History Trivia / DoubleDare1986

** 70 episodes were taped for season 1 in 1986. 62 of them were rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. Extraordinaries Vs. Challengers only exists as a 5-minute clip exists on Website/YouTube. Jacin Ferrell, older brother of Dion of the Extraordinaries team, said in the comments that he has the full episode. The first-taped episode, Express Vs. High Flyers, and Goobers Vs. Raisinettes were also never rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. The latter may have been skipped due to contestant coordinator Carol Levitt's address being displayed. In February 2023, a 66th episode, Beamers Vs. Navigators, was obtained by Chris Bryant in a trade. It was notable for having a ''VERY'' painful obstacle course run with only ''TWO'' cleared. (granted, it was very early on, and the kids hadn't really quite mastered it yet...) On September 13, 2023, a 67th episode, Terminators Vs. Falcons was posted to Website/YouTube by Matt Anderson, one of the contestants. Another missing episode from this season, in which a teammate completed the obstacle course with 2 seconds left on the clock, ending with The 1-Ton Human Hamster Wheel, is rumored to be #059Q. It appears in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh8yv1AVssM this promo at about 0:24 in.]]

** 70 episodes were taped for season 1 in 1986. 62 of them were rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. Extraordinaries Vs. Challengers only exists as a 5-minute clip exists on Website/YouTube. Jacin Ferrell, older brother of Dion of the Extraordinaries team, said in the comments that he has the full episode. The first-taped episode, Express Vs. High Flyers, and Goobers Vs. Raisinettes were also never rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. The latter may have been skipped due to contestant coordinator Carol Levitt's address being displayed. In February 2023, a 66th episode, Beamers Vs. Navigators, was obtained by Chris Bryant in a trade. It was notable for having a ''VERY'' painful obstacle course run with only ''TWO'' cleared. (granted, it was very early on, and the kids hadn't really quite mastered it yet...) On September 13, 2023, a 67th episode, Terminators Vs. Falcons was posted to Website/YouTube by Matt Anderson, one of the contestants.

** Nickelodeon regularly edited the sponsor plugs for ''Family Double Dare'', along with [[Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple their other]] [[Series/NickArcade game shows]]. At least four episodes episodes circulate with the original plugs, three from the original airings, and one from a Nick GAS rerun. This practice ended when reruns moved to Nick GAS.

* TroubledProduction: While he continued to host with the same fervor, Marc Summers grew to detest the idea of having the show be produced at Nickelodeon Studios after Universal opened. Earlier taped episodes indicated that he was fine with it at first, but he eventually became uncomfortable with kids watching him get his hair, makeup and wardrobe done[[note]]Kel Mitchell didn't like filming ''Series/AllThat'' and ''Series/KenanAndKel'' at Nickelodeon Studios for similar reasons[[/note]]. He once requested to have the microphone from behind the glass removed so the kids couldn't hear him. After being denied, he ripped the microphone from its source, and it took the crew about a month to get it working again.

* TroubledProduction: While he continued to host with the same fervor, Marc Summers grew to detest the idea of having the show be produced at Nickelodeon Studios after Universal opened. Earlier taped episodes indicated that was was fine with it at first, but he eventually became uncomfortable with kids watching him get his hair, makeup and wardrobe done[[note]]Kel Mitchell didn't like filming ''Series/AllThat'' and ''Series/KenanAndKel'' at Nickelodeon Studios for similar reasons[[/note]]. He once requested to have the microphone from behind the glass removed so the kids couldn't hear him. After being denied, he ripped the microphone from its source, and it took the crew about a month to get it working again.

* TroubledProduction: While he continued to host with the same fervor, Marc Summers grew to detest the idea of having the show be produced at Nickelodeon Studios after Universal opened. Earlier taped episodes indicated that was was fine with it at first, but he eventually became uncomfortable with kids watching him get his hair, makeup and wardrobe done[[note]]Kel Mitchell didn't like filming ''Series/AllThat'' and ''Series/KenanAndKel'' at Nickelodeon Studios for similar reasons[[/note]]. He once requested to have the microphone from behind the glass removed so the kids couldn't hear him. After being denied, he ripped it from its source, and it took the crew about a month to get it working again.

* TroubledProduction: While he continued to host with the same fervor, Marc Summers grew to detest the idea of having the show be produced at Nickelodeon Studios after Universal opened. Earlier taped episodes indicated that was was fine with it at first, but he eventually became uncomfortable with kids watching him get his hair, makeup and wardrobe done[[note]]Kel Mitchell didn't like filming 'Series/AllThat'' and ''Series/KenanAndKel'' at Nickelodeon Studios for similar reasons[[/note]]. He once requested to have the microphone from behind the glass removed so the kids couldn't hear him. After being denied, he ripped it from its source, and it took the crew about a month to get it working again.

