Taskmaster The Podcast - Ep 149. *Series 16 Winner* - S16 Ep.10

Episode Date: November 23, 2023

On the last podcast of Series 16 Ed gets to talk to the winner about all the favourite moments on the show. If you haven't watched the final episode make sure you catch up before listening to this podcast. Thanks so much for joining Ed and all of the wonderful guests we've had on, it's been another brilliant series with a fantastic line up. We will be back soon with some festive TM fun and some other treats to keep all you Taskmaster podcast fans happy! To get all your Taskmaster merch INCLUDING our festive crackers visit taskmasterstore.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Who is that winner? I'm about to say the name of the winner. So if for some reason you're listening to this and you haven't watched the final episode of Taskmaster Series 16 yet, go away and watch it. Seriously, because I'm about to spoil it for you if you don't know. I'm giving you a chance now. Go. Okay, now, go. Okay, here we go.

Our special guest today is the winner of Taskmaster Series 16. This is your last chance. Sam Campbell! Yes, Sam has been very strong throughout the whole series. It looked, you know, it was getting pretty close last week and going into this episode, I guess he could have dropped the ball. But he did not. He had a good final episode. It is

a pleasure to speak to Sam. I can't wait to see what he comes out this time, because obviously we had him much earlier on in the series, and now we get to speak to him as the victor of Taskmaster 16 and future champion of Champions competitor as well. Very, very excited to speak to Sam. Let's just crack on with it. We all love this series. It'll be fun to talk about this episode. This is Taskmaster series 16 episode 10, as discussed by Sam Campbell. Welcome the champion of Taskmaster series 16, Sam Campbell. Thank you. Congratulations. Oh, you're being a... Thanks so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Happy boy. Of course. Yeah, I can't believe it just yeah

Thanks to everyone who's yeah, been on the ride with me Is this what you wanted when you came into the into the taskmaster situation? You were like, hey, I want to win this I wanted to take on the gong Is this what you genuinely wanted? You thought I'm going to have a good one. I had my eye on the throat and I was ready for it. I needed it. Some of the other people they wanted it.

I needed it. Yeah, I could see that in your... No, I was, I don't know, yeah, I guess it was crazy. I couldn't believe it. And of course this means you get to do it again at some point in the future, champion of champions. Hmm. But that's, yeah, it's gonna be a long time off

because you are the first in a new lineup of champion of champions. And we haven't even seen the second champion, the third champion of champions yet. So any, obviously we don't know future contestants. If you could put together your dream lineup for champion of champions. Oh really?

Yeah, who'd your reckon would be on it with you? Bender from Future Armor. I would also... LAUGHTER I would have... Mini me? Mini me, yes. Van Troyer.

Yeah. Jua Lipa. Yeah. How many more do I need? One more? One more? One more. Another woman, ideally. Oh great, great stuff.

Yeah, Trinity from the Matrix. Yeah, there you go. That's a good line up that. Yeah. Who do you want to be on a team with and that? Probably a Bender from Future Armor. Yeah. I just think he'd be a laugh.

Ha ha ha. I just think he'd be a laugh. LAUGHTER What are you most proud of in the series, episodes 1-9, that you did? Oh, I really liked one where I was called Dr. Sigeretz. And I was promoting Sigeretz and being... Yes, this was where you had to come up with a nickname for yourself and then show why you got that nickname and you became Dr. Siggaret. I think Dr. Siggaret is going to be a big thing for you going forward. Oh, I hope so. I think you could almost rename yourself Dr. Siggaret and travel the country. Well, you are what you, you know, smoke 50 of a day.

The old phrase. You know smoke 50 of a day. That's the old phrase. Ziggy's. Personal highlight for me in terms of absolutely nailing a task on your part was being underneath things. Okay. You absolutely smashed that. Oh, thank you.

You attacked it with ferocity. Yeah. And I don't think anybody else went for it as hard as you did. I really went for it. You were underneath a lot of things. I'm underneath it. I remember you had to go, I'm underneath it. Water bottle, I'm underneath it. Yeah remember you had to go, I'm underneath it. Water bottle, I'm underneath it.

Yeah. Yeah. I thought it was excellent. We do actually have to talk about as well the outfits. Okay. Do you want to talk about the outfits? Yeah, Susan Macoma wore kind of glittering dungaries. I was super against wearing a vote for Pedro shirt.

Yes. Kind of a smart blazer. Lucy had a series of amazing outfits. Um, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Pretty me on the little glass stage and pretty me under the microscope. Yes, you're on a little slide. Put him in the clip and get him right on top. I'm underneath it. You had gray outfits for episode one to nine. Yeah. And then really went for it in episode 10. Yeah, I found my voice.

When did you first come up with this idea? Because it was an incredibly conceptual approach to the studio. I wanted to go all white. And they said we can't film that. Right. Yeah. I think Grey's funnier. Yeah, yeah, I'm glad they were. Because some of the grey outfits were absolutely incredible.

Like I was thinking these are very well put together grey outfits. And then... That's all Patrick. Patrick nailed it. Patrick, was that all Patrick? Yeah. And then some of them, you look like you'd been in Youth Prison. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Straight out of juvenile depression. Straight out of Juvie. But the hair and the outfit in the final episode, absolutely stunning.

Oh, thanks. You sent me a picture of that hair when you first did it. Okay. And I did think you'd actually done that to your hair. Yeah, yeah. But it was a wig, right? Yeah, well, it's a result, you know? Yeah, it was a wig.

