However, originally, the sketch didn't feature a cowbell at all. Instead of the titular instrument, Ferrell's first "Recording Session" script initially had Gene Frenkle playing a wood block.

Wesley Stenzel Mon, January 20, 2025, 6:00 AM PST 4 min read NBC; Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Will Ferrell in the 'More Cowbell' sketch on 'Saturday Night Live'; Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult ...

NBC Chris Kattan, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz in the 2000 SNL 'More Cowbell' sketch ...

To fill in the blanks of "More Cowbell" history, almost every participant in the SNL50 episode shared their thoughts on how Frenkle — the energetic cowbell player portrayed by Will Ferrell ...

Cowbell"I need more cowbell!" Uses: Saturday Nigh Live skits/World Cup Skiing eventsSizes: S,M,L,XLClose your eyes and think about a fat Will Farrell dressed as an early 1990s rock star, beating ...

But one of the people who made “More Cowbell” an all-timer had a different answer. Will Ferrell went with “Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute,” a season 4 sketch starring Dan Aykroyd as, well, a ...

The members of Blue Öyster Cult and the song's producers debate the identity of the real Bruce Dickinson in the documentary "SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night." Wesley Stenzel Mon, January 20, 2025 at 2:00 ...