Crossballs: The Debate Show(2004)
Comedy
First Air Date: 2004-07-06
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 24
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 & Episodes
Crossballs season 1
Episodes: 24E01
Reality TV
Air Date: 2004-07-06
Major issue: Reality TV craze
E02
Driving in America
Air Date: 2004-07-07
Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
E03
Drugs
Air Date: 2004-07-08
Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
E04
Vegetarian or Vegetarded
Air Date: 2004-07-13
Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
E05
FCC or F-YOU-CC
Air Date: 2004-07-14
Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our ...
E06
America vs. Aliens
Air Date: 2004-07-15
Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
E07
Grand Theft Apocalypse?
Air Date: 2004-07-20
Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
E08
Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
Air Date: 2004-07-21
Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
E09
Love Thy Gay-bor
Air Date: 2004-07-22
Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
E10
Clones of Contention
Air Date: 2004-07-27
Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
E11
Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
Air Date: 2004-07-28
Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
E12
Sports Stars: Monsters?
Air Date: 2004-07-29
Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
E13
Tipping: Chinese City?
Air Date: 2004-08-03
Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
E14
Makeovers for Jesus?
Air Date: 2004-08-04
Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
E15
Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
Air Date: 2004-08-05
Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
E16
Music in America
Air Date: 2004-08-10
Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
E17
Healing Through Porn?
Air Date: 2004-08-11
Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
E18
Crime and Funishment?
Air Date: 2004-08-12
Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
E19
Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
Air Date: 2004-08-17
Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
E20
Hellphones vs. Interthreat
Air Date: 2004-08-18
Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
E21
Mother Earth: Bitch?
Air Date: 2004-08-19
No episode overview available.
E22
Voting Electible Dysfunction
Air Date: 2004-08-24
No episode overview available.
E23
Sex Battle USA
Air Date: 2004-08-25
No episode overview available.
E24
Pistol Whipped America
Air Date: N/A
No episode overview available.
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