I Am the Walrus

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“I Am the Walrus”
Single by The Beatles from the album Magical Mystery Tour
A-side	"Hello Goodbye"
Released	November 24, 1967 (UK) November 27, 1967 (U.S.)
Format	7"
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios 5 September 1967
Genre	Psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length	4:34
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol Records (U.S.)
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"All You Need Is Love" (1967) "Hello, Goodbye" (1967) "Lady Madonna" (1968)
Magical Mystery Tour track listing
"Your Mother Should Know" (5) "I Am the Walrus" (6) "Hello Goodbye" (7)
Love track listing
"Eleanor Rigby/Julia (transition)" (4) "I Am the Walrus" (5) "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (6)

"I Am the Walrus" is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney.^[1] Lennon claimed he wrote the first two lines on separate acid trips.^[2] The song was in the Beatles' 1967 television film and album Magical Mystery Tour, and was the B-side to the #1 hit "Hello, Goodbye".

Lennon composed the avant-garde song by combining three songs he had been working on. When he learned that a teacher at his old primary school was having his students analyse Beatles' lyrics, he added a verse of nonsense words.^[3]

The walrus is a reference to the walrus in Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (from the book Through the Looking-Glass). Lennon expressed dismay that the walrus was the villain in the poem.

[edit] Origins

The genesis of the lyrics is found in three song ideas that Lennon was working on, the first of which was inspired by hearing a police siren at his home in Weybridge; Lennon wrote the lines "Mis-ter cit-y police-man" to the rhythm of the siren. The second idea was a short rhyme about Lennon sitting in his garden, while the third was a nonsense lyric about sitting on a corn flake. Unable to finish the ideas as three different songs, he combined them into one.

Lennon received a letter from a pupil at Quarry Bank Grammar School, which he had attended. The writer mentioned that the English master was making his class analyse Beatles lyrics (Lennon wrote an answer, dated September 1, 1967, which was auctioned by Christie's of London in 1992). Lennon, amused that a teacher was putting so much effort into understanding Beatles lyrics, wrote the most confusing lyric he could. Lennon's friend and former fellow member of The Quarrymen, Peter Shotton, was visiting, and Lennon asked Shotton about a playground nursery rhyme they sang as children.

Shotton remembered:

"Yellow matter custard, green slop pie,

All mixed together with a dead dog's eye,

Slap it on a butty, ten foot thick,

Then wash it all down with a cup of cold sick".^[4]

Lennon borrowed a couple of words, added the three unfinished ideas and the result was "I Am the Walrus". Beatles official biographer Hunter Davies was present while the song was being written and wrote an account in his 1968 book on the band. Lennon remarked to Shotton, "Let the fuckers work that one out."^[5]

All the chords are major chords or seventh chords, and all the musical letters of the alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) are used. The song ends with a chord progression built on ascending and descending lines in the bass and strings, repeated over and over as the song fades. Musicologist Alan W. Pollack analyses: "The chord progression of the outro itself is a harmonic Moebius strip with scales in bassline and top voice that move in contrary motion."^[6] The bassline descends stepwise A, G, F, E, D, C, and B, while the strings' part rises A, B, C, D, E, F#, G: this sequence repeats as the song fades, with the strings rising higher on each iteration. Pollack also notes that the repeated cell is seven bars long, which means that a different chord begins each four-bar phrase.

The line "See how they fly like Lucy in the sky" refers to Lennon's psychedelic song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds from Sgt. Pepper.

Lennon explained much of the song to Playboy in 1980:^[2]

• "The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko. Part of it was putting down Hare Krishna. All these people were going on about Hare Krishna, Allen Ginsberg in particular. The reference to "Elementary penguin" is the elementary, naive attitude of going around chanting, "Hare Krishna", or putting all your faith in any one idol. I was writing obscurely, a la Dylan, in those days."

• "It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist and social system. I never went into that bit about what he really meant, like people are doing with the Beatles' work. Later, I went back and looked at it and realised that the walrus was the bad guy in the story and the carpenter was the good guy. I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy. I should have said, 'I am the carpenter.' But that wouldn't have been the same, would it? [Singing] 'I am the carpenter....'"

