Who Is Marc Summers?
Marc Summers, born in Indianapolis, 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, 1973, Marc (then a 22-year-old page) filled in. That was his break. He began warming up audiences for network programs like Soap, Star Search, and Alice, gaining exposure that finally led to his "organic" misadventures on Nickelodeon's Double Dare (which he hosted from 1986 to 1994) and What Would You Do?
Double Dare is still running strong on Nickelodeon.
Summers has also hosted ABC's Home Show, Lifetime's Our Home and Biggers and Summers, and most recently, PAX-TV's Great Day America.
As a national spokesperson for the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, he has been interviewed on Oprah, the Today show, Dateline, The Howard Stern Show, and profiled in People Magazine and USA Today.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Alice, and two teenagers.
Eric Hollander, M.D., -- who first diagnosed Marc Summers -- is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Director of the Compulsive, Impulsive and Anxiety Disorders Program, and Clinical Director of the Seaver Autism Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has authored and edited more than 300 scientific publications on psychiatric topics including obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and has received research grants and awards from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the American Psychiatric Association.
