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'''Cowbell''' began on {{w|Saturday Night Live}} and soon many people began making YTMND's using it. Many included a bell, but sometimes YTMNDs may contain someone hitting something else.
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{{iboriginal|cowbell|Needs more cowbell!}}
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{{ibprofile|Discharger|Discharger}}
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{{ibdate|May 2004|May 24th, 2004}}
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|spinoff1=conancowbell
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|title1=Conan Needs More Cowbell!
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|spinoff2=animeneedscowbell
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|title2=Anime needs more... cowbell?
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|spinoff3=cowbellpatrick
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|title3=Patrick Plays The Cowbell
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|spinoff4=beatlescowbell
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|title4=The Beatles have Cowbell
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|spinoff5=walken2008
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|title5=Walken For President 2008
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'''Cowbell''' is based on a 2000 {{w|Saturday Night Live}} skit featuring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. In the skit, Ferrell plays Gene Frankel, a fictional member of the band {{w|Blue Öyster Cult}}, and Walken plays Bruce Dickinson, a producer. The most famous line of the skit is when Dickinson gives a pep-talk to Frankel, telling him, "Well, guess what!  I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"
  
{{wikipedia2|Saturday Night Live|3=More Cowbell|4=Cowbell}}
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The {{ytmnd|cowbell|first Cowbell site}} was made by {{ytmnduser|Discharger}} in May of 2004; it merely featured an image and sound of a cowbell with the text "NEEDS MORE COWBELL".  Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper" was not used until two days later, in {{ytmnduser|skwirl}}'s site {{ytmnd|cowbellfever|Cowbell Fever}}.  Many sites included a bell, but sometimes YTMNDs may contain someone hitting something else.  Still other sites involve mixing a cowbell track or Walken's lines with other songs.
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{{wikipedia2|Saturday Night Live|3=Blue Öyster Cult|4=Cowbell}}
 
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Revision as of 20:57, November 21, 2008

Cowbell
Original YTMND:
Needs more cowbell!
by Discharger
May 24th, 2004
Worthy Spinoffs:

Cowbell is based on a 2000 Saturday Night Live skit featuring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. In the skit, Ferrell plays Gene Frankel, a fictional member of the band Blue Öyster Cult, and Walken plays Bruce Dickinson, a producer. The most famous line of the skit is when Dickinson gives a pep-talk to Frankel, telling him, "Well, guess what! I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"

The first Cowbell site was made by Discharger in May of 2004; it merely featured an image and sound of a cowbell with the text "NEEDS MORE COWBELL". Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper" was not used until two days later, in skwirl's site Cowbell Fever. Many sites included a bell, but sometimes YTMNDs may contain someone hitting something else. Still other sites involve mixing a cowbell track or Walken's lines with other songs.

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