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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

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  • @VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer
    @VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer Год назад +197

    This is one of the all time best skits on SNL.

    • @Physhi
      @Physhi Год назад

      I will agree to disagree sir.

    • @TheHeroClass
      @TheHeroClass Год назад +2

      Maybe not the best, but Will Ferrell has contributed to some of the best skits in SNL history. Roxbury, Spartan Cheerleaders, Short Shorts for USA, Celebrity Jeopardy, Harry Caray, Robert Goulet, the list goes on.

    • @jasonknotts5001
      @jasonknotts5001 Год назад

      Extremely arguable. This skit has never even made me snicker.

    • @soth1sol
      @soth1sol Год назад

      no

    • @Jiff321
      @Jiff321 Год назад +2

      @@jasonknotts5001I’m sure the situation in which you first watched it effected your opinion.

  • @Grul7718
    @Grul7718 Год назад +169

    Will Ferrell intentionally wore a smaller shirt than he wore in dress rehearsal, and the reactions it caused are priceless!

  • @AZRockslide42
    @AZRockslide42 Год назад +159

    "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult is a real song. And the first time I played it in Rock Band, I realized there was a WHOLE LOT of cowbell in it.

    • @Stackali
      @Stackali Год назад +25

      still could have used more cowbell.

    • @pastorofmuppets13
      @pastorofmuppets13 Год назад +1

      Same!! I remember tapping on that mic for what seemed like hours lol.

    • @paulmahon1613
      @paulmahon1613 Год назад +4

      That is the delicious irony of the whole thing. I listened to this song for decades and never noticed the cowbell until after this skit. I love how they emphasize the cowbell when so many like myself didn't even notice it. This is great.

    • @shadowprince4482
      @shadowprince4482 Год назад +3

      Actually the official version barely has any. It's there, but just barely noticeable. Still, I love the song and the skit. Even the band was dumbfounded when they found out about the skit being based around it with it being so quiet.

  • @jeremyisbell7149
    @jeremyisbell7149 Год назад +87

    I just ran into Will Ferrell 2 nights ago at a restaurant. My band was eating at restaurant before our show and Will comes in. I went out to my trailer, dug out my cowbell from my drum kit, and Will signed it! Then played my show with signed cowbell from Will.

    • @griffonwing
      @griffonwing Год назад +9

      With a story like that, You need to change your name to ISCOWBELL.

    • @Matt-fv2qb
      @Matt-fv2qb Год назад +4

      Were you in Indianapolis? He's filming a documentary(?) driving across the country and was spotted in several places around Indy. He was sitting in a lawn chair and filming in the parking lot of a Walmart on the south side and later was at the Indiana Pacers NBA game.

    • @jeremyisbell7149
      @jeremyisbell7149 Год назад

      @@Matt-fv2qb in Illinois

    • @lubaaudio
      @lubaaudio 16 дней назад

      ahahaah that's awesome. He sounds chill

  • @curtismartin2866
    @curtismartin2866 Год назад +64

    The absurdity is the point. This sketch did make a mark, however. Shortly after this, when touring, Blue Oyster Cult would xhoose a lucky member of the audience to join them on stage to play cowbell.

  • @declaredjeans7555
    @declaredjeans7555 Год назад +9

    You troubleshooting the sketch is even more absurd than the sketch itself😄

  • @c.willharden9589
    @c.willharden9589 Год назад +38

    During REHEARSAL Will wore a normal sized shirt. For taping, he came out wearing one too short and caught the cast off guard and they laughed in the skit. So Will laughed too.

  • @luckylady7542
    @luckylady7542 Год назад +51

    Christopher Walken will never shake this skit.

    • @Danielson1818
      @Danielson1818 Год назад +4

      His fever is never gonna break.

    • @laudanum669
      @laudanum669 Год назад

      There is a long lost skit from SNL where a Census taker knocks on the door of a resident. The resident is played by Walken. It is one of Walken's best SNL skits. It used to be on YT but has disappeared now.

    • @luckylady7542
      @luckylady7542 Год назад

      @@laudanum669 darn would love to see it. I'm a Walken fan.

