Crossballs: The Debate Show (2004)
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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Episode 1 - Reality TV
Release Date: 2004-07-06Major issue: Reality TV craze
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Episode 2 - Driving in America
Release Date: 2004-07-07Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
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Episode 3 - Drugs
Release Date: 2004-07-08Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
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Episode 4 - Vegetarian or Vegetarded
Release Date: 2004-07-13Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
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Episode 5 - FCC or F-YOU-CC
Release Date: 2004-07-14Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
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Episode 6 - America vs. Aliens
Release Date: 2004-07-15Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
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Episode 7 - Grand Theft Apocalypse?
Release Date: 2004-07-20Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
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Episode 8 - Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
Release Date: 2004-07-21Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
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Episode 9 - Love Thy Gay-bor
Release Date: 2004-07-22Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
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Episode 10 - Clones of Contention
Release Date: 2004-07-27Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
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Episode 11 - Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
Release Date: 2004-07-28Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
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Episode 12 - Sports Stars: Monsters?
Release Date: 2004-07-29Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
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Episode 13 - Tipping: Chinese City?
Release Date: 2004-08-03Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
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Episode 14 - Makeovers for Jesus?
Release Date: 2004-08-04Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
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Episode 15 - Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
Release Date: 2004-08-05Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
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Episode 16 - Music in America
Release Date: 2004-08-10Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
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Episode 17 - Healing Through Porn?
Release Date: 2004-08-11Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
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Episode 18 - Crime and Funishment?
Release Date: 2004-08-12Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
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Episode 19 - Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
Release Date: 2004-08-17Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
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Episode 20 - Hellphones vs. Interthreat
Release Date: 2004-08-18Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
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Episode 21 - Mother Earth: Bitch?
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Episode 22 - Voting Electible Dysfunction
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Episode 23 - Sex Battle USA
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Episode 24 - Pistol Whipped America
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