Nickelodeon Hosts Mike O'Malley and Kirk Fogg Confirm They Completed the Challenges on Their Shows

Nickelodeon anchors Mike O’Malley and Kirk Fogg were masters of their own games — with small advantages.

Speaking of their comeback games Nickelodeon Guts and Legends of the hidden temple at 90s Con in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Friday, September 13, O’Malley and Fogg said they personally tackled the ultimate challenges that twelve-year-old contestants famously faced at the end of each competition episode .

For O’Malley, 57, that came in the form of climbing Intestines‘ mountain Aggro Crag. Competitors had to complete the challenge mostly in the dark because different elements were thrown on the way to the top.

“That being said, I haven’t gone through it with all the effects,” the Emmy nominee said. “The children had glasses … and [the effects] the boys were pranksters, throwing styrofoam rocks.”

“They had to perform with nuclear flying crystals – you can only imagine how toxic that was,” joked O’Malley. “For children in the dark, with googles on, fog, smoke, confetti. I didn’t do it that way… We asked for a lot [the contestants]. You can imagine how much, as an adult, you lose focus.”

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In Fogg’s case, he had to run through an entire temple that the kids had to complete in 3 minutes or less to win the grand prize, facing dead ends, locked guards, fearsome temple guardians and more.

The host, 64, did his own screening during the show’s first season in 1993, but “all doors were open,” Fogg admitted.

“You had to watch your head,” he continued, noting that he was a little taller than the average 12-year-old. “I wore a helmet. I wanted to make sure every season I could get in and out in 3 minutes, and I did.”

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Mike O’Malley and Kirk Fogg at 90s Con in Daytona Beach, Florida on September 13, 2024.

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They discuss their own series and similar Nickelodeon competition programs Nick Arcade, you get it and Double DareO’Malley said kids in the ’90s “watched because they imagined themselves” in the contestants’ shoes.

“The whole thing about Intestines it was like, ‘What if I could dunk a basketball?’, when you’re a kid [and] you pretend you are [Michael Jordan]. So that’s what the show was about.”

He continued joy alum, “Kids have a different experience laughing and having fun when their parents aren’t around. That’s just the facts. It’s just really hard as a parent to not be their parent at all times.”

90s Con Florida runs through Sunday, September 15th at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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