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What is Rick Rolling? CNN takes a look at this Viral hit. watch!

cnn.com — CNN tries to explain how an '80s hearthrob has found new life online with a viral hit phenomenon. ITN's Stephanie West reports.

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  • GQCarrick, on 04/12/2008, -7/+126I am kind of amazed that big media like CNN is doing stories about this.
    • eclipse007, on 04/12/2008, -7/+62WE DID IT!
      • CiXeL, on 04/12/2008, -1/+84what that cnn video article showed me is a bunch of older people unfamiliar with technology having no clue why it became successful and struggling to come up with an explanation for it.
        • Gir53457, on 04/12/2008, -0/+35They also ***** up the origin. It was from 4chan based off of the Duckroll meme.
        • Fordi, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Not just that, but I foresee a terribly destructive age in marketing when idiot marketers think Rick Rolling is a way to get people to like their companies.

          After all, lots of people love to be the roll'r. No one likes getting roll'd.
      • 2shae, on 04/12/2008, -5/+2CNN is cool
    • theAlice, on 04/12/2008, -1/+62Amazed because Rick Rolling has become this popular, or amazed because they refuse to report any real news?
      • wildbillhick, on 04/12/2008, -0/+12by this point, no one should be amazed that they refuse to report real news. we should be amazed when they do report real news.
      • AROZ, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2While this is more important than that Interstate motel fire, there are still many conflicts that are never reported, or whose reports are never updated.
    • jjb123, on 04/12/2008, -6/+45Yeah, it isn't like there is a war or something they should be covering.
      • ufia, on 04/12/2008, -1/+85Millions of innocent people are being Rick Rolled, and all you diggers talk about is war? Get your priorities straight!
      • EJTower, on 04/12/2008, -1/+18It's hard work ignoring wars where Americans die every day, but CNN is on the job. Next up "All Your Base Are Belong To What?: Wolf Blitzer Reports"
    • eyefork, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3There was a rickmob today btw.
    • Sil369, on 04/12/2008, -0/+11Now next all we have to do is somehow hack the tv stations to loop a Rick Roll clip during the presidential election vote counts or some. Our job will be done...!
      • XristosAnesti, on 04/12/2008, -1/+4I think you've mistaken a website full of people who like jokes with a website full of people smart enough to implement something like that.
        • nmnnotmyname, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1It's not impossible, but I'm far too lazy to even try making a PoC (not to mention I have a lack of the software they use to broadcast. And this is definitely illegal, too.)
    • WaxenPith, on 04/12/2008, -0/+17It's because it's the new thing to be hip and cool with the youngsters!

      But the only thing I hate is that suits get privy to this stuff and then somehow try to make money off of it or imitate it, by throwing around the term "viral marketing" without knowing what it means.
      • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3Now that every 50 year old thinks they know how to pull off a RickRoll, there will be a month or two of even lamer attempts than normal, and the RickRoll will have finally jumped the shark, hopefully never to be heard again.
        • kirwoodd, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2:(
        • AROZ, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1We can't do such broad generalizations. Some will live on, some will die.
    • airwalkery2k, on 04/12/2008, -0/+10They do fluff internet stories all the time. This afternoon, I flipped on CNN and I saw Wolf Blitzer talking about that Dick Cheney sunglass reflection photo and all the buzz about "What was in the reflection."
    • senatorpjt, on 04/12/2008, -5/+11I'm just hoping that now that it's been on CNN, it won't be "cool" anymore and people will stop doing it.
    • MrWally, on 04/12/2008, -2/+18Doesn't this mean a large portion of the nation was just Rick Rolled?
      • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1No, merely going there when you know about it, and viewing the video doesn't count as one.
      • dralezero, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4Maybe they have. everyone turns on CNN thinking they are going to see news about important things, and then they play Rick Astley instead.
    • cyrix, on 04/12/2008, -4/+38There once was a man named Bertold
      Who drank beer when the weather grew cold
      As he reached for his cup...
      "NEEEEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP!!!"
      Oh, snap! You just got limerickrolled!
      • j0etb, on 04/12/2008, -5/+0If I could digg twice I would
        • hypnotoad32, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Then you shoulda dugg it on St. Patrick's Day, when it was all over Digg like blue on smurfs.
    • Archer007, on 04/12/2008, -16/+3The CNN video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
      • Bersy, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7Most obvious attempt ever.
      • RevoFM, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7uuiU?
      • iMiXiMi, on 04/12/2008, -1/+5AHHH *****
      • almightyzam, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6I swear, people aren't even trying anymore
        • bjornski, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1That's why it's become lame, and jumped the shark. And now that it's become "big", it's not funny anymore. But the simplest minds among us keep laughing at the same stale joke, over and over and over.

          It's like the song that never ends. Oh, it goes on and on my friends.
    • TheYuppie, on 04/12/2008, -2/+2'Big media', CNN, lol...
    • Speed, on 04/12/2008, -2/+5It's called a slow news day.
    • Tyrghast, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1You missed the "lulz" documentary linked to digg about 4 months ago.
    • KidA2pt0, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Hell, they did another story on the Rob Lowe and Nanny scandal that's on the same loop of vids, not to mention the stories on Britney Spears they always do. It's not really the CNN of 1993 anymore, is it?
    • themangeraaad, on 04/12/2008, -2/+0I kinda wonder when they will formally realize Digg as the reason for the popularity of some of these videos... I doubt this would have gone nearly this far without the help of this site.....
    • SpikeX, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7I love how the producer keeps saying "Oh, yeah, this music is coming back, it's WAY popular now!" and yet it's the exact opposite: People get rickrolled because it's not something you'd normally listen to.
    • MakiNavaja, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7They definitely don't seem to get that it's all a big joke...
      • Netrilix, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I think they do. The guy just doesn't want to admit it because he wants a cut of it for each time it's shown.
    • sjl127, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1It just shows you where the big media gets their news stories from, us little folk trolling on the net.
    • nmnnotmyname, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Big media? And on a side note their stupid player doesn't support Linux.
      Luckily someone YT'd it for us...

