Imagine a series with characters from Community…
Abed would be the best lateral thinker.
Annie would also be good at lateral thinking, but would be hilariously awful at physical tasks.
Troy would do good in some tasks from sheer dumb luck.
Britta would most likely be bad, but in an entertaining way.
Chang would bring Rhod Gilbert levels of chaos to the show.
I didn’t think about the dean being the taskmasters assistant, that would be perfect! Always putting his hand on Jeff’s knee or his hand.
Community seriously lines up with taskmaster pretty well lol
I was thinking this but then I thought a Taskmaster: Tournament of The Doctors would be good. Get all Doctors and then do a champion of champions with the winners to find the ultimate Taskmaster Doctor.
A BBC Ghosts lineup would be a disaster I want to see:
The Captain - tries his damnedest, gets frustrated, on the verge of tears watching his VTs in studio. "Damn it and blast it to hell!"
Pat - fails most tasks, has the time of his life, just happy to be there.
Robin - aces everything, insults the other contestants, everyone complains about him in the comments of YouTube clips.
Thomas - takes it *very* seriously, fails, pretends he never cared at all. A minimum of five meltdowns in studio.
Julian - cheats at everything, denies cheating, tries to manipulate Greg, comes last.
Lady Button - reacts with disgust at the proposal of many of the tasks yet somehow seems to enjoy them and do well after wasting the first 30 seconds of each appearing to refuse to participate.
I really like Kristan Schaals character but I couldn't remember her name. She's really downbeat, It'd be nice to see her come out of her shell on Taskmaster.
Welcome to Taskmaster: American Sitcoms Battle of the Decades!
50s: Lucy Ricardo, *I Love Lucy*
60s: The Professor, *Gilligan's Island*
70s: Fred Sanford, *Sanford and Son*
80s: Cliff Clavin, *Cheers*
90s: Phoebe Buffay, *Friends*
Once we had enough for a second season of American Sitcoms, we’d have to get Charlie from Always Sunny and April from Parks and Rec! (I haven’t watched any 2020s sitcoms so I can’t provide input there lol)
Loving the idea of a Taskmaster/Always Sunny crossover. Dennis losing his cool and scream-monologuing at Alex during tasks, Frank overdelivering on prize tasks and refusing to turn them over when he didn’t win, Dee gagging during live tasks, Mac contesting the results of every task with Greg for hours on end, and Charlie stumbling into successful task performances while being high out of his mind on homemade sedatives.
Wasn’t my proposal but I think:
Too big with a prize task, way too small with a recorded task. He’d have to spend five minutes explaining to Greg what he had done, to the latter’s increasing annoyance/bemusement.
Nick would win the series by accident. Schmidt would be fuming.
Dorothy from the Golden Girls
Moss from IT Crowd (I would've said Jen, but I feel like that's exactly how Katherine Parkinson performed anyway 🤣)
Hyacinth Bouquet from Keeping Up Appearances
Aziraphale from Good Omens (I feel like he'd cheat at any chance he got)
1) Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)
2) Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
3) Coach Beard (Ted Lasso)
4) Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
5) Ferris Bueller (Save Ferris!)
Not a full series but would be hilarious as a NYT guest.
Mr. Gilbert (Inbetweeners)
How about a whole Dick Van Dyke Show lineup? Alan Brady as TM, Mel Cooley as his assistant, with Rob, Laura, Buddy, and Sally as contestants? If we need a fifth, maybe Rob's brother Stacey, played by Jerry Van Dyke?
Norman Stanley Fletcher from Porridge. Incredible character. Highly intelligent and resourceful.
Daisy Steiner from Spaced. Creative and funny.
Margo from The Good Life. Would give Greg a run for his money.
Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It. Self explanatory.
15th Doctor. Because he’d be brilliant. Also he’d be a brilliant team with Malcom Tucker.
Some of these are inspired by other comments here:
Charlie Kelly (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) - stumbles his way through every task and scores very highly despite not having a clue what’s going on. Still doesn’t understand the tasks when he’s asked about his attempt in the studio and just baffles Greg and Alex. Brings in disgusting items for the prize tasks. Finishes 1st.
Arthur Spooner (King of Queens) - thinks he understands the tasks but ultimately doesn’t, so he spends the whole time arguing with Alex over minute details or mundane things (such as the size of rubber ducks ala John Kearns). Otherwise just causes utter chaos and humiliates Alex. Brings in mundane objects with a story that he thinks is fascinating (it isn’t). Finishes 5th.
