Items that could be won on Double Dare

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i-hoatzin@reddit

The obvious preference:

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The Lambo all the way!

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Stompedyourhousewith@reddit

I used to fantasize about that 1 minute run through Toys r Us

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I swear if ABC or someone did a double dare/Guts/Legends of the hidden temple combination it would be bigger than that Ninja warrior show. We were the OG ninja warriors! That’s a big market now, all those 90s kids growing up with little kids…

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compulov@reddit

I want to see Nick Arcade done with the AR tech that we have today. I always thought it was a little too cheezy at the time, but I think they did the best they could with the tech they had.

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MBSOatmeal49195@reddit

They should bring it back hell I definitely want to get slimed the right way !

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Treadingresin@reddit

Double Dare wasn't really about the prizes though. It was kid fantasy games. I wanted to go on that show so bad.

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tom781@reddit

The prizes were all ad placements.

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smartypants333@reddit

I auditioned, but didn't get picked.

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Treadingresin@reddit

That's a bummer, but you still got way closer than me!

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LittlehouseonTHELAND@reddit

Exactly! I loved the show and watched it all the time and I don’t remember any of the prizes. I just wanted to go on it to play the games!

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Maanzacorian@reddit

I love watching The Price is Right from the early 80's to see the prizes. Shit you'd find in the bargain bin now was considered luxury then.

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peritonlogon@reddit

This might have been how Wesley Willis got his start.

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2099AD@reddit

Fun fact about the Double Dare prizes: Legally, taxes would have to be paid on any winnings, including the prizes. So they would alter what kids could win in the obstacle course based on how much money they earned during the trivia rounds, so that the cash winnings could be used to cover the taxes for everything. The more money the kids earned, the better the prizes.

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smartypants333@reddit

I auditioned for double dare when I was a kid, but didn't get picked.

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Plantayne@reddit

Don’t forget the Gitano jeans.

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Highplowp@reddit

If you had the Garfield phone you are definitely a ceo now. That thing was powerful. I sold so many magazines to try and attain the holy grail of landlines. It just wasn’t meant to be.

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graveybrains@reddit

Is #3 the Sax-A-Boom? 😆

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johcagaorl@reddit

The definition of home theater has really changed.

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

Oh, come on, that (probably black & white) CRT screen has got to be at least 9"!

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TopRedacted@reddit

I have that green Coleman cooler.

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hamburger4512@reddit

It’s alwaysafiero

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Candid-Jellyfish-975@reddit

Is that the Casio SK1?!!

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

No love for the Green Slime Shampoo? Gets you clean, won’t turn you green?

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lionlenz@reddit

My 11 year old daughter really wants one of those Garfield phones. We don't even have a landline, nor would she know how to use it!

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photogypsy@reddit

There’s several people retrofitting them into Bluetooth stations on eBay and Etsy. I’ve got a friend that just got the Minnie Mouse phone she always wanted as a kid for her WFH office.

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Taupenbeige@reddit

I’ve been wanting one of ye olde stand-at-the-wall telephones with hanging ear receiver retrofitted with Bluetooth.

Imagine having an Amish-at-home lifestyle but if you need to know anything you can go ask the operator.

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crystaldennece@reddit

Oooh! Do you have a link by chance? I cannot figure out what to search 😭

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peeinian@reddit

Just go to France and wait for one to wash up on the beach: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47732553.amp

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big-as-a-mountain@reddit

Dude, I’d get a landline again just for that sweet Garfield phone.

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ezio8133@reddit

Don't forget the trip to Universal studios Florida where they were currently at

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MBSOatmeal49195@reddit

I was like hold up they were giving kids lamborghinis on Double Dare? Until I saw the remote control behind it 😂

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Ok-Maintenance-9538@reddit

I wanted the Garfield phone so bad!

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Kitsch_Enjoyer@reddit

Lucky you! Just visit the beach in France and you too can find your very own Garfield phone!

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NewPhoneWhoDys@reddit

Are those all the best prizes ever but the #5 Cicena is just a basic ass alarm clock?
Genuine question...my eyes dunno.

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IZZ5150@reddit

And a school fundraiser

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kcchiefscooper@reddit

that Tyco Bandit was a monster back in the day!

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CactusHide@reddit

The rippin’ wheelies were worth the gears eventually stripping.

My uncles (like 10 years older than me) screwed up 2 of them and my parents made them buy me replacements. I was rolling in spare batteries!

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5erif@reddit

Loved mine! I'd forgotten about it until this post. How cool.

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Real-Championship331@reddit

Damn, Casio DH-100 saxophone is actually a pretty cool prize - wind MIDI synthesizer that has connection port you can hook up to other MIDI sources. You can play a MIDI keyboard, drum machine, samples, etc. through that thing. Mint condition is worth a few hundred bucks

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Pirateboy85@reddit

I wonder if that’s where Jack Black got his Saxaboom?

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JuliusSeizuresalad@reddit

Those are the same prizes I could win if I sold wrapping paper or cookie dough at school by the company with the hour long sales pitch

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Flip2002@reddit

Haha 8million rolls of wrapping paper or 9000 magazine subscriptions and that sweet phone or tv boom box is mine

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m3umax@reddit

I remember reading about those Garfield phones washing up on the shores of France for the last 30 years or so.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-have-garfield-phones-been-washing-ashore-france-30-years-180971835/

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hereforthebreakdown@reddit

//Fascinating// and even more fun when it turns out I guessed what might have happened before I read the article.

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ohmygoditspurple@reddit

Sleeping bags have come a long way.

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EternalLostandFound@reddit

This is missing Reeboks and Casio watches!

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TheBr0fessor@reddit

Doing the Lords work

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KnottyCatLady@reddit

Dude, I'd go for the Rollerblades, no question!

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Collingine@reddit

To this day I watch Jeopardy and wonder why anyone would go on that broke a$$ show.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

Jeopardy is about intelligence, not prizes lol.

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No-Championship-8677@reddit

Damn this is a great post

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NachoNachoDan@reddit

I love the story Marc Summers tells about an early episode of the show where they did the kiddie pool full of pudding or whatever where the kids were supposed to find some token in there but the staff forgot to put the thing in there so the kids just futilely searched a tub of pudding for nothing.

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