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=RnOt4aN2uyc

      It may not have as good quality, but it should be just fine as long as you don't put it in fullscreen or anything.
  • mvanhorn, on 04/12/2008, -4/+275Wow "Sony BMG is releasing a best of Rick Astley album at the end of the month"
    • nymphetamine, on 04/12/2008, -2/+311Featuring hit titles such as "Never gonna give you up", "Never gonna give you up", and "Never gonna give you up".
      • estvir, on 04/12/2008, -2/+191One of the song titles should be "eBGIQ7ZuuiU" which turns out to actually be "Never gonna give you up."

        Or every song should be "Never gonna give you up" but all have real, normal song titles.

        Or when someone enters the CD on a computer it RickRolls them.
        • TheCosmicFool, on 04/12/2008, -2/+124Don't you mean RootKitRolls them?
        • sovietninja, on 04/12/2008, -2/+12Touche!
        • nuclearwasted, on 04/12/2008, -7/+1Then wouldn't they be rickrolling themselves?
          • estvir, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1No, because if my idea was implemented, unless every person who buys the CD reads my comment they'd be /unexpectedly/ getting RickRoll'd.
        • XristosAnesti, on 04/12/2008, -4/+1@nuclearwasted: Rick Roll masochism...it's the latest fad.
      • mesasone, on 04/12/2008, -4/+2I was going to responding, refuting your claim by bringing up "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", only to google it quickly and find out that Rick Astley didn't perform that. Clears up why I always thought it was by "Rick and Ashley" as kid. hah.
      • huntersquid, on 04/12/2008, -0/+12No "Together Forever"?
      • MixMastaKooz, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3After reviewing all comments here, you sir, have won this thread. Congratulations!
    • TheDowntownKing, on 04/12/2008, -2/+127I've just found everyones Christmas presents
    • Ender008, on 04/12/2008, -6/+17I hate to say it, but I may just have to get it.
      • uiguy3, on 04/12/2008, -1/+7they should give one song a bogus name, but have it turn out to be Never Gonna Give you up.
        That would mean millions of additional Rick rolls!
        • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -3/+1You don't understand how the meme works, do you?

          /you are the cancer
    • headzoo, on 04/12/2008, -2/+222They seem to have missed the joke, and think people are listening to the song because they actually like it.
      • CiXeL, on 04/12/2008, -0/+110amen. they are embarassingly clueless about why its popular.
      • MSstar, on 04/12/2008, -20/+6yeah... because you know, nobody like this song... you know, NOBODY! right! I REALLY don't like this song... nop, not at all
        • estvir, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5headzoo (Wait, are you going to make a new diggcomments thing?!) never said nobody he simply stated that CNN never caught onto what exactly a RickRoll is.
      • borsaid, on 04/12/2008, -6/+5No, they realize everyone and their grandmother is going to buy a copy as a gag gift. It's called a business opportunity. Whenever you have an audience big enough, you can make money from it. . .somehow. Ask the Google boys.
      • JonTheGoose, on 04/12/2008, -2/+61I actually like it....
        • BlaenkDenum, on 04/12/2008, -0/+26After a while I started to like it too, but the originating reason was because it was a joke.
        • DrIce926, on 04/12/2008, -1/+22Yes Jon. But you're a goose. I simply cannot take you seriously in that outfit.
      • emildorbell, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6I was at a party last night where they were listening to the song on youtube. I started talking about the best rick roll moments and everyone was like "Huh? Rick Roll? What?" Though it needs a mention that those guys are deep into anything 80s.
    • rkuchiki, on 04/12/2008, -1/+31Perhaps its an excuse. They will release the best of album, claim the sales are failing because of the viral video, and start suing.
    • rye425, on 04/12/2008, -0/+122"Youtube and myspace are gonna have to pay... this is significant dollars if you think about this could end up in the 80 or 90 million hits"

      Wow this guy is just drooling over the possible theoretical dollars
    • Ranvier, on 04/12/2008, -10/+3Astley had 8 number 1 hits, I believe.

      Although, I already have his Greatest Hits, so I don't know why they need a new one.
    • SkinnerBox, on 04/12/2008, -7/+2Way to jump the shark with it.
      • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2The huge surge in popularity of it, and the "mainstream" scrutiny and trying to "get in on the cool thing" will kill the RickRoll. The marketing by the companies making trite ***** will be the final nail in the coffin.

        As I said above, I'm waiting for the RickRoll Pepsi commercial. And shirts. And hats. And ringtones, and fashion-wear.........

        Please let it die.
    • davidrools, on 04/12/2008, -1/+17Ha! Good luck trying to sell a CD to the internet crowd.
      • appleswitch, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1I'd be a rerelease of the single on Vinyl :) that'd be cool.
    • elint6, on 04/12/2008, -2/+3You know what would be funny. If all the tracks were rick-rolls....LOL.
    • dwray82, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Both Rick Astley songs on 1 cd? I'm getting in line now damnit.
  • jiqiren, on 04/12/2008, -26/+10I just wanna tell you how Im feeling...

