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EWU Student Rickrolls the New York Times

khq.com — An aspiring filmmaker at Eastern Washington University says he never meant to prank the New York Times when he posted a video online March 16th.

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  • barf314, on 03/27/2008, -1/+42Kinda bummed to find out it wasn't real, but even funnier that it hit the NY Times.
  • canewediggit, on 03/27/2008, -1/+21so he divided a rick-roll by 0?
  • MississippiLife, on 03/27/2008, -3/+5He created the illusion on film.
    Probably has a bright future as a film maker.
  • joebonk, on 03/27/2008, -5/+38he released a video about how he made it
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WWpKEPdT4
    its obvious if you watch it again
    • Mizzy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+16***** Brilliant, how the hell did I fall for that.
    • wtfunkymonkey, on 03/27/2008, -2/+7god dammit!
    • Ikulus, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7I wanted the making of video. :(
    • alvination, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Well ***** played, sir.
    • BugMeNot2, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I... I don't understand.
      How do I keep falling for this?
  • MrViklund, on 03/27/2008, -14/+3What the hell is Rickroll?
    • skillled1, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1lurk moar
    • CopernicusCenji, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1A miserable pile of 80's ballad. But enough talk, have at you!
    • MrViklund, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Ok. RIckroll is ballads from the 80's. I get it. And what has that to do with this?
  • Keo39, on 03/27/2008, -4/+3Go eagles!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • davidwasman, on 03/27/2008, -2/+13So I decided to look at the uuiU video and...7,707,529 people have been RickRolled to date.
    • surKaz, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8including you..
      • diggnitarial, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5honestly, I probably account for 10% of that, so I wouldn't say each one is an individual person.
        • surKaz, on 03/27/2008, -0/+210%?... So you viewed that about 700, 000 times?... Obsessed....much?
    • richmessenger, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I've Rickrolled myself like 4 times a day for nearly a year now. So some of that is me.
  • arcooke, on 03/27/2008, -2/+22That guy did a seriously awesome job with that video. I would have NEVER guessed that.

    In a sense, I guess you could say we were all Rickrolled.
  • DeathJux, on 03/27/2008, -8/+2Except for the fact that he plasters his annoying video watermark over the entire thing, including an excessive and retarded branding-stamp intro to the video.

    Good concept, mediocre execution. Those saying "Oh wow, he has a bright future as a film-maker!" apparently have never seen real talent.
  • hendriks, on 03/27/2008, -9/+1If you're reading this comment you have been ASC rickrolled!

    Were no strangers to love ,You know the rules and so do i
    A full commitment 's what I'm thinking of, You wouldnt get this from any other guy

    I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling, Gotta make you understand

    * never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

    CLICK ....
    • sagien, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2not really
    • hendriks, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Yeah! Keep digging me down, you bunch of humorless *****! Admit it, you've been rickrolled!
  • protogenxl, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5I thought he was never gonna make you cry?
  • davidg11, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Crap. I can't believe I fell for the idea it interrupted a real game. Crap.
  • madgooseparade, on 03/27/2008, -5/+0wow, good job man, pulling off the illusion that ANY filmmaker, regardless of quality, must pull off

    stop being so impressed with yourself, its not that big a deal to make it look so real, any half ass filmmaker an do it

    peace
  • elektriknoizz, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2That was probably the most boring thing I've ever read.
  • Argy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Oh, KHQ, always good for a fire or bomb threat, and now Internet memes.
  • zeeohsix, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0i just read about rick roll on wikipedia today and they have the same article.
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