Double Dare (A Franchise Retrospective) - Nick Knacks Episode

[@poparena]

KZbin took down the Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea episode. If you'd like to watch it, you can catch it on the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/spartakus-and-the-sun-beneath-the-sea-nick-knacks-056

[@fragmentalstew]

Uncool move, by KZbin. Thanks for leaving the comment with the link. I'm watching through the playlist, and was thrown when I expected more French weirdness but was instead presented with Double Dare.

[@adamnedeff3102]

I didn't realize you were going to cover every incarnation in one video, and it's really odd for me to see something I worked on barely over a year ago covered in any kind of retrospective. I was the question researcher for the 2018-2019 show. It was a total love letter to "Double Dare" from the staff. Nearly all of us were fans of the old show, and getting to make your own version of something you loved, that meant a lot to you as a kid, is just an indescribable joy.

[@PersephoneDarling28]

I watched that 2018 version. It was really good! Sad it got untimely canceled

[@PlatformerFan]

We thank you for your work.

[@lamontyaboy718]

As someone who worked on an official show for Nickelodeon, what do you think of the nick knacks retrospective overall? If you've seen any of the other videos that is. How well is he doing covering the channel's history in your opinion?

[@adamnedeff3102]

@@lamontyaboy718 I do contract work, so I just move from one show to another, I don't really work FOR one specific entity, so I can't speak to that at all. But on a personal level, I've loved this series.

[@TheEman590]

Awesome! Thanks for everything, man.

[@AWM05]

That farewell episode with all the staff members was incredibly touching. I almost teared up.

[@eddougherty323]

I DID TEAR UP!!!

[@chelmrtz]

I cried tears of joy. They looked like they were having so much fun and everything was completely genuine

[@good03boy]

That was taped in 1990.

[@pattyofurniture694]

I did absolutely tear up

[@destinationrelaxing]

I'd love a link to that video please

[@waffledog]

All the rip-offs and grown-up pilots missed the point of what Nick was doing. They were game shows. Double Dare was a PLAY show. The real prize on Double Dare wasn’t the trip to space camp at the end. The prize on Double Dare was you got to play Double Dare. It was legitimately fun to play.

[@KKAkuoku]

It’d be easy to say that the rip-offs failed because they ‘tried too hard’ to be fun, but in DD’s case, it’s really true. None of the copies, and I’ll even say the official reboots, took the time to develop their own sense of personality. They were products first and foremost. Double Dare absolutely thrived because of that open, genuine communication & camaraderie both in front of and behind the camera, which is something you obviously can’t create in business-first TV production.

[@andrejg4136]

@@KKAkuoku that's why I don't mind if reboots aren't exactly like the original, because each production is a reflection of the staff and enviroment, and that can't be replicated precisely. Everything has to stand on their own merits, eventually.

[@digamejh]

That's why they filmed one just for the crew there. Seriously, I was grinning watching that whole extended obstacle course.

[@coreylineberry8557]

I can testify to Double Dare being a blast. I played Double Dare once at the Nick Hotel in Florida... Actually won!

[@ajhproductions2347]

@@coreylineberry8557nofair!

[@NAJ0202]

God, how does the Double Dare theme music rock so hard? It's like it contains the power of a thousand hair metal 80s bands within it.

[@newstarcadefan]

That's the genius of Edd Kalehoff. He made sure to arrange his music to the best of it's ability.

[@TheEman590]

I still love it to this day. A perfect mix of rock guitar and synth keyboards.

[@andrejg4136]

Edd Kaheloff should have a wing in the TV hall of fame for his sustained high quality output over so many productions.

[@pokepress]

I'd totally pay 99 cents to buy an official version of it.

[@eckesg2]

@@andrejg4136 He is right alongside Mike Post in that echelon of TV musicians

[@Rmlohner]

As someone with OCD myself, I'll weigh in here and say I never would have been able to get through a single episode hosting this show. So I'm fully down with praising Marc's gigantic brass balls for it.

