would think that this would open a realm of water bombs or ice cream but no, instead Bob brought us into his strange lair of balloons full of piss because apparently that's 'warm fun'. It's also the first time in television history that we've seen condoms used in such elegant displays of twirling.
The finale of this descent into madness led our comedians to take to the stage with another arty task which clearly showed that sometimes being a carrot doesn't bode you well.
All in all this episode carries on proving that the world of Taskmaster is as ever, a fantastic, hilarious and joyous ride.
By Jay Bird
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