
Crossballs: The Debate Show
Crossballs: The Debate Show is a Comedy Central television show which poked fun at cable news networks' political debate shows, especially CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real commentators. The true experts were unaware that the show was a sham. Topics ranged from reality television to religion to violence in video games. It debuted on July 6, 2004 and ran for eight weeks. It aired Tuesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The twenty-third and final episode aired on August 24, 2004. Show number 24 was taped but never aired, after one of the unsuspecting guests, James March, threatened to sue Comedy Central.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Reality TV
06-07-200430mMajor issue: Reality TV craze
- Ep 2
2.Driving in America
07-07-200430mMajor issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
- Ep 3
3.Drugs
08-07-200430mMajor issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
- Ep 4
4.Vegetarian or Vegetarded
13-07-200430mMajor issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
- Ep 5
5.FCC or F-YOU-CC
14-07-200430mMajor issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
- Ep 6
6.America vs. Aliens
15-07-200430mMajor issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
- Ep 7
7.Grand Theft Apocalypse?
20-07-200430mMajor issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
- Ep 8
8.Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
21-07-200430mMajor issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
- Ep 9
9.Love Thy Gay-bor
22-07-200430mMajor issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
- Ep 10
10.Clones of Contention
27-07-200430mMajor issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
- Ep 11
11.Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
28-07-200430mMajor issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
- Ep 12
12.Sports Stars: Monsters?
29-07-200430mMajor issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
- Ep 13
13.Tipping: Chinese City?
03-08-200430mMajor issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
- Ep 14
14.Makeovers for Jesus?
04-08-200430mMajor issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
- Ep 15
15.Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
05-08-200430mMajor issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
- Ep 16
16.Music in America
10-08-200430mMajor issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
- Ep 17
17.Healing Through Porn?
11-08-200430mMajor issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
- Ep 18
18.Crime and Funishment?
12-08-200430mMajor issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
- Ep 19
19.Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
17-08-200430mMajor issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
- Ep 20
20.Hellphones vs. Interthreat
18-08-200430mMajor issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
- Ep 21
21.Mother Earth: Bitch?
19-08-200430m - Ep 22
22.Voting Electible Dysfunction
24-08-200430m - Ep 23
23.Sex Battle USA
25-08-200430m - Ep 24
24.Pistol Whipped America
TBA30m
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