{"id":14166,"date":"2022-08-11T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=14166"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:48:20","slug":"watching-telly-le-maitre-de-jeux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=14166","title":{"rendered":"Watching Telly: Le Ma\u00eetre du Jeu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s some fun, FOTB Ryan Vickers went and saw the new Quebecoise version of Taskmaster being filmed and he&#8217;s written a report. Take it away Ryan:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taping occurred on Friday, August 5<sup>th<\/sup> at the Rialto Theatre in Montreal.&nbsp; We were let in early and I sat in the balcony (limited standing space was downstairs).&nbsp; We saw two eps being taped starting around noon; finished up around 3:30 pm.&nbsp; Taping went at a good clip; never really did it feel like drag at any point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panelists are Mehdi&nbsp;Bousaidan, \u00c8ve C\u00f4t\u00e9, Christine Morency, Matthieu Pepper and Jo&nbsp;Cormier.&nbsp; French-Canadian \u201cpetit Alex Horne\u201d is Antoine V\u00e9zina; your Ma\u00eetre du Jeu is Louis Morissette.&nbsp; I have to be honest; I didn\u2019t know any of these names \u2013 it\u2019s a bit of an odd thing in Canada where French and English sections of Canada have vastly different \u201cstar systems\u201d as it were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, onto the details:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"14167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?attachment_id=14167\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lmdj\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lmdj-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click for bigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Early on in the taping the warm-up comedian Simon asked where people were from.&nbsp; It turns out that I wasn\u2019t the only person who had come far.&nbsp; When I said I travelled from Toronto one of the players (Jo) piped up and cracked a joke in French wondering if the \u201cAnglophone would understand any of it\u201d; I responded in French saying that I\u2019m a French teacher and know the show inside-out! This seemed to please him!<\/li><li>This then led Simon to explain that all games are taken from the 13 UK series.&nbsp; I\u2019m kind of on the fence about this \u2013 part of the fun of Taskmaster NZ is that there\u2019s stuff that hasn\u2019t played before.&nbsp; My hope is that they\u2019ll develop some homegrown games from Series 2 onwards.<\/li><li>The Taskmaster house as well as all of the \u201coutside\u201d games seem to have been taped at parc National du Mont-St-Bruno, just outside of Montreal.&nbsp; In the games that I saw, there wasn\u2019t anything that was done off property.<\/li><li>While I won\u2019t spoil any games (they said pictures were fine but please don\u2019t spoil so I definitely won\u2019t) I will say it was interesting that a game that played on the UK version was adapted for a foreign version that I\u2019ve seen that we then saw play out on LMDJ; it\u2019s interesting to think that possible loopholes were closed depending on the wording of the adaptation of other versions.&nbsp; I\u2019ll share after that game airs.<\/li><li>Format fans: don\u2019t worry \u2013 it\u2019s the same format as the UK version (prize task, 3 filmed tasks, live task).&nbsp; Due to spacing they just remove the panelists\u2019 chairs and then replace for the finale.<\/li><li>Set: same thing pretty much (see attached picture)<\/li><li>Some stylistic changes \u2013 they are NOT seated in the same order for each episode.&nbsp; Also, we were told we were seeing two episodes but they were NOT going to air in order (save for the last ep where they would declare the winner).&nbsp; We saw episodes 7 and 8 \u2013 there were some references to certain performances earlier in the series so I\u2019m wondering if maybe they just will air them in shooting order.&nbsp; Cumulative scores across the series as a result were never mentioned; I\u2019m thinking it will get dropped in during post.&nbsp; Introductions done closest to the TM and then towards audience.<\/li><li>Antoine V\u00e9zina is PERFECT for the assistant role.&nbsp; Humour is drole (he starred in the Quebecoise version of \u201cThe Office\u201d) and thumbs up for him being nice enough to have a bit of a chat with me and grab a picture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, a solid adaptation (and worth the numerous hours it took me to get there by car, suburban train and subway)! Scheduled at this point to air Thursdays at 8 pm starting in mid-September.&nbsp; Quick turn around time to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Side note: if you\u2019re so inclined, I was interviewed by Lou Sanders and Jack Bernhardt for \u201cTaskmaster The Peoples\u2019 Podcast\u201d episode number 17, Is there an Argument to Say Entrancingly? about my love of all things TM including the fact that I\u2019ve played it with my students.&nbsp; It was an absolute pleasure to become part of the Taskmaster Universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Brig for letting me write this up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some fun, FOTB Ryan Vickers went and saw the new Quebecoise version of Taskmaster being filmed and he&#8217;s written a report. 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