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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Season 1
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E1
Reality TV
Major issue: Reality TV craze
Jul 6, 2004 -
2
E2
Driving in America
Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
Jul 7, 2004 -
3
E3
Drugs
Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
Jul 8, 2004 -
4
E4
Vegetarian or Vegetarded
Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
Jul 13, 2004 -
5
E5
FCC or F-YOU-CC
Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
Jul 14, 2004 -
6
E6
America vs. Aliens
Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
Jul 15, 2004 -
7
E7
Grand Theft Apocalypse?
Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
Jul 20, 2004 -
8
E8
Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
Jul 21, 2004 -
9
E9
Love Thy Gay-bor
Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
Jul 22, 2004 -
10
E10
Clones of Contention
Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
Jul 27, 2004 -
11
E11
Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
Jul 28, 2004 -
12
E12
Sports Stars: Monsters?
Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
Jul 29, 2004 -
13
E13
Tipping: Chinese City?
Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
Aug 3, 2004 -
14
E14
Makeovers for Jesus?
Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
Aug 4, 2004 -
15
E15
Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
Aug 5, 2004 -
16
E16
Music in America
Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
Aug 10, 2004 -
17
E17
Healing Through Porn?
Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
Aug 11, 2004 -
18
E18
Crime and Funishment?
Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
Aug 12, 2004 -
19
E19
Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
Aug 17, 2004 -
20
E20
Hellphones vs. Interthreat
Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
Aug 18, 2004 -
21
E21
Mother Earth: Bitch?
Aug 19, 2004 -
22
E22
Voting Electible Dysfunction
Aug 24, 2004 -
23
E23
Sex Battle USA
Aug 25, 2004 -
24
E24
Pistol Whipped America
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