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Post by ladykelsey on Dec 30, 2015 1:53:21 GMT -5
This morning during Spongebob Squarepants Nickelodeon announced that there will be a new game show to debut in 2016. {I cannot remember the name of the name of the game show but it starts with Paradise in the title} And from the sneak peek I saw of the game show it's supposed to be like a combo of Double Dare with Survivor with teams of kids, Have you heard about this new Nickelodeon game show?, Kelsey
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Post by Mandoli on Mar 1, 2016 12:10:37 GMT -5
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Post by Mandoli on Mar 24, 2016 15:54:27 GMT -5
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Post by Kaos on Mar 24, 2016 18:51:59 GMT -5
Is this the first time a movie was based on a game show? You've got me wondering...
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Post by dare2be on Apr 8, 2016 13:13:39 GMT -5
Is this the first time a movie was based on a game show? You've got me wondering... Define "based on." I would think Quiz Show would qualify.
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Post by Kaos on Apr 8, 2016 21:29:39 GMT -5
Is this the first time a movie was based on a game show? You've got me wondering... Define "based on." I would think Quiz Show would qualify. Yeah, you got a point there, but I was thinking more along the lines of something other than a documentary. Sort of like if "Concentration" was made into an action thriller in which prisoners had to remember where duplicate items were if they wanted to survive. Okay, that was a lame plot idea, but it was all I could think of!
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Post by stevearino on Nov 12, 2016 20:41:26 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
My apologies for my long absence; been having such a crazy busy life of late.
That being said, my next several posts will be done in the style of E! Entertainment's "E! True Hollywood Story" TV series, with emphasis focusing on some of my all-time favorite game shows & other TV shows.
Today's "E! True Hollywood Story" is about "Double Dare," the first successful kids' game show of all time--putting a formerly low-rated cable network called Nickelodeon on the map of success, spawning a slew of mostly short-lived rip-offs.
This is the story of the first successful kids' game show of all time.
This is the story of "Double Dare," the "E! True Hollywood Story."
Game Shows are as old as TV itself--in fact, even older. One of the first of its kind was a radio show called "You Bet Your Life," which debuted on Radio in 1947 and was hosted by Groucho Marx; 3 years later, "You Bet Your Life" transitioned to the then-infant medium of TV while continuing to do double duty as a radio show until the Summer of 1960, eventually leaving TV after an 11-year run in 1961.
3 years later, game show pioneers Merrill Heatter & Bob Quigley (future "Hollywood Squares" creators) created a game show for children to air Saturday mornings on the ABC Television Network called "Shenanigans," hosted by Stubby Kaye, which lasted 15 months before being cancelled by ABC.
20 years later, in late 1985, Geoff Darby, a 32-year-old writer from Canada (and former writer for the kids' variety show "You Can't Do That On Television"), conceived and created a unique concept for a kids' game show based on the popular game of Truth or Dare; eventually naming the concept "Double Dare," Geoff hired the trio of Mike Klinghoffer, Dee LaDuke & Bob Mittenthal to help him pitch the show to MTV Networks President Gerry Laybourne, who greenlit the concept to air on MTV's fledgling low-rated basic cable network sibling Nickelodeon, whose only hit back then was "You Can't Do That On Television."
It took a nationwide search to find the right host before settling down to the final two to audition for Nickelodeon.
Eventually, 34-year-old Marc Summers (a former Game Show writer for "Family Feud" & "Truth or Consequences" as well as a former network page who, at age 22, filled in for Jack Barry's announcer on the '70s game show "The Joker's Wild") got the job to host "Double Dare," beating out 28-year-old Mike Burger, who to a lesser extent would earn future game show fame as host of such game shows as "Family Challenge" & a short-lived 1998 revival of "Match Game," as well as host his own short-lived talk show, "Mike & Maty," alongside Spanish TV personality Maty Monfort, for the ABC Television Network from 1994-1995.
Marc Summers was born Mark Berkowitz on November 11, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of 3 children (including brother Mike & sister Lisa) born to a midwest Jewish American family; from ages 6-16, Marc NEVER missed a day of Sunday cleaning while other kids his age would go outside and play.
After graduating from Indianapolis' North Central High School in 1970, Marc enrolled in college in Los Angeles, where he would eventually meet & fall in love with college sweetheart Alice Filous, who he would marry on June 22, 1974; 42 years later, they are the parents of 2 adult children: Matt & Meredith--and STILL happily married.
Soon after his wedding, Marc (then a 22-year-old network page), was hired by Jack Barry (host and creator of game shows such as "Twenty-One") to fill in as his announcer on his then-current game show "The Joker's Wild," and a broadcasting career was born.
By 1986, at age 34, Marc auditioned to host a children's game show for the struggling cable network Nickelodeon called "Double Dare," earning the job, beating out Mike Burger, an aspiring actor who'd go on to greater game show fame.
Joining Marc as his announcer/sidekick was local Philadelphia Radio DJ John Harvey (born on June 13, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), who had his own radio show, "Harvey in the Morning," for 35 years on various local radio stations before retiring from Broadcasting in 2006.
"Double Dare" made its debut on the Nickelodeon Television Network on October 6, 1986; ratings were marginal at first, but within months of its debut, word of mouth began to spread like wildfire, kids across America were tuning in, and Nickelodeon became the 1st successful kids' cable network of all time.
