Wil tries to live by Jenny’s risky mantra

After reading the first task brief, Wil asks Tom if he has a mantra that he lives his life by. When Tom says “Not really, I take it day by day”, Wil decides to take this and adapt it to make it more original.

Wil’s mantra is therefore “Take your life every second day, by day”. His poster includes a drawing of the cat hanging from the washing line, representing a day of work, and then another drawing of the cat on a chair, relaxing. There are also several additional lines of text in fine print at the bottom of the poster, which Wil describes as “terms and conditions”.

For the second part of the task, Wil is presented with Jenny’s mantra of “Risk existence. Go the distance.”

His immediate suggestion is that he could go to space. He notes that he doesn’t just want to do another green screen thing, but is then immediately seen in an obvious green screen-based scene, flying through space in a rocket, with the cat.

Wil says to the cat, “Isn’t this amazing, Cat-stranaut? You don’t have to ‘hang in there’ anymore, because you’re in zero gravity.” He then points out to the cat that they haven’t risked it all yet, as they still have to leave the rocket and explore space. Wil then floats off into space.

In the studio, when Tom Gleeson repeats that he is not a fan of Wil’s sketch comedy, Wil points out it wasn’t comedy, it was drama, as he and the cat were risking their existence in space.

Tom Gleeson says Wil’s own show (Gruen) is really good, and questions, again, why Wil is even doing Taskmaster. Wil responds that he’s sick of being successful, and wants to show people that he can’t do everything, and that he’s only human.

Tom awards Wil 2 points.

(Written by JoGo and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: David Fuller)