What kid show as a kid did you most want to go on.

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RyNysDad0722@reddit

Legends of the hidden temple!!!! Great question btw

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Eve back then, I could NOT believe that the kids didn’t know the answers to the questions. Caught it on Pluto the other month and I was So Angry AGAIN because they were all super basic questions that I KNEW at that age.

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violet_wings@reddit

I mean, obviously, right? What other answer is there?

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Several-Hamster3096@reddit

Guts

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ooooooootreyngers@reddit

MO!!

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Illustrious-Highway8@reddit

And Global Guts

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wiltrvls@reddit

Finders Keepers

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diamondsnrose@reddit

100% !!! I wanna be the Purple Monkey

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RyNysDad0722@reddit

Blue barracuda all day!

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

Silver Snake here. And yes I know how to put the god damn monkey together.

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bluestoctober@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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veety@reddit

If you haven’t seen backstory in this show, there’s lots of good articles on it (eg, this) like why almost no one won in the final round and how many players were traumatized by the show.

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RyNysDad0722@reddit

Good read.. thank you kindly

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YourOwnPunkyBrewster@reddit

I second this!👆🏆

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LogicWavelength@reddit

Why is this not top reply yet?

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Micahisaac@reddit

This is the correct answer

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sejenx@reddit

Nickelodeon GUTS

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thunderlips36@reddit

Get that Aggro Crag

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G0merPyle@reddit

This reminds me, I need to 3d print a piece of the aggrocrag for my desk

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GraceGreenview@reddit

Someone years ago was selling their Aggro Crag rock from sinking the show.

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thunderlips36@reddit

Imagine the bragging rights having that would have earned in those days. You would have been school royalty

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Grongebis@reddit

mo herself i think

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

This is the one. I always wanted to go on that show. The kids that went were always the most uncoordinated and non-athletic kids I ever saw. I would have school at that velcro wall game, and definitely would have taken home a piece of the agro-crag.

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majorjoe23@reddit

There was a game show where at the end you ran through like a maze filled with video games and consoles and you could Velcro them to your suit. It looked so great.

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DenverBroncos_Fan@reddit

Video Power!!! I wanted to be on that so badly.

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Ocron145@reddit

I had to look up the name because I couldn’t remember. I just remember the prize was running through and grabbing video games/consoles as fast as you could.

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Rex_Bossman@reddit

My plan if I got on the show was to go right up to the top row where you had to slide down at the end and just start tossing everything up there down the slide.

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GreenKiss73@reddit

Double Dare

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Basic_User_Name3000@reddit

My brother and I used to make our own obstacles based on this show. This show needs a reboot with adult contestants! Or former kid stars (omg- like the kids whom Who’s the Boss vs Alf)

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Turkatron2020@reddit

An adult version is a great idea 🏆

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Basic_User_Name3000@reddit

I’d watch it! They are rebooting everything else. Could you imagine a parent-kid version ‽

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GreenKiss73@reddit

I played DD in the shower. I would dump the entire bottle of shampoo on my head for the slim. My mom is still mad at me for it.

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PiratePilot@reddit

The only correct answer. Or Legends of the Hidden Temple maybe?

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Yummycummy4mytummy@reddit

I was at the traveling version of the show, they were doing theaters at one point. It was my lil bro and my favorite show of all time, 2nd place Legends ofnthe Hidden Temple.

Mark Summers was going through the crowd to pick out families to compete. I can feel it, its happening. The light flashes on us, Mark asks if we are ready, then says "hey where is your mom?"

I look back, hoping to see her. We needed two parents, two kids. She had just taken my lil sis to the bathroom.

I desperately try to explain to Mark Summers she will be right back, he says "Hey sorry kid" and moves on to select another family. Not sure if this is exactly how it went, but its how its burned into my memory.

Speaking of burning, my mom and sister died in a freak gasoline fight accident the very next day. Two tragedies.

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Turkatron2020@reddit

Please tell me you just have a really dark sense of humor 🙏

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Yummycummy4mytummy@reddit

They are both alive, it was a loose Zoolander reference.

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GreenKiss73@reddit

That's tragic. Don't know how I could have lived with the disappointment of almost getting picked for the best game show of all time. I hope it didn't screw you up too much.

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Yummycummy4mytummy@reddit

Mark talked to me. The legend himself. I still remember how intense the series of emotions felt. I wanted to display our family's balance of intellect and physical prowess, to be slimed, too attain glorious victory.

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Nightstands@reddit

I was in a competition to get on DD at universal studios when I was 11 years old. Prime age. I was doing great, was in the top two from a group 50 deep, but in the final round of Simon Says, I got beat by Ashley. I saw her show, and she and her partner won, so I had bittersweet happiness for her win. So close.

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GreenKiss73@reddit

You are famous in my book.

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Nightstands@reddit

Aw, you’re so sweet

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Turkatron2020@reddit

Also Finders Keepers

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That-Jeweler-Girl@reddit

Or what would you do

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lolthai@reddit

This one and You Can’t Do That On Television.

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maxdamage4@reddit

Hit me with that slime

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morganalefaye125@reddit

This one is mine!

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Key_Hat_5721@reddit

Closest I got was seeing Marc Summers at my county fair and getting to do a very very simple version of a “physical challenge” game (and winning a bottle of green slime shampoo)!

