Comedy Central’s ‘Lil’ Bush’ coming soon

If you’ve itched for a television show somewhere between “The Daily Show” and “South Park,” wait no longer: Comedy Central is unveiling a new animated show in June titled “Lil’ Bush.” The show will air before the popular “The Daily Show” and follows Lil’ George W. Bush and his buddies (Lil’ Condi, Lil’ Rummy and Lil’ Cheney) and all of their misadventures.

Think of it as “Lil’ Rascals,” but with nuclear bombs and wars ‘n’ stuff.

George W. Bush (aka “Lil’ Bush”) hangs out in the White House with dad George H.W. Bush, mom Barbara and brother Jeb. And yet, there’s Condi, Rummy, Cheney and the gang all advising President 41.

“The timeline is kind of screwy,” admitted Executive Producer Donick Cary, who got his start writing for “Late Night with David Letterman” and moved on to work for “The Simpsons” and “Just Shoot Me.” “Fortunately, they all worked in both administrations, so it tracks,” he said with a laugh.

Some of the things you’ll get to see on “Lil’ Bush”:

» Lil’ Bush and his buddies go to school at “Beltway Elementary” along with Lil’ John Kerry, Lil’ Barack Obama, Lil’ Hillary Clinton, Lil’ Al Gore and Lil’ Nancy Pelosi.

» Lil’ Kim Jong Il is a foreign exchange student at Beltway Elementary.

» Lil’ Al Gore conducting a science project on global warming called “An Inconvenient Truth” and throwing a concert with the Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers. To protest, Lil’ Bush and his rock band (Cheney, Rummy, Condi) craft a song to convince people that global warming is totally cool.

» In one episode, Lil’ Bush (43) travels to Iraq to try to find a feel-good story for his dad (41).

Having worked on “The Simpsons,” Cary said that the current president is sort of like Homer Simpson.

“Homer can be brilliant and really dumb at the same time,” he said. “What I found writing for Bush is that he’s kind of the same thing: This guy can have huge dreams and big goals and also be really dumb at the same time.”

Like “South Park,” this show is sure to cause some controversy. “The show is clearly political,” Cary said. “I think there are going to be things that offend people because these are all public figures. … We’re tackling issues that people have strong feelings about.” But Cary hopes that “Lil’ Bush” will appeal to both Democrats and Republicans.

“Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican,” Cary said, “we all kind of agree that George W. Bush is hilarious and terrifying on certain levels, so hopefully you’ll have to laugh about it no matter what your beliefs are.”

Fresh off a win, Lefty swings at Congressional C.C.

Fresh off his Sunday victory at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., golfer Phil Mickelson headed to the Congressional Country Club on Monday as a guest of Bearing Point, a management and technology consulting firm (you may have seen its logo on Mickelson’s visor over the weekend).

Mickelson gave lucky Bearing Point muckety-mucks a clinic in the morning and then joined a handful of Bearing Point foursome pairings for a hole or two as they all made their way around the course. Mickelson’s visit nearly caused more buzz than the Bill Clinton-Terry McAuliffe golf outing at the club last week.

And in other sporting news:

» Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox, center fielder Andruw Jones and a half-dozen other members of the team sat down to a meal at Morton’s the Steakhouse in Crystal City on Sunday night, fueling up to take on the Nationals in a four-game series that began Monday night.

It just so happens that across the restaurant was another party hosted by Nationals’ first baseman Robert Fick, who played for the Braves in 2003.

» And this morning, New England Patriots linebacker and stroke survivor Tedy Bruschi will meet with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in his office to discuss the STOP Stroke Act, a bill Kerry is co-sponsoring that aims to improve stroke care.

Mayer’s (guitar) ax to grind

Behind every presidential candidate is a deep roster of advisers. And for John Edwards that roster includes ... five-time Grammy winner John Mayer?!?

In this week’s New York magazine, staff writer Jada Yuan reports that Edwards sought Mayer’s advice on how to connect “with the kids.”

Aptly capturing everything that’s wrong with twentysomethings in a single sentence, Mayer told Edwards: “You’ve got to get me in the first 20 seconds. I watch movies on YouTube, and if they’re 25 seconds long, they’re five seconds too long.”

Funny: His new gal pal Jessica Simpson has managed to keep his attention for more than 25 seconds.

Whitford’s a winner

Sure, “The West Wing” ended its run last year, but that doesn’t stop Bradley Whitford (aka Josh Lyman) from dipping his toe in politics from time to time.

Whitford and New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh head to the Capitol Hilton today for the Alliance for Justice’s annual luncheon. The organization will anoint Whitford its 2007 “Champion of Justice,” and Hersh is the keynote speaker. More details are at www.afj.org.

Mrs. Pollin scores a hat trick

It’s not easy to escape the shadow of Oprah Winfrey, who was the big star at Howard University’s commencement Saturday, but it should be noted that Irene Pollin was the only local person granted an honorary degree during the ceremonies (and husband Abe was right there in the front row to witness his wife’s big moment).

Irene Pollin is the founder of Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation (www.sistertosister.org) and co-owns the Washington Wizards and the Verizon Center.

The degree means she can now lay claim to degrees from three area institutions of higher learning: She earned her bachelor’s degree at American University and her master’s degree from Catholic University.

Speakeasy

“Freaking Great”

– The subject line of an e-mail sent out by the Bill Richardson for President campaign last week, promoting Richardson’s new humorous campaign ads