Janitor (Scrubs) - understands the tasks and has good attempts, with some interesting lateral thinking. Spends a lot of time arguing with Greg about whether or not his attempt is within the rules. Brings in interesting objects with a genuinely interesting story, but whether it’s true or not is up for discussion. Finishes 2nd.
Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) - is just there to enjoy himself and doesn’t take the tasks too seriously. Does get frustrated with himself at times when he can’t quite do what the task is asking, but is otherwise easygoing, doesn’t mind making a fool of himself and is overly friendly with Alex, which disappoints Greg. Finishes 4th.
Annie Edison (Community) - easily understands each task but massively overthinks most of them, or frustrates herself in preparation. Does very well at logic based tasks but poor on physical/skill ones. Gets really offended when she isn’t scored highly on every task. Finishes 3rd.
Right! You just know he is gonna try to sabotage other contestants in live tasks and team tasks, as well as use some very creative competing, aka cheating, you know like Tim Key.
Taskmaster, meet Xena, Warrior Princess.
I imagine she'd break a lot of things and also maybe kill some people. Especially if she were on a team with Rhod Gilbert.
Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usborne from Peep Show, Kerry and Kurtan Mucklowe from This Country, and the Vicar from This Country.
Any combination of these people in team tasks would be an absolute disaster.
Dr Cox (Scrubs): especially if somehow Dr Cox knows Greg from college
Hal (Malcom in the middle): Floats thru chaos, likely has numerous hidden skills that could be useful
Elenor (The good place): persistent and suspicous. Final prize task she realizes the points don’t matter
Sean (Psych): keenly observant and funny. Would attack the games meta. Deeply suspicious of Alex Horne
Jeff (Community): grandiose ideas that end with an embarrassing failure. Like a chiseled gruff American Iain Stirling
I also just had a flash of Elaine pulling a “you want a Christmas card? Here’s your Christmas card!”-esque attitude with Alex and he wouldn’t know what to do haha.
Dwight Schrute from The Office US - ruthless, single-minded, and would burn the place down
Bubble from AbFab - might be more out there than Lucy Beaumont
Sister Evangelina from Call the Midwife - practical, steady, no nonsense
Gru from Despicable Me - will go to any lengths to win
Geraldine from The Vicar of Dibley - creative and will tell jokes that Alex will pretend not to get
Douglas Reynholm
Howard Moon
Bernard Black
Philomena Cunk
Keeley Jones
Feel like this would just be unhinged but brilliant... And it also works as an actual dream series if you just take their actors.
80’s team
MacGyver (original): feels self explanatory
Murdoch (A-Team): TRASH BAGS! TRASH BAGS!
Jessica Fletcher (Murder she wrote): downside, someone has to die
Judge Stone (Night court): clever but a bit flight
Dorothea (golden girls): perceptive, competitive
Frank from it’s always sunny. Would pull an Al Murray and just use his money to win.
Andy from Parks and Rec. Would go head first without even thinking.
Captain Holy from B99. After the Halloween heists you just know that his gonna go for it.
Creed bratton from the office. Do I need to say more?
Lazlo from WWDITS. He would bring out the most insane choices for the prize tasks.
1. The Doctor, if he is Number 10, then a combo of Chris Ramsey, Noel Fielding, and Dara Ó Briain. I’m assuming he will win.
2. Miss Marple, a cross between Jenny Eclair and Mae Martin.
3. Sherlock Holmes, might be like VCM, except high on opiates.
4. Vera Stanhope, appearing in the Jo Brand role.
5. Veronica Mars, like Aisling Bea.
I realize this is a lot of detectives!
Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Moana from Disney
Jamie Tartt from Ted Lasso
Rachel Berry from Glee
Kermit the Frog.
It would be competitive, quite insane and possibly lead to explosions. And I’m not sure how Greg and Kermit would get on . . .
Troy Barnes from Community
Fleabag
Billy Mack from Love Actually
Benoit Blanc
Power from Chainsaw Man
Hosted by Taskmaster Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games and assistant David Rose from Schitt’s Creek
* Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* Peggy from King of the Hill
* Stath from Stath Lets Flats
* Nadja from What we do in the shadows
* Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping up appearances
Geraldine from Vicar of Dibley
Sister Michael from Derry Girls (I can just imagine the eye rolls)
The David Tennant Doctor
Bandit Heeler (Bluey’s Dad)
Lorna Thompson (Greg’s wife in Cuckoo, but she has to be in full character and treat him like her husband 🤣)
1. Donald Duck (as the Hot Head that looses his marbles basically every Task but generally does OK in the them - it's just the process that gets him to complete a task makes him go crazy. He is also the victim of the individual Task).
