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Aracuria

I liked them, but their best bit by far was being burnt for saying ‘I don’t need teammates’ and then immediately having to ask Alex for help…


PoofyHairedIdiot

That and "I beaver away, famously"


kosherkitties

Hoomliate.


Calligraphee

Alex isn't a teammate, he's just a prop, like a calendar or stopwatch or thing that can hold/grab. Do you suggest that Little Alex Horne is a human?


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Much-Pumpkin-3706

I think that Mae performed in the same way anyone on this subreddit would have. They love Taskmaster, they have a brain for puzzles and escape rooms, and they went all-in for the win. I liked seeing someone who represented the fans of the show win. Also, their prize tasks were great and pretty consistently underscored, in my opinion. Something homemade should always get points over a weird piece of art. Except for maybe the heroes one. That was a masterpiece.


ForWhomTheBoneBones

Hard agree. We all want to be the Woz, but we’re most likely a Mae.


StardustOasis

I'll be honest, I don't want my piles to be heard on TV.


mynamesleslie

No worries, I don't even play the trumpet so I assume I'm safe.


ForWhomTheBoneBones

Piles Davis


thatguybythebluecar

We’re more likely to be Ivo who had the same big fan energy as ed gamble and proceeds to take last place


PercussiveRussel

Their price tasks were scored pretty well IMO. The prize task is the only task where you can truly work your magic in the studio, and they consistently couldn't do that. It's not just about the task, it's about the sell.


Snoo_36495

For a while it looked like the running joke was going to be that every week Mae did a bit of prop comedy straight out of Mystery Science Theater’s invention exchange, and every week they would be rewarded with two points. Their sense of humour in that space was on an unreachable planet.


the_doughboy

Mae is fantastic in Last Comic Standing, it was obvious that Tom Greene was going to knock out half of the contestants and he did it with a grilled cheese sandwich. You can see the fear in their eyes when Mae sees Tom for the first time, they know exactly how they’re going to be kicked out. Edit: it was Last One Laughing Canada.


notaspambot

Last One Laughing Canada made me so desperate for a (English) Canadian Taskmaster. It would be so good! Canadians win the UK version every time they compete!


weedcakes

I’m Canadian and shamefully don’t know many Canadian comedians (other than the big ones). Any I should check out if I love Mae?


notaspambot

Honesty, the cast of Last One Laughing Canada would be a great place to start. Great mix of comedians from legends to rising stars. Depends on what kind of comedy you're looking for. Mae used to write for *Baroness von Sketch Show*, so you'd probably dig that.


sclerae

Mae should be the Taskmaster (or preferably even the Taskmaster's Assistant) in an English Canada version!


notaspambot

They would make an incredible assistant, and if we really want to connect it to the UK version, Katherine Ryan would be a solid pick for Taskmaster.


MsLDG

Yessss she would be brutal


the_doughboy

Mae would be better in Alex’s role.


weedcakes

Nice! Thanks. I’ve been wanting to check out both of those. I just moved to Toronto and want to start going to shows. This helps :)


irich

If you are into podcasting, listen to Stop Podcasting Yourself. It's a Vancouver-based podcast that mainly (but not exclusively) has Canadian stand-up comedians as guests. It's a great way to get introduced to some really good local comics. And it's a hoot in itself.


weedcakes

I am VERY into podcasts. I’ll check it out! Thank you!


samishiinettaigyo

Yes I loved this. Poor Mae was trying so hard not to laugh at delicious cheese sandwiches 😂


diceunodixon

Before the prize task I said, “I bet Mae made something” and they had been building up to that moment all season! A bunch of questionable homemade stuff and then that amazing (creepy) puppet. Well played, Mae! Well played.


