Hello and welcome to the Taskmaster Podcast. It's me, Ed Gamble, and you can hear the

excited note in my voice, because look, we're getting towards the end of the series, which

is obviously sad, but always exciting in the final two episodes of the series. And we have

a fantastic guest today to talk about series 16 episode 9. We have the wonderful John

Kerns, of course, one of the stars of series 14 of Taskmaster, a wonderful comedian. You

must go and see him on tour. He's doing more tour dates in 2024, I've shown the vanishing

days, which is frankly one of the best stand-up shows I've ever seen. It is absolutely incredible.

You must go and see it. And he's also brilliant on this podcast. I can't promise we're going

to talk about the tasks in detail, because we normally get sidetracked. But people love

the episodes. I love the episodes. It's going to be a lot of fun. And of course, we're

approaching Christmas. That's when I get really excited as well. And guys, why not add a

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further ado, let's crack on with this episode at Series 16, Episode 9, as discussed by John

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