They didn't even get Hugh's best part with the basketball on the treadmill. He ended up unplugging the treadmill and the basketball stayed there for months
You can also see the stick holding it. And the fact it’s a toy. But only on a second go around, so still brilliant and understanding of misdirection etc
Two more, in the vein of the last task, are when Russell and Alice unplugged the shower in the "keep Alex dry" task and when Liza attached a lizard to a drill to keep it spinning as long as possible. (Both are season 6.)
@@stanellison2229 yeah, adhd has a lot of downsides but it is related to higher proficiency for lateral thinking, mental flexibility and generally thinking outside the box. Any time I'm given a task aim not thinking "right let's do it", I'm immediately thinking "how can I complete this task without doing anything they wanted"
Me too! I’m motivated to do something I want to do, not something someone else wants me to do - when I find a workaround or do it differently I’m doing my thing. Also my head is full of thoughts and I jump to seemingly unrelated topics/solutions to problems quickly
Rhod is hands down my fav contestant on old taskmaster (before Social distancing) his great laughs at Greg, the outbursts he had, but most of all, he was the literal definition of "think outside the box" Oh, and his interactions with James Acaster are freaking amazing!
He is good at the task but his rudeness to teammates and his constant reminders that he's Greg's friend put me off him a bit. I actually liked him more before this show.
@@ddavies1967 He used an unclear/nonspecific prepositional phrase in the wording of the task to his advantage. The contestants were supposed to get three exercise balls "on top of the mat on that hill." While the other contestants were struggling to both get the balls up the hill and make them stay there, he just grabbed the mat on top of the hill, brought it down, and plopped them on top
The sharper participants so far were Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wozniak and Morgana Robinson. They deserve a season.
The sharper participants so far were Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wozniak and Morgana Robinson. They deserve a season.
Everyone always talks about Rhod, but Hugh was really underrated. He was sort of treated like the idiot of his series sometimes, but I thought he was great. I liked seeing how his mind worked.
I only just noticed that (thanks to the camera lighting) the wobbling shadow of the cow is visible on Mawaan’s jumpsuit at the start of his task, which could have given the whole game away if Greg had seen it!
It's a legit visual effects technique, used in old movies - and just like with most visual effects (and magic tricks) once you know the trick you notice all the little tells that make it obvious, but if you _don't_ know the trick it's hard to notice the tells because you don't even know what you should be looking for.
That's perspective trickery, not camera. If you were in the same position as the camera, with your vision limited to that of the camera, the trick would still work.
Hughs hopping task is made even better by the fact he was so thoughtful about mot cutting too many strings as he was worried about continuity for the others doing the task
I don't think that's the case. The contestants do all of their individual tasks in one big session, sometimes months apart (as we've seen some do a task in summer while another does the same task in the winter and also openly stated on the show by the contestants) so the ropes would have been taken down and put back up either way so the yard can be used for other tasks and not get into the shots. Sometimes continuity is totally thrown out the window because certain task setups are unable to be perfectly replicated so they just make it funny. Like when one contestant got chickens instead of dogs like everyone else because the dogs weren't available. More likely he just cut the ropes to make one clear path. Cutting the other ropes would be more energy expended movimg around to them and would tire him out quicker. I'm sure his leg was already tired doing what he did.
@@Wandervenn he said he didn't want to cut too many of the strings when he was a guest on the podcast. It's not something I made up 😅 but thank you for the long and thought through reply.
@@Wandervenn hugh said it himself on the podcast. also, since you’re very interested in correcting people pedantically, it’s the other way round with the dogs / chickens task. lolly was the only one to do the task with the chickens and the rest did the same task with dogs because a “disease broke out” with the chickens
Got to admit on the first watch, Mawaan's cow disappearance did leave me stunned with no idea how he did that. It wasn't until they revealed how he did it now with every rewatch you can clearly see its a toy cow! A one time wonder.
Rhod was weirdly one of the best players ever because he always tried to think outside the box. Didn't always work but sometimes it turned out to be genius.
The sharper participants so far were Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wozniak and Morgana Robinson. They deserve a season!!! It'd be the best by far.
