“Taskmaster” is the best thing to come out of England since The Beatles. This delightfully weird show demands five comedians complete a wide variety of tasks to please but one person: The Taskmaster.

The Americans in the audience will definitely start imagining something more akin to “Fear Factor,” but the show traffics in absurdity — not really gross out moments. Although there are, inadvertently, a few of those across 20 series (what the Brits call television seasons).

Besides Greg Davies (the titular Taskmaster) and Alex Horne (show creator and the Taskmaster’s assistant), the cast changes every series, so you needn’t start from the beginning to understand what’s going on.

In fact, I’d recommend American newcomers start with series 19 for the simple reason that noted chaos agent Jason Mantzoukas flew out to London to show jolly old England how America does things. Spoilers: It’s by destroying everything.

However, you can absolutely press play on series one episode one, and then keep watching until you’re caught up to the end of the latest: series 20.

With all of that setup out of the way, now comes my time to actually peer pressure Jared Russo — Chief Content Officer of Video Game Town. Ready? Here we go:

Listen up, buster! This really funny show is available to watch for free on YouTube, and I’ve been telling you about it for years. What’s the hold up?

Are you too busy watching some bad prestige bullshit that nobody will ever think about again once it’s out of the zeitgeist? Fuck that! It’s boring and not funny at all. “Taskmaster” is so reliably funny, and I think about moments from that show all the time.

When was the last time you reminisced fondly about some D-tier HBO HBO Max Max HBO Max trash? Sure, you’ll occasionally get bangers like “The Sopranos” or “Severance” with prestige TV, but most of the time it’s just self-serious slop. Right? Right.

I’ve rewatched most of the episodes of “Taskmaster” already, and that includes the surprisingly good Australian and New Zealand editions. Sure, the first attempt at the Kiwi version was truly awful, but they turned it around quickly with the second swing!

In the time you spent venting about how bad “The Last of Us Part II” is, you could have instead been slapping your knee and ROFL coptering like a proper millennial. L-ing your A O, Jared!

I hope you’ll take my recommendation now, or else you might be surprised at even more zingers coming your way. That’s right, Nic Cage movies are next! More like “Fake Eyes,” am I right?

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