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marcos_MN@reddit

Super Sloppy Double Dare

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Minger57@reddit

I’ve seen that porn.

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graveybrains@reddit

But I poop from there!

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zombie_overlord@reddit

I'll take the physical challenge, Mark

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CurrentHair6381@reddit

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ppatek78@reddit

Take the physical challenge

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Perdendosi@reddit

Thats why I probably wouldn't have been a very good contestant. I knew almost all the answers and knew a lot of kids didn't know the answers. I would have actually played the strategy-- dared the other side, and when they double dared me back, I would have answered the question instead of taking the physical challenge, racking up tons of points with no pies in the face.

Boring but effective. Producers would have hated it. ;)

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Minger57@reddit

This is my answer as well.

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iwantmy-2dollars@reddit

And now my 6yo is obsessed with Double Dare. poor kid has even less of a chance than I did lol

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7_percent_provo@reddit

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cabanners@reddit

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Similar-Sir-2952@reddit

Hemorrhoidal

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col_akir_nakesh@reddit

Same.

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theluzah@reddit

This one

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chocolateandpretzles@reddit

321 contact. I wanted to host and travel.

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EverybodyBeCalm@reddit

It wasn’t for kid contestants but American Gladiators

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HuckleberryHappy6524@reddit

Same here. I really just wanted to shoot the tennis ball cannon.

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ooooooootreyngers@reddit

Same! Still a dream of mine

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mysfwaccount84@reddit

There was a spin off I believe, that actually did have kids competing. Of course the gladiators scaled back the physicality, but it was against full grown gladiators. Gladiators 2000 perhaps?

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AlwaysSleepingBeauty@reddit

Gladiators jr

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Grongebis@reddit

GUTS

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harryhitman9@reddit

Why are we acting like "Guts" didn't exist. That was essentially American Gladiator for kids. I loved that show and it would be my pick.

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Eviltwin325@reddit

That recent AG documentary was so interesting and nostalgic!

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

Could you imagine gladiators jr

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Qxface@reddit

YOU ARE IN LUCK

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

These days, this is the closest thing we have to kids being on American Gladiators: kids vs mascots at halftime

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seppukucoconuts@reddit

Damn. It’s like Blue bet money on the mascots or the kids were talking mad shit before the game.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

Double Dare

And I kind of got to do it.

They did a tour of malls around America and you could run the obstacle course.

My mom took me and I did.

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EastTXJosh@reddit

Didn't every kid grow up wanting to be on The Grand Prize Game on the Bozo show?

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imogen1983@reddit

Yes! I’d completely forgot about Bozo until I read this. Core childhood memory unlocked!

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Latter_Upstairs6567@reddit

I just wanted the humongous tootsie roll

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xAlice_Liddell@reddit

How many of us practiced at home with random containers just to be ready?

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Wendy-Windbag@reddit

Does anyone else remember the arcade game?

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NinaBanina03@reddit

Came to say this. Lined up all my pails and practiced in my yard. I was ready.

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Mr_Perfect22@reddit

Mike from Redletter Media (my favorite Youtube channel) tells a funny Bozo Show story.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

I used to feel so bad when they'd call a really little kid up there, they'd very predictably fuck it all up on the first ball, and then Bozo would have to go into damage control mode.

Lifelong trauma starting right there.

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jfrii@reddit

This comment right here is how I know ALL Y'ALL MOTHERFUCKERS IS MY PEOPLE!

Damn man. Unlocking some real shit this morning.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Man, when they'd call the kids name, and the camera would pan around and suddenly lock on a 4yr old, you just knew you were about to see a kid miss dropping a ball into a bucket from 6 inches away.

Standing right above the bucket and still miss.

Then they'd punish that kid by giving them Necco Wafers or whatever.

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VerbalK23@reddit

Man, couldn't even hook em up with some Archway cookies?

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C_est_la_vie9707@reddit

I'm really craving a Bun bar now.

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Wooden_Lettuce_843@reddit

And a brand new crisp $100 bill.

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charridpeople@reddit

I got to go to the Bozo show when I was a kid and my number was just a couple off from the kid who got to play. So close (to either a core memory or a core trauma!)

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

I liked bozo but for some reason cookie creeped me out.

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EastTXJosh@reddit

I agree with you.

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Rich-Truth5329@reddit

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?

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bridgetwannabe@reddit

I was on the show! AMA

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timsea99@reddit

Did you win?

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bridgetwannabe@reddit

Yes!

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timsea99@reddit

Awesome! I'm sure it's a great memory for you and a great story to tell at parties 🎉

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bridgetwannabe@reddit

I wasn’t able to enjoy it much until I grew up … I was in 8th grade and my peers teased me pretty relentlessly for being such a huge nerd (kids are so mean). Nowadays it’s just amusing personal trivia and works great for 2 Truths and a Lie 😃

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Rich-Truth5329@reddit

Do you have the episode recorded on VHS?

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bridgetwannabe@reddit

Oh yes - my dad was ridiculously proud and has maintained a copy, first on VHS, then converted to DVD, since it first aired in 1993 😇 it’s actually on YouTube now, tho it wasn’t us who put it there lol. I’d link, but not sure I want to dox myself.

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rialucia@reddit

Shoot, I think this would be a great standalone post in this sub!

