September 22, 2025 • 5 mins
Actor Bart Johnson talks new 'High School Musical' podcast, season 1 of 'Landman' and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Tabion.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
Mario Lopez, is there any mean right now? Actor Bart Johnson?
How you doing Bart?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm good. Good to see you, Mario. Thanks for having
me on.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Man, oh, thanks for taking the time. Brother.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
One of your iconic acting roles, of course, was his
coach Bolton in the High School Musical franchise. And now
you've launched a podcast about the movies called get your
Head in the Game.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
What are you going to be getting into there?
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Well, if you could believe it. January is the twenty
year anniversary. So this a little bit of a celebration,
a little bit of you know what I've realized, Mario
was like, I'm the biggest fan of High School Musical fans,
Like they're the greatest and have been so good to
me for the last two decades. So we had to
do something special for the twenty years. So you have
been think for the last two years, like what can
I do to get back? What do my wildcats want?
(00:46):
And I thought, Man, some more insights, some stuff maybe
they've never heard before, some stories. You know, the cat's
been interviewed a million times, but they've never been interviewed
by someone that was on set with him a fellow
cast member. So or hopt a good bunch of like
just new, insightful stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Good for you, man.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah, they'll left their guard down, I'm sure, and probably
be a little vulnerable and have some fun. I know
you're gonna have some other stars of film on the podcast.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Uh have you? Have you spoke by a chance like
Zach or Vanessa?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
I'm not supposed to give away all the secrets yet,
but I will say I think I think all of
the cast will be on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Oh nice.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
So everybody's been really receptive. You know, it's like we're
doing it. You know, it's not on camera, it's not
like a you know, it's not for show. Really, it's
just it's hopefully a little more intimate and a little
more personal, and a lot of a lot of stories
that like I know that I've never heard them, you know,
tell he tell these stories.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
So we've got to get into I think a lot
of a lot of personal stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Okay, good, that's cool.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Personal experiences and you know, yeah, yeah, for.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
The twentieth anniversary, are you planning something as far as
aside from the podcast, I should say, because obviously it's
a big number.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
It's a big number. I can't believe. The thing is,
it seems to be a lot.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Bigger now than it was twenty years ago, which just
blows my mind. I was in the airport yesterday. I
was stopped like ten times, and people are so excited,
and even kids that are.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Like five years old, they could recognize me.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
So it's I think the generation is kind of you know,
the parents are like, I'm going to teach my kid.
My kids are going to be raised on this like
I was. So it's really sweet. And the fan base
is growing, so you know, I've been thinking what.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Else I could do.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Of course, there's a lot of tiktoks, a lot of
things trending on social media, and I'm all over it.
I'm all about it, like I'm just no shame whatsoever. Yeah,
been loving that. So more of that, and then maybe
a couple of little secret things that are little projects,
a couple of scripts flowing around.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Okay, good for you, Good for you. And I know
you were also in the season one of land Man.
Love that show.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
That is love it. That is great.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
How may we see you back on a season two?
And how was the experience overall.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I was great.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
You know, I've been I auditioned for Yellowstone for like
six years, and then you got on land Man and
it was for there was like a certain number of episodes,
and I'm supposed to be coming back to this next season,
which I'm.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Like, please, you know you know how it is, Mario.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
It's like whatever the serial, like whoever is being focused on,
Like the lawsuit needs to happen. I'm this like cowboy
lawyer on the show. But I got to work with
Billy Bob Thornton. I got to work with my wife,
Robin Lively, like she was this this is the waitress
at the patch, so we like we crossed path.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Like during my scene, I'm like checking around.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Ah, that's great.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Throw that in there, man, just look at that. Good. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
So Billy Bob though, Man, Billy Bob's amazing. He has
like just such just tons of dialogue. And you can
just watch that guy, like you could just I could
just sit there and watch him all day long, just
if he was saying nothing. I could watch He's just
so interesting. The writing's so great. I've known Taylor Sheridan
for thirty years or so, and this is the first
time I got to be on one of his shows
(03:50):
so I could die. I could live the rest of
my actor life on a Taylor Sheridan show.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
It's the best. It really is. Man.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
No, that was great.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
And I remember I ran into I Believe you and
your wife for the Cobra Kaid premiere.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I think, yeah, yes, yes, recently, yeah, yeah, she was.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
She was the lead in Karate Kid two yes, three
three three three yes, but the Bonzie Tree one yes,
and so it was really fun for her to go
back and h and get involved in that storyline on
Cobra Kay.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
That was cool.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
By the way, Martin, I had I just realized that
you and I were up for a job together.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You know, you and I audition. I just I just
memory of being in.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
The producer's room with you on this movie. You ready
for this one? It was called Scavenger Hunt and it
went away.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
The movie was like, was never made?
