Matt Besser believes there is nothing wrong with a man getting his 15 minutes of fame by hanging upside down while eating a cow patty.

He says reality television is justified in its demoralizing tactics used on contestants. On the other end of the table is a critic who is throwing up his hands and saying reality television is the worst trend to hit TV in years.

Besser’s opponent has no idea this is all a hoax.

On this particular debate show, real-life experts are asked to present their arguments, but they don’t know the people they are facing are comedians playing characters with ridiculous arguments.

“Crossballs: The Debate Show,” which will make its debut at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on Comedy Central, is a comedic mix between “Crossfire” and “Hardball.” The cable channel hopes to mold it along the lines of “The Daily Show,” which has garnered a loyal following for its skewing of the mass media.

“I was surprised by many things,” Besser says. “I thought we’d have (an expert) storm out on us. It never happened once. We had a lot of them threaten to walk out and a lot of people say this had to be a joke.”

In the show’s 24 episodes, the experts argue everything from the merits of annual tests for drivers to cloning (which includes a set of identical twins dumbfounded by the issue).

“Our stuff is not day-to-day topical (stuff) like ‘The Daily Show.’ But it is topical because these are things people are always talking about,” Besser says.