That's My Bush!

That's My Bush! was a short-lived live-action political satire/sitcom from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It aired on Comedy Central in first run from April through June 2001.

That's My Bush! centered around the (fictitious) personal life of United States President George W. Bush (played by Timothy Bottoms, who would later portray the President in the somber DC 9/11 telefilm). Carrie Quinn Dolin played Laura Bush, and Kurt Fuller played Karl Rove. The show itself was a lampoon of classic American sitcoms, with characters such as klutzy bimbo secretary Princess (Kristen Miller), know-it-all maid Maggie (Marcia Wallace), and supposedly helpful "wacky" next-door neighbor Larry (John D'Aquino). Every episode ended with George mouthing the words "One of these days Laura, I'm gonna punch you in the face!", a parody of Jackie Gleason's line from The Honeymooners, "One of these days, Alice ... Pow! Right in the kisser!." Episodes dealt (with deliberate heavy-handedness) with the topics of abortion, gun control, the war on drugs, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and the death penalty.

Although the show received a fair amount of publicity and was critically lauded, according to a studio spokesman, "the cost per ratings point was just too expensive" (at about $700,000 per episode) and Comedy Central decided not to continue it. (At the same time, the network also cancelled Strip Mall for that same reason.) There was talk of a spinoff feature film for the series, but it was never produced.

Unlike most Trey Parker and Matt Stone creations the pair don't act or appear in the series at all, except for additional voices/voice-overs and the theme song which their band DVDA performs.

According to a report on March 5th, 2006,^*, the cast has recently reunited to record DVD commentaries for a fall release.

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