Some have speculated that the opening line, "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together", is a parody of the opening line of "Marching to Pretoria", by the Weavers: "I'm with you and you're with me and we are all together." ^[7]

The song also contains the exclamation goo goo g'joob. Various hypotheses exist regarding the origin and meaning. One is that the phrase was derived from the similar "koo koo ka choo" in Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson, written in 1967. However, the film The Graduate, where "Mrs. Robinson" debuted, did not appear until December 1967, a month after "I Am the Walrus", and The Graduate Original Soundtrack (which contained only fragments of the final version of "Mrs Robinson") was not until January 1968.

James Joyce's Finnegans Wake contains the words googoo goosth at the top of page *557, where it appears:

...like milk-juggles as if it was the wrake of the hapspurus or old Kong Gander O'Toole of the Mountains or his googoo goosth she seein, sliving off over the sawdust lobby out of the backroom, wan ter, that was everywans in turruns, in his honeymoon trim, holding up his fingerhals...

It is not clear that Joyce is the source, or what it would mean if he were, but it has been a hypothesis put forward by fans of both artists.^[8]

Another theory about the phrase's origin is that goo goo g'joob were the last words of Humpty Dumpty before he died ^[9]

The unusual monologue in the mix towards the end of the song is a few lines of Shakespeare's King Lear (Act IV, Scene VI), which were added to the song direct from an AM radio receiving the broadcast of the play on the BBC Home Service (or possibly the BBC Third Programme).^[5] The bulk of the audible dialogue, heard in the fade, is the death scene of the character Oswald (including the words, "O untimely Death! Death!"); this is just one additional piece of the Paul is Dead urban legend.

The basic backing track of "I Am the Walrus" featuring the Beatles was released in 1996 on Anthology 2. George Martin arranged and added orchestral accompaniment that included violins, cellos, horns, clarinet and a 16-piece choir. Paul McCartney said that Lennon gave instructions to Martin as to how he wished the orchestration to be scored, including singing most of the parts as a guide. A large group of professional studio vocalists named "The Mike Sammes Singers", took part in the recording as well, variously singing "Ho-ho-ho, hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha", "oompah,oompah, stick it up your jumper!", "got one, got one, everybody's got one" and making a series of shrill whooping noises.^[10]

The original 1967 stereo mix of the record has an interesting twist: At almost exactly two minutes into the song, the mix changes from regular stereo to "fake stereo", with most of the bass on one channel, and most of the treble on the other. The mix appears to 'wander' sonically in the fadeout, from left to right. The reason for the change in mixes was that the radio broadcast was inserted during the mono mixdown. The U.S. mono single mix also includes an extra bar of music before the words "yellow matter custard" - an early, overdub-free mix of the song released on The Beatles Anthology 2 reveals John singing the lyrics "Yellow mat - " too early; this was edited out. The mono version opens with a four-beat chord while stereo mix features six beats on the initial chord.

In 2003, the first-ever stereo mix of the song (except for the intro) was included as part of the soundtrack for the DVD release of The Beatles Anthology.

In 2006, the first-ever stereo mix of the complete song (from beginning to end, including the formerly "fake stereo" second half) was issued on the Beatles' album Love.

[edit] Personnel

• John Lennon: double tracked lead vocals, electric piano, mellotron and tambourine.
• Paul McCartney: bass.
• George Harrison: electric guitar.
• Ringo Starr: drums.

• Orchestrated, directed and produced by George Martin.
• Session musicians: strings, brass and woodwinds.
• Mike Sammes singers: background vocals.
• Engineered by Geoff Emerick.
• Mixed by Geoff Emerick and John Lennon.

[edit] Interpretation

Despite the fact that John Lennon wrote this song as a response to his alma mater interpreting Beatles songs, "I am the Walrus" is often interpreted by the public[1][2].

[edit] Who was the walrus?

In the booklet that accompanies the Magical Mystery Tour album, "I Am the Walrus" is given the subtitle (in small print) "'No you're not!' said Little Nicola." The 1968 Beatles song "Glass Onion", written by Lennon, and featured on the White Album, refers to earlier Beatles compositions. Referring to "I Am the Walrus", Lennon sings, "Here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul."

In the 1980 Playboy interview, John responded to the confusion:

"I threw the line in — 'the Walrus was Paul' — just to confuse everybody a bit more. And I thought 'Walrus' has now become me, meaning 'I am the one.' Only it didn't mean that in this song."

