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That's My Bush! was a brand new show on Comedy Central. It focused on the life of the president, while making fun of the average TV sitcom. The show was first aired on April 4, 2001 at 9:30 PM Track Dubya's bumblings and fumblings on this sitcom spoof about his White House life in this episode guide that links to cast and crew credits. THAT'S MY BUSH! - Episode Guide Season: 1 All Season 1 1. An Aborted Dinner Date gs: Lisa K. Wyatt (Joyce) Toddy Walters (Tour Guide) In the first episode, George finds out his dinner plans with Laura and a dinner to unite both sides of the abortion issue are scheduled at the same. But everything goes wrong when he follows Larry's advice and holds both dinners simultaneously. b: 04-Apr-01 pc: 101 w: Trey Parker d: Jeff Melman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. A Poorly Executed Plan George's college buddies return and make a mess of the White House. George wants to throw them out, but they say he has changed. To show them he hasn't changed, he stages a fake execution for their amusement, and is very rude to the criminal. b: 11-Apr-01 pc: 102 w: Trey Parker d: Jeff Melman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Murder gs: Robert Legionaire (Charlton Heston) Juanita Jennings (Ms. Clea) Kyle McCulloch (Kyle) Eric Lawrence (Secret Sevice Guy / Secret Service Bobby) Daniel Alexander (Secret Service Bobby) Chantal Bushelle (Ms. Clea #2) Vickilyn Reynolds (Ms.Clea #3) George calls a psychic, who tells him he will die. He then becomes paranoid and bans guns from America. But the NRA strikes outside the White House, and Charlton Heston comes to pick a fight. Meanwhile, Laura tries to find something to take her mind off of calling the psychic. b: 18-Apr-01 pc: 103 w: Tony Barbiere , Trey Parker d: Jeff Melman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. S. D. I-Aye-AYE! gs: Guy Siner (Dr. Thomas Klestil) Madison Mason (Donald Rumsfeld) Alex Boling (Austrian Soldier #1) Brad Greenquist (Austrian Soldier #2) Gabriella Bern (Austrian "Princess") Carolyn Minnott (Austrian "Maggie") Toddy Walters (Tour Guide) George gets frustrated when he can't get a cable hookup, so he turns to Larry who gets him an ilegal hookup. The "S.D.I. System" in the White House sends a missile to Austria. Meanwhile, Princess buys pills over the Internet to make her smarter. b: 25-Apr-01 pc: 104 w: Tom Stern & Trey Parker d: Jeff Melman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The First Lady's Persqueeter George is tired of Laura's cat who in fact makes the White House look like an animal house. Thinking that George thinks that Laura is the problem, her and Maggie get an indian method to forbid her of being gross. At the end of the fiasco, the cat explodes, and it is a very emmotional time for the Bush's. Well, except for George who is very happy. b: 02-May-01 pc: 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Mom 'E' D. E. A. Arrest An anti-drug event turns into a rave after George takes Ecstasy. b: 09-May-01 pc: 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Trapped in a Small Environment George and Laura play matchmakers. b: 16-May-01 pc: 107 NOTE: In this episode the Alaska oil issue is brought up and in the same week, the real George W. Bush decides to drill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Fare Thee Welfare gs: Ernest Harden, Jr. (Senator) Britt Leary (Student #2) Shelley Berman (Principal) Elena Lyons (Rhoda) George is forced to resign, and Dick Chaney becomes president. George gets a small, trashy apartment in a trashy city somewhere downtown. Maggie also gets fired, and ends up moving in with them. George tries to get many jobs including: a pro-wrestler, bartender, and a teacher. Note: This episode spoofs many classic TV shows including: The Jeffersons, Welcome Back Kotter, and Cheers. b: 23-May-01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
'South Park' creators launch new sitcom By LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In the new sitcom That's My Bush! from the creators of South Park, U.S. President Bush plays host to beer-swilling frat brothers, is mocked by a White House maid and henpecked by the first lady. Bush, as portrayed by actor Timothy Bottoms, also accidentally executes a death-row prisoner and is terrorized by an anti-abortion talking fetus. In other words, Dorothy, we're not in The West Wing anymore. While NBC's drama celebrates the presidency's power and glory, That's My Bush! is a bratty kid gleefully yanking down the chief executive's pants. The Comedy Central series is juvenile, coarse and impishly determined to offend. As political satire, however, it's a pale New Age version in which issues don't really count as much as the notion that the system, in general, deserves to be mocked. Nothing truly personal or political is intended, says Matt Stone, who hatched the show with his South Park partner-in-crime, Trey Parker. That's My Bush! begins an eight-episode run in the U.S. on Wednesday. The Comedy Network in Canada is in negotiations to pick up the sitcom, but no deal has been signed yet, said spokesman Scott Henderson. Stone and Parker didn't vote for Bush -- they didn't vote, period -- but they have nothing against him. After all, the show could