Bush Comes to Dinner

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“Bush Comes to Dinner”
American Dad! episode

Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 10
Written by	Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker
Directed by	Mike Kim
Production no.	2AJN13
Original airdate	January 7, 2007
Newspaper Headline	IT'S 2007... STILL NO FLYING CARS
Season 2 episodes
American Dad - Season 2 September 10, 2006 – May 20, 2007
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"Bush Comes to Dinner" is the tenth episode in the second season of the animated series American Dad!.

[edit] Plot

The episode begins with Stan furiously typing an essay, for a Central Intelligence Agency contest, the winner of which will get to have dinner with President George W. Bush. To win, Stan must e-mail the essay in by midnight; however, he is unable to come up with a line to finish it. He comes up with a line, but then he hears a noise (which he assumes is a burglar). He goes downstairs and, in the dark, attacks Hayley, who is arriving home after going to a club. During the brief scuffle, a flask of liquor falls out of her bag. Hayley (who is only 19) insists that someone must have put it in her purse by mistake, but Stan does not believe her, and they argue for a few moments before Stan realizes that he only has sixty seconds to send in his paper. He runs back to his computer, but forget his final line and, low on time, sends it without any ending line. The next day at work he discovers that he did not win (his rival Duper won), as Deputy Director Bullock found it almost good, but "missing something."

Stan, furious, comes home and blames Hayley for his loss, saying that if she had not distracted him, he would have had time to finish the essay. They argue again over the flask, and Stan becomes so mad he calls Hayley a "lost cause" for her drinking. Hayley, incredibly hurt, leaves. Later that night, to Stan's shock, President Bush shows up, explaining that Duper had been disqualified (apparently, much of his essay was plagiarized from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). Hayley, of course, wants to grill Bush about political issues, but Stan quickly steps in to disable her attempts (he drugs her).

Meanwhile, Roger is trying to earn enough money to buy Dollywood, and, after searching through huge amounts of information, believes he has found evidence that Osama bin Laden is actually living in Washington, D.C., disguised as an insurance salesman. Hoping for the reward money, he gets President Bush into the attic, but while there, Bush begins to choke. Roger quickly gives him a martini, which he drinks, but which Bush objects to, as he is a recovered alcoholic. However, he soon winds up getting drunk from Roger's drinks. Stan, wanting to defuse the situation—and knowing that Bush has an important press conference the next morning—attempts to sober him up, but while he is making coffee, Hayley leaves with the president, and Stan follows.

Hayley—out of dislike of Bush, but even more, from anger at Stan—takes Bush around the town, taking pictures of him that she hopes will be able to cause a scandal that will result in him being kicked out of office. Stan tracks them down as the president is skinny dipping in a neighbor's pool. Stan gives the president his jacket, but, distracted by a bickering Hayley, Bush manages to slip away. The two continue to chase him, cornering him in an alley. There, Bush breaks down and admits to Stan that, knowing that most people do not like him, he has found the presidency too difficult and wants to resign. However, when he finds a copy of Stan's speech in Stan's jacket, Stan begins to read it to him, as they walk back to the Smith house, a bitter Hayley in tow. Hearing Stan's words, President Bush regains his confidence in his ability to lead the country.

Back at the house, Hayley's friends arrive, and her boyfriend Jeff lets slip that she has her "special flask" of booze. Stan then yells at Hayley again, now with proof that she was lying about her drinking, and Hayley bitterly admits that he was right about her being a "lost cause." Bush, hearing this, scolds Stan for having ever called Hayley that, and points out that at her age he was even wilder than she was; in fact, he points out that Hayley is on the "track to becoming president." He then leaves to get ready for the next day's press conference. Hayley, touched by Bush defending her, decides to delete all the photos of him on her camera phone ("Well, he's better than Cheney," she sighs).

Meanwhile, Steve and Roger find the address Roger believes belongs to bin Laden, and they take the owner hostage. After interrogating him, they are forced to conclude he is not a terrorist, and Roger, despairing that he will not be able to buy Dollywood, decides to rob the owner. The last scene reveals that Roger was right, only bin Laden moved out of the house only days before, which is what stopped Roger and Steve from finding him.

[edit] Cultural references

When Stan sends the e-mail, the computer sings "let the e-mail soar". This is a play on John Ashcroft's song "Let the Eagle Soar".
Steve's dream is a reference to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
When Roger explains his theory about Bin Laden to Steve, his room is littered with magazine and newspaper clippings connected by string in a nonsensical fashion. This is a reference to a similar scene involving John Forbes Nash in A Beautiful Mind.
When President Bush is discovered drunk he says that his wife would run him over is a reference to an incident where Laura Bush accidentally killed her boyfriend at the time with a car ^[1]
Stan's line "even the younglings?" is a reference to Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
When President Bush is reciting all the alcoholic drinks he made or drank at Haley's age, it's a reference to the fireworks scene in Joe Dirt.