Taskmaster - S7E4 'Ollie'

Late watching this reaction, but just want to say, Mike, that I watched Tenet twice and still didn't understand what was happening properly, I just couldn't wrap my head around it and I watch a LOT of sci-fi. I had to look it up in the end, and guess what? I'm still not 100% on it. I can't tell if it's just a bad plot full of holes, or if my brain is just full of holes these days 😆 OR ... maybe the film isn't supposed to be understood 100% to make people talk about it ... Clever bastards!

How much Coleman’s mustard are we sending Mike

Yeah tenet is absolutely shit

With the rhyming slang it was picked because it was the first thing that popped into someone’s head, the same way new ones are invented now, and they just catch on

James definitely gets the Matrix

To be fair it would be quite boring to watch Wang fill up a bucket of water for 6 minutes.

Weirdly my first experience with the Matrix was trying to watch it at home (in those insane days where you used to still watch movies with your parents) where my drunk mum was giving a rambling commentary throughout and completely ruined it. All the time I was thinking... wow... this is actually quite good... mum have you ever heard of Gnosticism or indeed Plato's Cave

Regarding the episode that was skipped because of audio issues. What about releasing it as a Patreon exclusive as it was? We'd still get to see your facial expressions and who you picked each task

I reckon there's a chance Phil didn't know about being a bit showey, i'm the same when I wear joggers but never noticed till a girlfriend told me when I was in my mid 20's

Speaking of drastic change in appearance, talk about S22. IYKYK.

The editing isnt off its purposefully to bring people up and shoot them back down for the comedic side of the show

TENET is easy to understand, when you figure out it's TENET backward

Oh God, Tenet, I don't think there's much to get. I think it's just an experiment gone wrong. He thought it would end up interesting but it didn't, just jan exercise in creative film making, but forgetting to make a good movie.

"should have come out with a boner" - hahaha fgs

Love me some Rhod Gilbert. He's so good.

Mike wants real time footage of all tasks lol

Was he named Ollie because he weighs 31.770kg, was he modified after the fact to make his weight match his name, was it just an insane cosmic coincidence, or was it all a lie and he doesn't actually weigh that much?

Mike, if it’s English mustard, you might be in trouble smearing that all over your face and body……..edit ..just watched Rhod ffs, there are at least two idiots in the world, one in U.K. one in Florida

To be fair... Every outside scene had a close up of ollie so there was some hints lol

For all Rhod's joking, he's such a nice guy irl. I met him once. He was hanging around outside the toilets of an event he was hosting, which sounds quite seedy, but it was where you stood before going on stage. I said hello, but refrained from shaking his hand, even though I had washed my hands after the bathroom, I didn't want him to be worrying about whether I had or not haha. It was a charity event to raise money for a kid with cancer and he was hosting it for free. Baring in mind he came from Wales or wherever he lives, up to Blyth near Newcastle.

Rhod and Greg, are very close friends from way back, hence the banter. This was so much fun, as always, thanks for the laughs you guys.

Tenet is what I would have brought too Mike. Saw it in the cinema with my family and I came out with a headache. We spent the whole drive home trying to understand and explain our understanding of it to eachother and wow, yeah. Not a relaxing evening 🤣

I love when Kerry is competitive

Rhod was very unlucky,if the switch was controlling something directly rather than simply something happening when it's switched on,his idea would have been perfect.

Normally I enjoy watching your reactions and I enjoy watching other peoples reactions to Taskmaster in particular. I know you are taking a break from Taskmaster after this series, but I just wanted to say that it is starting to feel less of a reaction and more of watching you take part in a quiz. Taskmaster is a "silly" comedy show. It has 7 comedians on every episode, it doesn't need anything extra to fill time. 95% of the time the comedians are simply trying to be funny, its never about the points - eg Rhod using the same photo to annoy Greg. With you trying to predict how people will do in tasks and then keep score, it sort of clashes with the energy of the show. Just enjoy the silliness! I know you have been getting some abuse recently on other series about your reactions and I don't want this to feel like that. But it is feeling like this is moving away from your normal reactions. I hope this comes across as constructive criticism and nothing else

We don't know the origin of Olly, olly oxen free. There are two theories: 1 it likely evolved from an older English phrase like "all ye, all ye outs in free" or "all the outs are free". Over time, kids misheard and sped up the words through regular play. This meant that anyone who was "out" of the safe zone could return without penalty. 2. it comes from a mispronunciation of the German phrase "Alle, alle auch sind frei," which translates to "everyone, everyone also is free."

That was the most awkward yet hilarious ending to a reaction 🤣

Alex called the knight statue Olilie earlier in this episode (during the switch task) for the audience's benefit, but he would have been sure to mention it to all the contestants throughout the show before this task too - we just dont see them all. Tenet is very confusing film and there are def certain bits I still cant work out (the car chase in particular). I do think, even with its own lore/rulebook, some of the mechanics are simply impossible - but I dont mind because I love mindbenders and it was possibly my fav cinema experience ever (empty cinema (Covid) and stoned af).

"What does water weigh?" 🤦

Just open the box you pussy is one of my most favourite moment of Taskmaster. Greg on teacher mode. For everyone else Greg is the Taskmaster but for Rhod he is the best friend he can humiliate.

It is so wild that the only two people globally to want to use the mustard like that, have now been a contestant on Taskmaster series 7, or reacted to it. 😄

Apparently, Rhod and Greg are friends. That’s why he keeps ribbing him.

And remember...its edited for laughs...so making Phil look like he did well then shooting him down with the time works well

that box is called a wonderfool box they do a clear plastic one online and one of the best 5 quid I've spent makes people so frustrated specially when some people can do it and the others can't

Wang claims he didn't know how revealing the costume was until the team tasks....olly olly oxen free is traditional childhood cry to say games over...origin unknown.possibly German or American

I got half an hour into Tenet before I gave up because I was confused from the beginning.

“I don’t understand what to do…” “Why have you only used shoes?” One of my all time favourite TM quotes 😂

In the Taskmaster Podcast Phil said he was genuinely not aware of the anatomical consequences of the Bruce Lee suit. Only at the first team task where James and Rhod pointed it out. Even the crew did not tell him until that point.

actually you could have seen they moved ollie they showed you the statue from the same angle several times and it was facing a different direction :P

A lot of rhyming slang is understandable through context. I’m not cockney and didn’t grow up hearing that slang used, but I did grow up with OFaH. I understood most of the terms through usage. Butcher’s obviously meant look just through how it’s used, even though it was years later that I learned that it was rhyming slang for butcher’s hook. I suppose the show is intentionally written that way so that non-Londoners can understand it.

I havent been watching Taskmaster too closely but I wonder if Mike and Jess recognised Jessica Knappett from Inbetweeners?

Greg went into teacher mode there.

"Ah just open the box you pussy" - When you accidentally blurt out an intrusive thought 😬 I also love Alex just casually opening and closing the box then handing it to Greg. I'd be angry too.

A C.V. is a resume. 👍

"Oh, just open the box, you pussy..."

Naked Greg confuses me too.