Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American
television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk
show host. He is best known for hosting Double Dare for Nickelodeon,
Unwrapped for Food Network, and recently he was Executive Producer for
both Dinner: Impossible and Restaurant: Impossible also for Food
Network.Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in Indianapolis, Indiana. He
attended Westlane Middle School and North Central High School in
Indianapolis and Grahm Junior College in Boston, Massachusetts. His
early careers were as a radio disc jockey and a stand-up comedian;
though he held various television production jobs before Summers'
career was boosted in 1986, when Nickelodeon hired him as the host of
Double Dare. Double Dare was syndicated within two years and had a
brief broadcast network run in prime time as Fox Family Double Dare in
1988. The show's popularity led to other hosting jobs including the
syndicated Couch Potatoes in 1989, and Nickelodeon's What Would You
Do? in 1991. GSN chose him to host its original program WinTuition in
2002. He also had a rare dramatic performance in the
Nickelodeon-produced Halloween program Mystery Magical Special, which
also highlighted his skills as a stage magician. Summers also 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.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Summers appeared
on television talk shows, including a stint on ABC television's Home
Show. After Double Dare's cancellation in 1993, Summers co-hosted Our
Home, a daily talk show aimed at homemakers, on Lifetime. Summers left
Our Home after a couple of seasons to co-host another Lifetime talk
show, Biggers & Summers.
television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk
show host. He is best known for hosting Double Dare for Nickelodeon,
Unwrapped for Food Network, and recently he was Executive Producer for
both Dinner: Impossible and Restaurant: Impossible also for Food
Network.Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in Indianapolis, Indiana. He
attended Westlane Middle School and North Central High School in
Indianapolis and Grahm Junior College in Boston, Massachusetts. His
early careers were as a radio disc jockey and a stand-up comedian;
though he held various television production jobs before Summers'
career was boosted in 1986, when Nickelodeon hired him as the host of
Double Dare. Double Dare was syndicated within two years and had a
brief broadcast network run in prime time as Fox Family Double Dare in
1988. The show's popularity led to other hosting jobs including the
syndicated Couch Potatoes in 1989, and Nickelodeon's What Would You
Do? in 1991. GSN chose him to host its original program WinTuition in
2002. He also had a rare dramatic performance in the
Nickelodeon-produced Halloween program Mystery Magical Special, which
also highlighted his skills as a stage magician. Summers also 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.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Summers appeared
on television talk shows, including a stint on ABC television's Home
Show. After Double Dare's cancellation in 1993, Summers co-hosted Our
Home, a daily talk show aimed at homemakers, on Lifetime. Summers left
Our Home after a couple of seasons to co-host another Lifetime talk
show, Biggers & Summers.
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