It started off as a coincidence—perhaps it just has a good rhythm—but the number 27 makes many, many appearances in the works and life of so-hot-right-now parody rock star “Weird Al” Yankovic.

• In the song “Cable TV,” Yankovic mentions he’s seen Porky’s 27 times .

• Yankovic’s album Even Worse was released in 1988 and peaked on the album chart at number 27.

• In “Nature Trail to Hell,” a song making fun of a fictional horror movie also called Nature Trail to Hell, the words “nature trail to hell” are uttered 27 times.

• There is a lyric in “The Biggest Ball of Twin in Minnesota” about a group of kids singing “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” 27 times in one day.

• The narrator hits the snooze button “27 times” in “Callin’ in Sick.”

• “Every 27th customer will get a ballpeen hammer free” according to Yankovic’s “Hardware Store.”

• In “Confessions Park III,” Yankovic claims to have not changed his underwear “in 27 days.”

• On the cover of Running With Scissors, Yankovic is dressed in a running outfit. His number: 27.

• The license plate on the cover of Straight Outta Lynwood reads “027 NLY.”

• Yankovic has a cameo in The Naked Gun 2-1/2: the Smell of Fear. Look for it at the 27^th minute of the movie.

• When Yankovic’s 1989 comedy UHF was released on DVD, it was separated into 27 chapters. Even weirder: the UPC and ISBN codes both include a “27.”

• In the just released video for “Foil,” a parody of Lorde’s “Royals” and which mocks conspiracy theorists, there’s a scene of a faked moon landing. A clapboard reads “take 27.”

• This is a stretch, but Yankovic’s mother’s birthday was February 7, or “2/7.” So is his wife’s.

• Yankovic once appeared on a celebrity edition of Wheel of Fortune. His winnings: $27,800.

• In 1985, Yankovic won his first Grammy Award for “Eat It” in the Best Comedy Recording category. It was the 27^th annual Grammy Awards.

• In a 2001 interview, a reporter asked Yankovic to explain the significance of the number. His reply: “I thought it was fairly obvious, but if you need me to explain it. It’s the cube root of 19,683.”