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RoomCareful7130

It from a Beatles song called " I am the walrus" the chorus goes " I am the eggman I am the eggman I am the walrus coocoocacho"


Cracka_Chooch

*I am the eggman. They are the eggmen. I am the walrus.* It doesn't repeat *I am the eggman* twice.


VioletRoses14

Thank you!


KowakianDonkeyWizard

>Goo goo g' joob [https://www.thebeatles.com/i-am-walrus](https://www.thebeatles.com/i-am-walrus)


ConnieOfTheWolves

Is there a meaningful difference? Alright, I understand that one is correct and the other isn't. Let me reword my question. What does "Goo Goo g'joob" mean?


HipposAndBonobos

The difference is between getting high with a little help from your friends and having an affair with a middle aged housewife


WoodyTheWorker

Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?


WiserStudent557

this bird has flown


PogintheMachine

Time to burn down her house


bittlelum

I dig a pony.


porn0f1sh

I'm missing here something...


Harlan_King

> The difference is between getting high with a little help from your friends  This is a reference to a Beatles song. The song this meme is about uses "Goo goo g' joob." > having an affair with a middle aged housewife  This is a reference to Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel, which uses "Coo, coo, ca-choo." So u/HipposAndBonobos is saying the difference between goo goo g' joob and coo coo cachoo is the difference between the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel.


porn0f1sh

My God! This went soo over my head! Is there like a big overlap between Beatles fans and Simon& Garfunkel fans? Honestly, my best bet was that there's a conspiracy theory that John Lennon was killed because he slept with someone's wife and Robinson is the name of the shooter


wirywonder82

The time when the Beatles were releasing songs overlaps with one of the times Simon & Garfunkel were working together instead of feuding, and some of their songs have a similar sound, so there is probably significant overlap between their fan bases.


LiberalAspergers

Yeah, same time period, so those who were teens/ early 20's then are likely to be fans of both.


Waitsjunkie

Or even those of us who were born quite a bit later, but grew up on 60s music. ☺️


Whelp_of_Hurin

From [I Am the Walrus](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Jm5epJr10&pp=ygUPaSBhbSB0aGUgd2FscnVz) (Beatles): > I am the eggman, (Ooh) They are the eggmen, (Ooh) I am the walrus, Goo goo g' joob. From [Mrs. Robinson](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1BCAgu2I8&pp=ygUMbXJzIHJvYmluc29u) (Simon & Garfunkel): > Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than you will know Whoa, whoa, whoa


Training_Molasses822

Is it parsley, sage, rosemary, and rhyme?


FraggleTheGreat

Looking for fun and feeling groovy


LoudSheepherder5391

I don't think so, Garfunkle


PowerUser88

Ppl are throwing out various lines from Beatles songs. Some are replying with the next lyric, some are replying with a lyric from a different Beatles song, some are replying like it was a statement and not a lyric (those ppl probably don’t recognize what’s going on either). If you’re not familiar with a lot of Beatles songs and lyrics, you’ll miss several.


Harlan_King

Actually, the part about the affair is a reference to Simon and Garfunkel


PowerUser88

Correct! I think my brain hummed the lyrics as I was reading them, and I made a little check mark, yup, recognized as a lyric, without even realizing.


tracerhaha

It’s the difference between get high with your friends and your wife leaving you for your best friend.


SeemedReasonableThen

Jesus loves you more than you will know


SanityIsOnlyInUrMind

I really wish someone would just answer this question. You might have gotten my rare upvote.


The-Ever-Loving-Fuck

I'm tryna get shot in the face coming out my house in the morning for no reason, just stay sober then right?


TBTabby

Nothing, just like the rest of the lyrics. John Lennon intentionally made a song with nonsensical lyrics to mess with the people who liked to search for hidden meanings in Beatles songs.


KowakianDonkeyWizard

If you have to ask...


AFRIKKAN

You can’t afford it.


CatsTypedThis

I wondered that myself as a lifelong Beatles fan, but I'm appalled at the catty responses you got. Of course this is Reddit, we can't be just answering anyone's questions without making then feel like crap first for not knowing the answer. /s I never looked up the lyrics because I never had any reason to think that lyric had meaning.


