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Ken Ober from MTV’s Remote Control found dead in his L.A. home
Ken Ober, comedian best known as the host of MTV’s Remote Control, was found dead in his L.A. home on Sunday. He was found by his son Jason, according to his agent. Born in the Boston, MA suburb of Brookline in 1957, he spent most of his childhood growing up in Hartford, CT. He was a 1980 graduate of UMASS Amherst.Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Ken Ober, whose MTV game show “Remote Control” was among the network’s first forays into non-music programming, has died at age 52, his agent said Monday. Ober hosted five seasons of “Remote Control,” a pop-culture quiz show that featured contestants strapped into easy chairs to answer questions from categories such as “Dead or Canadian?” The show first aired in 1987 and helped launch the careers of comedians Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn, who was the program’s announcer. Ober later moved behind the camera as a producer of the Comedy Central program “Mind of Mencia” and the CBS comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”
He was apparently complaining of flu-like symptoms, headaches, and chest pain when he was last heard from days earlier, and some reports suggest that he died of a heart attack.
Ken Ober, I watched your show a lot in the late 80s. I thought it was so so cool how you proved that MTV was more than just music videos.
Here’s a great clip of Remote Control featuring Colin Quinn singing some CCR:
Also, I don’t know if youze guys remember this, but he was the guy on the couch in the Blues Traveler video for Hook, back when John Popper was fat. Towards the end of the video, every time he uses his remote control to try and change the channel, it keeps switching back to Blues Traveler. That sounds like a living nightmare.
Tags: adam sandler, blues traveler, colin quinn, denis leary, died, game show, heart attack, hook, john popper, ken ober, ken oberding, mind of mencia, mtv, remote control, the new adventures of old christine
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Gidget, the Taco Bell chihuahua, has died
Taco Bell’s chihuahua Gidget, the one made famous by the Yo Quiero Taco Bell commercials, has died at the age of 15.Farewell, Gidget. You introduced the chalupa and the gordita to me, and promoted that 90’s Godzilla movie that I wound up seeing. I will never forget you.
I’ll be pouring a little baja blast Mountain Dew on the curb in your memory.
Via AdFreak.
Tags: baja blast, chalupa, chihuahua, commercials, dead, died, gidget, godzilla, gordita, mountain dew, taco bell, taco bell dog, yo quiero
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Holy shit, Michael Jackson died
Michael Jackson, perhaps the biggest pop icon of our time, died suddenly yesterday in Los Angeles. The King Of Pop’s career and personal life took odd and controversial twists and turns in later years, but albums like Thriller absolutely defined our generation. He was a truly electrifying performer.
Tags: cardiac arrest, dead, died, heart attack, king of pop, los angeles, michael jackson, sudden death, thriller
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A permanent lapse of Richard Wright from Pink Floyd
Keyboard player and founding member of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, died today in Britain after struggling with cancer. He met fellow band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason white attending Regent Street Polytechnic (now The University of Westminster) in 1965 and played on every album except The Final Cut.Though dominated by Roger Waters and later, David Gilmour, Wright had a heavy influence on the band’s sound and wrote songs as well. Some of his more recognized compositions, like “Us And Them” from Dark Side of the Moon as well as his early keyboard and synthesizer work introduced the rich synth sound to other bands in the 60s and 70s.
From the New York Times
A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65. Wright died Monday, September 15, 2008 after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. His family did not want to give more details about his death… He wrote “The Great Gig In The Sky” and “Us And Them” from Pink Floyd’s 1973 “The Dark Side Of The Moon.” He left the group in the early 1980s to form his own band but rejoined Pink Floyd for their 1987 album “A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
Tags: 60s music, 70s music, 80s music, a momentary lapse of reason, dark side of the moon, david gilmour, dead, death, died, nick mason, pink floyd, regent street polytechnic, richard wright, roger waters, sigma 6, synth, sythesizer, the final cut, the great gig in the sky, the university of westminster, the wall
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Snowman… You got yer ears on, good buddy?
Jerry Reed, the Eastbound and Down scene-stealer in Smokey and the Bandit, also starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, died this past Sunday, August 31st, in Nashville, TN. He was 71.Besides his films, Reed was an accomplished guitarist with a successful music career, winning a Grammy in 1972 for best male country vocal performance for his song, When You’re Hot, You’re Hot.
He also, of course, wrote the theme song to Smokey and the Bandit, Eastbound And Down. Here it is in this great scene/montage from the movie:
R.I.P., Snowman.
Tags: burt reynolds, cb, dead, death, died, dies, ears on, eastbound and down, good buddy, grammy, guitar, guitarist, jerry reed, radio, sally field, smokey and the bandit, snowman, when you're hot you're hot
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