Hey man Jeff Sutphen here. Great video. Thanks for the shout out. Glad to see that there are still so many fans.

@3BaldDads

Ай бұрын

I saw you comment on other Nick videos as well. Cool that you're still proud about your Nick work. You meant a lot to a lot of people

@stuffthatithinkisfun

Ай бұрын

Very proud! And seeing stuff like this confirms that we were doing it right. Thanks to all the fans for keeping it alive.

@nostalgiamostalgia0319

Ай бұрын

I am so proud of your nick legacy, all starting 2002 and then escalating it make a show during the peak year of viewership for the network! You have come a long way with your efforts and its reaching new generations! Thank you!

@MrNostalgia

Ай бұрын

JEFF! Thanks for commenting man! You're a Nick legend.

@samv.3217

Ай бұрын

No way dude, really? Jeff you were one of my childhood icons man. When I was a kid I used to love talking like the TV hosts I would watch and I would also quote "The Brain Drain." And even though it was a bit before my time, I really liked the Pickboy character and would've definitely loved that character as a kid. I do remember seeing him on that Nick Magazine special though. Thanks for all the memories man, you're really an inspiration for TV junkies like myself.

I lost it when he said, “They even had Ariana Grande on the show. You know, back when she was still white.”

@machoman1016

Ай бұрын

He clearly hasn't seen her recently 😆

@sheripatterson388

Ай бұрын

WOW

Jeff Sutphen is one of the most underrated hosts out there. With "Brainsurge" and "Figure It Out", two hosting gig that he took at Nickelodeon, he's such a fun host to watch. I wonder what has he been doing lately 🤔

@nostalgiamostalgia0319

Ай бұрын

FIO would not have a reboot without Brainsurge IMO, we even got most of the same stars there.

@coreypayne1208

Ай бұрын

Hell I didn't know Jeff was Pick Boy from U-Pick Live until looking him up on Wikipedia

@mrbow50001

Ай бұрын

he also hosted the US version of 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show!

Thia show was such a fever dream,you REMEMBER it existing,but your brain can’t put together an actual moment you remember

@christiantreid

Ай бұрын

speak for yourself because it’s all so clear to me

@riddlemefish6217

Ай бұрын

The final stage is so memorable to me :0

@idkibk7

Ай бұрын

I didnt even remember the show until I saw the round with the tiles.

Random fact, at the Mall of America there is a ride based on Brain Surge as of writing this. It basically goes in circles and you have controls to flip yourself in circles. Its pretty cool.

@MrNostalgia

Ай бұрын

It's still there?

@jakobwhite730

Ай бұрын

⁠@@MrNostalgiaI just looked it up, the BrainSurge ride is still there at the Mall of America 👍

@haileybarry722

Ай бұрын

@@MrNostalgia MN resident here, it’s still there. Would love to watch a vid about Nickelodeon Universe 👀

@Sweetwintercherry

Ай бұрын

@@MrNostalgia yep still there as of 2024

As a kid growing up, I always wanted to go down that slime slide

Jeff Sutphen was one of the best things that ever happen to Nickelodeon. With "Brainsurge", "Figure It Out" and i remember that he hosted the 2010 Kids Choice Award with Lily Collins, you just can't go any wrong with him. I know that he isn't a big name but i'd be interested to see how he could host big award shows like the Golden Globes or the Oscars, he's got the charisma and the joy to watch as a host. I always smile whenever he's on screen hosting

@Billibab

Ай бұрын

We should stop with celebrities being hosts and revamp the host celebrities. Just like goooood hosts.

@Uncle_Nut

Ай бұрын

He was great as pick boy too. I remember loving those segments as a kid

@emilyyamasaki4968

Ай бұрын

Same

@quintonposs3286

Ай бұрын

The next Marc Summers.

Legit me and my buds were shouting at the contestant during the grid level like we were gambling our houses

rip mr nostalgia its like hes still here with us

@MrNostalgia

Ай бұрын

what

@ivarberkman8907

Ай бұрын

@@MrNostalgia Thanks for your great video, it’s a shame about the accident. You were always a amazing content creator. Rest in peace

Erin Fitzgerald, the announcer of the show and well known voice actress, is an active streamer on twitch/tiktok. You can ask to interview her about it if you'd like

@kranbabushka7887

Ай бұрын

No way, it's her? That's so damn cool. This was like right around the time she broke out as a big name.

i sat in the audience for an episode of this show as a kid! i was so jealous of the kids that got to go down the slide lol

@MrNostalgia

Ай бұрын

How did you manage to get tickets for that, out of curiosity?

