Create an original conspiracy theory was a team task featured on Season 2 of Taskmaster Australia, as the fourth task in A hotly contested auction. The task was won by the Premium Economy Hooley Dooleys (Anne Edmonds and Josh Thomas).
Summary[]
The teams had to create and present an original conspiracy theory, with the most persuasive and conspiratorial winning.
Performance[]
Anne Edmonds & Josh Thomas: Josh convinced Anne to go with his theory that Tom Gleeson was gay. They called Tom, and Josh asked him to list gay things, which made Tom suspect they were trying to make him sound homophobic. They then presented a news segment, where Josh played a rearranged collage of clips from the phone call, making Tom repeatedly say “I’m gay.” They received 5 points each.
Jenny Tian, Lloyd Langford & Wil Anderson: The Discount Wiggles came up with a theory that the Mint was putting hormones in money to make people horny. They set up a podcast called Follow the Money, hosted by Jenny and Wil, with Lloyd and Tom Cashman as guests. Lloyd played a whistleblower covered in protective gear with a bottle of hormones he'd smuggled from the Mint, and Tom told a story about visiting the Mint and becoming hornier as a teenager. Wil and Jenny then paid the guests in cash, which caused Tom to get extremely “horny” upon touching it. They received 4 points each.