The New York Times is reporting that comedian Ken Ober, best known as the host of MTV’s“Remote Control,” died this weekend of unknown causes, although he had been complaining of flu-like symptoms. He ...

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Ken Ober, a brassy comedian best known as the host of the 1980s-era MTV game show “Remote Control,” died on Sunday, Mark Measures, an agent at Abrams Artists who worked with him, said on Monday. Mr.

Remote Control is a TV game show that ran on MTV for five seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program. New episodes were made for first-run syndication from 1989 ...

Host of the MTV game show "Remote Control," Ken Ober, died this weekend, it was reported Monday. He was 52. A cause of death has not been released, the New York Times reported: Lee Kernis, a manager ...

Ken Ober, a 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 today. Ober, who ...

People of a certain age (say, between the ages of 35 and 45) will remember MTV’s very first original non-music show “Remote Control.” Host Ken Ober presided over a Gen X trivia game in which the ...