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JCWBobC 11-16-09 05:59 PM
Ken Ober dead at 52
 
I just saw on the news that Ken Ober, the host of MTVs Remote Control, passed away. Does anyone have any more information?

Bob

JumpCutz 11-16-09 06:05 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
RIP

http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/u...l-ken-ober.jpg

Numanoid 11-16-09 06:22 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
I used to love Remote Control, even though in hindsight it kind of heralded MTV's move away from music videos. It launched not only the careers of Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn (as the CNN article points out), but also Kari Wuhrer. :drool:

Wonder what the cause of death was. In any event, way too young to go.

Red Dog 11-16-09 06:41 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Damn. I remember watching Remote Control everyday.

MrSmearkase 11-16-09 06:44 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Big fan of Remote Control back in the day :(

RIP

bigjim25 11-16-09 06:45 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
"Kenny wasn't like the other kids (Remote Control)
TV mattered, nothing else did (Remote Control)
Girls said yes, but he said no (Remote Control)
Now he's got his own game show (Remote Control!)"

:rip: Ken

Jack Straw 11-16-09 07:48 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Ober and Out!

big whoppa 11-16-09 08:02 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
I enjoyed RC and yes, he was still too young.

BJacks 11-16-09 08:02 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Here's some vintage Remote Control clips that we mined from the archive today.

<embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:456937" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="configParams=id%3D1626385%26vid%3D456937%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A456937" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed>

Cardsfan111 11-16-09 08:09 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Sad to hear. Curious, like many of you, to learn the details of his passing.

Drexl 11-16-09 08:15 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Wikipedia had the cause as a heart attack, but it was later changed.

wishbone 11-16-09 08:30 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Originally Posted by Red Dog (Post 9839461)
Damn. I remember watching Remote Control everyday.
I don't remember much of the last few season or so but this was must see TV for me too.<p><html><table border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2><tr><td><img src=http://i38.tinypic.com/fo1254.jpg></td><td><img src=http://i38.tinypic.com/2ly02si.jpg></td></tr></table></html><p>Kari Wurher was sex personified but I liked Marisol Massey too.

:rip: Ken Ober

TheMadMonk 11-16-09 10:15 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Is he Dead or Canadian?

Bill Needle 11-16-09 10:32 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Always loved Remote Control. Watching Kari Wurher writhing to Colin's Tone Lōc-esque raps may have been my first sexual experience. And anyone watching Colin's cousin and Trivia Delinquent Stickpin Quinn / aka The Stud Boy could see he was going to go places.

Ken Ober's parent's basement at 72 Whooping Cough Lane will never be the same.

TOLEN 11-16-09 10:55 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Originally Posted by BJacks (Post 9839600)
Here's some vintage Remote Control clips that we mined from the archive today.

<embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:456937" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="configParams=id%3D1626385%26vid%3D456937%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A456937" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed>

I saw the guys shirt said "Hofstra" and 1989 was when I was there. Don't remember that guy or his sailboat. :D

BJacks 11-17-09 12:37 AM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Originally Posted by TOLEN (Post 9839872)
I saw the guys shirt said "Hofstra" and 1989 was when I was there. Don't remember that guy or his sailboat. :D
I had to watch the clip like five times to make sure I was hearing "sailboat" correctly. "You've won a trip to cancun, a microwave, a sailboat and a TurboGrafx-16." So random.

wm lopez 11-17-09 03:46 AM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Kari Wurher had bad face job done which changed her appearance in low budget movies.

Thrush 11-17-09 04:37 AM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Originally Posted by Numanoid (Post 9839431)
It launched not only the careers of Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn
You say that like its a good thing.

clckworang 11-17-09 09:31 AM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
I, too, loved Remote Control. I was very sad and shocked to hear about Ober's death.

Doug Heffernan 11-17-09 09:53 AM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Here's a good one from a previous contestant:

Mondo Kane 11-17-09 12:32 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
^Thanks for posting. Nice blast from the past.

Snowmaker 11-17-09 12:35 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Originally Posted by wishbone (Post 9839656)
I don't remember much of the last few season or so but this was must see TV for me too.<p><html><table border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2><tr><td><img src=http://i38.tinypic.com/fo1254.jpg></td><td><img src=http://i38.tinypic.com/2ly02si.jpg></td></tr></table></html><p>Kari Wurher was sex personified but I liked Marisol Massey too.

:rip: Ken Ober
Who was the chick before Kari? Marisol was after Kari, right?

TGM 11-17-09 12:45 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Marisol was first, then Kari I think

The Infidel 11-17-09 12:57 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Marisol, Kari, then Alicia Coppola.

wishbone 11-17-09 01:06 PM
Re: Ken Ober dead at 52
 
Originally Posted by The Infidel (Post 9840869)
Marisol, Kari, then Alicia Coppola.
And...

http://i46.tinypic.com/k0rouq.jpg
Susan Ashley, Hostess Season Five


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