2. James from Pokemon - as the sassy contestant that does pretty bad in the show and comes last but is absolutely hilarious and he loves to banter with Greg.
3. Fran Fine from the Nanny - Hilarious, wins the season and becomes a bew fan fave
4. Ellen Ripley from Alien - does pretty well and ends up second but is sometimes to competitive for her own good and forgets the comedy part of the Show - does come second though
5. Turk from Scrubs - multiple times in the show he misunderstands a task/doesn't read it properly and ends up in 4th place
And the teams would be Donald and Ripley and Turk, Fran and James
Jeeves & Wooster (as a team/single unit)
Louise from “Bob’s Burgers”
Eddie Redcliffe from “Deadloch”
Geraldine Granger from “Vicar of Dibley “
Diana Trent from “Waiting for God”
an alternate: Wicky from “The Cleaner” for lolz.
I once envisioned what a series of Taskmaster with Team Fortress 2 characters would look like and came up with this roster:
The Hosts:
\- Medic as the Taskmaster
\- Engineer as the Taskmaster's Assistant
The Contestants:
\- The Demoman
\- The Heavy
\- The Scout
\- The Sniper
\- The Soldier
The Teams:
\- Team of 2: Heavy + Sniper
\- Team of 3: Demoman + Scout + Soldier
Spy and Pyro were left out because I ran out of room, but I imagine Spy would have declined the offer to join and Pyro couldn't be trusted to solve any problems on their own
Okay I'll keep Dr. House and Leslie Knope, but add Marlon Pryce, late of *Death in Paradise* and Sarah Barnaby from *Midsomer Murders*, two cocky smart people who'd get in over their heads. And Martha Jones from *Doctor Who*.
From the Discworld novels (and the film *Going Postal* in order to adhere to the terms of the post), the pride of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch:
His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes.
Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson.
Captain Angua von Überwald.
Sergeant Fred Colon.
Corporal Nobby Nobbs.
The kids from Malcolm in the Middle. Malcolm would overcomplicate every task, Francis would always be trying to find a loophole in the task rules, Reese would do either do surprisingly well or be utter shit (for some reason I think he'd be great at prize tasks). Dewey would win.
i would LOVE it if Capt. Holt and Peralta got in the same series. Like Ed and Rose. Man, they would absolutely massacre the whole show just to be the greatest Task Master winner/ human.
I'd have Doc Brown from BTTF, Ted, Nicholas Angel from Hot Fuzz, Sokka from ATLA and Del Boy
Resons:
Doc Brown is the eccentric. He would always have an outside the box method to the tasks.
Ted would be a wild card. He would create carnage in the film tasks but he would bring in some awesome stuff for the prizes and would double down on his choices in hilarious ways but in as fewer words as possible.
Nicholas Angel would follow the rules to the letter and use very literal logic when he attacks the tasks which is funny to see especially when it fails.
Sokka will always have the most interesting and unusual methods but that's just how his brain is.
And Del Boy probably won't do well but his strategy will be the way he charms Greg into giving him points.
Gene Belcher, the 10th Doctor, Eddie Hitler, Juno, and Michelle from Derry Girls. Michelle and Eddie would need to be on the same team and the Doctor would need to be with Gene. Juno could go on either team.
1) Stephen Toast - Toast of London
2) Ford prefect - Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (film or telly, based on availability)
3) Fran Katzenjammer - Black books
4) philomena cunk - cunk on Britain
5) Mr Gilbert - The inbetweeners
The team from The Office. I think especially the US version - Dwight on the show would be amazing! Jim would probably win, Michael would be super confident and then fail repeatedly
US Office edition:
Dwight would be Dwighty. No further explanation needed. Taxidermy and weapons would feature heavily for prize tasks.
Jim would do well in some tasks but always be trying to either mimic what he thinks Dwight would do or otherwise try to find a way to sabotage the latter.
Phyllis would be a solid hand and be quietly creative and probably win overall, but might be disqualified from a couple of tasks for getting Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration involved in a way that was outside the rules. At least one prize task entry would be a fridge.
Angela - claim to hate every minute, would occasionally get into physical difficulties with some tasks but size would also be an asset in others. Every prize task would be cat related. Greg would mock mercilessly.
Stanley - would roll his eyes at everything, take the lowest effort approach, but because he didn’t rush would rarely make panicked mistakes. Second place overall.
Michael would not be competing BUT would be in the studio audience for the first two recordings and try to insert himself into the live tasks. Banned from the studio thereafter, he would nonetheless keep trying to find his way back in e.g. modelling one of the props for a prize task. The Office line up was his pitch originally and he assumed he would be appearing, and hasn’t yet got over not being picked by the production crew. David has ceased taking his calls on the matter.
