Editing That's My Bush! (section)

==Cancellation==
Comedy Central officially axed the series in August 2001, as a cost-cutting move; Stone was quoted as saying "A super-expensive show on a small cable network...the economics of it were just not going to work."<ref name="sun" /> The series continued via reruns, considering it a creative and critical success.<ref name="herald" /> Parker believed the show would not have survived after the [[September 11 attacks]] anyway, and Stone agreed, saying the show would not "play well."<ref name="Parker5" /><ref name="Stone5">{{Cite video | people=[[Matt Stone|Stone, Matt]]| date=October 2006 |title=That's My Bush! The Definitive Collection: "The First Lady's Persqueeter" |id=Audio commentary |medium=DVD|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures#Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> There was talk of a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] [[feature film]] for the series entitled ''George W. Bush and the Secret of the Glass Tiger''. The concept extended the series' bait and switch gag: it would have to do with a Chinese invasion foiled by the President. Parker and Stone intended to develop it during the summer of 2002.<ref name="herald" />

===Retrospective===
Parker recalls ''That's My Bush!'' "a great time in our lives," and "the most fun we've had in our careers."<ref name="Parker2" /> ''That's My Bush!'' has had an effect on the structure of ''South Park'': prior to 2001, each ''South Park'' episode was broken up into four acts. While producing ''That's My Bush!'', Parker and Stone found the three act structure provided a better story, and ''South Park'' has continued to use it in recent years.<ref name="Parker7" /> Stone called the show one of the most pleasant experiences in his life.<ref name="Stone5" />

Bottoms went on to portray George W. Bush in two later films: in a comedic context in ''[[The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course]]'', and in a serious context in the television film ''[[DC 9/11: Time of Crisis]]''.