Crossballs: The Debate Show
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 24
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 2004-07-06
Last EP | 2004-08-25
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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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Season List
season 1 || Crossballs season 1
Relesed on | 2004-07-06
1
Reality TV
2004-07-06
Major issue: Reality TV craze
2
Driving in America
2004-07-07
Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
3
Drugs
2004-07-08
Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
4
Vegetarian or Vegetarded
2004-07-13
Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
5
FCC or F-YOU-CC
2004-07-14
Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
6
America vs. Aliens
2004-07-15
Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
7
Grand Theft Apocalypse?
2004-07-20
Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
8
Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
2004-07-21
Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
9
Love Thy Gay-bor
2004-07-22
Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
10
Clones of Contention
2004-07-27
Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
11
Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
2004-07-28
Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
12
Sports Stars: Monsters?
2004-07-29
Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
13
Tipping: Chinese City?
2004-08-03
Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
14
Makeovers for Jesus?
2004-08-04
Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
15
Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
2004-08-05
Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
16
Music in America
2004-08-10
Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
17
Healing Through Porn?
2004-08-11
Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
18
Crime and Funishment?
2004-08-12
Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
19
Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
2004-08-17
Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
20
Hellphones vs. Interthreat
2004-08-18
Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
21
Mother Earth: Bitch?
2004-08-19
22
Voting Electible Dysfunction
2004-08-24
23
Sex Battle USA
2004-08-25
24
Pistol Whipped America
CAST
charactor:
Original: Mary Birdsong
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Paul Scheer
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Rich Fulcher
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Dannah Feinglass Phirman
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Andy Daly
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Matt Besser
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Janet Varney
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Brian Huskey
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Chris Tallman
Total EP: 24
charactor:
Original: Jerry Minor
Total EP: 24
charactor: Athlete
Original: Michael Placencia
Total EP: 1
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney