Comments on: R.I.P. ‘REMOTE CONTROL’ GUY

By: ArmedNDrunk

ArmedNDrunk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:32 +0000

Is that Corky leaping into shot at 2.44?

By: UbenHadd

UbenHadd — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:20:17 +0000

Damn, that was a great show with a great cast of nobodies for the time.

I agree with pretty much everything Bacon said. It was not on during prime time on MTV, maybe the syndicated version was. Final round was 30 seconds.

Anyway, R.I.P. Ken Ober.

By: Kenosha Kid

Kenosha Kid — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:27:04 +0000

Should have been Spenser and Heidi.

By: Kid Presentable

Kid Presentable — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:03:03 +0000

Watching Ober’s rotting corpse for an hour would be more entertaining than MTV’s new NJ guido show.

By: Upstate Underdog

Upstate Underdog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:38:03 +0000

What Bacon said.

By: Enrico Pallazzo

Enrico Pallazzo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:08 +0000

Should have been you, Colin Quinn.

By: Bacon

Bacon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:14 +0000

settle down. Remote Control was great, and IIRC, was not even on during prime time, so not like it took away much from the videos. Plus the final round was guessing 9 videos in like 30s or a minute. Which is why they couldn’t do a reboot today, because who the hell would be able to identify 9 current videos since no one will play them?

The Real World is what kicked MTV’s downfall into overdrive.

By: themailman

themailman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:06 +0000

So from what I can tell, Ken Ober is responsible for being the face of MTV’s downfall, hosting the first of hundreds of music-unrelated programs which plague the network and its bitter, jaded former fans to this day. Super.

By: La Schmoove

La Schmoove — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:42:27 +0000

For serious, That one clip was 100000000000000 times funnier than anything MTV has shown in the last 5 years. Remote Control was so awesome back when MTV mattered.

Having said that, I apologize in advance if MTV comes up with a “Remote Control” reboot because of this comment.

By: Stinky Pete

Stinky Pete — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:29:58 +0000

Mr. Ober will be buried next to his career, which died in 1992.

Seriously, I used to love Remote Control, and even your realization that it started MTV down a path that eventually brought us My Super Sweet 16 and Heidi Montag can’t change that.