Comedy Debater Gifts

"When I was a teenager 'Saturday Night Live' had Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman..."

"Water circulates in the same direction. Believe me...I've dropped my phone in toilets in both hemispheres."

'Do you think that's wise?'

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"The best part is that we got hell to pay for it."

'Think how all that chatting is affecting global warming.'

"Now that's a win."

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

Changing Minds

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

'I know it's controversial, but my calculations prove beyond doubt that a nod is BETTER than a wink.'

Netanyahu versus Gantz

'I'm terribly worried, Doctor - he doesn't talk back to Bill O'Reilly any more.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

"In this one, references to everything have been deleted."

Crooked Hillary... Pig... Sad!... Not a Ten!...

"If I vote my conscience, it's Sanders. If I vote my pocketbook, it's Trump. If I vote my emotions, it's Hillary. If I vote my anger, it's Cruz..."

Like Minded

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September

And now, for a rebuttal.

"Jersey Tomatoes" vs. "Jersey toMAHtoes"

'My opponent hates cats.'

Approved Debate Questions

Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt

"If they shorten political campaigns, what will we do for entertainment?"

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

Global warming debate.

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