Back in the time leading up to the U.S. presidential election of 2000, between George W. Bush and Al Gore, the creators of
South Park (Trey Parker and Matt Stone, of course) conceived of an idea for a sitcom that would be based on whoever the winner of the election was, and their time in the White House. It would be called either
Absolute Al or
That's My Bush, depending on who took the oath of office. The plan didn't make a difference in regard to poking fun at one politician vs. the other: one of the show's creators commented at the time to the effect of, "They're both boring, stupid people, and it's just not going to matter."
As we all know, after a bit of a debate over the Florida election results, the show was dubbed "
That's My Bush!", and debuted on Comedy Central on April 4, 2001. Timothy Bottoms (
The Paper Chase film, 1991's
Land of the Lost) starred as George W. Bush, Carrie Quinn Dolin as wife Laura, Kurt Fuller (recently seen in both
Boston Legal and
Desperate Housewives) as Karl Rove, and Marcia Wallace (
The Simpsons, The Bob Newhart Show) as Maggie Hawley. The show only lasted 8 episodes, though. The studio commented at the time of the cancellation that the cost of the show for each ratings point it was getting was just too expensive.
We all knew that the show had to come to DVD before Bush's time on Pennsylvania Ave. came to an end, though, and it looks like it's finally on the way! We would like to thank readers like Thomas Gray (who got his e-mail to us first) for sending us the heads-up that the folks at
SouthParkStudios.com had posted this information yesterday:
"That's My Bush" Cast Reunites for DVD
Next week the cast of the show will be in-studio to record commentary for the upcoming DVD. Those of you who were fans of the short-lived show, "That's My Bush" will be excited to know that the TV show will be available on DVD this fall.
That's good news! We'll bring you more updates and developments about this release just as soon as they become available. Stay tuned!
