KC//CRIMSON
8/11/2008, 05:10 PM
Switzer back on screen with appearance in 'Saving Grace'
Barry Switzer is no stranger to Hollywood. His credit list is getting long. Switzer has played himself or a quite-the-character coach on "Arli$$” and "Coach” for the small screen and "Any Given Sunday,” "Varsity Blues” and "Possums” for the silver screen.
And now he's back. Switzer will play himself on the Aug. 11 episode of "Saving Grace,” the TNT drama that is set in Oklahoma City and stars Holly Hunter as a troubled police detective who is counseled by an angel.
"It's over the top,” Switzer said. "Holly Hunter's pretty sexy. A rogue. It's about saving a girl that's lost.”
Switzer obviously knows more about the premise than I do. I haven't seen "Saving Grace,” beyond a couple of clips.
Some like the show from an OKC perspective; it's cool to see Oklahoma City cop cars and catch the decidedly Oklahoma names of characters. Hanadarko. Stillwater. Dewey. Ada. Perry.
Others, not so excited. The media critics at thelostogle.com, for instance, decry the appearance of a palm tree in the foreground of a kiosk selling Sooner gear.
The show's creator and executive producer, Nancy Miller, grew up in Oklahoma City and is a big OU fan. When "Saving Grace” was first being filmed, Switzer hosted both Miller and Hunter in his home and took them to a Sooner game.
"They try to promote the Oklahoma Sooners on the show, I know that,” Switzer said.
In the Aug. 11 episode, Switzer is called in for questioning because he once owned the Porsche now driven by Hunter's character, Grace Hanadarko, and trouble is brewing.
Television is nothing new for Switzer, who appeared on three episodes of "Coach” with fellow ex-coaches Hank Stram and George Allen.
"I had so much fun with those guys,” Switzer said. "None of us knew what the hell we were doing. I enjoyed that.
"This was different. I spent five hours doing a one- or two-minute scene. They probably could do it cheaper. But I enjoyed it.”
Clip: http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/08/saving-grace-clip-of-barry-switzer-that.html
Barry Switzer is no stranger to Hollywood. His credit list is getting long. Switzer has played himself or a quite-the-character coach on "Arli$$” and "Coach” for the small screen and "Any Given Sunday,” "Varsity Blues” and "Possums” for the silver screen.
And now he's back. Switzer will play himself on the Aug. 11 episode of "Saving Grace,” the TNT drama that is set in Oklahoma City and stars Holly Hunter as a troubled police detective who is counseled by an angel.
"It's over the top,” Switzer said. "Holly Hunter's pretty sexy. A rogue. It's about saving a girl that's lost.”
Switzer obviously knows more about the premise than I do. I haven't seen "Saving Grace,” beyond a couple of clips.
Some like the show from an OKC perspective; it's cool to see Oklahoma City cop cars and catch the decidedly Oklahoma names of characters. Hanadarko. Stillwater. Dewey. Ada. Perry.
Others, not so excited. The media critics at thelostogle.com, for instance, decry the appearance of a palm tree in the foreground of a kiosk selling Sooner gear.
The show's creator and executive producer, Nancy Miller, grew up in Oklahoma City and is a big OU fan. When "Saving Grace” was first being filmed, Switzer hosted both Miller and Hunter in his home and took them to a Sooner game.
"They try to promote the Oklahoma Sooners on the show, I know that,” Switzer said.
In the Aug. 11 episode, Switzer is called in for questioning because he once owned the Porsche now driven by Hunter's character, Grace Hanadarko, and trouble is brewing.
Television is nothing new for Switzer, who appeared on three episodes of "Coach” with fellow ex-coaches Hank Stram and George Allen.
"I had so much fun with those guys,” Switzer said. "None of us knew what the hell we were doing. I enjoyed that.
"This was different. I spent five hours doing a one- or two-minute scene. They probably could do it cheaper. But I enjoyed it.”
Clip: http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/08/saving-grace-clip-of-barry-switzer-that.html