Ken Ober dead at 52
11-16-09 | 06:22 PM
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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. 
Wonder what the cause of death was. In any event, way too young to go.
Wonder what the cause of death was. In any event, way too young to go.
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11-16-09 | 06:45 PM
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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!)"
Ken
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!)"
Ken
11-16-09 | 08:02 PM
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Here's some vintage Remote Control clips that we mined from the archive today.
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11-16-09 | 08:30 PM
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11-16-09 | 10:32 PM
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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.
Ken Ober's parent's basement at 72 Whooping Cough Lane will never be the same.
11-16-09 | 10:55 PM
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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>
<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.
11-17-09 | 12:37 AM
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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.
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11-17-09 | 04:37 AM
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From: Under a dead Ohio sky
11-17-09 | 12:32 PM
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^Thanks for posting. Nice blast from the past.
11-17-09 | 12:35 PM
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11-17-09 | 12:45 PM
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Marisol was first, then Kari I think
11-17-09 | 01:06 PM
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