@izzinet6080

Ай бұрын

​@@MrNostalgia In LA you can sign up to be in the audience for shows like these through a seat filler company-- usually they have a preferred audience type, like for this they probably wanted kids age 10-15. My mom got an email from a seat filler company about a Nickelodeon show looking for Kid audience members and requested tickets for me & my sister. I think most of the time they use a lottery system to choose who goes. My sister & I both got approved so we got tickets. Since it was a new show at the time they probably paid us around $20 each as incentive as well.

I remember the episode when Stephen Kramer Glickman (played Gustavo Rocque in Big Time Rush) got the highest score in the first round than anybody else but eventually got screwed up and disqualified at the second round after he forgot to answer a question 😂😂

@Channeleven2345789

Ай бұрын

Join the club, and I believe Nathan Kress won in that episode too.

@15Candles

Ай бұрын

@@Channeleven2345789 Nope, Nathan lost in the third round as far as I can remember. James Maslow was the winner at that episode

@Channeleven2345789

Ай бұрын

@@15Candles I see, I did recall that Nathan made it past the round Stephen lost, and I believe Jenette McCurdy made it to the final round

@2004froggy

Ай бұрын

@@Channeleven2345789 Jennette didn’t make it past the first round and she was on Brainsurge three times where she didn’t make it past the first round even though she was close one time.

@Channeleven2345789

Ай бұрын

@@2004froggy Okay, it was a long time since I saw the show. Call it a brain fart on my part

Brainsurge was definitely an underrated game show. How is it that Double Dare and Legends of the Hidden Temple are always remembered, yet this show was completely forgotten? This was a lot of fun. From the slime to the brain drain, it was a blast. Nickelodeon, please consider bringing this back.

@nostalgiamostalgia0319

Ай бұрын

It’s sad irony that a show like Brainsurge was explicitly trying to improve your memory.

My request to nickelodeon to be on brainsurge was one of the first emails I ever sent. Unfortunately, I never got to go, but I still look back on those old emails with fondness.

Funfact: here in Latin America we had our version of Brain Surge but called Veloz mente (fast mind in english) was broadcast on discovery kids between 2012-2013, the participants were thrown foam and the games were somewhat similar to Brain Surge, especially the final game, those eliminated got into a train car and foam was thrown at them

@freakytostadacartoon

Ай бұрын

I watched both, and I love to watch it.

@mado5586

7 күн бұрын

omg really? why the hell was it in discovery kids and not nick lol

@ezequielcastet

Күн бұрын

I don't know but I guess they copied and made the necessary changes to the program

This game show is one of the best examples of Nickelodeon shows being vindicated by history. Like this was the point were so many people tuned it for nick during its peak year in viewership and now even more of the generation are cherishing it. Also, thanks for giving the stats of the show. It's so overlooked that Brainsurge is statistically one of the winningest nick game shows, over twice as much as the win rate for Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, or Nick Arcade, so I appreciate that mention. I know this connection to the show will only improve because this show indeed helped shape and improve the memories of children like us.

I hope all the Brain Surge fans continue to find the lost episodes

Big shoutout to the new funko pops in the back

I’m so upset that the show is lost to time. It has always been my favorite gameshow and I seriously wish they’d just release all the episodes for streaming. I’ve always had fun trying to play the games as I watched the show. And honestly… I always wanted to be on the show.

@mrbow50001

Ай бұрын

my boy kiyo-pon! lol

I would always be screaming at the tv watching these kids fail level 3, but something you have to realize is that they don't get a bird's-eye vantage point like us. That's why Matt did it so easily, because he's taller.

As a part of the BrainSurge community, YOU DEFINITELY COOKED 🔥🔥🔥 Considering my love for slides but also big want to actually win, I don’t really know if I’d rather be slimed or go down the brain drain.

