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Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States: Season Two
Score: 78%
Rating: Not Rated
Publisher: Paramount
Region: 1
Media: DVD/2
Running Time: 220 Mins.
Genre: Animated/Political/Comedy
Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo Audio:
           English

Subtitles: None

Features:
  • "My Lil' Bush" Music Video
  • Custom Animated Shorts & Animatics
  • Audio Commentary

Where Season One of Lil' Bush was quite simply wrong and did a reasonable job of at least trying to give the appearance of making fun of both sides, Lil' Bush Season Two: Staying the Courses focuses much more on merely bashing Lil' Bush and his Cronies.

For anyone who watched the show and is wondering if their favorite episode was here, Season Two contains: St. Patrick's Day (Ep. 1), Big Pharma (Ep. 2), Crony Break-Up (Ep. 3), Katrina (Ep. 4), Three Dates (Ep. 5), Weekend at Saddamy's (Ep. 6), Afghanistan (Ep. 7), Wedding (Ep. 8), Pooty-Poot (Ep. 9), Anthem / China (Ep. 10).

As for me, I really wanted to be offended by the Katrina episode. I live in Baton Rouge, only an hour's drive out of New Orleans, and I have relatives and friends who live in and around New Orleans. However, some of the points they made about how long it's taking to rebuild New Orleans hit way too close to home.

A good bit of Lil' Bush's plots are driven by Lil' Bush's need for his father's affection. As the name might suggest, in Weekend at Saddamy's, Lil' Bush digs up Saddam's corpse and animates it to convince the world that Saddam is actually still alive, in hopes of seeing more of his father. In Wedding, he actually marries his his dad in a "purity wedding," which is very disturbing... but not as disturbing as the fact that this isn't something that was made up for the show.

All-in-all, Season Two simply didn't seem as entertaining as Season One. In the first season, a format was set, with musical numbers, unique intros each time (a la The Simpsons) and the occasional Scooby-Doo-esque mystery-solving sequence. Season Two kept to this pattern, but seemed to lose steam, going from making fun of Bush to simply bashing him. The plots seem weaker, with one episode actually ending in randomness and cutting to a fat guy watching the show says, "Dude, this show doesn't make any sense."

If you have Season One and you are the kind of person who has to "complete the set," then go ahead and pick up Lil' Bush Season Two. Otherwise, you may want to pass on this one and remember Lil' Bush in its prime. At the very least, I would suggest renting this one before adding it to your collection.



-Geck0, GameVortex Communications
AKA Robert Perkins
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