Last night (4/12/2001) The second episode of
That's My Bush!, the latest from
South Park creators
Matt Stone and
Trey Parker premiered on
Comedy Central. In keeping with my first writeup on the show, I now bring my thoughts on the second episode.
My Review
The second episode of That's My Bush, continued the formula established by the first episode, one of lampooning both the
President, and the American
Sitcom. In this episode the White House is beset upon by
dubya's old frat buddies, and
Geroge W. Bush is scheduled to witness an execution.
Once again a standard sitcom
plot, that of the
husband's old "party-buddies" invading his life is used as a backdrop for an 'in your face' attack on Geroge W. Bush's stance on the issues, in this case, the
Death Penalty. We've all seen those sitcom episodes where the primary male character encouters his friends who really haven't changed since
high school or
college, and the character always makes a
fool out of himself while he tries to show them that he hasn't "lost it". The typical scenario is played out here, when GWB is advised to be a witness to an execution. George shows
heistation and his old friends acuse him of having gone
soft. George decided to attend the execution, but doesn't wat the press to see his
frat buddies. The perfect
plan, hire an
improv troupe (Stone and Parker taking the chance to attack
improv comedy as well) to stage a fake
execution two hours before the actual execution, his buddies see the fake one, he can attend the real one, and everything will work out, right? Of cours not.
The show, in it's second episode, hold the same charm as the first episode, and manages to be less blatantly accross-the-board
offensive (I don't think any GWB supporter is going to enjy the show, unless they have a good sense of
humor about themselves and their president). With the combination of changing national isues, and a bevy of sitcom plots to
lampoon, That's My Bush has massive potential, as long as it's
star can remain in office.