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| 3 | A Creator/ComedyCentral show in which two people, pop-culture phenomena, objects or whatever else are put on "trial" to determine which is the titular Root of All Evil (of that week). Examples; Kim Jong-il vs. Tila Tequila, Beer vs. Weed, [[Creator/OprahWinfrey Oprah]] vs. the Catholic Church, Creator/{{Disney}} vs. Scientology. |
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| 5 | The format of the show is Creator/LewisBlack playing the "judge" of the court and two rotating comedians play "lawyers", each arguing that the other's subject is more evil than their own. |
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| 7 | Not to be confused with the documentary by UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins, ''The Root of All Evil?''. |
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| 11 | !!Tropes: |
| 12 | * ButtMonkey: The late Creator/GregGiraldo appeared in nine episodes, and only came away with a grand total of ''two wins'' during the show's run. Ironic when you consider he was a lawyer in real life before quitting to do stand-up comedy full-time. Then again, many other comedians started outside of show business. |
| 13 | * SelfDeprecation: In the episode "UsefulNotes/DickCheney vs. Creator/ParisHilton", when describing things that are less popular than Dick Cheney, Creator/PattonOswalt named Lyme disease, getting your bike stolen, vampires who need to suck blood of humans to survive and [[BrainBleach me shirtless]] as the options. |
| 14 | * TakeAThirdOption: Done at least once. |
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