As others have said, Rod was there purely to wind Greg up, and it worked well for the most part since they've been friends for a very long time. I would love to be on a show like this since I'm very good at creative thinking and would enjoy trying to work around the rules and get the tasks done.
Legend has it that Hugh is still sitting there keeping the basketball on the treadmill, and that the manufacturer has sent out a dedicated team of mechanics to keep it operational.
If only he were not even smarter than that. First, he asked for a book to read, to be set on his lap, then he asked for the extension cord, unplugged it and went on his merry way. 😅
Hugh was brilliant on his season of the show but often it seemed that Greg just wouldn't cut him a break. Geniuses are rarely appreciated in their own time.
With the beach ball task, paul was pointing the hose at the wrong angle. It went backwards because he was pointing the hose at a high angle which pulled the rotation of the ball towards him, if he used a low angle it would have had a pushing effect
fascinating that it took me 3 times to notice the shadow of the toy cow.. didnt notice while watching the show, didnt notice watching one of the compilations.. just saw it now..
There needs to be a Taskmaster where all the 'old-farts' like Frank Skinner, Rhod Gilbert, Lee Mack, Hugh Dennis, and Jo Brand compete against each other, because they all think of ways to do things that the younger contestants just do not consider!
Rhod tying up Alex will always be the best idea anyone’s ever had on the show
I don't know why Alex didn't ask one of the crew members to untie him. It's not like rules apply to him.
@@al.jibran because he is a good little helper and playing the game
@@al.jibran do we ever see the crew members really interact though?
@@ono446 They did provide sweat once IIRC
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@@Andvare also tears once
Mark being able to see his painting and still doing a shit rainbow is an incredible feat.
😂😂 Same with Rob being a genius and tying up Alex, and still not being first to put the boiler suit on when the alarm went on 🙈
And yet he rebuilt the hole in front of the ball and not around it, for the perfect zero stroke score.
@@NilaR93 Rhod*
@@Vulcan. my bad 🙈
@@NilaR93 lol
Not surprised at all that Rhod appeared more than anyone else in this. His lateral thinking skills are incredible.
you're shit out of luck if you have him on your team though, as James was unfortunate enough to discover
Really someone who was made for Taskmaster. Helpfully, it’s balanced out by him being an absolute madman.
Of course, James' satsuma rant following the sock challenge is still probably a top 3 moment on the entire run off the show...
All so the cast the last few years have sucked.
The old clips are just more fun.
@Cheree Deblieck get outta here, bot
They didn't even get Hugh's best part with the basketball on the treadmill. He ended up unplugging the treadmill and the basketball stayed there for months
They didn't actually keep the treadmill out for four months... 😆
The time thing is usually a joke, they don’t just leave it there for months
@@Centrifuze you’ve gotta be shitting me really
@@John-Doe-Yo You're right, I'm shitting you. The treadmill and basketball are still there today, actually
@@Centrifuze thank god
You cut out the best part of the treadmill:
When he unplugged it.
Funniest was the explanation of how the task timer ended: A hurricane blew the basketball off the treadmill
Cut out the funniest part of the ‘paint a rainbow in the dark’ task as well: “Oooooh! I can’t see the colours!”
@@kisbie
Ya, but that didn’t have anything to do with Mark’s outsmarting the others
@Christopher John Limos Hurricane? In England? It was just a storm
Unplugging the plug attached to the running machine would be touching it. He unplugged the extension cord it was in, instead.
Mawaan's disappearing cow task is one of my favourite things to ever be on the show. It blew my mind when I saw it.
You can see the shadow of the cow on his jumpsuit
You can also see the stick holding it. And the fact it’s a toy. But only on a second go around, so still brilliant and understanding of misdirection etc
Yeah but it’s not the same once you know how it works :/
Yep, it certainly was some next level shit, just like the key in the candle. 😂
@@wystxrr And that's why magicians never reveal their secrets and never show the same trick twice in a row!
Nish Kumar putting his head in his hands at 'but surely everyone will have turned the light on' really makes that clip for me
Yeah he basically realised it would come down too his good the rainbow looked. And then didn't paint a rainbow.
