The Best of Little Alex Horne Being Used for Tasks | Taskmaster
"If that was love, turns out I've not been in love before" - Watch how incredibly dedicated Little Alex Horne is to the role of Taskmaster's assistant as the contestants get him involved in the tasks.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.
Liza has now also retroactively won the “destroy a cake beautifully” task.
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Funniest thing is that Alex is actually the one with the most power on this show yet he allows all this embarrassing stuff done to him for the sake of entertainment.
He is the Task Martyr.
@@tjenadonn6158 oooooh
Not only does Alex have the most power, he created the show. Greg Davies is just the face for the show.
@@allenz7688 Here's a fun fact that you may not know, is that the funny thing about Taskmaster, when you realize it, is that you think Greg is the one in charge of the show, when in really it is Alex who not only is the one who created the show, and is in charge of it. Greg isn't really at all.
You would think that Greg would be created it. But Alex does. Little known fact. Think about it!
Rhod firmly established himself as a chaotic lunatic with flashes of genius when he reversed the script on the rope task.
Made more disturbing than it had to be by Rhod putting himself in a trance at the start of the task.
He basically just wanted to make Greg and Alex as uncomfortable as possible as often as he could, with no regard for actually winning. See his prize tasks with the photo of Greg, hiding in Greg’s closet all night without him noticing, the Grotto task, the quick-change task, etc. The tied up challenge was a brilliant solution that paid off massively, but it was all based on the principle of an excuse to embarrass Alex.
the ease with which alex says 'I was open' is just astounding, as if it isn't the absolute weirdest thing I've ever heard come out of his mouth
i think hearing that changed Me in some small, unspeakable way
@@etcetc1 same
Alex looking at the camera knowing Noel will have to eat the "exotic sandwich" is so wonderful. Great foreshadowing
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Plus the fact he had to do that striptease twice, once in front of Noel and a second time in order to get the effect with the bready peephole
Lisa's giggling run after making Alex sit in the cake is one of the best moments of Taskmaster
That's great and I also like that when she's sitting at the table, you can see the exact moment she gets the core idea.
Such an underrated contestant
"stop the clock I've got a great idea" diabolical!
I love the giggle as she runs away. That's brilliant!
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 She's hilarious!
Liza calling Alex a greedy bottom will live forever in my head
I can’t believe “greedy bottom” wasn’t the name of the episode...
Time stamp?
@@flaviamartinez9998 2:45 for context, but 2:56 is the line
Live forever rent free
shes not calling him a greedy bottom she's saying he has one bc he essentially said he swallowed a profiterole up the wrong way ndjdnd
I love how Lisa just ran away like a toddler after making a grown man sit his bare ass on a cake on national television.
The absolute glee in her giggles !!!
“It was preferable to have a strong jet from one rather than a dribble from both” - Ed Gamble.
Ed: "We decided--" Alex: *"YOU decided."*
I couldn’t agree more
The only one missing is the birth of Alex by Sally Phillips.
There's a lot of Sally moments that could be here tbf
Rhod's quick change bikinis really should have been in there too
Yes!
@@Culky And Rhod's unexpected poke out the hole...
Always leave room for a Part II with these!
Liza making Alex sit on a cake bare arsed is the single maddest bit of TV I've ever seen. Nothing will ever compare. Even more baffling is the fact that she comes up with the idea so quickly and just runs with it, I could think for 10 years about how to show love and never come up with that.
I'm 999% convinced that she's been looking for an excuse to do that for _years_
Trust me Harry there's MUCH worse search the celebrity juice ass sandwich with Gino De Campo it's on a WHOLE other level!!!! 🤢
what a psychopath, I loved ever second of it lol
Let’s be honest, Rhod could have his own video for this. The abuse he put Alex through was hilarious and surprising
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To whoever’s making these compilations... the fans love you
They are doing the Lords work 😂🙌(the only Thing I need is a compilation of all Fred the Swede Tasks)
@@holychickenmcnugget7107 I keep hoping that Fred the Swede will come back.
