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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 |
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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. |
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Damn. I remember watching Remote Control everyday.
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Big fan of Remote Control back in the day :(
RIP |
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"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 |
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Ober and Out!
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I enjoyed RC and yes, he was still too young.
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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> |
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Sad to hear. Curious, like many of you, to learn the details of his passing.
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Wikipedia had the cause as a heart attack, but it was later changed.
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Originally Posted by Red Dog
(Post 9839461)
Damn. I remember watching Remote Control everyday.
:rip: Ken Ober |
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Is he Dead or Canadian?
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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. |
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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 |
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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
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Kari Wurher had bad face job done which changed her appearance in low budget movies.
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
(Post 9839431)
It launched not only the careers of Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn
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I, too, loved Remote Control. I was very sad and shocked to hear about Ober's death.
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Here's a good one from a previous contestant:
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^Thanks for posting. Nice blast from the past.
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Originally Posted by wishbone
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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 |
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Marisol was first, then Kari I think
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Marisol, Kari, then Alicia Coppola.
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Originally Posted by The Infidel
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Marisol, Kari, then Alicia Coppola.
http://i46.tinypic.com/k0rouq.jpg Susan Ashley, Hostess Season Five |
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Damn, that's a bummer. Like many of you I used to watch that show all the time.
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When I first read the header, i thought Ken Olin (Thirtysomething) died.
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News like this makes me feel old, and sad...
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Originally Posted by Doug Heffernan
(Post 9840414)
Here's a good one from a previous contestant:
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When I was 19, I had a friend who was on the show in season 4, and so a bunch of us went to see her taping. She ended up winning a trip to Cancun by setting the record for the fastest bonus round win.
A friend and I had so much fun during the taping that we decided to keep going back, over and over, that summer. The show used to shoot 4-5 episodes a day at a studio in Spanish Harlem. We got to hang out with Colin and several of the production folks a lot, and Mark Cohen, who used to do audience warmup. (People would ask, when they saw Alicia, "What happened to Kari?" and his standard response was "She spontaneously combusted at a Slayer concert.") We actually were in the audience shots so many times that they started asking us to sit in the back during certain cutaways. We were invited to the wrap party, but couldn't go because we left on vacation a few days before. They also gave us a Zenith multibrand remote, which back in 1989 was a pretty cool and expensive toy. Lots of fun, and a great way to spend the summer after our first year of college. |
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MTV is currently airing a couple episodes of Remote Control in honor of Ober.
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
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MTV is currently airing a couple episodes of Remote Control in honor of Ober.
I can't believe prizes included audio cassettes and 110 cameras. Those sucked even in 1987. |
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