So what's teh deal with Ken Ober?
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 16 November 2009 12:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Stupid twitter rumour
http://twitter.com/PFTompkins/status/5768264480
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 November 2009 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh no, not Ewar Woowar :(
― Madchen, Monday, 16 November 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-banter/Anfield-Rap-co-writer-Derek-B-dead-at-44-article223623.html;(
― When she is finished, Reader, the vagina has won, hands down. (stevie), Monday, 16 November 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
This is awesome.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 16 November 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, so Ken Ober was dead, and then he wasn't dead and it was a hoax/misunderstanding, and now he's dead again. Is Colin Quinn behind this?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 November 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/11/ken-ober-mtvs-remote-control-host-dies.html
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 November 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Dead again. RIP, Ken.
― kate78, Monday, 16 November 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1626376/20091116/story.jhtml
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 November 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Ken Ober dying makes me sad. Only 52. I remember watching Remote Control, feeling like MTV's move into game shows/non-video programming could be okay, and thinking how hip and cool the show seemed (compared to, say, The Price Is Right). So long ago, I guess.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 17 November 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Malcolm Laycock
He used to do a record review programme back in 1977, I was on it as a guest reviewer.
Got a bunch of singles, oneof which, "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" changed the face of our 6th form common room!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/17/derek-b-obituary
― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
A tormented New Jersey dad, who spent nearly two decades grappling with his son's sensational molestation claims against Michael Jackson, finally ended his pain with a gunshot to the head, authorities said yesterday.The body of Evan Chandler, 65, the father of Jordan "Jordy" Chandler, was found in his luxury Jersey City apartment on Nov. 5 -- still holding his .38-caliber revolver as he lay in bed, officials said yesterday.
The body of Evan Chandler, 65, the father of Jordan "Jordy" Chandler, was found in his luxury Jersey City apartment on Nov. 5 -- still holding his .38-caliber revolver as he lay in bed, officials said yesterday.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
"Jacko_molest_rap_dad"
V.Sad.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I had a kind of sad "hey, they're rerunning Remote Control on MTV2! they never do this! wait, what does that say in the corner?" moment. It's weird because a couple months ago Ken Ober was the first celebrity name I ever found in my old employer's database and I kept trying to explain to my co-workers who he was and they had no idea.
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
xxpost not much sympathy for a dad who makes his kid lie and thus "steal"' money.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I had a kind of sad "hey, they're rerunning Remote Control on MTV2! they never do this! wait, what does that say in the corner?" moment.
Was Remote Control the MTV game-show that Jenny McCarthy was on? I think it was another.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
that was Singled Out, which was on in the late 90s, Remote Control was late 80s.
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Right! Thanks.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Was this MTV Remote Control show related to the UK Channel 4 show of the same name presented by the late Tony Wilson?
Could be some kind of game show inspired conspiracy going on.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit, Wikipedia says it was. I think I might be onto somewhere. Frank Sidebottom had better look out.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Remote Control assistant was kinda hot; her name started with an M...?
― five minutes of iguana time (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
kari wuhrer?scott seward knows her i believe.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Marisol?
― kate78, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Marisol Massey (Season One), Kari Wührer (Seasons Two and Three), Alicia Coppola (Season Four) and Susan Ashley (Season Five) were the hostesses.
don't remember marisol
― mizzell, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
kari wuhrer? scott seward knows her i believe.
No way! She was HOT.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Whenever I saw Remote Control at someone's house (we never had cable), Ober always looked like a knock-off of some other celebrity, but I could never quite place it. Maybe Bill Murray meets Steve Guttenberg?
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'd say that's right.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
You should have seen the sexy assistant on the UK version:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r234/THEFLATGIRL/FrankSidebottom32.jpg
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Close call, but I still prefer kari wuhrer.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 18 November 2009 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Sy Syms: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/18syms.html?em
― Meade Lex Louis (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Chicago-based boxer Francisco Rodriguez died Sunday night in Philadelphia, two days after his bout with Teon Kennedy at the Blue Horizon.After being stopped by a technical knockout in the 10th round, Rodriguez, 25, collapsed and was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery.Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Rodriguez was a successful amateur boxer in Chicago and turned pro in 2005.
After being stopped by a technical knockout in the 10th round, Rodriguez, 25, collapsed and was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Rodriguez was a successful amateur boxer in Chicago and turned pro in 2005.
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 10:14 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Marc Christian, Rock Hudson's partner. As the link explains, this apparently took some investigating.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 December 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP actor Richard Toddhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8394977.stm
― so says surgeon snoball (snoball), Friday, 4 December 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Paul Naschy, European Horror Star:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012112.html?categoryId=25&cs=1
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 08:54 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP, music promoter Richard Nader:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/arts/music/09nader.html?ref=arts
― the onimo effect (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Gene Barry:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKN02thd-DS-x6zBfY2Lhz616SbAD9CGSQ5G0
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 December 2009 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Dr. Malcolm Perry, Dallas doctor who worked on both JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/120909dnmetperryob.3fc0b99.html
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 11 December 2009 06:08 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Qian Xuesen, born in China, educated in the US, pioneer of American rocket science, deported in the 1950's for alleged communist activity, returned to China and helped found the Chinese space and rocket science programs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/asia/04qian.html
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 December 2009 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Harold Bell, a Creator of Woodsy Owl, Is Dead at 90http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/13bell.html
Harold Bell, who along with two forest rangers and another colleague created Woodsy Owl, the plump anthropomorphic bird in a red-feathered cap who for nearly four decades has exhorted youngsters to “Give a hoot, don’t pollute,” died Dec. 4 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 90.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 13 December 2009 09:25 (fourteen years ago) link
robert samuelson, whose Intro the Economics textbook was required reading for many undergrads (me included), is dead at 94.
― ON THE PHONE WITH THIS FAT CHICK… WHERER MY IHOP (Eisbaer), Sunday, 13 December 2009 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
TCM's "in memorial" reel for 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yzAzp7yMHU
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 14 December 2009 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Oral Roberts, the amusingly named evangelist
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
God finally called him home.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
About damned time.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
The recession hit him too.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Roy E. Disney
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Aw. He always seemed like a mensch with the company's reputation at heart.
― Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he certainly played up that image a bit. Whether or not it was always real...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I dunno. He was pretty firmly opposed to a lot of the bullshit that Eisner pulled, at the very least. Whether that was more a power play than a genuine desire to improve the company, I don't know.
― Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link