Two more, in the vein of the last task, are when Russell and Alice unplugged the shower in the "keep Alex dry" task and when Liza attached a lizard to a drill to keep it spinning as long as possible. (Both are season 6.)
I don't remember the second one you mention... Gotta watch season 6 again! 😂
Omg the lizard drill was so funny.
The sheer intelligence of Rhod and Hugh
You mean Rhod and Peter ;)
And the sheer ineptitude of most of the female contestants, except for Victoria, Alice and the NZ girl.
@@Nilguiri And Liza, and Sally, and actually maybe it’s nothing to do with whether or not they’re women...
@@oldvlognewtricks I think you'll find that I said nothing to imply that it was. Thanks.
@@Nilguiri There is of course nothing implicit in deciding to single out a class.
Doubly not when the remaining class is similarly inept.
Rhod's unique way of solving challenges never ceases to amaze me no matter how many times i watch him
The trance he puts himself into after reading each task is so unnerving, but maybe there’s something for us all to learn there.
its probably related to his adhd, linked to lateral thinking
@@stanellison2229 yeah, adhd has a lot of downsides but it is related to higher proficiency for lateral thinking, mental flexibility and generally thinking outside the box. Any time I'm given a task aim not thinking "right let's do it", I'm immediately thinking "how can I complete this task without doing anything they wanted"
Me too! I’m motivated to do something I want to do, not something someone else wants me to do - when I find a workaround or do it differently I’m doing my thing. Also my head is full of thoughts and I jump to seemingly unrelated topics/solutions to problems quickly
The odd thing is, hes as likely to make the task harder
Just sad they cut it there in that last challenge, since the real genius of keeping the ball on the treadmill was what Hugh did after
What did he do after? I can't remember
@@stephengibbons4680 he got Alex to unplug the machine so the ball just stayed on there
@@BlaizeFalconburger - for *months*!
Well don't tell us. Sheesh. Thanks
(NB. This is a joke.
Should've known the trolls would bite.)
Keep enjoying TM & be nice.
@@ddavies1967 Then don't look?? Stop reading the replies after they asked what happened lmfao common sense, cmon
Rhod is hands down my fav contestant on old taskmaster (before Social distancing) his great laughs at Greg, the outbursts he had, but most of all, he was the literal definition of "think outside the box"
Oh, and his interactions with James Acaster are freaking amazing!
Who's your favourite on new taskmaster then?
@@philipjwh2580 i mean...do you have to ask? He's an absolute casserole.. :)
Why the distinction...? The show is basically the same.
@@WatanabeNoTsuna. The new one means less interactions in the studio, and the Team task are not AS good as they could be
He is good at the task but his rudeness to teammates and his constant reminders that he's Greg's friend put me off him a bit. I actually liked him more before this show.
I believe Rhod tying up Alex will forever be my favorite task this show will ever have.
The fact they (the other contestants) let Rhod off after literally saying "I found a *tangerine* in the kitchen" In the sock satsuma task is crazy.
@vinasu maaj Sally Phillips. She's a British comedian and actor in Smack the Pony, Green Wing, Miranda, Bridget Jones.
@vinasu maaj well technically at 6:17 it's Alex Horne... but I guess you meant 6:18
Did you not see the satsuma argument between Rhod and James afterwards
@@gyddiktm4469 Team James on that one!
@@Lizzo13 I'm on Rhod's cuz he DID obey the rules of the task - find the sock with a satsuma in it.
Rhod will forever remain one of my favorite contestants on this show. He truly did toe the line between brilliant and psychotic!
One of my favorite "wonky workarounds" was when Richard Osman took the Yoga mat on the hill.
Yes!
?
@@ddavies1967 He used an unclear/nonspecific prepositional phrase in the wording of the task to his advantage. The contestants were supposed to get three exercise balls "on top of the mat on that hill." While the other contestants were struggling to both get the balls up the hill and make them stay there, he just grabbed the mat on top of the hill, brought it down, and plopped them on top
The first taskmaster I ever saw. Started my love for the show.
