For The Records
September, 1988
As host of MTV's unconventional trivia show, Remote Control,Ken Ober gets to smash bowls, fling cocktail wienies, sneer and generally rough up the contestants. "On our show, we can do whatever we want," says Ober, a 31-year-old stand-up comedian. "You're not going to see Alex Trebek go over and get a contestant in a headlock, are you?" During one Remote Control, a retro-Jeopardy! for the generation weaned on Star Trek reruns, three college-student contestants--usually boister...
