Apparently, I'm weird.
Well ... maybe unique is a better word.
Case in point:
Back in the days when Will Ferrel was a Saturday Night Live cast member, there was a particular sketch featuring Mr. Ferrel in a too-small-for-him shirt, playing cowbell as Blue Oyster Cult records their hit, "Don't Fear the Reaper." As the record producer, Christopher Walken repeatedly interrupts the recording to ask for ... and later, forcefully demand ... more cowbell.
It was pretty hilarious and even ended up being featured as a whole episode of the recent docuseries on SNL's 50 years of existence.
Okay ... now ...
Go back to the theatrical release of Disney's "live action" remake of The Jungle Book. I'm sitting in a packed movie theater. Mowgli is sitting in the orangutans' temple, which is strewn with found objects and treasures collected by the apes, about to meet their monarch, King Louie.
With the what-I-thought-was-common knowledge that Christopher Walken was the voice of King Louie, I saw Mowgli reach into the pile of stuph and pull out, with curiosity and confusion, a cowbell.
I laughed mightily.
I was the only one.
Apparently, I'm weird.
1 comment:
You got the reference! Everyone else in the theater missed it!
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