The sharper participants so far were Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wozniak and Morgana Robinson. They deserve a season.
I'd love to see Hugh and Rhod competing against each other.
Hugh's really inconsistent so I think Rhod would win . Amazed at how good Rhod is. Not seen many of these before.
Yes! a special season that has the best lateral and most chaotic thinkers competing.
Dennis, Gilbert, Osman, Key and Murray in one show? Sign me up!
The sharper participants so far were Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wozniak and Morgana Robinson. They deserve a season.
Also known as 'rhod and hughs continuous 'you didn't say I COULDN'T do that' XD
Mel in the Baby Gap is one of my all time favorite moments!
Hugh of course also made that ball task even better when he asked Alex to bring him the plug of the running machine.
"do you want something for lunch?"
"Yeah"
"What do you want?"
"Something sharp"
Alex's response is the height of wit
In the words of Joe Thomas on Taskmaster they're all "Wanky workarounds"
Yeah but atleast these weren't as lazy/boring as ''erasing an eraser'' by flushing it down the toilet.
Rhod's mind amazes and terrifies me in equal measure.
Alex spent a lot of that series tied up in his underwear…
This just proved Rhod and Hugh were the masters of twisting the rules to their benefit! 😂 🤣
Everyone always talks about Rhod, but Hugh was really underrated. He was sort of treated like the idiot of his series sometimes, but I thought he was great. I liked seeing how his mind worked.
The reason rhod is in so many of these is because he alway takes a minute at the beginning to think through the possibilities.
I only just noticed that (thanks to the camera lighting) the wobbling shadow of the cow is visible on Mawaan’s jumpsuit at the start of his task, which could have given the whole game away if Greg had seen it!
You can also juuuuuuuuuust see the black wire(?) holding the cow's foot as well.
It's a legit visual effects technique, used in old movies - and just like with most visual effects (and magic tricks) once you know the trick you notice all the little tells that make it obvious, but if you _don't_ know the trick it's hard to notice the tells because you don't even know what you should be looking for.
And the fact that the cow looks a lot different from the original.
"People say my ADHD makes me shit at problem solving"
*solves the tasks in the most unique ways possible*
1:13 Rhod giving away our ADHD superpower.
It is both a blessing and a curse.
Rhod was easily the best contestant on the show, loved every prize challenge taking the piss at Greg.
It works well cause I think they are good mates??
James Acaster would beg to disagree.
@@yuxie3048 Acaster is a VERY close second. Loved the fact that he never would say hello to Alex, cracks me up
@@mjkjelland13 Oh I was more referring to James's complete and utter contempt's for Rhod during their team tasks.
@@yuxie3048 true
I love Paul hacking the challenge and it still nearly being beyond him
Okay this is amazing logic of "they didn't say I couldn't do it" especially the tying up challenge XD
when Rhod digs up the golf hole to make a hole in one, he’s brilliant and gets 5 points, but when I do it im arrested and banned from the golf course?
Because in the Taskmaster, the only rules are the ones stipulated. But at a golf course, they distinctly say no form of vandalism.
Just tell them you’re fixing a divot, you should be fine.
When Rhod is just having a great time, tying Alex up and completely forgets the sidetask, "Is that a local noise?"
Mawaan's happy pun face is everything I want in life
The vanishing cow, he says “there was no camera trickery”, that trick is the absolute definition of camera trickery!
I reckon he meant it like "no technical or post production"-trickery
Nobody tricked the camera. By Taskmaster rules, that means no camera trickery.
@@Ponpontutuss yeah agreed
That's perspective trickery, not camera. If you were in the same position as the camera, with your vision limited to that of the camera, the trick would still work.
I think its because the rule of the task was no editing the video and there was no editing
Hughs hopping task is made even better by the fact he was so thoughtful about mot cutting too many strings as he was worried about continuity for the others doing the task
I don't think that's the case. The contestants do all of their individual tasks in one big session, sometimes months apart (as we've seen some do a task in summer while another does the same task in the winter and also openly stated on the show by the contestants) so the ropes would have been taken down and put back up either way so the yard can be used for other tasks and not get into the shots. Sometimes continuity is totally thrown out the window because certain task setups are unable to be perfectly replicated so they just make it funny. Like when one contestant got chickens instead of dogs like everyone else because the dogs weren't available.
