User:Daniel Benfield/Double Dare 1976 Video Archive

CBS Daytime: December 13, 1976 - April 29, 1977 (96 episodes, taped at Television City)

The 1970s show called Double Dare didn't run very long (as seen above, it ran a little over four months), but it's honestly a great game. :)

At least early on, players were retired after passing the $20,000 mark, although they kept anything over said limit.

The show doesn't seem to have made any big changes during its brief run, aside from the announcer position changing from Johnny Olson to Gene Wood on January 17. As a result, this page is divided by announcer.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1976-77 Goodson-Todman Productions/FremantleMedia and associated entities.

Johnny Olson (December-January)
On December 27, the "show the subject to home viewers" element was altered slightly to have the box disappear alongside the ding. For the pilot and first two weeks, the ding sounded shortly after the box appeared.

Originally, a passed clue in the Spoilers round was denoted by an "X" on a green background. Starting on January 3, the X was replaced by "PASS".

Pre-series
 * Taped 11/76 (Pilot #1: AMY ALBANI {Game 2 - $500} vs. Rowland, with Mike playing later; Buzzr broadcast)
 * [Has some slight audiovisual differences, but the main difference is that the Spoiler round has ten clues, with five Passes and five Gives. Amy was later a big winner on Scrabble (April 1985, pre-Spelling format).]


 * December 10, 1976 (Debut promo)

December
 * December 13, 1976 (#0001/Premiere: Janna vs. Barry {Part 3, Part 4}; taped from GSN, last part of credits is from a different airing {alternate copy})
 * December 14, 1976 (#0002: Janna vs. Garry, with Joel playing later; Buzzr broadcast)
 * December 15, 1976 (#0003: Garry vs. Joel; Buzzr broadcast)
 * December 16, 1976 (#0004: Garry vs. Joel {still!}, with Gail playing later; taped from GSN, with most of the credits uncrunched! {alternate copies: full show; Spoilers round})


 * December 21, 1976 (#0007: Joel at the Spoilers, then vs. Dennis with Roger playing later; Buzzr broadcast {alternate copy})
 * December 24, 1976 (#0010: Roger vs. Chuck, with ALAN LUSHER playing later; Buzzr broadcast)

Each subject now disappears before the CBS "ding" is played (began 12/27/76)
 * December 27, 1976 (#0011: Chuck vs. Alan, with Judy playing later; Buzzr broadcast)
 * December 29, 1976 (#0013: Alan vs. Tony, continued from yesterday {$100 each} with KATHY WEXLER playing later {taped 12/16/76}; studio master with slate, Contestant Plug, and Ticket Plug!)
 * [Kathy was also on The Joker's Wild (September 26-28, 1972).]
 * December 30, 1976 (#0014: Alan vs. Kathy, with Joe playing later {taped 12/76}; Buzzr broadcast)
 * December 31, 1976 (#0015: Alan vs. Joe, with Ed playing later {taped 12/76}; Buzzr broadcast)

January

Passed clues in the Spoilers round now denoted by "PASS" on a green background (began 1/3/77)
 * January 3, 1977 (#0016: Alan vs. Ed, with Judy playing later; Buzzr broadcast {alternate copies: #1, same source; #2a, #2b, and #2c, taped from GSN})
 * January 4, 1977 (#0017: Alan vs. Judy, with Kim and Michael playing later; taped from GSN, ends right after Alex signs off)
 * January 5, 1977 (#0018: Michael at the Spoilers, then vs. Nancy; Buzzr broadcast)
 * January 6, 1977 (#0019: Nancy at the Spoilers, then vs. MORT CAMENS with Mark playing later; Buzzr broadcast)
 * [Mort was later a huge winner on Sale of the Century (1983)!]
 * January 7, 1977 (#0020: Mort vs. Mark, with Doug playing later; Buzzr broadcast)

Gene Wood (January-April)
January, continued

February

March

April