    Inside we both know what's been going on...

    "Best of Rick Astley" album!!! YEA!

  • SkullPizza, on 04/12/2008, -7/+648That's BS, family guy didn't originate the fad. That episode came out after I got rickrolled on a bunch of forums years ago.
    • MiltonWaddams, on 04/12/2008, -5/+116And "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" used it before Family Guy.
      • d0onut, on 04/12/2008, -1/+156And "THE ENTIRE ***** INTERNET" did it before that.
        • ThndrShk2k, on 04/12/2008, -2/+14Aye, and why I buried as Inaccurate when Family Guy was mentioned
          • CiXeL, on 04/12/2008, -0/+55these people are desperately trying to find a reason to explain why its popular. they dont understand things like absurd internet jokes.
            they think people are listening to it because they actually like it.
            it was embarassing listening to the producer try to explain it as the video wants to make people dance? geez how clueless can you be?
          • mesasone, on 04/12/2008, -1/+12Clueless? Come on, this are world class journalists watched by millions all over the US (and possibly the world).

            Oh god.
          • AntzNZ, on 04/12/2008, -2/+4THIS ARE SPARTA
      • coresnake, on 04/12/2008, -2/+23Dammit Cartman you don't even care about RickRoll, you just want to get Family Guy taken off the air don't you!
      • hammburglar, on 04/12/2008, -2/+10SIMPSONS DID IT!
      • cmedley, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1I think that's when I first heard it in a recent context.
        Great montage.
      • RevoFM, on 04/12/2008, -1/+5I saw reddit do it before Family Guy.
        /s
        • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -2/+1I remember when it was a fresh variant of the "duckroll"
        • ligyron, on 04/12/2008, -0/+0Yeah, just keep telling yourself that's where it originated...
    • plimpton777, on 04/12/2008, -25/+3Unfunny Meme. This is older than How is Babby Formed. Stoopid.
    • Sil369, on 04/12/2008, -6/+17I first saw it 1964!
    • Kral, on 04/12/2008, -1/+146It's CNN, did you expect them to actually research it? This is why we all use the internet for news, now.
      • ggfobster, on 04/12/2008, -1/+16lol so true

        TV sux
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Research? whats research? I already graduated from school...
    • MSstar, on 04/12/2008, -14/+11whatever... they were the first make a massive rickroll!
      "this is a song by a gay guy"
    • ggfobster, on 04/12/2008, -5/+2nvm
    • xenoc1de, on 04/12/2008, -1/+4Yep, for sure it was out before that. That must of been the first obvious trace cnn could find though...
    • kinseyincanada, on 04/12/2008, -0/+16i know as far as i know it came from 4chan after that whole duckrolling thing, and then it morphed into the hit song we know today.
      • booshack, on 04/12/2008, -0/+12Imagine CNN referencing 4chan...
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3yeah, I heard 4chan and or WoW...
      • belowir, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3wikipedia agrees with you as well
        • ligyron, on 04/12/2008, -3/+0That's because with the click of a button, you can make wikipedia agree with you. I'm just gonna pretend you were making a joke
      • mindule, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2It did come from 4chan, ages and ages ago.
    • davidrools, on 04/12/2008, -1/+7Simpsons did it
    • Definition, on 04/12/2008, -2/+1I got rickrolled back in the 80s. You're right that's total BS.
    • OneAndOnlySnob, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Family Guy also referenced Peanut Butter Jelly Time, and I was the only person in my family to laugh at that.
  • ndesantis, on 04/12/2008, -23/+6Is this guy still alive? Why wont he do any live rick roll's.. those would be priceless
    • ebcreasoner, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Like George Michaels on Eli Stone?
    • HaloZero, on 04/12/2008, -0/+9He's alive, he said he wont' be doing more stuff becuase he doesn't feel like it. He quit his music to raise a family. He also said he won't do a cover to cash in on the popularity.
    • XristosAnesti, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4He needs to get a whole band together and sneak up on unsuspecting people on the street and Rick Roll them live.
      • NoMoreEnslaved, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0live rick rolling videos on youtube

        that would be f***ing awsome LOL
  • castaspellingB, on 04/12/2008, -1/+398The practice began as a variant of an earlier prank originating from the imageboard 4chan called duckrolling, in which a link to a popular celebrity or news item would instead lead to a photoshopped picture of a duck with wheels.

    Nothing to do with Family Guy.

    Mhmmmm, oh baby thats some grade A journalism!
    • pigducksheep, on 04/12/2008, -1/+62it all seems to begin with 4chan
      • scoffey, on 04/12/2008, -2/+424chan is the beginning of everything internet
      • digitalarcanum, on 04/12/2008, -1/+6All things begin in 4chan, and all so end.
      • sovietninja, on 04/12/2008, -0/+364chan is like the Garden of Eden, it was a peaceful paradise, until someone decided to eat the fruit of the goatse.
        • CiXeL, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3used to be stuff originated in efnet #emu
        • Gir53457, on 04/12/2008, -0/+34chan was the bastard child of a former goon who liked anime and anime porn too much.
      • mike81890, on 04/12/2008, -0/+34chan is the Alpha and the Omega
      • anononon, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5This is the cancer that is killing /b/.
      • AaronStatic, on 04/12/2008, -1/+17On the seventh day, Al Gore created 4chan, and he saw that it was *****
      • uncannybuzzard, on 04/12/2008, -1/+14chan is dead.
        it died from the cancer awhile ago.
    • ufia, on 04/12/2008, -7/+11Not everything is originating from 4chan, but you wouldn't know, you're too busy inventing the internets.

