The Mad Dash

Country

Canada

How it feels

Teams compete in a game show with fast-paced challenges. It was a family favorite on Canadian TV in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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What happens

The Mad Dash is a Canadian television game show created by Sidney M. Cohen (who hosted the pilot episode) which first appeared in 1978 on Canada's CTV network and ran until 1981. The series proved to be a family favourite based on Canada's BBM ratings, and was also popular in parts of the northern United States, where CTV affiliates were available to Americans living near the Canada–United States border, both over the air and via cable. Pierre Lalonde was the MC, and Nick Holenreich was the announcer for the show, which was taped at the studios of CFCF-TV in Montreal. This classic series is included in the collection of Canadian icons in the 2006 feature film Souvenir of Canada based on the book by Douglas Coupland. The series was later rerun on GameTV in Canada, from 2007 to 2010. Only a handful of episodes still exist, due to the then common practice known as wiping. Several of these episodes, including the pilot (hosted by series creator Sidney Cohen) and the premiere episode, have been posted to YouTube. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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