    • @ginodc5944
      @ginodc5944 3 месяца назад

      @@luckylady7542 I found it on NBC's site by googling "SNL where a Census taker knocks on the door of a resident". I don't think yt would let me post the link here.

  • @PatrickLawrence08
    @PatrickLawrence08 Год назад +50

    For people of age to have seen or at least heard about this skit when it came out, "a little more cowbell" has been legendary. Proper use of this would be like "I think this is almost perfect", (response) "It needs more cowbell bro". And if your around 40 or so... you know exactly what this means. 😆

    • @claudiamcghin3419
      @claudiamcghin3419 Год назад +5

      I'm 45 and my husband and I still say it needs more cowbell all the time.😅

    • @LynnaeaEmber
      @LynnaeaEmber Год назад +4

      I'm 76 and I use this phrase.

    • @brethebee4437
      @brethebee4437 Год назад

      24 and I say this so much 😂

  • @Angelina14799
    @Angelina14799 Год назад +5

    My favorite SNL skit of all time. 🤭🤭🤭

  • @seanspartan2023
    @seanspartan2023 Год назад +8

    I got a fever!
    And the only prescription is...
    MORE COWBELL!!!!

  • @SirRosser
    @SirRosser Год назад +25

    This was an absolute classic bit for us oldsters. It sparked a million "more cowbell" "Christopher Walken" impressions. Great times.

  • @GeraldWalls
    @GeraldWalls Год назад +47

    Don't Fear the Reaper is a great song. Per Wikipedia:
    Released as an edited single (omitting the slow building interlude in the original), the song is Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Cash Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Critical reception was positive and in December 2003 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.[4]

  • @RareHarmony
    @RareHarmony Год назад +18

    My first reaction was "How the heck have you not seen this!?" This is a core memory for me.

  • @Icanseeyouliterally
    @Icanseeyouliterally Год назад +20

    "The cock of the walk, baby" because its supposed to be 1976 it's his way of saying "Yeah, I'm the G.O.A.T" Great vid reaction and one of my favorite skits 😂

  • @bex3853
    @bex3853 7 месяцев назад +2

    I was laughing so hard at your confused reaction 😂 This is one of my all time favorite SNL skits.

  • @mattpetty448
    @mattpetty448 Год назад +11

    If you watch when Bruce Dickinson goes back into the sound booth if you pay close attention you see him laughing his butt off. Then being dead serious when leaving the booth. Lol

  • @TheC.O.-VISIT
    @TheC.O.-VISIT Год назад +2

    one of the most classic SNL skits ever, next to James Belushi's Joe Cocker

  • @thomasmalette9814
    @thomasmalette9814 Год назад +23

    Sorry, we weren't looking for a solution to the situation. We were looking for more Cowbell.

  • @gameblor
    @gameblor Год назад +2

    The fact that you're reviewing this seriously as a musical peice instead of a skit (unintentional? I can't tell) is even more hilarious than the comedy on display. You considered more cowbell as legitimate feedback & I fell off my chair. Thank you.

  • @vCoralSandsv
    @vCoralSandsv Год назад +1

    I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell 😂😂😂 is literally my childhood. We would say it all the time to each other in our best Walkin impression.

  • @lbow09
    @lbow09 Год назад +7

    They played this song in the opening of the movie, 'The Stand'. It was perfect!

    • @NoCanDu
      @NoCanDu Год назад +2

      Absolutely! Creepy following that raven across the desert! I had chills!

  • @CitizenScorn
    @CitizenScorn Год назад +7

    When Queens of the Stone Age played SNL in 05, Will came out in this outfit and danced around the stage playing the cowbell while QOTSA played. I remember watching it live on TV as a QOTSA fan, and long time SNL fan, and went crazy lol If anyone hasn't seen it check it out. They played the song "Little Sister".

  • @cherylhurst7093
    @cherylhurst7093 Год назад +17

    Christopher Walken is so funny - his delivery is priceless.

    • @estacadarocks3446
      @estacadarocks3446 Год назад +1

      He also has a Great reading of the classic " The Three Little Pigs ".

