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How ‘More Cowbell’ Became a Classic ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketch
UltimateClassicRock ^ | April 6, 2018 | Jeff Giles

Posted on 04/08/2022 5:46:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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21 posted on 04/08/2022 6:16:50 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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More than anything, I believe it was the delivery of the dialog by Christopher Walken. Same as with William Shatner, their mannerisms and delivery of lines are unique and memorable.


22 posted on 04/08/2022 6:17:05 PM PDT by GunHoardingCapitalist (The cake is a lie!)
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To: nickcarraway

Probably the last funny skit they did...


23 posted on 04/08/2022 6:20:05 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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Funny


24 posted on 04/08/2022 6:53:00 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: real saxophonist

Time has come today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqwzQ7g-Cc


25 posted on 04/08/2022 6:54:24 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: nickcarraway
Another great one ...

Christopher Walken - Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice"

26 posted on 04/08/2022 7:03:29 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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If I wrote that skit, it would have been War, playing Low Rider.

My older brother had a drum set with a cow bell. I mainly remember him playing it for "Honky Tonk Woman".
27 posted on 04/08/2022 7:06:46 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Here

28 posted on 04/08/2022 7:10:03 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Yeah, man. In high school, I was the one white boy in a funk band. Did all the dance moves. Fun time, never had any problems.


29 posted on 04/08/2022 7:20:44 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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Here’s the thing. I can do better than those actors, if you want to call them that. They’re just staring at the teleprompters... while trying to do an impersonation.. as if it’s complicated or something. They’re getting paid way too much.


30 posted on 04/08/2022 7:59:09 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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notably they do not ask walken his thoughts on the skit.

he has said fans still come to plays he is acting in with cowbells. he wishes he had never done the skit.


31 posted on 04/08/2022 8:30:00 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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It’s become a political metaphor for “digging a deeper hole”, and it really works for that.


32 posted on 04/08/2022 9:37:39 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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Biden’s approval ratings would shoot up if he added some cowbell.


33 posted on 04/08/2022 10:35:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Dr. Sivana
"Honky Tonk Woman".

Can you still play that song, or has it been cancelled?

34 posted on 04/08/2022 10:36:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Read later.


35 posted on 04/09/2022 1:30:51 AM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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Biden’s (and others’) ridiculous spending and money printing got us into this inflation mess, and now he wants to add some more cowbell with Build Back Better.


36 posted on 04/09/2022 7:52:41 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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More cowbell:

Give Me Some Loving by the Spencer Davis Group

37 posted on 04/09/2022 8:02:01 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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38 posted on 04/09/2022 8:19:46 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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“he has said fans still come to plays he is acting in with cowbells. he wishes he had never done the skit.”

Went to a concert in a casino concert hall. An obnoxious drunk a couple seats away had brought a cowbell with him. Fortunately, the staff shut him down quickly saying “the band doesn’t like it”.


39 posted on 04/09/2022 10:58:43 AM PDT by utax
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To: nickcarraway

Mixed feelings on this.

Great to see BOC get noted on TV but the concerts after that were always marred by a bunch of idiots in the crowd banging cowbells incessantly and none of the band looked particularly amused by it.


40 posted on 04/09/2022 2:41:45 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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