5,6,7,8 Nine nine nine Fantastic number nine It's perfectly consistent It works out every time Nine nine nine That crazy number nine Times any number you can find It all comes back to nine Two times nine is eighteen Eight and one is nine Three times nine is twenty-seven Seven and two is nine Four times nine is thirty-six Six and three is nine Five times nine is forty-five Five and four is nine Six times nine is fifty-four Five and four is nine Seven times nine is sixty-three Six and three is nine Eight times nine is seventy-two Seven and two is nine Nine times nine is eighty-one Eight and one is nine Nine nine nine Fantastic number nine It's perfectly consistent It works out every time Nine nine nine That crazy number nine Times any number you can find It all comes back to nine Nine times ten is ninety Just drop the zero sign Nine times eleven is ninety-nine Makes it rhyme with another line Nine and nine is eighteen And eight and one is nine Times any number you can find It all comes back to nine Does this work for bigger numbers too? Yup Well, try this: 3,487 Mmm, nine times three thousand four hundred eighty-seven Is thirty-one thousand three hundred eighty-three Three plus one plus three plus eight plus three is eighteen One plus eight is nine It always works It all comes back to nine Nine nine nine Fantastic number nine It's perfectly consistent It works out every time Nine nine nine That crazy number nine Times any number you can find It all comes back to nine
recording: Square One Television [YouTube]
notes: Square One Television episode 124 [TVIV]
notes: Reg E. Cathey obituary (2018) [AV Club]