As Alex Horne tells it, Taskmaster was born out of professional jealousy. In 2009, he became a parent and so broke with almost a decade of tradition by not taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe. That same year, his friend and former flatmate Tim Key won the festival’s top comedy award, for which Horne had been nominated in 2003.
At home and envious, Horne sent out emails inviting 20 comedians – including Key – to take part in a new competition in which he would set them a different task each month for a year. The results would be shared in a live performance at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe called The Taskmaster.
The result was organised chaos. An overdraft of comedians (a Fringe-specific collective noun) plus a pianist joined Horne on stage to reveal the results, set tie-break tasks, and eventually crown a winner.
“So this is The Taskmaster,” Horne told the crowd, “It...
At home and envious, Horne sent out emails inviting 20 comedians – including Key – to take part in a new competition in which he would set them a different task each month for a year. The results would be shared in a live performance at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe called The Taskmaster.
The result was organised chaos. An overdraft of comedians (a Fringe-specific collective noun) plus a pianist joined Horne on stage to reveal the results, set tie-break tasks, and eventually crown a winner.
“So this is The Taskmaster,” Horne told the crowd, “It...
- 4/11/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Jonathan Ross reveals he had an altercation with an angry goat in tonight's (March 10) episode of Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.
Ross explains that he was faced with the unusual situation while visiting a zoo with his young son Harvey.
"This goat ran, hit [Harvey] full in the chest and sent him flying," Ross said. "Before I knew what I had done, I punched that goat and he went right over on his side."
Ross also said that the zoo employees got the wrong idea from his reaction.
He said: "The bloke came over and said, 'Get out of the pen - he's attacking the goats!'
"I said, 'No, no, the goat's attacking the boy'. They weren't interested in Harvey, they thought I was going on some sort of goat rampage."
Germaine Greer, Tom Wrigglesworth and Lucy Beaumont also feature in tonight's episode, where topics range from '60s underground porn,...
Ross explains that he was faced with the unusual situation while visiting a zoo with his young son Harvey.
"This goat ran, hit [Harvey] full in the chest and sent him flying," Ross said. "Before I knew what I had done, I punched that goat and he went right over on his side."
Ross also said that the zoo employees got the wrong idea from his reaction.
He said: "The bloke came over and said, 'Get out of the pen - he's attacking the goats!'
"I said, 'No, no, the goat's attacking the boy'. They weren't interested in Harvey, they thought I was going on some sort of goat rampage."
Germaine Greer, Tom Wrigglesworth and Lucy Beaumont also feature in tonight's episode, where topics range from '60s underground porn,...
- 3/10/2015
- Digital Spy
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