2007/05/30 11:11

Weird Al by the Numbers

5/27
The date of "Weird Al" Yankovic's concert at Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, Florida

US-27
The highway I drove on to get from Poinciana to Winter Haven

27
Weird Al's favorite number

100
Distance, in feet, of the $10 official Cypress Gardens parking lot from the free parking lot at K-mart

3
Time, in hours, I killed inside the park prior to the concert

15
Approximate age at which I estimate Cypress Gardens would be the most fun

1
Elvis impersonators in the audience

>1%
Probability that said Elvis impersonator was tattooed Al fan Dave "Elvis" Rossi in canny disguise

8:00
Concert's start time

27
Songs Al played during the show

8
Songs played from the new album (Polkarama, Canadian Idiot, Close but No Cigar, Do I Creep You Out, Confessions Part III, Trapped in the Drive-Thru, I'll Sue Ya, White and Nerdy)

6
Songs played from Poodle Hat (Why Does This Always Happen To Me?, Wanna B Ur Lovr, Couch Potato, A Complicated Song, eBay, Ode to a Superhero)

3
Songs played from Running With Scissors (It's All About the Pentiums, Pretty Fly for a Rabbi, The Saga Begins)

2
Songs played from Bad Hair Day (Gump, Amish Paradise)

1
Songs played from each In 3-D (Eat It), Dare to be Stupid (Yoda), Even Worse (Fat), Off the Deep End (Smells Like Nirvana), Alapalooza (Bedrock Anthem)

0
Songs played from Weird Al Yankovic, Polka Party, or UHF

3
Songs played that weren't on an album (You're Pitiful, concert-only I'm In Love With the Skipper, and up-to-date Headline News starring Britney)

2
Album tracks whose videos were played between songs (Weasel Stomping Day, Ghandi II)

22
Costume changes

6
Number of those costume changes that occurred during "You're Pitiful"

1
Number of times Al appeared in his trademark Hawaiian shirt (during the encore)

160
Approximate volume, in decibels, of the fan response as the band launched into the opening notes of "Albuquerque"

10
Number of seconds required for me to realize that the seating mandate was no longer being enforced for the encore and run to the stage

35
Rough distance, in feet, I was from Al as he sang about my hometown

>5%
Chance that Al noticed me despite my Albuquerque Isotopes T-shirt

10:38
Time the security guards kicked us out at the end of the concert

12:45
Time I finally made it back home

127%
How prepared I am to do it all over again

 

Comments
how on earth do you keep track of all that... obviously some of it is guestimate
# posted by Blogger sara of the hinterland : 5/30/2007 3:28 PM
 
Sounds like he played all the greatest hits. S is still very sad he's working the night Al is here. I'm sad, too, for him.
# posted by Blogger synergy : 5/30/2007 6:41 PM
 
101%
Approx. amount of jealousy, 1% margin of error.
# posted by Blogger Scott : 6/04/2007 9:28 PM
 
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