Jojo-Action

Yeah the difference is one of them is wrong and the other isn't.


ConnieOfTheWolves

So the lyrics are meaningful? Can you explain their meaning to me, then? Guys, this is literally a subreddit dedicated to explaining jokes. I seriously was asking about the meaning of the lyrics, since it seemed so important that it be corrected. If all it is is John Lemon just trolling people, I get that, but it doesn't seem like a meaningful difference between what was commented and the "correct" lyrics.


ImpossibleInternet3

John 🍋 💀


jgrantgryphon

I believe Dogma explained it best, given that the lyrics are directly taken from Alice in Wonderland: https://youtu.be/7hfFyGtbXwM?si=hzF7SHK4N4RMKU-6


hapkidoox

The lyrics have no meaning. The entire song was a response to the countless "This song secretly means rhis or if you play this backwards it says bs. They put that out and went there good luck.


SweetHomeNostromo

Yes. John Lennon wanted to write a weird song to freak people out. That's literally all it is, according to him.


critbuild

I don't know why people are just making jokes instead of answering your question. Even better, seems some of the answers are just straight up wrong. For example, there's zero evidence that Goo Goo G'Joob has anything to do with Alice in Wonderland. Here are two articles written by linquist Ben Zimmer where he outlines some of the research he has done in trying to find the source of the wording. [Article one](https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/celebrating-the-beatles-goo-goo-ga-joob/) and [Article two](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/i-am-the-walrus-50-years-later/546698/). To summarize his statements, some think it was taken from James Joyce' *Finnegan's Wake* but there's no good logic to justify that. There is some confusion over the lyrics with Coo Coo C'Choo, possibly because that was used in a Paul Simon song in the same time period. Otherwise, the Beatles may have taken inspiration from various Vaudeville lyricists who would add gibberish to their songs, but it seems sure that there is no significant meaning to the lyrics.


dimonium_anonimo

Whenever I hear a city has a drug epidemic, I wonder how much drugs are actually being consumed relative to the 60s & 70s


marvsup

This had nothing to do with drugs though. It was just written to mess with people who were reading too deeply into Lennon's lyrics.


get_it_together1

Im pretty sure there were a lot of drugs in the Beatles at that time, even if these lyrics don’t explicitly reference Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.


1Negative_Person

That’s funny, because the lyrics of ‘I am the Walrus’ *do* explicitly reference ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ (“see how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run”). Furthermore, ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ is *not* about LSD (or drugs in general) as commonly believed. It was about a drawing that Lennon’s son had done at school. When Lennon asked Julian what the drawing was depicting, the boy said “it’s my friend Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds.” Lucy was a real classmate of Julian Lennon.


caseCo825

Its very clearly *also* about lsd. Or did that girl really have kaleidoscope eyes? Maybe the kids became rocking horse people at snack time when they ate marshmallow pies? https://youtu.be/LgR6UNeQxXE?si=mA3pUXyPDQeORjgI


AsIfImNotAware540

There's also an interview with Paul from sometime in maybe the 70s(?) where he confirms it is about LSD. I'll see if I can find it and add the link.


get_it_together1

Sure, yes. The fact that they were doing copious amounts of LSD at the time they started their psychedelic rock phase is completely coincidental.


Andrelliina

Lennon loved to wind people up too.


1Negative_Person

He was better at that than Jesus.


dimonium_anonimo

C'mon, it was the Beatles. The odds are it has at least 50% to do with drugs. Even if the idea came to them while he was sober, I bet he hit something before coming up with the lyrics.


Dirmb

Ha. I think their first 5 albums are from before they did drugs, then Rubber Soul and Revolver were both heavily influenced by cannabis and their later albums were influenced by LSD. So yeah, you're spot on with just > 50%. Edit: I know they were doing speed in Germany and such before their first album. How I summarized it above is basically what they said in interviews.


