Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly to debate national affairs at D.C. fundraiser

Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Fox News' Bill O'Reilly will spice up the debate season by squaring off in a 90-minute "Rumble in the Air Conditioned Auditorium" at George Washington University 8 p.m. Oct. 6.

The debate will be live-streamed at $4.95 a pop from www.therumble2012.com with tickets for non G.W. tickets to be sold for $75 and $100. Half the proceeds will be given to charity, though there was no word on what would be done with the other half of the gate.

The debate will be moderated by former Fox News anchor and CNN Anchor E.D. Hill, who earned her own blip of fame in 2008 for asking if the fist bump between Barack Obama, who was running for president, and his wife, Michele was a "terrorist fist jab." She later apologized. Topics will include the national debt, gas prices, and the U.S. relationship with the Muslim world.

Chest pounding macho antics between the two contenders, favorite icons of the left and right, was muted. Stewart said in a jointly issued statement that the debate should be enjoyable for the duo's fans, political junkies and "people who enjoy yelling."

"I had no idea my agent signed me up for this," O'Reilly said. "How can I get out of it?"