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rather than who you would like to see on the next taskmaster series, who do you think will be on it? like just your predictions or any inklings you may have!

anon if you're still around then you'll know i really took my time with this hahaha so sorry! i hope anyone reading this takes it as just a bit of fun and nbd, who knows who we'll get or who alex & the network have in mind! i'm answering thoughtfully (bc i always feel guilty not to 😩 so sorry this is long lol) but it's really just fun!!

i will say, of the more recent-ish series, i did get a few right!!! krishnan guru-murthy, nicola coughlan, alan davies, judi love, sue perkins, john robins, and joanne mcnally were people i just knew would eventually be on if the show could get their schedules right, and i was also certain sarah millican and dara ó briain would be asked — though not necessarily that they'd actually agree. when you have a level of seniority and esteem, the "it's such a great opportunity" aspect of the show isn't such a draw 😅 for some reason i feel SO PROUD about guessing nicola! i was just WAITING and wish sooooo much she had done a full series 😭😭😭 (how fun would saoirse-monica jackson be too!)

anyways, as for people who haven't been on yet — and this isn't to say i want them all to be, just that i think it's likeliest they have been asked or will be asked; i talked about who i want to see a little while ago here — it's important to consider the casting 'roles' the network has in mind when working with the producers to form a series, so i will keep that in mind too!

established comedian, typically a straight white man over 40: bill bailey, vic reeves, harry hill, geoff norcott, kevin bridges, adam buxton, ade edmondson (tommy tiernan? god i feel bad for not saying ed byrne but why do i feel like he's not gonna make it in the next few series? i'm on the fence with nick helm — unless he's friends with alex, then his chances go up significantly imo — and tom allen for some reason, and i feel like john bishop is almost too much of an ask?)

fresh talent comedian, typically a man under 40: rhys james, huge davies, ahir shah, darren harriott would be my top guesses but tbh any of the semi-recent edinburgh comedy award finalists are good bets as a majority of the winners from the last ~10 years have been on the series + throwing out tom rosenthal (i know he's not fresh fresh and also mostly an actor)...and, like, jazz emu?...just because if taskmaster know how much its audience adores weird little white twinks then they'll cast them

female or non-binary comedian: 100% sarah keyworth + harriet kemsley, maisie adam, jess fostekew, suzi ruffell. i've shifted away from betting on cariad lloyd and catherine bohart for some reason... (joanne was my no.1 lady bet for the last like 4 series hahaha)

non-comedian: this is very, very hard to predict because between comedy actors, non-comedy actors, tv presenters, news people, reality & social media stars... the potential predictions are just so endless! logically, the most likely is an established actor with a lot of comedy connections (think sally phillips, lolly adefope, liza tarbuck, sian gibson, daisy may cooper, susan wokoma; this category is where tm gets quite a few of its female contestants): matt holness, kevin eldon, amanda abbington, tom davis, sharon horgan, kathy burke, georgia tennant (also friends w alex?), su pollard, tom basden, apparently anyone from the cast of ghosts, and so on and so on and so on... + i'll also throw out maggie aderin-pocock as a serious contender + i really feel like one of the spice girls will be on new years treat

friend of alex: john robins was the prediction for the past few series, so just worth keeping in mind other people in this circle include elis james, matthew crosby, tom neenan, and so on

freebie answers because alex/greg have mentioned them before: jack dee, lorraine kelly, joanna lumley (i want jennifer saunders SO BAD give us an epic series w both ade and jen pleaseeee tm gods!!!!)

complete wild card bets that are either my instincts kicking in or my bias taking over: limmy, adam buxton, paddy mcguinness, diane morgan, daniel sloss, jess hynes, spencer jones??, alasdair beckett-king or josh pugh + if suzy izzard wasn't doing a big nyc show i'd say that's a good guess if only bc you know greg & alex grew up big fans

did i mention too many people?? if i had to put my money behind a single person it would be either ahir shah or sarah keyworth

these are almost all of my fr big heavy hitters when it comes to placing bets! but there are of course so many people i didn't name who i could totally see on either a main series or the ny treat — so many people just make sense and that's the beauty of taskmaster!!

