Remember the 'more cowbell' score on Popups?

[Barbara]

 

[Pamela Jo]

Really? Tenor sax?

 

[Katie-Ellen]

 

[RK Wallis]

Really? Tenor sax?

I love Marilyn and this is a brilliant bit of film making/writing. Too funny, lol!

 

[Peyton Stafford]

I love Marilyn and this is a brilliant bit of film making/writing. Too funny, lol!

Me, too. She is underrated and obviously more than a beautiful woman.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Good old days! Trouble was, it was too useful. Almost every sub needed more cowbell, and not everyone understood the reference in context.

 

[E G Logan]

not everyone understood the reference in context.

I was horribly offended to have that said about mine.
And you know what? It was spot-on.

 

[Peyton Stafford]

OK. I give. I thought I knew cow bells, but as we enter act two of this thread, I realize the problem is much bigger than I imagined. I am the only one thinking about orchestral percussion instruments knocking together and Marilyn Monroe. Please, before the as-yet-unnamed antagonist kills me, what is a Litopian Cow Bell?

 

[Pamela Jo]

OK. I give. I thought I knew cow bells, but as we enter act two of this thread, I realize the problem is much bigger than I imagined. I am the only one thinking about orchestral percussion instruments knocking together and Marilyn Monroe. Please, before the as-yet-unnamed antagonist kills me, what is a Litopian Cow Bell?

This clip explains the background to the SNL skit. Before my time but I suspect then that when voting for Pop Ups you voted on how much cowbell it had. Mine would have been voted Too Much Cowbell I suspect.

This is the only copy I can find on You Tube of the skit.

 

[Barbara]

More cowbell basically meant: You're along the right track but you can take it further. Give it more oomph. More charisma, impact. More of that essence that makes it special. More flavour. More sauce. Explore it more. Go deeper. That kind of thing. I'm not sure that makes sense. It's something I feel without being able to explain properly.

But @Katie-Ellen will be able to explain better than me.

To this day, I still use the expression for my own work. After I write a scene, I ask myself: does it need more cowbell?

 

[Katie-Ellen]

That was it exactly, @Barbara. Perfectly expressed! Used for a while @Peyton Stafford as one of our voting/rating options on the show, on Sunday Pop-Ups.

 

[Peyton Stafford]

This clip explains the background to the SNL skit. Before my time but I suspect then that when voting for Pop Ups you voted on how much cowbell it had. Mine would have been voted Too Much Cowbell I suspect.

This is the only copy I can find on You Tube of the skit.

Thank you. That's why I needed.