Damn, this is such a tough choice but I think I would pick GUTS. Simply for that trophy and to show off the athleticism I once had in my youth(yeah right). Legends of the Hidden Temple was entertaining as hell though...I would scream at the TV just rallying these kids on. I think I only saw maybe a handful of teams that actually beat the Temple however, but when they won it made my day. Props to Double Dare though, it was a great show and I remember it being a favorite of mine. Even had some cheesy shirt with the logo on it. Marc Summers is probably the friendliest guy alive, even though he has a bit of OCD if I'm not mistaken.
I would have to say Legends of The Temple. I always used to think that if I was on the show I would kick the shit out of the temple guards and keep going.
Sorry, kids. I don't know what weird shit shows you're talking about on here, but like I said earlier: Funhouse stills own you. It had hosts with Mullets, a funhouse, trivia questions that mongoloids could answer, and a giant gay creep that shot you with silly string when you opened his closet (everything I just said is a fact). Host J.D. "Ginger Mullet" Roth: Tiny, the huge creepy fag-tron that chased kids around on the show (nothing wrong with that since it was the 1980's). In the funhouse, you open his closet door and he shot kids in the face with silly string. You think I'm LYING, don't you?: Grab the secret "Power Prize" in the funhouse, and win an ecomony vacation to Disney World!: ...so you can take your weird shows with pussy kids wearing safety harnesses and shit, and stick them all up your collective ass. 80's style, bitches. That or NOTHING.
Sometimes I wonder why the nation doesn't just erase the 80's from its collective memory. I suppose one could argue it already has. FOCUS: LotHT, like everyone else said. In other 90's Nickelodeon news, I miss the hell out of Stick Stickly. ...Looking back at that video, my mind goes straight to the gutter. How did they get away with this shit?
I voted for Guts solely because I want to have sex with Mo. "Let's go for the scores to Mo, MO!" -"In first place in the lead...."
Skipping ahead a generation, this is what I grew up with: Fucking YTV's UhOh. Seriously look at this guy: Fuck me, I actually feel sorry for this guy. He probably used to ride some ghetto bus home everyday wishing someone would shoot him in the head to end his shitty existence on this earth.
It would probably be Nick Arcade, just because I was overwhelmed and obsessed with video games as a kid. They were the coolest and best thing at that age. Even if the show itself was poorly produced and had an idiotic format, in retrospect. Legends of the Hidden Temple was a close second, because it was the most entertaining of those kiddie shows to watch, with the best format. Guts was fun, but realistically, I would have fucking sucked at it. I was the tallest, biggest, and strongest kid in primary, and was also among the fastest runners. However, when it came to agility and coordination, I was pathetic. I couldn't jump rope, do the monkey bars, climb along a rope, or any of those basic childhood activities, which would have killed me. I kind of hated Double Dare; lots of stupid trivia questions that I would ace now but despised and knew nothing of back then, plus getting shitty green slime dumped on you. No thanks.
I would take Guts. Nine year old me had a deep desire to whoop some aggro crag ass. Also the co-host was one of my early childhood crushes.