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ariesmusingz · 2 months

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૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა ╱ WELSH NAMES MASTERLIST ( below the cut is #293 welsh first names. they are a mixture of feminine, masculine and neutral names, but please use as you see fit. please like / reblog if you found useful. )

feminine ;

addien

aderyn

adwen

aelwen

aeres

aerfen

aerona

aeronwen

aethwy

afanen

amser

anchoret

angharad

annwyl

anwen

aranrhod

arianrhod

arianwen

arlais

awen

awena

bethan

bethwyn

betrys

blodwedd

blodwen

blodwyn

braith

branwen

briallen

bronwen

bronwyn

brynn

buddug

caraf

cari

caron

carys

catrin

ceinwen

ceridewn

cerys

delyth

dilys

eilir

eira

eirlys

eirwen

eleri

eluned

enfys

enid

ffan

ffion

gaenor

gaynor

gladys

glain

glenda

glenys

glynis

glynnis

guenevere

guinevak

guinevere

gwawr

gwen

gwendolyn

gwenhwyfar

gwenifer

gwenllian

gwennan

gwenno

gwaldus

gwylan

gwyneria

gwyneth

haf

hafwen

heulwen

igraine

iorwen

kiah

lleucu

llinos

llywelya

lowri

lunet

mabli

maybn

madrona

madwen

mair

mairwen

mared

marged

medi

megan

meghan

melangell

menna

mererid

merlyn

morgana

morgause

morwen

myfanwy

nia

non

olwen

owena

raewyn

rhian

rhianna

rhiannon

rhianu

rhonda

rhoswen

seren

sian

sioned

siriol

sulwyn

talaith

tanwen

tegan

teleri

telyn

terrwyn

masculine ;

adda

aeron

aled

alun

andras

aneirin

arawn

arthur

baeddan

bedivere

bedwyr

berwyn

bevan

beynon

bleddyn

bowen

bran

broderick

brychan

brynmor

cadell

cadfael

cadfan

cadogan

caradoc

carwyn

ceron

cledwyn

collen

dafydd

dai

derwyn

dewey

dewi

dillan

dillon

dilwyn

eirwyn

elisedd

emrys

ercwlff

euros

gaerwn

gareth

geraint

gerallt

gethin

griffin

grittith

gruffudd

grugwyn

guto

gwalchmai

gwaltney

gwern

gwil

gwilym

gwydion

gwyn

hedd

heddwyn

howell

hywel

ianto

idwal

ieuan

ifan

ifor

illtyd

ioan

iolo

iorwerth

islwyn

kynan

lleu

llewellyn

lloyd

llyr

llywelyn

mabon

macsen

maddock

madoc

madog

meilyr

merewyn

meriadoc

mervin

mervyn

meurig

mihangel

mordred

myrddid

nye

owain

pasgen

peredur

powell

pritchard

pryderi

pwyll

rhodri

rhun

rhydian

rhys

romney

siarl

taffy

talan

taliesin

taran

trefor

tremain

trevelian

tudor

twm

urian

vaughn

yestin

ynyr

neutral ;

afon

avalon

avon

bricen

cadewyn

cadwalader

caerwyn

cai

cambrie

cariad

celyn

ceri

colwyn

crwys

dwyn

dylan

ebrill

eirian

elwyn

emlyn

evan

gaiwan

garan

glyn

glynn

gryffon

llar

meredith

morgan

mostyn

nesta

ninian

parry

pembroke

pugh

ragle

reese

rhoslyn

rice

sianai

tristan

uther

wynn

wynne

#rph #rpt #name help #name suggestions #name ideas #masterlist: mine #masterlist #content: mine

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tellthemeerkatsitsfine · 4 months

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I am quite bad at recognizing voices, even when I’m familiar with them, which of course is at times an issue in my obsession with audio comedy. I can do it eventually, requiring less time for people with more distinctive voices. But I’m a lot worse at it than most people I know are.

I am currently listening to the Elis James/John Robins radio show (I wish there were an easy portmanteau so I didn’t have to type all that out every time, like Jossell, but to do that here would just make the word jealous, which might be a fitting couple name given their dynamic of John Robins skewering Elis James for crimes such as making money from sitcom acting and getting verified on Twitter, but it would get confusing to try to use that as a name for them regularly), and I got really, embarrassingly far into it – way, way too far into it, before I realized they’ve had comedians calling in disguise on almost every episode I’ve heard. It’s one of the worst voice-based oversights I’ve ever made, missing all those voices until episode 47.

They have this feature called Textual Healing, where each episode, a listener will call in with their problem and John and Elis will offer advice like Agony Uncles. And I did understand, from pretty close to the beginning, that this isn’t a straightforward advice segment. The problems were always really weird, but John and Elis treated them relatively seriously.

