As someone who is probably neurospicy in varying ways, one thing that really resonates with me is the concept of hyperfocus. When I am interested in something, it consumes all my attention. For example. Elden Ring DLC is dropping tomorrow at 5 p.m. That means that I will be playing it for hours a day until I finish it with at least two characters. Let’s be real. I’ve been playing Elden Ring since it came out two years ago. I always have at least one character on the go, and I am currently doing a loose follow through playalong playthrough with the RKG lads. Loose because Rory is a better player than I am. This is just facts and I can’t do as well as he can.
Anyway. I recently got really into Fern Brady. A told me that Fern was on the show, Taskmaster. Now, the RKG Discord is British-based, and they go on about Taskmaster on the regular. For whatever reason, I thought the show was a Shark Tank-like show in which celebrities brought wild business ideas onto the show and then were judged on brinigng in said tasks.
But, no. It’s five comedians doing a bunch of wild tasks that the Taskmaster (Greg Davies) and his assistant (Little Alex Horne) set out for them. I watched Fern Brady’s season (14) before going back and starting from the beginning. Which was a jolt, I’ll tell you that much.
Side note: Before I started watching, I saw an episode of a show that Fern Brady was hosting (told you I was apt to hyperfocus) about food and weird combinations of different foods. What A Combo it was called, I believe. The episode I watched was within the last year had Tim Key on it. Coincidentally, he was on the first season of Taskmaster. When I started watching it, I was hyped because he was on it. He was so chill and mellow on What A Combo–I was looking forward to him being on the show.
Instead, he was hyper and a cheater, all the time with a self-satisfied smirk on his face. He cheated and then lied about it, and what’s more, showed no remorse over lying about it. I really didn’t like him on the show, much to my dismay. I was viciously happy when all his machinations did not work.
Here’s the thing. Season 14 was 10 episodes and very smooth. Season 1 had 6 episodes and was rough (as was to be expected). Season 2 was more like the first series, obviously, and what was lowkey annoying me throughout the different series was how all the tasks were skewed towards white cishet British men. It was to be expected, obviously, but it was annoying, nonetheless.