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quote: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. Anyone else ever watch this show? Interesting look at politics circa 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Qp1ddvvlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdzaLSShbTk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemww_rMM3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GldAawal2oI A weird time capsule from its time. I recall watching it when it was on and it blows me mind that was 16 years ago. Oh my god that was sixteen years ago. Pick fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Jan 12, 2020 |
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The bit about cell phones is particularly nuts because it went further in real life than the fake "crazy" lady in favor of them. 
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Jan 12, 2020 20:59
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i found jon_stewart_on_crossfire.wmv on an old hard drive and wept a single tear for what was
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Jan 12, 2020 21:05
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Mermaid Autopsy posted:i found jon_stewart_on_crossfire.wmv on an old hard drive and wept a single tear for what was man is jon stewart even relevant any more
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Jan 12, 2020 21:47
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Pick posted:man is jon stewart even relevant any more He was until he retired
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Jan 12, 2020 21:49
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Convex posted:He was until he retired was that like... frick, six years ago now? can't even guess
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Jan 12, 2020 21:52
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Good job retiring before the 2016s, jon. 
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Jan 12, 2020 22:03
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Hahaha nearly forgot about crossballs. 
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Jan 12, 2020 22:07
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i have never heard of crossballs before, gettin' some good laughs here
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Jan 12, 2020 22:26
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I vaguely remember this show, although I originally got it mixed up with The Root of All Evil.
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Jan 12, 2020 22:31
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Pick posted:man is jon stewart even relevant any more In the meantime Tucker Carlson literally dictates Presidential policy.
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Jan 12, 2020 22:46
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Some say Hors d'ouerves I say give me whore dwarves!!! I still remember that line from back when it aired. Its the only thing I remember in fact
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Laterite posted:In the meantime Tucker Carlson literally dictates Presidential policy. LOL
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Laterite posted:In the meantime Tucker Carlson literally dictates Presidential policy. Yeah, well, that's just how things turned out, some of these episodes are almost quaint for that reason
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I think about the drug addiction episode of Crossballs on a near-daily basis, despite not watching the show in years. Specifically Jerry Minor pretending to huff paint during a commercial break. Apparently they got the real guests to come on by saying it was going to be on a Viacom channel, and never mentioning Comedy Central.
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Jan 13, 2020 00:56
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What’s Greg Proops up to these days, anyways?
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Jan 13, 2020 03:30
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Pick I will not do as you asked
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Jan 13, 2020 03:30
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SportsDome was the better show that died prematurely
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Jan 13, 2020 03:39
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1redflag posted:What’s Greg Proops up to these days, anyways? He has a podcast nobody listens to where he whines about Bernie Bros
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I really hate this kind of stuff, and when Matt Besser continues to do this stuff on his podcast it feels very exploitative, even when the people they are pranking are some of the worst people in the world.
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GoutPatrol posted:I really hate this kind of stuff, and when Matt Besser continues to do this stuff on his podcast it feels very exploitative, even when the people they are pranking are some of the worst people in the world. I actually think some people come out of this one looking really good. Normally I do not like pranking but I think this is genuine interesting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcyMY08cJCI&t=494s I feel this basically happened
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I loving love this show! A bunch of great improv comics were on it. There's apparently an unreleased episode with an NRA guy who threatened to sue the show after he found out it was a joke. I would like to see that.
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I miss this poo poo https://youtu.be/16r98zeAaoU
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