In late 1987, after its 2nd successful season on Nickelodeon ended, FOX Television Stations President Derk Zimmerman, whose 3 young children watched "Double Dare" faithfully, made a deal with Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom Enterprises, Inc., to air the show on the then-infant FOX Television Network weekday afternoons at 4:30 P.M. ET/PT
New episodes of "Double Dare" during this time would air first on Nickelodeon weeknights at 7:30 P.M. ET/PT, after which FOX would air it later the next day starting on February 22, 1988 & continuing through September 8, 1989; the move was such a success that halfway through Season 3, new episodes would air Saturday nights on Nickelodeon (and later FOX), this time with families competing, and the show rechristened "Family Double Dare" for 13 weeks, though not renewing it for a 2nd season.
Meanwhile, during the Summer of 1989, taping moved from its long-time home of WHYY Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida for the rest of its run.
On June 7, 1990, a major event occurred: the opening of Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida--the new home of "Double Dare" and all live-action Nickelodeon programming until closing down in late April 2005, after 15 years.
At the end of the year, Harvey announced in 1992, effective immediately, on air, that he was stepping down after 6 years as "Double Dare" announcer, succeeded by local Orlando Radio DJ Doc Holliday; after 7 successful seasons on air, Nickelodeon decided to cease production on "Double Dare" in late 1992, with an hour-long Series Finale telecast on February 6, 1993.
In the intervening years since, as duly noted earlier, Harvey, after 35 years as a Radio DJ in Philadelphia, retired from Broadcasting and began a new career as "Harvey the Handyman," a real-life Tool/Home Builder much like the Tim Allen character on the hit '90s Disney sitcom "Home Improvement," except Harvey IS NOT accident-prone unlike Tim.
As for Marc Summers, he continues his Broadcasting Career, hosting shows such as the Food Network Documentary series "Unwrapped" (and its short-lived game show spin-off "Trivia Unwrapped"), as well as hosting other game shows including the short-lived 1989 series "Couch Potatoes" (a show about TV trivia past & present) and the short-lived show "History IQ."
30 years after its initial debut, "Double Dare" continues to live on in the memories of a certain generation of kids who are now, for the most part, parents to their own children who most likely have never seen the show, or even tune into Nickelodeon.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Nov 12, 2016 21:08:09 GMT -5
What a story. Thanks. What's happening with Dave and Robin these days Steve and what about their pre-Double Dare storylines? Since they both at some point were tapped on by Woody Fraser too.
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Post by stevearino on Nov 15, 2016 20:39:47 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
Steve here. As some of you may know, in 1987, after retiring from being a Professional Runner, Bruce Jenner hosted an unsold game show pilot called "Celebrity Double Dare," an adult version of Nickelodeon's "Double Dare" featuring Celebrity guests Scott Baio & Heidi Bohay playing with Civilian contestants.
What you may NOT know, however, is that though the "Celebrity Double Dare" pilot (thanks to Chad Mosher) is viewable in its entirety on YouTube, Bruce also hosted a 2nd "Double Dare" pilot as seen via YouTube here at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KDpH6bzVyU
Per the link above, the 4-minute sampler of "Double Dare" featured 2 Adult Couples (presumably married) playing an adult "Double Dare" that played similarly to the "Celebrity Double Dare" pilot except both teammates won the money and all accumulated prizes.
That being said, I wonder if anyone has THIS pilot for "Double Dare" that they could upload in FULL to YouTube.
Thanks anyway in advance.
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Post by WarioSajak on Nov 16, 2016 19:24:21 GMT -5
Two things: * One, you do not need to talk entirely in bold text. * Two, there were actually four pilots done (two with celebrities, two with civilians), given the clips in the available intros.
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Post by stevearino on Nov 16, 2016 21:08:43 GMT -5
FOUR Pilots, WarioSajak?! Wow!!!
But anyway, my apologies for talking entirely in bold text.
I wish someone could upload this pilot to YouTube in full, though.
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Post by Mandoli on Jan 12, 2017 14:49:04 GMT -5
So the Legends movie aired last month (I think?). It was good, but kind of short. SPOILER WARNING. The start of the movie kind of felt rushed. I think the temple part started ten minutes in. It was almost as if Nick said "we're going to get down to business early" and put together too many things too fast. You immediately get the kids going in. If I were the script writer, I would've waited a little bit before the myths and legends came into play.
Loved the rooms, though. Medusa's Lair was done perfectly. (Including a Silver Snake!)
Each animal was represented, so nothing felt out of place. Did like how the kid wore a Green Monkeys shirt throughout the course of the movie, like you knew something was going to happen towards the end.
The parents' inclusion in the film is kind of minimal until the police come in. I would have added some more scenes with them. They only had one "relaxation" scene, and that was in the hot tub. And then they find out later on that their kids are missing with no real suggestion that they found out while they were being pampered? Come on. I don't know if this is going to give Nick the impression that a reboot is a good idea. Who wants to disagree with me?
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Post by Kaos on Apr 25, 2018 11:58:45 GMT -5
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Apr 25, 2018 19:30:29 GMT -5
This is awesome. I might tune in to watch the first episode.
I swear, if we get a new season of Legends of the Hidden Temple, I will probably die of happiness. Though I'm worried it might not be as good as it was in the 90s. Still, I'd like to see it happen.
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Post by Chameleonwhammy on Apr 25, 2018 20:17:34 GMT -5
Hoping Marc Summers comes back.
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