What Would You Do? (game show)

What Would You Do?
What Would You Do? Logo taken from opening theme.
Presented by	Marc Summers
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	90
Production
Location(s)	Universal Studios Orlando, Florida
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Woody Fraser Productions Reeves Entertainment
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	August 31, 1991 (1991-08-31) – November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26)

What Would You Do? is a 30-minute television show hosted by Marc Summers shown on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1993. Robin Marrella acted as the on-camera stagehand for the show's first season. Both Summers and Marrella performed their respective duties on Double Dare, also on Nickelodeon. The show was produced in Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Florida; some early segments were produced at Universal Studios in Hollywood.

During each show, the audience viewed a previously taped segment or stock film featuring children or families or others put in unusual situations. The tape was stopped before the outcome and Summers asked the audience to vote on either what they would do in the same situation or what the outcome would be. After the results were tallied, the outcome was played.

Special guests, usually performers from other Universal Studios attractions, appeared on What Would You Do? and picked audience members to perform gross, silly or extraordinary stunts. Stunts could involve handling animals, playing a very messy version of Twister barefoot, painting, dancing or creating sound effects.

Additional segments included contests between two selected audience members ("Anything You Can Do"). These contests ranged from who could finish a glass of milk the fastest, to seeing who could inflate and pop a balloon the fastest. The end result of these contests would be the winner having the opportunity to smash a whipped cream pie in the face of the loser (or send the loser to one of the show's pie contraptions). This type of contest often pitted a child against his or her parent. This feature was used in the second (1993) season.

The end of each episode in the first season featured the What Would You Do? Medley, where certain audience members and Summers had index cards attached to their foreheads; usually, any special guests on the show would also participate in the Medley. Each card had a different stunt such as "Hidden Talent," "Peanut Butter Jumping Jacks," "Eat a Twinkie with Gravy", "put your feet in worms / dog food" or "Food Volcano" listed on it. One card would usually have a stunt based on a segment from earlier in the show. The participant either had to do what it said on the card, sight unseen, or be sent to the Pie Pod (explained below), or on some occasions the Pie Slide. When Harry from Harry and the Hendersons guest starred on the show, his card asked him to slam dunk a basketball, which he did. On several occasions, Summers' card told him to go to the Pie Pod.