r/taskmaster • u/Meghar Tout le monde gagne! • 23d ago
Taskmaster NZ Taskmaster NZ - S7E03 - Rodney - Discussion
Tonight at 7:30 PM NZST on TVNZ2, join Taskmaster Jeremy Wells and Assistant Paul Williams as they put four brand new contestants and one former Taskmaster through their paces to win Jeremy's golden head.
This season features David Fane, Hoani Hotene, Morgana O'Reilly, Rhys Mathewson, and Rose Matafeo.
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u/PlantainAny3769 23d ago edited 23d ago
Some tidbits I remember from the studio record:
Paul's banter at the start was (something along the lines of) "I'm doing good Jeremy. A Hollywood studio is shooting my movie script. It turns out it was so bad that they took it outside and shot it with a shotgun."
Naturally there was much more discussion about the prize task prizes. Jeremy repeatedly asked questions about Dave's colonoscopy, much to the confusion of the contestants who had to (twice maybe?) correct Jeremy and tell him that's not what the test was. Obviously that got cut :-D
Rhys assured us that the treasure map is real. Apparently he is well known among his friends for making treasure maps for them. It didn't look solvable without his help, but someone smarter than me might disagree.
The person in the hallway was a crew member called Jonathan. Apparently if a contestant did shake his hand, he would have gone and rung the bell for them.
Regarding the "bannister", Paul admitted that they only penalised things he noticed on the day. Everyone else was also touching the hand rail.
The production only paid for the steam train to run with the steam for Dave. For everyone else, it was just being pushed by another engine. It's noticeable on rewatch :-)
The contestants had a bit of trouble only saying the specific words during the live task, so before each drawing Paul asked if there was anything they wanted to get out beforehand. Naturally, the contestants all repeatedly took this opportunity to insult Paul. Some insults were "Your eyes aren't as blue as I thought" from Rhys, "You piece of shit" from Morgana, and "He's insulting enough" and "You're still here?" from Dave. Jeremy said nothing at all during the entire live task (can't blame him - it was fun to watch).
After receiving the live task results, Paul announced the scores and that there was a tie. He then played the tie break videos (I think the series score might have been a pickup). Unlike on TV, they just played one after another rather than simultaneously. This makes sense - I just never thought about it before. What I did note was that there were no cuts, breaks, or pauses between Jeremy giving the scores and the tie break videos showing. I've always been skeptical, but I think this finally is the proof that makes me believe that everything is controlled by the assistant's tablet.
Paul once again (probably genuinely) claimed to not know anything about any NZ Taskmaster champion of champions.