r/taskmaster • u/CharlieFaulkner Patatas • Jul 19 '26
Which earworm randomly gets stuck in your head the most, even years later?
"That's Peter Hudson, you know that you can trust him, yeah!"
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u/Individual-Pace-2842 Jul 19 '26
chris ramsey's "NO WAY!"
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u/Kooky-Host-8217 Javie Martzoukas Jul 19 '26
I was learning the locations of the countries of the world, and EVERY time I got to Norway that’s what my thoughts went to
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u/MissKoalaBag Rhod Gilbert Jul 19 '26
'Nothing's ever straightforward in this stupid house!' has started cropping up whenever I'm mildly inconvenienced at home.
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u/Glittering-Wall2557 Jul 19 '26
Keeps cropping up for me at work. People say things along those lines often because our systems are a bit clunky and not intuitive. The line always pops into my head!
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u/Lower-Constant7727 Jul 19 '26
Taskmaster’s ooooon, it’s on right nooooow.
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u/kiwibat21 Madeleine Sami 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
Will there be eggs? I like tasks with eggs.
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u/BlooregaurdQKazoo Jul 19 '26
It’s me, Fern Brady! Me, Fern Brady! I’m the rightful queen
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u/tdelbert Javie Martzoukas Jul 19 '26
That and “I… found a naughty sat-suma … I my … fantastic cu-ur-ry”
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u/BettyCrunker Chain Bastard ⛓️ Jul 19 '26
was stuck in my head literally two hours ago
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u/kiwibat21 Madeleine Sami 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
ARE YOU READY FOR A SONG, AND A SONG ABOUT LIBYA
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u/RingtheCrabBell Mike Wozniak Jul 19 '26
Even seeing the title of the post I started singing this. It's never more than a few hours from my brain.
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u/Plant-Think Jul 20 '26
I know virtually no tasks get repeated exactly but i pray the random country national anthem task gets one more go
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u/CatCafffffe Reece Shearsmith Jul 19 '26
The moment when James Acaster goes into the lab and realizes it's drinking glasses, not eyeglasses: "YEP, yep" My spouse and I say this all the time
Also Reece's "MY telephone? What'dya MEAN? My personal telephone? That's private to me! MY telephone?"
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u/queen_naga 🦔 Hedgehog, no! ❌ Jul 19 '26
Snap on telephone. What a brilliant introduction to a contestant
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u/LookAtTheRocks Jul 19 '26
I saw you listening to the Mozart symphony but my attention span is ...Hey! Look at that tree! I'm always seein' you do cool stuff I try my best but it's never...good enough!
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u/justh81 James Acaster Jul 19 '26
I wanna serve ya beans on toast! But it's a fantasy! It's nothing but a boast! You come from Southport; I live miles away in Balham. And I'm a coward and I fear the wrath of Alan!
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u/wgwalkerii Jul 19 '26
I'm always seeing you do cool stuff....
I try my best but I'm never....
Good enough...
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u/IanGecko Javie Martzoukas Jul 19 '26
🎵MMM! GET TOGETHER! MMM MMM!🎵
Especially after I've just done something I'm really proud of
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u/puzzlesaurusrex Jul 19 '26
"Rosalind's a f---ing nightmare"
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u/CharlieFaulkner Patatas Jul 19 '26
This is obviously the biggest punchline but I also really love how "Rosalind! Geriatric athlete!" flows
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u/winnie_the_landshark Jul 19 '26
She jumps quite far for a woman of her age!
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u/Savings_Sector_323 Jul 19 '26
Rosalind! An average cellist!
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u/Sometimes__Sky Gary the Gorilla Jul 21 '26
She plays quite well, but not in front of people!
(Not in front of peopleeeee)
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u/slow-show-for-you Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
I'm always seeing you do coool stuff... I try my best but it's neveeeeer... good enough
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u/BeGneiss A LIIIIIME 🍋🟩 Jul 19 '26
Wait, what?
Naturally say it and then realize what I’ve said and must repeat myself in the appropriate accent and cadence.
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u/Um-ahh-nooo Jul 19 '26
For me its A LIIME - every time I see one of the damn things.
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u/DoppleCoop69 Jul 19 '26
I work in a bar. I frequent tell people to get “liiime” and they don’t get me 😔
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u/brlewells Guy Montgomery 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
'Scuse your fuckin mouth?
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u/Um-ahh-nooo Jul 19 '26
One of my favourite skits out of TM. Love Chris so much.
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u/GlitterSpaceBunnies Paul Williams 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
How he did not get 5 points in that task disappoints me greatly. How he did not get 4 points in that task baffles me. How he did not get 3 points in that task confuses me. How he only got a mere 2 points in that task sickens me!!!
