Law360 takes your privacy seriously. She claimed the incident left her so distraught that she was no longer able to have sex. (He was known around set as "The Glopmaster.") Nabisco wanted in on the kiddie TV action, but didn't think a cartoon would be a very effective way to sell cookies. Nabisco ultimately dropped out of the show and pulled its sponsorship long before Double Dare (which was almost titled Truth or Dare) premiered in 1986. The celebrities in the pilot episode: Charles in Charge star Scott Baio and Hotel co-star Heidi Bohay. But the show had its limits. While in his email, they found this colorful -- dare I say "asinine"? There were even some casualties. The prizes were also a little bit better than the Double Dare fare: a winner on Celebrity Double Dare could take home a 1988 Ford Mustang. It was never an issue. That's also a slang term for heroin...and it was no accident. A representative for the snack company approached Nickelodeon president Gerry Laybourne with the idea, and producers were assigned by the network to develop the show. In the early '90s, Nickelodeon started selling toys based on some of its shows, including little cans of slime like the stuff used on Double Dare. During the first week of taping, a camera operator slipped during a rehearsal and fractured an ankle. The name of the slime, both on the show and on the packaging: Gak. It's an example of a Rude Goldberg machine—named after an early 20th century cartoonist who specialized in drawing images of extremely complex inventions that performed a simple task. So they got to re-do it one more time—the flag was buried in the middle of the pillow this time, and located quickly. However, Summers claimed he was able to keep his condition under wraps and under control while hosting Double Dare. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Access to case data within articles (numbers, filings, courts, nature of suit, and more. (For example: Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back, Kotter running the 100-yard dash, or Lynda Carter of Wonder Woman in a swim race against Adrienne Barbeau from Maude.) Marc Summers says producers turned down "a million-dollar deal" for a Double Dare breakfast cereal. He revealed his diagnosis in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1997, saying he had struggled with the overwhelming urge to clean and organize for years, but didn't know his condition had a name until he was hosting a talk show and he had to do a segment about OCD. It was also really hard for the crew to clean it up between games and after episodes. What would work, according to executives? In the '80s and early '90s, young viewers all over the country desperately wanted to be on Double Dare. He added grip tape, similar to the no-slip strips used in bathtubs or showers, to the surface to make it easier. Please see our Privacy Policy. Fortunately, the floor was soon coated in much more manageable linoleum, and troughs were placed at the front of the stage where all the game junk could be squeegeed off. -- email from Ryan. That was a cheap fix for the Hamster Wheel, which Taylor said cost thousands of dollars to make, eating up a lot of the obstacle course's production budget. It was a kid's dream come true: a far cry from adults' stuffy game shows, Double Dare gave contestants money for answering questions about movies and TV shows...and then gave them the chance to compete in incredibly messy and sloppy carnival games to win a ten-speed bike or a microscope. The biggest problem was that contestants "couldn't get any traction" while running on the wheel if the soles of their shoes were covered in glop from a previous obstacle. "It didn't affect me. Maybe you’re a singer in the early 1970s and picturing yourself part of the next Beatles or Rolling Stones — maybe even bigger (it is a fantasy, after all). You have to know what’s happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Mittenthal was especially fond of the show's obstacle course, which he said was "really cool and really visual and physical. One listed in The Double Dare Game Book was "The Barber Chair," in which a contestant was supposed to use a lever underneath the chair to push themselves up into the air until they could reach the flag hanging on a pole, and win. Try our Advanced Search for more refined results. (The show taped on a Sunday, and Summers found out about the lawsuit three days later.) Breaks Silence On Turner's WS COVID Drama, ©2020 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. Viacom risked it and, along with airing the reboot... is now suing Armstrong to get a judge to declare that "Double Dare" belongs -- and always has -- to Nickelodeon. Video game versions were available for personal computers and the Nintendo Entertainment System, and two home versions of the game were released, not to mention a line of videos, school supplies, jigsaw puzzles, lunch boxes, yo-yos, and T-shirts just like the ones worn by contestants on the show. A revival ran in 2000, and the most recent revival aired from 2018 to 2019. Please see our Privacy Policy. Cookies help us deliver our Services. The woman received an out-of-court settlement for $25,000. PLEASE NOTE: A verification email will be sent to your address before you can access your trial. Double Dare's 1986 pilot episode had quite a few kinks and problems. With all those stunts and physical challenges, someone was bound to get hurt. Viacom sued that July, seeking a declaratory judgment that it had full right to use the “Double Dare” name without being sued. The stunt designers came up with a lot of games, but many never made it past the planning stages. That surface had to be mopped, not hosed, because no drains or nearby running water stations had been installed. We double dare you to read this article full of things you probably didn't know about the show—and you can't take the physical challenge. Even that was hard to get up and going. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! Law360 (August 19, 2019, 3:35 PM EDT) -- A New York federal judge is refusing to let Viacom pursue preemptive litigation against a man who claims to now own the trademark rights to the classic Nickelodeon game show "Double Dare," saying the case is "plainly premature.". The surface of the floor where the super-sloppy show rolled was a little too smooth—it was made of poured epoxy, an incredibly slippery and somewhat toxic industrial coating. Summers ultimately beat out more than 1,000 other candidates for the hosting job, but the gig was actually offered to actor and comedian Dana Carvey...on the same day he was offered a spot in the cast of Saturday Night Live.
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