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-When people talk about
your "Best of: SNL"

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or things that you've done
on the show,

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I know what everyone
brings up to me.

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-Right. Which is...
-...you're involved in.

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[ Laughter ]

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Anyway. Let's talk about
something else.

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-Cowbell. Cowbell sketch.
-Yes, the cowbell sketch.

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That's what I was gonna say.
I was gonna say that.

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I was gonna talk
about the cowbell.

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-You were a major part of that.

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-I was a really major part
of the cowbell sketch.

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It was all you. It was all you.
This is a --

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This is a picture of...
-Yeah.

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-That's me there.
-Right.

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-That's Kattan, Parnell.
-Look at that hair.

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-Horatio Sanz.

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-And --
-That's you.

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And that is Christopher Walken.
-Which is...

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It's the strangest thing.

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[ Laughter ]

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-That's Christopher Walken.

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-That's Christopher Walken
across...from that.

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-Yeah. [ Laughs ]
Look at -- That shirt is insane.

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-You maintain that between
dress rehearsal and air

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that I went and put
a tighter shirt on.

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-I think -- You did, didn't you?
-I thought it just --

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I just -- I thought I just put
a little more mustard into it,

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and then it hiked up.

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-Is that right? I thought --

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-But you thought I put
a tighter shirt on, you think?

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-I thought you did
because this

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doesn't even feel like
a shirt that should...

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That's insane.

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Everyone else
is wearing other shirts.

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I think I would've --
But you were coming up

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a little bit in dress.

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-Yeah.
-But that was high up.

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-Yeah.
-And that was --

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That was low down.
-But you might be right.

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Maybe I --
-I mean, you barely
have a shirt on.

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-Maybe I switched it
to a tighter shirt.

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-Because I remember
it was so loud on air

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because it was --
-Oh, with -- Yeah.

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I banged it much louder
than in the dress.

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-No, but, I mean,
the audience response.

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-Oh, the response. Yeah.
-Yeah, but, I mean, like, the --

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the sketch was on at the end
of the show, I believe.

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-Right.
-Which is where usually

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the weirder sketches are.
-Yeah.

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-And it was working so well
that the floor started shaking.

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-Oh, I don't remember that.
-Yeah.

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-I was just in a haze.

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-Dude, you were
in a comedy haze.

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-I was staring you down.
But you --

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Because you were laugh--
But I was laughing, too.

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But the beard
was just protecting, uh --

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You couldn't see it.

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-After a series
of staggering defeats,

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Blue Oyster Cult assembled
in the recording studio

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in late 1976 for a session

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with famed producer
Bruce Dickinson.

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And luckily for us,
the cameras were rolling.

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♪♪

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-Alright, guys.

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I think we're ready
to lay this first track down.

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By the way,
my name is Bruce Dickinson.

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Yes -- the Bruce Dickinson.

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And I got to tell you, fellas,

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you have got what appears
to be a dynamite sound.

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-Coming from you, Bruce,
that means a lot.

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-Yeah. I mean,
you're Bruce Dickinson.

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-This is incredible.
-I can't believe

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Bruce Dickinson
digs our sound.

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-Easy, guys.

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I put my pants on
just like the rest of you --

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one leg at a time.

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Except once my pants are on,
I make gold records.

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[ Laughter ]

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Alright. Here we go.

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"Don't Fear the Reaper."
Take one. Roll it.

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-Alright.
One, two, three, four.

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♪♪

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[ Cowbell clanging
rhythmically ]

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♪♪

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-♪ All our times have come ♪

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♪♪

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♪ Here but now they're gone ♪

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-Okay! Wait! Wait! Stop.

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Um, Bruce, could you come
in here for a second, please?

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-That -- That was
gonna be a great track.

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Guys, what's the deal?

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-Uh, are you sure
that was sounding okay?

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-I'll be honest, fellas,
it was sounding great, but...

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I could have used
a little more cowbell.

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So let's take it again.

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And, Gene.
-Yeah.

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-Really explore the studio space
this time.

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-You got it, Bruce.
-I mean, really.

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-Yeah.
-Explore the space.

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-Okay.
-I like what I'm hearing.

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Roll it.

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-One, two, three, four.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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-♪ All our times have come ♪

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♪♪

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♪ Here but now they're gone ♪

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-Okay! Wait! Stop! Stop!
Bruce, I'm sorry.

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Could you come back in here,
please?

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-Fellas, now, we --
we just wasted two good tracks.

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This last one was even better
than the first.

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-Well, it's just
that I find Gene's

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cowbell playing distracting.

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I don't know.

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If I'm the only one,
I'll shut up.

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-No, it's pretty rough.

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-You know, I can pull it back
a little if you like.

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-Not too much, though.
I'm telling you, fellas.

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You're gonna want
that cowbell on the track.

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-You know what? It's fine.
Let's just do the thing.

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-Okay. Roll it.

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-One, two, three, four.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ All our times have come ♪

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[ Cowbell clanging off-beat ]

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♪ Here but now they're gone ♪

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♪♪

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Come on, Gene!
-No, you come on!

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-[ Shouts ]
-Guys, you know...

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that -- that --
it doesn't work for me.

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I gotta have more cowbell.

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-Don't blow this for us, Gene!

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-Quit being --
Quit being so selfish, Gene.

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-Can I just say one thing?
-Say it, baby, just say it!

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-I'm standing here staring
at rock legend Bruce Dickinson.

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-I'm the cock of the walk, baby!

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-And if Bruce Dickinson
wants more cowbell,

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we should probably give him
more cowbell!

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-Say it, baby!

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-And, Bobby, you are right.
I am being selfish.

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But the last time I checked,
we don't have a whole lot

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of songs that feature
the cowbell.

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-I gotta have
more cowbell, baby!

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-And I'd be doing myself
a disservice...

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And every member of this band,

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if I didn't perform
the hell out of this!

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-Guess what! I got a fever!

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And the only prescription
is more cowbell!

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-Thank you, Bruce.

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I think if --
I think if I just leave and --

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Maybe I'll come back later
and we can lay down the cowbell.

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-Come on, baby.
-Gene, wait.

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Why don't you lay down
that cowbell right now?

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With us. Together.

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-Do you mean that, Eric?

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-Oh, yeah.

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-Speaks for all of us.
-Thank you.

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-Babies, before we're done here,

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y'all be wearing
gold-plated diapers.

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-What does that mean?

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-Never question
Bruce Dickinson.

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Roll it!

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-Thanks, man.

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One, two, three, four.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ All our times have come ♪

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-But here's the crazy thing.

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So, I go to see
Christopher Walken

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years later in a play.

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I say hello to him backstage,

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and he's like, "You know,
you've ruined my life."

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[ Laughter ]

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-What? What?

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-"People during
the curtain call

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bring cowbells and ring them."

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[ Laughter ]

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"The other day, I went
for an Italian food lunch,

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and the waiter asked
if I wanted more cowbell

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with my pasta bolognese."

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[ Laughter ]

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And I think
he was really mad at me.

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-Wow. No way.
-He had a little smile, but...

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-Well, because he had
such a great career.

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-But, you know...
-He's a great actor.

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-From "The Deer Hunter"
to "Pulp Fiction"...

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-"Pulp Fiction." He's amazing.

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-...to "more cowbell."
That's all he gets now.

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-That's all he gets now. So it
made a lot of people happy...

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-But Christopher...
-Ruined one person's life.

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-Ruined one person.
But what are you gonna do?

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-That's good odds, right?
That's decent odds.
You know what I'm saying?