[@andrejg4136]

I can imagine myself at 35 now trying to host this show then, and constantly being paranoid I'd blow out my knee or shoulder. Kids aren't heavy, but they aren't light either; and any missed puddle is an accident (or dozen) waiting to happen.

[@TigerNightmare]

Marc Summers coined the term "gak," which was eventually branded as the official name of the slime and a version you can get a toy stores.

[@wschmrdr]

And was the street term for heroin.

[@jaygio]

​@@wschmrdrMaybe In your hicked out area, not on the east coast

[@EmployeeAMillion]

Congratulations! You’ve technically gona through Nick’s first decade (77-86) without cracking under the pressure of missing episodes, outdated jokes, and that 5 second clip of Cy Schneider. Nick Knacks has been amazing and inspiring to see evolve along with Nickelodeon, and I’ll support your kickstarter as best I can. (As soon as I’m unblocked from you on Twitter, don’t know how that happened. It’s the ultimate “was it something I said?” feeling. :p)

[@witherblaze]

Who is Cy Schneider?

[@jbanks979]

One could easily make the case THIS was the most important show in Nickelodeon’s history, as it adapted what worked from You can’t do that on television into an original production that far exceeded anything that had come before it in popularity. It was at a crucial time for Nick too as YCDTOT had one more real season left, a five episode 87 season, and then a brief not as fondly remembered season with an all new cast in 89-90. I think they were about to lose the rights to Danger Mouse at this time too. It’s hard to really overstate just how popular this show was right out of the gate either. Airing at 5pm there really was not much else like it on television. If you had a cable package in 86, you had about 36 channels. For kids you might have a few syndicated cartoons to sell toys, Warner cartoons on early cable packages and PBS offerings. That was it. What Double Dare really nailed more than anything else that was airing was it was made for a child audience and it didn’t try to pander or lecture or sell things. It was just for kids to have fun by a bunch of big kids and really captured the ethos Nick was going for ever since Gerry Layborne took over in 84. It was RIDICULOUSLY popular for a long time. I watched countless episode. I still have nightmares about getting caught like so many did on the sundae slide and completely blowing your physical challenge. It’s a shame 2018 didn’t fully work out even if it had a MUCH harder road to standing out in the 400+ cable package/Netflix/video game/ KZbin/ social media landscape the modern kid is presented with.

[@TimothyMischka]

Weird Al did great on FDD, Remote Control and Wheel of Fortune.... but when he appeared on Rock n Roll Jeopardy, he indeed lost. (They even played his own song about it during the credits.)

[@blackbearcj5819]

I theorize he threw the game just so his song wouldn't be a lie.

[@pronkb000]

Did he go up against Mark McGrath? Because that guy would kill both Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer at Rock 'n Roll Jeopardy.

[@TheEman590]

@@pronkb000 Mark is one smart guy. I saw him on Who wants to be a Millionaire and he did pretty darn good.

[@DLZ2000]

This show changed my life. When I was in kindergarten, I was pretty shy and tidy to the point where I wouldn't play with finger paint. Somehow, I found out about this show even before I got Nickelodeon. I must have started watching it in syndication before getting cable. From that point, I may have over-corrected, as my anxiety transferred to dread when it came to desk-clearning days. I became obsessed enough with the show to have a beach towel, toys, and the book that was filled with sample game questions, ideas for physical challenges, and even a plan for how to build your own obstacle course. I even thought about playing a version of the game based on the ideas in the book for a birthday party. But somehow, an outdoor messy party didn't seem like a great idea in November. Plus, I was never very successful at hosting parties. Ironically, I tended to fantasize more about being on Fun House, and even went to an event at Riverside, well before it was a Six Flags, where we could meet the host JD Roth. I did visit Nickelodeon Studios in October 1995, but that was after we cut cable at our house, and after Double Dare ended, so it was pretty much just a tour, which included sets of some sketch comedy show I hadn't seen, having only gotten as far as Roundhouse. This is the second time an episode of this series researching the history of Nickelodeon has made a feature-length episode. The previous time was another extremely important show when I was a kid You Can't Do that on Television. It's something of a relief that Double Dare has aged much better and is far less problematic than some of the YCDTOTV's elements, aside from maybe the injury from the kid of that lawyer and definitely the antisemitism against Marc Summers.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I vividly remember my brother's 6th birthday party (1990): my mom had borrowed several kiddie pools and set up a Double Dare obstacle course in the backyard (I think our Slip N Slide was also involved).

