Marc Summers was born on Marc Berkowitz; November 11,1951 and is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host.
31 Facts About Marc Summers
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Marc Summers is best known for hosting Double Dare for Nickelodeon, and Unwrapped for Food Network; he was the executive producer for both Dinner: Impossible and Restaurant: Impossible for Food Network.
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Marc Summers attended Westlane Middle School and North Central High School in Indianapolis and Grahm Junior College in Boston.
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Marc Summers was the first to interview for the job and was hired as both the host and producer.
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Marc Summers had a rare dramatic performance in the Nickelodeon-produced Halloween program Mystery Magical Special, which highlighted his skills as a stage magician.
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Marc Summers made celebrity guest rounds on other game shows including Scrabble, Super Password, Talk About, Lingo, To Tell the Truth, Win, Lose or Draw, and Hollywood Squares.
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Marc Summers went public about his condition on various television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Today.
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In 1999, Marc Summers produced a VHS video box set with Hollander about his experience, called Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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Marc Summers participated in a series of VHS videos for Freedom from Fear, a non-profit organization with the goal of addressing anxiety disorders and other related behavioral disorders.
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The initial doctor recommended chemotherapy, but fearing the pain and illness involved, Marc Summers sought the opinion of another oncologist in Chicago.
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Marc Summers went back to his initial doctor in a panic; ultimately the original diagnosis of chronic lymphatic leukemia was confirmed.
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Marc Summers has had PET scans ever since his chemo finished, and as of 2016 is in remission.
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In late 2019, in an in-person interview on KTLA's morning show, Marc Summers revealed that he is again battling cancer.
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Marc Summers did not volunteer which type of cancer he had, only saying that he was taking medication, and added, "I feel good, it's all going to be fantastic".
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Marc Summers created and hosted the short-lived children's game show Pick Your Brain, co-hosted Great Day America on the PAX Network, produced I Can't Believe You Said That, and hosted It's a Surprise on Food Network.
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In 1993, Marc Summers hosted a special episode of Nova, called "The NOVA Quiz", celebrating the show's 20th anniversary season on PBS.
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Marc Summers made a memorable appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 17,1994, where he sat next to Burt Reynolds.
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Marc Summers returned to Nickelodeon in 2000 as the executive consultant for Double Dare 2000, an updated version of his original show.
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Marc Summers returned to television as the host of more shows, including History IQ with his old announcer Harvey on the History Channel; the Food Network series Unwrapped; the Unwrapped spin-off game show, Trivia Unwrapped; and the Game Show Network series WinTuition.
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In 2005, Marc Summers became the host of Food Network's reality series The Next Food Network Star.
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Marc Summers joined Chef Guy Fieri as co-host of Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown in 2008.
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In late 2006, Sony Pictures Television and KingWorld planned a new game show called Combination Lock, with Marc Summers hosting the first pilot.
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Summers currently splits his time between homes in Los Angeles and Philadelphia where his company Marc Summers Productions has a branch.
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Marc Summers has hosted stage versions of The Price Is Right and credits Bob Barker and The Price Is Right for helping him pursue a game-show career.
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Marc Summers has hosted "Dunkel Dare" during the annual Beer Week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Marc Summers appears in the Good Charlotte music video for their song "Last Night", which uses Family Double Dare as the motif for the video.
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Marc Summers is the subject and executive producer of On Your Marc, a documentary that chronicles his life and development of his one-man theater show, featuring interviews with Neil Patrick Harris, Ryan Seacrest, Guy Fieri and Seth Green, and was directed by Mathew Klickstein.
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Marc Summers hosted a number of early preview screenings and live events as part of a nationwide promotional tour of the film in October 2017.
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Marc Summers returned to host a 30th Anniversary of Double Dare at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Marc Summers appeared in a commemorative half-hour special in honor of the show's 30th anniversary that aired on Nickelodeon on November 23,2016.
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In 2019, Marc Summers hosted Double Dare Live, a non-broadcast, national touring version of the show.