Episode 7: You’ve unleashed the dragon

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the most disappointing purchase, make Tom Gleeson take the longest to find them in a game of ‘Where’s the red-hatted contestant?’, punch the most holes in a document from the furthest distance, make a pair of singles have the best chemistry during their date, avoid getting made wet by Tom, and feed some stick thingies through some helmet thingies.

Title context

Lisa McCune says “Oh my god, you’ve unleashed the dragon” after receiving a standing ovation for swearing at Tom Cashman during studio discussion of her attempt at the ‘Punch the most holes in a document from the furthest distance’ task (after encouragement from Tom Gleeson to “cut sick”, an Australian phrase meaning to ‘let loose’).

Taskmaster Intro

Hello and welcome to Taskmaster. It’s another week and, yet again, they have succeeded in shaving my body down, lathering it in oil, and slipping me into my Tom Gleeson skin suit. I am, of course, Kyle Sandilands, and welcome to Taskmaster. And competing for this trophy of my golden noggin, five people who are definitely not Kyle Sandilands.

Note: Kyle Sandilands is an Australian ‘shock jock’ radio presenter, infamous for expressing homophobic, sexist, ableist, fatphobic, slut-shaming, misogynistic, and bullying views.

Assistant Intro

And sitting next to me, a man who, when he uses a urinal, he has the trousers and undies down around his ankles: it’s Tom Cashman.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

But what have we learnt? We learnt that if a fight is brewing, call up Waka and throw some hole punches. Dave Hughes confirmed the obvious rumour that he doesn’t wash his hair. And we learnt that Lisa McCune is finally fucking unhinged. Hats off again to Waka, and hats off to you, the viewer, for joining us. Goodnight!