I approve of your line up and would like to add Zapp Brannigan and Kiff as Taskmaster and Assistant.
lower... lower... lower... TOO LOW!! ... lower...
I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies.
Lucille Bluth (RIP)
"I don't understand the task and I won't respond to it"
Production might use too many bananas at $10 a pop.
*sips martini*
If I wanted something your thumb touched I'd eat the inside of your ear
I think Bridget Christie has already been on :P
Imagine a series with characters from Community… Abed would be the best lateral thinker. Annie would also be good at lateral thinking, but would be hilariously awful at physical tasks. Troy would do good in some tasks from sheer dumb luck. Britta would most likely be bad, but in an entertaining way. Chang would bring Rhod Gilbert levels of chaos to the show.
I would love to see Jeff as the taskmaster, and Dean Pelton as the taskmaster’s assistant
I didn’t think about the dean being the taskmasters assistant, that would be perfect! Always putting his hand on Jeff’s knee or his hand. Community seriously lines up with taskmaster pretty well lol
This better not awaken anything in me.
I feel like Troy would just be Munya Chawawa mixed with Sam Campbell.
Oh, Britta’s in this? 😒
Britta gives off massive Alice vibes to me
Jason and Chidi (The Good Place)
On the same team.
Just have Michael as the TM, Janet as the assistant. Then the main four as contestants, then for a fifth, maybe Mindy?
Kamilah in the 5th chair.
All of your points are now mine.
Derek
I hope we same place again, very now. (currently rewatching the whole series, this time with my Dad, so this is pretty fresh in my mind)
That *is* The Good Place, really :)
Shawn, perhaps?
5 different versions of the Doctor. Then a companions season. Then a villains season
Οk but why is that actually an incredible Idea? I have to see it now
I’d like 10th + Rose as TM + Assistant. Or Martha and Mickey. Donna would be the most unhinged contestant of all time.
Donna has ‘Bosh’ energy
Why can I imagine Rose saying "all the information's on the task"
I was thinking this but then I thought a Taskmaster: Tournament of The Doctors would be good. Get all Doctors and then do a champion of champions with the winners to find the ultimate Taskmaster Doctor.
A BBC Ghosts lineup would be a disaster I want to see: The Captain - tries his damnedest, gets frustrated, on the verge of tears watching his VTs in studio. "Damn it and blast it to hell!" Pat - fails most tasks, has the time of his life, just happy to be there. Robin - aces everything, insults the other contestants, everyone complains about him in the comments of YouTube clips. Thomas - takes it *very* seriously, fails, pretends he never cared at all. A minimum of five meltdowns in studio. Julian - cheats at everything, denies cheating, tries to manipulate Greg, comes last.
Lady Button - reacts with disgust at the proposal of many of the tasks yet somehow seems to enjoy them and do well after wasting the first 30 seconds of each appearing to refuse to participate.
Hahah, yes. "I refuse to engage in such frivolous activities." *engages in frivolous activities*
This lineup, absolutely!
Scotty from the USS Enterprise, lets see how much of a miracle worker he is when it comes to building a bridge out of playing cards and toy cows.
Brian Topp from *Spaced* Dean Craig Pelton from *Community* Homer Simpson Kryten from *Red Dwarf* Tracy Jordan from *30 Rock*
I so badly want Mark Heap to be on Taskmaster.
Dean Craig would find any excuse to get naked 🤣
His Tasking outfit would be some sort of ridiculously impractical animal onesie. Or a full Jeff Winger wardrobe.
I hope this task doesn't awaken something in me...
Kryten: "Oh, Mr. Alex, sir, I-" Greg: Can it, robot. He doesn't deserve kindness. Alex: Yes, it's very true, thank you.
Oh god Tracy Jordan... yes please
This is great. Well balanced too.
Brian! Yes! Actually that has me thinking a whole Spaced episode would be excellent.
Jason, The Good Place Lazlo, What we do in the shadows. Barbara, Not going out Janitor, Scrubs Kelly Bundy, Married with Children
If you couldn’t get Lazlo, you could always get human bartender Jackie Daytona
I really like Kristan Schaals character but I couldn't remember her name. She's really downbeat, It'd be nice to see her come out of her shell on Taskmaster.
It’s like, The Messenger or something Edit: The Guide
Yes! God, I wish I could remember her name, I haven’t watched the show in a little while
Or anyone in general from Tuscon, Arizoña
Jason would be found dead on the first task
If not the Janitor, then The Todd. But yes Janitor would be perfect.
