Hey, guys.
This is Mat Boggs, and I'm at VidCon today in Anaheim, California, the largest video
conference, sharing secrets on how to get our videos out in the world in a bigger way.
I just found something that has been a lifelong dream for me since I was a little kid.
It's right over there.
Let's go check it out.
I love this show.
I've loved this show since I was a little kid, and I wanted to run the obstacle course
when I was a little kid so bad.
If you have ever watched this show, you post a comment, "Yes," below.
No, but what I learned here is that we can actually run the obstacle course here in VidCon,
the actual Double Dare obstacle course.
So, I'm in line, and we're going to be running this course.
The winner gets slimed.
I've always wanted to be slimed by Double Dare.
There we go, bud.
Oh, yeah.
Grab my flag right here.
All right.
Get on the hatch.
You got this.
Good job.
All right.
Now number two.
[inaudible 00:01:44].
You got it, bud.
There you go.
Okay.
So, we're in line right now, and I thought this is a good opportunity to explain how
Double Dare works.
This is an obstacle course not for the faint of heart, and the goal is to collect all the
orange flags.
You can see, there are orange flags around, and they give you obstacles like the mini
tricycle, like squeezing yourself flat like a pancake through the flattening devices.
There's one called Down the Hatch where you jump through a mouth, and you slide down the
hatch.
Whoever gets the fastest through the obstacle course, fastest time, gets slimed.
All right, here's a question for you.
I want to know, how many obstacles were on the original Nickelodeon Double Dare show
obstacle course?
27.
Oh, there were 27, total.
We used to run eight obstacles in under 60 seconds.
So, if you can't do just these four in like 20...
The goal, 20.
Yeah.
Let's see what you got.
All right?
I'm liking that dude.
This guy is good.
It's been his lifelong dream to do this, too.
That's my competition right there.
There he goes.
Oh.
[inaudible 00:03:00].
There we go.
24.9, ooh.
That's smoking fast.
That's a tough competition right there.
Matty Ice.
Matty Ice is going to be hanging out with me.
He's going to [inaudible 00:03:35].
Okay.
We have Jessica.
Yeah, 19 seconds.
19 seconds.
Jessica.
Jessica is over there.
You need to beat 19 seconds.
Jessica, I'm coming for you.
Wow.
Matty Ice is coming for you.
19 seconds.
Do not forget to grab my flag.
The camera is rolling.
Matty Ice, don't screw this up.
Let's have some fun.
VidCon, let me hear you make it loud for Mat.
Please [inaudible] now.
Here we go, Mat.
On your mark, get set, go.
Grab the flag.
Grab the flag there.
[inaudible 00:03:55].
Oh, Matty Ice, you got this.
You got this.
[inaudible 00:04:15].
21 seconds.
Oh, man.
How did it feel to wait all these years to make it to the obstacle course?
Where's the flag?
That was amazing.
This is a dream come true.
Double Dare dream come true right here.
This is what it's all about.
VidCon, give it up for Mat, ladies and gentleman.
Yes, oh, we got [inaudible 00:04:43].
Hey, Mat.
Dude, this is yours.
Thank you.
Good job.
He nailed it.
Double Dare.
I picked it!
Woo!
Oh, it was great, man.
You had fun?
I had fun.
That's good.
He told me not to forget the flag, and I got so excited, I forgot the flag.
You would've got it if you didn't forget the flag.
Yeah, you would've got it.
So, there you have it, my Double Dare adventure.
Unfortunately, no, I did not come in first, and I did not get slimed.
I came in second, but the moral of the story is that I didn't let that stop me from getting
in the game, because that's what I wanted to do.
I'm a firm believer that our job is not to tiptoe through life, hoping to make it safely
to our own death.
No.
Our job is to get in the game, to be part of the action, not to watch it pass you by.
Our job is to come to our death, sliding in sideways, in a puff of smoke, exclaiming,
"Woo, what a ride."
This is what a ride.
So, what is something that you've always wanted to do since you were a kid?
Post that in the comment section below.
Thanks so much for watching.
I'll see you soon.
Slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime, slime,
slime, slime!
Woo!
Maybe I'm glad I didn't get the slime.