Never forget (to not watch this mini-series)

Here's a surprise: People are upset about ABC's "Path to 9/11" miniseries, starring Harvey "Please forgive me for being in 'Be Cool'" Keitel.

First, people are, rightly so, naturally averse to any type of dramatized accounts involving that day. Yet there are times when it seems a bit kneejerk - people were up in arms over Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," which was essentially two hours of "look how great America and the human spirit both are." Even more rancor was directed towards Paul Greengrass' "United 93," which was praised by nearly everyone who saw it as a sensitive, thoughtful depiction of events.

This isn't even the first TV movie about 9/11 - don't forget (although everyone did, and who could blame them) "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis," which was singularly notable for starring Timothy Bottoms as super-serious, forthright leader George W. Bush. Of course, Bottoms was also the star of the pre-9/11 farcical Comedy Central series (from "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone) "That's My Bush," which portrayed Bush as a bumbling idiot straight out of a 1950s sitcom. Ah, irony.

Except this time around the controversy isn't coming from the worried public, it's pretty high up. The Democratic National Committee has gotten over 200,000 signatures for a petition to yank the thing, which they've called "right-wing factually inaccurate mocudrama." It would take some pretty fertile minds to solely blame democrats for 9/11, so this movie probably has least some artistic merit.

The point of all this? "That's My Bush" is coming out on DVD October 24. Highly recommended, if for the "An Aborted Dinner Date" episode alone.