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Episode 9: Terribly delivered, Minnie Mouse!

Image of the title card at the start of this episode, showing a task brief with the show title, 'Kongen Befaler', and the episode title, 'Elendig levert, Minni Mus!' ['Miserably delivered, Minnie Mouse!'], on a wooden desk. At the edges of the image, part of a typewriter keyboard and a stack of leather-bound books can be seen.

Air date:

12/12/2019

Original title:

Elendig levert, Minni Mus!

Title coined by:

Bård Ylvisåker

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in something they should have thrown away long ago, make an owl fly as high as possible, paint a portrait of the Taskmaster, put something on their head without using their hands and then recite a verse, and hit the ping pong balls but not the eggs.

Title context

'Terribly delivered, Minnie Mouse!' was an exclamation by Bård Ylvisåker during the 'Make the owl fly as high as possible' task.

Alternate Titles

On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Ana ugglor i luften', which translates as 'Sense owls in the air'. This is a reference to the 'Make the owl fly as high as possible' task, and a play on words on the Swedish idiom 'Ana ugglor i mossen' ('Sense owls in the marsh'), which is similar to the English phrase 'to smell a rat', meaning that one is suspicious. [Translator credit: DANI]

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome to Kongen Befaler! We are here in Drammens Theatre. Our five comedians will solve challenging, cunning, and - to say the least - exhausting tasks I've cooked together. Things are heating up in the battle for the grand prize: a bust in gold... of me!