Quoting Tim Long, a producer of The Simpsons on why they had not made use of the current President in any of thier episodes so far: Washington Whispers (4/19/04): "'With Clinton, you had the real-estate scam, the [vulgar term referring to the sex scandal]. He was a gift from the comedy gods. With Bush, the atmosphere is much more serious. And he's this clean-living guy. Some people love him and some hate him, but it's hard to get a comedic toehold on him, coming after the greatest comedy president in the last 100 years.' 'I'll be really impressed if you get the words `[vulgar term referring to the sex scandal]' in print,' he added."