Coincidental Similarities...

[Iamabrawler]

Al has made a ton of songs. As such, he might repeat himself at times, coincidentally. Here I mean words or situations that come back in two or more songs. Here are a few examples:

-a "lava lamp" is mentioned in Velvet Elvis and later in Callin in Sick.
-Ice cream is the main subject of ILRR, but is mentioned in SYBG, as well as GD. I bet I`m forgetting some.
-Weasels... impossible to count how often he used them. YMM, WSD, Albuquerque, Mr Pompeil (garden weasel), and oh so many. If anyone has the guts and more music than me, would he or she have the courage to go through his/her entire collection and count teh number of times weasels are mentioned?
-Jelly donuts are mentioned in Midnight Star, Albuquerque, Grapefruit Diet, and I bet I forgot some.
-42 appeared less often than 27, but still in two or three songs. After all, it`s the meaning of life, ain`t it? Fat, YP, and more than likely another. It`s the substitute to 27 when Al misses space I bet.

Who else noticed things like that?

[Wizzerkat]

Jelly donuts are mentioned in Dog Eat Dog IIRC

[PixelDust]

Al mentions poodles a lot - in Talk Soup, for example. He also included them in UHF (Raul's Wild Kingdom) and of course, Poodle Hat. Can't think of any more right off the top of my head...

[Big Spoon]

Poodles also appear in Genius In France.

[Iamabrawler]

Soufflé is mentioned in Close but no Cigar and Grapefruit Diet.

[Bruce the Duck]

Poodles are referenced in:

Genius in France
Virus Alert
Talk Soup
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
Don't Wear Those Shoes

Weasels:

Weasel Stomping Day
Albuquerque
Generic Blues
You Make Me
Mr. Popeil

One of the other most commonly used items in Al's work is bowling:

Generic Blues
Albuquerque
The Weird Al Show Theme
Since You've Been Gone
White And Nerdy
Genius in France
Bedrock Anthem
Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White
Living With a Hernia


A good place to check if you want to find commonly used words in Al's music is www.alsongs.com You can search his entire catalog (almost at least, whoever runs the site hasn't put up any of the Leaks yet) for keywords. It's not always accurate, though. Sometimes songs come up that don't have the chosen word for some reason.

[JCM]

Most of the coincidental similarities are very common things that could have been repeatedly used by anyone, especially other comedy artists.

[weirdojace]

Weird Al has mentioned all of the following things in song:

Onions
Lasagna
Iron lungs
Grapefruit diet
Amish people
Ringtones
Tacos
Hamsters

The only letter missing..... is Y.

[Wizzerkat]

There is also tater tots! I recall mentions in Addicted to Spuds and the Weird Al Show theme.

[Big Spoon]

Tater Tots are also mentioned in Whatever You Like.