Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken) demands "more cowbell"
Written by
Will Ferrell Donnell Campbell[1]
Cast
Jimmy Fallon Will Ferrell Chris Kattan Chris Parnell Horatio Sanz
Original air date
April 8, 2000
Guests
Christopher Walken
"More Cowbell"[a] is a comedy sketch that aired on Saturday Night Live on April 8, 2000.
The sketch was written by regular cast member Will Ferrell and playwright Donnell Campbell and depicts the recording of the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult.
The sketch stars guest host Christopher Walken as music producer Bruce Dickinson, and Ferrell as fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle, whose overzealous playing annoys his bandmates but pleases producer Dickinson. The sketch also features Chris Parnell as Eric Bloom, Jimmy Fallon as Bobby Rondinelli, Chris Kattan as Buck Dharma, and Horatio Sanz as Joe Bouchard.
The sketch is considered one of the greatest SNL sketches ever made; in many "best of" lists of SNL sketches, it is often placed in the top ten (ranked number nine by Rolling Stone,[3] for example). As a result of its popularity, "more cowbell" became an American pop culture catchphrase, and has even entered the dictionary.[4]
^Miller, James Andrew; Shales, Tom (September 2014). Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests (2nd ed.). Little, Brown and Company. p. 537. ISBN 978-0316295048.
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^"MORE COWBELL meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". Retrieved March 29, 2021.
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