I wanted to get it dyed, but they didn't have time because of the, you shoot six episodes in a day, so there wasn't, or whatever it is, you know, you shoot multiples in a day. Yeah, two. Well, yeah, let's not get into, yeah. Two episodes. Well, of course, Mike was in the act shaved his hair

into a mohawk for the final episode. Yeah. So they had time for that. Yeah. Some of the film that you should have word with them. Clearly don't value you. But congratulations. Thank you.

Anything you want to say, any speeches you want to give is the winner of Taskmaster? Mm. Because you don't get a chance at the end, right? You just have to stand there with the head. So it feels like you should get a chance to give a public address to your adoring fans. Yeah, okay, let me see, she does. Ooh, yeah.

I just think to anyone out there who watches that kind of thing and sees, you know, anyone can do it. Yeah, anyone can do it. Cool. So let's talk about the Let's talk about the pro shout out to my fans shout out to everyone who's backed me up. Um, people who have doubted me. Yeah, fucking devils in the snow. Yeah, and snakes in my temples. You're downed me, fucking devil's in the snow. And snakes in my temples. Yeah, yeah, watch out now. How do you like me now? People who doubted me and spoke about me, you know.

Devils in the snow. Talk about me behind my back. You're behind my back, you're already in my shadow. I fucking fold you up like a Brompton, you fucking. Yeah, that's the sort of thing I was after thank you Sam the prize task for this final episode of series 16 of Taskmaster, the thing that when you turn it around, it gives you the biggest shock. Now, let's talk about your straightaway.

It only gets two points, which I can see why, but I feel like it deserved more to give it the truer claim that the crafting deserved. Was this another co-lub? No, I made this, yeah. You made this. Yeah. Now, I think the issue with the baby was that the back's quite horrific as well. Yeah. So it wasn't like a sweet little baby head. I thought it was quite a quite sweet. But you could see the way it went. I wouldn't mind sniffing its fontanelle. I think you could tell from the back it had been molded with a malevolent spirit. Okay. I feel like, and also, I think you marked down because Greg had got to know you over those

10 episodes. So he knows even from, you know, episode one was Pinocchio. This, I'm going to sound insane, but I really felt a connection with that guy. Yeah. How old is he? He's in his, uh, his 50s still. I, you know, people go, oh, if you were buddy, you know, 20 years younger, I would, if he was young,

I think we would be friends. Yeah, well I'm from friends with him. Yeah, I don't think you need to worry about the age gap. I want to get his phone number and stuff like that. You want to go to his house and stuff? I'm going to go to the Grat Show Club with him and cause trouble. LAUGHTER By someone's ear off. I think yeah I could tell he he likes your vibe. Yeah. I think you get on you get on pretty well. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Is that bad to say? Like I just

felt yeah. I think it's a lovely thing. Yeah. Yeah. We can say you feel the connection with another man. That's all right. Yeah. Well I just think know, you can just tell where you're like, this guy, he likes his kind of humor, and it's really exciting. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. The baby though, he enjoyed, but didn't mark you down. Yeah, yeah. A horrible green eyes on the baby.

Yeah. Well, do you still have the baby? Do they let you keep the baby? I don't know, I think Julian has the baby. Julian has the baby? Yeah, maybe, yeah. Do you really think Julian took that baby home with him? Maybe popped it on top of the bum table, do you think the bum table and the baby on top? I can't say what happened to that baby. I gave away a lot of stuff as gifts, the pelocchio, I gave to someone, I gave most of the stuff away.

Really? But that should go into museum somewhere. But just, you know my living situation is so precarious. I just don't have, you know what I mean? A lot of my stuff is in, you know, like the blue plastic bag. Yeah. That's where I keep a lot of my stuff. And I'm just walking around, yeah.

I'm not like, you've got no fix to bow. No. No. You know when people ask for your address, you're like, I couldn't tell you. I'm a bad blue bag. I honestly don't know my middle name Like I have one but they just I it's got like no one's told you it. I think something's happened to me. Yeah, as it been redacted. Yeah, potentially Do you know my I've got two middle names. Oh, yeah, do you know them? No What are they? Do you know my, I've got two middle names? Oh yeah? Do you know them? No.

What are they? Stevenson Jamison. Really? Yes. What do you have here to a whiskey fortune? What is this? Come on. Stevenson was my middle name. Anyway, then Jamison is my wife's surname.

I see you've added that in. We added each other's middle names. It's surname's as as middle names rather than change around any surnames. Oh yeah. Yeah. And then we had to read them out of the wedding and people laughed out loud. It's not necessarily what you want at a wedding ceremony when you say I Edward, Stevenson,

Jameson, gamble. Yeah. I mean, I like kind of them on their side. Like even when you say, oh, you know, I've got two middle names. It's like, well, do you know you've gone just to added one? Oh, you think they were laughing because I was claiming to have two middle names. And it was a lot of... Where were they laughing? Because it sounds ridiculous.

Yeah, why have you added in those? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. For love? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But love should be private. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER LAUGHTER Oh, so brings in a cardboard cutout of a naked Alex horn.

Only got one point. I thought it was nice because it gives you a big shot because you're expecting the front and it's the naked back and it's naked. Yeah, it was a good switchery. When did he post for that as well, I want to know. Oh, that's a good question. No, because we it was good. It was good. Yeah, it was good. Yeah, it was good. Yeah, it was good. Yeah, it was good.

