Hamish Blake Unskilled Adult Series Premiere Details
In an interview, the comedian and media personality discusses his new television program Unskilled Adult, which premieres on Sunday, November 1, on Stan. Blake, who is in his forties, states in the program’s introduction that after spending his career talking for a living, he lacks practical trade skills. The reality series follows Blake and various famous friends as they attempt to work trades without prior experience. The program is produced for Stan, a streaming service owned by Nine, which also publishes the Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times.
Blake describes the premise as an effort to learn manual labor by doing it alongside guests including Andy Lee, Bret McKenzie, Guy Montgomery, Becky Lucas, and Sophie Monk. The participants take on jobs ranging from construction tasks to cooking. Customers who hire them are aware of the setup, aided by the presence of a television camera crew. Blake notes that while professionals would view their output as typical for someone with a single day of experience, the reality of executing physical labor creates genuine pressure.
Best and Worst Employees on Set
Reflecting on the participants, Blake identifies Ryan Shelton as both his best and worst employee during an episode where they had to cater a wedding for 80 people. Blake characterizes Shelton as frozen and inefficient while working, but names him the best overall because he generated the most laughter on set. For sheer tenacity, Blake awards Bret McKenzie and Lu Dal Din top marks for pouring a concrete slab. The task, which the group estimated would take an hour, lasted six hours and was completed at night in pouring rain under car headlights.
The highest-stakes assignment involved preparing food for a wedding without backup. Blake ultimately took the position. During a tense moment in the kitchen, a waiter relayed a request from the groom for his own butter in a small bowl. When Blake asked Shelton to retrieve it, Shelton sighed and asked Blake to do it himself.
Blake considers woodworking for retirement
When asked if any of the professions tempted him for a permanent career change, Blake notes that woodworking might feature in his future retirement, estimating a 20 percent chance he takes it up. He also calls driving a digger fun, alongside jackhammering, though he notes the physical toll the latter takes on the body. These experiences contrast with his personal tradition of baking elaborate birthday cakes for his children while documenting the process on social media.
Blake singles out a Rubik’s Cube cake as the most emotionally taxing project he has undertaken. The build required a 3D-printed core designed by his brother-in-law to support 27 interlocking pieces filled with cake so the entire structure could slide and remain solvable. Delayed until 3:00 p.m. on the eve of the birthday, the marshmallow and rice bubble components began melting in the warm kitchen, forcing Blake outside at 4:00 a.m. in the cold, where a possum nearly urinated on the dessert.
Release date and guest stars for Unskilled Adult
When does Unskilled Adult premiere?
The reality series premieres on Sunday, November 1, on Stan, with new episodes releasing weekly.
Which famous guests appear on the show alongside Hamish Blake?
The series features appearances by Andy Lee, Bret McKenzie, Guy Montgomery, Becky Lucas, and Sophie Monk.
What specific trade task took six hours to complete in the rain?
Bret McKenzie and Lu Dal Din spent six hours pouring a concrete slab at night under car headlights during a downpour.
Why did Blake avoid casting his wife, Zoë Foster Blake, on the program?
Blake states that his wife prefers to know what is happening and has a low tolerance for uncertainty and chaos, leading him to conclude that working together on the show would not benefit their marriage.
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