AV Club article on Nick Double Dare...

[weaklink75]

To promote the 30th Anniversary special that's airing on Nick at Nite this Wednesday..

http://www.avclub.com/article/it-smelled-death-oral-history-double-dare-obstacle-245939

Some things I've heard before, but a couple of new things (the shows budget the first set of shows was $10,000 an episode for one)

[BrandonFG]

When I first saw the $10K number, I wondered how that was doable, but Geoffrey Darby's explanation makes sense, considering the prizes didn't add up to that much, and the gunk was more or less bulk-sized grocery items.

Plus, I forgot it was a cable game show in 1986. :-P

Great reading...took me back to my childhood.

[TLEberle]

Watch some of those episodes from the first flight--I can absolutely see how they're working on a shoestring budget, but all the parts are there--and not every pair won the end game as well--there were more than a few who won a prize package of less than a thousand dollars. I remember watching and thinking that the Obstacle Course was a bit of a non-sequitur after the quiz round, but now it has become iconic.