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"I Am the Walrus" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 television film Magical Mystery Tour. Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released as the B-side to the single "Hello, Goodbye" and on the Magical Mystery Tour EP and album.
Johnny O'Neill and the Michael Sammes Singers provided backing vocals on the recording of "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles in 1967, which required them to do "all sorts of swoops and phonetic noises" according to Paul McCartney: the score George Martin prepared for them included the chanting of phrases like "ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha ...
I Am the Walrus" was also banned from American airwaves. [128] Magical Mystery Tour was issued in the UK on 8 December, the day after the opening of their Apple Boutique in central London, and just over two weeks before the film was broadcast by BBC Television. [131] It retailed at the sub-£1 price of 19s 6d (equivalent to £22 today). [67]
This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope.
Unimpressed with the composition, Lennon pushed for "I Am the Walrus" to be the single's A-side, before reluctantly accepting that "Hello, Goodbye" was the more commercial-sounding of the two sides. The Beatles produced three promotional films for the song, one of which was shown on The Ed Sullivan Show in America.
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is an animated television series that originally aired Saturday mornings on CBS from 1963 to 1966 as one of the earliest Saturday morning cartoons. [1] It was produced by Total Television , the same company that produced the earlier King Leonardo and the later Underdog , and primarily sponsored by General Mills ...
Minnie the Moocher (1932) - short (the dancing walrus rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing) The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) - short (The dancing Old Man rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing) Snow White (1933) - short (The singing Koko the Clown rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing) Sally Swing (1938) - short; Gulliver's Travels (1939)
The Walrus (portrayed by Ken Page) is a newcomer to Wonderland. When the Walrus first moved to Wonderland, he was the victim of prejudice, but soon gained friendships with all of the other citizens. The Walrus is quite smart-although he does have one rather strange oddity, in that his best friend Pinniped (credited as himself) is completely ...