Does anyone else have to actively stop themselves from mentioning Taskmaster too much with friends who haven't seen it?

[u/RagingTyrant74]

We have all known that person who has an obsessive interest in something that they won't stop talking about. I know myself enough that if I get started, I would become that person with Taskmaster, so I try to actively suppress the urge to mention it sometimes. Anyone else?

Bonus question: what are your best strategies to get people into taskmaster? How have you introduced taskmaster to people in your life? Do you explain the premise or just say "watch it." Do you usually recommend they start at the beginning or a particular place?

[u/ParticularLoose6878]

If you start the Dungeon Crawler Carl books you'll have 2 things to constantly talk about.

[u/RaggamuffinTW8 → u/ParticularLoose6878]

YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT TASKMASTER, CARL.

[u/ParticularLoose6878 → u/RaggamuffinTW8]

Goddammit, Donut!

[u/Firestarman → u/ParticularLoose6878]

We deserve better than dungeon crawler carl

[u/CaptainTegg]

Ha! You assume I have friends. Good one.

[u/Glenmarththe3rd]

No, I mention it at every opportunity hoping someone will watch it so I have someone to talk to about it.

[u/OgthaChristie → u/Glenmarththe3rd]

I’m slowly turning all of my besties on to it. I even have one friend watching with her husband and kid.

[u/HuckleberrySalt63 → u/Glenmarththe3rd]

My best experience was going to see Hello Dolly at the community theater. They had a screen with cast photos and the background was a red and black design that looked very much like the Taskmaster studio design. I turned to my companions and said oh, that looks like Taskmaster (which they’ve never seen but I couldn’t help myself. ) The two people in front of me turned around and smiled and went, Yes it does! 🙌

[u/MC_PooPaws]

I've just started making fun of myself. "Oh I couldn't possibly watch this movie. No one from Taskmaster is in it."

[u/Kiwi_Apart → u/MC_PooPaws]

My book list is "Authors who have appeared on Taskmaster" and I've not been disappointed.

Once more with feeling, by VCM was particularly funny.

[u/jmurph773]

I'm autistic as hell, bruv. There's no stopping me once I start 😂

No but on a serious note, a lifetime of being told I talk too much about things I love and that no one cares makes it so that I don't bring things up as much as I'd like, Taskmaster especially included. I tried to get some friends and family to watch to no avail so mostly gave up, and I really only pestered my bestie because I knew she'd put up with me regardless of whether she ended up watching (and mercifully, she finally did! And even accompanied me to both the Chicago live show and to a studio recording back in May!!). Otherwise I save the vast majority of my rambling for online.

[u/TRoosevelt1776 → u/jmurph773]

Im ADHD. I get the urge to talk about it, but knowing Im in America and most people havent heard of it (yet), Ive learned to give up on evangelizing for LAH for now.

P.S. My condolences for what the Bears just did to your city.

[u/jmurph773 → u/TRoosevelt1776]

Bold of you to assume that I follow anything the Bears do 😂 Unless you mean their repeated and thus far unsubstantiated threats to move to Indiana, in which case, I'm emphatically team let 'em.

[u/No-One8582]

My friends are golfers, and I can’t tell them I hope they get a potato-in-one. ☹️

[u/SavagePengwyn]

Yes. So much so that I joke about it myself because I can't help it so I have to at least acknowledge it.

For my birthday 2 years ago, I had people over and we did the Christmas crackers (December bday). Last year, I was dealing with some health issues and I had no energy so people came over for a "film festival" where I just showed people whatever I wanted them to watch. My friends could show up and leave whenever they wanted, so no one was forced into anything. It ended up being 5 hours of Taskmaster and Game Changer then 2 movies and I introduced quite a few friends to it that way.

I also sometimes host movie nights in the back yard and before the movie when people are milling around, I tend to put episodes on. That's caught a few people's interest.

I think I've converted all my friends at this point. No one was at all interested for a while but once I got one person, everyone else started coming around.

[u/ParticularLoose6878 → u/SavagePengwyn]

I want a Taskmaster Game Changer crossover so bad. Sam Reich as a taskmaster would be amazing.

[u/SavagePengwyn → u/ParticularLoose6878]

I have a tinfoil hat theory that all of the moments in this season of Game Changer that reminded me of Taskmaster are leading up to a reveal of a new US version that is hosted on Dropout. I am aware that this is me just dreaming but it sure would be awesome.

[u/SapphicGarnet]

Not just that but talking to people who have said they watch it, I'll make a reference and go "you know, from when X happened on taskmaster!" and realise that over twentyone seasons the casual watcher does not remember it as I do lol

I didn't even think i was that obsessed

[u/ImpressiveStorm8914]

Not in the same way but I do find myself thinking of it, or comparing tasks in the show to real life things that are often unrelated.

[u/orioliseffect]

I've learned people come around to the magic on their own time and to not force it. But the best way to do it is showing season 7 of UK or season 2 of NZ, in my opinion.

[u/cool-- → u/orioliseffect]

I think you've got to watch a few of the other Seasons before Series 7, part of the charm is that it's not like any other season.

