Death Pool Update: Ken Ober, "Remote Control" host...

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/...l-host-is-dead/

 

Ken Ober, a brassy comedian best known as the host of the 1980s-era MTV game show “Remote Control,” died this weekend, Mark Measures, an agent at Abrams Artists who worked with him, said on Monday. Mr. Ober, who lived in Santa Monica, Calif., was 52. The cause of death was not immediately known.

 

Mr. Ober, who grew up in Boston idolizing game show hosts like Bob Barker and Bob Eubanks, went on to host four game shows of his own, including a revived version of “Make Me Laugh” in 1997. But his breakthrough came a decade earlier when Mr. Ober, a contestant on the televised talent show “Star Search,” became the host of the MTV series “Remote Control” in 1987.

 

That show, which was the network’s first original series to focus on non-musical content, tested participants on their knowledge of television, music-video and pop-culture trivia. The show, which also provided a launching pad for the careers of comedians like Adam Sandler and Colin Quinn, drew much of its sarcastic, self-mocking spirit from the culturally obsessive Mr. Ober, who ran the program like a late-night talk show (or frat party) and gleefully teased players who gave wrong answers.

 

In recent years Mr. Ober also worked as a producer on comedy series like “Mind of Mencia” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”

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One of the greatest game shows ever.

 

Colin Quinn and Adam Sandler made regular appearances.

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Makes me feel sad.

 

 

- And old.

 

 

That sucks.

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Drug related, no doubt.

 

RIP. Ts & Ps.

 

Also, what was the name of that hot bitchh on that show . . . Kari Wurher??? I wonder if he hit it.

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Drug related, no doubt.

 

RIP. Ts & Ps.

 

Also, what was the name of that hot bitchh on that show . . . Kari Wurher??? I wonder if he hit it.

Focking love Kari Wuhrer.

in one of my all time favorite video games, Command and Conquer Red Alert 2.

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Focking love Kari Wuhrer.

in one of my all time favorite video games, Command and Conquer Red Alert 2.

 

Wow. Still hot

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One of the greatest game shows ever.

 

Colin Quinn and Adam Sandler made regular appearances.

 

 

Too bad Quinn and Sandler didn't die with him.

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Also, what was the name of that hot bitchh on that show

 

Marisol Massey?

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Interesting view from a contestant.

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The 70's tribute episode was classic, when Ober was made up like Gabe Kaplan.

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Game Over