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bridgetwannabe@reddit

I’ll let the upvotes decide 😃

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nudave@reddit

This is the right answer.

I got to be in the audience once, but that was as close as I got.

I apparently was a participant on Romper Room as a real little kid, but I don’t remember that.

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Andi_Lou_Who@reddit

That was a live show too? I’d only ever seen the cartoon!

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Green-Factor-2526@reddit

It was on PBS

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Andi_Lou_Who@reddit

Ah we don’t have that in the uk so that will be why I was only aware of the cartoon.

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Turkatron2020@reddit

That's a damn shame!! The UK would absolutely love PBS 🥺

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yamahowzer@reddit

A game show at that

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Andi_Lou_Who@reddit

Ah just saw it was on pbs. I’m in the uk so it’s not aired here! :)

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yamahowzer@reddit

I think most of the episodes are on YouTube nowadays

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Illustrious-Highway8@reddit

Here’s a playlist with 24 of them: Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?

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minneapocalypse@reddit

I got my picture taken with Miss Molly as a little kid!

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hearbutloud@reddit

They never said my name on my birthday :(

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AllHailKeanu@reddit

I was always curious where they filmed?

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nudave@reddit

Astoria, Queens.

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ACW1129@reddit

DO IT ROCKAPELLA!

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hearbutloud@reddit

YES! There was even a computer game. I never played Oregon Trail because my school had Carmen (they had both games but I much preferred the latter).

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Murderhornet212@reddit

Me and my friend would hog the library computers and trade off between the two games

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CardioTornado@reddit

The computer game was so much fun! Loved both that AND Oregon Trail.

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Rich-Truth5329@reddit

I loved those games. Wish I could play them now for nostalgia.

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FormalDinner7@reddit

Definitely this, but only if I didn’t get the Africa map in the final round. I don’t think I ever saw a kid win on that one.

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cjl99@reddit

I had the exact same thought. Like Botswana being yelled to me multiple times as I get the womp womp.

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graveybrains@reddit

Is it weird that I only wanted to sing with Rockapella? I don't even sing particularly well.

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

That theme song was a banger

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Status_Ad7287@reddit

I still have a version of this on my spotify lol

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GraceGreenview@reddit

Your request has been granted!

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Rich-Truth5329@reddit

I think anyone who liked the show loved Rockapella. They were a super charming component to the show.

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Dunk5055@reddit

I was trying so hard to find this to show my daughter. It’s almost like it’s been wiped from existence

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hisamsmith@reddit

I tried out for it when I was 11 at one of the mall tours they did in my area but because of my disability (I have a spinal cord injury which resulted in me using a wheelchair full time) they told me they couldn’t accommodate me. Mostly they couldn’t make the final game play fair. The one where you have to identify so many countries on the floor map with a marker (a pole basically) within a certain amount of time. I was unable to pick up the marker and move on my own. It made me a little sad but it is what it is. It was cool getting the opportunity.

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CardioTornado@reddit

This one. Geography was my jam. Was totally convinced I’d win. 😆

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Preparation-Logical@reddit

I was so envious when a kid would win the main game and then get the U.S. map as their final challenge.

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TK1129@reddit

When I was in 6 grade every kid in my school took the test to get on during social studies. I did well on it and a few weeks later the casting crew came to the school and had us play games to audition for the show. I didn’t get picked to go on the show but my neighbor did. He didn’t answer a single question. I’m still disappointed I didn’t get on 30 years later.

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AshDogBucket@reddit

Me too!

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yamahowzer@reddit

Wanted that worldwide short band radio so bad

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lady_forsythe@reddit

Yeeeeeees. I remember having an atlas and studying Africa just in case I ever had the chance to go on the show.

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ooo-ooo-oooyea@reddit

I wonder how fucked people were who played the big map game at the end after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Gorkymalorki@reddit

I was a huge geography nerd, my room was covered in national geographic maps, even the ceiling. I wanted to be on that show so bad. I probably would have won, because I knew most of the answers to the questions when I watched the show.

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seppukucoconuts@reddit

I can’t help but ask if anyone checked San Diego first? Maybe they would have caught her a lot sooner and wouldn’t need all this help.

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CuriousLands@reddit

I said the same thing, haha. It was such a cool show, and I like geography on top of it.

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Left-Eye183@reddit

Star Search. I wanted to sing my heart out for Ed McMahon

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ducksinarowboat@reddit

Wild & Crazy Kids

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YEMolly@reddit

Forgot about that!!!! Loved that show.

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TrixieLaBouche@reddit

Fun House or Finders Keepers.

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YEMolly@reddit

Omg!!! I had forgotten about Finders Keepers. Loved that show!

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Then-Pin-8250@reddit

Yes, Finders Keepers! It always looked so satisfying to me for some reason.

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Rodeoqueenyyc@reddit

My brother and I once “played” Finders Keepers. All the den was trashed. Books everywhere.

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Pin1888@reddit

Was an audience member on Funhouse and a few other shows in the early to mid 90's. I remember thinking that the studio was tiny to what I expected the first time I was there.

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Kriegerian@reddit

Sometimes I think I hallucinated Finders Keepers.

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atomxv@reddit

came here to say finders keepers!

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YEMolly@reddit

Carmen San Diego for sure!!!!! And the show I’m Telling.
There was another show I wanted to be on that I think about from time to time but can’t ever remember the name and nobody knows what I’m talking about.

