More than 25 years later, Christopher Walken's "More Cowbell" sketch is still making plenty of noise. The iconic Saturday Night Live sketch, which first aired in 2000, has now been voted the greatest ...

The sketch, of course, finds the SNL stars playing members of the hard-rock band Blue Öyster Cult as they record their classic 1976 track "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." As the record producer, guest host ...

Saturday Night Live, born October 11, 1975, died May 24, 1986. That could have been the obituary for the late-night comedy institution, which nearly bit the dust after season 11, depriving America of ...

Marc Spitz said the Saturday Night Live sketch “More Cowbell” was "one of the first super-memes of the new century" in the New York Times. Christopher Walken continues to hear from fans about the ...

“My first feeling was relief — relief that it was funny and relief that it wasn’t too cruel on the band.” Photo: NBC Airing as the final sketch of the Walken-hosted April 8, 2000, episode, “More ...

Even before a 2000 "Saturday Night Live" sketch made Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" a punchline for its pervasive use of cowbell, it was already well known in the classic rock world for ...