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Written by That Guy With The Glasses   
Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:18

The Nostalgia Critic, takes a look back at one of the best game shows ever; Double Dare, and pays a well deserved tribute to Mark Summers!

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written by evagirl77 , July 13, 2008
I remember this show! I mean, I never understood it, but it made it all the more hilarious!
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written by UncleYaris , July 13, 2008
awsome review, yet again!

i want a dude, you got balls review smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Alex , July 13, 2008
I never saw this show before. I can't believe I missed something as awesome as this.

Great review as always NC.
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written by Tazzer88 , July 13, 2008
If I had to point to one show that summed up all of Nickelodeon, it would be Double Dare. Just too classic for words.

Also, I always thought Pick It, the one where they had to dig around in the giant nose, was the hardest obstacle course section ever.
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written by Dragon , July 13, 2008
I like Mark summers in "Unwrapped" on the food network better.

I used to watch this alot too xD

Great review.
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written by 00frodo , July 13, 2008
I used to watch this show! Was pretty great. The questions were really easy, and yet the contestants rarely answered them correctly.
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written by Andrew , July 13, 2008
I remember Double Dare. It kicked ass! Summers totally deserved that award. Awesome episode.
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written by Sancho12 , July 13, 2008
Great review, I never knew Mark Summers was OCD. Looking back it really does make you wonder how he dealt with all that shit flying everywhere.

Just a suggestion for your next kids game show tribute though, Wild and Crazy Kids!


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written by Funployee109 , July 13, 2008
Damn That was good.
"This person actually has talent." Lol.
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written by deppwaswho , July 13, 2008
DOUBLE DARE! smilies/wink.gif
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written by Darth Revan , July 13, 2008
lol i used to watch this show back when it was new, although i grew up more with double dare 2000. anyone remember that??!?!?!? and LOL i had no idea the host was obsessive compulsive, just thinking back on all the times he got messy.....shiiiiiiiit smilies/shocked.gif
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written by xH1Mx , July 13, 2008
I love your reviews NC. You have surpassed the AVGN in my opinion. I remember watching this show when I was younger too and I found it extremely unfair for a kids game show. They asked a lot of questions most people don't even know. They should have stuck to stuff they had on Nickelodeon. And thanks for that last part. "No, this person had talent." lmao
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written by Alexo32386 , July 13, 2008
Back when this show was on I watched it all the time. Marc Summers was in my and my sister's mind the most famous man in our universe. The things they did to him would be enough to make any body snap, let alone a man with a psychological disorder. Always kept his composure, at least until the commercial. A true professional if there ever was one. He deserves that award.
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written by silverwolf2006 , July 13, 2008
I used to watch this show non-stop next to Wheel of Fortune, Fun House, Guts, and Legends of the Hidden Temple. Not only was this show messy but it was also fun to watch and it made me have a dream of getting a bucket load of 100% Nick Slime dumped on my head. Great review. Also Marc is still the man.
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written by Gamechamp , July 13, 2008
XD LOVED this show... but seriously? Only a few hundred bucks. Wow, I always imagined them being millionaires.
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written by ASP84 , July 13, 2008
WOW~ I had completely forgotten about this show until now! Good thing you remembered it. haha. I was obsessed with this show as a kid! smilies/grin.gif
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written by Mike_Industries , July 13, 2008
Man I use to watch Double Dare all the time when I was a kid... I also remember Double Dare 2000, but that wasn't as great as the original. Awesome Video!
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written by SquarEvil , July 13, 2008
I can't believe I forgot about that show until now. Double Dare was awesome! smilies/grin.gif. Thanks for the review, NC
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Solid work.
written by Curiosity Inc , July 13, 2008
It's great to see a hilarious review that doesn't tear the subject to shreds. The NC has officially proven that he can be just as funny with praise as he can with bile, and that's something that many critics can't say. Kudos, NC.

Funnily enough, I saw an interview with Mark Summers that addressed his OCD. In the interview, he points out that if you watch the first couple of seasons, you'll notice that Summers doesn't get a drop of slime on him. Eventually, however, the producers approached Summers and said "Mark, we've got to show you getting more involved," and so he agreed to be slimed. He really is an inspiration for everyone with OCD, Asperger's, etc. and he does deserve a medal for that much.

Oh, and in regard to the money: $700 seemed like a lot more as a kid, didn't it?

