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27 November, 2008 Wil

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62 thoughts on “just in case you missed the macy’s parade moment everyone is talking about”

  1. Shane Nickerson says:
    28 November, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    And I am thrilled that they started out singing the theme to “Rob and Big.” (okay, the theme to Courtship of Eddie’s Father, but I like to think it was more of a nod to “Rob and Big.”)
    Best parade RickRoll ever.

  2. Andrew Janke says:
    28 November, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    Pure. Comedy. Gold. Between this and the Desert Bus marathon you totally made my day.

  3. DrGaellon says:
    29 November, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Live Rickroll! I love the fact that he’s embraced the concept.

  4. Alicia says:
    29 November, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Ha! I RickRolled my friend last night! I went to show her the video, & it turns out she didn’t know about the whole RickRolling concept. Hee hee!
    -Alicia
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  5. dooge83 says:
    29 November, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    I cannot stop laughing. As soon as the record skipped and the song came on, that was it for me. Thanks for sharing! (OT: I’m watching “I Love The New Millenium” on VH1, and I just saw you discussing the Siegfried and Roy incident with the tiger. Tell me something: Why the hell did they decide not to wait until the damn decade was over for this?)

  6. Michele says:
    29 November, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Dammit, I can’t believe I missed it! lol That was awesome!

  7. bbock says:
    30 November, 2008 at 5:07 am

    Mother FU****. I had gotten to this point in my life without being Rickrolled. Betrayed!
    Boy, I’ll bet he’d given up on hope of working again.

  8. Paul says:
    30 November, 2008 at 5:24 am

    Come on! It’s not Rickrolling if the fracking network announcers know it’s going to happen ahead of time. I believe this marks the point at which Rickrolling officially jumps the shark. It will never be cool again.

  9. Father Muskrat says:
    30 November, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    This is beautiful. And terrifying.

  10. Bates says:
    1 December, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    I work with the CN marketing guy who nurtured this crazy idea from the very start. I’ll admit I had my doubts — is Rickrolling too obscure? Has its time passed? Will the CN execs even get it enough to give the green light?
    But, man, did he pull it off.

  11. DeLynn says:
    1 December, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    Awww… I saw the float and said “just another children’s float” and LEFT THE ROOM!!! I can’t believe I missed it! Thanks for the linkage.

  12. Jak says:
    3 December, 2008 at 3:34 am

    I hadn’t even heard about it (not so surprising considering that I’m in Japan, I suppose), so you totally got me (again)! I have to add my bravo to the biggest live rickroll I’ve ever seen, and note that, to my amusement, I was first RickRolled here by one of Wil’s posts some time ago. Aww, memories 🙂

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