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan Год назад +18

    Not only is it a real song, it's a really good song.

  • @Anthonylokison
    @Anthonylokison Год назад +2

    Mr Lloyd, this is SNL and this is a skit ... This song is one of Blue Oyster Cults greatest and is as a matter of fact their biggest hit and the person playing Cow Bell is the SNL player and Actor known as "Will Ferrell" and this is one of SNL's greatest skits of all time.

  • @dirtyburd71
    @dirtyburd71 Год назад +6

    I saw BOC at a local casino and there was a group of women that marched and danced up and down the isles and all around the audience with cow bells when Don't Fear The Reaper was played! Classic!!!!!!!!

  • @brandyschneider3034
    @brandyschneider3034 Год назад +3

    THIS IS THE FUNNIEST DAMN SKIT ON SNL- TO THIS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @beedeegee9374
    @beedeegee9374 Год назад +6

    The guy with the cowbell is comedic actor Will Ferrell. Christopher Walken has a long career in film, and won an Oscar for The Deer Hunter.

    • @kennythompson9682
      @kennythompson9682 Год назад +1

      I wasn't aware anyone in a western country over like 15 years old doesn't know Will Ferrell's iconic comedy or Walken's iconic voice.

    • @AgeofJP
      @AgeofJP Год назад +1

      @@kennythompson9682 yeah like I'm expecting to find someone pointing out what a legend Bruce Dickinson is but instead I find an explanation for Will Ferrell and Christoher Walken

  • @Shawn-mo6dh
    @Shawn-mo6dh Год назад +1

    This is classic 👍. I say almost every day at work I need more cowbell 🤣

  • @eddiewiller
    @eddiewiller Год назад +3

    Christopher Walken is just so good. My favorite SNL sketch with him in it is the Googly Eyes Gardener. It's so funny, and it's entirely due to Christopher Walken's one-of-a-kind delivery.

  • @ElDuderino716
    @ElDuderino716 Год назад +1

    YES it is a real song. It’s been a favorite of mine for decades. But since this skit came out…all I hear is the cowbell on the song now.

  • @michaelcorman4859
    @michaelcorman4859 Год назад +4

    FINALLY been waiting for this one!!! Next one needs to be SNL-Who Wants to Eat with Christina Ricci

  • @johnduke7981
    @johnduke7981 Год назад +1

    Dude. It's a frickin comedy skit.

  • @robertgrimstadjr7785
    @robertgrimstadjr7785 Год назад +1

    I got a fever. And the only prescription, is more cowbell 😂

  • @Microplancakes
    @Microplancakes Год назад +1

    This is one of the funniest SNL skits!!

  • @dasdardlydave8848
    @dasdardlydave8848 Год назад +2

    The shirt coming up is what made Fallon break character.

  • @mickdarcy3063
    @mickdarcy3063 Год назад +5

    The skit is fun. The song... is called a classic for a reason and it's not that it is almost 50 years old. this song always brings me to the same emotional place.

  • @WilliamScavengerFish
    @WilliamScavengerFish 11 месяцев назад

    One of the shows that randy Bachman did was about songs featuring the cow bell. The first selection was this sketch with the actual song seamlessly joined with the sketch.

  • @moniqueleroux2198
    @moniqueleroux2198 Год назад

    It was definitely a legit song and the humor is over the top! This is SNL...it's called humor!

  • @Deepthoughtsabound
    @Deepthoughtsabound Год назад +4

    This became a bit at Dallas Mavericks games after Sacramento brought cowbell to a playoff game to distract players during free throws. Cuban put together a whole theme where Walken would just pop up at games and ask for the prescription of more cowbell.

  • @sopdox
    @sopdox Год назад +3

    Bruce Dickinson didn’t produce this song. He did however work on the production when it was released on a best of compilation CD years later. And yes, it’s THAT Bruce Dickinson, lead singer for Iron Maiden. The SNL folks looked at the reissue info, not the original release info.

