Taskmaster Interview: Greg Davies and Alex Horne

If there’s any question whether Greg Davies and Alex Horne are as funny as they seem on Taskmaster, let the record show that I didn’t stop laughing the entire time I spoke with them. It’s unsurprising, really, for a duo who’s been working together for nearly ten years, and who’ve worked on the stand-up circuit even longer. Even if I weren’t already a fan of the both of them — see: the episode of The Horne Section Podcast I’m catching up on as I write this — they’re effortlessly charming, a fact that probably aids in hosting a show where grown adults make absolute fools of themselves. For the uninitiated, Taskmaster is a panel show, one of many in the UK, which features a group of five comedians competing to win the season overall. The format? Completing bizarre and increasingly involved tasks set out by Horne, who devised the show as an Edinburgh Fringe Festival skit all the way back in 2010. From attempting to catch pool floaties on a barge pole to getting a giant rubber duck into a lake, each group — which has included names like Aisling Bea, Noel Fielding, and Sally Phillips — attempts to impress the Taskmaster (Davies), who scores their attempts out of five, which is exactly as chaotic as it sounds. #Taskmaster #GregDavies #AlexHorne For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit https://collider.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL   / collider     / collider     / collider