"That's My Bush!" (2001)TV series

Creators:

Trey Parker
Matt Stone

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A brilliant man deserves a brilliant sitcom.

Plot:

Somewhat dim President George W. Bush's White House more closely resembles the set of a sitcom than real life, down to the laugh track.

Plot Keywords:

Naive Woman | Good Versus Evil | Political | Sitcom | Housekeeper

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Timothy Bottoms	...	George W. Bush (8 episodes, 2001)
Carrie Quinn Dolin	...	Laura Bush (8 episodes, 2001)
Kurt Fuller	...	Karl Rove (8 episodes, 2001)
Marcia Wallace	...	Maggie Hawley (8 episodes, 2001)
Kristen Miller	...	Princess Stevenson (8 episodes, 2001)
John D'Aquino	...	Larry O'Shea (8 episodes, 2001)

Also Known As:

Absolute Al (USA) (working title)
Family First (USA) (working title)
First Family (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (8 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Comedy Central

Trivia:

Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker waited three months to see if the show would be "Everyone Loves Al" or "That's my Bush", depending on the winner of the election.

Quotes:

George W. Bush: Maggie, don't you have laundry to do?
Maggie Hawley: Oh that's right, I can do what your father did and separate the whites from the coloreds.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "South Park: All About Mormons (#7.12)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

That's My Bush!

Life, paying the price of fame, is hard

Often a very funny show, That's My Bush is only a tad better than it's garbage twin Son of the Beach (which, shame on American buyers, is coming to DVD). A parody of George W. Bush Jr. that exploits (and insults) his general lackluster intelligence, his staff (wife and mother included), and how hard it is trying to be loose and irresponsible while running the United States of America.

The political humor is great, however tame it is. Princess was a riot, Maggie was fun, and Timothy Bottoms as Bush was our favorite impotent cutie-pie. But, it seriously needed a harder satirical edge. And the concept of satire is something creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone would sooner fart at then consider an option in designing a television show for their viewing roster of waste-oids and wino's. So, it's funny but it's too nice and also doesn't distribute jokes evenly. That's too important to be missing.