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Ep 839: Actor Clint Jordan, Faryl Amadeus and Director Joe Maggio from Bliss (1/16/24)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our first show of 2024 and our Winter Season Premiere. Our special guests are actors Clint Jordan and Faryl Amadeus and director Joe Maggio from the Slamdance 2024 selected feature film "Bliss"! Bliss is a sequel of the film "VIrgil Bliss" that also premiered at Slamdance 22 years ago! We ask the director Joe about the production that was completed in 10 days as well as the reason for the sequel 22 years later which many compare to the film...

Mar 21, 20243 hr 17 min

Ep 838: Actor Adam Fox from The Holiday Shift (12/19/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our final of three Holiday Shows to get you in the Christmas spirit! This episode is also the annual Cokie Memorial Show as we honor our late great friend who was a fixture for every Christmas show. In addition this is the final episode of 2023. This week we present an incredible interview with actor Adam Fox who you can see in the Holiday comedy series "Holiday Shift" available now on Roku TV! In an exclusive interview we talk to Adam abou...

Mar 13, 20242 hr 52 min

Ep 837: Actor James Dumont from Candy Cane Lane and The Righteous Gemstones (12/13/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our second of three Holiday Shows to get you in the festive spirit. Our special guest is a four time BTB guest, actor extraordinaire James Dumont who can be seen in the Holiday film exclusive on Amazon Prime Video, "Candy Cane Lane"! In an exclusive interview we talk to James about portraying Tracie Ellis Ross' Boss, working with CGI chickens, meeting Eddie Murphy and much much more! In addition James talks about working on HBO's The Righte...

Mar 12, 20243 hr 5 min

Ep 836: Actor Ahmed Mawas from Rescuing Christmas (12/5/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents to you our first of three Christmas shows and last shows of 2023. Our special guest is actor Ahmed Mawas who can be seen the fantasy Christmas rom-com, "Rescuing Christmas" on Hallmark! In an exclusive interview, Ahmed talks to us about working with Rachel Leigh Cooke in the Holiday film, shooting in Duluth, MN, and much more! Ahmed also talks about his work in the Netlix animated series "Human Resources", Netflix "The Recruit" and Amazon's...

Mar 05, 20242 hr 7 min

Ep 835: Actor Dakota Shapiro and Director Josh Monkarsh (11/28/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) starts the Holiday Season right with another festive episode of BTB! First we present an incredible interview with writer and director and co-writer Josh Monkarsh from the period piece zombie comedy "As We Know It". The logline is as follows: "In the late '90s, James Bishop is dealing with a complicated breakup with the help of his best friend, while trying to finish his book before the impending zombie apocalypse." Josh talks about his idea of the ...

Feb 28, 20243 hr 44 min

Ep 834: Actress and Writer Stephanie Sanditz from The High Life (11/14/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another stellar show as we interview writer and actress Stephanie Sanditz! Stephanie wrote, produced and starred in the award winning pilot "The High Life" which was selected from our friends at the Baltimore Next Media Web Fest (www.bnmwebfest.com). Stephanie talks about her pilot as well as her recent work on "The List" starring Halston Sage. Stephanie also discusses her recent writing endeavors including a script for the popular indie co...

Feb 13, 20243 hr 20 min

Ep 833: Comic Book Creators Erik Larsen and Ghezal Omar (11/7/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another amazing show with our final guests from New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to popular comic book creator and founder of Image Comics, Erik Larsen! In an exclusive interview we talk to Erik about his current relationship with the rest of the Image Comics founders, bringing back the Sinister Six to Marvel, and leaving Marvel for Image and creating Savage Dragon. We also ask Erik the re...

Feb 02, 20242 hr 47 min

Interview: Actor Adam Fox from The Holiday Shift (12/19/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an incredible interview with actor Adam Fox who you can see in the Holiday comedy series "Holiday Shift" available now on Roku TV! In an exclusive interview we talk to Adam about landing the role of Austin (and originally considered for another role) in the Holiday series, shooting at a mall in Winnepeg Manitoba, his actual retail experience and more! Adam also talks about his experience at NYU's prestigious Tisch School for the Arts, his d...

Feb 01, 202426 min

Ep 832: Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens from Kiff and Comic Book Writer Jason Aaron (10/31/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our Halloween spectacular show with more guests from New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to popular comic book writer Jason Aaron! Jason is known for his work on The Avengers and Thor and is a co-creator of Gorr the God Butcher, and the Jane Foster Thor storyline we saw in Thor Love and Thunder! Zad talks to Jason about his upcoming work with DC including Batman: Off-World and Once Upon A Tim...

Jan 31, 20242 hr 35 min

Interview: Director Josh Monkarsh from As We Know It (11/28/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an incredible interview with writer and director and co-writer Josh Monkarsh from the period piece zombie comedy "As We Know It". The logline is as follows: "In the late '90s, James Bishop is dealing with a complicated breakup with the help of his best friend, while trying to finish his book before the impending zombie apocalypse." Josh talks about his idea of the story and his decision to have it take place in the 90s, assembling his cast ...