@@iheartbusterk82 I know He moved back to Sweden but they Could bring him back with Zoom or sthg like that
I'm like 99% certain that Alex runs this channel
@@BlitzerXYZ I believe it.
"Something sharp" is the sharpest line of the series
for sure
Would have only been better if Rhod had taken the chance to bring back some cheddar cheese to really round it out.
@@Ninguin 😅🧀
I'd really love to see a compilation of Alex breaking character/laughing during different tasks
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We all gonna pretend Rhod ripping off Alex's bikini bottoms or squirting water from between his legs doesn't exist?
I’m not sure how many of Rhod’s task ideas are safe for KZhead’s new ‘kids safe’ policies, I seem to recall it all got a bit ‘welsh rugby club’ and I think Alex needed therapy afterwards. Heck, I think we all did.
Or his lukewarm coffee and hot chocolate waterboarding session!
@@Lumibear. i think that only applies to videos labeled as 'youtube kids' videos. thats a different category in youtube than normal videos. Also you can tell kids videos when you scroll down the comments will be disabled and there a little pop up thing that says try youtube kids
Rhod took every opportunity he could, to take advantage of Alex :)
@@RiceFromHell they're referring to everything needing to be advertiser friendly to a fault though the rules are extremely unclear and implemented randomly
Alex is a tremendous part of what makes the show. His deadpan delivery of some of the strangest sentences ever uttered by mankind is astounding. Taskmaster would never be the same without him.
From the first time I saw him on 8/10 cats does countdown I have adored his straight man deadpan humor. He is a legend and a treasure. I can't imagine how he keeps a straight face through most of this. I love seeing him break and hide behind the clipboard
"The Best of Little Alex Horne Being Used for Tasks" video starts with Lisa. oh no. I guess Rhod will be next.
Rhod really did seem like his goal was to break Alex.
Rhod's task finally washed the last bit of cake out of Alex.
I knew Rhod would be in there the minute I saw the title for the video.
Alex and the cake is my most favorite moment in the entire series. But truly, Alex is such a good sport and I still can’t imagine how he manages to keep a straight face for most of what he’s forced to do. Long may Little Alex Horne be the Taskmaster’s assistant.
Well, he is the creator of the show and the themesong!
Liza running off giggling was the best part.
it doesn't even look like he's giving them much of a fight, they tell him what to do even if its super awkward and embarassing and he does it. such a great guy
@@maxmustsleep Well, it's literally his show. He created it. Of course he would do whatever is asked.
@@maxmustsleep I guess he feels they’ve earned the right to take out their frustrations on him after he’s tested their mental agility to the limit - although it would be interesting to know how far into filming they were with these tasks.
"Something sharp" is still the funniest line ever in the show
I still think that crown belongs to that faceless, nameless hero in the audience for their perfectly timed and sublimely pitched delivery of the word "booooooo!" during the "Wanguishing" bit. Absolutely destroys me every time I watch it. 🤣
Should have brought him some cheddar
The Hot Toothpaste Pie is definitely the best one of all the series. The hesitation, the resentment, the commitment and the disgust are so good. Even the memory of it (back in the studio) was priceless.
I love the moments when you can see on Alex's face that he knows a task has backfired on him - like right before he had to bite into the hot toothpaste pie.
More like "little Alex Horne writing tasks that he's secretly hoping to be a part of".
I don't know that he could have ever imagined just how he'd contribute to the 'tell the taskmaster you love him' task.
More like “the tasks that ‘Task Consultant’ Tim Key came up with, rather than Alex Horne”.
Not very secret when it says in the task that he's involved.
@@elderflower2133 I think he just wanted a hug and got WAY more than he bargained for. Honestly though, I'd give it a shot if the opportunity arose. He did say it was a unique experience everyone should try exactly once!