At first I didn’t think much about it, just figured that maybe the producers filtered the calls until they found someone with a weird enough problem to be funny. Then I figured the listeners had caught on to this, and some were calling in with fake problems to be funny, and John and Elis were playing along. I continued to believe this until episode 47, when a woman with a really exaggerated Welsh accent called into complain that her cat was classist.

After 46 fucking episodes of me not working out what was going on, they finally tipped their hand, I thought that had to be an actor. It sounded too much like an actor performing a sketch, getting too deeply into character with the weird voice and the verbal tics and the wild problem presented as though it were normal, I did not think some listener was making this up on the fly. Also, I was pretty sure I did recognize the voice but could not, for the life of me, work out from where.

So I went home and Googled it, and it turns out I have been wrong from the very beginning. There’s a spreadsheet online that tells you who the various callers actually are, or at least, who all the callers are that the fans have been able to identify:

Look at that fucking spreadsheet. Everything from before episode 47 is something I heard and did not realize it was anyone besides a listener playing a game. Looking at it again, I’m now pretty sure that none of them were from actual listeners. I think that from the beginning, John Robins and Elis James decided it would be funny to set up a fake listener call-in segment, where they have comedians call in in character, as a parody of real Agony Aunt segments. And I didn’t catch on until episode 47, when Cariad Lloyd overacted just a little too hard. I think the sections of that spreadsheet where the “real identity” is blank are just the sections where no one has successfully identified who they were, maybe they’re non-famous friends of John and Elis.

It all makes sense now, of course. When that one woman called in and I noticed she had the exact same accent as Lucy Beaumont – really, the exact one, and I’ve never heard anyone else with that exact accent before, but I guess I just don’t hear many people from Hull, and this must be some other Hull woman – and she even had quite a Lucy Beaumont-esque problem, of saying she keeps having dreams that then come true. I thought, maybe it’s common for people from Hull to believe in supernatural things, the way Lucy Beaumont does. Obviously, I am now aware that the caller was, in fact, Lucy Beaumont.

When someone who introduced herself as “Isobel from Crystal Palace” called in, and I thought – that’s interesting, because Elis James’ partner Isy Suttie lives in Crystal Palace, her full first name is Isobel and this caller’s accent even sounds a lot like Isy’s – yep, that was Isy Suttie, and actually that barely counts as a disguise, she literally introduced herself with her real name. I… definitely should have got that one. It’s weird that I didn’t get that one. Especially since it was the episode after John’s then-girlfriend, Sara Pascoe, called in as a character named “Sara”.

I think I a bunch of them do this – call in with problems that are in some small way to related to themselves. Like Lucy Beaumont called in as someone with an absurd belief that she has psychic powers, but the real Lucy Beaumont also believes in psychic powers. I’ve just listened to the first of several Tim Key episodes (episode 59), and he has mentioned that one of his problems is related to a reindeer skull. I know Tim Key really did have a reindeer skull in 2015 (when that radio episode aired), because he brought it as a prize on Taskmaster season 1, which aired in the same year.

Looking at this makes me see that it makes sense that I’d initially grouped the Jellis radio show in with Pappy’s Flatshare and Three Bean Salad, on my list of audio comedy things to get to at some point, because clearly those people run in the same circles. All three people from Pappy’s, and all three people from Three Bean Salad, appear on Textual Healing at least once.

That list also contains quite a few people whose voices I know really well, I cannot believe I missed them all. I heard Josie Long and didn’t recognize her! Romesh Ranganathan, who’s got a very distinctive voice. I think I actually did, for the briefest of moments, vaguely think “Oh that sounds a little bit like Ivo Graham,” one time. But not enough to actually realize it was Ivo Graham. I didn’t recognize Matthew Crosby, even though when I listen to the Pappy’s podcast, I always appreciate that I have no trouble picking out Crosby’s voice, since I can’t tell Tom and Ben apart and it would get really confusing if all three sounded the same.

The worst of these by far is I heard Daniel Fucking Kitson and did not realize it was him. Do you know how big a deal that is? I have spent an utterly indefensible number of hours listening to Daniel Kitson talk. I just checked, and I hesitate to even share this information because it’s so over the top, but if I isolate all the audio files in my Daniel Kitson folder and get their combined duration, and then do the same with the video files in there, and add those two durations up, it comes to about 720 hours. And I have listened to every moment of them, within the last couple of years. That number is slightly inflated because it includes both the full versions of his radio shows with the songs still in, and the cut versions with the songs edited out, so some of the content is duplicated. But still.