      4chan is becoming the ebaum of the internet memes.
      • Bersy, on 04/12/2008, -4/+13I want to punch the next person who says "meme". That has to be the dumbest sounding word.
    • coresnake, on 04/12/2008, -5/+8I'm pretty sure duckrolling came after (DO A) barrelrolling but ok
      • Vikrane, on 04/12/2008, -0/+9duckrolling and doing a barrel roll are two separate things. you do a barrel roll to accomplish something.
        • coresnake, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1That's true but you USE THE BOOST TO GET THROUGH
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 04/12/2008, -0/+51Look at it this way. If CNN mentioned 4chan, thousands, maybe millions of innocent people, including many old folk who barely know how to get around on the internet, will google 4chan, click on the first link, will be inundated with images that will erode their complete innocence and will forever feel the need to take a cold shower. Think about it, do you really want this? Think about your mom, or even your grandmother.
      Either that or CNN is even more in the know about the internet than you think. Maybe, they just wish to abide the first rule of /b/ or whatever it's called.
      • CiXeL, on 04/12/2008, -0/+15that would be awesome.
        • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -0/+104chan would probably never recover, but the lulz would be heard far and wide while a chorus of screams envelops the nation as grandmothers and "sensitive types" everywhere see their first glimpse of goatse and tubgirl.

          It would be epic.
      • Nekiruhs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6Rules 1 and 2 apply only during raids.
      • appleswitch, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3They could just say 'image boards and forums' like all the stories covering Anon do...
    • EdwardBella, on 04/12/2008, -7/+1State Your Sources! ^ —Wikipedia
      • sleeknerve, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7everyone thats been on /b/ knows where it originated from, he doesn't need sources
        • sovietninja, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3exactly, we would say:

          SAUCe? ***** please!
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/12/2008, -2/+1Sarno, David (March 25, 2008). Web Scout exclusive! Rick Astley, king of the 'Rickroll,' talks about his song's second coming. Web Scout. Los Angeles Times.

        Nussenbaum, Evelyn. "The '80s Video That Pops Up, Online and Off", The New York Times, The New York Times Company, March 2008.

        But you might not want to believe that, because you can find those sources SITED on wikipedia...
        • bjornski, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Sited?

          On one of the most notoriously inaccurate "encyclopedias" online? It's a good reference tool, and it's a great place to START your search on a topic, but never, EVER take anything Wikipedia cites as the golden standard.
    • SkinnerBox, on 04/12/2008, -0/+9Ironic that CNN should have checked Wikipedia to get their facts straight.
    • byrdgang, on 04/12/2008, -2/+3There's no real way to know how anything originated on the Internet, and let's admit that you got that explanation from Wikipedia. As much as I hate CNN and MSM, something like this unverifiable due to the nature of the Internet.
    • diggrnumber1, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6how could they not get it right when it was on ***** wikipedia?
    • enterneo, on 04/12/2008, -4/+14***** CNN, BBC mentioned 4chan and duckrolling in it's report - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    • trispear, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Old media wants to pretend that old media is still relevant and starts all fads. Even the ones on the internet. Story at eleven!
    • andrew606, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6so now the anonymous want credit? irony explosion.
      • bjornski, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1No kidding, it's why I despise the $cientology raids.
    • stratmancj, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4i can't believe they didn't quote wikipedia, considering its 100% accurate
    • pathogenal, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1Contact the authors of the story and tell them they're wrong
      http://itn.co.uk/contact.html
      • bjornski, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1No, let's not. The fewer new people finding out about /b/, and wanting to become part of "the scene", the better.
    • umerok, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1The first RickRoll was on 4chan too. March 29, 2007.
      http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/index.php?title=Duckr ...
  • pizzas, on 04/12/2008, -18/+568We're no strangers to digg
    You know the rules and so do I
    Broken comments is what I'm tired of
    You wouldnt get this from any other site

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

    Never gonna digg you up
    Only gonna bury you down
    Then I'll go ahead and report you

    Hope that I can make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell you why I hate you
    • Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 04/12/2008, -0/+120I will honestly be impressed if you could pull that off in a video.
    • Sil369, on 04/12/2008, -50/+4Bury. DIdn't rhyme.
    • Lutremi, on 04/12/2008, -2/+109DIGGROLL
    • pigducksheep, on 04/12/2008, -1/+24impressive
    • salvadorwii, on 04/12/2008, -1/+79digg national anthem
    • sb66, on 04/12/2008, -1/+26Well done sir
    • Zero82z, on 04/12/2008, -4/+16Epic.
    • Combat, on 04/12/2008, -6/+21I see what you did there
    • huntersquid, on 04/12/2008, -2/+32You have just won digg.
    • aguitarhero, on 04/12/2008, -0/+19How long have you been holding on to that and just waiting for a relevant story to post it in?
      Well done.
    • smizacks02, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1Good rhyme.
    • 51684, on 04/12/2008, -0/+20How many of you read that to rhythm of the actual song?