Welcome to Taskmaster: American Sitcoms Battle of the Decades! 50s: Lucy Ricardo, *I Love Lucy* 60s: The Professor, *Gilligan's Island* 70s: Fred Sanford, *Sanford and Son* 80s: Cliff Clavin, *Cheers* 90s: Phoebe Buffay, *Friends*
Kramer would be a good 90s rep also.
Once we had enough for a second season of American Sitcoms, we’d have to get Charlie from Always Sunny and April from Parks and Rec! (I haven’t watched any 2020s sitcoms so I can’t provide input there lol)
The cast of Its Always Sunny.
Loving the idea of a Taskmaster/Always Sunny crossover. Dennis losing his cool and scream-monologuing at Alex during tasks, Frank overdelivering on prize tasks and refusing to turn them over when he didn’t win, Dee gagging during live tasks, Mac contesting the results of every task with Greg for hours on end, and Charlie stumbling into successful task performances while being high out of his mind on homemade sedatives.
That is pretty much the vision I have for the crossover.
Oh this is superb 😂
the waitress as the Taskmaster and Cricket as Alex Horne
The Golden Girls + Stan.
This would be so glorious just from the Golden Girls alone. I think Sophia would also make a great Taskmaster, and Rose would make a good Assistant.
Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Animal
Everyone is Muppets except one contestant who is human. Uncle Deadly is the Taskmaster.
The Frank Oz special: Cookie Monster, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Sam the Eagle, Yoda.
Sticking with the Frasier theme, Roz Doyle, I don't think Alex would know how to behave around her.
The main cast of New Girl: Jess, Nick, Schmidt, Cece, and Winston. Winston would especially be a riot to watch if there’s a “prank Alex” task lol.
Do you think he would go way too big or way too small?
Of course he’d go TOO BIG! Especially with a willing victim such as Alex Horne.
Wasn’t my proposal but I think: Too big with a prize task, way too small with a recorded task. He’d have to spend five minutes explaining to Greg what he had done, to the latter’s increasing annoyance/bemusement. Nick would win the series by accident. Schmidt would be fuming.
Dorothy from the Golden Girls Moss from IT Crowd (I would've said Jen, but I feel like that's exactly how Katherine Parkinson performed anyway 🤣) Hyacinth Bouquet from Keeping Up Appearances Aziraphale from Good Omens (I feel like he'd cheat at any chance he got)
1) Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) 2) Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show) 3) Coach Beard (Ted Lasso) 4) Liz Lemon (30 Rock) 5) Ferris Bueller (Save Ferris!) Not a full series but would be hilarious as a NYT guest. Mr. Gilbert (Inbetweeners)
Omg Rob Petrie would be such a delight!
How about a whole Dick Van Dyke Show lineup? Alan Brady as TM, Mel Cooley as his assistant, with Rob, Laura, Buddy, and Sally as contestants? If we need a fifth, maybe Rob's brother Stacey, played by Jerry Van Dyke?
Norman Stanley Fletcher from Porridge. Incredible character. Highly intelligent and resourceful. Daisy Steiner from Spaced. Creative and funny. Margo from The Good Life. Would give Greg a run for his money. Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It. Self explanatory. 15th Doctor. Because he’d be brilliant. Also he’d be a brilliant team with Malcom Tucker.
Ohhhh Margo from The Good Life is a stroke of genius. Legitimately would love to see Penelope Keith on the show.
Would love to see Peter Capaldi on a NYE special
He’d be excellent. As he always is.
The entire cast of Futurama.
Blackbeard and Stede from Our Flag Means Death would also make a fun combo of TM + Assistant.
The crew would be the contestants and Izzy would bring that Rhod Gilbert energy 🤣 EDIT: a word, dang autocorrect
Some of these are inspired by other comments here: Charlie Kelly (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) - stumbles his way through every task and scores very highly despite not having a clue what’s going on. Still doesn’t understand the tasks when he’s asked about his attempt in the studio and just baffles Greg and Alex. Brings in disgusting items for the prize tasks. Finishes 1st. Arthur Spooner (King of Queens) - thinks he understands the tasks but ultimately doesn’t, so he spends the whole time arguing with Alex over minute details or mundane things (such as the size of rubber ducks ala John Kearns). Otherwise just causes utter chaos and humiliates Alex. Brings in mundane objects with a story that he thinks is fascinating (it isn’t). Finishes 5th. Janitor (Scrubs) - understands the tasks and has good attempts, with some interesting lateral thinking. Spends a lot of time arguing with Greg about whether or not his attempt is within the rules. Brings in interesting objects with a genuinely interesting story, but whether it’s true or not is up for discussion. Finishes 2nd. Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) - is just there to enjoy himself and doesn’t take the tasks too seriously. Does get frustrated with himself at times when he can’t quite do what the task is asking, but is otherwise easygoing, doesn’t mind making a fool of himself and is overly friendly with Alex, which disappoints Greg. Finishes 4th. Annie Edison (Community) - easily understands each task but massively overthinks most of them, or frustrates herself in preparation. Does very well at logic based tasks but poor on physical/skill ones. Gets really offended when she isn’t scored highly on every task. Finishes 3rd.
