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Christopher Walken Can't Escape The "More Cowbell' Sketch | CONAN on TBS

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  • adverb
  • The one that follows another in time or order
  • At a time or place directly after the present one
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  • The one that follows after
  • adjecitve
  • Immediately after the previous one
  • First occurrence after the present one

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  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
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  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
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  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
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  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

cowbell

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  • A bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located

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  • Sporting competition e.g. swimming
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  • To provide something that is necessary
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  • A long way away
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  • To a large degree or extent

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  • To have an idea about something without certainty
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  • Two people in a romantic relationship
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  • To join something to something else
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  • Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • Money spent on you so you can live in a place
  • verb
  • To continue doing something; not to stop
  • To stop balls going in a goal in sports
  • To not give back or return something
  • (Of food) to not spoil or not rot
  • To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
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  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
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  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

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  • Particular occupation in professional life
  • verb
  • To move forward very fast and without control

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  • noun
  • Brief account of something without many details
  • A drawing made quickly that lacks detail
  • Brief, funny scene as part of a performance
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  • To make a rough plan or idea of something
  • To draw images roughly with a pencil

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

example

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  • Thing, person which represents a category

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

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  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

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  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

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  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

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  • noun
  • Amount of something that has been caught
  • Trick or something trying to deceive
  • verb
  • To stop something flying and hold it
  • To stop something and not let it go, e.g. animals
  • To get sick or get a disease from someone else
  • To find someone to do something, a task
  • To get stuck on or in something
  • To be trapped so you can’t escape
  • To be able to understand what someone is saying

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  • Item of little or no value, importance, interest
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  • pronoun
  • Not anything, not a single thing

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  • Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal

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  • noun
  • Essential or particular part of something

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  • pronoun
  • Any person

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  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

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  • adjecitve
  • Very large in size
  • Very important
  • Very good; fantastic; wonderful
  • adverb
  • Very good; better than before
  • noun
  • Successful and well-admired person

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

good

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

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  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
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  • To hand over or present something to someone
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  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

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  • Character played by an actor
  • Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility

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  • verb
  • To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

preparation

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  • Cream or substance applied onto the skin
  • Act of making ready for a purpose or activity

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  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

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  • adjecitve
  • Having a positive amount of money
  • noun
  • System to buy something and pay for it later
  • Points earned instead of money
  • Quality of having a good reputation for a reason
  • Points earned towards a university degree
  • verb
  • To add a certain amount of money to a total
  • To recognize someone's achievements or help

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  • Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
  • Raised flat surface you sit at to work or eat
  • verb
  • To leave an idea to be discussed at a later date

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  • adjecitve
  • Unusual; hard to understand or work out

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

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  • To know the meaning of language, what someone says

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  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
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  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

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  • Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
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  • To be afraid of or nervous about something

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

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  • Meeting to ask questions to get information
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  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
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  • 100% of something; the complete amount

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  • adjecitve
  • Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
  • determiner
  • Of something; belonging or related to something
  • other
  • Possessive form of “it”

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  • adverb
  • Otherwise; if you fail to
  • (Of person place thing etc.) besides; in addition

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  • adverb
  • Used to emphasize the amount of something
  • noun
  • Particular aspect of something being thought about
  • One of various choices that could be made
  • Particular existing condition or state
  • (Often long) distance or length of time
  • How something is done
  • Route to go to a place
  • Small street
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  • adverb
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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
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  • To last for a long time; continue to exist
  • To accept difficulties without struggle

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  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

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  • Material all things are made of that fills space
  • Problem or reason for concern
  • verb
  • To be of great importance; to count

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  • adverb
  • That is likely to happen or be true

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  • adjecitve
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  • In the center of several things

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  • Act of doing something
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  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
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  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

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  • An item to be discussed
  • Small spot or dot
  • Fact or detail
  • Feature of something
  • The size of the text on a page or screen
  • A certain time or stage in a process
  • Certain position in time or space
  • Idea or fact you try to convince people about
  • Measurement of scores in a game, sport
  • Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
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  • To face a certain direction, e.g. north
  • To indicate something with your finger to others

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  • adjecitve
  • Having no doubts about something
  • Have confidence in your own words or actions
  • Firmly established or held; being firm or stable
  • Being correct or true
  • adverb
  • What you say to agree willingly

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  • noun
  • Journey between two places made by ship or car
  • Series of similar things or successes and failures
  • Act of running; exercise of running
  • verb
  • To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
  • (Of an engine) to be operating
  • To start or use a computer program
  • To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
  • To manage or operate a business
  • To operate or drive something
  • (Of a road) to go from one place to another
  • To move your legs faster than walking

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  • verb
  • To come after someone; be guided by someone
  • To support someone, e.g. singer or comedian
  • To be the logical result of something
  • To happen after something else happens
  • To believe a set of values or a moral teacher
  • To understand something happening or being said

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  • adjecitve
  • Excellent
  • Widely known; recognized by many people

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  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

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  • noun
  • Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • Force something has that draws other things to it
  • Using your hands to move something to you
  • verb
  • To breathe in smoke, as from a pipe
  • To hold something and move it toward you
  • To remove something by force

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  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

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  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

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  • A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in
  • An island to the south of the Malay Peninsula

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  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

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  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

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  • adjecitve
  • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • Of high quality; made with great skill
  • In a careful or exact manner; into small pieces
  • Being of high quality
  • Good; okay; no problem
  • (Of weather) good; not raining
  • noun
  • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
  • verb
  • To pay money because you broke a law

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  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

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  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

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  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general
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  • I was thinking about this today in preparation for our interview.
  • You have had so many iconic roles, so many great performances, yet one of the things that probably you might be best known for or among your best known performances would be in the standout live sketch Cowbell.
  • Have you found that to be true?
  • Yes, it was a very good sketch, but I don’t understand why it follows me around like it does.
  • And how does it follow you around?
  • Give us an example.
  • Oh, you know, I was in a restaurant in Singapore, and the couple at the next table, at one point the guy said to me, Chris, you know, this salad needs more cowbell.
  • And I thought, it’s gone too far.
  • You’re in Singapore.
  • You’re in Singapore and it follows you.
  • Yes, and I don’t know why that sketch became so famous.
  • It’s mysterious, you know, how some things catch on.
  • Yes, it is mysterious.
  • I think it has something to do with your voice and the way you said cowbell.
  • I really believe if anyone else had done that role, it would not, that sketch would not have endured the way it does.
  • I give you credit for that.
  • It’s a fine sketch, but I think it’s the way you said cowbell.
  • Well, it was also, it was Will Ferrell and, you know, what is it?
  • Meet the Reaper or something about the Reaper.
  • Oh, yes.
  • Don’t Fear the Reaper.
  • Don’t Fear the Reaper.
  • Yeah, yeah.
  • Yes, I’m sure all those were all great elements, but I think you pulled it all together.
  • Well, thanks, but it’s kind of run its course.
  • No, it hasn’t.
  • It’s going to keep going.
  • No matter what else you achieve in your career, it will keep going and there’s nothing we can do about it.