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CrankyPants
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Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
So mysterious and sad:
Control' Host, Dies at 52
By Rick Porter, Zap2it | Monday, November 16, 2009, 4:37 PM
Ken Ober
Peter Kramer/Getty ImagesAt first blush it looked like the latest fake-death rumor on the Internet: According to sketchily sourced reports, Ken Ober, the comedian best-known for hosting MTV's late-'80s game show "Remote Control," had died.
Sadly, though, this rumor turns out to be true. Ober's reps confirm to Zap2it that he passed away over the weekend at the age of 52. No other details were available late Monday morning.
Ober had worked as writer and producer on Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia" in recent years, and he did a stint as a consulting producer on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" in 2006. He also worked behind the camera (and occasionally in front of it) on his friend and "Remote Control" announcer Colin Quinn's show "Tough Crowd" earlier in the decade.
To legions of Gen-Xers, though, he'll be remembered as the host of "Remote Control," the TV-obsessed game show that aired on MTV from 1987-'89 and featured such categories as "Brady Physics" and "Dead or Canadian." It also helped introduce Adam Sandler to the world; he worked as a writer on the show (as did Denis Leary), and he played the recurring on-screen characters Trivia Delinquent and Stud Boy.
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Donna
1 year already!!
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
I saw that 
I used to love that show, always wanted to be on it and sit in the recliner
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Phyl
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
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mrswask
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
What??? OMG - I'm SO SAD!!! I LOVED Remote Control and loved that show! I was so bummed because Remote Control came off the air the year is was old enough to be on it!
So sad - sat in the same row as him at an INXS concert around the time the show was really popular and got his autograph.
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mathteach
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
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DayDay
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
Posted by Donna
I saw that
I used to love that show, always wanted to be on it and sit in the recliner
Me too.. I thought it was a really cool concept for a game show!!
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| Posted 11/17/09 4:00 PM |
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
So sad He was young
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| Posted 11/17/09 9:19 PM |
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IrishTracy
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
He was so young. I used to love that show. A friend of mine was on it & won everything.
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| Posted 11/18/09 8:41 AM |
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Ken Ober, the comedian best known for hosting "Remote Control," died over the weekend.
ah...brings back fond memories of when Music television was actually about music. RIP Ken...
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| Posted 11/18/09 8:49 AM |
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