      Be honest.
      • Hoogs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4I did. The tune was playing in my head and actually forcing me to read it slower.
      • Accolade1, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3I did, along with Astley's pitch. Haunting really.
    • enterneo, on 04/12/2008, -1/+4ask Kina Grannis to sing this song
      • JustinPM, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Please don't. Anyone who uses internet acronyms in a spoken sentence deserves to be shunned from society.
    • th3heretic, on 04/12/2008, -2/+41 million Internets to you my friend.
    • Mizzike, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1We've known each other for so long
      Comments are breaking but
      You're not tryin' to fix it
      Online we both know whats been coded wrong
      We know the code and we're gonna break it

      And if you ask me to debug it
      Don't tell me you're too broke to pay...

      Never gonna digg you up
      Only gonna bury you down
      Then I'll go ahead and report you

      Hope that I can make you cry
      Never gonna say goodbye
      Never gonna tell you why I hate you
    • Barryke, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I .. i.. do not understand!
  • Greenhippo33, on 04/12/2008, -4/+132HaHa @ the booing baseball people
    • crazyhorse13, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Lol I feel as if I've accomplished something.
  • Wonkanobi, on 04/12/2008, -35/+23Here's a video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up":

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • bblande, on 04/12/2008, -2/+57Is there any doubt that 2008 is the year of the Rick Roll? I think not.
    • Ganja420, on 04/12/2008, -2/+59Lets petition TIME and make him man of the year.
    • ringo0309, on 04/12/2008, -3/+3did CNN manage to rick rick roll the entire nation with this news clip?
      • jedisushi, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Unfortunately, I don't think CNN met the requirements of a traditional rick roll. We all knew what we were getting into when we clicked that link... :-P
    • init100, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Only in the USA. I hadn't heard of it before Linus Torvalds mentioned it in a Fedora bug report. Then I heard it more and more, so this video came up just in the right moment, when I really started to wonder what this is.
    • CarStan, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1It Rick Rolled me for sure yesterday. My father came to visit me yesterday and started to mindlesly zap through the channels. Then we talked about something and none of us was paying attention to the TV, when suddenly i heard Never gonna give you up, looked up to the TV and saw the preview of the news.
      BTW i'm from Germany, so it's really astounding, that of all channels CNN got up.
  • MyDiggIsBig, on 04/12/2008, -8/+414CNN YOU STUPID PIECE OF *****.
    • d0onut, on 04/12/2008, -1/+22Yeah. Way to give credit where credit is due, retards.
    • Kral, on 04/12/2008, -0/+19When Rick Astley's song has filled the roll of goatse, what does this say to you?
      1) Rick Astley is a sleeper hit!
      2) No one wants to be linked to Rick Astley.
      CNN and their interviewee seem to think #1. Maybe I should link them to goatse?
      • UtopiaInTheSky, on 04/12/2008, -3/+5Well I don't know about you, but I still think "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a great song. I don't think the fact that everyone getting RickRolled by the song makes it a good song, though. That's the connection CNN is drawing here, and it's just not true. Not everyone who gets RickRolled likes the song.
      • rhinopig, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3I think the idea is that it's a catchy song which can get stuck in your head whether you want it to or not.
      • Firehed, on 04/12/2008, -0/+63) People got sick of the whole "I've stretched my anus to the size of a tennis ball" thing and decided to switch to a music video with an irritatingly catchy tune.
    • catwoman2970, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3the reporter didn't explain this very well and missed the opportunity to make this funny. anyway, once cnn opens its mouth about anything it's no longer cool.
  • AngryAngryBrian, on 04/12/2008, -1/+501Alright lets sum this up. CNN gets the facts wrong, Mets fans take a ride on the waaaambulance, record producers are dumb asses, and Sony tries to cash in as usual.
    • LMaxey, on 04/12/2008, -1/+33I skipped through half of that crap and you basically summed it up perfectly
      • arjung, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3how would you know that he summed it up perfectly if you skipped through half of it?
    • avaugha4, on 04/12/2008, -1/+26Business as usual.
    • surfacewound, on 04/12/2008, -0/+16Excellent summation.
    • sexybobo, on 04/12/2008, -7/+6They got it horribly wrong i think it i s hilarious they think people actually like it is why it got that many views. These people should actually look up the term rick roll which is the name of the video they are watching. even Rick Astley knows people are making fun of the song because of how dated it is.
      • Xondar, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1At least he doesn't use Vocorder or other voice altering software. Didn't anyone tell you that '80s music is back in style?
    • tattertech, on 04/12/2008, -2/+21Dugg for waaaambulance.
    • fajitamelt, on 04/12/2008, -9/+1Who the hell cares if they got a fact wrong? Tell me, do you really care that they got a fact wrong? Is it such a horrible thing? Did you really have to post a comment about how they got a fact wrong?
      • Nekiruhs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1THEY GOT THE WHOLE ***** ORIGIN WRONG! Family Guy had nothing to do with it. The song is also not voluntarily visited so that says a whole lot about how much people like it.
    • da_bradler, on 04/12/2008, -1/+10and what the ***** is www.rickrolling.com ? I mean how exactly do you rick roll someone when the link says it's a rick roll.... that's about as obvious as www.goatse.xe
      • arjung, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3isnt it .cx? i'm not adventurous enough to check...
    • dafunkmonster, on 04/12/2008, -1/+5I think its funny that these companies are trying to make money off of this. Do they honestly think people are watching this music video because they think its "hip" or "cool"? Don't they grasp the fact that this Rick Astley song has been re-incarnated (through the work of someone else, mind you) as a piece of internet comedy?