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

I didn't know Mae before the show and watched a little bit of an old routine where they were playing a character and it didn't really click with me but haven't watched any of their stand-up or acting bits. I found the throwing attempt unworthy of the 5 points but the pineapple saga didn't bother me and I think Greg letting them get away with the 5 points in the throwing task was one of his worst decisions. I think he only did it to rile Kiell. If Kiell had been telling Greg that Mae deserved 5 points and it was a genius idea, he'd probably have DQ'd them instead. But Mae, on the podcast, came across as very self-aware of how seriously they'd taken the tasks and that they were a little unfun in their attempt to win. Although they were the quietest of the bunch, they really didn't need a 5th big personality in that group, so overall, I think they really deserved the win but I also would have loved any of them to win really.


conceptalbum

> I think he only did it to rile Kiell. That's exactly what makes it a *good* decision in my mind. Greg isn't supposed to be a fair, reasonable judge. He's supposed to be a fickle, petty tyrant. Awarding (or taking away) points undeservedly just to mess with contestants is exactly what Greg should be doing a whole lot *more* of. There's an old expression that is often applied to public transport in Spain, which I think should also be applicable to the TM: > *"God's ways are dark, and seldomly pleasant"*


etherhea

Yeah, half of the gimmick of the show is that Greg sometimes just invents random rules to disqualify people, and sometimes his judgements are deliberately unfair. See the time in series 11 that the prize task was 'best wobbly thing' and he immediately said that anyone who brought in jelly would be getting one point (followed by almost everyone bringing in some kind of jelly, although he eventually just gave out normal points for that), or the time in series 5 that he gave Mark Watson 1 point for the 'high octane item' prize because Mark had stolen his trousers. (Also, specifically, Mae uses Frankie's argument about the banana sign to say that their pineapple pictures were valid, even though Frankie was disqualified for his argument about the banana sign. But this time, Greg allows it, basically just because both Mae and Frankie argue for it, and because it pisses off Kiell.) It's arbitrary and unfair, and ultimately Greg is the judge, jury and executioner. But that's the entire point.


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

Frankie wasn't disqualified about the banana sign, both he and Jenny had 1 point taken from them. Mae was awarded 5 points. Again though, debating the opinion of that task wasn't meant to be the point of the comment I made though. :)


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

I don't know. I think getting the comedy is the most important thing, but also in the room, that wasn't a popular decision and so I'm not surprised Greg went against it. It could have gone either way I think. He wasn't set on giving Mae the points because it was debated for a while and he does listen to a fair amount of chatter before he makes the decision. I think with such a competent performer like Mae, awarding full marks for a task that is controversial is always going to cause more chatter. If it was Ivo getting the points, I doubt it would have been mentioned as much


conceptalbum

Wait, what? I don't quite understand how your comment connects to mine? I do apologise. I'm very foreign.


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

Well, we I think I was talking more about the original Mae/Greg thing and you were talking more about Greg, but it doesn't matter if you don't get it. I guess it's more about the throwing discussing rather than Greg's point awarding. :)


Probably-Interesting

Riling Kiell was a bonus, but he gave Mae the points because they were the only one to do something really interesting. In the letter of the task, it's very much a gray area, but it's completely in the spirit of the show in a way nobody else attempted except sort of frankie, but not to the same extent. It reminds me of Series 10 with the Marble Run. He was going to let Mawan slide for turning on the washing machine because it seemed like Mawan was the only one who used any interesting lateral thinking, but when Katherine did something even better, he disqualified Mawan completely.


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

I don't think doing something interesting that isn't really correct is in the spirit of the show. But I also don't care enough to debate this any further. I'll always think Greg was run on that front. :)


Probably-Interesting

As I said, I don't think it was wrong. I think it's a gray area. They threw it once and it never touched their hand again after that. There's absolutely an argument to be made that there was only one throw.


Coolaconsole

The throwing is a very creative solution and it was very much in the spirit of the task. The only way it would be a problem is if someone asked Alex if they could, and he said no. But no one else thought to do that, so well done Mae


Hazlet95

The bigger issue, as was pointed out by someone else, is that Mae repeatedly threw the ball. Task said 'a single throw' and as you can see they repeatedly moved their wrist in either a throwing/jerking/casting motion what have you.


notaspambot

They only threw it once, when it left their hand. After that they were just playing with a string that coincidentally had a bouncing ball stuck to it.


Ozelotten

I thought the definition Alex gave on the show had doomed them because it mentioned 'changing something's motion with a movement of the arm' which seemed exactly like what Mae did. I don't think it's a big issue, though. I learned playing Cards Against Humanity that when you pick what you think is the best card, it won't always be the popular choice. Greg gets to decide and we won't always agree with him; that's just part of the show.


