History Awesome / DoubleDare1986

* [[GameShowHost Marc Summers]] himself, having hosted the entire 1986-93 series despite having (previously undiagnosed) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

* Meta-example: An angry parent blames Marc because their kids turned their house upside-down after watching ''Double Dare''. Marc's response:
-->'''Marc:''' Be a parent. My job is to host TV shows. If you can’t rule your kids, it’s not my problem. It’s ''your'' problem.

* Teams would normally choose to "dare" only if they didn't know the answer. A team on one episode figured out they could make more money by intentionally daring the other team, getting the "double dare" back, and ''then'' answering. They did this many times in a row. Considering that Marc explicitly gives this advice in his instruction spiel, you have to wonder why people didn't try it more often.

* [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7thsw8 The guest appearance]] by Music/WeirdAlYankovic on the Fox run of ''Family'', where he absolutely crushes both the questions and challenges. This episode had Al and the family he was with dominate the first two rounds save for missing a Physical Challenge (admittedly a very tough one where they had to toss salad ingredients from a very far distance in 20 seconds) and two questions (though they weren't counted toward money for the other team). After winning against Creator/LouFerrigno's team in a near landslide, they went to the obstacle course where it wasn't just Al (in the first and fifth events) blowing through the time in mere seconds for his events, but the rest of the family pulled their weight, including the daughter, who likely wasn't even five feet tall. And they won too! At the end of it all, you can tell Al has had an absolute blast being on this show:

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]]Across every format, around one team in four grabbed the eighth flag in under 60 seconds.[[/note]] that any win can count as being awesome, but this especially applies to wins where either a contestant grabs the eighth flag just as the timer hits zero or the team completes the obstacle course in a ridiculously short time (times of under 50 seconds were very rare, but they did happen; the record is 43 seconds by the Fischler family on the FOX version of ''Family Double Dare''). Doubly awesome if the winning time is ridiculously fast even when the course includes an obstacle that is usually a huge time sink, such as "The Sundae Slide" or multiple "find the flag in the gunge" obstacles.

* [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7thsw8 The guest appearance]] by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, where he absolutely crushes both the questions and challenges. This episode had Al and the family he was with dominate the first two rounds save for missing a Physical Challenge (admittedly a very tough one where they had to toss salad ingredients from a very far distance in 20 seconds) and two questions (though they weren't counted toward money for the other team). After winning against Creator/LouFerrigno's team in a near landslide, they went to the obstacle course where it wasn't just Al (in the first and fifth events) blowing through the time in mere seconds for his events, but the rest of the family pulled their weight, including the daughter, who likely wasn't even five feet tall. And they won too! At the end of it all, you can tell Al has had an absolute blast being on this show:

* From the FOX and 1990 runs of ''Family'', any car win.
** Aside from the two FOX runs mentioned above, one course run by the Brotschuls has Inside-Out as #8. The team's mother pops the balloon with the flag and grabs it while the buzzer is sounding. Marc goes to the judges who give them the win.
** The Troopers' run from the 1990 season. They reach the halfway point with 23 seconds after the father, Wilbur, uses his height to his advantage in Gator Alley. His kids then pick up the pace in their obstacles, Squelch'M Waffles and Sushi. His wife finds the flag right away in Hourglass, and Wilbur uses the last couple of seconds to ''dive through'' Fancy Footwork. He pulls the flag from the last shoe [[JustInTime just as the clock flips from one to zero]], and Marc's voice ''[[SuddenlyShouting cracks]]'' when this happens.

-->'''Weird Al:''' (completely out of breath, covered in gunk) I FEEL LIKE A HUMAN HAMSTER, MARC!