Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[DJC]

Yep.
Fred Flintsone became President for a while.

What happened there was  John Goodman was the 'Speaker of the House' and as such was third in line for the presidency after the President and VP.
The problem was that there was no VP at that stage because he had resigned after a scandal, so the Speaker was next in line.
I forget why Bartlet hadn't appointed a VP.

The West Wing has a lot to answer for...it raised our expectations as to how a President should behave.

Thanks Lods, it’s all coming back to me now.

And after serving as Acting President for five minutes, John Goodman’s character earned the right to be referred to as Mr President for the rest of his life.

While The West Wing may have raised our expectations, it seems that it didn’t have the same effect on Americans ?