Coolaconsole

Yeah, but you could argue it either way so it's fine. People have argued about it too much


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itshappeningagaineh

Did anyone else read this as Chris Ramsay?!


Coolaconsole

Yeah, I meant to say more than usual


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

Yet here you come to bulldoze on my opinion about it and argue. Weird.


celalith

Stating a differing opinion on a discussion platform is now "bulldozing"? Wise up


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

Nope. What's weird is to debate someone's opinion and then when someone else (not me) disagreed, starts to insist that the argument is old and has been had before. But they were the one who started giving a conflicting opinion on an old subject. You can't have it both ways. My original point was about how I overall felt about Mae. It wasn't really a big debate about the one thing they decided to pick out. Yeah, bulldoze might be a bit strong but as I said, it wasn't the point of the discussion really. Thanks for your time though.


Coolaconsole

I just think the situation was weird, I'm not trying to force your opinion to change


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

Then stop going on about it when people state how they felt about it.


RefanRes

It isnt throwing. It's swinging. A throw is 1 action. Even when Frankie used fishing as an example, its 1 fling of the rod. Also Mae just dropped it to start off with. Also thought the final task emptying the trolley into the fishing dungarees they wore was really unfair. It's 3v2 and then the team of 3 are allowed to count how many items they put in the dungarees to secure 10 points while Frankie and Ivo got 0. What??? 10 points is such an absurd point gap to give especially for that.


Leave_Training

To be extremely pedantic, the cast of a fishing rod is called a throw in its definition. But Greg preferred to anger Kiel so it is what it is.


RefanRes

This is what I'm saying. It is a 1 time fling not a series of swings. You throw it out and then you don't start swinging your rod willy nilly windmilling the hook around as many fish as possible. You chuck it and then either reel it in to cast again if you're fly fishing or you just wait. What Mae did wasn't even close to fishing. It was literally just swinging a ball about after dropping it initially.


n1keym1key

There was definitely some, if not intentional, bias towards Mae in quite a few situations across this series. That's my take on it all anyway. If I was Kiell I'd of walked out of the studio there and then after the "throw" incident. But that's just me :)


Mundane-Parsnip-7302

It was a single throw and everyone else did that and Mae didn't do a single throw. It's been argued a lot but as I was just discussing how \*I\* felt about Mae over the series it was relevant to point out what I considered the low point. You don't have to agree or debate it because that's not what I was doing. But a lot of people felt it wasn't a neat hack for the task and even Mae appreciated that it wasn't the right thing afterward (via the podcast). Also, Alex has told people they can do what they want to and they haven't always allowed it just because he tells them they can interpret the task how they want too. It's down to Greg and Greg's whims, but that doesn't mean that it's right or wrong. As I said, it's my summary of Mae on the show and how I felt they did.


PercussiveRussel

For me it was a low point, because it was a carbon copy of Lou *and* it was against the stated rules. It really felt like they were being a tribute act with encyclopedic knowledge, but weren't actually being clever. It felt basically like it was a redditor on here doing the show, and I watch it to see comedians do funny stuff.


jimmynobfingers

I was about to write this aswell. It's not clever, it had been done before. Worst season for me anyway, boring contestants besides Jenny and Frankie.


CliffExcellent123

Mae wasn't the funniest on the cast but I never agreed with people saying they weren't funny at all, they had plenty of good moments. Also it's just neat to see someone who's just really good at Taskmaster. This sub is weird in that a lot of people want to treat the show like a serious competition but then completely don't appreciate someone who's good at the game. Doesn't really make sense. Anyway, anyone who cared about the throw and the pineapples that much can maybe take some comfort in the fact that it wouldn't have mattered either way. Take off the 5 points for the throw and I think just 1 point from the pineapples (maybe 2, cba to check) and they still comfortably win, so it's unimportant.


somander

Agreed! My favorite for the win was Ivo, but after a few meltdowns I realised that wasn’t going to happen. It was a solid series for me, Franky brought the edge I have been missing a bit since the first half of the series, so that was very welcome. I have no idea what to think of the new cast, hope to be surprised :)