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owl_coach@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple for sure. Although I was never sure if I would've been an asset to my team if given the chance. I just loved the video game-like dungeon format. So cool.

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ZeldaHylia@reddit

Double dare. And I grew up in Florida. I never went to universal studios. I’m sad about it.

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Grammarhead-Shark@reddit

Does anybody remember "Dr. Fad"?

I so wanted to invent something and show it off on that show!

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ElleAnn42@reddit

They didn’t let kids on, but I always thought that I would be great at Supermarket Sweep.

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Grammarhead-Shark@reddit

I was always yelling at the tele - 'go for the nappies! they are expensive!'

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irishprincess2002@reddit

Didn't they reboot this a few years ago?

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prettyminotaur@reddit

They did! It was great. I don't know why they stopped making episodes.

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anonnymouse271@reddit

After working in grocery/retail and shopping for myself for 20 years I feel like I'd do really well on this or Price is Right

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stredman@reddit

Stock up on those expensive hams!

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big_ringer@reddit

Hams for steaming!

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Phoniceau@reddit

There was a Nickelodeon show similar to this, wasn’t there??

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ClutterKitty@reddit

MY DREAM!!!!

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TerpeneTiger@reddit

I had a whole route planned.

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Grammarhead-Shark@reddit

Australian Kids TV Shows

Double Dare

Vidiot

Now You See It

A*Mazing

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InvisibleGiantess@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple

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CherryPickens@reddit

It sure as fuck wasn’t Nick Arcade. Going into the video game looked like it sucked ass.

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Holmes221bBSt@reddit

Nick Arcade

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Unlikely-Ad-3221@reddit

Legends of the hidden temple. I wanted to go on so much that my friend and I at the time. Tried making our own course in her basement.🤣

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Grizzlyadamsbrother@reddit

Nick Arcade! Beat Mikey

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Pecan_Artist@reddit

Reading Rainbow

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

I forget they had kids do Some segments

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twolfhawk@reddit

Double dare

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Important-Reach4548@reddit

Double Dare, of course!

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WheelLeast1873@reddit

Would have crushed double date.

I was hella smart and athletic.

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prettyminotaur@reddit

GUTS.

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Vivid-Explanation951@reddit

Double dare

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veety@reddit

GUTS on Nickelodeon. It was the kid version of American Gladiators and I was fully convinced I could win on it.

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Formal-Telephone5146@reddit

Price is right ( for a 80s kid who spent bunch of time with Grandma that’s a Kids show lol)

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The_Last_Mouse@reddit

You Cant Do That On Television

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tribbleorlfl@reddit

Fun house

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craigsler@reddit

You Can't Do That on Television.

I wanted to get slimed so badly.

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Murderhornet212@reddit

My biggest dreams as a kid were The Price is Right and Jeopardy! rather than kid shows.

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Murderhornet212@reddit

I wanted them to say my name on Romper Room lol

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aukinon@reddit

This is really gonna give away my age but I always wanted to go on Tiny Talent Time except I didn’t have a talent

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Indication_Fickle@reddit

Not a kid show, but… The Price is Right. 🤣

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FethB@reddit

I used to wish I could try out the Plinko game!

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big_ringer@reddit

There's a game show out, now, that's nothing but Plinko!

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RightComposer@reddit

Although I was shy, and don't like clowns, Bozo the Clown's show had prizes. Also, I had a Bozo Under the Sea record with pages inside that I enjoyed. So yeah, probably that one.

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Lcky22@reddit

Excellent choices. I didn’t mind the gross stuff on double dare but I couldn’t do monkey bars so I was always nervous I’d blow it if I had those in the final course. Carmen Sandiego was great

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Teachawayfromthetest@reddit

Nickelodeon GUTS

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EMC-Vered@reddit

Greetings, Gumshoes! 🥰

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DrSheetzMTO@reddit

Double Dare

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Capital-Coconut-9389@reddit

GUTS

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Grembo_Jones@reddit

Nick Arcade

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Odd-Amount-5127@reddit

Kids Incorporated!

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actualelainebenes@reddit

Fun House

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crmom22@reddit

Double Dare

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Partis25@reddit

You can't do that on television.

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Phoniceau@reddit

Same!!! I really wanted to get slimed! But thought I could control myself and not say “I don’t know” lol

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GaspSpit@reddit

I badly wanted to go, just to say “I don’t know” and “water” consecutively. I remember getting in trouble for using all the (slime) shampoo in one bath, practicing my reaction/pretending I was on the show.

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RyanMcLeod1981@reddit

Funhouse or Double Dare. Guts for a brief moment in time when I was into the American Gladiators, but I was a kid so Guts seemed more in my lane.

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FishyFry84@reddit

Bozo

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horror-@reddit

I would like to see "You cant do that on television" make a return.

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jab904@reddit

Video Power! Running through that bonus stage and grabbing as many Nintendo games that I could felt like an impossible dream. Cool as fuck

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rick43402@reddit

Hickey Mouse Club with Tommv, Annette, Cubbies, Jimmy, etc.

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That-Jeweler-Girl@reddit

Double dare! I wanted my pair of BK Nights and gaming system!

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lukin5@reddit

Double Dare!