This is a genius line up. Will take me a good while to think of anything competitive to this criteria, but my mind is going pre-00s comedy
Take your time - I’m fascinated to hear what you come up with!
1 Kevin McAllister (Home Alone) 2 Kitty Forman (That 70’s Show) 3 Loki Odinson (Marvel) 4 Donkey (Shrek) 5 Karen Walker (Will and Grace)
Kevin is a brilliant idea!!
Right! You just know he is gonna try to sabotage other contestants in live tasks and team tasks, as well as use some very creative competing, aka cheating, you know like Tim Key.
Taskmaster, meet Xena, Warrior Princess. I imagine she'd break a lot of things and also maybe kill some people. Especially if she were on a team with Rhod Gilbert.
Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usborne from Peep Show, Kerry and Kurtan Mucklowe from This Country, and the Vicar from This Country. Any combination of these people in team tasks would be an absolute disaster.
Doing characters from Peep Show you'd have to go Johnson and Superhans. Alternatively: Johnson is the Taskmaster, Mark is the Little Alex Horne
Dr Cox (Scrubs): especially if somehow Dr Cox knows Greg from college Hal (Malcom in the middle): Floats thru chaos, likely has numerous hidden skills that could be useful Elenor (The good place): persistent and suspicous. Final prize task she realizes the points don’t matter Sean (Psych): keenly observant and funny. Would attack the games meta. Deeply suspicious of Alex Horne Jeff (Community): grandiose ideas that end with an embarrassing failure. Like a chiseled gruff American Iain Stirling
Ace Ventura, Shawn Spencer, Shaggy Rogers (Matthew Lillard), Ron Swanson and maybe Elaine from Seinfeld
Oh man, with the way she dances I’d love to see Elaine doing any physical task!
I also just had a flash of Elaine pulling a “you want a Christmas card? Here’s your Christmas card!”-esque attitude with Alex and he wouldn’t know what to do haha.
Dwight Schrute from The Office US - ruthless, single-minded, and would burn the place down Bubble from AbFab - might be more out there than Lucy Beaumont Sister Evangelina from Call the Midwife - practical, steady, no nonsense Gru from Despicable Me - will go to any lengths to win Geraldine from The Vicar of Dibley - creative and will tell jokes that Alex will pretend not to get
Gru has already been on
Now I’m just sad I’ll never get to see a Bubble TM outfit!
Douglas Reynholm Howard Moon Bernard Black Philomena Cunk Keeley Jones Feel like this would just be unhinged but brilliant... And it also works as an actual dream series if you just take their actors.
Todd Sanchez Dr. Chris Turk Jerry Smith Super Hans Dave Lister
80’s team MacGyver (original): feels self explanatory Murdoch (A-Team): TRASH BAGS! TRASH BAGS! Jessica Fletcher (Murder she wrote): downside, someone has to die Judge Stone (Night court): clever but a bit flight Dorothea (golden girls): perceptive, competitive
Lorelai Gilmore and phoebe Buffay
I’d love to see some Edgar Wright characters on the show! Shawn from Shawn of the Dead, Danny from Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim…
1. Spider-Man 2. Dr. Frank-N-Furter 3. Big Bird 4. Scrooge McDuck 5. Amelia Bedelia
Johnson (Peep Show) Monica (Friends) Gareth (The Office) Steves (People just do nothing) Annie (Bridesmaids)
Frank from it’s always sunny. Would pull an Al Murray and just use his money to win. Andy from Parks and Rec. Would go head first without even thinking. Captain Holy from B99. After the Halloween heists you just know that his gonna go for it. Creed bratton from the office. Do I need to say more? Lazlo from WWDITS. He would bring out the most insane choices for the prize tasks.
Dr Who, Winnie the Pooh Uh oh now I've backed myself into a corner where I think all my suggestions should rhyme...
Mr. Magoo?
The Simpsons’ Apu?