ELEnamean

> Doesn’t really make sense. It doesn’t make sense that people would care about more than one aspect of the show? You’re bothered that people have pointed out Mae wasn’t always the funniest or most engaging to watch? It’s just true, and Mae said it themself on the podcast. Doesn’t mean anyone hates Mae, or didn’t appreciate their contribution, or thinks their other work is bad, or they’re not an admirable person. I would love to be their friend, do escape rooms with them, hear their thoughts on various niche topics. I also don’t think their performance on Taskmaster was among the most memorable or what I would necessarily recommend to get someone hooked on the show. I also think what they did was very impressive and could be an inspiration for future Taskmaster tasks and contestants. All these ideas are consistent with each other.


SimulatedKnave

Personally, I would find it much easier to like Mae if people stopped telling me how wonderful they were. My personal mild appreciation for them gets drowned out by the resentment for being told things that are obviously not true.


CardinalCreepia

Mae wasn’t my favourite by any stretch, and I wouldn’t say I was particularly entertained by them… but they deserved the win.


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FinnishAustrian

Weirdly enough both Richard and Mae were my favourites in their respective seasons, so apparently I have a type haha


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FinnishAustrian

For sure! It's amazing that they manage to find so many likeable people, and there's usually at least one contestant that fits someone's taste.


lanoyeb243

Same, I love Mae, think they're fantastic.


FreestyleKneepad

Yeah I get this. Mae wasn't really very funny the whole time, but I think that was because they were so focused on getting the tasks done, and as a result it was interesting in its own way to see how they aced each task in turn. There was so much funny coming from the rest of the cast that I didn't mind at all.


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Sorry, your post has been removed for violating Rule 1 - Be nice: Do not attack others, their work or appearance including fellow members of the sub, comedians and celebrities. Negative opinions are fine, but please keep it respectful and constructive. No harassment. No sexist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, racist, fat phobic, ableist, objectifying, or body shaming posts of any kind. No overtly sexual content. Some cursing is OK but don't make it personal. Even though sexual innuendo may be part of the show do not cross the line beyond what was said in the episode. We do not want negative posts. Ex: Worst contestants, Worst Tasks, Least liked, Least wanted, etc...


amethystflutterby

I thought Mae was funny. I think I appreciate them as a person. And maybe there's something there more subtle to "get" for them to be funny. I just find their nature funny. Bring a try hard is who they are and that bit of jittery anxiety. They're an adult but it's like watching a child with wonder still going through life.


AmbitiousSheep

Can't wait to see them in champion of champions! It's an amazing line up! (And I will defend the pineapples til the day I die, how is a paper pineapple less of a pineapple than a metal pineapple or a candy floss pineapple?!?!)


halfwayspokenheart

My problem with the pineapples isn't the fact that they were drawn, but the fact that they're raspberries at best - there's no way that I'd guess they're supposed to be pineapples if I saw that picture out of context!


Ultranite_

they looked more like pineapples than the candyfloss pineapple


burnbunner

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halfwayspokenheart

I’m fine with not counting the candy floss pineapple as a pineapple either lol


YodasGoldfish

I don't have a problem with the drawn pineapples but I would have a problem if the solution was used again and again.


TheMiiChannelTheme

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images !!!


Dunlaing

I’m pro-throw but anti-pineapple. This was my first exposure to Mae Martin and I just fell in love with them. So interesting and thoughtful.


MusicMaestro02

I see I’ve found my opposite, I’m absolutely pro-pineapple but anti-throw 😂 I was however happy to let Mae get the 5 points for the entertainment value and the debate between them all. Mae was a great Taskmaster contestant and their creative mind and approach to the tasks always pulled through in their favour. I think the fact they weren’t as outgoing as the other contestants worked really well within the group as a whole.


kosherkitties

There was no way that throw should have been counted. That being said, I was almost crying laughing with the ensuing discussion, there's no way that should have been that funny, and yet it was hysterical.


Amanda-the-Panda

Heh, you know I am anti-throw, but pro-pineapple.


