Al's sonic surprise

Here's a description of the contestant's attempt. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to illustrate it.

Before Alex emerges from his shed to experience Al’s surprise, he is seen in the shed building a very impressive house of cards. When he emerges, he sees Al sitting on a chair outside, wearing just his pants, shoes, and a hat. Al begins striking a very large gong next to him, and setting off four air horns with his feet. He looks very pleased with himself. Alex admits that he is more surprised about the gong, than the half-naked Al. He describes Al as having a “lovely physique”, and then refers to the experience as “The dong and the gong”, thus coining the episode’s title. When he asks Al how many horns there are, Al responds that it’s a “four horn surprise”, and then has another bang on his gong. In the studio, Alex reveals that Al lives near the Taskmaster house, and had been able to source a gong within an hour. Al shares that he plays drums on the side, and therefore knew that there was a “gong rental place” nearby. Alex describes Al’s surprise as an “attack on the senses”, and Al earns second place.

(Written by JoGo and proofread by Karl Craven)