History Awesome / DoubleDare1986

* [[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 cna tell Al has had an absolute blast being on this show:

* 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 Lou Ferrigno'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!

** The 3 M's & Me from the same season have a slightly bigger comeback that was just as impressive. After the mother struggles to find the flag in the third obstacle, Hourglass, her husband completes Wrestle-Rama with '''21''' seconds left. The two sons get through the next two obstacles, with the older son plowing through Fancy Footwork the same way Wilbur did. After the mother passes through Icy Trike, the father stomps on the keys to Typewriter and grabs the flag with no time to spare. Everyone in the studio goes ballistic at the close finish.

* 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 Lou Ferrigno'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!

* 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.

* The guest appearance by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, where he absolutely crushes both the questions and challenges.
** "Awesome" doesn't even begin to cover it. 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 Lou Ferrigno'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!

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]]Across all three formats, 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.

** On one 1987 ''Super Sloppy'' episode, Marc and Harvey have a gentleman's bet based on the obstacle course outcome. Marc gets a pie in the face if the team wins; otherwise, Harvey gets the pie. That day, the team wins with no time to spare and they pie Marc.

* The 2018 revival ended with snowboarder Shaun White grabbing the last flag on the obstacle course. (He also grabbed the last flag in his first appearance during double dare's holiday week 2019 tournament.)

* the 2018 revival ended with snowboarder shaun white grabbing the last flag on the obstacle course. (He also grabbed the last flag in his first appearance during double dare's holiday week 2019 tournament.)

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]]Across all three formats, 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 (like at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEZCY95JliY this classic 1988 episode]]) 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqkABT3vaVk&t=20m54s 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.

* The 2018 revival featuring a family team with [[http://www.newnownext.com/nickelodeon-double-dare-first-same-sex-family-two-dads/12/2018/ same-sex parents for the first time in the show's history]]. Cutely enough, their team was "Team Double Dads."

** On one 1988 episode, Marc and Harvey agree to a gentleman's bet based on the obstacle course outcome. Marc gets a pie in the face if the team wins; otherwise, Harvey gets the pie. That day, the team wins with no time to spare and they pie Marc.

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]]Across all three formats, 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqkABT3vaVk&t=20m54s 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.

* The first team to win in the 2018 revival not only got to the obstacle course after coming back from a 650 point deficit simply by answering a ton of questions correctly, but then proceeded to conquer the course by sheer AwesomeByAnalysis, being smart enough to send the one with longer limbs through obstacles like “Giant Hamster Wheel” and “Pick It”, while sending the smaller of the two through the more claustrophobic obstacles like “Tube-a-Totter” and “Down the Hatch”.

* The first team to win in the 2018 revival did so by sheer AwesomeByAnalysis, being smart enough to send the one with longer limbs through obstacles like “Giant Hamster Wheel” and “Pick It”, while sending the smaller of the two through the more claustrophobic obstacles like “Tube-a-Totter” and “Down the Hatch”.

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

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]] Across ''Double Dare'', ''Super Sloppy Double Dare'', and ''Family Double Dare'', 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 was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqkABT3vaVk&t=20m54s 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.
* Any time a team reaches an incredibly high score in the main game, a score often not reached. According to 1988's ''The Double Dare Game Book'', the highest score under the original format was $750. This happened only once on the original ''Super Sloppy'' in 1987. Under the ''Family'' format, it was $1,050, which happened twice, once in 1990 and once in 1992.

-->'''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.
* The final season, which incidentally wasn't supposed to be (they were renewed for an eighth year, but Marc realized they had done enough episodes [525 to be exact] to be in reruns forever, so DD was put to bed), ended with a Tournament of Champions pitting those with high front game scores vs those who won the Obstacle Course in the fastest time. The GrandFinale was a one hour special; two truncated games with the two families who achieved each qualification facing each other with the winners moving on to the finals. The winning family, a team known as Granite Toast, who won the finals with $1000, successfully completed the final Obstacle Course to end the series on a high note, winning a Mercury Villager in the process.

Known for its messiness, the second GameShow to bear the name ''[[DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]'' had plenty of great moments.

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]] Across ''Double Dare'', ''Super Sloppy Double Dare'', and ''Family Double Dare'', 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 was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHIGPoNSuk 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.

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough[[note]] Across ''Double Dare'', ''Super Sloppy Double Dare'', and ''Family Double Dare'', 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 was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqkABT3vaVk&t=20m54s 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.

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough 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 was 43 seconds on the FOX version). 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.
* Any time a team reaches an incredibly high score in the main game, a score often not reached. According to 1988's ''The Double Dare Game Book'', the highest score under the original format was $750. This happened only once on the original ''Super Sloppy'' in 1987. Under the Family format, it was $1,050, which happened twice, in 1990, and again in 1992.

* Obstacle course wins were rare enough 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 was 43 seconds on the FOX version.
* Anytime a team reaches an incredibly high-score in the main game, a score often not reached. According to 1988's ''The Double Dare Game Book'', the highest score under the original format was $750. This happened only once on the original ''Super Sloppy'' in 1987. Under the Family format, it was $1,050, which happened twice, in 1990, and again in 1992.

* [[GameShowHost Marc Summers]] himself, having hosted the entire 1986-93 series despite having (undiagnosed) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
* 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.
** Maybe they just wanted to go for the Physical Challenges.
* Obstacle course wins were rare enough 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 was 43 seconds on the FOX version.

* Anytime a team reaches an incredibly high-score in the main game, a score often not reached. According to 1988's ''The Double Dare Game Book'', the highest score under the 2 vs. 2 format was $750 ($375 split between the two teammates). This happened only once on the original ''Super Sloppy'' format in 1987. Under the 4 vs. 4 format, it was $1,050, which happened once in 1990, and again in 1992.

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