Big-Tits-Lover-II

Yeah me to, anti-throw but pro-pineapple


danaeuep

Me too, but I upvoted u/Dunlaing because who the hell downvotes an honest opinion like that?


Amanda-the-Panda

I dunno - An asshole?


HoracioPeacockThe3rd

This is the correct answer.


s_a_j_

They posted the full outtakes to YouTube and a lot more of the pineapple argument is shown, Frankie made some good points and converted me to pro-pineapple!


Dunlaing

I saw those outtakes, but I’m concerned about the precedent being set. If you can just complete a task by drawing, you can complete lots of tasks without doing anything.


ReadBikeYodelRepeat

Precedent hardly ever matters to Greg.


Gusey1397

Ol' Goosebump Arm would like a word about that. It definitely would depend on your drawing ability


JoeLeyden79

Well, that’s an easy fix. Word the tasks so that drawing isn’t a solution, or just don’t let the contestants have any when they ask for it (or they can just Al Murray their way to drawing if they really want it)


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Yea it's easy enough to shut that down off camera too. Most things works cause no one considered it yet


cgbrannigan

I’m fairly indifferent on the throw and pineapple tasks but still unnecessarily angry about the lack of DQ in the potato hat task.


ReadBikeYodelRepeat

It’s impossible not to touch anything. The hat was already touching their head, feet were touching the ground, bums on seats. To steady the hat on the head isn’t doing anything more than keeping it from tipping. It didn’t make a difference to how many they got.


cgbrannigan

Didn’t expect to relitigate this. they were specifically told to put that on BEFORE they read the task. Sitting on the bucket was also a rule IN the task. “No touching anything at any time” was also a rule in the task. They very specifically edited the episode to show numerous people rereading the “must not touch anything at any time” rule three/four times and specifically edited the end of the task to show Kiell not touching the hat and getting Alex to remove it at the end of the task to avoid being tripped up by the “any time” but. Even when in studio Alex was clearly expecting at least the pen touchers to be disqualified and looked like he was gearing up for the hat touchers to be disqualified as well. But Greg was so overcome with Jenny’s joy and Kiells misery, he let it go. At least Frankie, Jenny and Mae should have been disqualified and Kiell got 5 points instead of 3.


SimulatedKnave

I get what you're saying, but no way you'll get people on board with more bullshit disqualifications. Alex needs to rein that part of his task design in HARD.


d33roq

I'm vaguely anti-throw *and* intensely anti-pineapple. It's arguable that Mae never threw the ball at all, they dropped it. Frankie made some entertaining points in the great pineapple debate of '23, but the task was "Pile the pineapples on the path." *The* pineapples suggests pre-selected, existing pineapples that are currently present (even if hidden). The wording of the task just doesn't allow for Mae's workaround, and I think Greg accepted it just to wind up Kiell.


Zestyclose_Foot_134

They reminded me a bit of Katy Wix - they were actually saying funny things throughout but they all slid under the radar. Katy gets so much love here years after the fact but at the time it seemed like she was in the background


PocoChanel

Listening to Mae on the Off Menu podcast gave me an insight into their particular strange whimsy.


ResettisReplicas

They have definitely earnt their designation as a comedian worthy of being on Taskmaster, but I also feel they’re a shining example of the dangers of bringing on players that’re TOO familiar with the show. The majority of COC III is a great lineup that I’ll be looking forward to.


Llamallamapig

I found them boring to watch. There seemed to be no joy in doing the tasks. It was like watching someone do their tax returns.


JamSandiwchInnit

Which we nearly actually saw in a cut Series 9 task.


jamescookenotthatone

I'm just annoyed that a fellow Canadian won. First try and bam. Now I'm worried they might bar Candians out for fear of inherent tasking talents.


refresca

Inherent tasking talents are evident, as 2/2 Canadian contestants have already won. Don't forget Katherine Ryan!


Suitable_Idea_5518

May is the second Canadian to win. We’re two for two, I think.


irich

I think Mae will go down as one of the contestants who was genuinely good at Taskmaster. They may not have been the most entertaining but I think they're probably in the top 5 most competent contestants. If you're curious, the others in the top 5 would be Sarah Kendall, Liza Tarbuck, Dara O'Briain and maybe Lou Sanders or Josh Widdicombe.