      It's just not the same material, just like "Sonic Gives Advice on Rape" is no longer part of the Sonic franchise that Sega created. I think its low of these companies to try and make money off of something that wasn't even a financial enterprise in the first place. Greedy Bastards.
    • schnauzer, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Yep, your right!
  • metalmilitia430, on 04/12/2008, -22/+10Not a Rick Roll.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=yMQ650GdqUo
    • inspecality, on 04/12/2008, -0/+11Butt Roll!
    • MortalynFlux, on 04/12/2008, -2/+1dqUo
    • tommyrocksout, on 04/12/2008, -5/+4i buried this comment without even clicking the link. just because i know it'll be retarded.
      • bjornski, on 04/12/2008, -3/+1It's the "What what, in the butt" song from South Park. From the very episode that made fun of these internet memes to begin with.

        Much more preferable than a RickRoll.
  • Stowz, on 04/12/2008, -12/+6NBC is playing this story also.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
    • sfcaptainrob, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Saw that coming a mile away, but for some reason I still clicked.
  • SirThom, on 04/12/2008, -13/+183YouTube mirror: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    • frostyausty, on 04/12/2008, -15/+5I never thought i would fall for it again... this is a dark day for me.
    • scoffey, on 04/12/2008, -1/+30i hadn't been rick rolled in more than five minutes, so i clicked the link just to be comforted
    • RooDoG, on 04/12/2008, -2/+63"Never gonna give uuiU up"
    • hermslice, on 04/12/2008, -6/+8I see what you did there...
    • Dylson, on 04/12/2008, -2/+7Hail uuiU!
    • walkea1, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6oh man I actually avoided it for once! Although to be honest I thought the article was going to be a giant rickroll.
    • userperson, on 04/12/2008, -0/+103 out of 10 ... it's like your not even trying.
    • brilliant, on 04/12/2008, -2/+6Phew!
      I avoided it for once too!
      I pressed the mouse button and then my brain went "Waiiiiit a minute............"
      So I dragged the mouse away from the link before releasing the button, rendering the click unregistered.
      Phew! It was a close call !!!
    • stafa786, on 04/12/2008, -5/+2Lol, Iv'e rick rolled so many times I remembered the link. I clicked anyways though.
    • July272007, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7I saw it coming but clicked it anyway.
  • r3574r7, on 04/12/2008, -1/+17You're kidding right?
    • crazyhorse13, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2In other news, the weather in Atlanta is calm and sunny.
      Except for the area around the CNN Center which is experiencing high gusts of wind.
      Weather experts are baffled and have decided that there is only one word to describe these events.
      Woosh.
  • GuyHersh, on 04/12/2008, -1/+68Christ, don't they know anything about resolutions and widescreen? That opening part with the music video was stretched like twice as wide! You'd expect better from a large news organization.
    • frostyausty, on 04/12/2008, -10/+2.
    • seventoes, on 04/12/2008, -0/+13No, i really dont expect much out of news organizations anymore.
    • bxblox, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7If you've ever had the pleasure of trying to hire people, you would be amazed by the level of incompetence in the field of everything.
  • amdforever, on 04/12/2008, -3/+79Wow.

    The BIGGEST pile of ***** just came out of Pete Waterman's mouth.
    • time4evacuation, on 04/12/2008, -0/+23Watching him describe the Rick Astley dance was better than getting Roll'd.
    • coresnake, on 04/12/2008, -1/+4Shiiiiiitpickle
    • da_bradler, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6Was he actually DEMANDING MONEY!? that's ***** insane. What's next? Goate is going to come out and demand a new *****?
    • Aroundtheworls, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4If the music industry is made up of guys like this then it's no wonder their empire is crumbling- they have absolutely no idea what's going.
  • WaxenPith, on 04/12/2008, -3/+160WOW

    The mainstream media has to stick their ***** hands in everything now...and ***** up the facts.

    I, for one, am pissed.
  • cambob76, on 04/12/2008, -1/+37Way to be on top of things CNN! They call it 'news' because it's like new and stuff. You suck.
  • amdforever, on 04/12/2008, -16/+37WOW.

    The BIGGEST pile of ***** just came out of Pete Waterman's mouth.
    • EdwardBella, on 04/12/2008, -0/+9This comment is the same as the one you posted 3 above, except the word "Wow" has been capitalized, the big deal is, is that you got dugg up for both instances.
    • fajitamelt, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Second biggest is you.
    • Morality, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1No I came IN his mouth. Pow!
    • amdforever, on 04/12/2008, -1/+2Thank you. I am aware of double-posting.