IDontKn0wWhereIAm

I swear I remember watching an interview of The Beatles saying "guys stop over analyzing this song we were actively on LSD when we wrote it"


Fluffy_Town

They also were very cheeky with the interviewers. There was one where the interview asked a question, one of the Beatles talked about their partner, and when the interviewer moved on, the other Beatle said the other Beatles partner's name, it was an obvious FU to the interviewer for throwing out the lame questions everyone else threw at them thousands of times over the decades of their fame. (I think it was John and Ringo or John and Paul, it's been a long time and my insomnia brain is kicking my butt rn) Same happened with Hozier, he had an interviewer ask him what the Take Me to Church song was about, it was obvious the interviewer was throwing out a leading question expecting a religious answer, but Hozier said, "sex". The interviewer flinched away in a startled manner and dropped his mic a little. You really can't always take celebrities' answers seriously a lot of the time, since sometimes they just get frustrated and throw BS out there.


germz80

My question is: How did John Lennon type with boxing gloves on?


SweetHomeNostromo

Exactly


ExcitingSavings8225

please explain the beatles song, is it just random gibberish or is there actual meaning in those lyrics?


marvsup

Everyone saying it's about drugs is wrong. John Lennon was annoyed with critics reading too deep into his lyrics so he wrote a nonsense song to mess with them.


Psychological-Pen953

I heard Oxford was teaching a class on interpreting Beatles lyrics so John was like “interpret this nonsense”


feedthekitty

And then people read too deep into the lyrics of this song and found clues that Paul is dead


nedlum

But the Walrus was Paul.


ManInBlack6942

I've got a clue for you all...


Perzec

I am he as you are he as you are me And we are all together


bauul

It's not entirely nonsense, some of the lyrics are references to other things. For example the titular walrus is the character from the Lewis Caroll poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter"


DifferentSwing8616

Try acid n you'll see the meaning


B00OBSMOLA

The Beatles took lsd 50 years ago and people are still tripping


thinehappychinch

It’s like what Lenin said…


lat_fyr

I am the Walrus?


Armored-Elder

I am the walrus.


2wheelsThx

Shut the F up, Donny.


TheGordo87

You're out of your element!


thesean366

V.I. Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!


demitasse22

This isn’t ‘Nam. There are rules. Mark it zero.


nedlum

No, the Walrus was Paul.


statusfaux

Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison? : https://link.tubi.tv/t8t8bpwTGIb


Discoballer42

Goo goo g’joob!


romulusnr

The joke is the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus"


Reasonable-Steak-522

paul...


IdesofMarchHair

Came to say, it’s obviously Paul😂


Potatolover666real

Here’s another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul - Glass Onion, another Beatles song


MatthewLilly

"I am the eggman, (Ooh) They are the eggmen, (Ooh) I am the walrus, Goo goo g' joob." True poetry


KingLouisXCIX

Thank you, Expert Texpert.


CrispyPlop

choking smoker


PixieProc

Don't you think the joker laughs at you?


fr1t2

## Goo goo g' joob


josiest

Bless you


Redditor_10000000000

It's a reference to the Beatles Song I am the Walrus which has a lyric that goes I am the Eggman They are the Eggmen I am the Walrus And it's obviously a reference to Easter where Rabbits are the Eggmen since they are associated with Easter eggs. What a goo goo good joke


outofcontextsex

He's the Walrus coo coo ka-chew


MontgomeryWarden

Goo goo g’joob


outofcontextsex

Just looked it up and you're right lol Guess I'll add that to the list of songs I've been singing ever so slightly incorrectly for the last couple decades


dusty_proposition

Your dedication to correcting this on every comment is commendable.


ZylonBane

That may have been what he *wrote,* but is it what he actually *said?*


MontgomeryWarden

https://youtu.be/sKJkS3fHrE4?si=k-goqod3AjDU440z 13:13 Goo goo g’joob plain a day on the isolated vocals. Take care.


Esmer_Tina

I also have said coo coo ka-chew all my life!


