Video: The obligatory Bushwhackin’ Boogie flash mob salute to Bush 41
posted at 9:21 am on March 13, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
You know that we simply cannot let this one pass without a comment and a smile. Via Twitchy, CBS happened to be on hand — and apparently in on the secret — when George H. W. Bush paid a visit to Texas A&M to see the school named after him. Believing this to be a normal reception, the students at College Station demonstrated to the initially-bewildered former President what a flash mob does … at least in Texas. As his granddaughter Jenna leaned in to explain it, the crowd began doing a dance number to “Boot-Scootin’ Boogie,” but with special lyrics for the occasion.
C’mon … click it. You know you can’t resist:
Organized by Flash Mob America, the three-minute performance was a classic nod to country: A spirited “yeehaw!” kicked off the ordeal, followed by knee-slapping and mime-lassoing. Students and the dean rewrote the lyrics for the chorus to say, “the Bushwhacker Boogie,” a shout-out to the school body’s nickname.
The idea to honor the 41st president with a flash mob was a request from Bush’s team, according to Casi Buch, a Bush School student who last fall was an academic liaison for the international affairs program and took the lead in coordinating the effort.
“President Bush visits the school at least four times a year,” Buch told CBS News. “He’d never seen a flash mob before, so his administration thought it would be a unique way to honor the president.”
With the goal to make the dance exclusively students of the Bush School, an email went out to the student population two weeks before the big show asking for participants. Three rehearsals – and a week of work with a Nashville country music artist to re-record the tailored lyrics – later, the mob was ready to dance.
Afterward, Buch said, Bush met with the performers, as well as alumni and faculty in attendance.
“He said he loved it,” she said. “He loved the lyrics. He wanted an encore. One of the Flash Mob America cameras was just on him the whole time, and it was so great to watch his reaction. He kept moving his scooter closer and closer.”
That’s a great way to start out the day, and a fine way to honor a fine American.
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…sing it baby!
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM
…3 Bishops in a day!…one a day is enough…I’m retired for the day!
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 5:04 PM
…what’s up with the Vikings?…Green Bay?
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 5:05 PM
….wonder what song JugEars would like to hear under the same circumstances?
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Awesome. Get well Mr. President.
gophergirl on December 30, 2012 at 5:06 PM
…wonder what Mooch would like to hear?
…Beach Boys?
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 5:07 PM
…you have a LUCKY Vikings sweatshirt on?
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Best wishes for a full recovery, Mr.President.
JPeterman on December 30, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Contrast this with the current occupant in the WH. Guess he’d be wanting to hear p-diddy or some other gangsta music don’t you know….
sandee on December 30, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Thanks for something lighter- particularly here in DC where things are glum and will be even more dismal if the Redskins lose tonight.
As an aside, I actually heard the Oak Ridge Boys singing Elvira at the 1981 Boy Scout Jamboree. Same timeframe when the union PATCO decided they didn’t have to stay on the job. Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored the order to return to work and banned them from federal service for life. That’s the kind of leadership we need out of the House GOP at this time. And what do we have instead? John effing Boehner.
Happy Nomad on December 30, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Jeb’s mom says he is really really bright. Like a forty watt bulb compared to a twenty.
BL@KBIRD on December 30, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Leadership? We don need no steenking House leadership; because:
davidk on December 30, 2012 at 5:35 PM
Current ‘Amerikan’
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 5:42 PM
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-we-can-and-will-force-christians-act-against-their-faith
davidk on December 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yDrtNEr_5M
Solaratov on December 30, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Solaratov on December 30, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Hah, superb…you are a good one!
“…motherland, home of the free” heh
великолепный
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 6:08 PM
…I think I saw Mooch with a hardhat on… at the 1:04 mark of that clip!
(pssst…just trying to be racist…to ignite a troll!)
KOOLAID2 on December 30, 2012 at 6:15 PM
who knew the oak ridge boys were rino’s?
renalin on December 30, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Them and Charlie Daniels and the Air Force Silent Drill Team are the ones I remember! Good times!
GWB on December 30, 2012 at 7:38 PM
This was pleasant to read this evening, and a welcome change of pace. Thanks for posting, Jazz.
As a musician by trade, I’m a firm believer in this. However, I am supremely annoyed when people spell “soothe” incorrectly. “Sooth” and “soothe” are two different words.
pianomomma on December 30, 2012 at 9:46 PM