25 Years Ago today, the world was given Double Dare

BigOrangeBall · 12 months

Fuck I'm old.

dewright23 · 12 months

Hard to believe Marc Summers had OCD with that mess going on around him.

[deleted] · 12 months

I remember that stage looking A LOT bigger on T.V.

macuser24 · 12 months

Did really no one notice the rubber chicken fixed to the camera? Or am I the only one who does not know it's the way things should be?

seebs · 12 months

On your mark...

YukonWildAss · 12 months

I'm 25 and I'd watch this show daily if it were to ever come back on the air.

lankira · 12 months

I miss that show. Didn't they try bringing it back for "Double Dare 2000"...and fail miserably?

Also, what about "What Would You Do?" I miss that show too.

randably · 12 months

Ah, most shows today are nothing compared to the ones then.

44problems · 12 months

What was funny about Double Dare was that no one played strategically. If your team was up, you'd be asked a question. If you didn't know, you could dare the other team to answer for 2x the money. Then they could answer or double dare for 4x. At this point, everyone just did the physical challenge.

But every once in a while, a team would get a tough question, dare the other team, then it comes back and they answer it for 4x the dollars.

Marc explained all of this every episode, and he would freak out if anyone ever did it right. It was rare.

BuddyOneEye · 12 months

Physical Challenge...Accepted!

irish711 · 12 months

Whoever came up with the ideas for challenges was incredible.

pelanderfunk · 12 months

Seeing the stage from this perspective just burst a childhood bubble -- I always imagined the show taking place in this huge colorful warehouse filled with awesome arenas and slime dispensors.

ebUTA · 12 months

This is so much more...Japanese...than I remember.

Lynex · 12 months

Isn't that Family Double Dare? I remember Double Dare being only two people on each team.

meateoryears · 12 months

I always imagined it being the slipperiest floor in the world.

cwrobinson · 12 months

The camera women on the left has some nice mid 80's ass. Physical Challenge.

borkedhelix · 12 months

'Twas a great day in history.

orkid68 · 12 months

The fact that they had a drain along the edge there, explains so much.

MarvinParanoidDroid · 12 months

Acid washed jeans and perms. Yep, 'twas the 80s.

rakehand · 12 months

best grand prize: space camp!

thomchristmas · 12 months

Holy shit - being 23 suddenly feels like being 43...or at least how I imagine being 43 feels.

Sarstan · 12 months

This is what reality TV used to be when it was good.

dream_boy_at_da_lake · 12 months

That camera woman looks fuckin hot.

miked1be · 12 months

I was always trying to will the contestants to choose the physical challenge.

Denmarkian · 12 months

I'll just leave this here...

The Nostalgia Critic reminisces about Double Dare

Missionary · 12 months

That picture is not of Double Dare. It is of Family Double Dare, which was a later and less prestigious version of Double Dare.

There is no emoticon in known existence that can properly display my disgust for this flawed post.

ikkasikka · 12 months

Hey its Robin.

YoSanford · 12 months

O my god I was there when that glorious show aired.

drawdelove · 12 months

I used to want to go on that show SO bad!

pman1043 · 12 months

Why is it necessary for the video camera to be plastic covered ?

YepIAgree · 12 months

Shit! It snuck up on me this year! I'll go put the decorations out on the lawn.

boredco · 12 months

Well America was, I've no idea what you're all talking about

kultakala · 12 months

I wanted to be on that show so badly!

Congzilla · 12 months

Damn I'm fucking old.

MrJ1NX · 12 months

Thanks for reminding me how old I am :(

TaxExempt · 12 months

I see prior art for angry birds rio.

alison09 · 12 months

I had the NES game of Double Dare! So fun when I was little.

asraters · 12 months

Remember the Nick spin off network G.A.S.? It played nothing but Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Guts. (Also Nick Arcade late at night.)

TK_Actual · 12 months

...And as always, all of the contestants who posted in our thread today will get a FREE PAIR! of British Knights!

YoIQuit · 12 months

...and Japan just ran with it.

FTPLTL · 12 months

Physical Challenge!

CivilizedMarksman · 12 months

Every camera woman needs: Sweat pants, camera, and a rubber chicken for good luck.

movie_man · 12 months

How many people just made this their background?

[deleted] · 12 months

What would you do?

DIonized · 12 months

Had to be more than 25 years, doesn't it? Alex has been doing Jeopardy! for longer than that, right?

BangItUpLainey · 12 months

Ahh, I still remember that music that played during the challenges...

morla74 · 12 months

if you don't feel old after seeing this picture... damn.

KristusV · 12 months

Anyone know the name of the show that had a huge house, each room had a bunch of stuff in it and the object was to search through it to find certain items? It was an early nickelodeon show.

anarkingx · 12 months

25 years?!?!?! sulk

swtbadger · 12 months

Nickelodeon used to be the shit. Are You Afraid of the Dark? Hey Arnold! The good ol days when my siblings and I would gather on Friday nights to watch these shows back to back.

