Episode 8: The umbrella wink

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must: bring in the thing that Greg would most like to squeeze in his mighty hands; flick, flip, and flap a flip-flop, flan, and flapjack; put a watermelon on a table while completing secret tasks; bring a mannequin to life; and write answers to Greg’s questions based on a letter they have chosen.

Title context

Greg tells Nick Mohammed that “the umbrella wink” is going to catch on, after the ‘Put the watermelon on the table while completing secret tasks’ task, in which Nick winks directly at the camera almost every time that he says the word ‘umbrella’.

Alternate Titles

• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Sateenvarjosilmänisku', which translates as 'Umbrella wink'. [Translator credit: yellowrainboot]

Taskmaster Intro

Hello! I'm Greg Davies. Welcome to Taskmaster. Tell Nan to stop shuffling around the kitchen - we're starting. That's it, in you come, Nan. Sit down. Get her a cushion. Get Nan a cushion. Sit Nan up. Nan? Na-a-an! Oh, it's OK - she's asleep. So let's just get stuck in to some comedians.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, a man who recently confided in me, when drunk, that he thinks the Pride movement has got ‘a bit out of hand’. It’s Little Alex Horne!