Dejawesp said:
The closest they ever got was "The government knows best act" Besides that during his 8 years there was never a single joke or depiction of him.
Meanwhile Clinton has been featured to an almost embarrassing degree. Sometimes he just pops out of nowhere to make a comment about himself like "I was a pretty bad president" and "I have had sex with pigs"
Is Groenings personal politics bleeding through his work or did Bush never do anything that offered a comedic opening for a sketch or joke?
Kids thinking that they know anything about the Simpsons.
Some history for you kiddie. The heyday for the Simpsons was in the reign of George H Bush, Bush 1, NOT Dubya (Bush 2). And they were hated so stridently by not only President Bush, but his wife Barbara Bush, that Barbara Bush campaigned directly against the Simpons for years trying to get it taken off the air.
Yes. You read that correctly. The first lady trying for years to get a show taken off the air. NONE of the shows that criticised the 2nd Bush's presidency came anywhere CLOSE to that.
And tell me this. Please. Answer me this. How did you MISS THE EPISODE THAT HAS (recently retired) PRESIDENT GEORGE H BUSH AS THE MAIN GUEST STAR/VILLAIN!!!
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN SIMPSONS EPISODES OF THE FIRST SIX SEASONS, HOW COULD YOU MAKE THIS TOPIC AND NOT REFER TO IT EVEN ONCE. THE EPISODE WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IN IT.
Ok, calmed down a bit, I'll try to type normally again. I'm talking about the episode where Homer starts a feud with President Bush (after Bush moves in across the street in order to retire and write his memoirs). The two of them get increasingly fed up with each other until they end up getting in an extended fist fight and Bush Snr has to move out. How could you not refer to that?
What you're forgetting is that the ENTIRE FIRST FIVE SEASONS of the Simpsons was basically an anti-Bush comment. They didn't NEED to refer to them directly, because the whole concept of the show (highly original at that point in time) was anti-republican - the idea of having a start who is a lazy, alcoholic slob was a major controversy among conservatives who called for it to be taken off the air because they couldn't handle having an 'everyman' being heroised.
I remember watching an interview with Groenig around 6 seasons in, where he's being asked about Barbara Bush's campaign against them. He said that apparently he and one of the writers actually bumped into Barbara Bush at an event one time, and he smiled and waived to Ms Bush assuming that she was only pretending to hate them for the sake of playing politics. Nope, apparently she really was offended by the whole concept of the show and made her views rather clear
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Next time you ask 'why hasn't x show made any jokes about President Bush?' pick a show that WASN'T upsetting Bush presidents back when YOUR president Bush was still a drunken fratboy.