[deleted] · 12 months

I have those jeans.

medweester · 12 months

Link to old episodes?

frankster · 12 months

fuck shit like that tbh! never understood it

btownsteve · 12 months

That was the best show from my childhood.

xylerium · 12 months

Acid wash jeans. The hallmark of my people.

Oo0o8o0oO · 12 months

Blue Plate Special always grossed me out way more than it should have.

salaryprotection · 12 months

How did they fit the final obstacle course on that small stage?

SmokeDiverFF · 12 months

When I was a kid I always imagined that studio being fucking enormous. Seeing it in that picture it looks like such a small sound stage. Adulthood is nothing but disappointment.

ericanderton · 12 months

Note the huge drainage grate at the front of the stage. Words alone cannot express how necessary a thing that was.

AshsToAshs · 12 months

Now I feel old :(

averyrdc · 12 months

He also hosted What Would You Do? I think.

cooldug000 · 12 months

Haha seriously? Today is my 25th birthday.

Starbugg1 · 12 months

I loved this show. My sis, cousin and I would set up our own obstacles in and around the house with flags in various places and then time each other. Slide down the stairs on piece of cardboard, grab the taped paper flag from banister, etc.

SherryBobbins · 12 months

One of my most treasured possessions is "Double Dares Messiest Moments" video from the early 90's.

For that reason, I will never get rid of my TV/VCR combo.

DoctorCrouchJrWho · 12 months

I FEEL SO OLD!!!!

BobbyD84 · 12 months

Shiniest floor in cable tv history.

godin_sdxt · 12 months

Wait, didn't "double dare" mean the dare had a sexual element to it? Or were my friends just horny motherfuckas?

ladydean · 12 months

I got to go on the set of Family Double Dare on a tour of Universal. I got picked out of the crowd to get slimed, but at the last minute, after I had already put the jumpsuit on, I chickened out.

I regret it every day.

figureoflight · 12 months

r/nostalgia

chips2011 · 12 months

That set looked way bigger on t.v.

suddenlybears · 12 months

THERE IS NO WAY I AM THIS OLD

CarrotNCorriander · 12 months

holy shit. 25 YEARS?! I feel old...

reallybigshark · 12 months

It's sad when I'm at work and people ask me if I want to do this or that, I say I'd rather take the Physical Challenge and I get blank stares. Goddamn 60 year olds.

phonymahoney · 12 months

I always wanted to go on there, meet Mark Summers, and win some Gitano jeans and Reeboks. Oh yeah, and look for a flag under a giant waffle or inside a tank of styrofoam peanuts.

Guenivere · 12 months

I forgot how entertaining television used to be...

paullyjunge · 12 months

Awesome Halloween costume... OMG.

[deleted] · 12 months

Mom-pants

[deleted] · 12 months

i had this game on nes! ....meeeeemorieees

baage · 12 months

Was anyone else willing to murder just for an opportunity to do the gumball machine portion of the obstacle course?

Zolty · 12 months

Ah Marc Summers, Scott's brother who instead of getting eye lasers got to host this amazing game.

neurone214 · 12 months

I always had the impression that the set was a lot bigger.

RTsmith · 12 months

Jesus fuck I'm getting old.

qxcvr · 12 months

The blue team won much more than the red team.

bl3nd0r · 12 months

Dare. Double Dare.. Physical Challenge... SO LET'S TAKE A PHYSICAL CHALLENGE!!!!

... challenge accepted. (=

Billism · 12 months

Rebox, no socks.

Rexosexual · 12 months

TIL: I'm about as old as double care

BlessedBlogger · 12 months

When I was little this was our favorite show. We liked the jokes and games and prizes but mostly we liked the obstacle course at the end. We used to fantasize about being on the show and getting to the end, not so we could win prizes, but so we could eat all that delicious food. We were poor and often went hungry. To us a pool full of pudding was the real prize. We never understood why the kids didn't try to eat more of it.

AverageFoxNewsViewer · 12 months

Dare?

jonredcorn · 12 months

Ahhh what the fuck is this about? I'm only 23!!! I'm old damn it!!! just let me be old like you!!

testcase51 · 12 months

I'm always surprised by how flimsy TV sets look from any angle other than the ones you're used to.

hairyassandballs · 12 months

camera girl got some back!

daveMTU · 12 months

I NEEDED those BK Knights!

NothinToSeeHere · 12 months

damn it's been 25 years already??

ninaandamonkey · 12 months

I got picked to play a Double Dare game when I visited Nickelodeon Studios. Sling shotting rubber chickens into my dad's pants it to this day one of my life's greatest moments of joy.

tsigo · 12 months

Hello, Mom Jeans.

krupadlux · 12 months

20 years ago America was given Double Dare. No one else knows what this shit is.

oh-wtf · 12 months

Looks like they shot in a porn studio. Double Dare, great show.

laalaa · 12 months

You mean the US (and few others with varied success) was given Double Dare? The rest of the world have their own nostalgia shows. Just saying.

CdeoD · 12 months

damn, that chicks got a nice ass

kilotone · 12 months

One of the female case members lives in my community but I can't remember her name. Denville NJ, Cedar Lake.

My internet sleuth skills fail

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