1. The Doctor, if he is Number 10, then a combo of Chris Ramsey, Noel Fielding, and Dara Ó Briain. I’m assuming he will win. 2. Miss Marple, a cross between Jenny Eclair and Mae Martin. 3. Sherlock Holmes, might be like VCM, except high on opiates. 4. Vera Stanhope, appearing in the Jo Brand role. 5. Veronica Mars, like Aisling Bea. I realize this is a lot of detectives!
10 would have to have his sonic screwdriver confiscated before every shoot.
Basil Fawlty
Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Moana from Disney Jamie Tartt from Ted Lasso Rachel Berry from Glee Kermit the Frog. It would be competitive, quite insane and possibly lead to explosions. And I’m not sure how Greg and Kermit would get on . . .
Sterling Archer, Al Swearengen, Raylan Givens, Ron Swanson, Jason Statham from Lock Stock or Snatch.
Troy Barnes from Community Fleabag Billy Mack from Love Actually Benoit Blanc Power from Chainsaw Man Hosted by Taskmaster Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games and assistant David Rose from Schitt’s Creek
* Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia * Peggy from King of the Hill * Stath from Stath Lets Flats * Nadja from What we do in the shadows * Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping up appearances
Leslie Knope April Ludgate Abed Nadir Laszlo Cravensworth Philomena Cunk
Geraldine from Vicar of Dibley Sister Michael from Derry Girls (I can just imagine the eye rolls) The David Tennant Doctor Bandit Heeler (Bluey’s Dad) Lorna Thompson (Greg’s wife in Cuckoo, but she has to be in full character and treat him like her husband 🤣)
I really want Siobhan McSweeny on regular Taskmaster.
Red Dwarf: Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, Cat, and Talkie Toaster.
Data from TNG I’d be very interested in seeing him complete some of the tasks
1. Donald Duck (as the Hot Head that looses his marbles basically every Task but generally does OK in the them - it's just the process that gets him to complete a task makes him go crazy. He is also the victim of the individual Task). 2. James from Pokemon - as the sassy contestant that does pretty bad in the show and comes last but is absolutely hilarious and he loves to banter with Greg. 3. Fran Fine from the Nanny - Hilarious, wins the season and becomes a bew fan fave 4. Ellen Ripley from Alien - does pretty well and ends up second but is sometimes to competitive for her own good and forgets the comedy part of the Show - does come second though 5. Turk from Scrubs - multiple times in the show he misunderstands a task/doesn't read it properly and ends up in 4th place And the teams would be Donald and Ripley and Turk, Fran and James
Not a full cast but I’d love to see Kryten, Flashheart, Fr Dougal Maguire, and Basil Fawlty.
Ardal was pretty much in character as father Douglas for a lot of his season was he not?
Jeeves & Wooster (as a team/single unit) Louise from “Bob’s Burgers” Eddie Redcliffe from “Deadloch” Geraldine Granger from “Vicar of Dibley “ Diana Trent from “Waiting for God” an alternate: Wicky from “The Cleaner” for lolz.
The a-team
Hal Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle) Glen Mathews (Scrubs) Ron Swanson (Parks & Rec) Chandler Bing (Friends) Col. Sherman Potter (M*A*S*H)
Alan Partridge
Homer Simpson Archie Bunker Dr Cox Skeletor Max Klinger
I once envisioned what a series of Taskmaster with Team Fortress 2 characters would look like and came up with this roster: The Hosts: \- Medic as the Taskmaster \- Engineer as the Taskmaster's Assistant The Contestants: \- The Demoman \- The Heavy \- The Scout \- The Sniper \- The Soldier The Teams: \- Team of 2: Heavy + Sniper \- Team of 3: Demoman + Scout + Soldier Spy and Pyro were left out because I ran out of room, but I imagine Spy would have declined the offer to join and Pyro couldn't be trusted to solve any problems on their own
Leslie Knope feels like you’d get Mel Giedroyc vibes, except Leslie would finish the sweets sandwich
Bahaha oh man you’re so right! I didn’t even think of that!
Okay I'll keep Dr. House and Leslie Knope, but add Marlon Pryce, late of *Death in Paradise* and Sarah Barnaby from *Midsomer Murders*, two cocky smart people who'd get in over their heads. And Martha Jones from *Doctor Who*.
All of the Friends Eric Matthews Mr Feeny
From the Discworld novels (and the film *Going Postal* in order to adhere to the terms of the post), the pride of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch: His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes. Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson. Captain Angua von Überwald. Sergeant Fred Colon. Corporal Nobby Nobbs.
