http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RickrollLately, I've been fascinated with the whole concept of Rickrolling. Who would have known that an ordinary 80's pop song would, 20 years later, become such a source of amusement at somebody else's expense.
Anyway...
There's the basic YouTube video that starts off pretending to be something else, and then suddenly switches to the Rick Astley video.
Then there's having somebody videotape while you infiltrate a crowd carrying a blaring boombox as it plays "Never Gonna Give You Up".
It's been used as a form of protest, e.g.:
Scientology:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OHpjcZNM8_kFred Phelps (those fucktards who protest at fallen soldiers' funerals):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2PON_qz7fx4(To be fair, I found out about Rickrolling after seeing that first one linked to an AFF thread.)
(Curebies, you might be next.
Heeeee-hee-hee-hee-hee!)
Then we have a mass Rickrolling:
And another:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=M-XTw9x1A0U(I guess they're all rickrolling each other, or all upon the one who isn't into it.)
A news team pulls an April Fools on one of its own:
A telemarketer gets it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k4YvMVATFgA(That was just too damn funny.)
And yet another:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ol9Urfzhes(Eight-minute call. Telemarketers hate it when you use up their time.)
YouTube's full of 'em. Just go there and search "Rickroll" and then pick a few at random.
Though not likely to try it, I've thought of a few other possibilities.
Those mini-FM transmitters that you plug into your cigarette lighter so you can hear your MP3 player through your car stereo even though it doesn't have an auxiliary input. For safety, this method would require two people to perform the prank, one to drive the car and another to keep checking empty channels on the radio. When you hear something on a channel that's usually empty, you can probably figure out if it's coming from a nearby car, and maybe spot the car it's coming from. Then, using your own mini-FM (better if you can find something a little more powerful than usual) and MP3 player, cue up the infamous song and then watch the other driver to see if there's a reaction. (Remember, for safety, somebody else is driving while you work the gadgets.) Then it's time to make use of the cell phone camera if you've got one.
Anyone else here go to sci-fi conventions? I go to them and like to take lots of pictures of all the elaborate costumes. There's a sort of etiquette to getting somebody to pose for a pic. You just kind of point at your camera and usually the costumer is kind enough to give you a few seconds of their time to get the shot. One thing you could do is set the camera on video mode (unbeknownst to the subject) and start recording. Maybe using an MP3 player with a loudspeaker attached (could easily be integrated into your own costume), start playing the song. Keep recording the video as the subject starts to react. Maybe wear a t-shirt that says "You got Rickroll'd. Smile, you're on YouTube", hidden inside a coat that you now pull back to reveal the phrase. I'm considering doing that at DragonCon, but what I should really do is go to a corporate-run Star Trek convention and Rickroll a few of those pole-up-the-ass snotty Trekkies I told y'all about in those other threads.
Okay, you might get your ass kicked and you might get arrested for disturbing the peace, but oh well...
(On second thought, don't listen to me. I'm a bad influence.)