As for the review, I thought this was a great review with a variety of jokes that were always just long enough (though the marijuana sequence was understandably slow). The opening was inspired and the comments were spot-on. Very well done.
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written by Garfield135 , July 13, 2008
Balls.

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written by Daikun , July 14, 2008
I loved that show. Man, was it insane. I miss when Nickelodeon used to make game shows. Now all they have are slightly okay or mediocre Nicktoons.
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written by iamturokforreales , July 14, 2008
I definitely remember Double Dare. But nothing was cooler than Legends of the Hidden Temple, at least in my book.


But enough of my rambling. This is one of the more memorable NC's that you have put out in a while, keep it up!
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written by Spectere , July 14, 2008
Woo, this took me back. smilies/cheesy.gif

Nice review! You did a great job summing up the spirit of the show.
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written by rmlohner , July 14, 2008
Marc Summers also hosted the awesome What Would You Do, which ended with the Pie Pod that threw four pies into a person's face. Pretty fun to watch the series all the way through, as the damn thing clearly worked less and less well every time. Guess it wasn't in the budget to get it fixed.
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written by InsrtCoins , July 14, 2008
No mention of Double Dare 2000? Not even in passing? Oh well. Other than that, great review. Makes me want to watch the show again.
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written by Joker , July 14, 2008
OMG, you should have an entire show devoted to the Dude, You got balls award.
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written by smeagol92055 , July 14, 2008
Oh, please, PLEASE review You Can't Do That On Television!
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written by counselor2009 , July 14, 2008
Another good review NC. I do think it is interesting to see you do something that you really liked for a change of pace (especially after the Captain Planet review).To me, Double Dare along with "You Can't Do That on Television" made Nickelodeon in the 80's and made me stop everything to watch them. I think Double Dare is due for a revival.
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Really cool review, and a cool show.
written by NoTaste , July 14, 2008

Its cool to see you doing more general nostalgia trips like this rather then straight up reviews. Also its cool to see you do things you like rather then just things you hate. It helps keep things fresh. This show however always held a back seat to wild and crazy kids. Sure this was cool but with wild and crazy kids theyd take like 100 kids and have em do amazing things like run around in bumper boats with giant nerf guns attatched with paint playing war games. Kids with guns is for the win.
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written by Raistlinhawke , July 14, 2008
Mark Summers is truly awesome, glad to see him finally get some recognition. He hosts the show "Unwrapped" on Food Network, and its more awesome because of him.
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Oh, you still got it, NC ;)
written by Danny , July 14, 2008
Yeah, a great job done as usual, NC smilies/smiley.gif. Yes, that I do truly remember this one, the sloppiest and most slippery show on TV (no doubt, that it's still on that Nick GaS channel these days, you guys), and that yeah, I already knew that Marc Summers has/had OCD, but that even now, I truly didn't know also what else he went through smilies/sad.gif.

Also, NC and everyone else, that one of the other things that I've recently come across, again, that even now deserves more praise and only slight critique like this episode of yours is the Balto trilogy, since that after I finally watched through the whole documentary from the UK version of the DVD on YouTube and me getting more insight into the whole bit about him, that I realize now, more so than before, just how much of a real hero that he was, huh smilies/cool.gif? Also, as extra, that just one of the good little "tributes" to him that I know of these days is the "If everyone cared about Balto" AMV/Balto tribute that Shadow2Kurby came up with on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXXqTjfbP9g smilies/grin.gif.
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written by reptra , July 14, 2008
this show looks pretty shit... the guy does have balls tho if all its true smilies/grin.gif
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written by catoblepa , July 14, 2008
NC, I'm surprised you didn't notice an interesting detail: when Mark Summers falls in that pool of... whatever it is, he ALWAYS keeps his microphone above his head, just like U.S. Marines do with their M16 rifles. This man is a professional.
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written by TomCave57 , July 14, 2008
this makes me miss all the old game shows Nickelodeon used to make like GUTS and Legends of the Hidden temple anyway great review for one of the greatest shows ever
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written by TomCave57 , July 14, 2008
oh also the stuff the goop is made of is like some kinda pudding mixture i was on slimetime live once and thats wat they told me
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written by Raymond T ThatDutchGuyWithTheTransformers , July 14, 2008
No it's not Pauly Shore! This person has talent
Win! smilies/cheesy.gif

