In the famously infectious “Saturday Night Live” skit from 2000, actor Christopher Walken bellows as producer Bruce Dickinson he needs to hear “more cowbell” from comedian Will Ferrell during the recording of Blue Oyster Cult’s classic hit “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”
Ferrell annoyingly and hysterically bangs relentlessly away.
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