Lennon also comments in The Beatles Anthology that he wrote the song at a point when the band was beginning to fall apart, and he hoped that by inserting this line in combination with "I told you 'bout the walrus and me man, you know that we're as close as can be man", he could begin to patch things up with the band.

Lennon said that the fact that McCartney was dressed as a walrus on the cover of the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour LP inspired the line. Also, Lennon himself was dressed as a walrus in the music video for "I Am the Walrus", instead of Paul who is wearing a hippopotamus costume.

Paul also responded to the lyric in an interview broadcast on a Beatles documentary on WYNY 1981:

"[John] happened to have a line go 'the walrus was Paul' and we had a great giggle to say 'yeah, let's do that,' because everybody's gonna read into it and go crackers cause they all thought that John was the walrus."

On Lennon's 1970 solo album Plastic Ono Band, the song "God" contains the lines "I was the walrus, but now I'm John."

[edit] Who was the Eggman?

Eric Burdon, lead singer of The Animals, is claimed by some to be the 'Eggman'. The reason for this is that Burdon was known as 'Eggs' to his friends, originating from his fondness for breaking eggs over naked girls. Burdon's biography mentions such an affair taking place in the presence of John Lennon, who shouted "Go on, go get it, Eggman..."^[11]

[edit] Song's role in "Paul is Dead" controversy

At the time the song appeared, and years before Lennon himself explained that the Carroll poem was the genesis of the song, there was speculation on what the walrus symbolized in The Beatles song. During the "Paul is Dead" imbroglio, journalist John Neary, the author of the cover story "The Magical McCartney Mystery" in the November 7, 1969 issue of LIFE Magazine, incorrectly claimed that the "black walrus was a folk symbol of death."[3] B.J. Phillips, writing in the Washington Post on October 22, 1969 ("McCartney 'Death' Rumors"), made the assertion that, "According to the hypothesis, the walrus is a symbol of death, although its origins have been attributed to such dissimilar sources as the ancient Greeks and modern Eskimos."[4]

According to the Paul is Dead Web Site Turn Me on Dead Man, there actually are no cultural links between the walrus and death. Such "folklore" was generated by the perpetrators of the "Paul is Dead" myth.[5]

[edit] Cover versions

“I Am the Walrus”
Single by Styx from the album Big Bang Theory
Released	2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:44
Label	New Door/UMe
Styx singles chronology
"Waiting for Our Time" (2003) "I Am the Walrus" (2004)

• Spooky Tooth recorded a version for their 1969 album The Last Puff.
• Leo Sayer covered the song for the 1976 ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II.
• The German singer Klaus Lage released a closely translated German version of the song on his 1980 debut album Die Musikmaschine.
• The punk band Gray Matter covered the song on their 1985 album Food for Thought
• Frank Zappa covered the song during his 1988 tour (actually, Ike Willis sang it). Zappa was refused the rights to issue his cover version of this and other Beatles tunes by then-catalog owner Michael Jackson, who was offended by Zappa's "Why Don't You Like Me?", which mocked the pop star. Thus, these recordings have yet to appear on an official release, although audience recordings have circulated on bootlegs.
• Men Without Hats recorded a version for their 1991 album Sideways.
• Indie-rock band Arcwelder recorded a version and released it as a 7" single (backed with a cover of the Prince song Sign of the Times) in 1992 on the label Big Money.
• Another indie rock band Hash also recorded a version and released it as a 7" single (B-Side of their hit 'I Forgot My Blanket' which was under the Elektra record label produced by Dogmeat Ltd.(7-64625) in 1993.
• Marc Bonilla recorded an instrumental version on his 1993 album American Matador.
• Oasis covered the song live on numerous occasions, and released one version on the B-side to their 1994 single "Cigarettes & Alcohol". The track can also be found on their compilation album The Masterplan.
• The Punkles did a Punk cover of this song on their third album "Pistol".
• The band Oingo Boingo covered the song on their 1994 album Boingo as well as performing it live at their Farewell Tour.
• A performance of the song by actor and comedian Jim Carrey appears on George Martin's 1998 album In My Life. At the end of his version, he cries, "There, I did it! I've defiled a timeless piece of art! For my next trick I'll paint a clown face on the Mona Lisa, while using the Shroud of Turin as a drop cloth!"
• The German band Die Toten Hosen covered the song on their 1999 album Crash Landing.
• In 2004, the rock band Styx performed a cover of the song at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, where the song was received so well that it was released as a single. The cover of the song received significant classic rock airplay, reaching #10 on the Mediabase Classic Rock charts.^[12] The cover also became the basis for an entire album consisting of covers, 2005's Big Bang Theory.
• Jeff Martin (of Racer X) made a heavy metal cover of "I Am The Walrus" on his solo album The Fool (2006), with bandmate Paul Gilbert.
• Japanese rock band Boris collaborated with noise legend Merzbow for a cover of "I Am The Walrus". This was released on the Walrus/Groon 12" EP in 2007.
• Australian singer/songwriter Russell Morris included a version on his 2007 album "Fundamentalist".
• Bono of U2 performs a version of the song in the 2007 movie, Across the Universe. It appears on the soundtrack with the American band Secret Machines.
• Southern hard rock band Jackyl released a cover version on their 1997 best-of album Choice Cuts
• Geoff Rowley's part in Flip's "Sorry" video. This was a cover done by Grey Matter.
• Contemporary rock band F.O.D. (Fun on Damsquare) from the Netherlands covered the song on almost every gig or occasion.
• Rock band Crack the Sky did a cover during multiple live shows.
• Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux performed a note-perfect version on The Late Show With David Letterman.