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LabDesperate8327@reddit

Cahcah hedz!

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cdgman@reddit

Bozo Show hands down the coolest creepiest shoddiest show of the early 80's and beyond.

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redditshy@reddit

DOUBLE DARE!!! My BFF and I created a Double Dare course in her back yard for one of her birthdays. So fun.

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BusFew5534@reddit

There was a traveling Double Dare that I was in the audience for.

I've been to the Bozo Show.

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BelliBlast35@reddit

Double Dare

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sed2017@reddit

Double Dare and Legend of the Hidden Temple

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spiniton85@reddit

Guts looked SO FUN.

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Checked_Out_6@reddit

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mka5115@reddit

Nickelodeon Double Dare I would've given anything to be on that show as a kid!!

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bony-tony@reddit

"Contraption" on the Disney Channel.

Solely because I was mesmerized by the translucent plastic tiles they used to keep score. I just wanted to hold them.

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MulberryEastern5010@reddit

Carmen San Diego or Legends of the Hidden Temple

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FethB@reddit

Double Dare all the way! Wild ‘n’ Crazy Kids was probably my second choice.

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AlwaysSleepingBeauty@reddit

Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and GUTS

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Loud-Strawberry8572@reddit

Kids Incorporated or the early early days of the new Mickey Mouse Club (1988-1992)

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LFahs1@reddit

That time when Rockapella said "don't give a damn" positively sent me.

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Fast_Satisfaction484@reddit

Kids Incorporated….I didn’t want to sit or anything, but I wanted to meet Martika.

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CornishShaman@reddit

Jim’ll fix it.
Tried multiple times to get on.
All i can say is thank fuck i didn’t!

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Firm-Boysenberry@reddit

Sesame Street

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mtrxgltchs@reddit

The Bozo Show! I wanted to play the GRAND, PRIZE, GAME!

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hocoboy7@reddit

Finders Keepers

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emsumm58@reddit

romper room, and then later double dare.

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fargoLEVY13@reddit

Duck Tales

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Aardet@reddit

Not a kid show but Supermarket Sweep (they should use the same concept but in a toy store). Also really wanted to play Plinko!

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meowwwza143@reddit

Double Dare

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OmahaWarrior@reddit

I always wanted to be on Double Dare and do the obstacle course.

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karaloveskate@reddit

Double Dare

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kal8el77@reddit

Double Dare and Remote Control.

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MakeYourTime_@reddit

Legends of the hidden temple, double dare, what would you do? And Nick arcade

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RyNysDad0722@reddit

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

I wanted to go on Double Dare so bad! But I'm an only child whose folks were divorced, so I knew I never could 🤷🏾‍♂️

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Aggressive_Power_471@reddit

Kids Incorporated

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Dare2BeU420@reddit

Definitely Double Dare

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BrightAd306@reddit

Double Dare

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313Wolverine@reddit

Double Dare

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rangeghost@reddit

What Would You Do?

youtube.com/watch?v=yXSCzZbP_O0

I always wanted to open one of the doors on the Wall o' Stuff.

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MareBear209@reddit

Double Dare:)

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dogtweredog@reddit

Play The Grand Prize Game on The Bozo Show.

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KamuiT@reddit

The one where they had the wall of doors that you could put tokens in and maybe get a pie to the face or a kickass prize.

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

Mr Dressup

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MamaTMoney@reddit

You can go visit his treehouse at the Toronto CBC lobby

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

Definitely something I would like to visit someday.

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Proud_Midnight7096@reddit

Double Dare

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Least-Task276@reddit

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood

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JFish3d@reddit

Mr. Wizard 🤓

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andiluxe@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple and GUTS, even though I wasn’t athletic in the least bit.

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VerbalK23@reddit

No one else wanted to be made to feel like a dumbass by Don Herbert on Mr. Wizard's World?

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TollyVonTheDruth@reddit

Double Dare. I really wanted a free pair of Reeboks.

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JacobStills@reddit

Guts.

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echelon_01@reddit

It's a toss up between Wild and Crazy Kids, GUTS, and Legends of the Hidden Temple.

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cabanners@reddit

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HZLeyedValkyrie@reddit

I just watched a YT on how they made Olmec and apparently he was foam and a 2x4 to run the mouth, and some radio shack part lights for the eyes. he was operated by various stage hands who also served as temple guards. Apparently the temple guards caused a lot of trauma for the contestants. The kids were ridiculously tired by the time they went through the temple.

I’d still want to be a Purple Parrot knowing all this.

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Rodeoqueenyyc@reddit

I’m sure the shrine of the silver monkey was a much harder puzzle than it seemed from at home.

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HZLeyedValkyrie@reddit

Oh I bet. I remember yelling at the tv so many times!

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Sea_One_6500@reddit

Purple parrots would have been my team choice.

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echelon_01@reddit

Blue Barracudas all the way

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Hey_C_A@reddit

Total Request Live.

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ShivvyMcFly@reddit

Salute Your Shorts. Because of this show I started going to the same summer camp each summer for years

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

I always thought bug juice was cool

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Hey_C_A@reddit

LOVED Bug Juice

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morrisboris@reddit

Kids Incorporated

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gildeddoughnut@reddit

You can’t do that on television

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Good-Operation4373@reddit

Double Dare

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Active_Two_6741@reddit

Bozo

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MadameLeota604@reddit

Pee wee’s playhouse!