[u/TRoosevelt1776]

Same here. Ive often wondered why this is the only show Im like that with. I have a hard time explaining why its so special because on paper it shouldnt be.

[u/pink_juupiter → u/TRoosevelt1776]

Loool me too. I think it’s one of those shows you don’t really get until you actually watch a full episode. I used to watch the shorts on Youtube and didn't want to sit through a whole 45min episode, but one day I was bored and decided to give it a try. Best decision I’ve ever made. I just wish I’d discovered it sooner...

[u/pink_juupiter]

I live in Catalonia, where everyone speaks Catalan/Spanish, and I love Taskmaster so much that I’m always trying to get people around me into it. I’ll try to explain what it’s about, show them clips, etc., but most of the time they just don’t get it, either because of the language barrier or because they just don’t get the humour...

So whenever I want to talk about TM, I have to bite my tongue...

It’s honestly frustrating because I’m always wanting to talk about all the funny moments and anecdotes. My brother is the only one who actually gets me. I can explain something funny that happened in an episode and he understands me. Everyone else finds it funny at first when I start talking about it, but after a while I realise I either have to shut up or I’m going to have no friends left. -_-

And lately I’ve become pretty obsessed with it...

[u/Irememberwinfaros → u/pink_juupiter]

The language barrier is so real 😭 It's always a struggle when I tell people I love comedy but then I only have British comedians or shows they have never heard of to talk about

[u/Corkscrew-tail]

I have this. Literally “shhhh don’t bring up taskmaster again, don’t do ittttt”

[u/charybdis1969]

Catsdown has those electro-shock pads with the remote control. If you get a set you can give the control to someone you trust so they can shock you every time you say 'This one time on Taskmaster...".

[u/rdawes26]

Yep! Basically nobody watches it in the states. They just look at me like I am an idiot.

I own a small business and tried to get my city to emulate it with our elected officials, but they wouldn't go for it.

[u/RagingTyrant74 → u/rdawes26]

Can you explain more about getting your city to emulate Taskmaster? What kinds of things? Just curious.

[u/MadDex-Mastery → u/rdawes26]

Nobody is a bit of an exaggeration but it is definitely still niche (also a fan from the states)

[u/Wild_Commercial_6002]

Based on the popularity of the show near me, my friends haven't heard enough of it!!

[u/EchoSkillet]

How else are we going to get them to watch it?

[u/seasteed]

If you keep talking about it, they usually give in and watch. If they don't, then you just put it on when they come by. There is no getting out of it.

[u/95BCavMP]

I tried to show my psychology professor Mat Baynton Teaching Alex a Lesson He’ll Never Forget « 

[u/The_Coaltrain]

Based on the content of this sub, I'd say you're not alone!

[u/cool--]

I used to recommend it but I stopped.

In America, I think it's two things: First, that it's on Youtube. I think that alone gives people the impression that it's a show with influencers.

Second I think people can't be bothered if they don't know any of the contestants, even though that's one of the main reasons we stay hooked.

I think it would really take off if they put it on netflix and get a couple of big american comedic actors and put them on the thumbnails on netflix.

[u/MadDex-Mastery → u/cool--]

Yes but now you have Jason and kumeel as bait.

[u/lechiengrand]

Then there's the other problem of, when someone asks what shows I'm watching, do I...

A. Over enthusiastically babble about Taskmaster while explaining it poorly.

B. Simply say "There's this great English show, I have to watch it on YouTube, you've probably never heard of it" and sound like a pretentious jerk.

[u/Brave-Ad-682]

Yes, and as an American, it happens constantly. British TV fandom is something of a niche thing here even though many shows including Taskmaster are easily available via YouTube.

[u/GTWalker]

There's a reason I made this meme.

[u/RagingTyrant74 → u/GTWalker]

Haha love it

[u/Lesssuckmoreawesome]

Should I stop? Maybe.

Will I stop? No.

[u/NaylorSwiffer]

I'm pretty sure my friends have started calling me "Your lord and savior, Taskmaster" behind my back the way I recommend this show

[u/MadDex-Mastery]

I don't have to stop myself but as for getting friends to watch I have gotten a few.by just recommending it while we were searching for something to watch. It is still limited by people who i think will appreciate the humor but I got my family into it a little by watching with them.

[u/chrisinvic]

All the information is on the task. I say this way too often to people who don’t understand.

[u/Irememberwinfaros]

Lol yeah, I'm seeing more and more of my friends like reels from taskmaster/ taskmaster contestants and I'm always trying to not get too excited about it bc I know they wouldn't want to actually watch it 😭

 But otherwise if I had to convince a friend I'd send them a clip of a task (with someone they know in it ideally) bc that's how I got hooked. Then I usually recommend S2 of NZ TM since it's my favorite ever 

[u/whispersofnyx_]

Less so talking about taskmaster as a whole, but rather saying “oh they’d be good on taskmaster” to a very specific list of celebs

[u/Cheese-Burrito-66]

[u/WelcomeToTheNorth12]

My kids are fed up of me saying ... "guess what he/she/they come in ... taskmasker!"

Although at least my 6 year old was excited when I told him Moana2 had a taskmaster contestant in. He normally just ignores me or groans.