Also, for the last year I have been an assistant in a similarly over-the-top project to collate all the Kitson radio clips that my friend and I can possibly find, where said friend (the word “assistant” might be too grandiose for me, my friend has done the vast majority of the work and my contributions have consisted of writing down the names of songs while editing them out of some episodes) has uploaded them to a website that I will deny having anything to do with if it ever comes to attention of attention-avoidant man himself, in fact I will deny ever having heard of Daniel Kitson. But the point is that we have scoured the internet for any references to any time in any year that Daniel Kitson may have appeared on any radio station in any form, because this radio archiving project exists to satisfy the relentless completist that runs deep through my entire personality.

And still, despite all that, I heard a new bit of Kitson on the radio – a clip we didn’t even know existed, and I hadn’t just found a reference to it having happened so I could try to track it down, I had the actual clip right there in front of me, and I did not realize it was him. 720 hours were not enough for me to be able to recognize that voice when I heard it out of context. Not even a brief moment spent thinking, “Oh, that sounds like Kitson.” He even called in with a problem that’s slightly thematically related to some stuff that Kitson used to allude to in his stand-up around that time.

I've enjoyed lots of other little cameos by various comedians. They once took a call from Matt Forde once to defend Oasis as the greatest band in history, which furthered my view of Matt Forde as the essence of centrism in every way. They read out texts and Tweets from listeners all the time (genuine listeners, I think, I'm assuming the entire show isn't just a front), and names of people who sent those in have included, at different times, Iain Stirling, Nish Kumar, Pierre Novellie, Gavin Osborn, and Mike Bubbins. But I did not realize that I was hearing other comedians' voices all the time.

Obviously, I need to go back and hear them again, with this new information. I am downloading the episodes that are marked as being an identified comedian in disguise, and going to go through and cut out all the Textual Healing clips so I can put them in a folder. A folder where I clearly mark the episode number and the date and the name of the comedian, because it bothers me that such an archive doesn’t seem to exist already, because it always bothers me when archives with clearly labeled relevant data don’t exist (though I do hugely appreciate whoever created that spreadsheet). Once I finish the folder, I’ll share it on Tumblr in case anyone else would like to hear some comedians call in as various characters.

But in the meantime, I’ve just finished cutting out the first Textual Healing with an identified comedian, on episode 4 – March 9, 2014 – with Sara Pascoe.

Okay, sure, now I get that it’s pretty fucking obvious who that was, when she introduces herself by name Sara, and complains about her boyfriend who’s always playing phone games, and John Robins has talked several times about having an addiction to phone games that’s gone back and forth from low-level quirky to a serious problem throughout his life and ruined his relationship with a previous girlfriend. And when, in those years, Sara Pascoe repeatedly used comedy shows to complain about her relationship with John Robins, with and without his involvement (I’m remembered a particularly awkward episode of her in Dictionary Corner of Catsdown). Yeah, I really should have figured that one out from the beginning.

Then the next episode Isy Suttie calls in with an adorable little story about her and her boyfriend having pet names for things together, which I’d say shows the contrasting personas of the two presenters of the Jellis radio show pretty well.

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cornleypolytechnicgoeswrong · 2 years

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worlds colliding, Lauren on Cariad Lloyd's Instagram story

#I was not expecting this haha #Lauren content #Lauren shearing

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below-average-fangirl · 6 months

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#persuasion #jane austen #sara pascoe #cariad lloyd #Weirdos Book Club #andrew hunter murray

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breitzbachbea · 3 months

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"I am aware of an obvious inference: from every quarter have I heard exclamations against masculine women; but where are they to be found? If, by this appellation, men mean to inveigh against their ardour in hunting, shooting, and gaming, I shall most cordially join in the cry" - Mary Wollstonecraft

"I will be honest - two of them sound quite progressiv, the third sounds like an old man at the bookies." - Cariad Lloyd in the YDTM Podcast on Marry Wollstonecraft.

#beablabbers #ignore me I had too much alcohol and have things to answer to and now I am making my own fun

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daniellew150 · 4 months

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Things of 2023, Part 1, Books.

I enjoyed sharing this last year, so trying to make it a tradition. Managed a few more books this year, and there are some I bought but didn’t have time to read, so I guess they will make it into next year’s list.

So let’s get into it.

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: Good Omens.