      Blame the Digg comment system. I thought I lost my comment, so I resubmitted again.
  • bagboyrebel, on 04/12/2008, -0/+55news channels should either do more research, or stop trying to understand internet culture.
    • mike81890, on 04/12/2008, -0/+8I support the latter
    • fajitamelt, on 04/12/2008, -3/+2Why? Is this as important as most other things? It would be a waste of time and resources to make sure every little thing about it is correct. They have to research a lot more other things, like the war, stem cell research, or whether Barack Hussein Obama is Muslim or not. This "internet phenomenon" should not be number one on their priority list, even if it was number one on the Billboards.
      • bagboyrebel, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2if they can't be bothered to research it then they shouldn't report on it.
      • nmnnotmyname, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Then they should take it off the list of priorities because it's obvious they can't handle that much crap. What's even worse is they don't do very many reports on things that are important like that anyways.
    • MixMastaKooz, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5Yea, that was ridiculous. I just kept on saying, "They just don't get it." Sigh....
  • apersaud, on 04/12/2008, -0/+17OK. Has CNN really found nothing else in the WORLD to report on?
  • JazzCatDRP, on 04/12/2008, -0/+68CNN can suck the fun out of anything.
    • diggthisman, on 04/12/2008, -0/+0the title of the video says its BREAKING NEWS.LOL. everything on CrapNoNews is breaking news
  • Subriot, on 04/12/2008, -1/+58Buried as inaccurate, either CNN didn't do their research right or 20th Century Fox paid them to write that.
    • sroop, on 04/12/2008, -1/+6or both.
    • Barryke, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1In a way media company's like FOX write history. Its a shame.
      In the future everyone will think we're all obsessed with J.Lo's new hairdue and .... hmm whats actually on the television news these days?
  • DrZocktahedron, on 04/12/2008, -1/+35Oh...My....Lord....
    They are going to play the video live on TV for everyone to see!
    Everybody turn off your TVs, grab your pets and hide!!!
    This IS the apocalypse.
  • x0rcist, on 04/12/2008, -0/+54"When you have that song, and add technology... you don't know how big this might be."
    • coresnake, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4Greatest quote since "attack the enemy weak point for massive damage"
      • sovietninja, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1I will be impressed if you make a remix out of it.
    • salvadorwii, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2that song + series of tubes = ...
    • yogiincork, on 04/12/2008, -0/+41. This song
      2. Technology
      3. ???????
    • nmnnotmyname, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Man, It sucks so bad I can't even form a comment for it.. I mean, It would be one thing if they messed it up a little but damn, that's pretty badly ***** up.
  • xenoc1de, on 04/12/2008, -0/+170I love seeing people outside of the internet being so clueless.
    • vetal17, on 04/12/2008, -0/+10that's how it supposed to be
    • tightscrummy, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Are you a character in Tron? Bitchin'
    • xXAustyrXx, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1theres people outside of the internet? :|
    • Hoogs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5I love being one of the ones on the "inside".
  • berfmurret, on 04/12/2008, -0/+50***** story. they ***** up the origin and play it up like it's popular on teh internets because it is such an amazing pop song. he does mention the dance. but still. they are missing the point entirely.
  • killbert24, on 04/12/2008, -0/+87I hope Rick Rolling is mentioned hundreds or thousands of years from now when people are studying the ancient civilization called 'America' and its people's strange cultural habits.
    • Sil369, on 04/12/2008, -2/+11Lets hope another asteroid hits us before that happens.
    • knight666, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Perhaps BIll Gates should put a copy of the video in his bunker for 'videos and images that define our culture'.
  • aresef, on 04/12/2008, -1/+28FAIL.
  • magic6435, on 04/12/2008, -0/+37Wow. if you ever wanted to see a video with people who simply don't get it.
  • plimpton777, on 04/12/2008, -28/+71) Anonymous should attack CNN.
    2) Anonymous should attack Fox and Family Guy forums.
    3) Rickrolling is dead--has been dead for a while now. They killed our baby meme. No more Rickrolling.
    UNFUNNY MEME. CNN: UR DOING IT WRONG. DO NOT WANT.
  • viewdrix, on 04/12/2008, -8/+24Rick Rolling is a meme that somehow still hasn't declined in popularity, despite never actually being funny.
  • Sharpezor, on 04/12/2008, -7/+28WOW.

    The BIGGEST pile of ***** just came out of Pete Waterman's mouth.
    • interjuve, on 04/12/2008, -0/+16thanks I missed amdforever's two previous posts.
      • madmonkey300, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3I kept wondering why i had been seeing the same damn post over and over.
  • mparker7410, on 04/12/2008, -3/+51Rick Rolling suddenly has become less enjoyable.
    • Erik1, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1It's just like when your parents become interested in some activity or game you are a part of. It suddenly becomes much less cool.
  • DevBlazed, on 04/12/2008, -6/+93WTF.............. CNN thinks we LIKE the song, CNN DONT GET IT..
    hahaha dumbassessss
    • mystaker, on 04/12/2008, -1/+34But... I do like the song...
    • bxblox, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7it's not a bad song, all things considered...
    • spanglegluppet, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4I actually like the song.
    • Pritchard, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4We DO like the song! It's the Snakes on a Plane of Music Videos though, except less lame! Still not un-lame enough to pay for it though. Why the hell would we do that?
    • trademaak, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2I also like the song, so you kind 'a fail.
    • febryle, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6First one hundred times I heard it: Worst song EVAR.
      Now: Go around singing it all day.
    • panzermeyer, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1The song makes my ears bleed and the video my eyes melt. I am typing blind...and reading some other way....
  • Phy6, on 04/12/2008, -3/+60That ***** thinks he's sitting on gold and he want to cash in because "they have to pay" for all the hits. I hope he dies in a fire.
    • Morality, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4He has to wait in a long line for the internet money, don't worry. And after all its all just theoretical dollars.
    • theharlotfelon, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Apparently he doesn't watch South Park.
  • biggerapple3am, on 04/12/2008, -1/+83Did you see the song's producer in the video? He thinks it's a hit on the internet purely because the song is just that good. Wow.
    • fxu1989, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2What ... it isn't ?