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Shoulda_Ben_Aborted@reddit

Yessssss

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TheBamaChad@reddit

I don't remember the name but I think Slime Time ? On Nickelodeon lol

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Annhl8rX@reddit

There was a very short lived show called Maximum Drive that involved competing on all different kinds of motorized vehicles (dirt bikes, jet skis, ATVs…even a hover craft). THAT was the one I really wanted to be on.

Of the more well known shows, though, it was absolutely GUTS.

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randomwellwisher@reddit

Double Dare!

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jackfaire@reddit

Ramblin' Rod because it was actually possible. I grew up in Portland and it was a Children's TV show that aired cartoons and always had a set of bleachers of kids. I wanted to be one of those kids but I never got the chance.

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Wheeljack1@reddit

I went on when I was like 5. I don't remember a lot except that it was less impressive in person and they rolled out a really tiny tv for us all to watch the cartoons on.

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jackfaire@reddit

Yeah it's one of those odd childhood disappointments that I remember feeling devastated by but couldn't care less about now.

I bawled my eyes out once at not getting the teacher I wanted for 6th grade. The only thing I knew about him was that he seemed so cool cuz his students could chew gum in class.

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students-tea@reddit

+1 Carmen San Diego. Years later, in college, I met Rockapella and still have a signed CD.

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literanch@reddit

Wild & Crazy Kids

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SoundCA@reddit

That toys r us shopping spree where everything’s free for 5 mins. It planted a deep seed desire for me to go looting during a riot.

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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iknowiknowwhereiam@reddit

I'm telling!

I always loved the prize path at the end of the show

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sciencey_scully@reddit

This is the one I was looking for - I couldn't remember the name, thank you! These shows always made the prizes look soooo good!

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melissisms@reddit

Yes! I came here looking for this answer. The bizarre newlywed game for siblings was a favorite of mine.

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fatkidscandystore@reddit

It was everything! I’m telling! Was my dream tv experience.

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Rodeoqueenyyc@reddit

Can I just go to the bonus round of the sweepstakes grand prize of 2 minutes in Toys R Us sponsored by Nick???

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Danktizzle@reddit

You can’t do tha on television

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jamessheldon444@reddit

Definitely Double Dare.

2nd would be doing the "assault" event in American Gladiators.

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Acceptable-Fold-3192@reddit

Double Dare or the Bozo show to play the Grand prize Game or whatever it was called where you’d throw the ping pong ball into buckets to win prizes.

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Organic_Eggplant_323@reddit

Bozo the clown. I was convinced that I could win the grand prize game, just given the chance!

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pdxmarionberrypie@reddit

Bozos bucket challenge

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fighthouse@reddit

Nick Arcade

I spent much of my youth in front of a video console, and would always get so mad at the kids that would suck playing the video games

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CubesFan@reddit

We had a local show called Romper Room for the preschool agers, but they would often bring classes from elementary schools on the show to do stuff. We had two classes in my school and they chose the other class. I was soooo jealous. Also wanted to go on the Bozo Show. I truly believed I could win the Grand Prize Game.

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panielsrok@reddit

Wild and Crazy Kids!

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Zealousideal-Door350@reddit

Funhouse

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thesweetestberry@reddit

Double Dare.

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Diseman81@reddit

Salute Your Shorts

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No_Tart_5162@reddit

Can I tell you the show I was most afraid of being on? It was Candid Camera with Dom DeLuise. When I was a kid, I’d only cuss when no adults were around, and after watching that show, I had this deep fear that I’d get caught on a hidden camera and the whole world (including my parents) would see me cussing up a storm.

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MadameLeota604@reddit

When I was at the Gene Autry museum as a kid, there was something weird going on in the courtyard. Hidden cameras and odd things added. I stared at it for a while and told my parents who didn’t believe me. I saw it later on candid camera.

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Skott_Frii@reddit

Double Dare

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Snarkonum_revelio@reddit

I still, in my 40s, would participate in Legends of the Hidden Temple. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego is a very close second. I’m convinced this is why I love escape rooms and trivia as an adult.

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Scissorsguadalupe@reddit

Nick Arcade!!

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Echterspieler@reddit

Funhouse. It looked like so much fun

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brocbolo@reddit

What was the one where they made weird cookies at the end? With ketchup and stuff and then their moms had to guess?

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smolstuffs@reddit

Omg supermarket sweep! Yessssss

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iknowiknowwhereiam@reddit

I loved Supermarket Sweep, always go for the big racks of meat!

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smolstuffs@reddit

Kids Incorporated

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gryfter_13@reddit

Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse

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thetrappster@reddit

GUTS

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

Romper room. I actually knew at least two different kids who were on the show for a single episode.

I probably would’ve just been happy with hearing my name get called when they did the mirror thing

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-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit

My dad was one of those kids back in the 60s. My mom often tried to find a tape of the episode, but it's long lost now.

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ClasslessKitty@reddit

Bitch never said my name. I watched religiously and never once did the magic mirror say I was going to have a special day 😡

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

I’ve never heard of that show as an American?

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

Its an American show and It ran for like 40 years on PBS.

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qtjedigrl@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple or Double Dare

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Turbojelly@reddit

Games Master, and I did.