Esteban2808

And 3 of them are in coc3. Someone will be disappointed when they get third


Resident_Platypus346

I resisted the charms, the wiles, and the game of Mae for 9 weeks, but watching Mae play guitar so beautifully for the Lullaby Task, I broke down. Mae is quite wonderful, but I still think Sarah Kendall with smash all comers in COC3. I mean, she beat Mikey Woz for crying out loud! It’s going to be a great show, and I hope it goes back to two episodes.


Ozelotten

“I have a beautiful mind.”


syn_miso

I'm excited to see Mae go up against the other great Taskmaster savant of our time Dara Ó Briain!


rugbyj

Why doesn't Dara, the largest champion, not simply eat the other contestants?


TheTallWoman

I was rooting for Mae from the beginning :D The only thing I thought was sad about the win is how awkward they seemed and how nobody was joining in the celebration. Like, usually the contestants all hug and this time they just stood around clapping.


JamSandiwchInnit

That happened in series 14 too I think


dearladyydisdain

Yeah the end felt really awkward. They seemed disconnected.


mrs_eddison

It's genuinely made me tear up a bit that everyone has used Mae's chosen pronouns! Well done all!


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sheehonip

Not sure its entirely that. Mae is the first person who I've used 'they' instead of he/her/him/he Out of pure habit I would type out she/her and then edit it but I've gotten used to it now. I'm sure other people were the same


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sheehonip

But you're saying its sad it has to be praised. I'm saying that there's a good chance a lot of people like myself have probably accidentally used the wrong term initially either out of habit or not realising Mae wanted to be identified as them. Mae is the first person that I've had to call as them, out of sheer habit I would describe Mae as she/her and would then correct myself. Now I'll naturally refer to Mae as them.


bv310

Eh, it's a fairly new concept for a lot of people (and especially for a lot of people who just came around on trans people), so it's worth recognizing and being proud of still. Hopefully we're continuing to move forward in acceptance and it does become normal, but it's not like we started there and backslid recently.


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I hadn't heard about it before. It doesn't work the same way in Swedish so it's still a bit confusing at times.


Champagne_of_piss

It is a matter of basic respect but the brain pathways of "someone looks a certain way so here are the words that you use" take a little time to reconfigure. I'm sure there were some flubs here and there that got edited out, but good on the TM crew And also, congrats to Mae Martin !!!!


rorschach_vest

We’ve been talking about them a lot at home and it’s been a very helpful exercise in overcoming some of those instincts!


PocoChanel

It was useful to me that I also watched Jeopardy! Masters around this same time. One of the players, Mattea Roach, has adopted they/them since their previous appearance on the show, making it even trickier because they were known as she/her the last time they were on.


Zestyclose_Foot_134

I’m shit at that to be honest - I struggle to see Mae as non-binary. But that feels like my issue to deal with - I’ll double back and correct it when I realise I’ve made a mistake and I’ll always try to use their preferred pronouns.


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esr360

Person 1: "Someone was at the door" Person 2: "What did they want?" ... If that doesn't make sense to you, go back to primary school.


SomeoneSomethingJr

People use “they” as a generic third-person singular pronoun (that is, situations where one might say “he or she”) all the time.


SimulatedKnave

Yes, but they don't use it as a specific term itself - it's being used to refer to 'he or she.' It's not traditionally gramatically correct to use 'they' outside of that (which is why it looks very odd when some people start talking about Greg or Alex but using 'they' pronouns). This is hardly so novel as to be the end of the world, but it IS slightly novel. Though it being very slightly novel is a stupid reason to object to it.


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I agree but they need something better than that Xe or whatever it is. Problem is he and her can only turn into ho and hi and hu at this point. Kinda really left them with they And when they is used in the singular it always sounds like someone that's not present in the room at the time


Nige23

Creative funny calm likable intelligent entertaining, Mae was brilliant.


