Double Dare (Nickelodeon game show)
| Double Dare | |
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| Also known as |
Super Sloppy Double Dare (1987, 1989) Family Double Dare (1988, 1990–93) Double Dare 2000 (2000) |
| Created by | Geoffrey Darby Michael Klinghoffer Dee LaDuke Robert Mittenthal |
| Presented by |
Marc Summers (1986–93) Jason Harris (2000) |
| Narrated by |
Harvey (1986–92) Doc Holliday (1992–93) Tiffany Phillips (2000) |
| Opening theme | "On Your Mark" |
| Composer(s) | Edd Kalehoff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 7 (1986–93) 2 (2000) |
| No. of episodes | 525 (1986–93) 67 (2000) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
WHYY Television Studios Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1986–89) Manhattan, New York (1987) Nickelodeon Studios, Orlando, Florida (1989–92, 2000) |
| Running time | 21–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Nickelodeon |
| Distributor |
Fox Television Stations (1988–89) Viacom (1988–89, 2000) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nickelodeon (1986–87; 1990; 1992–93; 2000) Syndication (1988–89) Fox (1988) |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Original release |
Double Dare & Super Sloppy Double Dare October 6, 1986–March 15, 1991 (Nickelodeon) February 22, 1988–September 8, 1989 (syndication) Family Double Dare April 3, 1988–July 23, 1988 (Fox) August 13, 1990–February 6, 1993 (Nickelodeon) Double Dare 2000 January 24, 2000 – November 10, 2000 (Nickelodeon) |
| Double Dare: The Inside Scoop | |
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| Directed by | John Wilson |
| Produced by | Nickelodeon |
| Written by | Bob Anderson |
| Starring |
Marc Summers Geoffrey Darby Harvey |
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Production
company |
Nickelodeon
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| Distributed by | Kids Klassics |
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Release date
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1988 |
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Running time
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45 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Double Dare is a game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon. Two teams compete to win cash and prizes by answering trivia questions and completing messy stunts known as "physical challenges."
Each team consisted of two children. Originally, both teams wore red uniforms, but after Double Dare entered syndication in 1988, one team wore blue uniforms while the other wore red (Finders Keepers, a Nickelodeon game show that premiered one year after Double Dare, played a role in this change). Each team received their own name (except for on the original Fox version of Family Double Dare, in which the teams were simply designated by the families' respective last names). Even though this was the case, the host usually called both teams "The Red Team" and "The Blue Team."
Each round began with a toss-up challenge in which both teams competed, with the winning team receiving both initial control of the round and money as shown below. After the toss-up, the host began asking trivia questions to the team in control. Each correct answer awarded money and allowed the team to maintain control, while a miss or a failure to respond within a given time turned control over to the opponents. However, the team could dare their opponents to answer the question, doubling its value; in response, the opponents could double-dare for quadruple the original value. When the team in control received a double dare, they had to either answer or compete in a physical challenge. An incorrect answer on a dare or double dare awarded both control and the appropriate amount of money to the team that issued it.
After the toss-up challenge at the start of the first round, Summers explained the rules as follows:
Teams earned money for answering questions correctly or by completing physical challenges. All values were doubled during the second round.
Physical challenges were stunts, usually messy, that a team had to perform in a specified time, usually 20 or 30 seconds, although occasionally 10 or 15 seconds. All physical challenges on Double Dare 2000 were 30 seconds in length, unless a time reduction was in play due to the Triple Dare Challenge.
Most challenges involved filling a container past a line with one of a variety of substances: water, uncooked rice, green slime, whipped cream, milk, etc. Others involved catching a certain number of items before time ran out. For example, during "Pie in the Pants," a contestant had to catch a set number of pies in a pair of oversized clown pants within the specified time limit, while his/her teammate launched them from a foot-operated catapult at the opposite end of the stage.
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