{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Media Path Podcast","title":"For Each Performance, A Personal Touch & How A Western Set Was Wrangled with Barry Corbin","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4053,"description":"From classic Westerns to Emmy-nominated TV and modern-day hit streamers, Barry Corbin is the go-to-pro actor who adds his signature country charm to project after project, upstaging the leads and creating quotable TV and movie memories!\n\nBarry joins Weezy to reflect on a remarkable career that began with a childhood dream inspired by movie cowboy Wild Bill Elliott. But Barry understood early that he had no interest in being the cowboy. He wanted to be the actor who plays the cowboy.\n\nWe revisit Urban Cowboy, discussing the film's enduring cultural impact and how  younger generations still continue discovering it. Barry shares that Uncle Bob's memorable closing monologue was subject to his own rewrite, at the behest of director James Bridges.\n\nThe conversation turns to Barry's beloved role as retired astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure, which earned him back-to-back Emmy nominations. \n\nHe discusses the show's willingness to explore social issues long before those conversations became commonplace. He identifies Maurice as a man shaped by his era, and recounts a hilarious visit to the Smithsonian that ended with museum staff having to pry him out of John Glenn's Mercury capsule after an ill conceived photo op.\n\nBarry also looks back on the landmark miniseries Lonesome Dove, sharing backstage  stories about adapting Larry McMurtry's sprawling novel for television and the production's memorable budget battles. \n\nHe recalls learning to drive a six-horse stagecoach for Conagher in just two days, talks about a devoted One Tree Hill fan who had Coach Whitey's quotes tattooed up and down her arms, and confesses to some scene-stealing moments opposite Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King.\n\nPlus, Barry previews his latest project, the Apple TV+ comedy Brothers, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. \n\nAnd in IMDb Roulette, Barry reveals that Wargames offered another opportunity to add some key lines to the final cut and he takes us behind his memorable...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1GgYXD_hiwnssFuMS_Ei9MsCDyCcGaTzCMtzybbX1pQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNjgxLzE1OTg0/NjUyMTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}