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Rick Astley Rolls Through Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Thanks to NBC, there's probably not anyone left who hasn't been Rickroll'd. It started out innocently enough as the characters from Cartoon Network's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends strolled through the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But during one of the stops in which the creatures were in the middle of a song, 80s pop star Rick Astley emerged out of nowhere and started belting out the all too familiar "Never Gonna Give You Up." At the end of the song, one of the creatures exclaims "I like Rickrolling!" Apparently, so does NBC.

This isn't the first time event goers have unwittingly been Rickroll'd offline. In 2007, the New York Mets organization held an online contest intended to let the team's fans determine what would become the Mets' traditional eigth-inning sing-along. Instead, online pranksters sabotaged the poll and voted up Rick Astley's former hit song. Realizing what had happened, the Mets decided to play the top six selections, including "Never Gonna Give You Up," and let the crowd's reaction decide the winner. Not surprisingly, the crowd broke out in a chorus of 'boos' when Rick Astley's song started playing.

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avatarLove RICK ASTLEY!

Rick's glory days are in the past, but no one's more aware of this than Mr Astley himself.  I'm sure he also had as much as fun as we did.

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avatarActuall Video

Here's the actuall video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-hNMJvcyI&eur

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avatarMeme

Rick Rolling is too mainstream now. Maybe it's time for Bel Air or something.

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avatarThat's awesome lol

The parade footage is already up on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

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avataryou can't rick roll people

you can't rick roll people looking for other people who got rickrolled

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avatarORLY?

Well I just did, SUCKA!

Were no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do i
A full commitments what Im thinking of
You wouldnt get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how Im 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

We've know each other for so long
Your hearts been aching
But youre too shy to say it
Inside we both know whats been going on
We know the game and were gonna play it

And if you ask me how Im feeling
Dont tell me youre too blind to see

Never gonna give you up..

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avatarYou aren't funny.   Does

You aren't funny.

 

Does anyone have the actual footage?

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avatarlmao@!@     yeah,

lmao@!@

 

 

yeah, rickrolling the macy's parade is awesome.

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