he pushed them and drove them. everybody knows about that. kbu for every second that he pushed you, he had his arm around you also telling you how good you could be. ju judith light plays mrs. lombar lombardi. i think the success of the play is that the women who come love it. i think that s judith. she s wonderful. it was hard for her. you didn t know if he was going to come home and hug you or bring the frustration of the day with him. the judgment could have been made that vince lombardi brought his job home and it affected his home life. and i think you depict that very well in the play. yeah, that s a major part of the play, and by the coach s own admission. you know, he was not the best father. but he was a very good teacher. i think his relationship with his daughter was more as a
and he drafted the first black linebacker, did he not? yes. we all hear about there were no black quarterbacks. there were no black linebackers. and what about the players who see the play and the question comes up, could vince lombardi coach in the nfl today, what do they tell you? it s amazing. younger players said i don t know if he would get away with that today, but every person who played with him said are you kidding? the coach is so far ahead of the game. . sonny jurgensen said he was working on a new offense and that ended up being the west coast offense. he was the nfl. his name is on the trophy. you do a great job. it s the broadway play. it lombardi. it s a great play. dan lauria, great guy. a striking resemblance to the two men.
i think what s interesting is that mike pence could be running against mitch daniels from his own state, the governor of indiana. that makes a lot of this very interesting for political watchers. what do you think about these candidates? i did a panel on the fairness doctrine with mike pence and you ll be surpriseded to know. he thinks radio is just fair enough right now that rush limbaugh is on a few hundred thousand more stations than you and i are. he has a lot of listeners. . well, when you re on that many station, you can t miss. coming up, we ll have club ed and just in time for this football championship games, actor dan lauria is here to talk about playing legend tear coach vince lombardi on broadway.
dan lauria plays lombardi. i had a chance to talk to him earlier today. and dpan lauria plays vince lombardi in the play on broadway lombar lombardi. not only do you look at him, but you nailed it. is this a hard personality to do? i ve had access to so much footage. and for the players, if i need to talk to jim taylor, i can call him. it s been great. i ve had a lot of help. i played hoffa two years ago, nobody wanted to talk about it. you ve done almost 140 shows on broadway. you re signed up through june. the reaction in the nfl has been really pleased with the reaction, the pr for them. oh, yeah. i mean a lot of young people today know the name lombardi because of the trophy, but they don t really know about the man. so i think roger goodell and the nfl is very happy with the way
and still pay the mid-size price. now this.will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. we have arrived at the nfl conference championship weekend. in the afc, the jets are in pittsburgh to take on the steelers. over in the nfc, it s the oldest rival in the national football league. the green bay packers take on the bears. the paeshs-bears rivalry, it goes all the way back to 1921. the two teams have played 181 times. the bears have the slight edge, winning nine more times. this time, they re playing for a shot at the lombardi trophy. named after legendary packers coach vince lombardi. his story has made it all the way to broadway. we went to see the show.