Road Rules
Go Dan!!!
TV Flash files “Go Dan!!!” as hour 66 of 219 in the TV Flash guide — Road Rules (1995–2007) on MTV, season 5, episode 7, aired 1998-02-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E07: listed hour 66 of 219 in the Road Rules guide, hour 7 of 14 in season 5. It aired 1998-02-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Roadies on the Trail” (S05E06). Next is “Athlete's Foot” (S05E08).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Go Dan!!! sit in the Road Rules guide?
S05E07 is listed hour 66 of 219 — hour 7 of 14 in season 5, season 5 episode 7.
When did Road Rules S05E07 air?
Go Dan!!! aired 1998-02-23 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this just The Real World in a van?
Companion format: same Bunim/Murray casting-for-conflict family, plus missions, an RV, and competition DNA the house show didn't score the same way.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Real World packed into an RV: missions, strangers, reality as a road trip. MTV turns docu-soap into competition — challenges, chemistry, and the pipeline that became The Challenge’s combat sport. Nineties youth TV learning to score conflict, ancestor of every later show that sent pretty people on a bus and called it a test.
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