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weaklink75

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AV Club article on Nick Double Dare...
« on: November 21, 2016, 02:27:15 PM »
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

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Re: AV Club article on Nick Double Dare...
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2016, 11:38:06 PM »
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

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TLEberle

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Re: AV Club article on Nick Double Dare...
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2016, 11:47:31 PM »
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.
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