Double Dare will return to Nickelodeon this summer, proving that while you can’t pick your friends, you also can’t pick your friend’s nose — but you can dig around inside a giant paper mache nostril in search of a flag.
Gross.
A walk down memory lane below, after you check out the teaser trailer:
After a “toss-up” physical challenge, host Marc Summers would always explain the game:
“I’m going to ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, or think the other team hasn’t got a clue, you can dare them to answer it for double the dollars. But, be careful, because they can always double dare you back for four times the amount, and then you either have to answer that question or take the physical challenge.”
Of course, the BEST part of the show was the obstacle course that waited for you at the end of every show. And at the end of every show, I pitied the poor people who had to clean up that trashed set.
Some interesting facts about Double Dare:
- It was a fantastic success story for Nickelodeon. Upon debuting, it tripled the network’s viewership in afternoons.
- Ever wonder why each contestant had a shiny new pair of shoes — well, at least to start the game? Reebok was a major sponsor.
- Host Marc Summers revealed on Oprah in 1997 that he was diagnosed w/ obsessive compulsive disorder, something he lived with through all the “sliming.”
- Speaking of living, Summers is lucky to be alive — he twice had brushes with death, beating cancer and recovering from a serious car wreck.
- Double Dare remains Nickelodeon’s longest running game show.
Check out a full episode of the show from back in the day. — [eric]