This is really well made, thank you for the shout out. Also thanks for using episodes that aren’t specifically 216 only, people need to see more episodes besides that one

After watching Quiet On Set, I had to double take when you said 'Pick Boy' because I thought I heard 'Pickle Boy' 😩

I used to love playing along at home anytime this show was on. My sister and I would sit on a chair to reenact the second round and would pull each other back when one of got an answer wrong. I would also try to act like Jeff and talked with the same tone and inflections in his voice. And during the knockout round, I would always have a strategy. Don't match the pictures that are right next to each other until most of the other ones are matched. It was all about psyching out your opponent. Because once they messed up, you only needed one match to win. That's why you save the easier ones for last. I also freaked out when Tom Kenny, Tony Hawk, and Larry King were on there. Although I only knew him as the guy on Gravity Falls at the time. It was always good time watching this show and playing it at home.

Yes! BrainSurge is definitely my favorite Nickelodeon game show. It's play-along, but challengess your concentration and memory skills. You can feel so much energy in this show.

Audrey Whitby from shows like Thundermans and So Random was also on BrainSurge. I was just watching clips from the show and recognized her

Matt Shively being such an op brain surge killer was always smth i rmbed esp because it greatly contrasted his airhead character on true jackson.. i remember my parents thinking like woah he's just really good at acting dumb 😭

What about that Wipeout-style show that was on Nick for a while? The one where contestants got heckled by people playing some sort of villain? I completely forgot the show existed before watching this, and it would be interesting to see what you can find on it

@ladybugmac

Ай бұрын

Yes!!! I thought of that too! I can't for the life of me remember what it was called or how anything looked

@spannmona

Ай бұрын

SPLATALOT!!!

@mbdg6810

16 күн бұрын

Splatalot was fun!

I’m a simple man. I see someone covering Nick show from my childhood, I click.

Man this show still to this day has such a special place in my heart. I would get so excited to go home from school, finish my homework as I could so I can be glued to that TV and watch the new episodes. Jeff Sutphen will forever be one of my childhood goats and i'm glad to hear that the fandom is very passionate in preserving the history of this underrated gem!

As a kid, being smart was one of the only things I was complimented on, so I took pride in it. I loved shows that made me think or made me learn. This was one of those shows. I loved getting the answers right, especially when some of the older kids didn’t. I hated missing episodes, sometimes I was forced to if there was something I had to do after school or if my father was picking me up. I was 5-7 when this show was airing so I was too young to ever get to be on it, but man what I would do to be on an adult’s version of it.

YES! FINALLY! I've waited so longer for someone I follow to talk about this show. I remember being so mad at the contestants for not getting the floor right when it seemed so easy. Thank you for your work and for another fun video!

After this, you should talk about "Figure It Out", another brilliant game show from Nickelodeon. I only grew up with 2010s "Figure It Out" with Jeff Sutphen as the host than the old one so i do have a soft spot for that. I used to watched it after school, i remember the whole Big Time Rush members were part of the show

This video is bringing back so many memories! I used to watch BrainSurge everyday after school 🥹

lol I am basically that guy you described when it comes to remembering this show. I watched it every single day after school, but I genuinely forgot everything about it until this video. And the memories just flooded back hardcore. Guess that's why they call you Mr. Nostalgia.

Man, the era of game shows like Brain Surge and Hub Family Game Night was peak game shows. Makes me wish we could get some revivals of sorts for them in the future

BrainSurge and Figure It Out helped uphold a tightness among the slate better than the late splat era did, complimenting a lot of the network bumpers that highlighted the live action realm of that early rebrand era (late 2009/2010-2013). Let alone how they managed to keep Sutphen on the network for like, a dozen years since the U-Pick Live days. The Clark Kent of Nickelodeon

BrainSurge, not to be confused with BrainStorm from Ben 10. We dont talk about this show here.

Oh you said Vanessa Williams, she used to be a model. She had the Antagonist role in the ABC show called Ugly Betty, which starred America Farrerra

Man, FINALLY. We eatin' tonight. Probably Nick's greatest game show host.

