Editing That's My Bush! (section)

{{short description|American television sitcom}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = ThatsMyBush.png
| caption              = The ''That's My Bush!'' intertitle, featuring actors portraying [[George W. Bush]] and wife [[Laura Bush]]
| genre                = [[Sitcom]]<br />[[Satire (film and television)|Satire]]
| runtime              = 22 minutes (approx.)
| creator              = [[Trey Parker]]<br />[[Matt Stone]]
| executive_producer   = Trey Parker<br />Matt Stone<br />Anne Garefino
| starring             = [[Timothy Bottoms]]<br />Carrie Quinn Dolin<br />[[Kurt Fuller]]<br />[[Kristen Miller]]<br />[[Marcia Wallace]]<br />[[John D'Aquino]]
| theme_music_composer = Trey Parker
| composer             = Kim Bullard
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| network              = [[Comedy Central]]
| company              = Important Television<br />[[Comedy Central]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2001|04|04}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2001|05|23}}
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 8
| list_episodes        = 
}}
'''''That's My Bush!''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] that aired on [[Comedy Central]] from April 4 to May 23, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2001/020701_Thats_My_Bush.jhtml |author=Press release |title=New Series: That's My Bush |date=February 7, 2001 |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=2010-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125752/http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2001/020701_Thats_My_Bush.jhtml |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref> The show was created by [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]], a comedy-duo best known for creating ''[[South Park]]''.

Despite the political overtones, the show itself was more a broad lampoon of American sitcoms, including jokes, a laugh track, and stock characters such as klutzy secretary Princess ([[Kristen Miller]]), know-it-all maid Maggie ([[Marcia Wallace]]), and supposedly helpful next door neighbor Larry ([[John D'Aquino]]).

The series was conceived in the wake of the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], between [[George W. Bush]] and [[Al Gore]]. Parker and Stone were sure that Gore would win the election, and tentatively titled the show ''Everybody Loves Al''. However, due to the [[United States presidential election in Florida, 2000|controversy regarding the election's outcome]], the series was pushed back. Instead, the show was then plotted around Bush at the workplace.<ref name="Parker2">{{Cite video | people=[[Trey Parker|Parker, Trey]]| date=October 2006 |title=That's My Bush! The Definitive Collection: "A Poorly Executed Plan" |id=[[Audio commentary]] |medium=DVD|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures#Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

The show received positive reviews from critics, with ''[[The New York Times]]'' commenting, "''That's My Bush!'' is a satire of hero worship itself; it is the anti-''[[The West Wing|West Wing]]'' and the first true post-[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] comedy. [...] This politically astute criticism is embedded in so much hysterical humor that the series never seems weighty."<ref>{{cite news |last=James |first=Carolyn |title=''That's My Bush'': A Raucous Leap Into a New Era |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 1, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/arts/television-radio-that-s-my-bush-a-raucous-leap-into-a-new-era.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm |access-date=June 12, 2011}}</ref>