Harry Brock's junkyard business is described in the play as a million-dollar operation. The show is opening on Broadway in mid-January. The 40-year-old "Born Yesterday" was revived last year at Cleveland, and Asner stayed with it when it went on tour, most recently in Washington. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral," playing Thomas Beckett. His first role was in an "extracurricular" university production of T.S. In 1947 Asner went off to the University of Chicago. "I wanted to get out of the junkyard and be a knight in golden armor like my imaginary heroes," he said. Asner says he still remembers his own junkyard days.īack then, Asner was a kid reading all the adventure stories he could find - and "yearning." But his latest role is that of junkyard magnate Harry Brock in a revival of the play "Born Yesterday."It's the kind of coincidence that can happen to an actor in a long career.
The junkyard is still doing business as "Asner Iron and Metal."Īt the age of 59, the chunky actor is best known for his TV portrayal of newspaper editor Lou Grant. Mathieu says he tells his younger teammates striving to win jobs to simply play hard as they can while setting aside the pressure.Ed Asner grew up working at his father's Kansas City junkyard.
We don’t do anything live out here in practice, so we find out if guys can cover, if they can block, they can tackle out here during preseason games.” This year with the preseason games, that’s the only time that we really get to evaluate guys on teams. “We had to release guys last year that we never really knew if they could play or not,” Toub said. Special teams coordinator Dave Toub is grateful preseason games returned this year to help evaluate young talent, especially with the first roster reduction from 90 players to 85 on Tuesday. With only three preseason games this season, that also means fewer snaps for players on the roster bubble. Obviously, you don’t want any mental errors.” “I think the most important thing you want to be able to communicate. “Obviously you want to see the young guys kind of step up, make plays,” Mathieu said. Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy he has been pleased with the communication he’s seen. Free-agent acquisition Joe Thuney at left guard headlines the rest of the group rounded out by three rookies: center Creed Humphrey, right guard Trey Smith and right tackle Lucas Niang. The Chiefs expect to start five new faces on the line protecting Mahomes against the 49ers, starting with left tackle Orlando Brown Jr., who arrived during the offseason via a trade with Baltimore. “You always like a score, but at the end of the day, I think if the communication, the procedures of in and out of the huddle with so many new guys, especially on that offensive line, I think that would be a win for me just throughout this first game,” Mahomes said. For quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the results in this first preseason outing matter less than the process. (AP) - With only a few practices remaining before breaking training camp, the Kansas City Chiefs take a business trip on Saturday to visit the San Francisco 49ers.