i've never understood that skit.... never - it doesnt make any sense for the guy to be called bruce dickinson, he's not even british in the skit. i did some snooping around and found the name of a producer named bruce dickinson, who would fit the bill of the guy that they're spoofing in that cowbell skit, but how popular is this bruce dickinson producer guy that SNL would make fun of him like that? Wierd stuff.