George W. Bushisms | 
| Directors: Al Franken, Jacob Weisberg
Studio: St. Clair Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 92240
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 62 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 777966039497
EAN: 0777966039497
ASIN: B00062L8WG
Theatrical Release Date: September 9, 2004
Release Date: October 5, 2004
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Description
Theres no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead. This DVD, based on the New York Times best-selling BUSHISMS books is hosted by comedian/satirist Brian Unger (The Daily Show) and includes commentaries by Al Franken, best-selling author of Lies, And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them, and Bushisms author Jacob Weisberg. DVD Features include music videos from The George W. Bush Singers, artwork from the popular political cartoon Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau and animated shorts by Chris Sketchboy Roulty.
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 Missed Opportunity December 31, 2005
Mr. Music (Sydney, Australia)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A lot of this DVD is very funny - how could it not be? However, as other reviewers have stated, the execution is a little lacking. There is way too much time wasted with the "George W. Bush Singers" who aren't the least bit funny. The comic strip interludes are also boring and annoying. I actually enjoyed most of the commentary, epecially form Gary Trudeau, but I agree that it's probably not necessary, given how many "bushisms" there are that aren't featured here. I could think of at least a couple of favourites of mine that were missing. Overall, it's amusing to watch but would have been better if it was just a constant stream of bushisms, one after the other with minimal interruption.
"It's gonna take time to restore chaos"
"Fool Me Once...Whatever!" October 23, 2005
Martin A Hogan (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules))
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
It is now clear to the world that G. W. Bush has dyslexia and a poor understanding of the English language. So what? He has the title of the leader of the free world, but everyone knows that the power is behind him with his administrative staff. This parody simply resurfaces all the horrifically embarrassing moments this Bush has poised himself as communicatively inept. Of course, that is an egregious position for a person of that position to have. I do fault the producers for playing some linguistic missteps in a "Laugh-in" manner. This is not funny stuff. Thousand of people have died since Bush took the Presidency and although his presentations are a literally laughing matter, this DVD does nothing than depress the left and infuriate the right. The American people and the world now know what is happening and this is not the kind of product we need other than for completely illiterate poor folks (not my term), residents of other countries (who already know this material) or frat house boys. We need peace! This is no longer a laughing matter!
A treasure-box of brain-work ... October 8, 2005
FrizzText (Wuppertal)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The TV satirist Brian Unger (The Daily Show) presents here some of the most impressive Bush intellect performances. The Bushisms are representing a straight method of world explanation, which is helping amazingly to find an easier way of thinking. The journalist Jacob Weisberg, delivering the quotation-material, has been able to convince a broad public in his books of this little treasure-box, as which the brain of George W. Bush can be classified. The DVD is completed with artistically similarly third-class song presentations of the "George W. Bush Singers", there are comments of Al Franken, Cartoons of Gary Trudeau and animated sequences of Chris "the Sketchboy" Roulty. The whole Bush-Bible is sorted by chapters like "Bush on the economy", "Bush on education", "Bush on Iraq" etc... Pulitzer Prize performances cannot be expected, some moderation is superfluous, it is enough, that Bush makes a donkey of himself acting alone, without any comments: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we..." The money for this DVD is not spent wrongly, because it informs us, what kind of a leader a large democracy is able to choose ...
A lot of wasted content and no extras..... April 22, 2005
Frederick Brown (Melbourne, Australia)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
With a run time of just over 61 minutes a lot of time has been wasted on content that just isnt even remotely funny. What possessed them to include 4 "songs" by the George W. Bush Singers ?
These "songs" are embarrassing and merely consist of repeating what has already been stated elsewhere on the DVD. Worst of all they take up over 11 and half minutes that should have been spent on more Bushisms ! And to top it off, at the end of the program more space is wasted, 3 minutes, on a David Letterman style Top Ten "Bushisms", that isnt funny and once again repeating what we've already seen. Jacob Weisberg has published 4 books on "Bushisms", surely there's more than enough content to fill a DVD without having to resort to banal filler material ?
All the best "Bushisms" in one place. November 7, 2004
TCSAudioGuru
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The best thing about this DVD, is having access to all Dubyas' classic blunders, all in one place. The songs and commentary got old pretty fast. But, who wouldn't want the best of the best like. . .
"There's an old saying in Tennessee. . . I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee. . . that says, fool me once. . . shame on. . . shame on you. You fool me, you. . . can't get fooled again."
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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
The only reason I gave it 4 stars was the host commentators, imho, have the personality of a couple of bricks. There's no need to point out why the clip was funny, we get it. Their talking seem to be more of a space filler then anything.
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