- Born
- Birth nameMarc Berkowitz
- Height1.73 m
- Born in Indianapolis, he paid his dues as a magician, disc jockey, comedian and studio page in Los Angeles during the 1970s. When Jack Barry's announcer fell sick on The Joker's Wild (1972), 1973, Marc (then a 22-year-old page) filled in. That was his break. He began warming up audiences for network programs like Soap (1977), Star Search (1983) and Alice (1976), gaining exposure that finally led to his "organic" misadventures on Nickelodeon's Double Dare (1986) (which he hosted from 1986 to 1994) and What Would You Do? (1991).- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseAlice Filous(June 16, 1974 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Curly hair
- His trademark ending rule - "Take The Physical Challenge!"
- Has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which was made public on television in 1996.
- Adopted stage name "Summers" because of media attention surrounding "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz.
- Suffered multiple broken bones in his face, from an accident involving a taxi, in which he was a passenger, in Philadelphia [August 16, 2012].
- He and Burt Reynolds had a water fight (started spontaneously by an aggravated Reynolds) that led to a contrived (yet still intense) pie fight on Jay Leno's Tonight Show.
- His favorite obstacle from the Double Dare (1986) obstacle course was the Gum Drop.
- I was doing warmups on TV shows, I was a professional magician at The Magic Castle. I was a regular at The Comedy Store. And I was trying to get a job as a host, but back in the day it was older guys. I'd go to audition at NBC or CBS and they'd say, 'come back when you have grey hair and wrinkles.'
- There's a game show I've created that I'm trying to get on. When you get older in the industry, when you have gray hairs and no piercings and no tattoos, it's hard to get a hosting gig, and I don't look like Ryan Seacrest.
- [When he attempted to do something other than Double Dare (1986)]: I never wanted to do a kids' show. I had zero interest in doing a kids' show. I was 34 years old and I wanted to be a game-show host. I wanted to be Bob Barker.
- [Who talked about working with Bob Barker, in his young career]: My first job in LA was a show called Truth or Consequences, which Bob Barker hosted. I was hired as an idea man to work two days a week and make $300.
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