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Because I need to look that up.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
If it was, I don't think. I don't think it
was ever made. It was it was like early. It
was a while ago, man, but I remember remember it.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
No idea, that's crazy. You have a good well.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
The reason I remember was because you were the cast
you already and then I was like the next guy
on the show.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
And I remember I went in the producer's.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
Room and you you were doing your scene and you
were like going through the producer's death on his like
going through his bookshel and I'm like, Oh, this guy's
like he's.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Like bringing it to life in this room.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I love it, Like actors are like, I'm sure I
knew the dude. I don't think I was like randomly
going through some stranger. I'm sure he was like a
buddy of mine.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
It wasn't sure it was why you were already in
with these guys. It was just like was it weird
or what?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
It was just like it was so good, Like you're
like really using the space and I'm like.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
It's like I'm really in the movie with this guy.
That was It was great method.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Did Mario take anything from the office.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Oh, he was great.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Man, tell me funny. Yeah, I appreciate you telling you
that story part. That's cool, man, that is so funny.
Hey dude, well, congratulations on everything. Hope to get to
see you in person soon.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
And listen everyone, be sure to check out the new
podcast Get your Head in the Game, which is streaming
right now on iHeartRadio part Thanks for the time.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Brother, Thanks Mario, good to see me.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
All right you too, man, Take care
Speaker 2 (05:52):
With Mario Lopez
This is on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Tabion.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
Mario Lopez, is there any mean right now? Actor Bart Johnson?
How you doing Bart?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm good. Good to see you, Mario. Thanks for having
me on.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Man, oh, thanks for taking the time. Brother.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
One of your iconic acting roles, of course, was his
coach Bolton in the High School Musical franchise. And now
you've launched a podcast about the movies called get your
Head in the Game.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
What are you going to be getting into there?
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Well, if you could believe it. January is the twenty
year anniversary. So this a little bit of a celebration,
a little bit of you know what I've realized, Mario
was like, I'm the biggest fan of High School Musical fans,
Like they're the greatest and have been so good to
me for the last two decades. So we had to
do something special for the twenty years. So you have
been think for the last two years, like what can
I do to get back? What do my wildcats want?
(00:46):
And I thought, Man, some more insights, some stuff maybe
they've never heard before, some stories. You know, the cat's
been interviewed a million times, but they've never been interviewed
by someone that was on set with him a fellow
cast member. So or hopt a good bunch of like
just new, insightful stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Good for you, man.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah, they'll left their guard down, I'm sure, and probably
be a little vulnerable and have some fun. I know
you're gonna have some other stars of film on the podcast.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Uh have you? Have you spoke by a chance like
Zach or Vanessa?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
I'm not supposed to give away all the secrets yet,
but I will say I think I think all of
the cast will be on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Oh nice.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
So everybody's been really receptive. You know, it's like we're
doing it. You know, it's not on camera, it's not
like a you know, it's not for show. Really, it's
just it's hopefully a little more intimate and a little
more personal, and a lot of a lot of stories
that like I know that I've never heard them, you know,
tell he tell these stories.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
So we've got to get into I think a lot
of a lot of personal stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Okay, good, that's cool.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Personal experiences and you know, yeah, yeah, for.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
The twentieth anniversary, are you planning something as far as
aside from the podcast, I should say, because obviously it's
a big number.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
It's a big number. I can't believe. The thing is,
it seems to be a lot.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Bigger now than it was twenty years ago, which just
blows my mind. I was in the airport yesterday. I
was stopped like ten times, and people are so excited,
and even kids that are.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Like five years old, they could recognize me.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
So it's I think the generation is kind of you know,
the parents are like, I'm going to teach my kid.
