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2 unusual facts about Marc Summers


Marc Summers

Summers joined Chef Guy Fieri as co-host of Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown in 2008.

Summers was a young page at CBS when The Price Is Right premiered with The Joker's Wild and Gambit in 1972, and he often asked advice of Barker, Jack Barry and Wink Martindale—the shows' respective hosts—about a hosting career.


Jeff Sutphen

On the second episode, former Nickelodeon game show hosts Marc Summers, Phil Moore and Kirk Fogg were guests.

Keynotes

The host of the first pilot in 1986 was Kevin O'Connell, with Marc Summers of Double Dare fame as announcer, while the second pilot from 1989 was hosted by Clint Holmes.

Mystery Magical Special

Primarily, the special was designed to show off the talents of stage magicians Lance Burton and Tina Lenert, as well as capitalise on Marc Summers' then-newfound fame as the host of the game show Double Dare.

The XYZ Affair

During the summer of 2007 the band filmed their first music video for All My Friends featuring former Nickelodeon TV personalities Marc Summers, Danny Cooksey, Michael Maronna and Jason Zimbler.


see also

The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime

Marc Summers was the show's announcer for its first few weeks and Johnny Gilbert announced the remainder of the series.