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disgusted by Alex's naked form. He is a gingerbread person with a disgusting body. Susan brought in vanilla ice cream, bogstand of vanilla ice cream, and on the back, it let you know that included in the ingredients is like the anal secretions of a beaver. Yes. Which apparently isn't aions of a beaver. Yes. Which apparently isn't a lot of vanilla ice cream. Were you aware of this beforehand?

I'm no, I didn't know that. Did it put your off eating vanilla ice cream? No, I did anything. Yeah. Yeah. You'd eat anything. Yeah. If it tasted nice or you'd just eat anything.

I'd just eat anything. Just walking around with your blue bag, picking stuff off the floor. Yeah. What a life. The life of a champion. You can call it a life, I wouldn't. I think this was shocking. I think it's educated the public. I think it's going to really damage ice cream sales from now on. Yeah, what kind of a storm? Yeah, what kind of a storm? So it's called what kind of a storm. But called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called, it's called it always like this, like the finale, it was like a celebration and everyone was killing it and crushing it.

Yeah, it was straight-file. I think it is normally like that because everyone's relaxed. It's the 10th episode you filmed together. So everyone knows each other's vibe. There's an unspoken thing. Yeah, and he was really on. Like Alex, it's kind of, you know, most of the other ones, like he's there, but he's really on like Alex. Yeah, it's kind of you know, most of the other ones like he's not like he's there But he's not you know there. Yeah, but he really was like on form. He was just killing

Yeah, and they had to cut a lot of a lot of stuff But he was like I was like let's get a heat check this guy's on fire But he was being so funny. It was a phenomenal episode Everything he says gets like a round of applause like people go and like go go People love that guy. Yeah people truly love that. And I guess it's that thing of like, it feels like the last day of school, right? So everyone's just having a good time throwing things out there more relaxed, that makes for better comedy.

I think he did have a lot of mistresses in, but yeah, he was just like, he was just in the fire. I think Susan would have struggled to beat Julian and Lucy here, even though the vanilla ice cream was a very, very good effort. Because I mean, okay, Lucy brings out in a cut out bit of her hair from when she was a kid that was wrapped up, that her mum then used as a light switch in the downstairs bathroom. Yeah. It really makes Lucy make a lot more sense, I think, when you hear about

her childhood and things like that, because that is just... It's like something from a one-key kids book or something that you would use your kids' hair to... I mean, you're looking at me as if to say that's perfectly normal, that's a bit of my shit. I always just stopped myself when we recorded. I would always be nodding whenever Lucy was talking to me, and I was like, wait a second. I would just always love going on those trains. Yeah. Yeah. Cause you would like, yeah, this makes sense. I'm with you. And with you all the way.

You won't ever baffled by stories like her hair being used as a like cord. I don't know. Yeah, I kind of got it. I mean, my parents didn't keep my baby teeth, but they did keep every scab I ever had. They said it's for Project X. They said Project X will be revealed soon. Jamison Stevenson. I think it's a phenomenal prize anyway. I'm glad she saved this one for the last episode of Thing is absolutely brilliant. But Julian was always going to win with this backstory. His friends actually.

Totally made up, by the way, surely, where he goes, oh, this was the friend's favourite show. You think anyone in his circles watches Taskmaster? Yeah, it's exactly what I'm saying. He's friends with movies and shakers, they see plays, they don't watch it. No one's going to question it on the show, of course they're not. I believe that his friends ashes are in that earn. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

That totally fits with how I imagine Julian's life is. It's a beautiful vase and says, shift on the back when you turn it around. That's the biggest shock. But it really feels like the information about his friend's favorite show being Taskmaster was thrown in right at the end. That was a fabrication.

And he started trying. I don't know when, but at some point someone told him that you film another episode after, if you win, and suddenly, he didn't know, like he really didn't know anything about that, and suddenly, you can see the gears start to sh- Yeah. Yeah.

And the foot goes on the gas. He begins to try ever so slightly. You'll notice, you'll notice the tiniest bit. And I'm a fan of the guy foot goes on the gas. He begins to try ever so slightly. You would notice you would notice the tiny It's been and I'm a fan of the guy worship the guy. Yes as we know But yeah, so you know, maybe that was a fabrication if it's not with course of politics He does he doesn't suffer fools so we don't get along, but he is an incredible Yeah, I think it's made up the earned. Although the person who was now inside the Earth watched Tastmaster.

Oh, really? I think so. So it was a- Is that what we're saying? Yeah. I think it is made up. Yeah. It possibly is as well.

But still a beautiful thing. Sorry, I forgot to take my ferragl open this morning. It is the UK's number one iron supplement. I think still a stunning prize probably still would have got the five points if he hadn't thrown the thing about his friend watching Taskmaster because not the first time ashes have ever been brought on to Taskmaster it's the first time human ashes have ever been brought on to Taskmaster. Oh, what were the other ashes?

David Will brought in the ashes of his cat. Oh, really? Yes. Yeah. The prize tasks were David's strength, but unfortunately his weakness was everything else. So it was five points for Julie and four points for Lucy. Three points for Susan, two points for you Sam, and one point for Sue.