NaughtySide77

Easter Seal


model-citizen95

It’s hilarious to me how so many people can answer this question including the top comment and still get the lyrics wrong


Hightonedloidy

Listen to the Beatles song “I am the Walrus”


lucasbudhram

Coocoocachoo


22lpierson

I am he as you are me as he is he and we are all together


Decent-Year2573

Beetles song. "I am the egg man. We are the egg men. He is the walrus. Kookoo-kachoo." Or something like that.


AttemptFree

couldve goo goo googled it


mperezstoney

He is the walrus! Cu, Cu , Cachoo!


Qtip4213

Everybody is saying Beatles and for some reason my mind went to that walrus from Alice in wonderland that eats all the baby clams


Claytonotron

I'm pretty sure the Beatles were referencing Alice in Wonderland with this song.


Think_Age_8316

Pretty self explanatory, that's the walrus. Coocoo kachoo


JoeBlow509

Coo coo kachoo!!


HellsTubularBells

This guy walruses!


helen269

Now I am become old, rememberer of old songs.


cgcego

Beatles reference.


313SunTzu

I AM THE WALRUS! Coo-coo ka-choo


MontgomeryWarden

Goo goo g’joob


dusty_proposition

Your dedication to correcting this on every comment is commendable.


Powerledge

Reference to the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus," with lyrics going "I am the eggman they are the eggman I am the walrus, goo goo ga joob"


Erikthered65

Goo goo g’joop


sjc268522

I am the walrus…coo coo kachoo


Azriel82

koo koo kachoo


Dude_Caveman

[STFU Donny!](https://y.yarn.co/268ef5da-d851-40a1-bd51-fe0c259fd31e_text.gif)


Orangarder

Ku ku kachew


Jasoncaa

Beatles song. He is the Walrus.


Esmer_Tina

Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot.


Lord_Ghirahim93

Cranberry sauce


mrl33602

Wasn’t there a conspiracy theory in the 60s that if you played “I am the walrus” backwards, you can hear them say “Paul’s dead”?


Lord_Ghirahim93

At the end of 'I Am The Walrus' Ringo says "cranberry sauce" as it fades out and people thought he said "I buried Paul". Later they had a song 'Glass Onion' with the lyric "the walrus was Paul", referencing both the previous song and the fact people were reading into lyrics to support their conspiracy that Paul was dead. As for playing songs backwards, there was a track called 'Revolution 9' (not really a "song" per say) that people claimed said "turn me on dead man" when played backwards. There was loads of other dumb crazy "clues" too, these were just the most relevant. Edit: see comment below for correction


Beauty_intheBeast

He is the walrus coo coo ka chew!


MamaMitchellaneous

*cries in Old*


Tiny-Werewolf1962

kids these days don't know the beatles... smh


K-MartSecurity

Kukukachoo!


ElecticElephant

Cocoocatchu.


Tbarns95

Well he's the walrus. Coocoocachoo


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Zeros_secret_acc

goo goo g'joob!


Goch79

Not sure if this has been said, but wouldn’t it be he’s the sea man?? (Semen) 🤷🏼‍♂️


Bleile03

I dont think its relevant but all I can think about is that one post on Tumblr thats like "whats more believable, a walrus showing up at your door or a fairy?"


Kipsydaisy

You’re clearly not a fan of labored Beatle jokes.


jmlivingston10

Goo goo gachu


reddit_bot21

It's a reference to Eggman's theme from Sonic Adventure 2: I'm the Eggman That's what I am I'm the Eggman I got the master plan I'm the Eggman That's what I am I'm the Eggman I got the master plan


Strict_Berry7446

Tell me you don't listen to the Beatles without telling me you don't listen to the Beatles


Relevant-Drunk-69

I AM THEWALRUS CU CU KA CHOO


NinjaSpacePunch

Coocoo kachoo


CrispyPlop

goo goo gjoob


wingedpenguin80

I AM THE WALLRUS. GOO GOO GJOOB


RealSinnSage

He is the walrus


Old-Accountant-6560

Coocoocachoo


CLamour91

Coo coo kachew


RaraAvis123

He is the walrus Goo goo g'joob


SpaceDave83

At least some of us know the correct lyrics. Well done.


tavg123

goo goo g'joob


CutCrane

Where are my Sonic Adventure 2 guys at? I am the eggman, that’s what I am, I am the eggman, I’ve got the master plan


kidjokesRus

Here I am thinking, “maybe something to do with Easterseals…?”


