Jackie Gleason - 9-12

Best known for his work playing Ralph Kramden in the comedy-favorite television series The Honeymooners, Jackie Gleason was also a popular movie actor and a well-regarded band leader.  How Sweet It Is (For Lovers) was the forty-fourth album Gleason released in a musical career that spanned from the 1950s through to the early-seventies.  He ultimately released fifty-seven albums during his musical career.  How Sweet It Is reached the seventy-first place in the Billboard Top 100.  

Question:

Jackie Gleason was nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar award for what movie:

a)  The Hustler

b)  Smokey and the Bandit

c)  The Color of Money

d)  The Toy

e)  The Honeymooners

Answer Below

Today in History

On September 12th, in the year 1964, the United States Congress designated Canyonlands as a national park.

Located in Southeastern Utah, erosion inspired by the Colorado River created the majestic landscape that makes it comparable to its more-famous neighbor, the Grand Canyon.  Indeed, the sole reason many Americans may be aware of it at all is because of the memorable last scene in the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.

Births

Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in segregated Oakville, Alabama.  A famous African-American sprint runner, Owens won four Olympic Gold Medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, famously defeating athletes selected by Hitler's Nazis to show off to the world their "Aryan racial superiority."  

Owens displayed great grace in victory and became a national celebrity after the games.  When asked how he was able to run so quickly, he explained that. "I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible.  From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up."

Barry White would have celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday today were it not for his untimely death.  The highly-popular, award-winning singer with the resonant voice passed away ten years ago, after a career spanning four decades and many awards.

Quote:

Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form.  It made the consumer beautiful.  The consumer was the star. -- Barry White

Answer:  a)