* TroubledProduction: While he continued to host with the same fervor, Marc Summers grew to detest the idea of having the show be produced at Nickelodeon Studios after Universal opened. Earlier taped episodes indicated that was was fine with it at first, but he eventually became uncomfortable with kids watching him get his hair, makeup and wardrobe done[[note]]Kel Mitchell didn't like filming '"Series/AllThat'' and ''Series/KenanAndKel'' at Nickelodeon Studios for similar reasons[[/note]]. He once requested to have the microphone from behind the glass removed so the kids couldn't hear him. After being denied, he ripped it from its source, and it took the crew about a month to get it working again.

** 70 episodes were taped for season 1 in 1986. 62 of them were rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. Extraordinaries Vs. Challengers only exists as a 5-minute clip exists on Website/YouTube. Jacin Ferrell, older brother of Dion of the Extraordinaries team, said in the comments that he has the full episode. The first-taped episode, Express Vs. High Flyers, and Goobers Vs. Raisinettes were also never rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. The latter may have been skipped due to contestant coordinator Carol Levitt's address being displayed. In February 2023, a 66th episode, Beamers Vs. Navigators, was obtained by Chris Bryant in a trade. It was notable for having a ''VERY'' painful obstacle course run with only ''TWO'' cleared. (granted, it was very early on, and the kids hadn't really quite mastered it yet...) On September 13, 2023, a 67th episode, Terminators Vs. Falcons was posted to YouTube by Matt Anderson, one of the contestants.

** 70 episodes were taped for season 1 in 1986. 62 of them were rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. Extraordinaries Vs. Challengers only exists as a 5-minute clip exists on Website/YouTube. Jacin Ferrell, older brother of Dion of the Extraordinaries team, said in the comments that he has the full episode. The first-taped episode, Express Vs. High Flyers, and Goobers Vs. Raisinettes were also never rerun on Nick [=GaS=]. The latter may have been skipped due to contestant coordinator Carol Levitt's address being displayed. In February 2023, a 66th episode, Beamers Vs. Navigators, was obtained by Chris Bryant in a trade. It was notable for having a ''VERY'' painful obstacle course run with only ''TWO'' cleared. (granted, it was very early on, and the kids hadn't really quite mastered it yet...)

** Yet, over in the UK, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the relationship was inverted somewhat]]. Where this show went on to a run and a revival in the US, in the UK it was relegated to a segment on the BBC's Saturday-morning variety show ''Going Live!'' ''Fun House'', on the other hand, got only a couple years in the US (two in syndication, one on Creator/FoxKids), but in the UK went on to a ten-year run on [[Creator/{{ITV}} CiTV]].

* FollowTheLeader: There were several "messy kids' show" clones, like ''Slime Time''. However, most of the other kids' games of the era had completely different stunts and/or presentation.

** Among the hopefuls that auditioned along with Marc Summers was Michael Burger who would later host a similar show, ''Series/FamilyChallenge'' on The Family Channel, a decade later (replacing the late Ray Combs); he had earlier hosted a failed pilot from Reg Grundy called ''Matchmates'' in 1985, and hosted the ill-fated 1998 version of ''Series/MatchGame''. Other potential hosts included Soupy Sales (who Nick decided was too old) and Creator/DanaCarvey (he got his invite to join ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' on the same day Nick offered him the ''Double Dare'' gig).

** 130 episodes were taped for syndication in 1988. Seven are unaccounted for. One episode, Cosmic Sparks Vs. Slimey Worms, had been missing the second round since the Nick GAS reruns. The full version with the missing second round surfaced on Amazon Prime in December 2019.

** 70 episodes were taped for season 1 in 1986. 62 of them were rerun on Nick GaS. Extraordinaries Vs. Challengers only exists as a 5-minute clip exists on Website/YouTube. Jacin Ferrell, older brother of Dion of the Extraordinaries team, said in the comments that he has the full episode. The first-taped episode, Express Vs. High Flyers, and Goobers Vs. Raisinettes were also never rerun on Nick GaS. The latter may have been skipped due to contestant coordinator Carol Levitt's address being displayed. In February 2023, a 66th episode, Beamers Vs. Navigators, was obtained by Chris Bryant in a trade. It was notable for having a ''VERY'' painful obstacle course run with only ''TWO'' cleared. (though granted, it was very early on, and the kids hadn't really quite mastered it yet...)

** The original ''Double Dare'' can now be streamed on Creator/ParamountPlus in March 2021, although the aforementioned missing episodes have not surfaced there.