cowbell?

I've got a fever, and the only
prescription is more cowbell!!"

a cowbell is just a big bell that cows wear on farms. rock drummers also use it as a part of thier drums sometimes, but that is not often and a lot of people think it sounds silly. that quote is from a very famous comedy show here called "saturday night live". they do short plays about various things. it has been on tv for about 30 years now and many famous actors got their start there. famous people such as eddie murphy, billie crystal, steve martin, mike meyers, and many others all got their start there. i don't know if you have heard of them but they are all very very famous here (my fiancee had only heard of eddie murphy). it is actually filmed in new york.

in the play where that quote is from there is a band in a studio recording thier album with a producer that is supposed to be very famous and good. the band has all the usual members for a rock band; drummer, singer, guitar player, and bass player. the only difference is that instead of the drummer playing the cowbell, they have an extra member that plays only the cowbell. so they start recording thier song and they finish and the producer comes out and he says " guys, this is really good stuff". and they are all in awe because this producer is so famous. the singer asks if they could do anything to make it better, and he says "yes, i could have used a little more cowbell". so he goes back in and they play and that cowbell player is really getting into it. he is hitting it so hard and moving all arround. suddenly the singer stops and the producer comes out again and asks what the problem is. the rest of the band says there is too much cowbell and it is distracting them and they start arguing. then the producer suddenly yells out "guess what? i've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell!!"

i dunno why but i have always found that very very funny. i think you would just have to see it to understand. lots of people on that site have famous quotes and things in thier sigs, so i thought i would just put some silly quote that would make no sense to most people and i remembered that and put it in

so there is your looooong explination of what it is. if you wanna see it for yourself i believe you can find it on kazaa named " SNL blue oyster cult"