AsAlex Horne tells it,Taskmasterwas born out of professional jealousy.
The results would be shared in a live performance at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe calledThe Taskmaster.
The result was organised chaos.
The second year featured many of the same names plusBruce Dessau.
Mike Wozniak is… the Taskmaster?
Alex judged entries and awarded the points without the whole appease-a-comedy-tyrant premise.
I wasnt famous enough, Horne deadpanned.
Because hes a fundamentally weak human being, joked Davies with the straightest of faces.
Hes right, agreed Alex.
My personality is dreadful.
Most money wins and that paid for it.
We have to get crash mats even if somebodys jumping from one metre.
The absurdity of the original tasks (Send Alex a picture of yourself with an egg.
The TV show remains a brilliant translation of that initial flash of genius.
Taskmasterseries 17 airs on Thursdays on Channel 4.
