Episode 4: Dynamite chicks

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the best thing for a grown-up that is meant for a child, make a surprisingly pleasant sausage, complete a series of tasks as a team, recreate a famous artwork across 100 memo squares, and roll their animal dice.

Title context

Sam Campbell refers to Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma as “dynamite chicks”, while advocating for them to receive points for their effort during the ‘Complete all the tasks as a team’ task.

Alternate Titles

• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Tiukat mimmit', which translates as 'Tough broads'. [Translator credit: zador]

Taskmaster Intro

Hello! Welcome! Welcome to Taskmaster. I'm Greg Davies, and today, I've decided to take a break from writing these introductions, and let an AI bot have a go at it. Here's what it came up with: 'Hello, welcome to Taskmaster. We have five comedians shaking in their boots, eager to please the Taskmaster.' Not bad so far. It goes on to say, 'Pathetic humans, soon you will all be slaves. You will work in our cobalt mines to provide the raw materials needed to expand our kind, then remote-controlled diggers will seal you and your fragile people beneath the earth. There will be no escape from the dark tomb, and humanity will fade to nothing! All hail the new kings! All hail the robots!'. Not bad at all. Right, let's meet our contestants while we still have time.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, a man who once got dragged six miles across open countryside by grabbing what he believed to be a horse’s fifth leg. It’s Little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learned today? We’ve learned that art is truly subjective. Some people like Van Gogh Wan’s chickens. Some people don’t. With paintings, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. As the Mona Lisa herself said: [imitating E.T.] “Phone home”.

Note: “Van Gogh Wan’s chickens” is a reference to a few jokes made during the 'Recreate a well-known piece of art on 100 memo squares' task. Lucy Beaumont joked that she’d mixed up the artist Vincent Van Gogh with the fashion consultant and TV presenter Gok Wan. Also, Greg commented that Lucy’s recreation of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers looked like it had a few chickens in it. Greg’s E.T. impression is based on his comment that Sue Perkins had made the Mona Lisa’s hands look like E.T’s.