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(77 votes, average 4.81 out of 5)
Wednesday, 07 May 2008 22:11
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Comments (96)
  • Lurch
    You really caught me off guard with that one. Hilarious, keep your awesome
    videos up!
    Your sense of humor is truly unique and just... Funny. you have the ability to
    make people laugh and that is awesome :D
  • vishakh
    that *was* the best video ever :P

    keep on making us laugh :)
  • deppwaswho
    i love smileys!
    funny vid :) ;D
  • deppwaswho
    you should advertise this on the front page :-*
  • Phelous
    Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this joke is missing the
    punchline... It's about as funny as a Chuck Norris joke and saying 1st post!
    Anyways great video!
  • Misfit Slacker
    After an entire winter of getting Rick Roll'd on The Dark Knight board on
    imdb.com, I found this utterly fantastic.
  • Mr.Moe
    funny i shit my pants










    NOT. but it was funny
  • Curiosity Inc
    It's a good premise, but the video is going to get dated veryquickly. Hell, I'd say it's dated already now that the Democratic primaries are
    over.

    I would've preferred less jabber about politics and Iron Man and more jabber
    about the Rick Roll itself. Surely you of all people must have questions about
    where this prank came from and why it's so popular.

    I was hoping that this could be a satire on the Rick Roll and it disappoints in
    this regard.
  • urnge drank
    For what my fun facts are worth, the Rick Roll began just over a year ago
    (spring of '07, I believe) when a thread was made on the GameFAQs forum linking
    to a supposed leaked trailer of Grand Theft Auto IV. The eager fans just about crapped themselves at this news only to find that
    the link was a hoax and instead of a sneak peak at the latest installment of
    Rock Star's favorite child, they were treated to the musical styling of one Rick
    Astley. Laughs were had, and it soon become a broad internet fad popular on
    sites such as 4chan and YouTube, the latter becoming so aware that that their
    own April Fool's 2008 prank was that every video featured on the front page
    linked to the "Never Gonna Give You Up" video.

    You have just been made a little more educated in something completely useless.
    Your laurels and undying thanks are not needed, but I humbly accept the
    appreciation and praise I so deserve for brightening your dark little world.
  • ScorpiusBlue
    ;D TOO FRICKIN FUNNY !!!!
    Ok I know I am 'dating' myself by saying I STILL have my Rick Astley cassette
    from highschool, yes that's right, a cassette! AND I agree Iron Man was cool but
    it has a slow start and needed a tad more action. :D I'm from BC Canada so I
    have no opinion on the election LOL
    BUT I liked the song, I actually have a few on my iPod, as well as other cheezy
    80's classics like Gowan, remember Gowan??? Anyhoo, yeah this was funny, cant
    wait for more :)
  • Vic
    U win this round Guy Whit Glasses 8)
  • ZeusGodz
    Thumbs up, man. You made it painless enough for us to sit through that whole
    retro video.
  • Sandheaver
    At least this was different for a Rick Roll, because TGWTG stayed with us
    throughout, and as a result, it was pretty funny.
  • Blizzard
    I like this song. Sure it is just bland generic pop but it is the best bland
    generic pop song I know.
  • Dove
    McCain FTW!
  • TKWolfman
    I sincerely enjoyed this video for a very specific reason. I have a friend that
    used to Rickroll me FUCKING CONSTANTLY! Links, spam programs, even my cell
    phone. It got so bad, I threatened to drag him to a kareoke bar and make him
    sing the whole song, beginning to end, word for word, over and over until they
    threw us out! Because my justice is swift and ironic.

    But really, the song isn't bad, and this video was an amusing little satire to
    this online phenomenot of a prank.

    (And no, I didn't spell it wrong, I meant "phenomenot", as in the
    opposite of a phenomenon.)
  • doctorjackal777
    I actually paused it as soon as the song started then started reading the
    comments. I didn't realise there was anything other than a Rick Roll, until I
    read the comment about the politics, so I figured he was reviewing a Rick Roll,
    so I pressed play again. It was quite awkward to watch. In fact I'm typing this
    comment while listening to the last bit of it, which is of course at the top of
    the screen and unseeable by me who is now at the bottom of the screen. You know,
    I never got what was funny about being Rick Rolled. Where did it start, who
    started it, why did they start it, why pick this song, why did they think it
    would be funny and why did it become to popular?
  • Rundle  - ...
    NOOOOOO IVE BEEN RICKROLLED
  • statboy511
    I don't know if it's intentional, but you were seriously channeling Michael
    Scott from The Office in that. HILARIOUS!

    And GO OBAMA!
  • Torchia  - ...
    Am I the only one who realizes that he DOES say "I am Iron Man"? That's
    the last line in the entire movie, excluding the scene after the credits.
  • Keroshino  - Curse You Rick Astley!!!!!!
    Couldn,t say i wasn,t expecting it but you son of a....
  • Enkil  - lol
    This was exactly what i thought it was...
  • DO A BARREL ROLL!  - i knew it was a rick roll, but...
    it scared the hell out of me when thatguy popped up.
  • JamesBond007
    never gonna give you up, nver gonna let you down, never run around and search
    you ;D
  • Celebi33
    :o you have created a new kind of rick roll... GUY WITH GLASSES ROLL'D... send
    this to all your friends :D
  • Clythoss
    If i should ever want to rickroll someone i´ll probably link him here.

    No i won´t, but nice try :)
  • D.Glover
    *sent to all my friends*
    Haha. I. AM. IRON MAN.
    Beenoonenoonenoonenanooonooonoooo. xD
  • gubaguy
    y ai think obama too sorry if i misspelled but ya we need a change and i bought
    a totally legal not illegal in anyway even though it was still in theaters copy
    of iron man off the street while i was in mexico totally legal really :o good
    their not on to me muhahahahaha oh wait im still tyoing arnt i? :'(..... oh
    well
  • monztermik
    This really reminds me of the "late" Andy Kaufman.

    Very good indeed.
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