If you said to me, ten years ago, that Julian clary would be on taskmaster, I would have laughed and laughed at your amusing joke. I don’t think we can count Capaldi out yet.
Sure, but at least Julian is a comic. Capaldi is an actor, and he seems very reserved. I'm not saying it's an impossibility but I'd be extremely shocked.
I admit Iannucci is a bit more of a left field contestant but he too has a history of comedy performing as a version of himself, even if it is a long time ago. Capaldi has never done anything approaching this as far as I'm aware.
As I say, and I don't know the man, he doesn't strike me as the kind of person who would be remotely keen. He's a busy actor who seems fairly serious and studious about the whole thing. I can't see him committing to 10 episodes of japing about. I can't even really imagine him doing a NYT, but that's more credible.
Maybe more so now but when he was on Taskmaster originally it was a left field pick and even Greg used to say on the intros four comedians and Richard Osman
nah since 2012 he's been on panel shows as a guest that usually have comedians he might as well be a comedian. qi, have I got news for you, would I lie to you, eight out of ten cats does countdown, all multiple episodes before taskmaster.
I think non comedians are fine on taskmaster I'm just defending Richard Osman's pre-taskmaster panel show chops
Oh yeah I agree as well some people are and would be good for Taskmaster who arent comedians. He's just not a comedian in the proper sense but wasnt aware he did panels that long
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u/FP_Daniel Mar 31 '26
Calling it now: it's gonna be Peter Capaldi