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.
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.
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
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.
Like and agree with the SNL comments, Walken was great in the sketch, Ferrell overplaying the annoyance, and the actual band along for publicity ride.
For those who might not have been around, 30 years before the SNL skit, Procul Harem had a huge UK/US hit for its day—
with cowbell expertly inserted into the percussion persistently there in the final mix. Good actually:
“Whiskey Train”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZoN0-OyqQQ
Whiskey Train was released in 1970, 30 years before the SNL skit, and uh....55 years ago from today. Some old rockers might remember from that era.
One of the few times Will Ferrell was actually funny, but really Christopher Walken stole the skit...