Will Ferrell's Best Movie and TV Roles
After 25 Years of Acting, These Are Will Ferrell's Best Movie and TV Roles
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The "More Cowbell" sketch is a fictionalized version of VH1's Behind the Music focussed on the recording of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." While the rest of the SNL cast portrays the real members of the band, Ferrell portrays fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle. After Gene's overzealous playing gets in the way of the others, they ask for him to pull back. It isn't until producer Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken) states "I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell" that Frenkel is allowed to fully embrace his performance.
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