Are you starting to worry at this point at the record? Two points to kick off the final episode. I mean, this sounds like conspiratorial, and you know me, I'm pretty out there. But I really think that they wanted, I think everyone kind of wanted it to be closer. Yeah. And that, yeah. I don't, but I don't think they, I don't know,

I don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but I think they just, you know, let it happen as it happens. I feel like that's what I wanted. I wanted it to be down to the wire. Yes, yeah, it's better TV, but yeah, let it happen as it happens. I feel like that's what I wanted. I wanted it to be dead to the wire. Yes. Yeah, it's better TV, but, um, yeah, still. Two points for the baby. LAUGHTER So you said... My prize is some vanilla ice cream.

I actually have it here for you, Greg. Oh, I'm good. Isn't something horrible, though. Oh! LAUGHTER Mmm. Let's make that a human brats milk. It's something horrible though. Oh! It's made out of human breath and milk. Now, would you turn the label around? Yeah, and that's the ingredients. I make sure of any of the creations you're in a beef.

It's a standard ingredient in vanilla ice cream, castorium. Are you serious? I'm so... If all caught beef, a person. Not all of them, but I'm a good ingredient in vanilla ice cream castorium. Are you serious? I'm sorry. If all got beaver-pettin. Not all of them, but that one, yes. It's normally categorized under natural ingredients, so you won't know that you're sucking on some secretion of beaver. But where are all these beavers? LAUGHTER

Task one, do something shocking, but family-friendly with this doughnut. Most shocking doughnut deed wins. You have 15 minutes, your time starts. Now, let's talk about your effort here, Sam. Yes. The bikini-clad character doughnuts. Ooh.

Which you were ways... This guy's got a big stiffy. Oh, honest. Oh, honest, it was a very sexy donut. Yes. Well done. I mean, is it family friendly? To put a bikini on a donut and go, ooh.

Yeah, I think so. Look at this sexy lady. I think Bugs Bunny would often do some of those things. Bugs Bunny would, yeah, dress up as a sexy lady rabbit, right? Yeah, yeah. But then of course, there was Lula Bunny, who was Bug Bunny's girlfriend in Space Jam, who's widely considered to be one of the sexiest rabbits of all time. Would you not say? You're responsible for a lot of that width.

Why be? Yeah. But I thought this was great. I mean, initially, when you just started waving the donut around in the bikini, I was like, is this what, is this the, just a tempting, yeah. It's just this it, is this just a tempt Alex, but then putting it on the roof, and your plan all along was hoping a bird came and came and attacked the donut.

And it worked. Well, it's sort of knocked her off, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wanted it more of a feast in here. Yeah, you wanted the feast in here. I thought it was shocking because you know this the birds are around there. Yeah. All the time.

They're kind of part of the, I guess, the visual language of the show is kind of, you know, pineapple, swimming goes as grows. Yeah. I mean, I thought it was an amazing image. It's just a bit of chummy fun. Yeah, I saw. It's not that great.

And you got up there on the roof. They very rarely let people do anything roof based. Yeah. Did you have to convince them to let you do something there? Well, they knew that I was used to that kind of thing. Going up on the roof. Yeah. Why are you used to that kind of thing?

That's how I got booked for the show. I was on top of the building and they said, away, come down, I go, no way. They go, we'll put you on the show. What building are you on top of? What's the call, the Shard? Yeah. Ha ha ha.

So any sort of budding comedians who may be listening, you know how to get books on Tarsmas today. You've got to go up to the top of the Shard. Yeah, yeah. Although that might not work now. All right, I'm trying to think, advice for budding comedians to get on the show. Yeah, that's good, that's a good angle. It's just literally who your manager

is. Yeah. You need someone in your corner. Yeah. Amazing that we've talked already about you sort of being on the same page as Lucy at times. Yeah. You used the real bird. Yeah, did you think there was like synergy here? Yeah, loosing credible. Yeah, that was your first thought was to go bird base. Yeah, both bird base and it was almost like she was the bird that I heard. Well, if you summoned, it felt like Lucy had got so into character that she turned into a bird and hung around at the house and then and then not the doughnut off. Yeah. Amazing. I mean, this is I think Lucy's interpretation of this was perfect. I would have been, if I'd been in this series, I would have been so jealous of this.

To dress up as a bird, eat the doughnut, regurgitate it, and then feed it to Alex, is absolutely, just like twisted brilliantly, I loved it. I thought she should have gone straight into his mouth. That's exactly what I've written down to him. She should have gobbled, she should have really chewed it out, gobbled it straight into his mouth, like a proper bird. That, I mean, it was disgusting enough already, maybe.

And in terms of grossness, we'll talk about seasons in a bit. Oh, yeah, that was amazing, because it's like she's like, you know, her thing is went to Rada, Classically Train. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My God did she have like an incredible, like that's just, yeah. Yeah, yeah. This whole episode, can I just say this I want to say like a sick of it you know like we're looking the booted and stuff this episode is a celebration

Yeah, it was fantastic Quick point of order You know when Greg says Alex Ali anything we were at a wedding once and I told him sweet a patabata and he did yeah my wedding Oh really was my wedding little first one or second one The main one We did renew our vows actually so it's a good question Wait, what is we renewed our vows though? Oh, yeah, when are honeymoon in Vegas? I've played dodgeball with your wife at the barbican. Yes, that's true with your wife at the barbican. Yes, that's true.

I mean, that sounds like something you'd make up, but that is actually true. You are so wildly jealous, you renewed your vows. Come on, Ed, you know I'm playing. Susan puts milk, apple, coffee granules, hot sauce, cornflakes, coke, all in her mouth, followed by a whole doughnut, is absolutely unhinged. Yeah, it's just amazing.