I was sooo obsessed with this show!! Haha thanks for the nostalgia as always

Bro you dug in for this one dude I FORGOT I used to watch this show and I fucked with it hard. The other show i liked from nick besides icarly and spongebob was the penguins of Madagascar, OG classic for me. Also I think you used and instrumental version of poppin' my collar early in the video, 12 year old me loved that mf song

@MrNostalgia

Ай бұрын

It was actually Precision by Big Sean which sampled that song.

oh my god i’m so happy you’re covering brainsurge i absolutely LOVED this show

The ride at Mall of America for this show was so good.

I have been rewatching this show a lot in recent years, and it gives me so much nostalgia and happiness everytime😌. I’d do anything to get this show back, and also Jeff Sutphen will FOREVER be a legend. I hope he’s doing well.❤️ Thank you so much for this video, man. Really made my day.❤️😌

OMG, I’m glad someone is finally talking about this show. This was my favorite game show and I used to watch it every day it came on and used to want to be on it so bad. My favorite game was the memory squares because it reminded of Billie Jean lol. I wished it stayed and hope this one of the shows there’ll think about rebooting in the future

I've been waiting for someone to make this video, I remember rewatching it in like 2017. Absolute banger

I’m so glad you talked about this show cause it has fr been forgotten by most. I remember being a kid watching this show desperately wanting to go on this show cause I figured out every puzzle and also really wanted to go down the brain drain!

BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR!!! I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW!!!!

Always a good day when Mr. Nostalgia uploads

Brain Surge was THE Nick game show of my time. Tuning in every day to watch the show, playing along with the contestants and wishing I could win one of those sweet prizes, and hearing other kids talking about the episode I just watched the next day was routine for me around that time. The fact that it’s not on any streaming service is truly baffling. Paramount + what are you doing?!

This was one of my favorite Nick shows. I always wanted to go on the show and ride the Brain Drain. Love the video, really took me back to the late 2000s.

Love the Lil Dicky song you used for the outro! 🔥

I remember watching this show as a kid with my family. Good times.😃

I remember watching this show religiously when it came on! This show was SO much a part of my childhood that my mom and I came up with “Math Surge” to help me master my times tables 🤣

I was a little too old to really have interest in BrainSurge at this time, I definitely remember earlier Double Dare, Figure it Out and Legends of the Hidden Temple...I was more into the sitcoms at the time like BTR...however, I remember Jeff from U-Pick Live, and I remember he was always so much fun! I'm so glad that he has commented on this video (!!!) and left so much happy nostalgic memories for you all, amidst traditional TV turning into streaming and all the recent negativity associated with Nickelodeon. Keep it coming with these videos, Mr. Nostalgia!

OMG i been looking for anyone who remembers this show besides for a little while now and i’m so glad i found this video !!

The white Ariana Grande comment is actually so funny lmfaoo

I loved this show and wished I was on it.

i didnt think i new what this show was but decided to watch the video anyway but then immediately when the video started it all came back to me what a trip down memory lane!

I used to watch this show everyday after school. My dad and I would get so annoyed when people messed up with the grid at the end lol. Those were the days. 💕

I like that you use your community tab to post sneak peeks of videos, maybe the next vid is the Zeke & Luther podcast

i used to watch this all the time i was always a big fan of game shows and this was one of my favorites i still remember the bacne beast story from this show lmao its ingrained in my brain

Im so happy that other people remember this gameshow! I remember watching it all the time, and I remember the ride at Nick Universe at the Mall of America still being a thing for quite some time after the show ended! (Although I go to MOA a lot since I only live like an hour away, I haven't been to Nick Universe in awhile so I have no idea if the ride still exists).

YES YES YES!! Someone is finally talking about this show!! I LOVED this damn showww lol

Oh your back good too see you again

I LOVED this show growing up, I wanted to compete so badly! I was so happy that I lived in Minnesota since we have Mall of America and in 2010 they built a BrainSurge ride and it’s been there since then! (Considering most of my childhood rides were removed for newer nickelodeon themes)

BrainSurge will always be so special and memorable to me!

26:05 I really hope you do a video Supah Ninjas because that show does not get talked about enough.

I remember rushing home after school every day to make it home by 4:00 to watch brain surge!!! It was my fav and nobody ever talks about it :') thanks for making this video

this was THE hot topic on the bus coming home. we got home at 4:00 and new episodes came home at 4:30! everybody was psyched to watch somebody struggle over that stupid light puzzle

Awesome video! (Also, I’m a co-host of Jake’s Happy Nostalgia Show, which was mentioned in the video! Jeff’s episode was before I started on the show, but awesome that it’s mentioned!)

