86 (number) - Cultural References

Cultural References

  • In Forbidden Planet, paragraph 86a details the civilian evacuation procedure.
  • In the musical "Little Shop of Horrors", The Plant says to Seymour, "There must be someone you can eighty-six", with reference to killing someone.
  • In the 1947 song "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" by Louis Jordan, one line is, "86 on the cherry pies."

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