This is another time when Susan's madness has just like shone through. I think this is such a funny idea. And I think it must have been her first thought. Well, actually, my first thought was bite it up into pieces and shove it up. Yeah. But just smashing all those things, absolutely incredible.

And I think Alex is right when he says there were things coming out that weren't in there because she seems to catch up in and that somehow fizzes up with the co-contains into a completely new substance. It was insane combination. It was shocking. It was really shocking. And then I presume she ran out and threw up. Yeah, I think she threw up. It was like she was using, that's like a cement, I don't know what you would call it, but what is it when you throw things, heaps of things in using less like a cement. I don't know what you would call it But what is it when you throw things heaps of things in there Like a washing machine. Yeah, like a washing machine mouth. Yeah, it was amazing Did you consider doing anything disgusting like that?

Or was it always the beginning? No, I think I'm like maybe my one of my big problems Was I was maybe to like you know when you like you're in the comedy game? And you're in the comedy game and you're like, I'll go with the third thought. Because that's what you learn. You go, you always go thought three, but then when coma would go off and thought one. And thought one is like, it's the real you

and the id and all that kind of stuff. Absolutely. So I was a bit jealous of how free she seemed. Very free, but I mean, that freedom did lead to her eating all this stuff and then throwing up. Yeah, it was just awesome. Yeah. And it was extremely nice.

No, but also watch. Julie went down a slightly similar path, I'd say. The shock of this, when he actually did this, I was just brilliant. The whole donut for ages and then just gobbled it all into Alex's face. Yeah. I think it's really the pinnacle of his dissension and his anger with Alex throughout the whole process. Because he's not angry with Alex,

but he's given a very short shift throughout the whole series. He just sees him for what he is. A guffless worm. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, he just didn't tolerate him. It's amazing. Fantastic. And then just gobbled a whole doughnut into his face.

Just brutal. Very up my street that one. Yeah. And you can see it all ticking with Julian, isn't he? He's like, I hope I get the good, could you know this? That he wanted to at this stage, wanted to take the prize? It's interesting that you say that. I'll watch it back again. But it's in that's very interesting. Would you say the wise eagle had begun to chase the spring chicken there? Would you?

I guess we only know in the studio, right? We can see him in the studios. He's just a little bit more alert. Yeah, yeah. Interesting. So, poor old Sue had to watch all of these things unfold, knowing that everyone else had in some way nailed it, knowing that she did the donut of doom.

Yeah. Which is not her finest moment, I think. I got the thought behind it, but then I did this loads in the series where you imagine something happening and then you try and put it into practice and there's just no way it's going to work. So sling-shotting a doughnut towards Alex.

And then what, I don't know what she thought the result was going to be. It could only be the doughnut bumps off him and that's the end. Yeah, it was, I don't, yeah. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. It's hard, because you are put on the spot, you know, you do 15, Taster Day, you're not allowed to eat, they don't feed you, the one-unit state of like, you know, complete panic. Yeah.

Yeah, I understand it. Yes. But the doughnut I've done, complete panic. Yeah. Yeah, I understand it. Yes. But the donut I've done, I thought the idea was strong, but the actual in practice didn't really work out. And but very nice of her to put a sponge over Alex's genitals. Yeah, that was nice. Just in case the very light and small donut hit him in the genitals.

But one point for Sue. One point for Sue. Three points for you, Sam. Four points for Susan and Julian, but a well-deserved five points for Lucy's regurgitating bird. Do you like some fucking, but family friendly with this donut? Because I mean, obviously you were supposed to put it on a penis, wouldn't you? There's chocolate doughnut-deed winds. You got 15 minutes.

Right. And what did you time do? Oh, yes. The time starts now. Um, yeah. Nothing going through my head is family friendly. I'm really? One idea. Well, I...

What if I, like, tried to marry it or something like, just... You're just like, that's crazy. LAUGHTER What about child fans, shocking? Was she anything to do with VC, she fans, shocking? or something like, you're just like, that's crazy. My child finds shocking. I wish you anything to do with VC, she finds shocking. I can't do that. Put a poo through it. LAUGHTER

No, every single thing is filthy. No, it's filthy. It's filthy. That's filthy. And if the jam don't act, then they could have been all kinds of, you know, slight filth. I thought it was something. Is it family friendly? Wow.

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exercises must be original and take place on this mat. The first must last eight seconds, the second four, the third two, and the fourth one second long. They must all be in time with the click track. And then of course you had a series of different noises to make before and after your exercises that all joined up to make it one continuous beautiful piece of film. We had guest director Michelle Gondry come in for this incredible piece. Yeah, poor Andy, didn't like that, did he? That Michelle Gondry came in, wrestle it away from him. Jumped in. Yeah.

You loved doing like the split screen Jumped in, yeah. You loved doing the split screen, was huge in this series. Yes, it was. And the parmer, you know, it all. I mean, I think it's so good. Like Andy D's just got so many amazing ideas and such a visual language to this show and every series he seems to add something beautiful to it.

And this was like a short film. Yeah. It was fantastic. I mean, I think some people's exercises were like that. This guy's Joy Lingo is about to explode with the amount of digital languages he's mastering his mate in this incredible show. Yeah. I think some people's exercises were more original than others. I think you really went for the original exercises, because what you said, when I hear exercise, I hear exorcism. Yeah, it's a bit tacky, it's a bit cheesy, but you know it's the show, you know, you know,

you know. But I thought it worked great for you. Oh, thanks. I thought it made you stand out from everyone else. Oh, cheers. And I've found that exercise between you. Be yourself. Everyone else has taken. I thought particularly satisfying the exercise where Alex was almost clutching you. Oh yeah. You almost looked like you were sat in a per-puse on his front. I was sort of yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, did you know I could go like that? I didn't know. I didn't know you were so flexible. Yeah. You consider yourself a flexible man. Oh. I suppose so. Yeah.