[@KaseyWynne]

I really like the follow ups on the people involved in the show at the end. I'd like to see that continue in future episodes, as we move into the golden age of nick.

[@Xenunnaki]

The potential $400 for winning was even more valuable than it might sound, as this was in 1986. That money today is just under $1,000

[@eggboy9126]

At this point I’m having trouble not imagining the 4 hour epic that the episode on Spongebob will be.

[@amazonstorm]

I have a feeling SpongeBob is going to be a hard one whenever he gets to it , especially if it's still on the air

[@skeeter5834]

Wasn't expecting to see eight year old me in a Knick Knacks episode. Your videos are rad, keep up the good work.

[@Vvardenfell_Outlander]

Fantastic retrospective on a fantastic show. It's impossible to watch almost any episode of Double Dare without noticing just how much FUN the cast and crew had making it. I enjoy watching it even more now as an adult than I did as a kid back in the 90s. Fantastic stuff.

[@nicholaifugate]

Fantastic episode! This show and You Can't Do That on Television were huge for me as a kid born at the beginning of the 1980s. Loved seeing an episode that went so far through the years all the way up to last year! Amazing work on this episode!

[@bullmonty764]

And now, finally, the ethos of Nickelodeon is fully formed

[@whammy850]

This is absolutely amazing. I've been following this series since day one, patiently awaiting this very episode. Double Dare is easily my favorite thing Nickelodeon has ever done and is one of my top picks for best game show of all time. I needed to see this today- my job is lifting the COVID quarantine and calling us back tomorrow and I've been dealing with anxiety over that all day, but seeing your video relaxed it so much. You went above and beyond with this, as I knew you would- every video to this point has been consistently informative and generally excellent. Fantastic job, and I look forward to much more!

[@DoneRandomLee]

Thank you for telling me about the old timers episode. It's such a interesting thing to see. Seeing people that had a role in making the game show competing in the game show and it's clear they're just having fun with it. Not only were they basically doing a parody with them hiding from the camera when group huddle for questions, instantly trying to break the challenge, etc. It was clear watching it that everyone was having fun and I wish more shows did this.

[@MegaSparkster]

Great video man! I was born way past Double Dare's prime and I feel weirdly nostalgic after watching this video. I like how genuine and fun this series is, I definitely would've loved it as a kid.

[@LikaLaruku]

Fun fact: Marc Summers was the executive producers of both Dinner Impossible & Restaurant Impossible.

[@LeoFan93]

Interesting thing about that chimp on Double Dare 2000. He was a remnant of Figure It Out's final season, focusing on animal-related talents. In keeping with the animal theme, the chimp, named Brooks, was part of the on-set crew, highlighting prizes the contestant won, assisting in giving out clues with the Charade Brigade and just hanging out on set with either Summer or Henry J. When Figure it Out ended and Double Dare 2000 began, they still had Brooks so they just kinda shoehorned him in.

[@alextheluchador]

I was lucky enough to go to the first Mall Tour of DD in 89, then I took my daughter to the tour in 2018. What a great show.

[@nonenone4560]

"pretty much everyone who got Nick also got the Games and Sports network" I don't know how it was in other areas, but GaS sure as hell wasn't part of the standard cable package where I grew up. It was one of those channels you'd only get if you had an expanded cable package.

