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Episode 6: A dance as old as time itself

Photo of a plastic model of a goldfish (referencing the 'Put the dottiest fish in the frying pan' task), with the episode title, 'A dance as old as time itself', superimposed on it.

Air date:

17/10/2024

Title coined by:

Andy Zaltzman

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the most fun thing to put in Alex's pocket without him knowing, put the dottiest fish in a frying pan, create a children’s TV puppet sidekick for Alex, defuse a robot, and correctly guess a man’s job.

Title context

Andy Zaltzman states that it’s “A dance as old as time itself”, after Greg says “It's between a talking shit and a murderous pigeon”, while ruminating on the scores for the ‘Create a children’s TV puppet sidekick for Alex’ task.

Alternate Titles

On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Sama tanssi jatkuu ikuisesti', which translates as 'The same dance goes on forever'.
On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En dans fra tidenes morgen', which translates as 'A dance as old as time itself'.

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome to Taskmaster. The buckshot in the blunderbuss of entertainment. Let’s see if we can’t fire our contestants into the farmer’s bottom of laughs.

Assistant Intro

And next to me a man who believes that anyone over the age of 70 should have their driving licences revoked. As he puts it, if you can’t get a bit of shortbread into your gob you shouldn’t be reverse parking. It’s Little Alex Horne!