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Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

The one where Nicolas Picolas watches you play Super Nintendo IYKYK

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-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit

Same here, and holy crap I forgot his name was Nicolas Picolas.

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PlagueDrWily@reddit

Yep this would be my pick too.

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moogoothegreat@reddit

Video and Arcade Top Ten was the greatest

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callingallwaves@reddit

Wild & Crazy Kids. ...I am outing myself as core millennial who feels more in tune with xennials a lot!

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andthrewaway1@reddit

Nick arcade

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External-Remote-9119@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple!

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thedavidrose@reddit

You Can't Do That On Television

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xstrex@reddit

Wallace & Ladmo, which I did attend when they came through my city, was a fun experience.

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thisbroadreadsbooks@reddit

Guts

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amopdx@reddit

Double Dare tans then later What Would You Do looked like so much fun

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Andi081887@reddit

Wild & Crazy Kids! I was never athletic, and I felt like even I could do those challenges lol.

I wanted that Aggro Crag so bad though. But again, skills lol

And Legends of the Hidden Temple is most likely one of the reasons I have anxiety. Those Temple Guards popping out and the suspense have ruined me!

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ShillinTheVillain@reddit

Nickelodeon GUTS

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Scrodnick@reddit

Double Dare

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lady_forsythe@reddit

Carmen Sandiego or Legends of the Hidden Temple. I 100% would have been able to put together that fucking monkey.

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Consistent_Mood_2503@reddit

Double Dare!

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nothingnatural@reddit

If you were Canadian , KIDSTREET!

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SanSanSankyuTaiyosan@reddit

Damn straight!

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CalgaryChris77@reddit

Came here to say this.

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Frosty_Occasion_8466@reddit

Double Dare

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PsychologicalSoil712@reddit

The Elephant Show or Fun House

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EuniceHiggins@reddit

Supermarket Sweep

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EuniceHiggins@reddit

I was a kid and I watched it!

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DeltaFlyer0525@reddit

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Legends of the hidden temple and it’s not even close! It was like a mash up of double dare, guts, and where in the world is Carmen Sandiego. I would pay money now as an adult to run through the final challenge!

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MundaneMeringue71@reddit

Double Dare!!

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bryanna_leigh@reddit

Double Dare

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Brilliant_Addendum56@reddit

I feel like I would've rocked on I'm Telling.

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Muffin-sangria-@reddit

Guts! I wanted that glowing rock

Legends of the hidden temple too.

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Dorf_@reddit

The Price is Right, same as it is now. I was so obsessed with it when I was little I made my mom tape it every day when I started school.

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Slim_Margins1999@reddit

I went on a local show in Fort Wayne, Indiana once. Happy’s Place with Happy the Hobo. It aired after school on Fox in my area. I thought it was pretty rad at the time. Didn’t have cable so didn’t know about any of these shows people are talking about here. Lol

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Wooden_Lettuce_843@reddit

Wild and Crazy Kids

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Wooden_Lettuce_843@reddit

I still remember the name Donnie Jeffcoat.

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dadjokes502@reddit (OP)

I was an adult when I found out Omar was Cuba Goodings brother

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Wooden_Lettuce_843@reddit

Me too

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VisibleSea4533@reddit

Double Dare

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ouijahead@reddit

I wanted to get my hand up that big nose.

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BadAshBaker@reddit

My dying wish is to run the double dare obstacle course

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Kriegerian@reddit

Either Carmen Sandiego or Finders Keepers. Legends of the Hidden Temple looked cool but the thing with the medals would have massively fucked me up because I could figure out the math and known I was screwed before I started, which would have been bad for me.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Not a kid, but Battlebots.

The bots used be 2 g's and the bot survived multiple competitions, now the price of entry is at least 20 per bot and you need two to seriously compete in a competition. 🙃

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ParamedicNo4354@reddit

There were so many. Double Dare, Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?, You can't do that on television, Nick Arcade, but I really wanted to go on Finders Keepers.

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Jimmy_McAltPants@reddit

If I had to limit it to a kids show, Double Dare. But I really wanted to be on American Gladiators, specifically the one with the tennis ball gun

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B0b_Howard@reddit

Knightmare.

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

Yes!! Always wanted to somehow be on this.

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Stircrazylazy@reddit

Same here. I convinced myself I would do so much better than some of the dolts they had on there!

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dwreckhatesyou@reddit

There was definitely a minute where I wanted to live in the K.I.D.S. Incorporated universe.

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

Knightmare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare_(TV_series)

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Plumeria9798@reddit

💯 Carmen Sandiego for me. Earlier in life it was the Elephant Show. 😂

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eternallysantanasass@reddit

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? Runner up Double Dare

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Pretty_waves904@reddit

I forget the name of the show but it was jungle themed and had a talking rock named Olmec.

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Ms_Rarity@reddit

Bozo the Clown!

I wanted to lay down next to the ball buckets for the ball toss game with my toes behind the line and then when Bozo accused me of cheating, say, "But you said to keep my toes behind the line and my toes ARE behind the line!"

Take that, ya smartass clown!

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bookingsi@reddit

Knightmare

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ineffable_my_dear@reddit

Finders Keepers or You Can’t Do That

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lastcallpaul11@reddit

Double Dare #1

GUTS

Nick Arcade

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MashedPotatoesDick@reddit

Finders Keepers

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R0botDreamz@reddit

Double Dare looked so much fun. Probably first choice.