[@dsl_media]

Yeah, I never had Nick GAS myself. In fact, back when I got Comcast digital cable in 2002, Nick GAS was offered as one of the more premium channels.

[@Rodanguirus]

Yep, this is an extremely minor quibble in one of the most in-depth, well-researched videos I’ve seen on KZbin, but it’s a big leap to assume most Nick viewers had access to GaS.

[@righteatsrightpolitics1323]

I had DirecTV growing up Nick GAS was never on there, I called and even wrote a letter persuading DirecTV to carry it & got nothing.

[@pokepress]

Good thing it existed, though. We got way better show footage than for other shows.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

On TimeWarner Cable in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Nick GaS was part of the extended digital cable package along with with sister networks Noggin, Nicktoons, TV Land and Nick Too (Nickelodeon's east coast feed). Nick GaS was replaced by The N and later by Teen Nick.

[@Xepscern]

That "Hey!" Moment is the funniest thing Ive seen in 2020

[@hannahwunder7739]

Such an amazing job on this retrospective! Been following Nick Knacks for about a year now, and as a child of the late 90s Double Dare and Double Dare 2000 are the first shows with a heavy nostalgia factor for me. Looking forward to getting into 90s Nick ... keep up the great work!

[@erock1779]

Wow. Excellent video. Sure it was long, but packed with so much intriguing information that I had know idea about but genuinely fascinated to learn. It was all worthwhile. I grew up with this show. As a kid, it was fun and easy to imagine myself as a contestant. Most of all, Marc Summers. This guy is a treasure. The fun uncle I never had. I really wish him well.

[@Metlhd313]

15:44 The answer is 15 in 1986, 121 in 2020

[@MaxineLunaZorua]

Hey just wanted to say before I watch the video. Thank you for making this series. Really I see so many people rag on Nick more and more as the years go by. It's nice to see someone who genuinely appreciates the channel for all it's many flaws. I've been watching this series wit my aunt for a while now and it's brought us closer together. She loves history and thinks your voice goes really well with this project. Keep being awesome. Next stop is 1987. One step closer to Nicktoons! 😊

[@spicynoodle6668]

I grew up on Double Dare 2000, I loved it!

[@KKAkuoku]

I really don’t remember the first time I saw DD; my parents already had cable when I was born, so presumably it was just left on for me as a toddler, long enough for me to get sucked into the colorful aspects of the production design or whatever. While I can’t pinpoint the first time I watched it, I can definitely say is that it left an impact on my brain. A seismic one. The home game was the first toy I can vividly remember buying at Toys R Us at age 3 or 4, I have equally fond memories of watching FDD reruns on Saturday afternoons sitting far too close to the TV and wolfing down dry Fruity Pebbles, and reruns of the original and Super Sloppy on Nick GAS were a comfort to me when I was a high school freshman/sophomore. Met Marc Summers at the 92Y Nick Panel as well as a screening of his autobiography On Your Marc and felt joyfully petrified on both occasions. Needless to say, Double Dare was, is, and will always be a very special show to me. I’d even call it the most pure Nickelodeon show of all time. It definitely gave the channel it’s heart and soul.

[@JC-fg2jz]

Real talk: The Alex Trebek Double Dare is a fantastic game show that really could be brought back at any time.

[@ericspowers]

One thing sir..Alex has left the world..permanently...:-(

[@mattmcconnell4814]

"Couldn't be a contestant if one of their parents was a lawyer" is that really true? It's a little too perfect.

[@pronkb000]

You're right that it kind of sounds like a story. On the other hand, it's not like being a lawyer or from a family with a lawyer is a protected class or anything. They're perfectly within their legal rights to shut those types of contestants out.