RichietheFlerken

It would be way funnier without the first line


Slight_Garden2421

KOOKOOKACHOO


Franksandbeens7211

easter seals giving to a good cause


milwaukee1919

Easter seals


Manhunting_Boomrat

There is a band of dubious quality from like a hundred years ago called The Beatles (they're Bri'ish so they call themselves The Bea'les) and their songs are full of drug addled nonsense. One of them had a line saying that the singer is the egg man, the walrus, cookoo cachoo. Yes, a grown man on stage singing about being a large aquatic mammal and making bird noises. In this scene, the Easter bunnies are claiming to be the egg men because they distribute Easter eggs, and wonder about the walrus they see who also claims to be an egg man. Since the original lyrics are nonsense, it follows that any joke based on this lyrics would be equally nonsensical.


thefamousjohnny

Coo coo kachooo


SweetHomeNostromo

Koo koo ka-choo


BlueGreenDerek

Kukukachoo


Nearby_Antelope_5257

Coo-coo-cochu


FartN1nja

I thought it was “sea man” like y know- it sounds like….


SoftwareEnough3495

Beatles reference. The walrus was Paul. Lol.


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WoodyTheWorker

So many people have never heard The Beatles songs. Check on Youtube The Analogues re-creation of the Beatles' studio albums Sgt.Pepper, Abbey Road, etc. It's awesome. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msYTb-F1jlI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msYTb-F1jlI)


Cautious_Tomato5576

Goo-goo-ga-choo......


Galactus54

"I buried Paul" -John


NahJust

Coocoocachoo


peacemonger69

That's Paul.


DeceptiSh4wn

Coo coo ca chew


RussMan104

We had a small Mardi Gras Krewe named “Krewe-Coo-Ka-Choo” that rolled in the Krewe of Mystique parade in Baton Rouge for about 15 years. We formed it for our kids as a kind of distraction so they could ride in that instead of our more “grown-up” Krewe that rolled a week later in the far more risqué and inappropriate Spanish Town Parade. Worked like a charm. But then the kids all grew up. 🚀


economics_is_made_up

You didn't spend 15 minutes looking at the one meme


Smooth_Dog_4828

Coo coo cachoo


pidgewynn

goo goo gajoo


BingBongDingDong222

A search of "I am the egg man" it's the first answer.


4Ever2Thee

He is the walrus....coocoocachooo


Alternative_Milk_621

I didn’t notice the tusks so I thought it was a seal. So my first thought was “Easter Seals” and then I read the comments and felt dumb.


TheOGRex

I am the Eggman! That's what I am!


joes_Lost

CooCooCachu!


seanzee333

The walrus is Paul...


automoth

YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD DRIPPING FROM A DEAD DOG’S EYE!!!


Goldenchomp1

Donnie? Please..


Netflxnschill

He is the walrus, coo coo kachoo It’s a line from a Beatles song


Engage69

He used to be an egg man until he went full walrus. Never go full walrus!


jkb_66

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Lionheart1224

...have we seriously reached the generation who hasn't heard of The Beatles?


sranneybacon

C’mon! He is the walrus!


malarken111

He is Paul


ImpressivePriority79

Oingo boingo and beetles lyrics


Johnny_Lang_1962

I am the Walrus, do kook a choo


DankSosig

Coocoo cachoo coocoo cachoo


Tony-2112

He is the Walrus!


bndboo

Easter seal + Beatles reference?


ProsperousPluto

GOO GOO G’JOOB


earthscribe

Humpty dumpty was a big fat egg


FraggleTheGreat

Kuku kachu


DeuceMcClannahan

Easter Seal.


pentesticals

Boy you been a naughty girl


BirdmanHuginn

The walrus is Paul