To bad that, as far as I know, we didn't have this show on European TV. At least not in the Netherlands. We had something similar on The Childeren's Channel (can't remember the name of that show), after the succes in the UK of "You Can't Do That On Television" (another show you really should review) but nothing near the level of this. smilies/cry.gif
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written by Lordifani , July 14, 2008
OMG, this was probably one of your best videos ever! smilies/cheesy.gif
"Balls."
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written by FlashMan , July 14, 2008
Well now that NC has reviewed the best kids game show, he should probably review the hardest.
Legends of the hidden temple anyone?
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written by Bohemian Piratess , July 14, 2008
Everybody at school but me had cable, so I may not have seen this. Get Your Own Back was similar, but this looks a little more extreme.
Mark Summers - what a hypocrite! But yeah, he's got balls.
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written by Caliban Don Flamingo , July 14, 2008
Oh I remember that temple thing. It was the one where they had to get like a monkey or something right? That was awesome!
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written by Kuncoss , July 14, 2008
Never seen the show, but it's always fun to watch a tribute for something unknown to me! Great entertainment.


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Reminds me of a show that used to air on YTV...
written by Alexjr1543 , July 14, 2008
I think that the show it reminds me of is called "Uh-oh". It's quite similar to this in the messy factor. There are three teams, two teammates per team. There is also a wheel you spin to determine what you must do. Sometimes, it's some crazy timed challenge, like getting pies thrown at them or having to go through an evil obstacle course, and sometimes, it's a quiz where one teammate gets locked in a chamber and if the other player gets a question wrong, the guy in the chamber gets a vat of toxic sludge dumped all over him. These two shows are so much alike, and yet, so different...

By the way, does anyone know any Japanese game shows where you have to do the craziest stunts and maybe people end up dying? If so, please let me know. I'd love to see them. I've heard of them before, and from what I've heard, they make Fear Factor look like Sesame Street...
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written by ShiksaWithChutzpah , July 14, 2008
Now I want to find an excuse to use the phrase, "You gotta get back in your taco". smilies/tongue.gif After all these years the one thing that stuck with me was going through that giant ear, because it looked REALLY waxy.

Great stinger at the end with the Pauly Shore line too. smilies/grin.gif
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written by retrogamer12 , July 14, 2008
this show sounds cool i would love to be on the show smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Crimson Jax , July 14, 2008
No it's not Pauly Shore! This person has talent
Win!

To bad that, as far as I know, we didn't have this show on European TV. At least not in the Netherlands. We had something similar on The Childeren's Channel (can't remember the name of that show), after the succes in the UK of "You Can't Do That On Television" (another show you really should review) but nothing near the level of this.


I thought it was called Telekids or the Droomshow, with all the toxic waste being dumped on yousmilies/tongue.gif Great movie as always, loved the 'Dude you got balls' medal.
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written by jkthedj , July 14, 2008
"Like a japaneese gameshow, except nobody dies."

Y'know something, No one would ever think of that at first; but that makes TOTAL FUCKING SENSE now that we think about it. That comparison alone is "Balls"
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written by Vargtass , July 14, 2008
He had OCD?
Holy shit! How did he get through this show? I get depressed if the TV-remote isn't in line with the DVD-remote. Wait a minute, maybe this show gave him OCD. Think about it. He had the perfect date planned for the night after this shit-stopper but then he got...elephant splooge all over him. Who wouldn't spend four hours trying to get every single speck out. Good God, he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for being able to not commit suicide on this kids-show...
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written by Konata Izumi , July 14, 2008
Good review, that show looks fun
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written by Viva la Killer Tomatoes , July 14, 2008
Wasn't there another Nick show like this? "Slime" or something?
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written by gshowguy , July 14, 2008
Here's an idea I had: Top 11 Greatest Kids Game Shows Around the World (besides Double Dare)

Oh, and BTW, Raymond T-- guess what? There actually was a Dutch version of Double Dare that I read about called "DD Show".

And other kids' game you oughta review next-- Fun House.
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written by Fyrus , July 14, 2008
the ending was amazing
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written by Kuroneko , July 14, 2008
I chuckled a bit while watching the video, but the stinger made me laugh out loud. Good job, Nostalgia Critic.

And yeah, how does a guy with OCD put up with those kind of antics, anyway?
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written by kingpin306 , July 14, 2008
I´m 23 now and i will kill just to on the show with some friends if it was still running.
we never had somthing like this here were i grew up (that i can remember)

Damn it looks fun smilies/cheesy.gif
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written by doubledunk , July 14, 2008
I love your reviews NC. You have surpassed the AVGN in my opinion.


