Lil Bush
Resident of the United States, Uncensored
Season One: The Invasion Begins
132 Minutes (6 Episodes)
Comedy Central
Release date: March 11, 2008

“One part sitcom, one part Little Rascals, one part Rock-N-Roll band, and all cartoon.”
— Donick Cary (Writer/Executive Producer for Lil’ Bush)

Lil’ Bush comes right at a point when we need it the most. U.S. politics can be thought of as nothing but a comedy of errors led by PT Barnum himself our POTUS, George W. Bush. Lil’ Bush is a satirical cartoon about the young republican White House and their antics before they get to the big top. Their posse Lil’ George (President George W. Bush), Lil’ Cheney (Vice President Dick Cheney), Lil’ Rummy (Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld), and Lil’ Condi (Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice) are hilariously funny, and surprisingly make you love them (for all of us that have a soul and actually don’t approve of the way our country is being run today).

There are 12 episodes in Season One and each is funny in its own right. Even though there are 12 episodes, they are arranged into six numbered episodes (1. Iraq/First Kiss, 2. Nuked/Camp, 3. Gay Friend/Mexican, 4. Global Warming/Hall Monitor, 5. Evolution/Press Corps Dinner, and 6. Haunted House/Hot Dog). The numbered episodes open with Lil’ George at the podium addressing the press, errr, the audience with little anecdotal caveats about the episodes that will follow. P.S. when I say anecdotal caveats, I mean a snide and droll comment.

My favorite character is Lil’ Cheney. Not because he truly is evil incarnate in the series and in real life, but because his voice is hilarious!! Lil’ Cheney mumbles all of his words and is only understood by the Lil’ George posse (usually only Lil’ George, but there have been instances when Lil’ Rummy decodes his rumblings).

My advice to you dear readers is to buy this DVD. You can watch and re-watch every episode and you’ll laugh as much as you did the first time. Former First Lady Barbara Bush is particularly funny because she’s a sex pot! Oh yes, big ole’ pearl necklace and all, Mrs. Bush actually gets her swerve on in the cartoon. It’s also chuckledacious (I have the freedom to make up my own words, it’s in the Constitution) to see Lil’ Hillary and Lil’ Bill. Even in his youth, Bill Clinton still gets all the honeys.

My favorite episode is Global Warming. When Lil’ Al Gore creates a time machine to show Lil’ George the effects of pollution, Lil’ George resets the time to take him back to the most important day of his life. I know you are thinking something like when his father was elected President, or when his brother was born, but no such luck, Lil’ George takes everyone back to the day when the ice cream man’s freezer broke and he gave all of the children free ice cream. When Lil’ Al finally gets the group back into the Lego time machine and brings them 100 years into the future New York City, the kids are met with a land completely underwater. Of course our impish group does not fret over what the world has become, but strip and enjoy their own personal water park. So it is no surprise the gang plans to sabotage Lil’ Al by leaving him in the future and taking over the benefit concert he has planned to stop global warming.

DVD Bonus Features

Never-Before-See Bonus Episode: “Walter Reed”
In this featurette we learn that the writers and producers created a bonus episode just in case something happened to Vice President Dick Cheney. It’s kind of funny that this was done because of the notorious wayward shot Cheney fired in the tuckus of attorney hunting pal Harry Whittington. Wow, if that’s how you thank your friends, I definitely don’t want to be an enemy of Cheney. Lil’ George and his group plan a benefit concert to raise money for the wounded veterans of the Iraqi war. In true Lil’ Bush fashion we get all of the comedic undertakings of our miscreant rapscallions with a pleasant little bit of rock and roll that only they can present.

Behind the Scene: Lil’ George’s White House Tour
Lil’ George presents a slide show of his family and his closest friends. A funny quote from this feature is when Lil’ George introduces his father and talks a bit about the Oval office. When Lil’ George says the oval is “a circle for rich people” I just about peed my pants. How much do I love Opus Moreschi for throwing in lines like that! Keep writing, Opus!!

Interviews with the Cast
The cast and crew give a little insight as to why they think Lil’ Bush is such a hit and where the comedic genius comes from. Dave Mitchell (George H.W. Bush/Jeb Bush) credits the cartoon’s success to its being “funny because it’s true”¦when you are dealing with a President with a 29% approval rate, you have a whole lot to make fun of.” Chris Parsons (Lil’ George — who we also find out the producers found him off of Craig’s List) states that the show is popular because it’s “not about just politicians”¦everybody’s stupid” so everyone is fair game to be ridiculed. I know that Donick Cary (writer/executive producer) wakes up every day and loves going in to work!

Table Read
The cast and crew sit around a large table and read through an episode of the series (in voice).

Commentaries: Jerry Springer
Jerry Springer, past mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, comments on an episode. I love that he is included in the bonus feature. The king of trash TV actually says some funny bits in this featurette. But, I still wonder why he was asked to comment. Is it because of his past history in politics, or is it because his show is a tragic microcosm of what is wrong with American society. I guess you’ll have to be the judge.

Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader, the first Arab-American Presidential candidate (he tried running five times) lends his words to an episode. I think this is the funniest commentary as he totally bashes Bush. Call it sour grapes or call it truthful words coming from a past loser, but who else can get away with saying Bush “always mocks his way to ignorance”¦see his distractionability”? If Nader is commenting on the episode or the person, one can’t tell, but, people, is distractionability a word? Um, Nader, stop making up words, we have had enough of our real Presidents trying to add their two cents to Webster’s. One more thing Nader says that we should all ponder about Bush: “it’s hard to believe he went through Yale and Harvard Business school, I guess West Texas did it to him.” What is this nefarious IT??? I take comments so anyone who knows what this IT is please let GEEKS OF DOOM know.

Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson, former host of CNN’s Crossfire, is surprisingly less tame than Nader although not as boring as Jerry (ok, I just thought about this a bit more, and Tucker is more boring than Jerry — sorry Crossfire fans). I guess Crossfire has broken him into being a bit politically correct. But who needs political correctness? We want humor. We don’t want to hear that sex scandals can be interesting, because we already know they ARE. We want to know about any rumblings of sex scandals in the Bush camp. And anyone who thinks that Bush has a good sense of humor (this one goes out to you Tucker) but his insecurities disallow him to translate to any audience is silly. Ok, you are President, you spend 98% of your time in the media environment, how can you not relate your personality to the audience. Looks like the media training Bush had, which we all know he failed miserably at and got a passing grade because of some type of payoff, did not actually payoff.