Sometimes plans go awry. The plan this week was to survive with “Man vs. Wild” on the Discovery Channel. Turns out my plans were based on bad intelligence (but at least I am in good company where that's concerned), so, plans changed.

And they changed because when one of the funniest cartoon shorts currently not airing on cable gets picked up, turned into a animated show, then debuts June 14 at 9:30 p.m. on Comedy Central, my course of action became clear: If I were not watching TV, TV would be watching me, or something.

Praise be, people, “Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States.”

If there is one thing more sacred to our country than the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Benjamin Franklin or manifesting our destiny wherever we damned well please, it's the office of the president.

And even more sacred is that once we stick someone in that office, we can satirically rip them a new one. From our first president, George, to our current president, George, every president named George or otherwise has been the butt of political satire. Sometimes cruel, sometimes unnecessary sometimes dead on, but you have to admit, almost always funny.

And nothing makes us safer as a democracy than being able hold our first citizen up to extreme ridicule and goofs.

With that in mind comes a cartoon that takes our current George — I mean president — and casts him the familiar caricature of a moron. Only this time, he's a school kid making his way in this crazy world. He's still portrayed as a moron, but a cute, lovable little moron.

Lil' Bush is joined in the show by Lil' Cheney (Dick Cheney), Lil' Rummy (Donald Rumsfeld) and Lil' Condi (Condoleezza Rice). This twisted version of “Our Gang” waxes funny with every scene and song (which are eerily Robert Smigel-like) as the characters get into impossibly funny situations that parallel real-world politics and events.

And every once in awhile, a Lil' Democrat hops in for a cameo. But isn't that just like life?

“Lil' Bush” debuted through Amp'd Mobile as a series of shorts last year. And immediately, I fell in love with the overt and buffoonish portrayal of its intended targets. I mean, anytime you can get in the phrase, “Hot Patriot Eagle Jesus Dogs,” you'll get attention.

With its move to Comedy Central, the 1061/2-minute length toons will be shown back to back with new material.

This is the most original cartoon since “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” And while its potential as a series is limited to the duration of the Bush presidency, you can count on it belting out the funny on a consistent basis.