Line #11 Series/DoubleDare1976


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3	GameShow created by Creator/JayWolpert for Creator/MarkGoodson, which aired on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1976-77. Host Creator/AlexTrebek read a series of clues to two contestants, who were in {{Sound Proof Booth}}s. When one player buzzed in to guess the subject, the other player's booth closed. An incorrect answer resulted in a "penalty clue" and free guess for the opposing player. A correct answer was worth $50 and allowed the player to Dare their opponent to guess the answer with the next clue for $100. If the dared player missed, the darer could "Double Dare" with one more clue for $200. A correct answer on a Dare awarded $50, while one on a Double Dare awarded $100. The first player to score $500 won the game and played for $5,000 more in the BonusRound, trying to stump three "Spoilers" with the right choice of clues to one more subject.
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5	Not to be confused with Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''[[Series/DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]'', which is a very different (and much messier) show.
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7	!!This series provides examples of:
8	* TheAnnouncer: Johnny Olson and Gene Wood shared this role.
9	* BonusRound: "Beat the Spoilers," which pitted the champion against a panel of three people with doctorates in assorted fields. The champ was shown a subject and chose one clue at a time from a pool of eight, and had to present four of these clues to the Spoilers. Each time a Spoiler didn't guess the answer, the champ received $100; if a Spoiler guessed the answer, they received $100 and sat out for the rest of the round. The champ won $5,000 if at least one Spoiler remained stumped after the fourth given clue, but if all three got it right, the round ended at that point and the champ kept whatever money he/she had won.
10	* DownerEnding: One contestant had gotten three clues by all the Spoilers for a total of $900. Unfortunately, all three of them guessed right on the last clue.
11	* EpicFail: Even after the maximum 10 clues, both players were unable to identify Creator/LouiseLasser, the star of ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman''.
12	** One contestant playing the bonus round used up all four passes on consecutive clues, then got shut out by the Spoilers on the next one.
13	* GameShowHost: Alex Trebek, in his only game for CBS (and for Goodson-Todman as it was in 1976; in 1987, when he worked another Goodson show, that being [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Concentration Classic Concentration]] in 1987, the company was by that time Mark Goodson Productions, and would also be with his short-lived go of Series/ToTellTheTruth in 1991, both of those being on NBC).
14	* GameShowWinningsCap: Anyone who reached/exceeded $20,000 in total winnings had to retire, but could play Beat the Spoilers one last time if they did it with a win in the main game. (Only one champ retired undefeated over the entire series run, taking home a total of $20,500.)
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16	* LetsJustSeeWhatWouldHaveHappened: If a contestant declined to take a Dare or Double Dare, their opponent heard the next clue to see if they would have gotten it or not.
17	* LosingHorns: Type A. Recycled from ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', minus the first two notes.
18	* RecycledSoundtrack: Probably as a payback for taking assorted sound effects from other CBS shows (including ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'''s LosingHorns, the sound when the player pulls the giant bonus lever from the "Face the Devil" bonus round of Series/TheJokersWild, and that one sound from Penny Ante and ''Series/TriviaTrap''), the ''entire'' intro (music and all) was recycled on ''Series/CardSharks''.
19	* ShowTheFolksAtHome: Whenever a new subject was put into play during the main game, it was briefly shown on-screen for the home viewers' benefit. Anyone who wanted to play along could look away from the screen until a bell sounded.
20	* SophisticatedAsHell: Trebek, as is typical for his hosting gigs.
21	* SoundProofBooth: Each contestant was placed in one, as were each of the Spoilers. When one contestant buzzed in, the audio to the opponent's booth was cut off and a set of shutters closed across the front to keep them from seeing or hearing anything.

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