Not yet. However I enjoy both entertainers.

Anyways, great job NC. That shows does look like shit and yes I do agree on giving the host the "you got balls" award.

Awesome review, keep up the good work.

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OMFG!!! I loved double dare!
written by gozzilynn , July 14, 2008
Mark summers is the man! Now he does something for the food network. I remember coming home from school to watch double dare. Loved it! Thanks for the memory!
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written by DO A BARREL ROLL! , July 14, 2008
i remember that the first gameshow they had was that one with the incan temple and the talking statue, that had an obstacle course stolen from an indiana jones movie, then they had double dare, and then they had that shitty slime time thing, which only had one way to get slimed, and was only like 2 minutes during commercials. btw nostalgia critic, you forgot the one where you pull the flag out of the giant nose full of green slime.
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written by Sam_the_Redhead , July 14, 2008
i remember that the first gameshow they had was that one with the incan temple and the talking statue, that had an obstacle course stolen from an indiana jones movie...


Legends of the Hidden Temple! That was my favourite game show.

Nick had so many great shows when I was little. Now it's basically crap. Maybe you should cover the top 11 Nick shows? Seriously, there was Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Figure it Out, Rugrats (the old episodes), Doug, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, GUTS, All That, Hey Arnold...so many memorable shows.

This was a great NC episode.
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written by magicmanxandreix , July 14, 2008
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT GAME NC CHOSE TO REVIEW?
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written by Gullyson , July 14, 2008
hahaha rofl @ the epic double dare song smilies/grin.gif

pauly shore punchline was funny

great video once again!
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written by Angrypcgamenerd , July 14, 2008
Lol..... At least I could imagine if Double Dare handed out big money... There would be more be more swearing and a lot more bitching lol...... "Get back in your taco you son of a B***h, I gotta pay for my *** **** money.....

Come on, shoot that F**king apple, you gotta keep your accuracy straight, your shooting in the wrong F**king direction......

Ya, I could imagine.....
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Double Dare 2000
written by Yubadias , July 14, 2008
Why didn't you talk about Double Dare 2000? I prefer that show and you can still catch re-runs of it on Nick GAS.
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written by joelpizzaguy , July 14, 2008
here in brazil, we got something like this, but it was with Sergio Mallandro.
Sergio Mallandro is kinda like Krusty, but without make up. He was fucking annoying.
Believe me it was way worse...
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written by Black fire raven , July 14, 2008
I really think that they should give mark summers some award. i mean cause of this guy has balls to say no someone who has talent i mean come on how can you say that in TV i mean oh my GOD.THIS GUY HAS BALLS.
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written by Black fire raven , July 14, 2008
BALLS XD smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif
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written by Val! , July 14, 2008
0_0 awesome puts me in mind of the uk version fun house but is wasn't as messy :/.... it just makes me think of the mullet the persenter had.....
yeah....no balls there.
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To The guy from Canada.
written by Daffy , July 14, 2008
Dude. What's your beef? It's just a word. It's not like it matters.
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written by Val! , July 14, 2008
is that to me or the guy before me?
if me i'm talking about the uk presenter. he was awful.
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written by Daffy , July 14, 2008
To the guy before you.
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written by Wolfang , July 14, 2008
here in brazil we had a similar show called "Passa ou Repassa".
To be honest, it was the same thing in every way
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written by TatersChoice , July 14, 2008
That elephant splooge part was just nasty, but I remember this show quite well.
I miss the old Nickelodeon, I really do.
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written by MDS13 , July 14, 2008
Yeah, I remember this show! Good show!
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written by Kalse , July 14, 2008
Great review, but I grew up more with Double Dare 2000. This is the first Nostalgia Review I believe in which he praises something.
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written by Dove , July 14, 2008
Do Legends of the Hidden Temple.
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Something similar
written by Sheavy , July 14, 2008
I remember a show that used to come o n YTV that was widely similar to this.
It was called 'Uh-Oh!'. All the slime, all the questions, all the god given fun rolled up into one half-hour of laughs and giggles. and I can't forget the Punisher.. He was the one that made the show amazing.

But back to Double Dare.. I think it always used to come on before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. smilies/cool.gif
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written by Xayez , July 14, 2008
I remember it so you don't have to! ...Balls!