Of all the stuff Alex has done I have never felt such revulsion as when he ate the toothpaste pie
To date, that is the first and only time I've physically gagged from seeing or hearing something. I have a pretty strong stomach even when it comes to eating weird stuff myself, but just watching him eat that almost make me puke.
I legitimately thought I was going to throw up
Season 12 has a worse one.
@@BeinIan noel fielding eating Alex’s beard hair was pretty gross…
Is toothpaste that bad? We have it in our mouth every day. So idk I don't think it would be the worst experience
Katherine P. didn't use Alex in tasks, they were a team.
"We"
@@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 'What do you mean, "we?"'
Yeah
Alex: "you keep using the word We"
I love how Alex let's Noel make him into a sandwich knowing full well what the second part of the task was! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Liza making Alex putting his arse in the cake is the one moment out of the whole show that made me cry with laughter, and I have never done that to a TV show or film before! The build up, the squeeze, and then Liza running away giggling as Alex is stood there dripping is comedy gold!
I think for me it's tied for number one cry-laughing moment, Bob Mortimer writhing under Alex while screaming in a Geordie accent "I'm a sinner! I've sinned again!" had me breaking down for days afterwards!
My entire torso hurt several times while watching that clip. My throat closed up, my stomach was trying to wring itself dry, and my lungs were trying to strain themselves through my ribs.
@@bluesbest1 are you gud
@@TheColourfulSidetwitch Yeah, but even now I'm giggling at the vague memory of what she did to him. I'm a little worried that if I watch the clip again, I'll implode trying to avoid unnerving my parents.
The way Liza runs away cackling like some kind of sneaky eastern European cake witch . . . I've been crying laughing for 15 minutes.
Sometimes i think I’ve seen it all when it comes to Alex Horne, but without fail a contestant ups the ante and makes him recreate his own birth, or makes him stick his ass out of a grotto while water shoots out of it. Such an evolution compared to the first few series
I'm not sure "evolution" is the word I'd choose... More like "escalation." 🤣
Tim is feeding Alex dogfood and has the nerve to be offended when Alex doesn't enjoy it! "I've done it." Is about as polite as one could get lol
"It's not easy."
Liza having Alex sit on the cake is the funniest Taskmaster moment ever. Period.
As funny as Joe Wilkinson's potato throw is heartbreaking.
It's got to be up there, (much like the cake).
The way that lady runs away like a villain kills me every time.
Me too 🤣
Years ago on QI Stephen Fry was talking about this old timey saint and said, among other things, that she, i quote, "actively sought out degrading experiences". Never thought i'd have a chance to be reminded of it, but, weirdly, the phrase comes up in my mind a lot when watching Alex on Taskmaster... XD
Saint Catherine of Siena, I believe it was
@@hjt091 yes, exactly! So maybe little alex is a saint in the making - at least his shenanigans are certainly doing a lot of good to everyone's mental health in these trying times
Stephen Fry for Taskmaster
@@michaelcolbourn6719 he’s such a clever man that I assume if they had him on the show it would be brilliant, but I also kind of don’t know that he’d fully get it? I worry that he’d be too conventional somehow
@@TheAcdcninja I think he would be the very intelligent highbrow one who slowly loses it and it would be incredible
“It’s not a nice time pie” is a stroke of genius
The bare arse in a cake as a metaphor for love is deeply poetic.
The guy who tied him up is a freaking genius!
You’ll love Rhod’s entire run on the show, then! It’s series 7, btw.
He's great on Would I Lie to You as well.
Lol, I love how he hops around the corner, pauses, and calmly says "im gonna get you" lmao!
Mashallah tbark Allah alhamudillah inshallah better astgfrallah
@@cosmicjenny4508 he's great in his own Work Experience show too.
How is the "special cuddle" part not in here. I don't think I have ever laughed that hard in my life.
wasn't the task to specifically give Alex a special cuddle? So it's not using him, cause it's already the task.
