Taskmaster creator Alex Horne hosts care dwelling competitors

Taskmaster creator Alex Horne has hosted a contest impressed by the Channel 4 TV present at a care dwelling.

The 46-year-old comic visited Seccombe Court in Adderbury, Oxfordshire, the place he set a collection of challenges that noticed 4 residents compete towards one another.

Tasks included figuring out all the things associated to pineapples and residents closing their eyes and elevating their hand once they thought one minute had handed.

Horne mentioned it had been “maybe probably the most memorable activity session for me”, 15 years on from when he first launched the present on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

“The 4 contestants had been as aggressive as anybody I’ve examined earlier than, and so they demonstrated alternative ways of lateral pondering, in addition to some inventive interpretations of my guidelines,” he mentioned.

“I’ve completed Taskmaster with youngsters in faculties, stags and hens in pubs, girls and boys in scout huts, executives in places of work and over 100 comedians on telly over the past 10 years, however this was maybe probably the most memorable activity session for me.”

Among the challenges, opponents additionally had a plate of sweets they needed to switch to a different plate with solely a straw.

The remaining activity concerned residents constructing the tallest tower utilizing spaghetti and marshmallows.

Resident Ruth Johnson, aged 100, mentioned: “At first I did not know what was anticipated of us, and I questioned what we might have to do with all of that spaghetti.

“Alex was so good. I believed I had met him earlier than, however I feel I simply knew him from the tv.”

Wojciech Kuczkowski, common supervisor at Seccombe Court, mentioned: “The residents love to observe Taskmaster and we needed to provide them an opportunity to tackle the challenges for themselves.

“All 4 opponents did an incredible job, and it was nice to see their aggressive spirits come out. I’d like to increase an enormous thanks to Alex for becoming a member of us and internet hosting our problem.”

Taskmaster first aired on UKTV’s Dave in 2015, earlier than shifting to Channel 4 in 2019, and sees 5 celebrities compete in a collection of weird challenges offered to them by the Taskmaster Greg Davies, with Horne as his assistant.