Crossballs

About me:

"Out of the Crossfire, beyond Hardball, this is Crossballs!" Crossballs is a show that I created for Comedy Central. It lived and died in the summer of 2005. Crossballs was a prank show based around the traditional debate show format, where comedians pose as experts and debate real people who don't know the show is fake. Crossballs put unsuspecting real people, experts in their field, against characters played by comedians in a heated debate on current issues. The show included other bogus elements, including fake TV magazine stories, commercials, and additional "experts" who appear via phony satellite feeds. The "Crossballs" cast included: Chris Tallman, the host, comedians Matt Besser, Jerry Minor, Andrew Daly and Mary Birdsong. These comedians portrayed different characters in each episode. They posed as "experts" to bewilder real people -- true experts who aren't in on the joke.