A brilliant man deserves a brilliant sitcom. With a tagline like that, Comedy Central's latest show, That's My Bush!, has a lot to live up to. The show, which premiered Wednesday night, reads more like a sitcom than a scathing political satire. It utilizes the typical television techniques of highly audible, fake laugh tracks, hooting and the occasional "aww" to set the appropriate mood.

In this week's episode, President George W. Bush was in quite a jam. He needed to host a dinner party to unite the leader of an anti-abortion advocate group and an aborted fetus, who somehow survived and grew into a deformed 30-year-old, with the rather manly female leader of an abortion rights advocate group. This leads to such one-liners as the abortion rights advocate saying, "Let me be Frank," with the typical response, "Yeah, I think that makes more sense than Joyce."

He also had plans for dinner with his wife, Laura, at the same time. Bush tried to juggle both without the other party knowing, a plot twist dating back to The Flintstones, which added up to lots of giggles as he changed clothing running back and forth from one to the other. Finally, he got caught as both sides came together with the fetus riding around on a dog, a Mariachi band playing some tunes in the background, a cake dropped over Bush and Laura baring all in front of everyone. The scene ended with the maid tasting the cake and saying, "Yum . . . tastes like failure." Oh, too true.

Not that the show is a total failure. It relies mostly on visual gags and corny jokes to get its laughs. It's more a parody of awful television than anything else. A tiny bit of political humor does, however, come through with lines such as the maid referring to doing the laundry by saying to Bush, "I gotta do like your father did and separate the whites from the coloreds."

That's My Bush! is the latest in a string of shows on Comedy Central that pushes the limits of taste for entertainment purposes. It joins the likes of TV Funhouse, South Park, The Man Show and The Daily Show.

Comedy Central's quips at the president and other controversial issues have often times landed the network in hot water. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, caused controversy when their show first aired in 1997, and their creation of That's My Bush! is no different. The duo found themselves in trouble again when they wanted to portray Bush's daughters, Jenna and Barbara, on the show, but they were not given permission to use the twins' likeness.

All in all, That's My Bush! is an entertaining look at the man in the White House and a blatant parody of television clichés. However, it can't measure up to South Park's satirical examinations of everyday life. Then again, maybe a show like this shouldn't be examined so much and should just be taken as it is: an entertaining show that only scratches the surface of what it's capable of doing.