Jan 24, 202421 min

Ep 831: Swampy Marsh and Dan Povenmire from Phineas and Ferb and Artist David Nakayama (10/24/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an amazing show with more guests from New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Al Sotto talks to popular comic book cover artist David Nakayama! David talks about working for both Marvel and DC, currently providing the covers monthly for Catwoman and Poison Ivy. David talks about what goes behind the ideas for cover art, his inspiration from artist J Scott Campbell, his upcoming hardcover art book "The Marvel Art of David Nak...

Jan 11, 20242 hr 20 min

Interview: Actor Jessie T Usher from The Boys (10/10/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with actor Jessie T. Usher from Amazon's The Boys at the recent Stellar Con (www.stellar-con.com/) in Bel Air, MD! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to Jessie about The Boys season 4 and working with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, his appearance in the season premiere of the spinoff "Gen V", working with Sosie Bacon in the horror film Smile, his experience on "Tales of the Walking Dead" and what other fandoms would he like to work on! I...

Jan 04, 20248 min

Interview: Actress Camila Morrone from Daisy Jones and the Six (10/3/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents the rest of our incredible interviews from on location at the National Hispanic Foundation of the Arts annual event, Noche Musical! BTB's own Al Sotto interviews actor Camila Morrone from Daisy Jones and the Six! We ask Camila about her recent Emmy nomination as well as her upcoming feature film Gonzo Girl where she was directed by Patricia Arquette, her thoughts on the SAG AFTRA strike and what her dream projects are! Don't miss it!

Jan 04, 20243 min

Interview: Actor Ramon Rodriguez from Will Trent (10/3/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews from on location at the National Hispanic Foundation of the Arts annual event, Noche Musical! BTB's own Al Sotto interviews actor Ramon Ramirez from Will Trent who talks about the importance of representation of Latino Americans in mainstream films and television.

Jan 04, 20243 min

Ep 830: Voice Actor Lenore Zann and Comic Book Writers Chris Claremont and Al Ewing (10/19/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an amazing show with our first guests from New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to some very talented guests affiliated with the X-Men Universe! First, The General talks to comic book writers extraordinaire Al Ewing and Chris Claremont. Al Ewing talks about what he is able from the NYCC Marvel Next Big Thing panel which includes the upcoming Resurrection of Magneto. Chris Claremont, childhood ...

Jan 04, 20242 hr 58 min

Ep 829: Actor Jessie T Usher from The Boys (10/10/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an amazing show fit for a king! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to actor Jessie T. Usher from Amazon's The Boys at the recent Stellar Con (https://www.stellar-con.com/) in Bel Air, MD! In an exclusive interview Jessie talks about The Boys season 4 and working with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, his appearance in the season premier of the spinoff "Gen V", working with Sosie Bacon in the horror film Smile, his experience on "Tales of the Walking Dead" and wha...

Dec 06, 20231 hr 51 min

Ep 828: Actress Camila Morrone and Actor Ramon Rodriguez (10/3/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another incredible show. We will be presenting our the rest of our incredible interviews from on location at the National Hispanic Foundation of the Arts annual event, Noche Musical! First BTB's own Al Sotto interviews actor Ramon Ramirez from Will Trent along with Representative Joaquin Castro! And in our feature interview we talk to the beautiful and talented Camila Morrone from Daisy Jones and the Six! We ask Camila about her recent Emmy...

Nov 30, 20232 hr 23 min

Interview: Actor Eugenio Derbez from Coda and Radical (9/27/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our first set of interviews from on location at the Nation Hispanic Foundation of the Arts annual event, Noche Musical! BTB's own Al Sotto interviews actor Eugenio Derbez about his new film Radical as well as his thoughts on working on the Oscar winning film Coda as the music teacher Bernardo Villalobos!

Nov 30, 20233 min

Interview: Director Angel Manuel Soto from Blue Beetle (9/27/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our first set of interviews from on location at the Nation Hispanic Foundation of the Arts annual event, Noche Musical! BTB's own Al Sotto interviews director extraordinaire Angel Manuel Soto of the recent blockbuster Blue Beetle movie. We ask Angel about the best aspects of working on the DC superhero film, his thoughts on Blue Beetle being the first character within James Gunn DCU and ask Angel about his upcoming comedy film Wrecking Crew...

Nov 30, 20235 min

Interview: Director Andy Palmer from The Re-Education of Molly Singer (9/19/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents and exclusive interview with director Andy Palmer to talk about his college comedy feature "The Re-Education of Molly Singer" starring Britt Robertson, Nico Santos, Jaime Pressly, Holland Roden and more! Don't miss this interview talking about this great college comedy of age comedy film!