Lol, love it. But yeh, a man with serious OCD getting so messy, he deserves more than a "Dude, you have so much balls it turns your arse inside out!" award.
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written by BabyImplosion , July 14, 2008
lol, good ending. i always hated double dare. it was one of those shows that i'd feel like blowing my brains out over. just something about it made me wanna die. always came on on boring afternoons when there was nothing good on tv.
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written by Lyger , July 14, 2008
Marc Summers is the greatest. I remember all the different stuff he hosted in the early 90s, like What Would You Do?
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written by Raymond T ThatDutchGuyWithTheTransformers , July 14, 2008
I thought it was called Telekids or the Droomshow, with all the toxic waste being dumped on you Great movie as always, loved the 'Dude you got balls' medal
Telekids did have a run-the-gauntlet type section in it, with alot of whipped cream and yoghurt and stuff, but not anything like this. I've also never heard of a dutch version of this (not to say it didn't exist, but I never saw it). What I was thinking about was on the Brittish kids channel named TCC or The Children's Channel. It was something like this, but at a slower pace...
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written by SaiyanKirby , July 14, 2008
I remember Double Dare 2000, and it used to be one of my favorite TV shows of all time! Thinking back, it's 08 now, so it was 8 years ago. That means I was 7 when Double Dare 2000 was around! Wow! Those were the golden years. smilies/tongue.gif

Also, he deserved a better award. How about a "Dude, you got bigger balls then Chuck Norris" award? Now that's deserving of a game host that works through the messiest situations with OCD. smilies/cheesy.gif
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written by tbussard , July 14, 2008
It's shows like this that make me feel bad I missed the vast majority of cable in the early 90s. I would have grown up a VASTLY different kid. VASTLY different.
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THANK YOU! FUCKIN' THANK YOU!!!
written by KTE , July 14, 2008
This was one of my favorite shows growing up! I remember me and a few friends made our own Double Dare game. It was classic!

Thank you for making me remember this special part of my childhood!
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written by djoey3984 , July 14, 2008
I LOVED this show when I was a kid. I watched this thing religiously until it went off the air. They did try to revive it with D.D 2000 but it just wasn't the same without Marc Summers.

Legends was great in the beginning, but, I don't know, it became too repetitive after the first few months. Always the same puzzles recycled after a month and the host was so...predictable and bland. It got to the point where I was well "Now it's time for Almec to tell us the legend(adventure)of....but pay careful(close) attention guys because this(your knowledge) will bring you one step closer to the temple." D.D was unpredictable which made it great.

I vote Wild and Crazy kids for the next Nick kids gaming show. Or the late 80's early 90's nick series like "Salute your Shorts" or "Are you afraid of the dark?"
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written by TyVulpine , July 14, 2008
I loved watching Double Dare (though hated the Sundae Slide)
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written by Sl0th , July 14, 2008
w remember watching this show growing up. It really was a quarky one. Nickelodeon really had a knack for coming up with the strangest ideas for game shows. And Marc Summers was really what made the show. When I learned about his OCD thing years later, I really did wonder how he managed to host Double Dare.

On the bright side, one of the more recent things he hosted, History I.Q. on the History Channel, included no salad bowls or human tacos. And rewarded people with far more money.
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written by Nostalgiaoholic3852 , July 14, 2008
I wanted to be on this show when I was little. It was awesome. Also I did not know Marc Summers has OCD.
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written by enginsoysal , July 14, 2008
Awesome review... but... i was kinda expecting you b*tching in the end as WHY IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED or something like that...

dude...

you got balls... put them in your mouth and suck'm.... suck on my chocola... lala...
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written by Luffy55555 , July 14, 2008
"Get back in your taco!" LOL!!! I love your videos, man! smilies/smiley.gif
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written by MetalViking , July 14, 2008
Oh boy how I do remember that show. Gladly, they show still show it from time to time, along with other old Nick game shows.

Great review, NC.
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written by Orastella , July 14, 2008
I watched Double Dare all the time. Remember that other show on Nicolodeon that Mark Summers hosted?

I think double dare introduced the slime that became Nicolodeon's Gak. Or maybe that was You can't do that on Television.

It sucked when this went off the air in America. I think it continued longer in foriegn countries like Australia, though. On the rare day when Nickolodeon showed the international programmes, I remember being excited to see double dare on TV again.

