Christopher Knell: Still Alive and Living in Burbank

Here’s another little tidbit about the town I live in. Apparently, it’s a pretty big deal. NBC in “Beautiful Downtown Burbank”, is moving up the street to Universal Studios in Universal City. You can literally walk from one to the other. Who knows if someone will either make a nice new film studio out the old studios or if they’ll just tear it down and put up a hotel or some apartments. Time will tell.Click this button MAP to see how close the 2 places are.

Silly. Like 10 seconds long but it will make you laugh out loud.Promise.

It’s 07/07/07.Time for a little fun from Washington.

... and the gang gets together to make a movie and enter it in the Sundance Film Festival.

Steve introduces the famous “1984” Macintosh Commercial.

Fabulous cover band now touring the US. The bassist is Mr. Lee from Paul and Dave’s Late Show band. Can’t say much more because I shouldn’t really be posting this. Look on the bass drum for the name of the band and then look up their web site and find more on YouTube.

How the hell did they do that shot when the car, filled with five people, gets ambushed? It’s damn near 4 minutes long and done in one continuos take. Or is it? And how about the coffee shop in London?Read more about it here: http://www.fxguide.com/article390.htmlThere’s an audio podcast on that page that includes interviews with the SpecialFX crew.

It’s a song by Denis Leary. He’s not an asshole. It’s got a great hook.You can play it for your friends when they act up and start acting like...well you get the idea.

"More cowbell" is a line from an April 8, 2000 Saturday Night Live comedy sketch about the recording of the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult. The sketch featured guest host Christopher Walken as music producer Bruce Dickinson and Will Ferrell as fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle. The line itself has grown into a pop culture catch phrase.The sketch is presented as though it is an episode of VH1's Behind the Music. It begins with what is said to be film from the 1976 recording session that produced the band's biggest hit, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." The producer (Christopher Walken) introduces himself as "the Bruce Dickinson" and tells the band they have "what appears to be a dynamite sound." The band members are impressed at this compliment because of Bruce Dickinson's supposed high standing in the music industry.The first take of the recording session begins soon after. The recording seems to be going well, but the band stops playing after a few moments because the cowbell part is rather loud and distracting. However, Dickinson feels quite differently and, to the surprise of most of the band, asks for "a little more cowbell" and suggests that the cowbell player, Gene Frenkle (Will Ferrell), "really explore the studio space this time."Frenkle's exuberance in following this advice causes him to bump into his bandmates in the cramped studio, and the band aborts another take. Dickinson enters the studio exasperated at wasting "two good tracks." Frenkle sheepishly agrees to tone down his performance in the spirit of cooperation. Instead, he passive-aggressively plays the cowbell very close to Eric Bloom's (Chris Parnell) ear and fails to keep time with the rest of the band. Frenkle then knocks over Bloom's microphone stand, ending the take prematurely. The rest of the band expresses frustration with Frenkle, but Dickinson remains focused only on getting more cowbell onto the track.Gene Frenkle then makes an impromptu speech to Blue Öyster Cult, declaring that Dickinson's stature lends a great deal of weight to his opinion about the cowbell part, and therefore it is Frenkle's duty to give it his all in playing the cowbell. At the climax of the sketch, Dickinson exclaims: "I got a fever. And the only prescription... is more cowbell!" The band agrees to let Frenkle play the cowbell part his way. As the band begins another take, the sketch ends with a freeze frame on Frenkle with the message: "In Memoriam: Gene Frenkle: 1950-2000."The proceeding was copied and pasted from Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_cowbell