The reason I remember the show so much is because it was always on right after school.

the moment they added stars to compete as well absolutely changed this show! huge part of my childhood - i even went on the nick website to play the puzzles from the Brainsurge game

W video, loved this show as a kid 🙏🏾 18:42 on the first step is crazy 😂 and Family Game Night was one of my all time favorites back in the day 🙏🏾 also as a heads up…I think the timestamps for levels 1-3 got a bit messed up 😅

@MrNostalgia

29 күн бұрын

They r. Thank you

Bro I loved Brainsurge as a kid. I always wanted to be in the show to win and get slimed.

I loved this show as a kid crazy to think this show aired when I was 9 years old (thanks for making me feel old in my 20s 😂) but it’s all good as it feels good to watch something good involving nick as of recently so thank you 😊

I loved this!!!!!! It made being smart look soo cool 😭

God, while I loved Brain Surge, Legend of the Hidden temple was the best game show i ever watched growing up, so if you could do a separate video on that, that would be amazing!!!!! But love your content, so glad you reminded me of this amazing show 💚💚💚

I have vivid memories of watching this after school while doing homework all the time. I know the pressure probably got to them but man the way those kids would fumble the bag on the light tiles was crazy to me.

13:50 I remember reading that there is a possibility of the two contestants getting all the correct matches in the Level 2 Knockout Round, though they would be edited out until one contestant messes up.

Man this really did unlock some hidden memories. I honestly don't remember AAAANYTHING about this show, but like, the tile puzzle thing made me remember something... I think? I dunno if I ever watched the show but I guess I know I must've seen that tile puzzle SOMEWHERE.

Man everyday I would come back from school get my hot fries and watch this show with my grandmother. Man those were the days.

I legit got an ad right after the "We'll be right back...on Nick!" segment...doubled the nostalgia.

My sister and I would always race home from school to watch Brain Surge. It is definitely one of my favorite shows from my childhood!

To add to your list of former Brainsurge contestants who ended up doing other things: Audrey Whitby. She appeared on season 2, episode 2. Audrey later made guest appearances on Austin and Ally and Liv and Maddie. She was also a prominent cast member on So Random! and later appeared as Cherry on the Thundermans.

Funny that Jordin Sparks was a guest host since her future Dancing With the Stars pro partner, Brandon Armstrong, was a contestant on this show as a kid!

I remember I used to tune into this show whenever it was on. Only reason I stopped watching was because my cable provider rolled out an option to replay a show from the beginning, and because I replayed a show that came on before Brainsurge, I came into it several minutes in. It was a fun show, and I'm glad to see a lot of people love it.

THANK YOU FOR THE BRAINSURGE APPRECIATION AS A SOCIETY WE NEEDED THIS

Mannn I fuckin loved BrainSurge growing up, Jeff was such a great host

Greatest nostalgia rewind ever. :)

18:16 twitter rage bait WISHES it could be as aggravating as this segment of Brain Surge

i wanted to be on brainsurge soooo badly when i was younger. i remember getting so frustrated with the contestants not getting the freaking memory thing at the end with the lights on the floor

Honestly had no clue about House of Anubis until watching it a few months ago. Quickly became one of my favorite shows! While watching this and seeing two of the actresses were on this game show surprised me since I do remember watching this show when I was little.

I really loved this Gameshow, BrainSurge! It looked really fun and always wanted to be one of the contestants!

yuh friendly's is fire dawg also good video aha i used to be scared of this show because of level 2

BrainSurge was such a good show I remembering watching it religiously alongside legends of the hidden temple and Nickelodeon guts.

Don’t remember much about this game show, sounds fun as hell. Might watch some episodes later. Also, that McGrady roast was FOUL 🤣

Just finished a Quinton video and he mentioned Brainsurge in that vid. So def interesting that you recently finished a vid on brainsurge. Tbh despite what people say, I actually really liked brainsurge as a kid. Who was watching it? Me. I was watching it.

I worked at friendlys as a teen!! So I always catch when it’s referenced. It was actually in the Ted peacock series where even fribbles were mentioned. Good burger 2 used an old friendlys for filming as well!