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Episode 7: Been spending too much time with Staysman

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, 'Vært for mye med Staysman' ['Been spending too much time with Staysman'], 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:

31/10/2024

Original title:

Vært for mye med Staysman

Title coined by:

Olli Wermskog

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in something they want the whole world to know they’ve got, fry a high-altitude egg, get a mini-ball into a mini-bucket, create a pair of glasses that’ll make Olli see things differently, and make a balloon as heavy as possible.

Title context

Olli Wermskog tells Else Kåss Furuseth that she has been “been spending too much time with Staysman” after she celebrates her successful attempt at the ‘Get a mini-ball into a mini-bucket’ task. Stian Thorbjørnsen (aka Staysman) was a contestant in the 2022 Christmas Special of the show.

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome to the Drammen Theatre. The King commands you to stay seated and watch the entire episode of this show that is also called ‘The King Commands’, where five carefully chosen participants are thrown into trials that most of us would have handled with a straight arm.

Note: In Norwegian, saying that someone would do something ‘with a straight arm’ (‘på strak arm’) means that they would have handled it with ease.

Assistant Intro

Speaking of straight arms, here’s the man with Norway’s straightest measuring arm, weighing arm, and time-taking arm, Olli Wermskog.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

Thank you for watching, with or without glasses. And speaking of glasses, it might be a good idea to see things with new glasses, as long as they’re not Olli’s glasses. We’ll be back next time. See you. Bye!