Below the Belt Show

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Ep 838: Actor Adam Fox from The Holiday Shift (12/19/23)
Mar 13 2024
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 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 dream projects and dealing with a stalker! Don't miss this great interview to put you in the holiday spirit! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! For our special Christmas episode we welcome "The King of the 80s" Chachi McFly, cosplayer Ana B and Sarah Snuffleupagus Bentman for the first half! Joining the Holiday cheer for the second half is Sabrina Taylor-Smith, Mike "The General" Zad and "Sith Lord" Darth Paul Wallis. Sabrina does her comedic Christmas song parody, followed by a 2009 soundbyte featuring another great Christmas parody song from Cokie. Song Credits Classic Christmas Cut - Britney Spears "My Only Wish This Year" Classic Christmas Cut - Death Cab For Cutie "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home"
Ep 835: Actor Dakota Shapiro and Director Josh Monkarsh (11/28/23)
Feb 28 2024
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 story and his decision to have it take place in the 90s, assembling his cast including veterans Chris Parnell and Pam Grier, the Star Wars and Waterworld references, a possible sequel and much much more! Don't miss it! Our featured guest closing the show is actor Dakota Shapiro, known for his role as Billy Taupe in the blockbuster Hunger Games "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". Dakota talks about working on the prequel film, working with Rachel Zegler and director Francis Lawrence, the audition process, experiencing the red carpet premiere and much more! In addition we talk to Dakota about his experience on the "Lost Boys" pilot and what we would have expected if the pilot become a series. Great interview not to miss! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! We are also celebrating the birthday of BTB Original "The King of the 80s" Chachi McFly! Also joining the celebration will be Mike "The General" Zad, "The Once and Future King" Martin Lopez, Sabrina Taylor-Smith and BTB Original Shawn "Chunk Shady" Credle! Song Credits: Classic Cut - Bing Crosby "Mele Kalikimaka"
Ep 833: Comic Book Creators Erik Larsen and Ghezal Omar (11/7/23)
Feb 2 2024
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 reason for Savage Dragon evolving to get more adult and racy over the years. An entertaining interview not to be missed! In addition, General Zad talks to creator Ghezal Omar from "Pimpkiller" and "357 Magnum Opus" and the first mainstream Afghani in the U.S.! Ghezal talks about how her screenplay was developed into "357" and her filmmaker influences including Martin Scorcese, David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino. She discusses her works as well as whether we could expect a live action version. BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! This week on the panel we welcome Mike "The General" Zad and the "Voice of Reason" MIchael Dougherty! Later in the program we welcome "Ninkendo" Kenny Hopkins from the "That Was Disappointing Podcast" and Kristen Michelle to talk about the current season of our reality TV guilty pleasure "Big Brother"! Don't miss it! Song Credits: Classic Cut - The Rembrandts "I'll Be There For You" (Theme song from Friends)