[@SabreRoseTiger]

Ah, the memories. This was one of the shows I watched from the day I discovered Nickelodeon sometime in the summer of 1989 and it was probably the show that drew me in the most. Game shows were my favorite part of Nickelodeon. I loved them all (even the ones that don't really hold up) and I'm looking forward to your videos on them (even the ones that probably won't get good reviews). I'm pretty sure I had one of those Double Dare books as a kid. I remember trying to play the Commodore 64 computer game (not very well, since I was five and had only just learned to read, plus I didn't know the keys to get my contestants to move in the obstacle course). And a few years later, I was sad that, as an only child, I would never get to compete on Family Double Dare. I wish Nickelodeon still had more game shows.

[@hitmonkey3602]

This has been a video years in the making, and it was worth the wait

[@gatorboymike]

I had a Garfield phone for about two days. Garfield's eyes were supposed to open when you took the phone off the hook and close when you put it back down. Well, the first time we tried that, his eyes stayed open and never shut again. Goodbye, 40 bucks in 1987 money.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Never had a Garfield phone. I saw it on “Double Dare” during one of the prize plugs in the Obstacle Course round.

[@daelen.cclark]

Did it at least work as a phone?

[@jeremiahmay6936]

I really wish they had aired the Old Timers episode. That put a huge smile on my face.

[@GameShowFanMan]

Dude! What a great episode! I was looking forward to this one since you began this series! Great work and research, there was so much about Double Dare that I never knew! Also, great use of game show theme songs as the background music! For anyone’s information, there were the theme songs in the order of appearance: Jackpot 74 The $10,000 Pyramid Double Dare 76/Card Sharks High Rollers Tattletales The Gong Show Break the Bank 76 Celebrity Sweepstakes Shoot for the Stars/Jackpot 85 Gambit The Money Maze/The Guinness Game The Price is Right (Prize Music) Chain Reaction The New Treasure Hunt The Joker’s Wild Password Plus Battlestars/The New Battlestars The Big Showdown Bullseye Blockbusters Give n Take Wheel of Fortune The Price is Right (Splendido) Split Second Password All-Stars/Password 75 Jeopardy! 78 Tic Tac Dough (Miscellaneous Cues)

[@beipiaosaurus]

Well, you certainly live up to your name.

[@whammy850]

I noticed that too! Very nice touch for those of us in the game show fan community.

[@CoolEric258]

I never had a need for a Garfield telephone until right now.

[@MissAshley42]

I always wanted one of those video phones I saw on (I think) either Total Panic or Nick Arcade.

[@doryna_sira]

They keep washing up on a beach in France because a shipping container of them got washed overboard in the 80's. Sounds like a great excuse to book a trip. ETA: Of course, Greg mentions it. I should have known. :)

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

Now I just want a Quinton Reviews episode on Garfield Phones and their prevalence on the beaches of France.

[@pokepress]

I'm sure they make a smartphone case. ;)

[@brianreddick1474]

I still have mine!

[@M644theawesome]

I had no idea Double Dare had so many different versions in different countries, but it does make sense, and i had no idea that celebrity double dare with weird Al was a thing as well, thats really cool, as well as the last last episode with the crew really touching, it feels like they are a family, i remember watching many game shows from nick, for double dare is the one i remember the most, but i did watch the 2000 one the most as far as i remember, as i was born in the late 90's

[@KaiserBeamz]

Hearing my voice in a video that isn't mine is weird.

[@datguyyo]

I know what you mean...

[@meepmoop2308]

Wait you were on double dare?

[@asia246222]

Fantastic and in depth retrospective over a huge moment in Nickelodeon history. Kickstarter gladly supported!!

[@GameShowManOne]

Easter egg: the theme to the 1976 CBS Double Dare (better known as the theme to the original version of Card Sharks) playing as background music at the start of part one.

[@angelmarie2281]

I thought I recognize the song. It's used later as the theme to Jim Perry's Card Sharks.

