out while he/she was inside the Fun House. In addition, one tag was designated as the day's "Power Prize" and secretly revealed as such to the audience and home viewers before the round began. If either teammate picked up this tag, both of them won a bonus vacation trip. Prize totals on the show were usually much higher than were available on other children's game shows of the time such as Double Dare or Finders Keepers, the latter of which was also produced by Nickelodeon, also launched in syndication in 1998, and taped in the same studio complex as Fun House. A team on either of those two shows could usually walk away with approximately $2,000–$3,000 in cash and prizes. Fun House, on the other hand, offered significantly higher stakes; the prizes in the Fun House had a combined value that approached and usually exceeded $10,000, and it was not entirely uncommon to see a team walk away with over $3,000, $4,000, or even higher winnings. Pilot The pilot for the series featured several differences. First, voiceover artist Brian Cummings (of Let's Make a Deal 1984-1985 fame) filled the role of announcer. Tiny Hurley was involved in the production, but his role was different (see below). Four stunts were played, with cash at stake rather than points; the winning and losing teams in each stunt received $25 and $1, respectively. The winners of the Grand Prix won $50, and tokens in three different colors could be picked up from the stations during the race: red ($10), white ($25), and blue ($50). The Fun House featured a total of $25,000 in cash and prizes, and each teammate was only permitted to grab two prize tags at a time, but could take as many cash tags as desired. One room contained a device called the Button Banger, which awarded a random cash bonus of up to $2,000. Once the Fun House run ended, Roth checked each of the prize tags by inserting them one at a time into a scanner on the podium to determine if the team had found the Power Prize. Hurley announced the result of each scan; if the Power Prize was found, the team won every prize on offer for the day. College Mad House College Mad House was a spinoff of Fun House that featured two teams of young adults representing various colleges and universities, with the