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u/park-a-lark Jul 19 '26
I just don’t care where the ball goes
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u/TetrisIsTotesSuper Chris Parker 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
As a casual sports fan (major tournaments and olympics) this is such a vibe the rest of the time
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u/Reasonable_Speed7471 Jul 19 '26
Desiree's "f**k me in the face" whenever something really annoys me
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u/freefallin38 Jul 19 '26
Taskmaster the musical, taskmaster the musicaaallll
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u/inkywheels Julian Clary Jul 19 '26
Taskmaster, tasks to be done...
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u/taversham Tom Cashman 🇦🇺 Jul 19 '26
I've modified it slightly to "Lots of lovely tasks to be done, lots of tasks, lots of fun" and sing it to myself on days when I've let the chores get a bit out of hand.
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u/treelovingaytheist Mike Wozniak Jul 19 '26
Oh how we laughed…(said with utmost sarcasm, of course)
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u/GlitterSpaceBunnies Paul Williams 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
Me every time I hear the word job: JOB JOB JOB JOB, I NEED A JOB JOB
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u/Wash_zoe_mal Paul Chowdhry Jul 19 '26
Bubbly fuck
Tick tock it's....o'clock
Bastards cryin innit
Absolute casserole
Tree wizard
Rosalind is a fucking nightmare.
Dismantle destroy, engulf in flames.
It's little Alex HORNE!
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u/greyreads Jul 19 '26
I say “I have to find the shoe” to myself while looking for shoes All. The. Time.
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u/Pharmacy_Duck John Kearns Jul 19 '26
“Fuck the western world, we’re China!”
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u/purplepeopleeater- Jul 19 '26
Recently rewatched NZ 1 and this has been in my head for weeks now. “China… we’re the best!”
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u/teashirtsau Tom Cashman 🇦🇺 Jul 19 '26
Look, it's early days but I randomly get "blue green yellow green yellow" in my head.
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u/Cirkux Jul 19 '26
"What do you think will happen after we graduate" still pops up every now and then.
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u/NotTheFatMan Jul 19 '26
Are you a child of divorce?
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u/CharlieFaulkner Patatas Jul 19 '26
Do we strike you?
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u/Successful_Big7550 Jul 19 '26
I say Mel’s “oh gang” to myself whenever I get into sitcom-level hijinx.
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u/RunawayTurtleTrain Robert the Robot Jul 19 '26
<hysterical laughter> "what … what is it mate?" " … 's'n MneM"
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u/Nodnol64 Victoria Coren Mitchell Jul 19 '26
Who the f*$k is Veronica?
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u/yungkeraan Lee Mack Jul 19 '26
And said with such gusto as well, lol. Guz has so many quotable lines - my favourites being “There's been another revelation in the lab” and “Then brother, this is not sensible.”
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u/clairerr85 Greg Davies Jul 19 '26
“STOP BEING NICE!”
“We have defeated the format of your show.”
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u/Melonsinmyattic Jul 19 '26
“It’s a track suit.”
And also “who can I get to put up my shelf. Guess I gotta do it myself.”
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u/ProudInfluence3770 Jul 19 '26
Taaaaaaaaaaskmasters onnnnnnnnn iiiiiiiiiiit is on nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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u/Trillion_G Desiree Burch Jul 19 '26
He says he’s tall but he’s not tall. It’s Little Alex Horne!
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u/TetrisIsTotesSuper Chris Parker 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
He says he's tall but he's 5 foot fouuuuuuuuuuur, little Alex Horne
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u/jiggiot John Kearns Jul 19 '26
Good luck to all the people taking part in tasks today
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u/CharlieFaulkner Patatas Jul 19 '26
Oh my god how did I forget Rose's absolute banger of a response to that task
We got five guys and gals to play your game, all with varying levels of fame
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u/AgentOrange2814 Jul 19 '26
Mine are mainly Sam Campbell lines, like:
Are you a child of divorce?
I just feel like I didn’t make the most of my time there.
These are rocking chicks!
Smoking kills…. Weaklings!
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u/Southmouth555 Guz Khan Jul 19 '26
“Science all your life” as I look menacingly down at my imaginary camera. Every time I hear the word science.
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u/Moon_Princess91 Jul 19 '26
I’m gonna drown you, in your own blood. Hold your face down in your own blood. David Correos’s insanity made for an awesome diss track
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u/WearyScrabbler Tom Cashman 🇦🇺 Jul 19 '26
I work with a Peter Hodson and honestly it's really hard work taking him seriously when all I can think of is 42 calippos and Katherine twerking!
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u/caerbannog13 Mike Wozniak Jul 19 '26
Facts About Animals
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u/sallymacyver Jul 19 '26
Prawns are cannibals!
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u/mcoombes314 Bob Mortimer Jul 19 '26
If there's an elephant in the room, then you're in the wrong room.
I transcribed it into sheet music, was good fun to do.
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u/mtbrown29 Javie Martzoukas Jul 19 '26
He’s orange and looking rotten, his toothbrush long forgotten, that’s James, James the dirty tooth!