@@nvrmnde by that standard the one where Alex gets tied up should also be disqualified since he was also part of the task there too
I don't think so, Alex was only supposed to be a part of the task later on, to do the untying. Rhod chose to unnecessarily use him before that. Same as Noel and his version of the exotic sandwich.
2:42 Greg being genuinely repulsed by Alex describing himself as "open" is one of my all-time favorite things hahahahahaha
Considering some of these atrocities against poor Alex... I can't even imagine the horrors they have come up with and he has refused to do...
He is the creator and develops all the tasks. The show is even funnier when you know that he's doing it to himself (he said that he isn't mean enough to be TM so had to find someone else)
Sure, but he doesn't plan everything, like sitting in cakes, just the tasks themselves
Sally Philips recreating Alex's birth and Rhod Gilbert using Alex in a surprising water feature definitely should have been included!
I really really hope they make a Worst of the Worst series. An opposite of the champions of champions
the moment of liza running away giggling is even better than the moment of alex's arse landing in the cake.
This whole video could have just been Rhod Gilbert’s tasks
Or Katherine Parkinson's.
i love how professional little alex acts when doing the weirdest stuff ever
When Alex had the bread being tied around his head, all I could think was "what are you?""Im an idiot sandwich"
I'm confident that that task was one of, if not *the* last task of the day. Liza had been dead set on making Alex do that at some point for something and thought "It's now or never. Yeah... love... sure" That's why she runs afterwards
"I'm not sure about this 'we'."
My favourite part of Tim Key feeding Alex dog food is learning after the fact that they are such close friends. Everytime I watch No More Jockeys it's all I can think of.
Liza is pure delightful evil, I love her..
You've only heard of her because she's Jimmy Tarbuck's daughter. Nothing wrong with her, of course, but essentially unremarkable.
@@exessex3522 Never heard of Jimmy Tarbuck, and never known Liza before this show, but now I'm a fan.
@@exessex3522 wow, you've got a weird chip on your shoulder!
@@exessex3522 who is jimmy tarbuck?
The craziest part of all this is how Alex is the real taskmaster... not only was he the one to start it most of the initial planning and a lot of the execution is his handiwork!
The unsaid star of this whole show is Alex! Without his goofiness this show wouldn't be what it is
Actually, he is the true mastermind behind the show - he runs it, writes the tasks, his band even plays the music!! He's amazing!
The aftermath of the mermaid fountain really captures the essence of taskmaster. "we decided that it would be better to get a firm stream from one rather than an inconsistent one from both" "YOU decided"
That cake stunt was genuinely the most insane thing I think has ever happened
Alex's little "I'll get you" at 9:47 kills me every sing time
Props to the editors; At the end of the cake 'adventure', where Alex is standing there with the towel.. After "it was so... In me...", the cut to the shot of his trowsers down, and then the drip at the end... That is comedy gold.
That was one of my favorite moments 🤣 "I'm coming to untie you", "yes, please. Something sharp" 🤣🤣🤣
Alex being used and abused by Rod I think will always be my favorite part of the show . Right after that it’s Alex trying not to laugh at utter failure.
The things Alex will do for comedy is amazing.
The cake task is still one of my all time favourites! It’s Liza’s giggling as she runs away that gets me 😂
It's crazy how much younger they look in series 1. It wasn't that long ago
Greg especially
True that, I first saw clips of the later series and then watched the first series. At first I thought they swapped the moderator
Alex having a lizard tattoo has completely thrown me for some reason😂😦
Not the pinapple tattoo?
It's really hot. I saw him ROHOG recently for a special and he was wearing a colorful shirt with his arms and tattoo exposed and it was all very attractive, just the whole effect of colorful clothes and nice arms and a tattoo.
@@201081hero I have no idea why... but the pineapple kinda makes sense🤷🏽♀️🤔😂 the style and placement of the lizard makes me laugh 😆
@@heatherwhited5735 sounds the exact opposite of his TM persona 😂 I’ll have to check it out 👀
@@heatherwhited5735 hmm...which one?