[edit] Cultural references

[edit] Television references

• Comedian Chris Farley referenced the song during a skit on Saturday Night Live in 1993. Acting as motivational speaker Matt Foley, Farley speaks to a group of teenagers who had just thrown eggs onto a house. At one point in his speech, Foley exclaims "Hey man, look at me go, I'm throwing eggs! I'm the eggman, GOO... GOO... GOO JOOB!"
• Chevy Chase and Bill Murray sing the chorus during Chase's opening monologue when he hosted Saturday Night Live on February 9, 1980.
• On the children's show, Histeria!, the character Lucky Bob says "I am the walrus" into a microphone after Toast finishes blasting his guitar music in Benjamin Franklin's house.
• In the short-lived Weird Al Show, there was a cartoon segment called "FatMan" where Al played a superhero of the same name who, due to a glandular problem, would become obese and have superhero-like powers. In one episode, an enemy by the name of "The Eggman" introduced himself, then following the barking of a Walrus in his helicopter commented, "and that's the Walrus", to which a nearby police officer exclaimed "Goo goo goo joob!"
• In the BBC comedy show The Office, Tim Canterbury references the song: "It's like an alarm clock's gone off, and I've just got to get away. I think it was John Lennon who said, 'Life is what happens when you're making other plans,' and that's how I feel. Although he also said, 'I am the Walrus, I am the eggman,' so I don't know what to believe."
• In Six Feet Under, a reference to the song is made in one of the characters' dreams. David sees his boyfriend Keith with a bucket of eggs; the latter then declares: "I am the eggman", to which David replies, "Goo goo goo joob?".
• The Simpsons has referenced the song multiple times:
  • In "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)", Homer eats too many hot peppers at a local chili fair and experiences what resembles a bad acid trip. He stumbles around the fairgrounds, and at one point has a vision of Jasper saying "Goo goo goo joob?".
  • In Bart of War, Bart gets trippy from an old novelty Beatles soda, and begins hallucinating. He remarks, "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye", as Milhouse morphs through the different phases of John Lennon's career.
• A SpongeBob SquarePants episode called "Sing a Song of Patrick" originally had the title "I am the Starfish". It was changed because EMI didn't allow the producers to parody it. (as the song in the episode was supposed to be hated by the Bikini Bottomites)
• In an episode of the sketch comedy series All That, Ed, the employee at Good Burger sings a variation of the song that goes, "I am the Edman, I am the Edman, I am the Walrus!"
• In an episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, the title characters eat bad sushi and envision themselves underwater. Ami exclaims, "I see a walrus and we are heading straight for its mouth!" to which Yumi replies, "We're goning to be ku-ku-ka-chewed!"
• The Doctor Who serial The Three Doctors references the song. It happens when one of the Doctors tries to explain that he and the other two Doctors are all the same person. His explanation follows closely to the lyrics when he says, "I am he, and he is me..." Jo Grant, his main companion at the time, breaks in and finishes the line, "and we are all together, goo goo goo joob?" This confuses the Doctors until the assistant explains, "It's a song by the Beatles."
• Stephen Colbert has opened his show, The Colbert Report, with the line, "I am the walrus, koo koo ka-truth."
• In one episode of Yvon of the Yukon, Harland kills Yvon's pet walrus. Yvon is convinced that the walrus is still alive, and finds a man that looks like one. After he hugs the man for a long time, the man climbs onto a truck, and complains to Yvon, "I am not a walrus. I am the egg man!" as he throws eggs at Yvon.
• The X-Files has referenced the song multiple times:
  • In the episode "Eve", Dana Scully asks Eve 8, "Are you Sally Kendrick?" to which she replies, "No. But she is me... and I am her... and we are all together!"
  • In "Hollywood A.D.", a speech purportedly by Jesus Christ recorded on the surface of a piece of pottery is translated as saying "I am the bearded cow-like sea beast." The original Aramaic is heard as "Goo goo goo joob."
• In episode 2.10 of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "What's My Line, Part Two", Xander says, "I am the bugman, coo coo ka choo", when looking for information on an assassin made entirely of bugs.
• In the "Asses To Ashes" episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, when Philip Banks is congratulating Carl Robertson on his election victory, a forgetful Carl mistakens Philip's name. When Philip corrects him, Carl replies, "And I am the walrus, coo coo ka choo!"
• In "Match of the Day" they showed a close-up of West Ham United chairman Eggert Magnusson. Commentator Jonathan Pearce said 'He is the eggman, goo goo goo joob!'
• In episode 9 of The Chaser's War on Everything, the song was parodied as "I am Thesaurus" for the 150th anniversary of Roget's Thesaurus, and had a faux Dr. Roget singing synonyms to the tune of the song.
• The song was occasionally referenced on Goodnight Sweetheart when Gary was in the 1940s.
• In the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? the title is often used in the game "Song Titles", due to its bizarre title, as an attempt to mess the other players up.
• When he guested Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 2007, Donny Tourette from Towers of London continued the line "I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist", from the Sex Pistols' song Anarchy in the UK, with "I am the walrus".

