'LIL' BUSH': HAIL TO THE CHEESE.Byline: David Kronke TV Critic Does TV's brain drain brain drain n. The loss of skilled intellectual and technical labor through the movement of such labor to more favorable geographic, economic, or professional environments. continue with "Lil' Bush Lil' Bush is a satirical, politically-themed animated comedy show featuring caricaturized versions of the current world leaders. Created by Donick Cary, initially as content for Amp'd Mobile, it has aired on Comedy Central since June 13, 2007. ," or is it a case of entertainment democracy? "Lil' Bush" is the first show to have begun as mobile-phone content, a pretty heady bit of evolution, to be sure. But does something on a tiny screen that serves to kill time while you're waiting in a line somewhere translate into viable entertainment on your HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ? Sort of. "Lil' Bush" is a cutely designed, cheesy cheesy (che´ze) caseous. Flash-animated series featuring George W. Bush and his gang -- Lil' Cheney (who merely growls and tears the heads off birds), Lil' Condi (who not-so-secretly carries a torch for Lil' Bush) and Lil' Rummy rummy, card game played by two to six players with a standard deck. The cards usually rank from king down through ace. Seven cards are dealt to each player in the three- or four-hand game, one card is turned up on the table, and the remaining cards are left face down (the perils of trying to be topical in animation) -- as typically troublesome kids while Bush is in office. (It sacrifices some credibility in positing Bush's brother, Lil' Jeb, as the dumb one.) They also, like the Archies, have their own band; the songs are actually clever. In one episode, the kids head to Iraq to find some good news Lil' Bush can present to his dad on Father's Day; alternately pointed and toothless political satire ensues. Another vignette, "The One Where Pop's Got to Smoke Lil' Cheney Out of a Hole," has the rascals seeking to find out who can kiss a girl first, with fairly wretched results. TV's incarnation of "Lil' Bush" is nastier, more brutish brut·ish adj. 1. Of or characteristic of a brute. 2. Crude in feeling or manner. 3. Sensual; carnal. 4. and more gratuitously unhinged than the kinder, gentler cell-phone version. Needless to say, it will appeal to those who disagree with the president's policies more than it will to his supporters, but I can't imagine that that 30 percent of the country ever tunes in to Comedy Central. Comedy Central tried something similar back in 2001, when Trey Parker and Matt Stone uncorked "That's My Bush!" which mocked the sitcom genre more than the first family. But now that The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times has declared our president a lame duck An elected official, who is to be followed by another, during the period of time between the election and the date that the successor will fill the post. The term lame duck generally describes one who holds power when that power is certain to end in the near future. , it's hard to get too enthused about variations on jokes we've endured for the administration's entire tenure. David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke@dailynews.com www.insidesocal.com/tv LIL' BUSH - Three stars What: Flash-animated comedy imagining the president as an indefatigable tyke with pint-size cohorts. Where: Comedy Central. When: 10:30 tonight. In a nutshell: Cheesy, intermittently amusing -- but like shooting fish in a barrel. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Flash-animated "Lil' Bush" -- debuting tonight on Comedy Central -- features a pint-size President George W. Bush and miniature staffers Lil' Condi, Lil' Cheney and Lil' Rummy. And let's not forget his brother, Lil' Jeb. |
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