Miss Me Yet
Miss Me Yet takes a look back at the George W. Bush years and the destruction he left in his wake. The series was born out of the shared sweets with former first ladies, vacuous portraits of damaged war veterans, verbal tomfoolery on daytime talkshow sets, and the untold suffering of people who happen to have been born in the wrong place and the wrong time. There’s the way he both uses power, and does not use his power. There’s the way he feeds culture, and the way culture feeds him. Importantly: what did that do to all of us?
Episodes
A contentious election leads to the presidency of George W. Bush. Hanging chads, Brooks Brothers, 102 Dalmatians, protests, and easy-to-access bank credit!
After George W. Bush gets inaugurated amid heavy protesting, a budget is put together favoring tax cuts. Planes strike a few areas in America, most notably the Twin Towers. Osama bin Laden reveals himself to be the orchestrator of the attacks. A few officials receive a delivery of anthrax, an occurrence that is never really followed up on again. America Online 7.0 is released, Funny man Zach Braff vehicle Scrubs premieres.
Do you wear your K-swiss? Do you chew your food before you swallow? Where were you when the first American Idol aired? What color of the Threat Advisory System are we in right now? What danger did Iraq pose in the wake of 9/11? Wait, Dennis Hastert did what?
The push to invade Iraq ramps up as Michael Moore wins an Oscar for Fahrenheit 9/11. The Dixie Chicks receive heat for pushing back against war while people in various parts of the middle east are hit with American sponsored destruction. Barney the dog gets his own holiday special.
It’s George W. Bush versus ketchup mogul John Kerry in another wild election year, chock full with break-ups, live performance slip-ups, and the acting debut of Karl Rove.
Spoilers: George W. Bush is elected to a second term. YouTube gets its first video. More conservative judges are added to the courts. Tom Cruise jumps on a couch with joy. Mass devastation hits domestically as Hurricane Katrina ravages New Orleans and the surrounding areas. The immediate “recovery” causes additional, severe damage.
George W. Bush starts the year out by understanding violence. Gas prices are up, the Patriot act is up, Lenin and Hitler are equated, Afghanistan gets a Coca-Cola factory… Crash wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The Madame Speaker arrives. There’s trouble with the American installed government in Iraq, trouble with the American installed government in Afghanistan… violence in school continues. On TV there is a cut to black, on the Internet there is a cut to a music video.
The financial crisis begins, and much of this year is focused on making sure the current economic system remains in place. There is, of course, another election year in America. Prestige TV begins its true ascent, as does a shoe. Deal or no deal? The system goes on, Barack Obama.
The reverberations begin. We start to see the cementing of George W. Bush as both a goofball and a sincere painter… who actually did a pretty good job in the White House, a claim that will be verified by objective historians once they arrive on the scene. Meanwhile, the Taliban gets rebooted and ISIS enters into the picture. Drone warfare is wildly expanded, and we witness the fall of one Kanye West. As the great leader enters the pop culture arena on his own terms, he gives one final flub to rule them all. The series comes to an end where everything goes to die: on Ellen.