      I'VE BEEN FOOLED ALL THIS TIME ?!?!?!
    • Hoogs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3I bet that actually does have something to do with it though. I mean, there's no denying the song is catchy, and that combined with the sweet dance moves drove it to become a huge success.
  • bernlin2000, on 04/12/2008, -0/+35Sweet, I voted for that Mets thing. Bucha douches...don't mets fans any sense of humor?
    • Speed, on 04/12/2008, -0/+9That is the most pissed off I've ever seen a person for getting Rick Rolled.
      • Intamin, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1That's the most pissed off I've ever seen a crowd of 50,000 for getting Rick Rolled.
      • panzermeyer, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1it was pure gold
    • Hoogs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+4I think the Internet community and sports fans are on opposite ends of the spectrum, so I bet most of them had no idea what Rickrolling is. It's also funny how we can just decide to take over their little song vote and tick them off.
  • RJLaframboise, on 04/12/2008, -0/+11CNN, the most trusted name in news? I think not!
  • Ironage, on 04/12/2008, -16/+3woah thats almost as interesting as this video of a soldier throwing a puppy of a cliff
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    • exegesisClique, on 04/12/2008, -2/+2eBGIQ7ZuuiU, I'd know that video id anywhere!
    • WhatInThe42o, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Unlike the funny one above, yours is just stupid.
      • madmonkey300, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1I can already tell you that's the wrong video.
  • eyepatch100, on 04/12/2008, -0/+13What happens when someone tells Pete Waterman that everybody hates that song?
    • trademaak, on 04/12/2008, -1/+4IT's a good song. Why would somebody hate it? The video is funny tho'.
  • moolaismyfriend, on 04/12/2008, -0/+18That producer is a ***** fossil.

    He has no clue about what he's talking about.
  • miketech, on 04/12/2008, -0/+50That old man is so wrong. HE THINKS ITS THE DANCE THAT MADE IT POPULAR??? The family guy reference is wrong too. idiots.
    • sexybobo, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6Holy ***** i just realized he think rick roll is the name of the dance in the video.
  • roflomg, on 04/12/2008, -2/+43Awesome. Now that this is finally 'mainstream' (and therefore, no longer funny), can we declare Rickrolling officially dead?
    • aki42, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Obscurity is hip.
    • Pritchard, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5Heh. You guys have been trying to kill Rick Rolling for about a year now. It's not going to get old. Do you know why? Because someone made me a promise, and it went like this:

      "Never gonna give you up! Never let you down! Never gonna turn around and desert you! Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna sayyyy goodbyye! Never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you."
  • hanyoon, on 04/12/2008, -4/+103CNN just killed RickRolling.
    • xedd, on 04/12/2008, -5/+4We can only hope.
    • madmonkey300, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Yes they did. They completely intesified my hate for it.
    • yellowfish04, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2I haven't been rickroll'd in like a week, I think it's over.....there's a formula for this, you know
    • Morality, on 04/12/2008, -0/+3Someone PAID CNN TO KILL RICKROLLING!!!1111!!111!!1OMGWTFBBQ1 CONSPIRCY
  • codyman, on 04/12/2008, -5/+5Rick Astley... or the Beatles.... Rick Astley... or the Beatles....

    hmmm ... ponder, ponder

    BUT if Pete Waterman says Astley is really good so.... hmmm

    such a conundrum
    • da_bradler, on 04/12/2008, -0/+7***** the Beatles they killed my dog

  • RichPowers, on 04/12/2008, -1/+37Whenever the media latches on to a fad or trend, chances are said fad or trend is about to die. Remember WIRED's story about "The Long Boom" just before the dot-com crash? Whoops.
    RIP rickrolling, you've become overdone, just like Chuck Norris jokes.
    • CiXeL, on 04/12/2008, -1/+2i will always remember that line from The Long Boom issue where it talks about wanting greenspan to take his foot off the brakes of the economy. he did alright and look where we are now.
    • skinjester, on 04/12/2008, -1/+0mercifully. was sort of unfunny weeks ago.
    • Beanstudd2, on 04/12/2008, -1/+7NOO!! IT CAN'T DIE!
    • sfcaptainrob, on 04/12/2008, -1/+2Yeah, I always laugh now when I see Chuck Norris on a commercial or something, it's like don't they know that those jokes aren't that funny anymore?
    • Sroek, on 04/12/2008, -1/+6The Chuck Norris facts originated from Vin Diesel facts.

      It was a funny fad until someone switched Vin Diesel with Chuck Norris and it became mainstream.

    • yellowfish04, on 04/12/2008, -1/+2Chuck Norris who, now?
    • Mapekz, on 04/12/2008, -2/+1When Chuck Norris has to shave, he roundhouse kicks himself into the face. The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.

      Overdone? I think not! Just check WoW Barrens chat. That's the best source for the newest, coolest fads.
    • Hoogs, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1He will NOT go gentle into that good night!
    • cbarning, on 04/12/2008, -1/+2If you Google search "Chuck Norris getting his ass kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.
    • appleswitch, on 04/12/2008, -1/+1I thought Chuck Norris jokes died out after everyone found out Chuck Norris was an *****.

      Good thing Rick is a cool guy. :)
  • FrenchAnarchy, on 04/12/2008, -8/+3Oh know!!! It's teh Rick Roll!!!
    Seriously, I only watch CNN for Anderson Cooper. What a freakin' beast.
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