I mean we could, yeah, yeah. See, I'm not bendy at all like I'm. Oh really? Yeah, it's like I'm, we could, yeah, yeah. See, I'm not bendy at all, like I'm. Oh, really? Yeah, it's like I'm made out of one bit of ham. There's no joint. I could bend ya. Yeah. I fold ya.

Didn't they say you can't fold a piece of papers over seven times? I think it's seven times, yeah. That seems crazy to me. Yeah. But apparently it's true. Well, I'm going to do 15 with you. Or 16, one for every series of Taskmaster. Yeah, well, we'll give it a go later.

That would be the end of the episode. That's good. So I'm just gonna fold it you up. So I'm just gonna fold me up 16 times. Perfect podcast fodder. Just their crunches and screams. 16 and a row. I thought, like some people's exercises were good,

but I mean Sue does one exercise for the whole thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I know you don't like it when I'm panicking, but I think she should be disqualified. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you can't say that. You really can't say that. Would I would I have killed the atmosphere in the final episode of I'm so glad you weren't there because this is like a party We would like having a great time. We were all crazy, you know Julian and I were smoking DMT like we were We were really good on this video. So if I just walked on to set and say you like I'm the rules are extremely important I think they are otherwise where we've been without the rules, you know as original exercises and all of these exercises were the same She did the same thing and I need my epiphen.

Beerichrat, face it mate. Yeah, I'm happy to go with that. No, no, sorry, I'll fold you up. Thank you. But there were lots of great exercises in there. I mean, Lucy, one of my favorites was Lucy just smashing her own head into the exercise ball. Yeah, that was wild.

That was fantastic. She used, I didn't use the click track very well, but everyone else managed to do things more in time. Well, yours were very involved. Yeah. You also, as well as doing the different, the different gasps and ars that you had to do, you also introduced the other catchphrase

of, may the power of price compel you. So, you had a lot to, yeah. I am selling tote bags. But your exercises, very, very good. I mean, but now we have to talk about Julian's exercises, the stirrups, the flying homosexual. Perhaps I'd say, gonna be top five studio moments in Taskmaster Ever, saying, do you remember what you called that exercise and it

was punched the cunt. Punched it, yes. Now this I message you when I saw this because your face when he says that you're like a shocked old lady. Well it was absolutely wicked. You're not you're not laughing. You sort of go, ah, no. Which is crazy, because he said it about five times per episode. No, that's not true. He did say it a few times. I don't know. It was just so funny to me.

Yeah. I mean, that was absolutely amazing. And I mean, they must have had to argue to keep that word in and believe it. That's, I went to some, you know, that barbecue we went to, we go back to the house. Yeah. Um, Alex was like, we're going to let, we're, did you, that barbecue we went to when you go back to the house? Yeah. Um, Alex was like, we're gonna leave, we're, they've given us one. Yeah.

We've got one. I think if you, if you're gonna have one, that's a good thing to use. Yeah, maybe they're still fighting to keep that in. It's bleeps, but I think it's funny to bleeped anyway. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, right.

I think it's funny to bleeped, don't you? Well, it will be bleeped in this. We know these bleeped. So I could say it. Yeah. Do you want to will it be bleeds in this? We don't use bleeds. So I could say it. Yeah. Do you want to say it? Yeah. I'll say it at the end.

OK. Is this, will you say it, one per fold? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. All right. Let's do that. Yeah.

Cool. That's really nice, actually. Yeah. That's good. Yeah. But it That's really nice, actually. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. But it was a beautiful thing, they put, they edited it perfectly, obviously. Yeah. I mean, Lucy got two points, which I think was a show.

Yeah, the points this one at the window, it's really just, yeah. Yeah, I feel like if this was a celebration, everyone should have just got five points. This was the closing ceremony. This is, yeah. Come on, put everyone on the podium. Season and so you've got three points. Three points. You've got five points.

Four points and Julian got five points, presumably, because Greg loved Punch the count. Yeah, it's a good one. I've got a new one. Yes. No drama's gear, Starmer. That's a nice rhyme. Yeah.

When are you planning on using that? I don't know, when I beat him. When are you going to beat Keir Starbler? I met the mayor. You met the mayor? Oh no, I performed for the mayor. Did you? Yeah, at the Hay or Mive. Is that what it's called, the book festival?

Yeah. So were you doing, were they doing a comedy gig? I can't believe I was allowed in the same building as the mayor. Isn't that crazy? Yeah, that is crazy. I would have had to do extra security check and I was like addressing him. I was like Mr. Mayor, please. What are we going to do? It was crazy. Yeah. Who else was on? There needs to be more security detail at these places. Yeah. Who else was on? Yeah. Oh, wow. Um, pretty nice line up. Currie, Bridget McLean. Right. Um, Tucson Douglas. Nice. And of course, Jan Brista. up. Kiri, Bridgman clean, right, um Tucson Douglas. No, of course Jan Bristol Excellent. Maybe someone else did they address the mayor or was it just you know, no, I was yeah because someone was at the mayor's And I'm like oh my god. I was like mr. Man mr. Man

That will be the last time here's allowed to go to any comedy Because I've made so many threats against like government officials. LAUGHTER And it just seems wild. Julian, my observation is, none of them involved you doing very much work. Oh, yeah, there was pelvic floor.