  • @cityhonors1
    @cityhonors1 Год назад

    🤗This defined a generation of people randomly shouting "MORE COWBELL!!!!!" every time we hear one, 🤭no MATTER where we are! 😝 I'm 58 and still shout it at shows! 😁🐰

  • @danielcarter305
    @danielcarter305 8 месяцев назад

    I remember the day after this broadcast, and I kept hearing more cowbell, and I would just start laughing just as hard as that night.

  • @fuerchtenichts
    @fuerchtenichts Год назад

    Man, your commentary on this video makes it even funnier. thx

  • @nukachronic6211
    @nukachronic6211 Год назад

    Whole skit is based on "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult being one of the most famous songs with a cowbell in it.

  • @TheGlitched-NPC
    @TheGlitched-NPC Год назад +2

    Have you seen Chippendales SNL skit???🤣🤣🤣 Do that one next

  • @Jmzeus1820
    @Jmzeus1820 Год назад

    One of my favorite all time skits from snl. Also first time i can remember hearing this song was in the movie The Frighteners lol

  • @boki1693
    @boki1693 Год назад +1

    Blue Oyster Cult is a real band from Long Island. They were moderately successful with this song being their biggest hit. The people on stage are not the group. They are SNL cast members. When they were preparing for a tour, they would often play at local Long Island clubs as "Soft White Underbelly." So they wouldn't draw big crowds. But everyone knew their alter name so that became ore of a joke than good in practice. The lead singer Eric Bloom is Howard Sterns cousin. He is also from Long Island. Christopher Walkin played the record producer. He is infamously known for being on the boat with Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood when she mysteriously drowned after a night of drinking.

  • @Christopher-Baltimore
    @Christopher-Baltimore Год назад +2

    I can't tell you how loud I laughed when this skit happened.

  • @stormingelysium1996
    @stormingelysium1996 Год назад +1

    I saw this when it first aired and I could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard. : p

  • @purpleelephantdebh
    @purpleelephantdebh Год назад

    this skit is LEGENDARY! i'm happy you've seen it.

  • @Dr3amtime
    @Dr3amtime Год назад +2

    Yes, it's a real, well known song from the Seventies, and, yes, it includes a cowbell. It's the absurdity of creating a whole sketch around that cowbell that kind of underpins this.

  • @osculim
    @osculim Год назад

    Of course this song exist. Its an absolute classic.

  • @zennenn
    @zennenn Год назад +2

    I love your drive to problem solve! 😂 I think what makes it funny for me is that I knew the song well before seeing the skit and cowbell is *really* prominent.

  • @GeraldWalls
    @GeraldWalls Год назад +5

    I can't believe you haven't heard of the "More Cowbell" meme, but of course it had its heyday before even the Internet was commercial, let alone the Web.

  • @Pierrosangue
    @Pierrosangue Год назад

    Objectively speaking, there really wasn't enough cowbell in that performance, that is absolutely clear for any musician with a high quality ear.

  • @shawnadams1460
    @shawnadams1460 Год назад +2

    Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult was one of my all time favorite bands and songs when I was growing up....this skit hit SOO hard it had me absolutely DYING!! Had to show my mom since she was the one who introduced me to their music...good god we were laughing so hard we had tears...Christopher Walken is a dayum legend!!!

  • @laudanum669
    @laudanum669 Год назад +1

    Lorne Michaels the guy who ran the show at SNL hated when actors would laugh and break character. He once said to cast members "Get your Sh*t together! This isn't the Carol Burnett Show" a show that was famous for actors breaking character.

  • @williamrosmer8381
    @williamrosmer8381 Год назад +1

    late 90s early 2000s snl being called vintage makes me feel old af

  • @darrenboy00
    @darrenboy00 Год назад

    One of the best songs with one of the SNL skits thanks for reacting needed to see this skit another time just gets better

  • @CuzKatieSaysSo
    @CuzKatieSaysSo Год назад +1

    I never paid attention to the lyrics of Don't Fear the Reaper, until sometime after my husband died. Actually I think it may have just come up on my RUclips feed, and now I know how beautiful and powerful those lyrics are. But I also remember seeing this SNL skit when it was first on, and while I still find it hilarious, I find myself wishing the actual recording didn't have so much cowbell. And though I don't necessarily care much for Will Farrell, he was great in this!