have been Everybody Loves Gore! had the Democrat taken office. "We don't have fun at anybody's expense. It's all just a fun little fantastical absurdist thing," said Stone. "We don't want to preach to anybody or have a big agenda." Instead, a fair amount of the humour is a send-up of TV sitcom conventions. It starts with the chirpy title, a descendent of Love That Bob and That Girl, and an inane theme song. "He's the president, the resident who's kinda in charge. He's got the whole country saying 'That's my Bush!'" trills the opening tune. While supporters of Bush may be outraged by the show's disrespect and Bush opponents disappointed by its unfocused satire, such parody may delight open-minded television buffs. There's a pesky neighbour, for instance, a reliable TV staple. And, as lippy housekeeper Maggie, Marcia Wallace summons memories of Florence (Marla Gibbs) in The Jeffersons and other smart alecks. "Wow, look at you Mrs. Bush, you look like a hooker!" a beaming Maggie tells the first lady (Carrie Quinn Dolin), dolled up in a sexy red dress. "I do?" a shocked Mrs. Bush replies. "I mean an expensive, high-class hooker," Maggie assures her. Bottoms, as Bush, parodies Ralph Kramden's loving threat in The Honeymooners ("One of these days, Alice .... Pow! Right in the kisser!") with his own less poetic exclamation to Mrs. Bush: "One of these days, I'm gonna punch you in the face!" The cast, including Bottoms, who bears an unsettling resemblance to Bush here, and sitcom pro Wallace (receptionist Carol on The Bob Newhart Show), are adept at giving stock TV characters a rude tweak. But the show's desire to have it both ways when it comes to politics misfires. That's My Bush! is a prankster that pushes hot-button issues only for the empty thrill of setting off false alarms. In the first episode, An Aborted Dinner Date, Bush the unifier arranges a White House meeting between representatives of the abortion rights and anti-abortion movements. Both sides are outlandishly portrayed, with the talking fetus -- a tiny, unsettling animatronic puppet -- used to represent an anti-abortion leader who holds a big grudge. "Apparently he was aborted 30 years ago, he managed to survive and now he is bitter, he is angry and he hates to be cancelled on," a Bush adviser warns the president. Bush doesn't spend much time pondering the abortion debate; he's more concerned the meeting will force him to miss a dinner date with the first lady. Sitcom chaos ensues. Series co-creator Stone is unapologetic about playing serious matters for laughs. There's already enough bitter debate over issues including capital punishment and abortion, he said. "I keep up on the news, I keep up on what's going on, I'm interested in those things, but I think there's enough space for having a little fun with it," Stone said. The very idea of building a sitcom around the president is somewhat loaded, he acknowledges: "It's our little silly statement on the sitcomization of America politics." And the anti-abortion fetus puppet? "You've got to shock some people," Stone said, true to his outrageous South Park roots. Parker and Stone had attracted notoriety when a proposed script leaked out with Bush's 19-year-old daughters, Jenna and Barbara, portrayed as incestuous lesbian lovers. But they distanced themselves from that idea, and Comedy Central executives -- who had received many complaints -- told them the girls could not be included in their series at all. Stone contends That's My Bush! is mushy at the centre. After all, it traffics in traditional TV sitcom homilies, such as reminding us that honesty is the best policy even when you're president. "The more rude humour is never the focus of the show. We're doing it with a heart behind it, a fundamental sweetness. I think that's why everyone (working on the show) can hold their head high and say 'I'm doing something kind of cool, not just 'We have a talking fetus, hah, hah, hah.'" |
He stole the election, now he'll steal your hearts." |
George tells Laura that he's been fired and that if she wants to be with Dick, he'll understand. She stands by her man however and they say goodbye to Maggie, Karl, Princess, Larry and… some guy. (who?) The Bushes move on down to the projects. Maggie joins them after being fired by the totalitarian Dick. Karl and Princess however continue to suffer at the hands of the new President, becoming his bitches. George, in the meantime, tries several jobs: teacher, bartender, assistant. And gets fired from each, despite dispensing laughs and lessons at all. George's new favorite neighbor Leron tells George he can get him a job as a masked wrestler. All he's gotta do is lose the match. Through his wacky dumb luck, George wins the match and the admiration of the crowd. He becomes celebrated as the Mysterious Loser. Dick (hiss!) is angered that the ratings for his first speech were beaten by wrestling… the wrestling of the Mysterious Loser. To sucker off the Mysterious Loser's ratings Dick has Karl invite the masked George to wrestle at the White House. Hearing that the gig pays $5000, Leron accepts for the former president. After the match, Dick is disappointed the crowd cheers for the Mysterious Loser and not for him. Believing the mask will rob the Mysterious Loser of his popularity, Dick asks George to remove it. George refuses, even under the threat of death. Laura's arrival reveals George and Dick wants George arrested. Larry reveals that Dick shredded the Middle East threaty to get George impeached. Karl asks George to come back and to the chant of loser, George agrees to become President again, bumping Dick back down to Vice. George and Laura state that these past two days have reaffirmed their love for one another, rich or poor, but preferably rich. (Aww!) |
