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==Celebrities==
Celebrities that appeared on the show included:
* [[Nipsey Russell]]{{spaced ndash}}the "Poet Laureate of Television", who occasionally presented some of his poems.
* [[Bob Eubanks]]{{spaced ndash}}sat by host Ober for the entire main game, and "coached" him on how to host a game show.
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]{{spaced ndash}}came into the basement as a category/channel. In addition, he also "tortured" that episode's two losing contestants as they were eliminated. (This was the only time that the backstage portion of the set behind the contestant area was shown.)
* [[LL Cool J]]{{spaced ndash}}made a brief appearance in one skit, where Ober stormed off stage to discover the rapper and his brother goofing around.
* [[Jerry Mathers]]{{spaced ndash}}appeared during the second half of a season three episode.
* [[MC Hammer]]{{Spaced en dash}}appeared as an announcer during one of the final episodes, which were shot on location in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{Citation|last=GameShowGarbage|title=Game Show Garbage - Remote Control's Last Days|date=2015-04-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIAcCnfOTDw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/oIAcCnfOTDw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-02-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Celebrities that played the game:
* One episode featured [[Phil McConkey]] of the [[NFL|NFL's]] [[New York Giants]] playing against [[Sidney Green (basketball)|Sidney Green]] of the [[NBA|NBA's]] [[New York Knicks]] (with his then very young son [[Taurean Green|Taurean]] on the set throughout the show). The third contestant was series regular John Ten Eyck playing [[Steve Sax]] of [[Major League Baseball|Major League baseball's]] [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. Ten Eyck intentionally gave foolish, incorrect answers as Sax, who had canceled his scheduled appearance at the last minute.
* While in syndication, ''Remote Control'' had a "World Class Athletes Day" with pro athletes who lost out on championships in recent seasons. The three contestants were [[Cincinnati Bengals]] quarterback [[Boomer Esiason]], [[New York Mets]] pitcher [[David Cone]] and [[New York Rangers]] defenseman [[Ron Greschner]].
* [[LL Cool J]], [[Julie Brown]], and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] played for charity during the second season, with Yankovic winning.
* [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]] musicians "Dizzy" Dean Davidson of [[Britny Fox]], Lorraine Lewis of Femme Fatale, and [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax's]] [[Charlie Benante]] played against each other in season three.
* Former child stars [[Brandon Cruz]], [[Butch Patrick]], and [[Danny Bonaduce]] played in season three.
* Former ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]]'' actors [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]], [[Eve Plumb]], and [[Susan Olsen]] played in the first aired episode of the syndicated run. This episode led to a writing partnership between Williams and ''Remote Control'' head writer [[Chris Kreski]], who co-authored the best-selling ''[[Growing Up Brady]]'' biography.
* The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] were contestants in the final MTV season.
* [[Kathy Orr (meteorologist)|Kathy Orr]], former Chief Meteorologist for [[KYW-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania and now an evening meteorologist with crosstown [[WTXF-TV|WTXF]], appeared on the show as a regular contestant.
* [[ESPN]] anchor [[John Buccigross]] appeared on the show as a regular contestant.