We're Bugging Out Lyrics

February 1, 2010 3:58 AM

I remember a MASH episode where the whole MASH unit has to leave quickly and someone (I think Loudon Wainwright III) sings a song with the refrain "We're Bugging Out". Does anyone know the lyrics to that song?
posted by RussHy to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Sounds like this episode:
58. There is Nothing Like a Nurse (B-309)
November 19, 1974
Written by Larry Gelbart
Directed by Hy Averback
Guest Stars: Jamie Farr, Loudon Wainwright III, Bill Christopher, Bobbie
Mitchell, Molli Benson, Jeanne Schulherr, Leland Sun

The nurses are evacuated when the threat of an enemy parachute
drop arises. Hawkeye and Trapper try to enliven everyone's spirits
with them gone.

The only song(s) mentioned being sung by LW3 during this episode are here (as Captain Spaulding), but they don't seem to mention anything about "bugging out".
Hope this helps a bit!
posted by willmize at 5:16 AM on February 1, 2010

There is a two-part episode titled "Bug Out" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Out. My memory is fuzzy on there being a song involved, but with some simple googling you can find the episode yourself and watch it.
posted by Mizu at 5:20 AM on February 1, 2010

Response by poster: I have googled in vain before I posted this question.
posted by RussHy at 5:22 AM on February 1, 2010

Response by poster: It's my understanding that this was an actual song in the Korean war that the US Army tried to suppress.
posted by RussHy at 5:28 AM on February 1, 2010

Best answer: Was a bowlderized "The Bug-out Boogie"?
posted by donpardo at 6:32 AM on February 1, 2010

Here’s a site that lists songs sung by anyone in M*A*S*H. The only reference to bugging out is the title of the episode in which Col. Potter sings a ditty in the shower about “swimming with bowlegged women.” And here’s a WikiAnswers Q&A that lists the three songs Wainwright sang during his short time on the show.
posted by bryon at 11:46 PM on February 1, 2010