Who was the Walrus?
Ostensibly Lennon is the walrus as he appears in the Magical Mystery Tour film singing the song. On the track-list of the accompanying soundtrack EP/LP, underneath "I Am the Walrus" are printed the words ' "No you're not!" said Little Nicola' (in the film, Nicola is a little girl who keeps contradicting everything the other characters say). Lennon returned to the subject in the lyrics of two of his subsequent songs: in the 1968 Beatles song "Glass Onion" he sings "now here's another clue for you all — the walrus was Paul",[18] and in his 1970 solo song "God", "I was the walrus, but now I'm John."
Who was the Eggman?
Eric Burdon, lead singer of The Animals, is claimed by some to be the 'Eggman'. Burdon was known as 'Eggs' to his friends, the nickname originating from his fondness for breaking eggs over naked women's bodies. Burdon's biography mentions such an affair taking place in the presence of John Lennon, who shouted "Go on, go get it, Eggman..."[19] Whether or not Burdon actually served as the inspiration for the lyric, there are no recorded accounts of Lennon himself saying as much.