Review: Our Cartoon President “The Economy”

Overview (Spoilers Below)

After seeing everybody’s Super Bowl ads, Donald’s needing to focus on the economy which is quickly in a down-turn and threatens his chance at being re-elected. Typical of Donald, instead of being honest and forthright with the nation, he typically fibs, but he needs to have something to say in time for his State of the Union. The stock market fluctuates in anticipation of the President’s speech but Ted Cruz shows up in the nick of time to offer up some advice. In this case, Eric Trump becomes a sacrificial lamb for the greater cause.

While the Democrats vie for the top spot at the Iowa debate, Joe Biden comes off as a bumbling idiot. To help, he reaches out to AOC so that he can be a bit more hype for the younger populace. The representative from New York agrees with the main point being Joe Biden needs to be a tad less racist but that alliance devolves rather quickly so Joe turns to a guy who knows all about appealing to minorities and committing crimes at the same time!

Joe Biden shows up to the State of the Union and saves Eric from being sacrificed and instead opts for a plea for everyone to vote for him. The President obliges Joe’s request for Milkshake USA to be the new theme song for America.

Our Take

That Milkshake song is just plain silly, but the scene with blood pulsing out of Joe Biden’s eyes while it happens is why I’m here. There are certainly instances of cliche showing up in Our Cartoon President. In both plots tonight we see competing candidates looking to get outside assistance for important talking points in an attempt to appease voters and to get everyone to vote for them. For Donald we kind of get this all the time, so I’m looking for something a tad different out of my Democratic plots. In fact, I’m surprised that Joe Biden has become the defacto leading Presidential candidate against Donald and will be curious to see if we get a bit more variety of the blue party as we move through the season. Moreover, the timeliness of posting an episode days before the State of the Union is perfect, and even doing a Super Bowl bit on an evening where most are probably doing just that, was a nice touch.

Our Cartoon President isn’t exactly rewriting any history books for the animated comedy genre, but when the gags come rolling in courtesy of our well-known cast of characters, that’s the stuff that gives us a strong weekly program.