That's My Bush!

That's My Bush!
The That's My Bush! intertitle, featuring actors displaying George W. Bush and wife Laura Bush back to back.
Genre	Sitcom Satire
Created by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Starring	Timothy Bottoms Carrie Quinn Dolin Kurt Fuller Kristen Miller Marcia Wallace John D'Aquino Charly Sianipar
Theme music composer	Trey Parker
Composer(s)	Kim Bullard
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Trey Parker Matt Stone Anne Garefino
Running time	22 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s)	Important Television Comedy Partners
Distributor	Paramount Home Entertainment
Release
Original network	Comedy Central
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV)
Original release	April 4 – May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)
External links
Website

That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy Bottoms. Carrie Quinn Dolin played Laura Bush, and Kurt Fuller played Karl Rove.

Despite the political overtones, the show itself was actually a broad lampoon of American sitcoms, including lame jokes, a laugh track, and stock 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).

The series was conceived in the wake of the 2000 Presidential Election, between Bush and Al Gore. Parker and Stone were sure that Gore would win the election, and tentatively titled the show Everybody Loves Al. Thanks to the controversy regarding the election's outcome, the series was pushed back. Instead, the show was then plotted around Bush at the workplace.

The show received positive reviews, with The New York Times commenting, "That's My Bush! is a satire of hero worship itself; it is the anti-West Wing and the first true post-Clinton comedy. [...] This politically astute criticism is embedded in so much hysterical humor that the series never seems weighty."

The entire idea behind the series was to parody sitcoms. The premise developed into having it be about the President in office. Parker recalled the idea came about three months before the 2000 Presidential election. The duo were "95 percent sure" that Democratic candidate Al Gore would win, and tentatively titled the show Everybody Loves Al. It was, essentially, the same show: a lovable main character, the sassy maid, the wacky neighbor. Parker said the producers did not want to make fun of politics, but instead lampoon sitcoms. The duo watched a lot of Fawlty Towers in preparation.