I've struggled with this season of Taskmaster, it has been great at times, terrible at others. I've endured as the comedian roll call is just brilliant. As always, just like Season 2 they absolutely carry the show with Tom Gleeson just calling in the Toyota ads and trying to be witty, falling very short. I know he doesn't do the writing but, even the delivery struggles.
This episode just... failed miserably. I made it to the Roast section, and that's me done with Australian Taskmasters forever and probably Tom Gleeson too.
A good roast is funny. Hilarious! You can empty your lungs with deep laughter. Think Roast Battle UK - that is one of the funniest things I have ever seen! To watch Joe Lycett in Roast Battle season 4, just hilarious, fast paced and grueling comedy.
This episode of Taskmaster was just grubby TV. Shouldn't expect too much from an Aussie commercial network but Seasons 1 and 2 were quite good. But after this particular unfunny task when the Taskmaster has to ask a brilliantly witty and sharp comedian "Are you... OK?" that's not funny. And none of the roasts were funny, or entertaining in the slightest. It was a car crash... like watching a drunk, One Nation voting Auntie give the speech at a wedding for your sister and her new wife.
I love a good cringe watch - think Office UK... Office US. This was beyond the cringe, just left me feeling....dirty, washed out and empty.
I turned off Gleeson's Hard Quiz a few seasons ago after tiring of his borderline personal, nasty jibes at guests (members of the public, not paid comedians) and I'm now absolutely done with Taskmasters Australia.
What a shame, it could have been so good!!