Do you want to tell you what you called them? Yes. Well, the first what you call it, stirrups. The third was called the Flying Homes Sexual. LAUGHTER The fourth was called Horsey Handstrings. The second was called the one where you were punching me with your feet. Punch the...

Task 3, give your guest the best service. He has 30 minutes, his time starts now. So, of course, this is the Taskmaster Hotel task, the final film task of the series, and of course, the final team task of the series as well. Did you enjoy this one? I thought this was, I actually felt like I was part of something. Yeah. Yeah. In what way? Explore that. Just after we did it, I was already hearing people whispering spin-off, spin-off, spin-off, spin-off, spin-off, spin-off. And it was like, people just excited.

I was like, yeah, and we just were having so much fun. And it just, I mean, yeah, I just think it, I know, I well, whatever, you know, I think it really popped in the studio. Absolutely. But it just went people going crazy. I think this is, there's a reason why this is the final series and I bet they knew that as they were doing it as well. Because it puts Alex in a different position. It gives him a chance to sort of stretch his legs and do a bit of his acting as Chris Tavixas, who his name was.

I loved watching it, but then I started imagining what it would be like if I was on your team. Sure. And then I started to get really, I felt really warm and worried. Oh, warm and worried. Yeah, I'd get rid of it. I don't know what I'd do. Yeah.

Because I want to do things properly. Sure. Doing taskmaster and you and Lucy were absolutely, you're just running roughod over the whole thing. When you threw a suitcase in through the window, I would have just gone mad. I don't know, it felt like it was just, we were perfectly in our sort of roles.

And I just thought there was like maybe like 10 heavenly moments in this one. And the soos were fantastic. They were fantastic. They were perfect. Yeah, that was so fun. They had been for the whole series, like an amazing team. Yeah.

Completely on the same page. They clearly like, they've got so much respect and love for each other. And I could see them running a hotel together. I think you would work. Where is our team after we filmed each other? I'm the last way to go and stand in different corners in total silence.

Well, the meet, I mean to heart back to episode one, I'd say the meeting of you guys as a team, I think Rank's second most awkward meeting of a team ever aside from Daisy May Cooper and Richard Herring. Oh yeah. Because Richard Herring walked into the room and Daisy May Cooper physically moved away from him. Yeah. Who is that guy? Richard Herring.

Yeah. Is that like a pensioner gets to go on the show if they like apply or something? They want a competition. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. But you did well. You guys as a team, it's, I mean, it stressed me out.

It was absolutely amazing, but it did really, really stress me out watching you do that. I mean, it's when Lucy started saying, oh, nice legs. OK. Nice legs, sir. She says, nice legs first. And he says, that's quite inappropriate.

And as he's walking back across, it's nice legs. And then you start saying nice legs. They look pretty good. Really worried me. It was so funny. You gave them the keys to all the rooms and I think it's probably one of my favorite moments in the series when he goes back into the caravan and it's just the camera on him in the caravan and then from behind camera you just hear, hi!

Yeah, I wrote hi with the night and you were in forks and marbles. Yeah, you wrote, you wrote hi in, but you were still in the caravan. And just shouted high. And genuinely go back to shock, I think. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. And I also went Julie and he's like, oh, hold on, sir, I'm just adding up. That was like something out of the 40-tail, like it was amazing.

Well, both of the teams, it just fell like a sitcom. It just happened, turned into a 76-com immediately, and yours was about a disastrous hotel. I mean, Julian charged Alex 305, quit the 2020 quintet. But just, and Lucy getting into bed with Alex, you immediately gave him a feather. And the French horn.

And honestly, I really felt like it was like Kramer coming through the door, like it really barbed. And it just hit, yeah, it hit so well. Lucy with the French horn saying, Alex saying, I don't like that. Why is she playing a French horn? And Julian immediately responding with, she's friend now. She's French. Yeah.

He's just nice with it. Basically, everyone was just firing on all cylinders on the floor. Everyone was on it in terms of the comedy of it, the disastrousness of it. Certainly not in terms of doing the task properly. Again, this is when I would have run on and said they actually deserve naught points because it was a terrible experience that I have that desk, that guest.

But very, very funny, there's a shot at the end when Alex has left of all of you stood outside the house. Yeah. It's like the end of an Adam's family film or something when you chased away another nanny. Like none of you belong together. Like you're all so different and weird in your own ways and you just stood there just staring up the drive. It's perfect. Perfect way to end.

Yeah, I thought it was, I couldn't have asked for it to be on a better team. In terms of fun, not points, that right? Yeah, I don't care about points. I do care, I'm less really focused. Are you going to do attacks and stuff like that? I have a chap who does that. Yeah, then again called Thrasos. Hahaha.

Thrasos good. He's awesome. Yeah, yeah. Susan and Sue, however, do really, really well at this. And it does turn into a 76 cup as well. There's a moment that feels like it was written in the past for a sitcom where it's super skew-com-er and then Alex will be can't see him.

He goes, oh, hello, sir, it's just brilliant. And they managed to give Alex the dungarees, and that seems to work just phenomenal. The whole thing all round, bravo. But it was five points for season and two, and two points for the natural friends, not the levers, the official. The clinical people.