Nov 30, 202324 min

Interview: Actress Kimberly-Sue Murray from Shadowhunters (9/19/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with Canadian actress Kimberly-Sue Murray who can be seen in a riveting thriller film "Trader" available on Amazon Prime Video! Kimberly-Sue talks to us about her work on Shadowhunters, Titans and the Guardians of the Galaxy video game! Don't miss it!

Nov 30, 202335 min

Ep 827: Director Angel Manuel Soto and Actor Eugenio Derbez (9/27/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another incredible show. We will be presenting our first set of interviews from on location at the Nation Hispanic Foundation of the Arts annual event, Noche Musical! BTB's own Al Sotto interviews actor Eugenio Derbez about his new film Radical as well as his thoughts on working on the Oscar winning film Coda as the music teacher Bernardo Villalobos! In addtion we talk to director extraordinaire Angle Manuel Soto of the recent Blue Beetle m...

Nov 17, 20232 hr 34 min

Interview: Reality TV Star Jonny Fairplay from House of Villians and Survivor (9/13/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with our long time friend and recurring guest of BTB, reality TV icon, two-time CBS Survivor contestant, Jonny Fairplay! The Fair talks about his current reality series House of Villains which can be seen on Bravo, E Network, SyFy and USA! Jonny also talks about what his thoughts are on the current season of Survivor, the sale of WWE and UFC under Endeavor and more! Don't miss it!

Nov 11, 202317 min

Ep 826: Actress Kimberly-Sue Murray and Director Andy Palmer (9/19/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another amazing show. First we welcome live to the program, Canadian actress Kimberly-Sue Murray who can be seen in a riveting thriller film "Trader" available on Amazon Prime Video! Kimberly-Sue talks to us about her work on Shadowhunters, Titans and the Guardians of the Galaxy video game! Don't miss it! And in a pre-recorded interview BTB's own Al Sotto interviews director Andy Palmer to talk about his college comedy feature "The Re-Educa...

Nov 11, 20232 hr 22 min

Interview: Actor Barry Bostwick from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (9/5/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview from Fan Expo Chicago (fanexpohq.com/fanexpochicago)! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to legendary actor Barry Bostwick from the 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show! Barry talks about his thoughts on being labeled a legend, the upcoming 50th anniversary of his iconic film, whether he would like to see a reboot of Rocky Horror, and if there is a particular comic-book based fandom he would llike to be a part of!

Oct 27, 20237 min

Interview: Actress Mira Sorvino from Sound of Freedom (9/5/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview from Fan Expo Chicago (fanexpohq.com/fanexpochicago)! BTB's own Al Sotto talks with Oscar winning actress Mira Sorvino! The star of Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion talks very candidly about her favorite genres to perform and watch, what comic book fandom would she love to work on and why she decided to participate in her first ever comic con! We get to more serious and imporant topics including her work as a U...

Oct 27, 202325 min

Ep 825: Reality TV Star Jonny Fairplay from House of Villians and Survivor (9/13/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents the birthday show of BTB's own Al Sotto! For this special episode celebrating our revered host's another trip around the sun we welcome long time friend and recurring guest of BTB, reality TV icon, two-time CBS Survivor contestant, Jonny Fairplay! The Fair talks about his current reality series House of Villains which can be seen on Bravo, E Network, SyFy and USA! Jonny also talks about what his thoughts are on the current season of Survivo...

Oct 27, 20232 hr 40 min

Ep 825: Actress Mira Sorvino and Actor Barry Bostwick from The Rocky Horror Picure Show (9/5/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another phenomenal Fall episode! BTB's own Al Sotto presents our final two interviews from Fan Expo Chicago (fanexpohq.com/fanexpochicago)! First we talk to legendary actor Barry Bostwick from the 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show! Barry talks about his thoughts on being labeled a legend, the upcoming 50th anniversary of his iconic film, whether he would like to see a reboot of Rocky Horror, and if there is a particular comic-book...

Oct 04, 20232 hr 51 min

Interview: Actor Paul Walter Hauser from Cobra Kai and Black Bird (8/30/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview from Fan Expo Chicago fanexpohq.com/fanexpochicago/ with actor Paul Walter Hauser! Paul is known for his roles in Cobra Kai, Black KKKlansman, I Tonya, Richard Jewell and in his Emmy nominated role in Black Bird! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to Paul about his career and his early struggles working in the industry. We also talk about his experience on set of Cobra Kai, his thoughts on being nominated for an Emmy award in B...

Sep 29, 20238 min

Interview: Actress Arielle Raycene from Bupkis and Confidential Informant (8/30/23)

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an amazing interview with Arielle Raycene who portrayed Skipper the pornstar in Peacock's Bupkis starring Pete Davidson. We talk to Arielle about portraying the adult film star that Pete pleasures himself to in the premiere episode! In addition Arielle talks about working opposite Nick Stahl in the film Confidential Informant starring Mel Gibson and Kate Bosworth! Dont miss it!

Sep 29, 202324 min
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