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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Multiple broadcasters were wary of Alex Horne's pitch of the show, and even when Dave picked it up it was only for a single season, and they suggested multiple tweaks to key parts of the format. ''Taskmaster'' ended up as a cult hit and Dave's most successful original program, eventually moving to Channel 4 (who had rejected ''Taskmaster'' before Dave picked it up).
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Multiple broadcasters were wary of Alex Horne's pitch of the show, and even when Dave picked it up it was only for a single season, and they suggested multiple tweaks to key parts of the format. ''Taskmaster'' ended up as a cult hit and Dave's most successful original program, eventually moving to Channel 4 (who had rejected ''Taskmaster'' before Dave picked it up).up) and becoming a global phenomenon.
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*** Its American popularity is so great that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsJTS8KldvE Davies and Horne were interviewed]] on ''Series/LateNightWithSethMeyers'', where [[Creator/SethMeyers Meyers]] even admitted that his production crew was more excited to meet them than any other guest they've had on his show.
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*** Its American popularity is so great that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsJTS8KldvE Davies and Horne were interviewed]] on ''Series/LateNightWithSethMeyers'', where ''Series/LateNightWithSethMeyers''. [[Creator/SethMeyers Meyers]] even admitted that his production crew was more excited to meet them than any other guest they've had on his show.show, and Davies and Horne said that not only were people recognising them in New York, the soldiers at the American embassy where the two got their visas recognised Davies and put down their guns to ask him for a selfie!
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** It was initially believed that [[AmericansHateTingle Americans couldn't get into]] ''Taskmaster'', what with the failure of both [[Series/TaskmasterUS the American adaptation]] and an attempt to bring the UK original to a U.S. network. [[https://taskmastersupermaxplus.vhx.tv/ With the launch of Taskmaster SuperMax+,]] however, it has been revealed that about a ''third'' of all views on the ''Taskmaster'' [=YouTube=] channel comes from North America.
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** It was initially believed that [[AmericansHateTingle Americans couldn't get into]] ''Taskmaster'', what with the failure of both [[Series/TaskmasterUS the American adaptation]] and an attempt to bring the UK original to a U.S. network. [[https://taskmastersupermaxplus.vhx.tv/ With the launch of Taskmaster SuperMax+,]] however, it has been revealed that about a ''third'' of all views on the ''Taskmaster'' [=YouTube=] channel comes from North America.
America. The show's American (and international) popularity is likely the reason why not only Taskmaster [=SuperMax+=] exists to begin with, but also why the show now uploads new episodes the day after UK broadcast on the official [=YouTube=] channel.
*** Its American popularity is so great that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsJTS8KldvE Davies and Horne were interviewed]] on ''Series/LateNightWithSethMeyers'', where [[Creator/SethMeyers Meyers]] even admitted that his production crew was more excited to meet them than any other guest they've had on his show.
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*** Its American popularity is so great that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsJTS8KldvE Davies and Horne were interviewed]] on ''Series/LateNightWithSethMeyers'', where [[Creator/SethMeyers Meyers]] even admitted that his production crew was more excited to meet them than any other guest they've had on his show.
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*** Richard Osman getting away with an interpretation of the task that fit the letter of the rules instead of the spirit of the rules is considered by many, including most notably Ed Gamble, as the point where Taskmaster started to become something beyond another GameShow and into its own.
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*** Richard Osman getting away with an interpretation of the task that fit the letter of the rules instead of the spirit of the rules is considered by many, including most notably Ed Gamble, as the point where Taskmaster ''Taskmaster'' started to become something beyond another GameShow and into its own.
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** Paul Sinha's ineptitude at many of the tasks in Series 8 was often played for laughs in the show, as is typical. But some of these jokes became less funny when he revealed that: he was very busy and had to squeeze ''TM'' between shooting back-to-back episodes of ''[[Series/TheChaseGameShow The Chase]]'', recovering from shoulder surgery and taking powerful painkillers, and was unknowingly [[https://sinhahablog.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/diagnosed/ experiencing the early symptoms of Parkinson's Disease]][[note]]Clips of his time on ''TM'' have subsequently been used to teach medical students about what to look for when diagnosing the disease[[/note]]. After going public with his diagnosis, Sinha [[https://twitter.com/paulsinha/status/1139622227975004160?lang=en quipped]] that the condition was only a very small part of why he did poorly, so he at least has managed to maintain a sense of humour about it.
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** Paul Sinha's ineptitude at many of the tasks in Series 8 was often played for laughs in the show, as is typical. But some of these jokes became less funny when he revealed that: he was very busy and had to squeeze ''TM'' between shooting back-to-back episodes of ''[[Series/TheChaseGameShow The Chase]]'', ''Series/{{The Chase|GameShow}}'', recovering from shoulder surgery and taking powerful painkillers, and was unknowingly [[https://sinhahablog.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/diagnosed/ experiencing the early symptoms of Parkinson's Disease]][[note]]Clips of his time on ''TM'' have subsequently been used to teach medical students about what to look for when diagnosing the disease[[/note]]. After going public with his diagnosis, Sinha [[https://twitter.com/paulsinha/status/1139622227975004160?lang=en quipped]] that the condition was only a very small part of why he did poorly, so he at least has managed to maintain a sense of humour about it.
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** In Series 16, Lucy bites Alex's toes as part of her performance piece for the heads, shoulders, knees, and toes task. It does not get much focus in the actual episode, but in the outtakes for this task, Lucy claims that his toes tasted like Dairylea cheese, something which prompts the audience to groan loudly and the cast to show their visible disgust.
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** In Series 16, Lucy bites Alex's toes as part of her performance piece for the heads, shoulders, knees, and toes task. It does not get much focus addressed in the actual episode, episode broadcast, but in the outtakes for this task, Lucy claims that his toes tasted like Dairylea cheese, something which prompts the audience to groan loudly and the cast to show their visible disgust.
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** Series 17: Steve Pemberton dons a black shirt with a tuxedo printed on it and John Robins goes full Music/FreddieMercury in the iconic yellow jacket and white trousers, but Nick Mohammed takes the cake with a full vampire costume which may be one of the craziest and most elaborate task outfits yet.
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** Series 17: Steve Pemberton dons a black shirt with a tuxedo printed on it and John Robins goes full Music/FreddieMercury in the iconic yellow jacket and white trousers, jacket, but Nick Mohammed takes the cake with a full vampire costume which may be one of the craziest and most elaborate task outfits yet.
