Can you pass the cranberry sauce and the RICK ROLLS?

[tzikeh]

Rick Astley himself Rickrolls the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Video here.

I am thankful for YouTube.

Comments

[mirandir.livejournal.com]

I actually saw that. My family were heckling the parade, and I couldn't stop laughing when it happened. :)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

True genius. I have to wonder if there could be any Rickroll that could top this one, at this point.

(Now, of course, someone will find a way...)

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for a rickroll at the Super Bowl.

[way2busymom.livejournal.com]

As long as they don't try to rickroll the inauguration. *g*

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

You know what? I think that would be AWESOME.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHA OMG.

I &hearts the internet so much. Thank you!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! It had to be shared. Oh, internets, is there nothing you can't corrupt do?

[thecomfychair.livejournal.com]

oh no, the internet is here! lol, that was awesome. I have to wonder how many people are extremely confused right now. I had to explain to my parents why I was laughing, and they still don't quite get it.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

HEE - well, you can tell them that over 18 million people in the U.S. have been rickrolled, as far as the internet can tell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll might explain it.

Oh Rick Astley, you are awesome.

[delle.livejournal.com]

I just explained it to my 15 yr old son, my husband and my mother. Guys, if I have to explain the joke, it's not as funny!

RICKROLLING THE PARADE FTW!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I'M RICK ASTLEY, BITCH!

[twistedchick]

Awesome!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I must wholeheartedly agree.

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

BWAAA!!!!

I am thankful for you finding me stuff on YouTube!!! :->

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I knew the second it happened that it would be up on YT within five minutes.

FTW!

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

When I saw his name in the credits this morning I knew and burst out laughing.

I then had to explain to my family what a Rick Roll was.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad I missed the credits. Total surprise!

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Oh, for once I wish I'd actually watched the parade. Rick Astley, thank you for having such a marvelous sense of humor.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Rick Astley, thank you for having such a marvelous sense of humor.

No kidding!

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

I was watching this with my mom, and she could not understand why I was suddenly on the floor flailing wildly with hysterical laughter.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

How much better could that have been.

None. None much better.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

It made every minute of the rest of that parade COMPLETELY WORTH IT.

[loz]

BEST THING EVER. EVER.

*snerk*

For all everyone mentions the internet in media, it's actually kind of rare that internet phenomenons or memes permeate the public consciousness, so this is just brilliant.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I love when the protesters rickroll the Scientology churches. :)

[klia.livejournal.com]

OMG! *dies*

Always had a soft spot for Rick -- and he's still cute!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

He *is* still cute!

[grace-om.livejournal.com]

I saw this earlier. Soooooo funny! :-D

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Unbelievable. w00t!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I do not know this term "rickroll." Explain?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

It's - oy. Someone on the 4chan board came up with a kind of link joke: they'd post something a link with text like "Bush Threatens War With Iran", but the link would take anyone who clicked on it to a picture of a duck on wheels. This was called "duckrolling", and someone who clicked had been "duckrolled". Then someone changed that joke by having their fake link lead to Rick Astley's video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" on YouTube, and so became "Rickrolling", and "Rickrolled". That spread from 4chan to, well, all of the internet, and you can get rickrolled pretty much anywhere by anyone at this point.

It moved out into RL a while ago -- some of the Scientology protests earlier this year blasted the song from boomboxes outside the Churches. But nobody's ever rickrolled ten million people before. Genius.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Thank you. You have expanded my knowledge of the universe~!

[nestra.livejournal.com]

That was just pretty fucking awesome.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty fucking much.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Priceless! Seriously, I could not stop laughing!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Nor could I. I enjoyed hearing the screaming from the people lining the streets too -- I could see some parade planners fearing it would be too obscure. OBVIOUSLY NOT.