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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.
Original Release
07/06/2004 on COMC
US Release
07/06/2004
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chris Tallman | Self - Host |
| Matt Besser | Various Characters / Matt Bradley |
| Mary Birdsong | Various Characters / Mary Stanton / Mary Glenn / Mary Donovan |
| Andy Daly | Various Characters / Andy Delany / Andrew Fredricks |
| Jerry Minor | Various Characters / Truth / Jerry Wilson |
| Brandon Johnson | Brandon Sears / Athlete / (credit only) |
| Danielle Schneider | Alexandra / Restaurant Patron / Wife in Therapy |
| Sean Conroy | Additional Characters / Chef |
| Eddie Pence | Various Characters |
| Rich Fulcher | Additional Characters / (as Richard Fulcher) (credit only) |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reality TV: No Survivors | Tuesday, 06 July 2004 |
| 2 | Driving in America | Wednesday, 07 July 2004 |
| 3 | Drugs | Thursday, 08 July 2004 |
| 5 | FCC or F-YOU-CC? | Wednesday, 14 July 2004 |
| 7 | Grand Theft Apocalypse | Tuesday, 20 July 2004 |
| 9 | Love Thy Gay-bor | Thursday, 22 July 2004 |
| 10 | Clones of Contention | Tuesday, 27 July 2004 |
| 12 | Sports Stars: Monsters? | Thursday, 29 July 2004 |
| 13 | Tipping: Chinese City? | Tuesday, 03 August 2004 |
| 14 | Makeovers for Jesus? | Wednesday, 04 August 2004 |
| 15 | Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe? | Thursday, 05 August 2004 |
| 19 | Plastic Surgury: Nip-pocalypse? | Tuesday, 17 August 2004 |
| 20 | Hellphones Vs. Interthreat | Wednesday, 18 August 2004 |
| 22 | Voting Electible Dysfunction | Tuesday, 24 August 2004 |
| 23 | Sex Battle USA | Wednesday, 25 August 2004 |
Directors
Writers
Joe O'Brien, Brian Huskey, Laura Krafft, Matt Besser, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, Seth Morris, Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Chad Carter, Mary Birdsong, Andy Daly, Jerry Minor, Aaron Blitzstein, Paul Scheer, Charlie Siskel
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chris Tallman | Self - Host |
| Matt Besser | Various Characters / Matt Bradley |
| Mary Birdsong | Various Characters / Mary Stanton / Mary Glenn / Mary Donovan |
| Andy Daly | Various Characters / Andy Delany / Andrew Fredricks |
| Jerry Minor | Various Characters / Truth / Jerry Wilson |
| Brandon Johnson | Brandon Sears / Athlete / (credit only) |
| Danielle Schneider | Alexandra / Restaurant Patron / Wife in Therapy |
| Sean Conroy | Additional Characters / Chef |
| Eddie Pence | Various Characters |
| Rich Fulcher | Additional Characters / (as Richard Fulcher) (credit only) |
| Brian Huskey | Party Goer / Advisor |
| Joe Nunez | Coach Ernesto Hernandez / Chef |
| Eddie Pepitone | PSA Father / Eddie Taylor |
| Vanessa Kay | Vanessa, WNBA Uniform Model / Vanessa Brown |
| Eric Hoffman | PSA Doctor / Restaurant Patron |
| Britain Spellings | Resort Guest / Chef |
| Miles Stroth | Weedox Boyfriend / Miles McKay |
| Bob Ahlgren | Homeless Clown / Office Worker |
| Bea Bernstein | Barbara Fredricks |
| Colin Walker | (credit only) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Charlie Siskel | Executive Producer |
| Matt Besser | Executive Producer |
| Justin Roiland | Producer |
| Lauren A. Stevens | Producer |
| Erika Euler | Producer |
| Jeff Sammon | Producer |
| Gil Lopez | Producer |
| John C. Fitzgerald | Producer |
| Gary Rosen | Producer |
| Bart Coleman | Producer |