• In Zoey 101 When Micheal and Logan Try to get Vince Blake back they use the codenames Eggman, Walrus and Cornflake.
• An episode of the TV show Due South is entitled "We are the Eggmen".

[edit] Movie references

• Ferris Bueller: "I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles — I just believe in me'. A good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus - I'd still have to bum rides off of people."
• The Big Lebowski (1998) references the song as follows:

The Dude: "It's like what Lenin^[13] said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh..."

Donny: "I am the walrus."

The Dude: "You know what I'm trying to say..."

Walter Sobchak: "That fucking bitch..."

Donny: "I am the walrus."

Walter Sobchak: "Shut the fuck up, Donny! V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!"

• Club Dread (2004), when the killer unmasks himself, he says "Set you guys up listening to that stupid Naughty Cal song. Who's the orca? Who's the octopus? I am the walrus! I am the walrus!"
• In The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), one of the residents of the hotel (played by Peter Stormare) claims that he is the Walrus and complains that he never received "royalties" for all the songs he wrote for the Beatles. He plays "I Am the Walrus" during the film's climax.
• In The Breakfast Club, Brian mutters over his essay "Who am I? Who am I? I am the Walrus."
• In Antitrust (2001), when Milo gets introduced to his new workmates, they call themselves "the eggmen", and shout "Whoo", lifting their arms like in the song's videoclip.
• In Finding Nemo (2003), when Crush wakes up Marlin and talks about baby turtles growing up fast "Oh, it's awesome, Jellyman. The little dudes are just eggs, we leave 'em on a beach to hatch, and then, coo-coo-cachoo, they find their way back to the big ol' blue. "
• In Bee Movie (2007), a flight attendant in the control tower of the airport says "Am I going koo-koo-kachoo, or..." as he sees the colony of bees carrying the falling airplane to safety.
• In Across the Universe (film) Bono, as Dr. Robert, sings this song.

[edit] Other

• In the Coheed and Cambria song "The Velorium Camper I: Faint of Hearts", "Coo coo ca choo" is said several times in the song.

• There is a musical reference in Veruca Salt's song "Volcano Girls" (explaining who the Seether was, an earlier Veruca Salt song):

"I told you about the Seether before.
You know the one that's neither or nor.
Well here's another clue if you please,
The Seether's Louise."

which is similar in lyrics and sound to "Glass Onion" (explaining who the Walrus was):

"I told you 'bout the walrus and me man,
You know that we're as close as can be man.
Here's another clue for you all,
The walrus was Paul." 

