Comments on: TV Show with Obstacle Course from the Early 90s

Question: TV Show with Obstacle Course from the Early 90s

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:34:24 -0800

TV Show Filter: Show from the early 90's or MAYBE mid to late 80's where the final part of the show was to go through a large obstacle course. More details inside.

I remember watching this show with my aunt. The final part of the show (might have been the whole show?) was going through a large obstacle course. It was quite a large course they had to go through with some pretty cool obstacles.

MAY have been on Lifetime or a game show channel. Maybe just reruns were on these channels. May also have been on around the time as the early 90's version of super market sweep.

THIS IS NOT:
-Legends of the Hidden Temple
-Master of the Maze
-Double Dare
-The Crystal Maze

By: greenish

greenish — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:38:38 -0800

GLADIATORS!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiators_(British_TV_show)

Surely.

If I'm right, I am thrilled to have been the harbinger of such retro splendour.

By: Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell

Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:40:54 -0800

American Gladiators, perhaps? I loved that show.

By: ishotjr

ishotjr — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:44:27 -0800

Nickelodeon Guts?

By: xdeliriumx

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:47:39 -0800

Nope not Guts or American Gladiators. I am pretty sure it is no Nickolodeon show.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:48:33 -0800

Was it a kids show? Could it have been Fun House?

By: soelo

soelo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:56:11 -0800

Were the contestants kids, adults or both? Do you remember specifically what any of the obstacles were?

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:56:57 -0800

That's My Dog!

By: parakeetdog

parakeetdog — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:59:15 -0800

"Wild and Crazy Kids" maybe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_and_Crazy_Kids

By: carbide

carbide — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:02:01 -0800

No idea how similar the US version was to ours so it's a long-shot: Krypton Factor?

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:02:56 -0800

If the show was a British one, being repeated in the US, it was almost certainly The Krypton Factor. Video of final assault course.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:03:46 -0800

Huh, didn't know they had an American version. You learn something new every day.

By: TheOtherGuy

TheOtherGuy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:12:54 -0800

It's a Knockout?

Versions of which screened in Australia, the UK and the USA

By: xdeliriumx

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:19:37 -0800

Fun House isn't it. Neither is that's my dog. And definitel not Wild and Crazy kids. Not The Krypton Factor either.

It was not a nick show. It was adults I think. And it was an obstacle course that I THINK was indoors.

By: xdeliriumx

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:21:54 -0800

As for specific obstacles I remember a tube that rotated where contestants had to crawl through (much like a fun house). I can't put my finger on any other specific obstacles.

By: xdeliriumx

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:27:34 -0800

I lied. After finally finding a shitty video.. I think that it was the finale of Fun House. Ufez Jones you win.

By: peep

peep — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:27:50 -0800

Double Dare!

By: peep

peep — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:32:01 -0800

I can't read, sorry.

By: elder18

elder18 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:32:56 -0800

I just want to point out that the Wikipedia entry for Double Dare is alarmingly thorough.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:36:48 -0800

Woohoo! Now where's Johnny to tell me what I've won?

By: xdeliriumx

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:39:52 -0800

Ufez Jones you have won a Casio Calculator approximate retail value 8.99.

By: indiebass

indiebass — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:44:02 -0800

I have been trying to find any type of web-based data on the show Fun House for a while now. I was beginning to think I'd imagined the whole show...

By: greenish

greenish — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:12:27 -0800

YouTube is invaluable for disturbing footage of host Pat Sharp's early mullet...

By: alice ayres

alice ayres — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:35:01 -0800

Fun House! used to be my favorite afterschool show. Once Jaleel White (bka as Steve Urkel) was a contestant and that was the first time I saw him without the nerd costume, before Stefan Urquelle. I fell in lurve. His partner was Candace Cameron (DJ on Full House). It came on at 4:00pm and I used to have to compete with my ant watching Oprah at the same time.

I think the teams were red and yellow. My brother and I (and I'm sure every other kid) used to think we would ace the obstacle course if ever we were on the show. The hosts name was JD or DJ, and I'm pretty sure that's another reason that Jaleel White stood out, because there were two DJ's on the show that day.

It was fun times, indeed!

By: k8t

k8t — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:39:58 -0800

JD Roth, the host, is now a BigTime TV producer.

"While not working on Endurance, Roth serves as narrator on NBC's weight loss reality show, The Biggest Loser, (with Caroline Rhea and, later, Alison Sweeney), which he also co-created and produces. He also produces reality shows Breaking Bonaduce, with former child star, Danny Bonaduce on VH1 and "Beauty and the Geek" on the CW Network, alongside Ashton Kutcher (of That '70s Show fame). Roth's 3Ball Productions has partnered with Milestone Entertainment to produce the California Lottery's new game show, Make Me a Millionaire, which premiered on January 17, 2009,[3] for an initial four-year run.[1]"