More likely he just cut the ropes to make one clear path. Cutting the other ropes would be more energy expended movimg around to them and would tire him out quicker. I'm sure his leg was already tired doing what he did.
@@Wandervenn he said he didn't want to cut too many of the strings when he was a guest on the podcast. It's not something I made up 😅 but thank you for the long and thought through reply.
@@Wandervenn hugh said it himself on the podcast. also, since you’re very interested in correcting people pedantically, it’s the other way round with the dogs / chickens task. lolly was the only one to do the task with the chickens and the rest did the same task with dogs because a “disease broke out” with the chickens
@@katleinzimmerman8783 Speaking of pedantic... you're literally doing the same thing but you're being redundant 4 months too late.
"That is WORSE than what we did in the DARK!" hahahhaha
Got to admit on the first watch, Mawaan's cow disappearance did leave me stunned with no idea how he did that. It wasn't until they revealed how he did it now with every rewatch you can clearly see its a toy cow! A one time wonder.
That's how all illusions/magic tricks work, tbh. Once you know how it's done, it's kind of boring.
It's still a great visual effect, though.
@@jand563 The cow shadow on his clothing gave it away unfortunately
Rhod was weirdly one of the best players ever because he always tried to think outside the box. Didn't always work but sometimes it turned out to be genius.
The sharper participants so far were Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wozniak and Morgana Robinson. They deserve a season!!! It'd be the best by far.
Al Moneybags Murray was quite sharp too at times
Liza and Kerry as well.
As others have said, Rod was there purely to wind Greg up, and it worked well for the most part since they've been friends for a very long time. I would love to be on a show like this since I'm very good at creative thinking and would enjoy trying to work around the rules and get the tasks done.
I think you'd do well
Rules: "You must get as high up as you can without climbing"
Taskmasters: "Well they never mentioned gravity so I will just float up."
They didn't define high, so I'm smoking this weed.
@@shakesfirst2443 This is the logic in every one they "hack" get the pea to go as far as you can and one of them gets in a taxi with it
@@crimsonshadows6328 I was kidding.
@@shakesfirst2443 I am just triggered over the fact that they think it is hacking. You had a good example.
they are called contestants not taskmasters btw the taskmaster is Greg
The first thing that came to my mind was when Mawaan removed the door bell and put it next to him while building the house of cards, that was clever
I love how Rhod also removed the ground around the original hole to make sure that he still put it in the original hole
Legend has it that Hugh is still sitting there keeping the basketball on the treadmill, and that the manufacturer has sent out a dedicated team of mechanics to keep it operational.
He unplugged the treadmill in the actual task. Watch the show 🙄
If only he were not even smarter than that. First, he asked for a book to read, to be set on his lap, then he asked for the extension cord, unplugged it and went on his merry way. 😅
The audience going “oooooooOOOOYAAAAAY!” when the beach ball went over the finish line made it so much better
Rhod is the master of doing the task, without actually doing the task. XD
Hugh was brilliant on his season of the show but often it seemed that Greg just wouldn't cut him a break. Geniuses are rarely appreciated in their own time.
I actually got really annoyed with Greg. part of the show for sure, but man oh man, Greg was such a dick. Justice for Hugh!
How could you cut out the rest of the basketball task where he unplugs the treadmill.
Didn't Noel also ace the sandwich one in a quicker time than Hugh by just doing it without fucking it up
@@mikeprice25 Noel's part flamingo
With the beach ball task, paul was pointing the hose at the wrong angle. It went backwards because he was pointing the hose at a high angle which pulled the rotation of the ball towards him, if he used a low angle it would have had a pushing effect
This show actually shows how different personalities approach problem solving.