  • @howrued1500
    @howrued1500 Год назад

    Bwahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
    One of the funniest EVER!!!!
    *Schweddy Balls w Alec Baldwin
    *D!ck In A Box w Justin Timberlake
    *Choppin’ Broccoli w Dana Carvey
    Thnx for reacting to this; appreciate you!
    Stay safe & love much💖

  • @donnaewe3692
    @donnaewe3692 Год назад

    One of my fav SNL skits, enjoyed ur reaction ty! ❤️‍🔥

  • @TabethaAurochs
    @TabethaAurochs Год назад

    "That don't mean nothing! He said nothing, and he expected you to know what he was saying!" - I'm ☠️! A perfect, exceedingly accurate synopsis, and one I'll be ripping off as much as possible for the remainder of my life 😂😂

  • @Trilaan
    @Trilaan Год назад

    They did a great job recreating the look of each Blue Öyster Cult band member at the time, but their positions and names are changed. The guy in front really looks like lead guitarist Buck Dharma but is called by the name "Eric". Eric Bloom is the lead singer of the group and Will Ferrell, with the hair, the beard and the sunglasses looks very much like the real Eric Bloom. The drummer looks just like BÖC keyboardist Allen Lanier, but is called "Bobby", perhaps because at the time this sketch was made BÖC's drummer was Bobby Rondinelli. The one in the printed shirt with the black guitar should be on drums because he looks just like drummer Albert Bouchard. Finally, the one in the leather jacket looks, I think, the least like the person he's portraying, the brother of Albert Bouchard, bass guitarist Joe Bouchard. And I don't know, but I have heard that Christopher Walken, who is called Bruce Dickinson, is actually doing an impression of Blue Öyster Cult's original manager, Sandy Pearlman.
    Aside from all that, this is a great sketch. I love it that Jimmy Fallon can't even LOOK at Will Farrell without breaking character. He's trying not to laugh so hard he's constantly hiding his face.

  • @elizabethsanford6919
    @elizabethsanford6919 Год назад +5

    it IS a real song! By Blue Oyster Cult!

  • @DarthSoto78
    @DarthSoto78 Год назад

    After you see this skit anytime you here Don't Fear the Reaper the cowbell stands out.

  • @rickdaniel3230
    @rickdaniel3230 Год назад

    SNL: Gardening Tips from a man afraid of plants.
    WALKEN at his best, on his own. I't hysterical.

  • @SparkimusPrime
    @SparkimusPrime Год назад

    This is probably my favorite and most quoted SNL skit of all time 😂🔔🔔🔔

  • @flutesong5527
    @flutesong5527 Год назад +1

    Christopher Walken is a genius delivering his lines

  • @cityhonors1
    @cityhonors1 Год назад

    🤣 Cowbell sales went thru the roof after this skit! Look it up! I went to buy 1 at Manny's in NYC and 😳 they were sold out! 🙄Stuff you CAN'T make up if you tried! 🥰🐰

  • @JohnWarner-lu8rq
    @JohnWarner-lu8rq Год назад +3

    It was the record playing, not live. : ^) And yes, that was one of their biggest hits.

  • @rl5734
    @rl5734 Год назад

    😂🤣 one of the best skits SNL did.
    You should also check out if you haven’t already.....
    Chris Farley SNL “Matt Foley motivational speaker” and “Chippendales Audition”

  • @sharonpate5481
    @sharonpate5481 Год назад

    I saw them in Kansas City one time. Yes it’s a real song by Blue Oyster Cult 👵🏼☮️💜🤣🤣🤣

  • @powdermick8394
    @powdermick8394 Год назад

    Haven’t seen this in years still makes my sides hurt!

  • @rayhutchinson640
    @rayhutchinson640 Год назад

    "Don't Fear the Reaper" would be a great song to react to (with the lyrics, preferably) for next Halloween!

