While this man was on an unsuccessful trip to Australia to cure his swearing habit, Pete Harman reverse-engineered his best-known product.  
This man operated Mississippi's first luxury motel, where guests could pay to have a crow named Jim Crow pick the coin from their cuff.  On May 7th, 1931 this man was driving a car from Hell's Half-Acre which got into a gunfight with Matt Stewart, who was painting over a rival's service-station ad.  While this man was on an unsuccessful trip to Australia to cure his swearing habit, Pete Harman reverse-engineered his best-known product.  This man got screwed when his business was bought by Smirnoff distributors Heublein Inc.  After handshake deals, (*) restaurant owners would receive packets of a key component of his product.  This man supposedly cursed the Hanshin Tigers and was a mentor of a young Dave Thomas.  In recognition of this man's charity work in Corbin, Governor Ruby Laffoon awarded this man an honorific title.  Recently, this man has been played by Norm McDonald and Jim Gaffigan.  For 10 points, name this founder and mascot of KFC.
This man operated Mississippi's first luxury motel, where guests could pay to have a crow named Jim Crow pick the coin from their cuff.  
Colonel Sanders [or Harland David Sanders; prompt on The Colonel] 