Word: byner
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...stage, with a voice that can rally a herd of elephants, but seems oddly muted here, perhaps to suit his sober theme. The cast around him works hard, including pros like Roger Bart (who replaced Saturday Night Live?s Chris Kattan at the last minute) and comic John Byner (slyly underplaying as Charon, the wisecracking pilot of the boat to Hades). And director Susan Stroman (The Producers) has pitched in with everything from bungee cords and backflipping frogs. It all might have worked if the central conceit didn?t seem so fusty and out of touch. Summoning George Bernard Shaw...
...awkward but cerebral Bernie Kosar joined the team; for the next nine years he proved the value of substance over style, and three times lead the team within a win of the Super Bowl. In the '87 AFC Championship at Denver, as Earnest Byner appeared to be scoring the tying touchdown, my dad and I leapt in unison, elated - only to fall to earth and see that Byner had fumbled, and the season was over. Many fathers and sons share triumphant memories, and we too have our share. But we also have the Byner fumble, and though it continues...