But then Video Power where you get to run through a "store" and grab as many games as you can. That was a dream.

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pls_send_caffeine@reddit

I actually was on a game show as a kid! My class had a field trip to go to a taping of Fox's Fun House and I was one of the few of us that got to be in the show as well. I was in a segment where I had to reach into a mystery box, feel something gross, and then guess what food I was feeling. Need to see if I can track down that episode...I think my kids would get a big kick out of it.

The show that I REALLY wanted to be on though was Legends of the Hidden Temple.

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elkniodaphs@reddit

I can't believe how poorly most of the kids performed on Nick Arcade. For the Video Challenge, these kids would either A: choose a garbage game... like, you could have picked Gun-Nac or Thunder Force 3, but for some reason you picked Green Dog. Or B: completely botch their gameplay challenge. I'm not trying to be critical, they're kids, but this was my authentic thought at the time as a kid myself, "If I was on this show, I'd do much better." That's easy to say from the couch, maybe I would crack under pressure.

That being said, I'd much rather appear on Starcade. It's like Nick Arcade with the gloves off. The prizes were better too.

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adamempathy@reddit

Bozo's Circus on WGN. I wanted to play the GRAND. PRIZE. GAME.

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teriKatty@reddit

Either double dare or that grand prize game at the end of the Bozo Show

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dominator5k@reddit

American gladiators

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547217@reddit

I wanted to go on double Dare and win a Nintendo. In those early days they would have the NES, the one that came with Rob the robot as the big prize and I wanted that so bad

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Asleep_Onion@reddit

Animaniacs.

I bought the DVD box set of the whole series and was thrilled that my son absolutely loved it it couldn't stop watching it. He memorized that whole entire song Wacko did where he listed every country in the world, and somewhere I have a video I took where he performed the whole thing in front of a world map poster when he was 6 or 7!

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bigbackwannabe@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple and it’s not even close

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sundae_diner@reddit

Jim's Fix It

A show were kids wrote in to Jimmy Savile asking him to make a dream come true for them on national television...

Before we knew that Jimmy Savile was a serial pedophile.

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HeyYouTurd@reddit

Fingers Keepers and Wild and crazy kids

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likeyournamebutworse@reddit

Fun House with Pat Sharp

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False-Cookie3379@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple or Guts. My favorite show from high school until now is The Challenge, that tracks. Lolz

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wmubronco03@reddit

You can’t do that on television or Double dare. The idea of getting slimed was funny to me as a kid.

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Wodentoad@reddit

Don't mind me, I'm gonna be raiding the Forbidden Temple!

I should note that I'm working on a late degree as an Archaeolgist, so.... Win?

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kurtsdead6794@reddit

Double Dare!!

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JacPhlash@reddit

Kids Inc. Like, as a grade-schooler I pretty much prayed for it. Just wanted to meet my crush, Renee' Sands.

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Grenadier_user@reddit

Legends of the hidden temple and GUTS

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Wild-Sky-4807@reddit

Square One

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Competitive-Bison@reddit

Double Dare

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harlembornnbred@reddit

Double dare easily

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Numerous-Release-773@reddit

Probably Legends of the Hidden Temple. I was a sucker for the cheesy theatrics.

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

duck tales

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TheLastBoat@reddit

I always wanted to take home a piece of The Crag.

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Rob_Bligidy@reddit

Bozo, DD, Funhouse

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spderweb@reddit

Video arcade top 10.

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casdoodle527@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple or Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego

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spoung45@reddit

I did send in to Camern San Diego, but didnt get picked...

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v3lv3tp1x13@reddit

Kids Jeopardy I have watched Jeopardy my whole life, I would’ve liked to have been on regular jeopardy as a kid, but figured the age restrictions would force me to do kids jeopardy.

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rewdea@reddit

Well, I wanted to live in the Muppet Babies nursery if that counts.

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Just-Try-2533@reddit

Remote Control!

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Efficient_Hyena_563@reddit

Zoom

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cabanners@reddit

02134! Send it to Zoom!

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Thamnophis660@reddit

See I thought I would absolutely kick ass at Double Dare. And I knew for a fact I would win at Legends of the Hidden Temple.

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CuriousLands@reddit

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? I wanted to be a gumshoe so badly, haha.

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legsjohnson@reddit

What Would You Do?

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fookewrdit@reddit

the Bozo show

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1980pzx@reddit

Funhouse and Duck Tales.

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hennsippin@reddit

Double Dare by a mile

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PearlHarbor_420@reddit

Rupert. He did the most interesting shit.

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ScreenPuzzleheaded48@reddit

Double Dare all day

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sarcasmo818@reddit

Legends of the Hidden Temple

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Professional-Loss743@reddit

Double Dare

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hyjnx@reddit

Carmen Sandiago or GUTS. Maybe Legends, they were always fumbling assembling the monkey. Always screaming at the TV "NO YOU IDIOT THE OTHER PIECE!!!"

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Tinyhulk27@reddit

While the other 6 grade teacher at our school took his student to play roller hockey and read them Jurassic Park, the one I got stuck with gave us quizzes and made us learn all the countries of the world and their capitals.

Would have killed it on Carmen San Diego

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