[@GameShowManOne]

@@angelmarie2281 Didn't I say that? :D

[@DigiRangerScott]

Joe Van Ginkel No you said Kard Charks. Totally different

[@Lightmuffin4]

Totally made my day! Thank you for fulfilling that Nickelodeon knowledge niche that I've been looking for since 2010 xD

[@jmn327]

I've absolutely adored learning about the really old Nick shows, as I love Nick Knacks as a history of cable media and the socio-political circumstances surrounding it, plus I have an appreciation for that "80s aesthetic" and some of the earnest attempts at educational or informative shows. This episode, though...I think this one was the first one to absolutely pull at every nostalgic neuron in my brain, or wistful string in my heart. I agree that the genuine family atmosphere with the crew of Double Dare was a massive ingredient in its success over the long haul, but I'll also argue that one could say that, while the concept of kids getting to play around and get messy is timeless, the show itself was really great as a product of its time. No, kids game shows weren't new, but like it said here, this one really broke the barrier of "we're letting you do what you're always told you're not supposed to, but in a way that's fun, not malicious"...THAT really helped shape Nickelodeon's identity in a deep way, and there wasn't a lot of TV media to that point that really offered that for kids. I think that may be part of why it's tough to fully replicate it today: kids are now used to being catered to in media. I don't say that like it's a bad thing, but the original Double Dare could be seen as a breakthrough on that front, and that's a magic that's hard to get back in a world where kids' entertainment has already been proven to be so insanely profitable.

[@RickTheGeek]

When I was a kid, I SO wanted to go on Double Dare! I still think it would be fun but I dont remember all the 80s pop culture questions lol

[@andrejg4136]

If a time traveler told me I could visit 10 places for an hour to observe, a taping of Double Dare at its peak would merit serious consideration.

[@COMPFUNK2]

7:04-7:11 - When I was in kindergarten, I used to tear _up_ Giggles cookies. 😋

[@Stephen_Eee]

Bro, this should have been 8 minutes.....Yet you Gave Us This....I love you as much as a stranger could love another stranger they've never met!!!

[@wheelsongenius]

What a fantastic retrospective. While I can't wait for the other game show episodes, this episode really shows how great a Nick game show can be, and I hope we'll one day see more kids competing on television.

[@chelmrtz]

Outstanding work as usual. Thank you for creating this series. You’re bringing a lot of joy to peoples lives and we all need that right now.

[@ctsamurai]

at @01:04:49 it is such a joy to see the staff/crew running the game they'd worked hard on for years is really special. So fun to see Marc being really loose on hosting, playing the 'saber dance' and resetting the timer when it ran out, the set lights going partially dark by accident... There are not many shows that build the kind of on and off-screen comradery. Excellent video!

[@allenslucher8555]

THIS WAS AMAZING!!! Thank you for taking the time and REALLY showing us this show's history! I'm with the majority here, watching this show ALL THE TIME. I would watch it with my sister, both of us WISHING SO BAD to be on the show! lol Thank you, again, for all the work!

[@chrisnutt2135]

Absolutely stellar work with this episode! Incredible stuff and so many happy memories of this game show.

[@lostmediaandlegofanthebric3233]

Can't wait for the All That episode, and the Kenan & Kel episode, when we get there eventually.

[@bubbabibleman5970]

I never knew "Memphis group" was what that style was. I always called it "90's noodles and dots".

[@myoungk]

Same lol

[@ericariley1696]

15:57 The original Double Dare was filmed in Philly? Woah! I'm from South Jersey and WHYY is one of three local PBS stations in my area. Too bad I wasn't born yet.

[@FlashTimberwolf]

Same here!

[@myoungk]

Me too!

[@estherastudillo8647]

Ay

[@turbomarisa2055]

Thanks for talking about the OCD stuff in a level-headed, compassionate way. It's all too easy to paint us as the butt of jokes, with crossing boundaries and making us uncomfortable as the biggest punchline of all. As somebody with OCD that fixates on germs and textures myself, just watching footage of some of the physical challenges made me queasy. Mad respect to Summers.