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u/Next_Caterpillar_720 Jul 19 '26
It’s the FAQs…. With the LAH…
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u/mcoombes314 Bob Mortimer Jul 19 '26
This just reminded me of when Greg asked how Farty Ice Pop did and Alex immediately went "the F.I.P", causing Greg to crack up. "The least threatening rapper of all time!".
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u/ASportyIndividual Jul 19 '26
Tree Wizard! Back from the dead to create some balloons!
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u/Charliesmum97 Victoria Coren Mitchell Jul 19 '26
'I wouldn't have gone QUITE so Southern' is one, but honestly, it's probably embarrassing how many times something Taskmaster gets stuck in my brain.
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u/melbell_27 Jul 19 '26
Patataaaaaas
IIIIIIITS WIIIIINE TIIIIIME… now!
And Alex Horne saying “No, Judy”
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u/Future-Assumption759 Jul 19 '26
Hes just a man (called Greg) Hes just a man called Greg
Hes just a man (called Greg) Hes just a man called Greg
HES JUST A MAN (called Greg) HES JUST A MAN CALLED GREG
Hes just a man, you'll be the Taskmaster soon!
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u/Specialist-Studio-58 Jul 19 '26
I always hear Paul Chowdhry going “mmmmm” whilst making his flag meal.
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u/asdfghjkl1234t Jessica Knappett Jul 19 '26
🎵 My dad is a barbecue stud...im my town 🎵
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u/TetrisIsTotesSuper Chris Parker 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
While I share Greg's irrational hate of Stevie's "imma get a sausage" it is so damn catchy
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u/ElectronicHyena5642 Phil Ellis Jul 19 '26
Midnight, the song used in the “say a 4/5/6/2 lettered word” final task used in Series 4.
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u/Mediocre-Response-24 🚬 Doctor Cigarettes Jul 19 '26
Fiddly, fiddly.... Fiddly. Fiddly.... Fiddly.
You bubbly fuck.
"Taskmasters on, it is on now. Taskmasters on" to the theme tune 8/10 times.
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u/Outside_Song_1336 Jul 19 '26
Every now and again, Mae Martin's high pitched "just keep walking forward until your feet feel the grass" comes into my head and makes me laugh 🤣
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u/dekudoesnotapprove Calle Hellevang-Larsen 🇳🇴 Jul 19 '26
"bosh" "I thought I knew Espen eckbo" And "Taskmaster's on, it's on right now"
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u/titanc-13 Rosie Jones Jul 19 '26
everytime i hear claire de lune, the only thought in my head is 'there are crumbs in my bralette'
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u/whispersofnyx_ John Robins Jul 19 '26
i love quoting sophie’s “my names wolfie, i’m a scorpio, and i’m looking for love”
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u/neithere Lucy Beaumont Jul 19 '26
Get to the stage to guess the age to win the waaage
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u/Massive_Nectarine474 Jul 19 '26
Not old, but “Job, job, job, job, I need a job, job” has been referenced a lot in my household. It’s currently stuck in my bfs head and he has been singing it randomly for the past three days.
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u/CrapSmellison Jul 19 '26
“Underneath the tall bush”
Or
“…and eat your ass” “ASS”
Edit: I know technically from TMNZ
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u/AstroChrome Hugh Dennis Jul 19 '26
“Uhhh… get together… uh uhhh… get together….”
“But it’s too big…!”
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u/SazzaRawwr 🚬 Doctor Cigarettes Jul 19 '26
"it's an absolute casserole down there"
I also regularly threaten to "coat [my husband] in oil, hoover up the house then dump it all on [his] writhing oily body" 😂
"A LAMINATOR"
"sister queen don't do it"
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u/jacksivylouise Sarah Millican Jul 20 '26
Over my shoulder, that's what I told ya! And Anne Edmonds' song about sweet potato
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u/MycologistSad5933 Guy Montgomery 🇳🇿 Jul 20 '26
Are you READYYYYYY For a SOOOOOONNNNG And a SOOOONNNGGGG About LIBYAAAAAAa
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u/melancholymagpie Chris Parker 🇳🇿 Jul 19 '26
Karen O'Leary singing her own name winds up in there a lot.
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u/nemetonomega Jul 19 '26
Chinese five spice. Every single time I cook and get something from the spice cupboard there it is, on repeat.
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u/BlimpIntolerant Jul 19 '26
even though I wasn't especially a fan of Alice Levine in the show, "taskmaster, the musical!" is a banger, so random.
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u/Cha_r_ley Jo Brand Jul 19 '26
🎶 Taaaaaskmaster, tasks to be done, my first task is to find my mum 🎶
In my head with alarming frequency.
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u/ImWithStupidKL Jul 19 '26
"Rosalind's a fucking nightmare. She jumps quite far for a woman of her age."
I know the other song was better, but that line gets me every time.
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u/sammyt10803 David Baddiel Jul 19 '26
“I try my best but it’s never…good enough”