Crossballs: The Debate Show

10.0
200430m

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.

Seasons

24 Episodes • Premiered 2004

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1. Reality TV

Major issue: Reality TV craze

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2. Driving in America

Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.

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3. Drugs

Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.

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4. Vegetarian or Vegetarded

Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.

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5. FCC or F-YOU-CC

Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.

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6. America vs. Aliens

Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.

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7. Grand Theft Apocalypse?

Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.

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8. Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?

Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.

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9. Love Thy Gay-bor

Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.

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10. Clones of Contention

Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 11: Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?

11. Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?

Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.

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12. Sports Stars: Monsters?

Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 13: Tipping: Chinese City?

13. Tipping: Chinese City?

Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.

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14. Makeovers for Jesus?

Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 15: Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?

15. Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?

Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.

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16. Music in America

Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 17: Healing Through Porn?

17. Healing Through Porn?

Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.

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18. Crime and Funishment?

Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 19: Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?

19. Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?

Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.

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20. Hellphones vs. Interthreat

Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 21: Mother Earth: Bitch?

21. Mother Earth: Bitch?

Still image for Crossballs: The Debate Show season 1 episode 22: Voting Electible Dysfunction

22. Voting Electible Dysfunction

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23. Sex Battle USA

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24. Pistol Whipped America

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