[@axesoccer7887]

In regards to the 2018 reboot, Marc Summers confirmed that rating were not the reason the show got cancelled, in fact DD2018’s ratings were actually really good. The show was cancelled because “The Network wanted to go in a different direction.” Which means if you followed the network for a long period of time, they want more SpongeBob.

[@TORLBC]

I'm brewing some coffee and watching every second of this. Congrats man, I can't wait to see your future book (and to buy it too!)

[@aprilthomas1489]

Omg I want a VCR, a Walkman, Atari, and Garfield Phone!!!

[@Faizrider]

What a great retrospective! A joy to watch the entire way through. I also didn't realize how many versions of Double Dare are there around the world.

[@HeartandSeoul23]

I watched this yesterday as soon as you uploaded but I wasn’t able to comment, so I’m gonna comment on it now; Holy cow. This was so worth the wait. having Growing up on Double Dare 2000 through Nick Gas and having watched the second revival of the show in 2018, I was always a huge fan of the game shows on Nick, no matter how short lived they were. Out of all of the game shows on Nick, there were 2 that I always wanted to be on; Double Dare and Legends of The Hidden Temple. Double Dare is the reason why Nick was able to rise, especially in the game show department. I can’t wait to see what you think about the Nicktoons. One year to go!

[@intrepid1160]

Loved Double Dare when I was a kid, great video! And I had to double-take when I heard Eryn Cerise, that was a pleasant surprise.

[@Isthecakereallyalie]

This is such a big step for this channel. Bravo.

[@ianury5614]

Really good stuff! Didn't know DD's newest form was cancelled though. Haven't had cable in a while but you ended the retrospective on a very heartwarming note.

[@Gingerbran]

Excellent retro - brought back so many memories.

[@vgtrp]

Double Dare is my 2nd favorite Nick game show(nick Arcade is number 1 for me), and you did a great job going over they history. I'm guilty of blowing Marc's OCD out of proportions, but now I know better, but it still makes Marc a great host. I thought the recent incarnations of Double dare were good, I thought 2000 was okay, and the 2018 version was better than the 2000 version. I can understand why Marc said he's done with Double Dare, he's in his 60's and while he likes the show, he probably ready to move on for good. Double Dare will live on in some form , somewhere at some point in time.

[@NJWells92]

You did it again PopArena!

[@jeffsnyder979]

Your videos are brilliant. The level of research you go to is amazing. I can’t wait for you to make videos on my favorite Nick shows!

[@TrvisXXIII]

I LOVE this, can’t believe it doesn’t have more views

[@Tacom4ster]

Oh man another long retrospective, these are cool. Though I would have liked this more if it was longer.

[@FuzzyVids]

Sounds like you need to re-watch episodes!

[@Tacom4ster]

@@FuzzyVids I rewatched YMS Kimba review twice in like a day

[@hugofalcon9260]

Talk about some great memories! Thanks for making the video.

[@Kinepho]

This got me right in the childhood. Man this show was a blast to watch and I'm glad to see some of the good old days of Nick before it's decay.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

I grew up watching and loving all versions of Double Dare, but Double Dare 2000 never clicked with me, and I don't know why. I barely remember watching a few eps, thinking "meh," and never paying it any mind again. However, I adore Double Dare 2018, and I appreciate that Mark is still actively involved and seen on the show. Seeing people my age take the time to tell Marc "I loved this show growing up. Thanks for being here today." feels like a great bridge between the older generations and the kids today.

[@JamesLewis2]

The song "I Lost on 'Jeopardy!'" was made to spoof the Greg Kihn Band song "Jeopardy" (which had a chorus starting with "Our love's in jeopardy"), and its video featured Kihn himself and was about the pre-Trebek game show.

[@pokepress]

He should have re-written it as "I Won On Double Dare".

[@jdude9314]

The show that changed the network forever!

[@justenleonas]

There's nothing like watching 9 adults just mess around with each other. Even the president of the company go tin on it. Especially in that last obstacle course run. Everyone, even Marc, is in on it and just having a blast. For the last time as far as they all know.

[@SpongeyTheEditor]

Already the best movie of 2020.

[@PlatformerFan]

Congrats on finally making it. An excellent retrospective, and I look forward to seeing your thoughts on the programs of 1987.

[@bredrew1990]

What an impressive documentary on Double Dare. I also love The Price Is Right music being used especially around 1:03:47

[@spindalis79]

I got the unexpected opportunity to meet Marc Summers in June of 1991 (I was 12). While my folks and I were on a trip to Southern California, we visited Universal Studios and my mom identified him talking with another gentleman. He was a very friendly individual, and allowed me to get a photo taken with him. We had watched him on Nickelodeon, and before that, on the Fox Network in the late 80s.

[@lostmediaandlegofanthebric3233]

Gerry Laybourne played Double Dare?! Wow she was covered in her own logo (orange splat) 😄

[@Ronnie06spartan]

Great video! I watched Family Double Dare all the time in the early '90s. And I loved Double Dare 2000. Not sure why it got any hate. It was basically more of the same. The new host was great, I liked a lot of the new obstacles, and the Triple Dare Challenge added a neat risk-or-reward factor to the gameplay. Most importantly, I'll never forget the episode of Double Dare 2000 where for the first time ever, BOTH the blue team and the red team got to run the obstacle course together at the same time, working as one team because the question rounds ended in a tie.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

oddly, the most surprising thing in this video to me was that Caitlyn Jenner was considered to be a game show host at one point.

[@BeeDub57]

Among other things...

[@andrejg4136]

I'm still wondering why S1 had both teams in the same color gear. That just seems weird from a design perspective.

[@alyfan1]

Great video as usual. Love the new format with this.

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

Growing up my ultimate goal in life was to be on Double Dare.

[@alannamcfall7887]

This feels very cool to see the first Nick Knacks where I remember watching the show as a kid!

[@meyerj75]

The background music of game show themes really brings back nostalgia.

[@RoyStorey]

"YOU LOOK LIKE A GEEK TO ME, TOUGH GUY"

[@BotmanR]

"HOOOOOOOOO!" 👍

[@loveisthemovent]

The ball pits were my favorite of the obstacle course. I think the obstacles course made the show so popular. I liked the huge ball pit. The slime pipes were cool. But I didn't like having to find the flag in the pizza 😂😂 but the show was just so good even in the 2000s when they remade it. Thank you for uploading a classic!

[@pointeaxis]

1:34:42 Double Dare is filmed before a live studio audience at Nickelodeon studios, Florida.

[@an0ana]

First, I had no idea that Double Dare was as old as it was. Born in 85, and when I watched it in the 90s, I thought it was being filmed then. Lot of really fascinating stuff I had no idea about. I remember "What Would You Do". That was another interesting show. Golden age of Nickelodeon. I agree, that farewell episode was really emotional. I get nostalgic and want to watch these old shows. They are almost like a patronus charm against everyday (and adult) life dementors, a temporary shield of happiness.

[@mayofthedead6212]

Here it is, the granddaddy of all pop arena productions, the big one, double ---- one.

[@dcbandnerd]

6:20 [Theme to the CBS Double Dare over film of the Nick Double Dare] I know it's not the biggest deal in the world but I just wanted you to know I noticed it and appreciated it.

[@TrentonMatthews]

Don't forget, you can watch Double Dare on Pluto TV's Nick Games! (Channel 716/726.)

[@carmineknight9123]

There's so much I could be saying but HEY WAS THAT KYLE HILL at 1:23:39?! Radical!! I hope this video goes over as well as you were hoping it too, it was certainly a great time.

[@Gannooch]

“Not knowing can be fun.” Reminds me of an episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon Cooper says to Penny: “‘Not knowing is half the fun.’ What was that, the motto of your community college?” LOL!

[@TheMister123]

4:00 - Expert redirection. :-D