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Richard Ayoade's blindfold raises a Taskmaster rules dispute

Chloe Petts questions what counts as blindfolded in an episode that also turns measurement, wool and spilled beer into comedy.

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Taskmaster Season 22, Episode 8 - 'The unfairity.' | Full Episode

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2:12The prize task asks contestants to bring something that makes both them and Greg Davies smile.
7:31A blindfolded obstacle course adds penalties for touching orange objects and spilling beer.
17:46Ayoade's obstacle-course attempt sets up a studio dispute about his blindfold.
20:19Wool and pegs become upside-down self-portraits featuring an animal, made while the contestants mutter.
28:39The Measurement Machine demands target readings in weight, distance, temperature and decibels, without consecutive repeated inputs.
38:03The live task combines catching objects with repeated actions; the episode winner is revealed at 44:43.

How much can you see through a blindfold? Chloe Petts has a fairly emphatic answer after watching Richard Ayoade tackle Taskmaster's backyard obstacle course.

The contestants must avoid orange objects and swinging sausages, follow instructions and deliver beer without spilling it, all while supposedly unable to see. Nina Conti and Matt Lucas accumulate hefty time penalties. Petts crawls through with determination; Isy Suttie loses much of her beer.

Then Ayoade appears in sunglasses beneath transparent mesh goggles and navigates the course with conspicuous ease. Back in the studio, Petts wants Greg Davies to acknowledge the obvious. "The whole time, Greg! What were you watching?" she asks. Davies gives Ayoade maximum points anyway.

That dispute is one strand of "Taskmaster Season 22, Episode 8 - 'The unfairity.' | Full Episode," which has passed a million views in its first week. Viewers are discussing Ayoade's increasingly visible grin, Petts' objections and the return of the sausage spinner.

The rest of the episode offers different kinds of precision trouble. Contestants make upside-down wool self-portraits alongside an animal, then try to hit target measurements using weight, distance, temperature and sound. Overshooting matters, and consecutive inputs cannot be repeated. Conti's protest supplies the title: "Oh, it's the- the- the unfairity!"

Suttie, meanwhile, finds a philosophical defense for losing her beer: "Drinking is spilling something inside you, isn't it?" The channel has since given that thought its own outtake upload, titled "Is drinking just spilling stuff inside you? #outtake #taskmaster".

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What viewers say

The eye of a casual observer might miss it but I think we can all see Richard Ayoade is BEAMING with joy this ep
@armadillo6034See it on YouTube
"I literally feel my heart pumping" followed by Alex's "it always is" is peak Alex and I love it 😂
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can't believe the sausage spinner is making a comeback! no way!
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The cut to Richard in the Gatorworld hat felt like such a Moss moment!
@ryanholmes8587See it on YouTube
"What this show has taught me is that I quite like measuring things."

Welcome to the club Richard my boy.
@FriendlysociopathSee it on YouTube
I suspect that- "Oh no, I can hear the sausages!" is a completely new expression never spoken before by any member of the human race.
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