Monday, September 10, 2012

Weekend Trivia: 09/10/2012

Who is the only actor to win Emmys for portraying the same TV character in both a sitcom and a dramatic series?
  • Ed Asner. He won three Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for playing TV news director Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and two Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for playing newspaper editor Grant in the spin-off Lou Grant.

What was the original candy-inspired name of ex-lax, the chocolate-flavored laxative packaged in tablet form?
  • Bo-Bo. The name was intended to sound like bon-bon.

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