Meanwhile,Karl pushes George to attend an execution to prove his staunch position on the death penalty. George isn'’t so sure, but when his frat buddies wonder if he’s going soft, he asserts he’s going to go. Laura nudges them to leave early, but the Beta Delts aren'’t going anywhere. Back in his beer-soaked Yale days George promised that they could stay at the White House as long as they want, and they've got a drunken tape to prove it. The next morning, George bemoans to Laura that now he has to go to the execution. Laura says his frat buddies got him into this and he has to tell them to go. But Laura ends up doing it. The Beta Delts want one last night out with George. George can’t due to the execution that evening. The frat brothers say that George has changed. George blabbers that he could take them to the execution. The frat brothers can’t wait to go. (George!) Karl says George can’t have his frat buddies to the execution, that they’ll be an embarrassment to the office. George has the idea of staging a phony execution. (Uh-oh!) Karl hates the idea, but finds an improv group to perform the execution. Enter Gutbusters. After a torturous audition (though Princess loves it), Karl signs them up, despite his hatred of all improv comedy. The only prison guard aware of the fake execution takes ill. The warden is thus completely surprised when the President arrives early, and mistakenly prepares the real prisoner to be executed for Bush and his frat buddies. Karl discovers Gutbusters has been detained, and rushes to tell George the execution is real. But George has already killed the prisoner himself. (Oops!) The frat buddies leave, frightened by the whole affair. Karl informs George that the whole execution was real. George faints. Karl asserts the execution was fake and has a member of Gutbusters killed for the "real" execution. George is appalled by what he has done. George realizes that it is wrong to take a life. Laura what’s really wrong is trying to be something you’re not. George admits he’s changed, but Laura says she’s liked the way he’s changed and so should he. (Awww!) |
The next morning, George tells Karl to bolster White House security. Trying to reassure George, Laura says Ms. Clea would probably draw a different card if they called again. George wants to call right now! Princess (ruff! ruff!) mentions they could try to stop themselves from calling by using a brain-distracting activity. George tries show tunes, but he calls Ms. Clea, who draw three death cards and a gay card. Laura finds origami isn't much better, so on Maggie's suggestion she switches to vodka tonics. George is disturbed that next-door neighbor Larry can just waltz right in. Larry tells George that if he's really worried about his safety, he should ban guns. Against Karl's objections, George does it. (Silly George!) All seems well now, even with the NRA protesting and rioting outside. George feels safe. Laura's shaken her telepsychic addiction with constant intoxication. But then Charlton Heston (played by Robert Legionnaire) shows up, less than happy with the president. George will not budge from his gun ban. He believes Mr. Heston is threatening him, and has the newly British-trained secret service escort him out to a real groaner. (Hint: It's People… magazine) Though George has gotten a guard bear, he still calls Ms. Clea to find out who's gonna kill him. A newly masculine Ms. Clea tells him it'll be somebody close to him. George assembles everyone for dinner and then accuses each of conspiring to kill him. In the course of George's inquisition it's revealed Larry has a panty-sniffing fetish, George can't get it up and Karl has a chart showing how many people must die before he can be President. But no murderer. Though left with nobody, George puts a loaded rifle on the table and has the lights shut off. But nobody at the table takes it… nobody who's not a guard bear that is. The bear pursues George until Charlton Heston shoots it dead. George apologizes, for he's learned that you have to have faith in your friends. (Awwww!) He also repeals gun control. (Yea!) |
All 8 TMB Episodes To Air November 2nd, 2002! Posted by Al on September 15, 2002 Comedy Central plans to air all 8 episodes of That's My Bush! this November! Here is the official press release - "Dubbayathon" Saturday, November 2nd, 10:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. We're bringing back all eight episodes of "That's My Bush! " featuring everyone's favorite sitcom president for a four-hour "Dubbayathon" of domestic and political hijinks. Join old Dubbya as he attends an execution, trips out on Ectasy and attempts to steal cable. Set your VCRs, because this is a ONCE IN A YEAR type of event. I'm telling you this early so you all have a little bit of time to go out and buy a blank tape :-). |