• I.M.D. Walrus (I am dee walrus) is a character in Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. He is head of "The Eggheads" which is a kind of scientific organisation on the planet Kahani.

• 9-years-old Oskar Schell, the narrator of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer recalls his Dad who sometimes would whistle "I Am the Walrus" — "because that was his favorite song, even though he couldn't explain what it meant, which frustrated me."

• In Strong Bad's 151st email, Strong Bad (as he often does with postal abbreviations) confuses Matt M. WA for "Matt M., Walrus Association". An easter egg found by clicking "WA" brings up a mock business card for "Walrus Association", and the quote at the bottom reads "Koo koo ka-choo or summat [something]", an obvious reference to the famous chorus.

• The main villain of the Sonic the Hedgehog Series is named Doctor Eggman, possibly referencing this song. Further, in the game Sonic Adventure 2, the character's theme song includes the line "I am the Eggman." At least once, the character Rotor the Walrus has replied "I am the Walrus!"

• In the spin-off Sonic the Hedgehog American comic book series published by Archie Comics, the story in Sonic the Hedgehog #75 is titled "I Am the Eggman" in reference to Doctor Eggman (see above). In a strange coincidence, the British Sonic Comic, Sonic the comic, Sonic often compares Robotnik(Eggman) to a walrus.

• In Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, one of the main characters, Henry, continually quotes the song and calls himself the "eggman" or the "walrus."

• The Beatles tribute band Yellow Matter Custard was named after a lyric in this song. It was composed of Matt Bissonette (of Joe Satriani), Mike Portnoy (of Dream Theater), Neal Morse (of Spock's Beard), and Paul Gilbert (of Racer X and Mr. Big). The band performed the song on their one and only album, "One Night in New York City".

• In the Ricky Nelson song "Garden Party", Nelson refers to John Lennon's attendance at a concert at Madison Square Garden with the words, "Yoko brought her walrus".

• In the Firesign Theater recording "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" on the album How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, there are references to numerous Beatles songs, most notably "Rocky Raccoon", as well as the use of "Goo Goo Goo Joob". The album cover also features the likeness of John Lennon next to Groucho Marx, a visual pun on Marx/Lenin, the architects of Soviet Communism.

• In the MMORPG RuneScape, while doing a treasure trail, the player may come across a man named Uri who makes cryptic-like remarks. One of his remarks is: "I am the eggman. Are you one of the eggmen?".

• In a Ren & Stimpy comic, (in the back there was an ask Stimpy, who goes by Dr. Stupid, page) a child asked Stimpy "Who Am I?", Stimpy replies, "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the walrus. Koo koo ka-joob!"

• In the May 2007 issue of the Nintendo Power magazine, The "Mii of the Month" is a walrus saying "Coo coo ca choo" and the article title is "I Am the Walrus."

• The Christian hip hop group Futhermore created a song entitled "Are You The Walrus." The music video followed a similar pretense to the song "I am the Walrus."

• In the third episode of the Sam & Max episodic game series, entitled The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball, there is a scene where the player must use a password to get into a door. The player can choose in a dialogue box to guess a password, which will make Max say something random. One of the possible passwords is "I am the Walrus."

• The sheet of stickers that shipped with Iomega Zip Drives used to label Zip disks with phrases like "i am Confidential Stuff" or "I am offsite Backup" always included one sticker with the phrase "i am the walrus" (the "i" in all of the phrases was shown as the Iomega logo).

• The Dead Milkmen song "I am the Walrus" is named after this song.

• In the play Avenue Q, the character Princeton gives Kate Monster a mix tape with this song on it. It confuses her, because all of the other songs on the tape are about love.

• In the Zits comic strip for November 13, 2007, Jeremy asks his Dad, "Have you ever heard the Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus"? Jeremy's Dad replies that he has had the song playing continuously in his head since November 27, 1967, the release of "Magical Mystery Tour", and has only been able to get it to stop in the last few years. Jeremy says,"Goo Goo G'Joob" and Jeremy's Dad shouts "NO! NO! NO! NO!"

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Songfacts - I Am The Walrus - Accessed March 27, 2006
• ¹Miles, Barry. Paul McCartney - Many Years From Now. Secker & Warburg, 1997. Page: 357. ISBN 0-436-28022-1.