Celebrity Death Pool!

[Ran]

no one had ed mcmahon? really?

I checked the other day and was surprised no one had him.

[Sleazer]

Is it too late for me to pick Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson ????

[anarky]

Damn, even with his obviously crappy health and insanity over the past, uh, fifty years, Michael Jackson came as a bit of a shock. I guess he'll never do the late career comeback thing and redeem his title of King of Pop, unfortunately.

[anarky]

Okay, who would've guessed Billy Mays?

Except for unlimitedpudding, who probably was responsible.

[Ran]

Just this morning I was watching Pitchmen. They showed him filming an infomercial in his house. Looks like he had a young daughter around 5 years old. Too bad.

[unlimitedpudding]

It wasn't me, it was the one-armed man! For the record, I was no where near Florida at the time of Billy Mays' demise. I did try some of his products. I broke my coffee mug and that Mighty Putty fixed it right up. In a strange sort of way, I'm going to miss him. Especially since the ShamWow guy is nowhere to be found.

Farrah Fawcett got to Heaven and God offered to grant her one wish. She thought a moment and said, "I'd like to make the world safe for all the children." So, God killed Michael Jackson.

[Ran]

I'm guessing no one had Steve McNair.

Seems to be a rash of celebrity deaths lately.

[Newsbot]

LOS ANGELES -- Ken Ober, the comedian best-known for hosting MTV's late-'80s game show "Remote Control," has died.

Mark Measures, an agent at Abrams Artists Agency who worked with Ober, tells KTLA that the 52-year old was found dead at his Santa Monica home on Sunday.

Ober was last heard from on Saturday night, when he spoke to a friend and complained of a headache and flu-like symptoms.

The cause of death appears to be from natural causes, Measures said. "There weren't any obvious signs of foul play," he told KTLA.

The TV-obsessed game show aired on MTV from 1987-89 and featured such categories as "Brady Physics" and "Dead or Canadian."

It also helped introduce Adam Sandler to the world; he worked as a writer on the show (so did Denis Leary) and played the recurring on-screen characters Trivia Delinquent and Stud Boy.

Ober had worked as writer and producer on Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia" in recent years and also did a stint as a consulting producer on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" in 2006.

He also worked behind the camera on his friend and "Remote Control" announcer Colin Quinn's show "Tough Crowd" earlier in the decade.

Vynsane.com's Senor JabbaJohnL has no idea what Remote Control is.

[vynsane]

the episode of 30 rock that had tracey jordan running scared that he was going to be the 'third' celeb death was awesome.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Vynsane.com's Senor JabbaJohnL has no idea what Remote Control is.

the episode of 30 rock that had tracey jordan running scared that he was going to be the 'third' celeb death was awesome.

Both of these statements are true.

[anarky]

I'm not trying to be a smartass, but, given that you're not yet 21, I'll wager you probably haven't watched more than five hours of MTV in your lifetime, as opposed to us old farts, who probably saw more than was good for us.

Really, man, they used to air music videos, cool music video-related game shows, and Beavis & Butt-Head. I swear. Given how the network bottomed out in the early 1990s, I don't blame you if you've never turned to MTV at all.

[Ran]

Ah, yes, I remember when MTV was watchable. Beavis & Butthead, Liquid Television, Half Hour Comedy Hour (before Comedy Central). Their spring break coverage came in handy at the time since internet porn hadn't been invented yet.

I forgot about Adam Sandler being on that show. Kari Wuhrer was on that show.

And I'm on the scoreboard with Ted Kennedy.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

My sisters used to watch MTV all the time, and still watch some of those shitty Hills/City/whatever shows nowadays. I liked the Andy Milonakis Show a few years ago, but that would have been much better if it were an actual kid and not a fat old man. I think Human Giant was on MTV, too, which was pretty great. Oh, and Jackass, back when that was new, and a few spin-offs.

But, yeah, I don't really ever make a point to turn there these days.

[Sleazer]

Boner from Growing Pains

[Batman]

While your concern is... well-placed, I can assure you that Boner is safe and sound, enjoying a game of Lego Rock Band with my dear chum... Robin. I myself provided a lift in the... Batmobile, for such celebrity tournaments often attract... unwanted... attention.