Just sad they cut it there in that last challenge, since the real genius of keeping the ball on the treadmill was what Hugh did after absolutely
In my opinion, Rhod Gilbert is the ultimate Taskmaster player.
the best bit of that deliver Alex's dinner task what noel being faster than hugh by just going for it and being good out of nowhere
The jumping on one foot delivering dinner to Alex task.. I was sure someone was gonna put their foot down once and just drag it there.
Rhod and Hugh had some absolutely genius lateral thinking for a lot of the tasks.
I think the best workaround for a challenge has to be the team challenge where Dave Gorman had to do charades across a river.
🤯 not seen that one, will search it now. 👍
@@MACHOO179 Series 3 Episode 5
It's also the same episode Al Murray paid Alex to carry a bucket🤣
@@DaveMcKeegan Al “Money Bags” Murray lol
The guy digging up the hole was one of the smartest contestants ever
Mel’s ‘baby gap’ idea was fantastic
Rhod is so good at beating the system
It was a team task but surely s6 task to keep Alex dry should be on the list.
The disappearing cow was definitely some next level shit, just like the key in the candle. 😂
As opposed to some previous level shit.
@@caitthecat Exactly!
I remember fully roaring "Angle it upwards you fool!" at the tv watching Paul try to hose a beachball over a line.
You missed the last part where Hugh unplugs the running machine for the ball. That was the best part!
They should have shown the last bit with the treadmill, where he got smarter and unplugged it.
I love Mel’s Gapgate the most
half of these are rhod just going nuts lmao
This is what we need more of in these trying times.
Rhod’s webbed finger gives him ingenious thinking powers
In the "only water may touch the beach ball" I would have simply used ice cubes to pick it up and move it
Taskmaster is the best show on TV. Period.
4:00 The beachball one's an auto-fail from the get-go, since the ground is touching it.
"Dragging a hole is a lot harder than it looks!" Rhod...never change :D
Rhod dragged the whole out of that
fascinating that it took me 3 times to notice the shadow of the toy cow.. didnt notice while watching the show, didnt notice watching one of the compilations.. just saw it now..
Hugh Denis was such an inconsistent player 😅
True! 😂 Royally fuck up some tasks (especially the prize tasks) and then master some others! 😂 🤣
He WILL use a blade, no matter the cost
This video demonstrates why Rhod Gilbert was the greatest contestant of all time.
The cow bit is frighteningly genius
The cow's shadow on his chest then it disappearing was kind of a giveaway.
Mel’s GAP task will go down in history as one of the best moments not only in Taskmaster, but TV
"It's quite boring, isn't it?" he says while simultaneously bringing a basketball up to terminal angular velocity.
Mark's shit rainbow is constantly disappointing lol
But the two witnesses seemed quite impressed with it.
I love how they outsmarted the task with hilarious ingenuity.
“People say my ADHD makes me shit at problem solving. No sir!” summarizes the gem that is RG.
I love humans who get involved in creating a video and have a passion for what they do 🤍 Congratulations you have all my respect 🙏🏼❤️👏
Marwaan is sooo under-rated
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! AHHHHHH
I hadn't watched any of these until just before Christmas, and binged all of the series....it was a great few days :D
Safe to say that rod and hugh are the kings of this theme
Aisling is gorgeous!
"Do you want something for lunch?"
"Yes please."
"What would you like?"
"Something sharp."
LOL
Rhod is a fucking maniac. One of my favourite taskees.
Rainbows can look like that. Prisems make similar looking rainbows on walls. It's the brown that struck me as odd.
"Do you want something for lunch?"
"Yes please, something sharp."
Me: here's some sharp chedder
I would have made him a grilled cheese sammich with some soup; you know what cheese I'd use.
I like how the cow shadow is on his chest the whole time.
I realised I can see the shadow of the small cow on Mawan's top
Hugh and Rhod, fucking Legends. Shame they didn’t win
there was one where you had to keep alex dry and the team just moved the head of the shower!
“Only water may touch the ball” hmm, anyone got a bucket?
There needs to be a Taskmaster where all the 'old-farts' like Frank Skinner, Rhod Gilbert, Lee Mack, Hugh Dennis, and Jo Brand compete against each other, because they all think of ways to do things that the younger contestants just do not consider!