Rhod's tying task was brilliant but he, uh, used Alex in a number of tasks
This little bearded pudding is a gift to the world and must be defended!
How could you leave out Rhod Gilbert's grotto task? That was hands down one of the funniest things to ever happen in the history of the world! Another one that should have been included was the one where they had to excite Alex. Rhod basically waterboarded Alex with a mixture of coffee and hot chocolate. Greg dubbed it "fairly structured torture".
I really like that Alex is a part of tasks that he wrote.
Losing it over Alex contemplating his life choices at 6:40
I miss "That's the water feature closed for today, kids!" from season 7.
"I was open"
The best water feature is missing (Rhod Gilbert's when the task was something completely different)
Alex Horne - my absolutely most favorite human being ever.
Is this for Alex's CV?
Two stars!
@@bobidou23 no, I don’t mind him getting his name out there but we can’t have people thinking he’s competent!!
Bob Mortimer in his boot is an outrageous omission
I think it was because he was meant to be in that task, they all had to cuddle Alex
I think one of my favorite things is when contestants try to rope Alex in with the word 'WE' and he corrects them over and over :D :D
i dont know why but when alex is involved in a task i absolutely love it
This is the second time they cut out the mermaid song in the Water Feature task, I swear to God whenever that episode rolls in full if the song is not there I'll write you a very strongly worded letter Alex!
Rhod tying up Alex was absolutely genius.
Yes thank you very much oh dear Lord Greg Davies
Ed reminded me of Katherine Parkinson. Both say 'we' and Alex corrects them by saying 'you'.
Omg, the lady from the first task, her just running away and laughing maniacally afterwards was the best🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m deceased😂😂😂
"i don't want to put words in your mouth" _ironic_
Omg i had forgotten about the toothpaste pie🤣🤣
The trepidation on his face as he realizes that he is going to have to eat something that he really shouldn’t.
You mean the minty Tipp-Ex pie?
That was not a nice time pie
@@iheartbusterk82 I don't understand why he eats ALL OF THE TOOTHPASTE though
Yeah minty pie
Id never heard of ed gamble before seeing him on this show but he's one of my favourite contestants ever.... Oh wait, rhod Gilbert appears...
0 dislikes because Little Alex Horne is a good egg. 😊
The sandwich task was the first ever one I saw, and it got me hooked
Same here - the thumbnail of Noel Fielding in a bright yellow jumpsuit tying bread to some poor man's head was too absurd to resist, and now I'm addicted.
The Rhod one is easily one of my favorite tasks. Actually, Rhod might be my favorite competitor of the whole show
Alex biting into the toothpaste pie and EATING the bit that was hanging off had me so in shock i almost puked and i rarely ever do that
This channel is really getting me through this depressing lockdown. Thank you.
Exactly what I wanted.
Alex just looks like he’s questioning every choice he’s ever made so often
No shout out to the Quick Changing Hometask: Could have put the Making a Two Piece Swimsuit into a one piece swimsuit.
When Lisa made him sit in the cake 🧁 still one of the strangest, funniest things I’ve ever seen. Then she runs away at the end laughing 😂
I love when Alex makes sure everyone is aware that he had nothing to do with it
I have never laughed as hard as I did at Alex sitting on the cake
Oh man, Alex Horne is an absolute champ!
7:31 that was the most genuine evil genius gotcha moment laugh i have ever heard in my life
Would you like something for lunch? Yeah, something sharp. *brings cheddar cheese*
10:37 “What are you?” “An idiot sandwich”
You just have to admire Alex! Easily the funniest and most relaxed individual on telly. Love the way he agrees to anything and it’s never awkward! True star of the show
Lisas delivery of “Stop the clock, I’ve got a good idea 😏” at 0:40 is so perfect for the absolute chaos that is about to ensue
The compilation we've all been waiting for