Put a rocket in your pocket was a task featured on Series 18 of Taskmaster, as the second task in The gangsters of the sea. The task was won by Jack Dee.
Setup[]
| Location | Taskmaster House |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Mini rocket models, rocket sweets, rocket salad, rocket pieces |
| Measurement | Fastest wins |
Summary[]
The task was presented by being rocketed into the air using the rocket tube. The contestants had to put a rocket in their pocket. If they created their own "rocket", they had to find 2 rockets. If they swore after they created their "rocket", they had to find 3 rocket.
Performance[]
Andy Zaltzman: Andy tried to convince Alex that the tube was a rocket by adding paper fins on its edge, instead Alex had him to find two rockets. He then wandered around the house looking for rockets, finding one in a skull in the caravan, and one in the orca's mouth in the living room. He put two rockets in his pocket in 18 minutes and 10 seconds, receiving 2 points.
Babátúndé Aléshé: Baba immediately put the tube in his pocket before being told it wasn't a real rocket. He repeatedly asked Alex where the rocket was before wandering into the living room, finding half a rocket under the table and a model rocket in the orca's mouth. He put both rockets in his pocket in 5 minutes and 52 seconds, receiving 3 points.
Emma Sidi: Emma put a sweet in a can of coke, claiming it was a rocket by the soda geyser experiment which it didn't work. Because she made a "rocket" and swore when she find out, she had to find three rockets.
She then wandered around the house missing several rockets, including the one in the orca's mouth. She eventually found two inside a pineapple, both in the living room and in the hallway, and one in Charlotte Ritchie's nestling doll. She put three rockets in her pocket in about 39 minutes, receiving 1 point.
Jack Dee: Jack immediately put the tube in his pocket before being told it wasn't a real rocket. He then looked around the house before finding a rocket salad package in the fridge and shove it in his pocket. He put the "rocket" in his pocket in 1 minute and 59 seconds, receiving 5 points.
Rosie Jones: Rosie went exploring around the house, finding a rocket salad package in the fridge and shove the loose salad leaves in her pocket. She put the "rockets" in her pocket in 2 minutes and 40 seconds, receiving 4 points.
Trivia[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- Baba preferred naming orcas into killer whales because their names sounds like, in Greg's words, "The gangsters of the sea", the episode's name.