Seinfeld Part 2

After watching dozens of episodes, I finally saw Jerry's car license plate. (With Jerry being dragged behind) No surprise that it has a 72 in it. I reported previously that the car Jerry gave his parents also had a 72. Nice that the titular character's own car has one too.

Crash Survivor

Okay, we're moving out of the "film and TV" category. But watching tonight's news, there's a moving story about one of the survivors of the deadly Metrolink train crash. Ray Conklin visited the fire fighters who pulled him from the wreckage, to express his thanks in person. The lucky guy pulls up in his truck, with license plate ***72.

Coincidence? Maybe. But that's one lucky guy. And 72 certainly didn't hurt.

SS Moonlight

Not the TV show. The boat. Which made news last night for some strange reason - it's actually an apartment for rent, which just happens to be a permanently dry docked boat. What makes it special? Why, the number of course. They could've chosen anything, presumably, since it isn't sea worthy. They chose a 72(6).

Coincidence? Perhaps. But the boat did made it on the news. Another (once waterborne) vehicle with 72 and another 72 success story.

Ross

Model gets into a taxi in a commercial for Ross. Nicely featured (9)72.

Seinfeld

Seinfeld was a very successful sitcom, which ran for a number of years and lives on in syndication. In the show, Seinfeld gives his parents a brand new cadillac, which goes on to feature in a number of episodes. I'd never noticed the plate before this particular episode, where it ends up in the lake.

A great show that made global stars of all involved. Coincidence that one of the hero cars has a 72 registration? I think not.

EDIT: since then, I finally got a shot of Jerry's own car...

Traitor

Don Cheadle's truck in Traitor. Other vehicles in the film have license plates with other digits, but the lead actor's vehicle has a 72.

The placement of 72 seems not to be random. It could be used on any vehicle in the film, right? But it's not. It's used on the hero car. Put in the spotlight.

This seems to show that the use of 72 is not incidental. Rather, its very appearance would seem to prove that it is intentional.

Harry Potter

This one was just too easy. The Hogwarts Express. But then, the movie did make a fortune and help pave the way for a billion dollar franchise.

So the 72 is lucky, or perhaps works to ward off evil. Either way, Harry Potter's box office wasn't hurt by it.

24

Black hero van in 24. Surprise surprise... 72.

Eleventh Hour

Rufus Sewell steps out of the hero car in Eleventh Hour.

Life

NBC has a great series called Life. It's in its second season. The writing's great, the acting's great. It's a solid show.

Lucky? Maybe.

Or maybe it's thanks to a certain number.

Here's the hero car (a rental as I recall), with the number 72.

Casino Royale

James Bond makes his getaway in Casino Royale. The quality's not great, I know. But the number is unquestionable.

Multiple cars. Only one has 72 on the plate. The hero car.

Hero cars get 72.

Why?

So Here's the Deal

I have an obsession with the number 72. It started around ten years ago. I saw 72 on T-shirts. If I was on the road, the car in front would invariably have a 72 on the license plate. I'd get a bill for 15.72. And the more I paid attention to it, the more 72s would appear. I couldn't stop them. 72 72 72 72 Then Jim Carrey did that movie, The Number 23. My movie. Well, basically my movie, minus 49 and me.

Anyways, the point I'm getting to, is that 72 is not all in my head. (As my ex would have me believe) I have been taking note of the fact that vehicles in movies frequently use the number 72. More and more frequently, according to my scientific research (ie: because I say so) As evidence, I will be devoting this blog to photographic proof of my theory.

Oh - and anywhere else the number 72 decides to rear its head.

Watch your six, seventy-two.

I'm watching...