He also references I Am the Walrus. I love that part: "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."
Anyway, I was looking for that quote and I came across references in TV, film, and other media JUST to I Am the Walrus!!! Just to this ONE song! Sorry, I just can't get over the phenomenon they created. This is why it always drives me crazy when people claim to have never heard of them. It's BS. There's just no way.
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:
o 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?".
o 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.
* 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:
o 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!"
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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".
* In comedian Christopher Titus' "The 5th Annual End Of The World Tour" special, Titus speaks of his visit with soldiers in Germany. When a soldier asks Titus to come meet their Sergeant, "Sgt. Pepper". Titus replies with "Fine, let's go meet Sgt. Pepper.....because I am the walrus...".
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 (199
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 b****..."
Donny: "I am the walrus."
Walter Sobchak: "Shut the f*** 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.
* In Yellow Submarine, when the Beatles meet their alter egos, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the two John Lennons introduce themselves to one another "I am the ego man." "And I am the alter-ego man, goo-goo-ga-joob."
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 Furthermore 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!"
* In the British prog band Caravan 1968 song Policeman, the composition has a definite similarity with that of I Am The Walrus. The policeman in the song lyrics is snooping around people smoking "weed the green". One line says "hey man, don't put me in your van".
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its an insult to the beatles music when it ends up on programmes like that! 
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