What Nickelodeon Slime Is Made Of — According To 'Double Dare' Host Marc Summers

Any kid who watched Nickelodeon in the '90s knows that it was all about the green slime. Marc Summers, host of "Double Dare" and "What Would You Do?" explains what it was actually made out of. A new documentary about Summers' life and career comes out later this year called "On Your Marc," and you can check out our full interview with him about his time on "Double Dare." Following is a transcript of the video:

Hi there. My name is Marc Summers.

“On your mark. Get Set. Go!”

You may know me from "What Would You Do?"

"I'm Mark Summers, and I wanna know how far you’ll go."

Slime gets identified with "Double Dare" a lot, and then again on "What Would You Do?" But it actually started on a show called "You Can't Do That on Television." What happened was, if you said the words, "I don't know," you would get slimed.

You know, it's weird. Slime is hot again. And there's all these recipes online that have nothing to do with what we used as real slime. It started off as vanilla pudding, apple sauce, green food coloring, and a little oatmeal. And that was our slime, and the consistency of that was far better than the stuff that I see today. I don't know what it is.

Did I ever get slimed? Oh yes. Numerous times.

Initially, on the first 65 episodes, I didn't get messy at all. And then the producers came to me and said, "Uh, you know, you gotta get a little messy." So the next thing I know, all the kids are trying to trash me with either slime or pies.

And you know some days I'd look like a Smurf. I'd be head to toe with blue whipped cream, blue kind of icing, whatever was on the course.

So yes, it was an occupational hazard in some ways, but it was a great way to make a living.

[claralazen]

I was on Nickelodeon when I was twelve and I got slimmed. It was cold and smooth. It had the consistency of Elmer's glue. Not chunky like it was here. The messed up thing was they wouldn't give me a towel and I had to go on and talk to the host while I was freezing my ass off in that cold studio.

[walsh]

1:11 "a little messy"




Jesus

[jakedelacuesta]

I'm Mark Summers and this is Unwrapped where we unlock the secrets to America's favorite foods.

[andrewdaut]

Me and my brother got "slimed" at the Nickelodeon hotel and it was just water and green food coloring. -_-

[faxmachine]

I kept reading "slime" as "smile" for about 5

[jonjonboi]

This guy is from unwrapped the food network show

[PJade]

I tasted the slime at Nickelodeon Studios on the tour back in 1997! They picked the kids who had the best energy and if you could answer a Double Dare question correctly, which I did both. It tasted like a combination of vanilla pudding, with chucks of pineapple. Such amazing good times!

[hugeclockowner]

This is why I never trusted nickelodeon...

[superhyrulean]

Man, Much respect to Mark Summers! he was on the messiest game show in existence and he put himself through hell for that because he has a phobia where he is scared to get messy

[AxiomApe]

Ahh, the 90s. These shows were so awesome. Along with "Global Guts" and "Legends of the Hidden Temple" . Hell yeah.

[mariemoonpie]

Unwrapped is my favorite thing that Marc Summer's ever hosted. I could watch that forever 😍

[bkb]

Wife: Hey honey how was work today?



Mark: Just a little SLIMY

[Beforethecredits]

I use to love watching "Double Dare" back in the 90s. I always wanted to get slimed, I think all kids wanted to get slimmed back then though. Maybe I should do a video essay on Nickelodeon shows?

[NachoTV]

must have been sticky with that apple sauce

[cfrygirl]

You can’t do that on television!!! Yessss!!
Loved him as a host too!

[MrTwinkieeater]

This man hosted that show with OCD. You can do anything.

[SupaEMT]

of course everyone knows _You Can't Do That On Television!_
I used to rush home from elementary school to catch the latest episode on time

[yoursjuli]

It's different now though, the Nickelodeon slime!! When it's everywhere at the KCA's it's a LOT more liquidy.

[vvsvlogsYT]

I was waiting for *"the blood of Cory Baxter"*

But that works too

[jamesallen]

You Can't Do That On Television. I miss the OLD early 80s nickelodeon. Pinwheel, Today's Special, YCDTOTV, Tomorrow People.