Episode 3: Jock on nerd action

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the swankiest thing, send an exercise ball on a return trip, be the manliest man, make a video-call while dressed as Frankenstein, and avoid making a jar of water overflow.

Title context

Tom Cashman describes his kiss with Tommy Little at the start of the ‘Send an exercise ball on a return trip’ task as “Jock-on-nerd action”, after Tom Gleeson describes Emma Holland’s burn about Tom Cashman not earning enough money to pay tax as “nerd-on-nerd action”.

Taskmaster Intro

Hello and welcome to Taskmaster. It’s our third episode, and after my week-long cryogenic sleep, they’ve updated my moral source code with what’s okay and what’s not okay to joke about. Look out, straight white men – I’m coming for you!

Contestant Intros

Let’s meet the cast.

Note: Tom’s unfavourable introductions for both Dave Hughes and Tommy Little appear to be a continuation of his claim, during his intro, that he was now only coming after straight white men.

The stinky and old Dave Hughes.

The wonderful Emma Holland.

The irreplaceable Lisa McCune.

The very cool and suave Takashi Wakasugi.

And the stinky and getting old Tommy Little.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, the boy who spends his week hanging out at the library, telling people to ‘shh’, and getting tingles in his naughty region at the brilliance of the Dewey Decimal System. It’s Tom Cashman.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learnt? Well, Hughesy taught everyone that Frankenstein is the doctor, because, incredibly, he's read the book. But more importantly, he's learning right now that, in ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ style, it was all of us who crapped in his dunny. Once more, well done, Emma, and well done to all of us for another cracker of an episode.