Not a new one, but quite possibly one of my favourite books of all time, I think this is the third copy I’ve owned over the years. It’s fun, dark, and the characterisation is just wonderful. I always enjoyed Newt’s journey of trying to find who he really is, but I think that is probably true of all the major characters.

The adaptation on Amazon was brilliant, and season 2 has set up the finale nicely, really looking forward to finding out what Terry and Neil came up with.

Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London and Moon Over Soho.

Rivers of London was a recommendation from a work friend, was a great call, part supernatural thriller, part police procedural. It’s got plenty of laughs, some proper scares. The main characters are superbly rounded and made me want to read the rest of the series. Managed book two, Moon Over Soho, and it follows on brilliantly. It has plenty of ongoing themes, but with a great new mystery (or two) to deal with. Will definitely be looking at the rest of the series (I think I have another 8 books to go!).

Hiron Ennes: Leech

Wasn’t sure if I should include this one as I haven’t finished it yet, but decided I would definitely have finished it by new year, so counts towards 2023. Very creepy and dark, with a bit of body horror but a really intriguing plot. Can’t wait to find out what happens.

Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus.

This one didn’t make it into the picture as I’ve lent the book to someone. This was another recommendation and was mind blowing. A centuries long magical battle, which is also a love story. Not just between the protagonists, but people who they meet along the way. The description of the circus is so vivid that it really comes to life. If I get my copy back, this is one I will definitely read again and again.

Neil Gaiman: Sandman (book 1).

I’d obviously heard about this for years, and really enjoyed the Netflix series last year, so decided I should go look at the source material. Definitely worth it. Great stories and wonderful illustration. Another one where I will have to get the rest of the series at some point.

Robin Ince: Bibliomaniac.

I’ve read a few of Robin’s books now, and I love the narrative style. This one is a tour of Britain’s bookshops (the book tour for The Importance of Being Interested that I read last year). Couple of bits that really made me chuckle, one about my home town, quoting another author as “a dull spot which even drink can’t enliven much” . Another was Shakespeare themed pun shop names (a chiropodist called Two Gentlemen of Verruca for example).

Matt Parker: Humble Pi.

Another one that didn’t make the photo, I was lent this one, and have now returned it. This is right up my street, stories of maths and engineering and how they can cause problems if not used properly. Feels like a book version of the Well There’s Your Problem podcast.

Cariad Lloyd: You are not alone.

Feels reductive to call this a spin off from Cariad’s podcast, but that is definitely the starting point. A fantastic book on grief and grieving, interwoven with Cariad’s own story of her father’s death when she was a teenager. I found it so useful to process some of my own emotions around death of family members, but also other forms of grief (loss of relationships). This is an amazing resource, and remember the five steps of grief were never meant for the way they are used today.

Mattie Lubchansky: Boys Weekend.

I came across Mattie as a guest on various podcasts, and their cartoons on The Nib, so when Boys Weekend came out I ordered it immediately. A great graphic novel about navigating old friendships as a trans person, but also giving capitalism an absolute kicking. Loved it, and recently heard there will be a sequel in 2025.. stay tuned.

Julie McDowell: Attack Warning Red!

Another book from one of my favourite podcasts (Atomic Hobo). An amazingly well researched book on Civil Defence in Britain as it came out of the Second World War, and into the potential atomic horrors of the Cold War. A wonderful mix of whimsy and terrifying details.

Jake & Hannah Graf: Becoming Us.

I’ve read quite a few biographies of Trans people at this point, but this is two stories in one, with a proper happy ending. Reading two very different lives, but both with a common thread. A chance encounter leading to a wonderful family. It really is a book about hope.

Munroe Bergdorf: Transitional.

Another Trans life story, but with a really interesting twist, how life is change, and everything is a transitional state in many ways. Wonderfully written with again a huge amount of joy. So many of these books have changed the way I view myself and how I approach the world, this is another one that has moved my mindset again.

Garbage: This is the noise that keeps me awake.

A proper coffee table book. A lovely object, that charts the history of one of my favourite bands. Garbage mean a lot to me, they are one of the groups that helped me realise I could be myself. I love the inclusion of the band cocktail recipes.

James Hetfield: Messengers, The Guitars of James Hetfield.

As a Metallica fan, and a guitarist this is a fantastic book. Some band history, some truly fantastic photography and just some wonderful guitars. Will always love the ESP V with the Hot Rod flames, but seeing an authentic 1958 Gibson Explorer is brilliant.

#books #trans rights #guitars

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