The clinical people. Yes. Yes? Woo! Yeah, the clinical people the clip yes Yes Where do you want your best time starry? I'm bad, please. Thank you. Angel Milk, sir That's great. I didn't mean you'd order them Right, I've literally wanted it

On a time there was a boy called Chris and he had a lovely legs Gonna check out now. I'd like to check out please. I'm sure you don't want to sign. Please get out of my bed. Go to the sex. Chris! Hello! I'd like to check out, please. How much do I owe? It's 20, 205. You've charged me up.

But now, Sarah, I'm adding up. It's 205, sir. Is it now? No, I don't up. That's 385, Sarah. Is it now? No, I do. Right, thank you very much. Thank you. No, this is your betting, sir. No, this is your betting.

We need some trousers on our thing. Chris, Chris, you've got a meeting. You need trousers on. Don't be a stranger! Final task, the live task, throw a ball into the bathtub from behind the rope that you may not touch the rope. If a ball ends up not in the bathtub, you are eliminated last-player standing wins. And would it be Taskmaster if there wasn't a huge anti-climax right at the end of the day? Well, this they had to cut, they had another

lob toss that we did, but it was too dangerous and we had to do this one. Tell me what. Replace your small intestine with your large intestine. And you did that and then they had to cut it right at the end. Yeah, they were problems. Yeah. And you know what? Because I read out this task. Yeah. And they can't wear eye like open envelope.

And it was the day we filmed this, I think, the day or the week before the coronation. Yeah. And I said, stop, the final task, stop the coronation, stop it! But you won this one. Yeah. Very quickly as well. I mean, it seems like it would be easy this, but everyone seems to screw it up. I guess you can't dislodge any other bulls either, so you've got to be careful.

It's like an Indiana Jones thing. You've just got to be. And I've played that game. Bull? Yeah. Is it a bit like bull? Yeah. It was like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Paceman. And did you think I was kind of like stylish after I did it? I was just kind of a bit like hmm. Did you know I had that approach at all? We were pretty stylish guy across

the whole city. Really? Yeah. Oh, that's nice. Well, because you did really well, obviously, look, you've won the whole series and you seem pretty chill about that throughout There was no like yes Yeah, you just like you just yeah, it's just survival really you're just like oh man. What's going on? Yeah, well you survived incredibly well It's the five points in this in this live task Meaning that Julian does win the final episode. Yes. Yes as you said earlier, which is good. It's nice to end on a victory for Julian You notice I clapped above my head, ultimate sign of respect?

You clapped above your head. Yeah, but yeah. Well, we know you respect that guy. Yeah. Are you, how in touch with Julian, are you at the moment? I saw a photo of him in Wales. So that's how in touch with him? Well, I was at a restaurant that he'd been to.

Well, he was one of the celebrities on the wall. Yeah. So I sent him a picture of that, and he was, I don't remember going there. What restaurant was that? Oh, I can't remember. It's like, it's in Cardiff. Yeah.

Yeah. It's about a great food. You're a great pasta. Julian wins with 17 points. You and Susan are joined second with 16 points and Lucy with 14 points. And unfortunately, at the bottom is Sue with 17 points. You and Susan, a joint second with 16 points and Lucy with 14 points. And unfortunately at the bottom is Sue with 11 points. Meaning Sam, you won the series

with 161 points beaten Julian narrowly, despite his last attempt foot on the gas in this final episode, 155 points. Susan on 139, Sue on 135, so pretty close, they've been pretty close all the way through, and Lucy on 129, which the producers written down here, lower than Ivo, which is the ultimate insult. Oh, really? Lower than Ivo. Yeah, it's pretty low. It's pretty low points.

Yeah, right, but you know, just, you know, when you look back, you know, who's going to think about the points? You look back you know who's gonna think about the the points You look back on a left-home of laughs. Well, that's what a lot of people say to me Sam, but I think at the point Yeah, right Lucy Lucy made a huge impact. She did absolutely amazingly Sam congratulations No worries. I mean, thank you so much. What's your what's your plan for the next few months now that your taskmaster champion Will you be touring the country with the head or anything? With the golden head.

No, mate, I'm going bush. I'm going out to the country. Just to get away from it all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just sick of this. I'm just sick of this society. It makes me sick. So, wedding the taskmaster championship. I'm working on something. Yeah. And you know about it. Yeah.

Watch out, the mayor. LAUGHTER MUSIC Thank you very much, Sam, for coming back on the Taskmaster podcast. Congratulations. We will of course get you to rate your experience on the podcast again between one and five points in the style of the Taskmaster. I'll give you five points.

Now, come here, come. I'm folding him up. Ah, thank Campbell, the winner, your winner. He carries the taskmaster crown, the taskmaster trophy, a deserved winner indeed. Did it his own way and absolutely grabbed that victory. Do go and see Sam on tour, I think he's touring next year, maybe I think I'm right in saying. You will never have seen a comedian like Sam before, he is absolutely incredible. And thank you very much for listening to this whole series, we've had an absolute blast doing it, of course we have.

We will be back, I'd imagine to talk about the New Year's treat, and then more stuff next year. You know, yes, we'll be talking about the new Taskmaster episodes that come out in the next year or so, of course, we'll be here to talk about all of the UK episodes, but where we'll be doing some other episodes, you'll have to find out later. But thank you very much for listening. I've been Ed Gamble, thank you Sam, and we'll be coming on this episode.

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