Posted on 04/27/2025 7:27:00 AM PDT by DoodleBob
Please edit the title to just “ 25 Years Ago: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Demands ‘More Cowbell’”
I liked Ferrell but he’s dead to me now.
I got a Fevah...
One of the great sketches of SNL. I don’t like Ferrel’s leftist politics but he is funny.
Bruce Dickinson: “Easy, guys... I put my pants on just like the rest of you - one leg at a time. Except, when my pants are on, I make gold records.”
Explore the space.
Always wondered if they intentionally used the name of the Iron Maiden singer.
SNL died when Belushi and Ackroyd left.
Not mentioned here, Walken said the sketch “ruined his life”.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/christopher-walken-told-will-ferrell-more-cowbell-ruined-life-1235086691/#:~:text=Christopher%20Walken%20Told%20Will%20Ferrell%20‘More%20Cowbell’%20Sketch%20on%20’,curtain%20call%20and%20bang%20them.
There’s a very intricate backstory to the skit. As for Bruce…
Bruce Dickinson was a mid-level manager at Columbia Records whose name appears on a Blue Öyster Cult greatest hits CD as the “reissue producer”. This Bruce Dickinson is not the vocalist for British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, hence the humor in his boastful declaration of being “THE Bruce Dickinson”, as the character was based upon a far less famous figure.
Hell. I’m old enough to remember when SNL was a comedy show, not a political propaganda show. Ahhhhh. The good old days.
Never liked Ferrell. Detest him now.
Never liked him either.
One of the funniest skits I’ve seen but to me the real stars were Walken and Jimmy Fallon - who could not stop laughing.
Walken did other funny stuff on SNL - like this one with the census taker... https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-census/2749920
He started out as a dancer... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
I saw a video of a classically trained voice coach who had only seen the SNL skit and then listened to Don't Fear the Reaper. She picked up on a ratchet in the background. The song has enough cowbell but really needed more ratchet.
but Christopher Walken's another story.
Then again, any guy who can carry a watch like that for years to preserve another guy's legacy can't be all bad.
That Pulp Fiction Walken image is on a tshirt.
It’d be either the best or worst shirt to wear in public.
I just find some actors/comedians not talented or funny. And others talk off script and turn out to be @$$holes. Will Ferrell hits the trifecta.
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