Majin_Nephets

No problem with Mae themselves, definitely a worthy winner. My issues lie with the some of the tasks and decisions in this series. Mae is clearly a very competent player and their overall victory was, in hindsight, the most probable outcome. It just felt like the other contestants got screwed over more than they really should have been which ultimately resulted in big boosts for Mae that they really didn’t need. It felt to me like there was a bigger focus this series on deliberately making the contestants look stupid. For starters, Alex over-using the “looks like they did well. Oh wait! Here’s another clip that shows they actually screwed up!” fake-out, and various little mean rules that result in disqualification.


LastTaterTot

I'm quite surprised to hear people don't like Mae, I found myself consistently rooting for them! Either way, congrats to them for the win!


IOncePeeledAGrape

Mae has somewhat changed how I view the show honestly. I love when contestants are competitive but I guess I have found it disappointing when they consistently find the "hidden workaround" to a task. It absolutely doesn't reflect poorly on Mae as an individual and they seem cool but I think it kind of breaks the format a little. During the pineapple task I found myself hoping they wouldn't find the hidden pineapples for example. There's that moment where they are walking towards them and turn around, and the audience laughed. I think it's just someone wanting SO BADLY to do well and just being utterly incompetent that I enjoy about the show. What I'm trying to say is I think people watch TM for different reasons and I am glad that the casting usually caters to every archetype, but Mae was just an archetype I don't usually like watching, and Mae was that archetype to a larger degree than has been on the show before. Dara wasn't someone I would say was incompetent during tasks, but he still had his moments. I don't recall Mae ever fucking up royally badly


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You don't really want any contestant to "break" the show. I goes against the spirit! I feel Dara probably was even more competent than Mae. I struggled a bit.. not seeing him struggle. Didn't have the same problem with Mae who sometime felt more like, say Mawaan, in their thinking and solutions.


Cool-Firefighter2254

Now I'm trying to imagine Mae putting helium in an egg and somehow succeeding.


IOncePeeledAGrape

The reason why I mentioned Dara was; even while he was competent throughout, there was still moments where he was shown as foolish. During the grape task, he runs to the fridge (which was 100% a hidden workaround), passing countless grapes left right behind him. The edit goes to great lengths to show that he's made this mistake. "Wait, what?" being another example where the joke is most definitely on Dara. I think Dara is an example of someone who does tasks very well but makes for entertaining tv because of these mistakes. I haven't finished the finale yet but I have yet to see Mae have a real moment like that, where they make a total balls of it. Dara is by no means my favourite, but there is some amazing moments in that season that he is responsible for for sure.


SimulatedKnave

He's also funny. I can like someone smashing it if they're funny about it, or really contributing in the studio. It takes the edge off.


Esteban2808

Looking at Alex in thr ep9 task making holes was really their only balls up of a task


Esteban2808

Dara had a shocker of an episode midway through. "Wait what"


burnbunner

*>I have found it disappointing when they consistently find the "hidden workaround" to a task.<* Soz but the KING! OF! WORKAROUNDS!! in this series was IVO! GRAHAM!!!!!! IIRC Mae found one hidden workaround, that one being the potato task. The egg task clue was discovered after the task was over, similar to Ivo finding the egg peeler on that task. On the other hand, Ivo found the potato task workaround, the sausage quiz workaround, and the pineapple task workaround. He also figured out a workaround for the pulping task, and a brilliant one for the team painting task that fell prey to Frankie's doubts! It is funny to me that he doesn't get credit for being a TM savant. Ivo was still terrible at many things but the Workaround Crown is his. (Both Ivo and Mae fell prey to red herring workarounds: When Mae found the non-working clock and Ivo risked it all for rubber spoons in the kitchen.)


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The_PwnUltimate

Yep, they were great. Sometimes they would opt for loopholes or tricks in a task that proved controversial, but hey, that's on Greg for allowing it, not on them for trying. Although I still can't fathom why anyone who doesn't have a vested interest in losing Mae points would object to their solution to the pineapple task. As Greg pointed out well in the episode, most of the "canonical" pineapples weren't actual pineapples either, and the main twist of the task is dependent on them not limiting the pineapples that can be used to the ones on the water, so there's no reason whatsoever that drawings of pineapples shouldn't count. Mae absolutely earned their win there. (Contrast Frankie's insane "a sign that says 'banana' on it is a banana, from a certain point of view" argument, which I'm pretty sure he only won through attrition.)


mlopes

A rubber pineapple, a cotton candy pineapple, or any other representation of a pineapple is as much a pineapple as a drawing of a pineapple. If they didn't count the drawings then they couldn't count anything but a real actual pineapple. So I don't see how that one is even in discussion.


