George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (1946) was the 43rd President of the United States of America from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

Appearance on 2DTV
On the show, Bush is one of the more central characters and appears in almost every episode. He is portrayed as being naïve, childish and obsessed with having wars. The General, another main character in the sketches, almost always appears with the President and tries to get him under control with a sock puppet called Professor Liebstrom. Two of Bush's enemies are Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.

He is best friends with several people including the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Prime Minister of the UK, Tony Blair.

In 2DTV, he was originally voiced by Jon Culshaw. When Jon Culshaw and two other actors departed Lewis MacLeod took over.

The Best of 2DTV advert
The Bush character attracted controversy when in late 2002, a commercial for the home media compilation The Best of 2DTV was banned by the BACC. The commercial depicted Bush taking a VHS out of its case and putting it in a toaster.

Ofcom stated that advertisements for products cannot appear to be endorsed by someone without their permission – in this case George W. Bush. The original advert was reworked into a sketch in which Bush writes a letter complaining about his portrayal in the media as a moron, then "posts" the letter in a toaster.