Ren compares his relationship with producer E-A-Ski to his close relationship to another E, his former NWA group mate Eazy E. “2 Hard Mutha’s” is a Ren and Eazy duet from Eazy’s 1988 album Eazy-Duz-It

While Frenkle was fictional, BOC fans will occasionally express their condolences to the band over his passing

Bruce Dickinson was a real person, but was not the producer of this tune, though he is credited as a “reissue producer” on some BOC compilations. See his discography here

However, Walken’s appearance in the skit seems to be mirrored after one of the song’s real producers, Sandy Pearlman

In the sketch, Eric sings lead on the track. In reality, the tune was sung by Buck Dharma

“More cowbell!” would almost instantly become a huge cultural phenomenon, eventually even meriting its own Wikipedia page

Fallon became infamous for cracking up during SNL sketches. This upset fellow cast member Tracy Morgan, who claimed he wasn’t the only SNL‘er upset by “laughing and all that dumb [bleep] he used to do”

Quest has been open over the years about the influence the Bomb Squad had on him as a youth, and has even taught the producers' work in colleges

Dahl looking back thirty years later:

I had envisioned an anti-disco army. A sort of paramilitary group of rock ‘n’ rollers

The Funk Brothers were Motown’s house band – the group that played on almost all of the label’s music. The 2002 documentary about the group, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, is a must-see

In a group of virtuosos, Funk Brother #1 was undoubtedly the brilliant, mercurial bassist James Jamerson, who became arguably the most influential electric bassist ever. The track below, one of the greatest basslines of all time, was played while he was lying on the floor, too drunk to even stand up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqtELR5GyfI