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Hey everybody. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Josh Yawn. I'm of the Christian religion and work as a DJ living in Southeast Texas. In addition to DJing, I've done voice-over work, hosted several one time live kids game shows, have written for an MTV game show pilot, and have been a drummer since I was 3, and have been in and out of bands since I was 10. |
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Well, let's start at the beginning. In summary, I began watching YCDTOTV in mid 80s, along with virtually everything else on Nickelodeon, especially Double Dare. As I grew older, these shows still had a special significance to me...one I never grew out of. In 1999, I began doing a website about Double Dare, www.doubledareemporium.com, and soon discovered the wonderful www.ycdtotv.com.
As my memories lived on forever on my Double Dare site, my YCDTOTV memories needed to be brushed off, which is exactly what www.ycdtotv.com provided...a good memory dusting.
As my interest remained, I began trading YCDTOTV episodes online. I made many good friends during these trades, who I still remain in close contact with today. Not only did I aquire great episodes from these individuals, but I also learned more about the show through our instant message conversations.
As 2000 rolled around, a new Double Dare series, Double Dare 2000, was put into production and most of my attention was drawn away from YCDTOTV and towards DD2K. The interest was still there, but due to the time I had devoted to watching these episodes, and creating an episode guide for my website, I did not do much to further my YCDTOTV collection or knowledge.
Around this time though, I met Byron Smith online, who later became the frontman for SlimeCon. Byron and I both shared an interest in Double Dare, and enjoyed many emails and IM conversations between one another. Byron later went on to create an online Double Dare fan club.
In 2001, after DD2K ceased production, I started trading every now and again for YCDTOTV episodes. Byron and I eventually lost contact, and my episode trading slowed down tremendously as 2002 rolled around.
A friend of mine involved with YCDTOTV informed me that a guy named Byron Smith was putting together a reunion/fan convention for the show called SlimeCon. I wondered where I'd heard the name before. It wasn't until a few weeks later that I realized it was the same Byron Smith I was friends with back in 2001. We regained contact, I started making plans to attend, and then basically donated any talents I had for SlimeCon.
At first, the game plan was for me to remix the theme song. I captured the theme song from the end of the Worst of YCDTOTV video, so that I would have a clean copy, and got to work.
As Byron and I remained to talk on a regular basis, he informed me about a YCDTOTV Match Game and YCDTOTV trivia game that would be going on with the audience members as contestants. I jokingly said, "Well, if you're accepting resumes for hosts, be sure and let me know." Byron took me serious, and then, I had two responsibilities. I was very excited.
As I steadily worked on the theme, I couldn't settle on the proper beat. Time ticked by, and before I knew it, it was one week before SlimeCon and there was no remix. Byron also informed me there would be no Match Game, only a trivia game, which was cool with me. But, there was still no theme. Byron began to ask about it on a regular basis.
It was now Tuesday. I was to leave for Canada on Thursday. Still no remix. I decided to lock myself in my room that I had turned into my personal recording studio with all my DJ equipment hooked to my computer. I finally decided on a proper beat, and got to recording. I had never fully made it through the theme with a beat before, since I didn't like any I had played with before, and soon discovered a new problem. The theme has slight tempo changes during one of the clarinet solos. Eek. It took some concentration, many attempts, and some digital editing in Cool Edit 2000, it was complete.
While I was at it, I created a couple of more themes, one of which I played completely myself, melody and all. Another was for the trivia game. Neither of these were used, but will be on this site soon for downloading.
Well, that, in a short summary, is my story. Now, go on to some actual interesting parts of the site. Hurry. Run, even.
Josh Yawn