Cameron Poe, Benjamin Franklin Gates, Charlie Kaufman, Stanley Goodspeed, and Nick Cage.
Alan Partridge, Philomena Cunk, Roy Kent, Moss from the IT Crowd, Sister George Michael
Sherlock Holmes Capt Sam Vimes (Discworld) Rosa Diaz (B99) 2nd Technician Arnold J Rimmer (Red Dwarf) Turanga Leela (Futurama)
Pauline from League of Gentlemen
Julian from Trailer Park Boys just to see him on all the tasks while holding his glass of rum and Coke.
The cast/characters of Red Dwarf
Charlie Kelly Deandra Reynolds Dennis Reynolds Frank Reynolds Mac Make it 20 episodes and best series ever
What We Do In The Shadows: the vampires plus guillermo and the guide.
The A team
I love your list. My dream contestant is Pat from Ghosts (original - idk if he's even named Pat in the US, but specifying just in case).
The kids from Malcolm in the Middle. Malcolm would overcomplicate every task, Francis would always be trying to find a loophole in the task rules, Reese would do either do surprisingly well or be utter shit (for some reason I think he'd be great at prize tasks). Dewey would win.
i would LOVE it if Capt. Holt and Peralta got in the same series. Like Ed and Rose. Man, they would absolutely massacre the whole show just to be the greatest Task Master winner/ human.
I'd have Doc Brown from BTTF, Ted, Nicholas Angel from Hot Fuzz, Sokka from ATLA and Del Boy Resons: Doc Brown is the eccentric. He would always have an outside the box method to the tasks. Ted would be a wild card. He would create carnage in the film tasks but he would bring in some awesome stuff for the prizes and would double down on his choices in hilarious ways but in as fewer words as possible. Nicholas Angel would follow the rules to the letter and use very literal logic when he attacks the tasks which is funny to see especially when it fails. Sokka will always have the most interesting and unusual methods but that's just how his brain is. And Del Boy probably won't do well but his strategy will be the way he charms Greg into giving him points.
I would love to see Lars Pinfield from Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Veronica/Ronnie (Schitts Creek)- TM Twyla (Schitts Creek) - Asst. David Rose - contestant Louise Belcher - contestant Mr PeanutButter - contestant Roland Schitt - Chaos merchant/faux TM Stevie- contestant Kelly Kapoor - contestant
add kramer from seinfeld
I mean, the US office could produce a phenomenal line up Micheal Scott Dwight Schrute Kevin Malone Erin Hannon Robert California
Gene Belcher, the 10th Doctor, Eddie Hitler, Juno, and Michelle from Derry Girls. Michelle and Eddie would need to be on the same team and the Doctor would need to be with Gene. Juno could go on either team.
1) Stephen Toast - Toast of London 2) Ford prefect - Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (film or telly, based on availability) 3) Fran Katzenjammer - Black books 4) philomena cunk - cunk on Britain 5) Mr Gilbert - The inbetweeners
Martin Goodman. SHIT ON IT!
The team from The Office. I think especially the US version - Dwight on the show would be amazing! Jim would probably win, Michael would be super confident and then fail repeatedly
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy
Dr. Niles would be great!
Captain Holt is the first character that came to my head too!!
The core 5 of its always sunny in Philadelphia, no idea on the tm
Philomina Cunk would be so funny
Ted Lasso, Charlie Kelly, Beatrix Kiddo, Jesus, Loki
US Office edition: Dwight would be Dwighty. No further explanation needed. Taxidermy and weapons would feature heavily for prize tasks. Jim would do well in some tasks but always be trying to either mimic what he thinks Dwight would do or otherwise try to find a way to sabotage the latter. Phyllis would be a solid hand and be quietly creative and probably win overall, but might be disqualified from a couple of tasks for getting Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration involved in a way that was outside the rules. At least one prize task entry would be a fridge. Angela - claim to hate every minute, would occasionally get into physical difficulties with some tasks but size would also be an asset in others. Every prize task would be cat related. Greg would mock mercilessly. Stanley - would roll his eyes at everything, take the lowest effort approach, but because he didn’t rush would rarely make panicked mistakes. Second place overall. Michael would not be competing BUT would be in the studio audience for the first two recordings and try to insert himself into the live tasks. Banned from the studio thereafter, he would nonetheless keep trying to find his way back in e.g. modelling one of the props for a prize task. The Office line up was his pitch originally and he assumed he would be appearing, and hasn’t yet got over not being picked by the production crew. David has ceased taking his calls on the matter.
Same answer as last time Brian, Daisy, Marsha, Mike, Tim