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27

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27 is a number that comes up on a lot of Al's songs and other things.

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[edit] Songs

  • In the song Albequerque, Al's mom fed him sauerkraut until he was 26 1/2. An obvious reference to 27.
  • In the song Cable TV Al mentions that his friends are jealous because he's seen "Porky's" 27 times that week.
  • In "Hardware Store", "every 27th customer will get a ball pen hammer free".
  • In "Polkamon," Al says "Hold on a minute, there's still at least one hundred and 27 more."

[edit] Album Covers

[edit] Internet

  • At The Official Site in the questions gallery, he answers exactly 27 questions every month.
  • For the album Straight Outta Lynwood, his website brought you to a big 27 then redirected you to the normal site.

[edit] Concerts

  • In a live performance, he puts his hand just above his waist (indicating height) and says he was that tall "Back when I was...27..."

[edit] Videos

  • The actor portraying the caning victim in the video for Headline News arrives at gate number 27 in Singapore at the beginning of the video.
  • In the I Lost On Jeopardy video, not including the photographs or TV images, Al appears in 27 different shots.
  • There are some hidden 27s and messages in the chalkboard in the Jurassic Park video. One says "2(pi)r^2=(some other complicated equation)=7." Put the first and last number together and you get 27. Another time, the numerator of the equation starts out as a 2, then changes to a 15, then changes to a 27 before changing into some weird symbols.
  • In the video for Like A Surgeon we catch a quick glimpse of the number 27 as Al advances his counter as he goes to work on his next patient.
  • At the end of the video The Saga Begins, Weird Al teams up with 26 other look-alikes in a triangle formation. With the singer Al in front, it makes 27.
  • In the video for This Is The Life, Al takes dates number 26 and 27 out for the time of their lives.

[edit] Interviews

  • In this interview where Al is interviewing Keith Richards, they are talking about bowling and Al says to meet him in lane 27.

[edit] Life

  • Al was 27 when he first was noticed.
  • His father was 27 when he had him.
  • He originally had 27 songs before he was famous.
  • He has 27 members of his close family (siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins).
  • Al's mom's birthday is 2/7

[edit] Other