Christopher Walken confronted Will Ferrell over SNL’s ‘More Cowbell’ sketch — that ‘ruined’ his life
nypost.com” iconic “more cowbell” sketch starring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken gets a behind-the-scenes deep dive in a new documentary – and Ferrell reveals that Walken isn’t such a fan.
In the Peacock documentary “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” (premiering Jan 16), Ferrell, 57, recalled how Walken, 81, starred in a play several years after that famous “SNL” sketch.“I went to see [Walken] backstage, and he’s like, ‘You know, you’ve ruined my life…every show, people bring cowbells for the curtain call and bang them.
It’s quite disconcerting,'” Ferrell revealed.The cowbell sketch originally aired on April 5, 2000, during an “SNL” episode in which Walken was the host.
The sketch is about the fictional process of Blue Oyster Cult recording their hit song, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” Ferrell plays an overzealous cowbell player.
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