Do what Alex does immediately after Alex does it in exactly the same time as Alex does it was a task featured on Series 15 of Taskmaster, as the third task in A yardstick for failure. The task was won by Frankie Boyle.
Setup[]
| Location | Taskmaster House |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Chess clock, banana, Vaseline, maths, pencil, sharpener, balloon, balloon pump, locked box, rubber gloves, rubber bands |
| Measurement | Closest to the same total time |
Summary[]
The task was presented on a chess clock. The contestants had to do what Alex did immediately after Alex did it in the same amount of time, pushing their button when they thought they had completed each activity. If they failed to complete an activity, the contestant received a 10 second time penalty. The contestants had to:
- Eat a banana
- Sharpen a pencil
- Have 40 winks
- Do some maths (18 x 368 = 6624)
- Put five rubber bands on their face
- Open the box and take out rubber gloves (using the maths answer to unlock the box)
- Inflate an entire balloon
- Put the banana skin in the Vaseline and taking off the gloves
- Make a balloon dog
- Pop the dog with the sharpened pencil
Performance[]
Frankie Boyle: Frankie managed to keep up with Alex, eating slightly slower than Alex and breaking open the box because he had not worked out the maths. He was 1 minute and 32 seconds slower than Alex, receiving 5 points.
Ivo Graham: Ivo initially kept up with Alex but took the time penalty for not opening the box and another one for not making a balloon dog as his hands were covered in vaseline and he had blinded himself with the rubber bands. He was 1 minute and 35 seconds slower than Alex, receiving 4 points.
Jenny Eclair: Jenny took a long time to eat the banana (she said it was her fifth banana of the day), struggled to work out the maths, and struggled with the balloon dog. She was 8 minutes and 52 seconds slower than Alex, receiving 1 point.
Kiell Smith-Bynoe: Kiell took longer to eat the banana, but managed to steal Alex's answer to unlock the box, and created a good balloon dog. He was 3 minutes and 5 seconds slower than Alex, receiving 2 points.
Mae Martin: Mae initially managed to keep up with Alex but struggled with the maths and the balloon dog. They were 2 minutes and 8 seconds slower than Alex, receiving 3 points.
Other Appearances[]
Bäst i Test[]
This task was featured on Season 8 of Bäst i Test.
Taskmaster (Portugal)[]
This task was featured on Season 4 of Taskmaster (Portugal).
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