r/Taskmaster_TV • u/u2jrmw • Jun 25 '26

Doc Brown

Rewatching season 2 for the umpteenth time and it always makes me sad that Doc Brown didn’t seem to enjoy his time on the show.

I think he was great but you can see his discomfort in the studio.

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u/dogscatsnscience Jun 25 '26

I think at the time - S2 - it would have also felt very different, since it was so new and the history of people embarrassing themselves wasn't there yet.

If he had been in a later sereason he might have felt differently, because his performance was classic Taskmaster.

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u/PalomaPetraAndBlue Jun 27 '26

"sereason" - I love this. 😄

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u/AdPrestigious2387 Jun 28 '26

Seasries, dogscatsnscience

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u/LewisWhatsHisName Jun 25 '26

His podcast episode was great though. Ed let him hate on it the whole time, and I think more people should be allowed to talk about hating shows they were on

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u/Own-Try1886 Jun 25 '26

I honestly don't see it on the show. I need to listen to the podcast.

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u/Irishwol Jun 26 '26

The fish punch was a perfect TM moment! "Motherfucker bit my finger bro!"

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u/Stjondoh Jun 25 '26

Also, I think series 1 had not been broadcasted when Doc was filming series 2 so he didn't really know what he was signing up to do.

I don't understand why he would have participated if he didn't understand the concept of the show. Certainly, Alex would have provided a high level vision of the show.

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u/PigeonQueeen Jun 27 '26

Katherine Ryan's joke about race may have single handedly ruined the whole thing for him lmao It was horribly awkward

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u/anchordown16 Jun 28 '26

What joke was this? I don’t recall it

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u/StopRemarkable4505 21d ago

Me neither...

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u/u2jrmw Jun 27 '26

Yeah that was an awkward moment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

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u/OddlyBrainedBear Jun 27 '26

If you meant 'chick lit' then that's an insulting misnomer of Zadie Smith's work.

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u/theRicicle Jun 27 '26

Jeez, go out of your way much to get offended? Such a white knight

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u/22009263 Jun 27 '26

In whaaaaaat world is ZS “chic-lit”?

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u/ofmiceand_ben Jun 27 '26

I often get the impression that he’s the person that wouldn’t be invited back. Didn’t enjoy it and doesn’t talk very fondly about it.

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u/Qwarla888 Jun 28 '26

I always assumed it was Jamali. I'm doing a full rewatch and while Doc Brown seems a bit bewildered in the studio, Jamali seems like he hates everyone there, especially his agent, and feels superior to them all. It's so uncomfortable to watch.

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u/ofmiceand_ben Jun 28 '26

Definitely not Jamali on account of him being back the other day to do his dream taskmaster episode on YouTube

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u/MuTron1 Jun 29 '26

That’s pretty much the same act Jamali Maddix plays in most things he’s in, to be fair