What TV show did you want to be on as a kid?
Posted by ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 55 comments
This shit would never fly today, but I remember one of their races were 3 kids on dirt bikes and tethered by a bungee cord. I don't think it lasted long, but it looked like a ton of fun. Anyone else remember this show? And what show would you lose a digit to be on?
elkniodaphs@reddit
I would have cleaned house on Starcade.
IceSmiley@reddit
I actually went to Starrcade and saw Hulk Hogan, Sting and the nWo wrestle
WendyPortledge@reddit
ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit
Yes my mom and I plotted how we'd win
IceSmiley@reddit
My mom used to always say, why don't they just stuff the cart with batteries 🤣
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
Yes!!!! The $1500 prize money!
missed_sla@reddit
I watched this with my mom and my dream strat was to ride in the cart with my arm stretched out to scoop everything into the cart.
WendyPortledge@reddit
Lol always thought why don’t they do that! I’m guessing there were some rules we didn’t know..
CombatDeffective@reddit
Oh, man. I loved that show. I was always jealous of anyone with an atv. I still need to get one. I did get one for the kids, however.
Adept_Pie3546@reddit
We used to ride our bikes around pretending we were driving the different things. Good times
ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit (OP)
The 6 wheeled amphibias thing was amazeballs. I still want one
CombatDeffective@reddit
MAX Amphibious 6-Wheel Drive ATVs, apparently they're still in production. Since 1969.
ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit (OP)
Maybe adult me can finally afford one. Thanks
noonesaidityet@reddit
nyXhcinPDX@reddit
Nick Arcade
ProduceEmbarrassed97@reddit
Knight Rider. I would have sold both kidneys to press that turbo boost button.
Exotic_Page4196@reddit
Supermarket Sweep. I just thought we could run the the store and grab everything we wanted on a timer and go home lmao
RemarkablePaper1798@reddit
I wanted to shove my arm up that nose on Double Dare so badly.
ughyoujag@reddit
This is the answer
ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit (OP)
Marc Summers made disgusting stuff seem so fun. Dude ws an amazing TV personality.
greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit
He was my childhood idol. There was literally no bigger celebrity than Mark Summers.
chispitothebum@reddit
This is what I was looking for. I was training for that my whole life, but never got the chance.
Revolutionary_Gas551@reddit
My Dad actually applied for it, but we never heard anything back. He loved that show lol!
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
This is the correct answer. DD was where it's at. Mark summers made that show so much fun
PvtHudson093@reddit
This one is for the Brits but I wanted to be on Knightmare.
Carpeteria3000@reddit
I wanted to be cast as a second robot child on Small Wonder. I would practice my robot voice and hope that the phone would ring from whatever amazing Hollywood backlot they made the show on. VICI needed a robot brother, and it should have been me.
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
👏👏👏
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
i wanted to get slimed so bad, pick the nose & jump into the giant sundae, and compete on American Gladiators S1
WendyPortledge@reddit
Oh man, I just remembered the other show I really wanted to be on….
Video & Arcade atop 10!
GoodOlSpence@reddit
Is that Rich Sommer?
WendyPortledge@reddit
Who? No! It’s Nicholas Picholas!
GoodOlSpence@reddit
Just pulled up other pictures of this guy. He looks different in those, but in this picture he looks like Rich Sommer.
WendyPortledge@reddit
He would have been too young to host this show then
Possible_Funny@reddit
American Gladiators always looked so cool. I still would play Assault where you're trying to get the person on the ball launcher with a variety of weapons.
DieInThyLap@reddit
Freakin_A@reddit
I would have killed my best friend for a piece of the AgroCrag
vidvicious@reddit
Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego. Whenever I watched it I answered all the questions correctly.
FooFightingManiac@reddit
Wild and crazy kids
InfamousChannel2407@reddit
This show in Australia called "Vidiot" that was like a music quiz show for kids. I can't re-watch any old episodes of it now, it's embarrassing! I can't imagine what it's like for anyone who was actually on it at the time.
Skitzafranik@reddit
Pretty much any show filmed at Nickelodeon Studios , At Universal FL !!💯💯🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Skitzafranik@reddit
This one!!! 💯💯💯🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
MulberryEastern5010@reddit
I wanted to be on either Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego or Legends of the Hidden Temple
ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit
I watched all the game shows so Jeopardy was a big one, we loved trivia in my house because I'm pretty sure mom was on the spectrum too, LOL
cropguru357@reddit
I don’t remember that show, but it looks damn awesome.
Annhl8rX@reddit
It was absolutely Maximum Drive for me. I got my first ATV when I was too young to even remember it and grew up riding dirt bikes almost every weekend. I knew I could smoke the other kids on that show!
ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit (OP)
Absolutely. 3 wheelers took away any fear of motorsport type vehicles for me.
Luminaire_Ultima@reddit
Nick Arcade. 1000 % .
thewalruscandyman@reddit
This most of all.
I did do a touring show of Double Dare in Charleston SC, but it wasn't one for TV. Marc was there though.
weedtrek@reddit
Memory unlocked. 3-wheelers were so that period.
Exponential-777@reddit
This question made me remember when Richard Dawson would literally make out with women contestants on the Family Feud. Then I stopped thinking about old game shows and can't answer the question.
jackfaire@reddit
I wanted to be on The Ramblin Rod Show it seemed cool but in the years since the way kids described it was actually kind of lame.
Junior_Mixture5645@reddit
Double Dare or Supermarket Sweep!
Disastrous-Bee-1557@reddit
Legends of the Hidden Temple. I always swore that I would be able to put that Silver Monkey together in one shot. And I’m still lying to myself about that to this day.
Gullible_Rich_7156@reddit
Wow-thank you! I thought I imagined this!
ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit (OP)
The show? I most definitely remember it, but it can be hard to find anything on it. I do believe it was a short run do to kids getting injured. But that was half of the fun, ammiright?