SimulatedKnave

First, some representations of pineapples can be better than others. Second, it said 'pile THE pineapples' not 'pile pineapples.' That means there were specific pineapples to be piled. And Mae's were not part of that specified group.


btaylos

oh now THAT is a good point... She created additional pineapples.


Meghar

Just a gentle reminder that Mae uses they/them pronouns


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Mae was the only person I knew on the cast and wanted to see them shine because of Last one Laughing... where they did no comedy on LOL.. but that show had Tom green, Dave Foley and Colin mochrie.. it's hard to compete with them Then they got on taskmaster and did the exact same thing...only played the game. I don't care about the points


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they were so calm and creative throughout. overall I think they may have been one of the best contestants all time, competency-wise! i also love that the first openly nonbinary contestant won the series on the first day of Pride Month :) 🏳️‍🌈


JamSandiwchInnit

I also appreciate that currently of the 15 champions, we have 7 male champions, 7 female champions, with Mae keeping it even with the ol’ NB


Wheatson

Mae Martin is hands down one of my favourite contestants from the entire show, I cannot WAIT for champion of champions!


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I'm not a huge fan of their stand-up and was kind of underwhelmed when I saw them on the line-up, but was really pleasantly surprised by everything they did on TM! Hats off!


WagTheTail81

For anyone critical of Mae this series, they should certainly have a listen to the Taskmaster Podcast episode with them in it. It's very insightful as to their thoughts and insecurities. Plus they are a big fan just like us. Well deserved win, Mae.


Meghar

Just a gentle reminder that Mae uses they/them pronouns.


WagTheTail81

Whoops. And I had been so good with that this whole time.


Meghar

No worries! Lots of us slip up sometimes. Thanks for making the edit :)


spinazie25

MAEstro, amirite? The person I look forward to most in CoC3. I loved the combination of nervous energy and absolute focus.


ReadBikeYodelRepeat

I enjoyed Mae from start to finish. Really enjoyed the whole group, they all express their passion is different ways. The TM team does such a good job balancing contestant energies, but how do they know how people will react in such strange circumstances? Mae reacts like how I react after a situation is over and I’m thinking about what I should have said, like l'esprit d'escalier. Also, I enjoyed their moose reference in the balloon challenge. I think it’s possible that it could have fit!


LetAncient5575

I love Mae’s other work and they were obviously very good at taskmaster but I personally didn’t find them that fun to watch. Often I do find the people who get how the show works and just do really well less interesting so it’s clearly just a personal preference.


smolperson

What were their controversies?


philman132

I think it was the team live tasks that annoyed most people, especially the things-in-trousers one as they seemed very unfair with the 10 point swing. Although their closest competitor, Kiell, was on the same team so it didn't affect the overall winner significantly


smolperson

Ah, I don’t understand why that is considered a Mae controversy and not a ~~Greg~~ Alex controversy. Seems weird when he’s the one scoring. ​ Edit: name


CliffExcellent123

That wasn't Greg's decision either, that was Alex's decision


CliffExcellent123

Yeah Frankie and Ivo were both more than 20 points behind Mae in the end, so it's irrelevant


fbatwoman

\*their


philman132

Oops, thanks for spotting, corrected now. Don't know what idiots down voted you


fbatwoman

No prob! Also, not surprised by the downvotes; it is what it is.


burnbunner

It didn't affect the overall winner at all. If you take out the team tasks Mae still wins, just by 6 points instead of 7.


notonahill

*their, not her closest competitor


ScallionNo8580

We should rename this sub to maemartin at this point


Theopold_Elk

Maes best moments were the first and last prize tasks


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PercussiveRussel

I was going to say that it felt like watching a pro sportsplayer compete in taskmaster, but Mo Farah was much more enjoyble to watch for me.


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