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 . Blog : Remembering Ken Ober . 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 . '' Ober 's agent , Mark Measures , said Ober was found dead at his home in Los Angeles . No cause of death was immediately known .
MTV pop-culture game show first aired in 1987 . Ober , 52 , found dead at home , his agent says . `` Remote Control '' helped launch careers of Adam Sandler , Denis Leary , Colin Quinn .