And I notice that you drew no distinction between Double Dare and Family Double Dare.
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written by SuperMopTop , July 14, 2008
The messiest show is actually Tila Tequila! ZING smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif
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written by Mr.Saturn , July 14, 2008
Nick in the 90s was the best for all kids. They had shows like Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Ahhhh!!! Real Monsters, Afraid of the Dark, Ka-Blam!!, Angry Beavers, My coisin Skeeter, and other shows where kids compete called Double Dare, and some show which i cant remember the name of where Nick celebrities had to guess words of a sentence or something that was on a big head about a catagory.

These days all Nick has is these crappy shows like Zoey 101, Romeo, spongebob, and a few other shows i cant remember.

From what i been seeing, shows these days seem to be either really stupid (like spongebob) or about teenagers and thier problems like (zoey 101). I also been seeing that shows with violence, and some creativity that is really funny is taken off the air. Even Loony Toons is not shown on the first 100 channels onless your way up in the 200s and 300s.

I think what it is that society dont want thier kids to be watching these cartoons with alot of violence or disgusting things so the industry stopped making these cartoons which were really funny like Ren and Stimpy. Since we are also seeing that cartoons are getting dumber and dumber, and again like i mentioned, about teenagers and thier problems. So im guessing this is because society wants the TV to educate thier kids about teenager problems while beliving that kids are also not understand simple jokes.

Like i said, im just guessing what the cause is, but i hope this gets fixed soon cause i havent seen Nick in so long because of its programs and know many friends who used to watch this channel.

Disney also gone this way, because we dont see alot of the old Mickey Mouse gang anymore. Like Nick, we get dumbed down shows and teenage type soaps.

This is why i dont watch those channels any more. I am a big fan of cartoons and thier humors as well as funny programs but when these kinds of things happens, u wonder why are we getting this crap we see on TV for cartoons. As well as other programs.
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written by thechaowiththeglasses999 , July 14, 2008
I have the home game. It replaces slime with water. It was the best. Still is. smilies/wink.gif
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written by AdudenamedVince , July 14, 2008
One of the few reasons I wished I had had cable.
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written by MarioATWLink , July 14, 2008
you cant forget What would you do, that show had a ton of crazy crap happening and Mark Summer hosted that one as well, look at the sets for these shows, for a guy who had to have every thing neat and in order that had to drive him crazy and yet he never showed that he hated doing those shows, I too would like to say for bringing joy and laughter to my TV as a child he deservers that "you have balls' award.
besides that great video, brought back great memorys, I dont mind remembering this one.
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written by heymatto70 , July 14, 2008
Mr. Saturn, are you thinking of Figure It Out? I also like another show hosted by Mark Summers called What Would You Do, but it really wasn't as good as Double Dare.
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written by Lord Seth , July 14, 2008
Oh man, you really took me back. Nickelodeon had a lot of stuff back then that involved slime or pies or something. Double Dare was the most prominent example, but What Would You Do had plenty of that also, and I remember even Figure It Out had that to some extent; midway through it some secret action would be announced to the audience (but not to the panelists), and any panelist who did it would get slimed. If someone didn't do it the host usually tricked them into it, as a randomly selected kid in the audience would win a prize if one of the panelists got slimed. I remember occasionally they had the jokey "being a panelist", meaning that they would all instantly get slimed.

And, of course, let us never forget You Can't Do That On Television. Technically it wasn't really a Nickelodeon production (it was made in Canada), but DARN was that a good series. You should review it sometime! The whole slime falling on people if they say "I don't know" was a trademark of the series. Strangely, my parents didn't want me to watch You Can't Do That On Television...looking back, I can't see what there was to object about it. Most likely all they knew of was the name and assumed it was some kind of risqué show or something. I wish it would come out on DVD...
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written by Akaras , July 14, 2008
Woah..... I had no idea that guy was oc.... That's pretty effed up!

Hehe, as for another game show, how about Legend of the Hidden Temple? That show kicked so much butt! It was like American Gladiators with an Aztec twist... in Florida. smilies/tongue.gif
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written by Shining Aquas , July 14, 2008
Yah, really. I couldn't believe it either.

Doug, it is true that you need serious balls to do that, but you also need some inhuman composure.
I would seriously just wait for the one episode where he literally flips out and just stabs his throat with the mike for stress relief purposes.

Alas, like all great Nickelodeon shows, it was canceled far too early. Why must that fate be passed only to the best shows?

Somebody explain to me how shows like Firefly lose to something like Joe Millionaire.
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