My kids are going to be raised on this like
I was. So it's really sweet. And the fan base
is growing, so you know, I've been thinking what.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Else I could do.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Of course, there's a lot of tiktoks, a lot of
things trending on social media, and I'm all over it.
I'm all about it, like I'm just no shame whatsoever. Yeah,
been loving that. So more of that, and then maybe
a couple of little secret things that are little projects,
a couple of scripts flowing around.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Okay, good for you, Good for you. And I know
you were also in the season one of land Man.
Love that show.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
That is love it. That is great.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
How may we see you back on a season two?
And how was the experience overall.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I was great.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
You know, I've been I auditioned for Yellowstone for like
six years, and then you got on land Man and
it was for there was like a certain number of episodes,
and I'm supposed to be coming back to this next season,
which I'm.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Like, please, you know you know how it is, Mario.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
It's like whatever the serial, like whoever is being focused on,
Like the lawsuit needs to happen. I'm this like cowboy
lawyer on the show. But I got to work with
Billy Bob Thornton. I got to work with my wife,
Robin Lively, like she was this this is the waitress
at the patch, so we like we crossed path.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Like during my scene, I'm like checking around.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Ah, that's great.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Throw that in there, man, just look at that. Good. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
So Billy Bob though, Man, Billy Bob's amazing. He has
like just such just tons of dialogue. And you can
just watch that guy, like you could just I could
just sit there and watch him all day long, just
if he was saying nothing. I could watch He's just
so interesting. The writing's so great. I've known Taylor Sheridan
for thirty years or so, and this is the first
time I got to be on one of his shows
(03:50):
so I could die. I could live the rest of
my actor life on a Taylor Sheridan show.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
It's the best. It really is. Man.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
No, that was great.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
And I remember I ran into I Believe you and
your wife for the Cobra Kaid premiere.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I think, yeah, yes, yes, recently, yeah, yeah, she was.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
She was the lead in Karate Kid two yes, three
three three three yes, but the Bonzie Tree one yes,
and so it was really fun for her to go
back and h and get involved in that storyline on
Cobra Kay.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
That was cool.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
By the way, Martin, I had I just realized that
you and I were up for a job together.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You know, you and I audition. I just I just
memory of being in.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
The producer's room with you on this movie. You ready
for this one? It was called Scavenger Hunt and it
went away.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
The movie was like, was never made?
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Because I need to look that up.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
If it was, I don't think. I don't think it
was ever made. It was it was like early. It
was a while ago, man, but I remember remember it.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
No idea, that's crazy. You have a good well.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
The reason I remember was because you were the cast
you already and then I was like the next guy
on the show.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
And I remember I went in the producer's.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
Room and you you were doing your scene and you
were like going through the producer's death on his like
going through his bookshel and I'm like, Oh, this guy's
like he's.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Like bringing it to life in this room.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I love it, Like actors are like, I'm sure I
knew the dude. I don't think I was like randomly
going through some stranger. I'm sure he was like a
buddy of mine.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
It wasn't sure it was why you were already in
with these guys. It was just like was it weird
or what?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
It was just like it was so good, Like you're
like really using the space and I'm like.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
It's like I'm really in the movie with this guy.
That was It was great method.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Did Mario take anything from the office.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Oh, he was great.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Man, tell me funny. Yeah, I appreciate you telling you
that story part. That's cool, man, that is so funny.
Hey dude, well, congratulations on everything. Hope to get to
see you in person soon.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
And listen everyone, be sure to check out the new
podcast Get your Head in the Game, which is streaming
right now on iHeartRadio part Thanks for the time.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Brother, Thanks Mario, good to see me.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
All right you too, man, Take care
Speaker 2 (05:52):
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