Episode 9: An absolute pedant

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the thing that reminds them of themselves, get a hole-in-one, bring a classic artwork to life, scare Paul at bedtime, complete a secret mission, and multitask while remaining photogenic.

Chris Parker represents Tofiga Fepulea’i in the studio for this episode.

Title context

Abby Howells describes herself as “An absolute pedant” in the wake of the reveal of Hayley Sproull’s attempt at the ‘Complete a secret mission’ task, in which Abby had corrected Hayley’s pronunciation of words twice.

Taskmaster Intro

Nau mai, haere mai, and welcome to Taskmaster. My name's Jeremy Wells, and I was installed in this job after the previous democratically elected host was overthrown in a bloody coup masterminded by the CIA. It's unfortunate things got to that point, but I think we can all agree it was for the best, because now I am the Taskmaster. We are gathered here tonight to see five as yet uncancelled New Zealand comedians battle it out to win this ― the Taskmaster trophy.

Note: ‘Nau mai, haere mai’ is Māori for ‘You are welcome, come’.

Assistant Intro

And, as always, here to do all the dirty work so I can keep my hands clean, like a deadpan dog poo bag, it's Paul Williams.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

Nga mihi o te po. Goodnight.

Note: ‘Nga mihi o te po’ is Māori for ‘Good night wishes’.