I'm starting to lose hope that my dream of a US Taskmaster with Jon Hamm as the TM and you as the TMA will ever come to fruition. I could use a little pep talk to help me keep the dream alive!

It's much more fun to press it once, pause to see if it will jump the section, see that it didn't, then press it twice, only to see that the 2nd press did and now you're 10 seconds into Greg's intro, so now you need to rewind...

A+ feature. No notes.

I'm putting my Ratings Reputation on the line by giving this a full 5 stars before the 1st episode is even released...Don't make me a liar Mr. Watson 🙂

Immediately joined "Sophie Duker Flob" and "Rhod Gilbert Blinking" in the list if tasks I will 100% skip on re-watch...truly disgusting.

I also considered John Mulaney and Anthony Jeselnik for the comedian TM for very different reasons...

And yes, I know Cera is Canadian...I think Hamm and Cera could have a lot of fun playing off that dynamic.

Thank God for Alice this season...

Thank you! I knew I recognized him from something else but couldn't place it...it was from watching Inside No. 9 to get ready for Series 17.

On a side note, I had planned on just watching an episode or 2 to get a feel for Steve and ended up watching the whole dang series. Great show.

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Maisie Adam:
QI - R/6, S/1, T/5, U/11, V/5
WILTY - 14/02
Off Menu Pod - 158
House of Games - 4/13, 7/7, HoG Champions 5/2
Films to be Buried With Pod - 84
GBBO Extra Slice - 13/8
YouTube stand up/clips

Ania Magliano:
Off Menu Pod - 169
Films to be Buried With Pod - 221
YouTube stand up/clips

Sanjeev Bhaskar:
WILTY - 4/01, 6/02
YouTube clips

Phil Ellis:
YouTube stand up/clips

Reece Shearsmith:
WILTY - 3/08
Off Menu Pod - 180
Celebrity Bake off SUTC - 4/3
YouTube clips

This is far from an exhaustive list...if you know of anything that I've missed, or if you're just a big fan of a certain contestant and want to chime in with what we should expect, please feel free to reply.

As an American, whenever a new cast gets announced I've gotten in the habit of scouring YouTube/BritBox/etc trying to figure out who these people are. Since I'm sure I'm not the only one, this year I decided to take a few notes for anyone else who may be in the same boat.

From the video description:

"Sam Campbell reconnects with the Taskmaster himself, Alex Horne."

Trying to pass yourself off as the Taskmaster? Blasphemy! I really hope Greg punished you for this in the traditional way...

Maisie Adam:
QI - R/6, S/1, T/5, U/11, V/5
WILTY - 14/02
Off Menu Pod - 158
House of Games - 4/13, 7/7, HoG Champions 5/2
Films to be Buried With Pod - 84
GBBO Extra Slice - 13/8
YouTube stand up/clips

Ania Magliano:
Off Menu Pod - 169
Films to be Buried With Pod - 221
YouTube stand up/clips

Sanjeev Bhaskar:
WILTY - 4/01, 6/02
YouTube clips

Phil Ellis:
YouTube stand up/clips

Reece Shearsmith:
WILTY - 3/08
Off Menu Pod - 180
Celebrity Bake off SUTC - 4/3
YouTube clips

This is far from an exhaustive list...if you know of anything that I've missed, or if you're just a big fan of a certain contestant and want to chime in with what we should expect, please feel free to reply :-)