Double Dare Season 1 Falcons vs Terminators October 1986 (Lost Episode)
I was on this episode of Double Dare during the first season in October 1986. The show was filmed at WHYY studios in Philadelphia during the first season. I have shown this episode multiple times to family members, college friends, neighbors, pretty much anyone who wanted to see it (or those who were stuck at my house and I forced them to watch). Now that immediate access is a common thing, any time I bring it up, we start an inevitable internet search so we can watch it, and come up empty-handed.
After some investigation, it appears that this may be a "lost" episode. It does not show up on Paramount+ (www.paramountplus.com/shows/d..., but I would suspect it would be between episodes 34 and 35, as the team in episode 35 (the Quackers) were the other 7th grade team from my school, and we recorded before them (not that the episodes ran in the order they were recorded, due to the magic of Hollywood, it's just my best guess). Or, maybe it's episode 38, as that episode is missing here, doubledare.fandom.com/wiki/Do..., also the one right before the aforementioned Quackers episode.
Having always had it in my possession since 1986, I never realized it was "lost." If it wasn't for my neighbor's insistence, this episode may have remained "lost" for good, as I may have squirreled it away like Gollum.
As for why it was "lost," I suppose we'll never know. My personal running theory is that maybe I was a little too precocious back in those days ("sleep," "the numbers go from one to twenty," "norwegia," etc.), and the powers that be wanted to make an example out of me. Or, maybe there was a flood, like I saw mentioned on one of the sites.
Anyway, that's my story. Enjoy!
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WAY A GO THIS EPISODE WAS FINALLY AIRED ON KZread AFTER 38 YEARS!👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for uploading this lost episode. Not sure why Nick never reran it.
@mattanderson8129
9 ай бұрын
worst. opening. toss-up. ever.
@mattanderson8129
9 ай бұрын
yup. also, i think i accidentally removed your other comment, sorry
Exactly 37 years ago today (Oct 30), the episode aired! Thank contestants like you for caring about your old game show appearances!
@mattanderson8129
8 ай бұрын
37 years? that can't be right, that would make me old. just kind of funny, i had watched my own copy so many times over the years, didn't ever think it wasn't out there for others to watch, glad i got it back out there
Thank you for uncovering this lost episode! It must not have reran (let alone on Nick GaS) due to Marc's mistake on the Maryland question; which certainly could have just been edited out.
@mattanderson8129
10 ай бұрын
seems like a weird reason to not re-run an episode. surely he's made other minor mistakes? or maybe those are the other "lost" episodes
@nostalgiamostalgia0319
10 ай бұрын
@@mattanderson8129another episode found a few months ago ended up being withheld due to a big failure on the sundae slide (Beamers and Navigators, to be exact), leaving them with a mere two prizes.
@mattanderson8129
10 ай бұрын
so witheld to not embarass the kids? that seems weird, too, but what do i know edit: re-reading, i guess you're saying maybe the slide was broken, so the kids had no chance?
@notundercovercop327
10 ай бұрын
@@mattanderson8129 I've heard rumors that some of the episodes were lost in a flood or something. I do remember one episode they never reran. I remember the exact moment when I realized why they didn't rerun it. They gave away the show's casting agent's home phone number on the air.
@nintendonerdsvideos4727
10 ай бұрын
and the thing in the obstacle course@@notundercovercop327
Awesome i remember that show well.
The dude was so grossed out at the dishes it was hilarious that he had to jump into the tank of gunk. He looks thrilled. He probably regretted this game show 😅
This is great! Thank you so much for sharing an episode many of us did not even know existed until today. One of the I think more likely theories as to why this episode was not added to Paramount+ was because Marc made a mistake where he accidentally said the contestants were wrong for a correct answer, causing the question to get thrown out.
@mattanderson8129
10 ай бұрын
glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for posting your theory. i never thought about the "host must be infallible" theory on why it wouldn't be broadcast. seems a little nit-picky for a show where contestants would shove their hands up a giant nose to find a flag :D
@markheying2830
9 ай бұрын
@@mattanderson8129Also do you remember if you chose Alana as your Partner before the start of the Show?
@mattanderson8129
9 ай бұрын
we were partnered up at the initial tryout, and i guess they liked our teamwork, so they kept us together as teammates
This was a good episode.
Thanks Matt for putting this lost episode it's the first time I saw this one also I like Double Dare I watch it when I was a kid and it's still excellent today. 😀👍
@mattanderson8129
10 ай бұрын
it would have been a travesty had i not resurfaced this episode! glad you enjoyed it
@jamesmoss3424
10 ай бұрын
@@mattanderson8129 thanks. 😀👍
I think the reason this episode is "lost" could be that it is missing, or if Nickelodeon has it in their archives, then it is in very bad shape.
@mattanderson8129
10 ай бұрын
but that is too logical and lacks any conspiracy theory behind it :D
Might be an off topic question, but did you know any of the other contestants on this episode? I was just wondering how teams were picked and paired up.
@mattanderson8129
10 ай бұрын
Alana and I were 7th grade classmates. Our school sent 4 teams, 2 from 7th grade (they were the Quackers in a subsequent episode), and 2 teams from 8th grade. I suspect that was the same for our opponents and most teams. Our 7th grade teams filmed the episodes back-to-back in the morning, 8th grade in the afternoon. The audience was made up of our 7th grade classmates.
@nctwine
9 ай бұрын
@@mattanderson8129Hey, Matt! Thank you so much for uploading this episode. I am Natalie, one of your opponents.
@mattanderson8129
8 ай бұрын
Booooo, Natalie! Kidding! How was Disney? Did you watch this episode off and on like I did? Used to watch at parties and stuff, made me a conversation piece at college
@nctwine
8 ай бұрын
@@mattanderson8129 Haha! Someone died in the pool at the hotel. I’m not kidding. I absolutely would pull out the tape of the show to show anyone who wanted to see. I lost the tape during a move, so I was thrilled to finally find it on KZread. People were starting to question the validity of my claim to fame. I tried to explain to folks that our episode was tape way before the show was ever aired, let alone popular. I know I had no idea what I was going to happen. I’d wish they told me to bring a change of clothes because after the obstacle course things were a mess!
@mattanderson8129
8 ай бұрын
That's crazy about the hotel. I remember being in the dressing room after the show, and Pat was still covered in that green syrup. I was able to just get changed and leave, small consolation I guess. Well that, and my super fashionable radio necklace that every 12 year old boy would love to wear. Anyway, belated congratulations.