  • @JohnnyBarton85
    @JohnnyBarton85 Год назад +1

    Finally 👍I've been waiting for you to react to this one 😆😆😆😆

  • @terminalrecluse
    @terminalrecluse Год назад

    The heavy cowbell makes the song better somehow I know this is a joke but it’s awesome

  • @chlupl
    @chlupl Год назад

    This is my most performed Karaoke song. Absolute classic!

  • @macromunji
    @macromunji Год назад +1

    Reacting to this like it's real lol man I wish they would just post the full skit somewhere without the commentary

  • @marke8323
    @marke8323 Год назад

    Walken said regardless of all of the movies he's done and the many things he's been apart of the thing he gets the most from people is "More Cowbell". You haven't done Blue Oyster Cult, Don't Fear the Reaper? It was their biggest hit.

  • @Glee73
    @Glee73 6 месяцев назад

    super legendary.. till today

  • @robbob5302
    @robbob5302 10 месяцев назад

    THE Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden. A legendary belter. This producer guy is obviously presenting himself as more important than he really is. And nobody in the band had a clue who he is.

  • @keithkelly7490
    @keithkelly7490 Год назад +3

    Christopher Walken’s unknown phrase was “ the cock of the walk” alluding to the rooster’s proud strut about the barnyard , asserting his rule over hens and chicks; a conceited bossy person

  • @alexhaas9653
    @alexhaas9653 Год назад +1

    Oh man, didn't watch it for a while. Classic. OK, peak SNL was long gone that time (Belushi, Aykroyd, Murray, Chase....), but still shined once in a while and this was hilarious. Nowadays....oh well.

  • @russellburress6240
    @russellburress6240 Год назад

    Bruce of courses played by Christopher walken I know you probably don't recognize them but that's jimmy Fallon playing the drums and on the cowbell is Will Ferrell

  • @lisazaccardimeunier8378
    @lisazaccardimeunier8378 Год назад

    Christopher Walken as the producer, Will Farrell in a tiny shirt on the cowbell, "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Club = Funny!

  • @neogalford
    @neogalford Год назад

    Really gotta check out "Cork Soakers". It's one of the best SNL skits.

  • @KingOfGamesss
    @KingOfGamesss Год назад

    Seasons don't fear the Reaper...nor do the wind, the Sun or the rain

  • @paulcanbefoundhere
    @paulcanbefoundhere Год назад +1

    This is a comedy sketch.

  • @dannydashtv9418
    @dannydashtv9418 Год назад

    First snl skit I’ve ever seen still a classic

  • @HeisenburgABQ
    @HeisenburgABQ Год назад

    Favorite! I've got a fever!!

  • @Relaxedplaythroughs
    @Relaxedplaythroughs Год назад +3

    This sketch has been following Christopher Walken around ever since and its gotten very old for him.

  • @robotto8858
    @robotto8858 Год назад

    Nice! But you need to go for some truly vintage SNL. I was just reminded of of "Point - Counterpoint" with Jane Curtain and Dan Akroyd. MUST SEE!

  • @dwaynedoody7576
    @dwaynedoody7576 Год назад +2

    Awesome! & I believe the shirt was done on purpose by will ferrell

    • @taradevine6026
      @taradevine6026 Год назад +2

      That shirt makes the skit 🤣

    • @halfcentaur9836
      @halfcentaur9836 Год назад +3

      Yeah that's the story I've read as well, he wore a smaller shirt on purpose and that was breaking a couple of people (not that it's hard to break Fallon but Ferrell liked to make it happen)

  • @ChronosWar
    @ChronosWar Год назад +1

    I would definitely suggest you check out an SNL skit called Evil Boss. It doesn't seem to get as much love as More Cowbell, but I'd put it up there with any of the classic SNL skits

  • @Christopher-Baltimore
    @Christopher-Baltimore Год назад

    IMO, you kind of have to be a big rock fan to fully appreciate this joke.

  • @scottcalder8742
    @scottcalder8742 Год назад

    This was funny AF!!!!

  • @grapple4395
    @grapple4395 Год назад

    It’s a real song. And you will NEVER not hear the cow bell after watching this