Pilot for Remake of Double Dare (70's) casting

[rugrats1]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'206127\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 01:05 PM\']GSN has run the G-T show for the past year or so without incident.  Titles cannot be copyrighted.
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Though they can be trademarked, like what it was done with "Let's Make a Deal". Did G-T or Viacom ever trademark 'Double Dare"?

[joker316]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' post=\'206165\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 08:18 PM\']

Did Johnny Olson have a twin?!

Yeah, his name was Jimmy and he was a cub reporter. :-D

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
[/quote]

And didn't their mom make Folgers coffee in everyone's house except her own?

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'206169\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 09:20 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'206127\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 01:05 PM\']GSN has run the G-T show for the past year or so without incident.  Titles cannot be copyrighted.
[/quote]

Though they can be trademarked, like what it was done with "Let's Make a Deal". Did G-T or Viacom ever trademark 'Double Dare"?
[/quote]

I don't know.  Not sure about "Rugrats" either . Anyway, isn't the Viacom DD just a "Choose Up Sides/Beat the Clock" ripoff of G-T in the first place? Both parties could make a case.

[tomobrien]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'206167\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 07:44 PM\']
BTW, looks like that Craigslist audition call has been pulled. [/quote]
Dang!  I wanted to be the "Smart and Sexy" one.

[TheLastResort]

I was hoping to audition for Trebek's afro.

[rjaguar3]

[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'206169\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 08:20 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'206127\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 01:05 PM\']GSN has run the G-T show for the past year or so without incident.  Titles cannot be copyrighted.
[/quote]

Though they can be trademarked, like what it was done with "Let's Make a Deal". Did G-T or Viacom ever trademark 'Double Dare"?
[/quote]

Yes.  It's apparently still live, too.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc...ate=ih7624.2.42

[GameShowGuru]

I would venture to say that one of the titles that would at least be considered, if not make the final cut would be: Blind Item, since it is often a popular Internet message board game using a very similar premise.

[chris319]

Fremantle also used the title of an old H-Q show for one of their recent syndicated efforts.

I believe the complete title was "Temptation: The New Sale of the Century".

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'206167\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 07:44 PM\']BTW, looks like that Craigslist audition call has been pulled. [/quote]
Maybe they're too busy with a lost cat.

/Picture on the left always cracks me up.

[hines2000]

If "Spoilers - the all-new Double Dare" is coming back ... could another show I love: "The Big ShowDown" be far behind!

Eric

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'hines2000\' post=\'206246\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 07:14 PM\']
If "Spoilers - the all-new Double Dare" is coming back ... could another show I love: "The Big ShowDown" be far behind!

Eric
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That's one of my favorites, too. Everything was perfect about that show: host, hostess, announcer, concept, gameplay, music, set (except maybe the stairs).  Could that ever be duplicated or is it best to keep it as a great memory?

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'206249\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 08:28 PM\']
[quote name=\'hines2000\' post=\'206246\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 07:14 PM\']
 ... could another show I love: "The Big ShowDown" be far behind!
[/quote]

Could that ever be duplicated or is it best to keep it as a great memory?
[/quote]

It depends on one and only one question...
Does Fremantle have the rights to the show's concept???

[Johnissoevil]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'206128\' date=\'Jan 13 2009, 01:06 PM\']
To the general public, a Trebek-hosted show called Double Dare means nothing, whereas a lot of people could be confused when they tune in to a show called Double Dare and don't see green slime.
[/quote]

When I first saw the Trebek Double Dare on GSN almost 12 years ago, I had the same reaction.  When the GSN voiceover would say to "Join Alex Trebek before he became known for Jeopardy! on Double Dare", I had thought that maybe he was the original host of the Nick version.

[golden-road]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'206256\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 10:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'206249\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 08:28 PM\']
[quote name=\'hines2000\' post=\'206246\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 07:14 PM\']
 ... could another show I love: "The Big ShowDown" be far behind!
[/quote]

Could that ever be duplicated or is it best to keep it as a great memory?
[/quote]

It depends on one and only one question...
Does Fremantle have the rights to the show's concept???
[/quote]

AFAIK, Big Showdown belongs to Ron Greenberg & NBC Universal.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Johnissoevil\' post=\'206277\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 12:57 AM\']
When I first saw the Trebek Double Dare on GSN almost 12 years ago, I had the same reaction.  When the GSN voiceover would say to "Join Alex Trebek before he became known for Jeopardy! on Double Dare", I had thought that maybe he was the original host of the Nick version.[/quote]
Which is funny, because when I saw the syndicated show in my TV listings in the late '80s, I said "oooh, Spoilers!" I was disappointed when I found out it was a kids game.