Matt Besser
Director
Crossballs: The Debate Show (2004)
Crossballs season 1
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.
Released July 6, 2004
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.debate, imdb.upright-citizens-brigade, imdb.panel, imdb.actor-shares-first-name-with-character, imdb.parody, imdb.comedian, imdb.alternative-comedy + 10 more, imdb.satire, imdb.redneck, imdb.prank, imdb.politics, imdb.interview, imdb.improvisation, imdb.current-affairs, imdb.actor-playing-multiple-roles, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.parody-comedy
Network: Comedy Central
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Reality TV
Major issue: Reality TV craze
July 6, 2004, midnight
S1E2 - Driving in America
Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
July 7, 2004, midnight
S1E3 - Drugs
Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
July 8, 2004, midnight
S1E4 - Vegetarian or Vegetarded
Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
July 13, 2004, midnight
S1E5 - FCC or F-YOU-CC
Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
July 14, 2004, midnight
S1E6 - America vs. Aliens
Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
July 15, 2004, midnight
S1E7 - Grand Theft Apocalypse?
Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
July 20, 2004, midnight
S1E8 - Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
July 21, 2004, midnight
S1E9 - Love Thy Gay-bor
Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
July 22, 2004, midnight
S1E10 - Clones of Contention
Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
July 27, 2004, midnight
S1E11 - Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
July 28, 2004, midnight
S1E12 - Sports Stars: Monsters?
Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
July 29, 2004, midnight
S1E13 - Tipping: Chinese City?
Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
Aug. 3, 2004, midnight
S1E14 - Makeovers for Jesus?
Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
Aug. 4, 2004, midnight
S1E15 - Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
Aug. 5, 2004, midnight
S1E16 - Music in America
Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
Aug. 10, 2004, midnight
S1E17 - Healing Through Porn?
Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
Aug. 11, 2004, midnight
S1E18 - Crime and Funishment?
Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
Aug. 12, 2004, midnight
S1E19 - Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
Aug. 17, 2004, midnight
S1E20 - Hellphones vs. Interthreat
Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
Aug. 18, 2004, midnight
S1E21 - Mother Earth: Bitch?
Aug. 19, 2004, midnight
S1E22 - Voting Electible Dysfunction
Aug. 24, 2004, midnight
S1E23 - Sex Battle USA
Aug. 25, 2004, midnight
S1E24 - Pistol Whipped America
Comedy Central
30 min/ep
720 min
July 6, 2004
Aug. 25, 2004, midnight
Ended
NR
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