Episode 8: Mother honks her horn

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the creepiest thing, poke something unexpected through a hole, follow some clues and then do what they spell, compose a 30 second piece of music, and then bob, pat, kneel, stew, or wane in response to some names called out by the Taskmaster.

Title context

'Mother honks her horn' was a phrase used by Greg Davies to describe Phil's trumpet playing during the 'Compose a 30 second piece of music' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Denmark's TV2 Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Mor dytter i hornet', which translates as 'Mother honks the horn'.
• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Äiti tööttää torveaan', which translates as 'Mother honks her horn'. [Translator credit: zador]

Taskmaster Intro

Hello! How are you? I'm fine, thanks. You're looking well. I'm Greg Davies, and this is Taskmaster. There are five comedians hungry to stoke the fire of this competition and commence battle immediately. So who am I to stop them? I'm the Taskmaster. That's who. But I'm also just a regular nice guy. So, here they are. Your five fearless fighters.

Assistant Intro

And, still very much keeping the dream alive that he might be a late bloomer... It's little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learnt today? We've learnt, if you're a lovely little match girl, living in poverty, be careful who you're charitable to. Or you might get your shitting face shot off. So you next time for the penultimate part of this series. Thank you. Good night!