This is wonderful news
Taskmaster – Produced by Avalon Television, Taskmaster is based on the BAFTA and Royal Television Society award-nominated, internationally popular UK format. Reggie Watts will star as the Taskmaster who, with series creator Alex Horne as his loyal assistant, will judge five unwitting comedians as they compete against each other with creativity, cunning and genius in a series of stupefying tasks. Executive produced by Watts, Horne, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, James Taylor, Jon Thoday, Kara Baker and Andy Devonshire, who will also direct.
For those of you that haven't seen Taskmaster, you're in for a real treat. Tasks range from "get three yoga balls onto a yoga mat on a hill" to "impress this mayor". It's a hysterical show, one of the best things to come out of UK television in a long time.
Spookily enough, me and my girlfriend actually made some predictions yesterday on who would be cast in a hypothetical US version of Taskmaster. We concluded with: Chelsea Peretti, Adam Conover, Demetri Martin, Carrie Brownstein and Aziz Ansari. Casting for the actual series is still not known (Except that Reggie Watts will be the Taskmaster in place of Greg Davies).
Other tasks:
Conceal this Pineapple on your person
Throw a teabag into a mug from the furthest distance
Throw a potato into a golf hole without touching the red green
Get all the shopping into a trolley across the river, fastest wins
Get to a microwave in the smallest number of steps