Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Gets "Rick-rolled" - Blu-ray Forum

DetroitSportsFan · 11-28-2008, 05:48 PM

The man himself "Rick-rolled" the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPLi...layer_embedded

JasonR · 11-28-2008, 06:01 PM

That is hilarious!

aygie · 11-28-2008, 06:01 PM

Nerdkiller likes BD · 11-28-2008, 06:08 PM

One of these days, someone will Rick Roll Mr Astley. That would be the best thing ever.

xtop · 11-28-2008, 06:09 PM

my gf had it on so i got to see that live, man that was hilarious

jadedeath · 11-28-2008, 06:14 PM

Sweet Zombie Jesus...

In this time of economic crisis... not even Macy's is SAFE!

What's the world coming to??!?!!111?!?!?

Logan

tommyboy81 · 11-28-2008, 07:45 PM

I got a question. Why this song? Who started his anyways?

tommyboy81 · 11-28-2008, 06:03 PM

LMAO! Like somebody wrote on there he was lip syncing

groovyone · 11-28-2008, 08:06 PM

I saw that and was cracking up! The wife was watching it live and I heard that and went "NOOOOOOOOO"

tommyboy81 · 11-28-2008, 08:19 PM

Can alway start doing this. You got Ice'd

KamiAmaya · 11-29-2008, 01:13 AM

That is freakin awesome.

Beta Man · 11-29-2008, 01:17 AM

I don't get why this was such a big deal........ or why the whole "Rick Roll" thing gained popularity in the first place

My_Two_Cents · 11-29-2008, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I don't get why this was such a big deal........ or why the whole "Rick Roll" thing gained popularity in the first place

You and me both. I see all of the "LOL" and "That was hilarious" replies, and I'm like WTF? This is funny?

GGX · 11-29-2008, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

You and me both. I see all of the "LOL" and "That was hilarious" replies, and I'm like WTF? This is funny?

I think its funny as hell. Does that bother you? Hahaha

EricJ · 11-29-2008, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I don't get why this was such a big deal........ or why the whole "Rick Roll" thing gained popularity in the first place

Like the Kevin Bacon thing, it started as a Wacky Pop-Culture thing, and then got parroted and genericized by wannabe imitator-kids into....just something you're supposed...to do...on the Internet...guess?

(And frankly, outside of the initial "Look, it is, like, an 80's one-hit-wonder song, which is incongruous and campy, don't you know!" gag, I've never quite understood the attention-deficit-kids' non-sequitir point of the ritual, either--
I can search back actual posts where previous Forum posters had tried RR'ing news about Quantum and "X-Men:Wolverine" on the Movies board, and my first reaction was, quote, "So, it's...a joke about his hair?

"

xtop · 11-29-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricJ

Like the Kevin Bacon thing, it started as a Wacky Pop-Culture thing, and then got parroted and genericized by wannabe imitator-kids into....just something you're supposed...to do...on the Internet...guess?

"

kevin bacon thing?

EricJ · 11-29-2008, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricJ

Like the Kevin Bacon thing, it started as a Wacky Pop-Culture thing, and then got parroted and genericized by wannabe imitator-kids into....just something you're supposed...to do...on the Internet...guess?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtop

kevin bacon thing?

Michael Myers to Kevin Bacon?--I can connect him in two!:

- Myers chases Jamie Lee Curtis in "Halloween" (1978)
- Curtis stars with Kevin Bacon in "Queens Logic" (1991)

(And no, we don't really know how THAT one started either, but everybody started doing it anyway--
Think it was around the time Bacon was in "Quicksilver", and then everyone pretended he was some camp icon because we hadn't seen him since "Footloose"...

Quote:

Originally Posted by koreyman

I heard it was supose t be a real star but with times being hard thats all they could afford

...Uh, yeah, sorta like that, same thing--

Anyway, another inexplicable cultural shrug, as usually happens when overlooking explanation turns Internet Trend into Mystical Long-Buried Arcane Ritual.

)

jadedeath · 11-29-2008, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtop

kevin bacon thing?

6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.

The game was that since Kevin Bacon was in SO many movies that you could connect ANY actor to Kevin Bacon in 6 steps or less.

Logan

koreyman · 11-29-2008, 02:36 PM

I heard it was supose t be a real star but with times being hard thats all they could afford

11-28-2008, 05:48 PM	#1
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11-28-2008, 06:01 PM	#2
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	That is hilarious!

11-28-2008, 06:01 PM	#3
aygie Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2007 Location:PSN Network: Aygie Blu-ray collection:99

11-28-2008, 06:08 PM	#4
Nerdkiller likes BD Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Wrestling in Ireland. PSNetwork: Nerdkiller316PSN Nerds beaten up: Loads 4K collection:75 Blu-ray collection:880 Trading Score:1	One of these days, someone will Rick Roll Mr Astley. That would be the best thing ever.

11-28-2008, 06:09 PM	#5
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	my gf had it on so i got to see that live, man that was hilarious

11-28-2008, 06:14 PM	#6
jadedeath Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007	Sweet Zombie Jesus... In this time of economic crisis... not even Macy's is SAFE! What's the world coming to??!?!!111?!?!? Logan

11-28-2008, 07:45 PM	#7
tommyboy81 Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Savannah, GA Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:93 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:2	I got a question. Why this song? Who started his anyways?

11-28-2008, 06:03 PM	#8
tommyboy81 Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Savannah, GA Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:93 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:2	LMAO! Like somebody wrote on there he was lip syncing

11-28-2008, 08:06 PM	#9
groovyone Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:PSNetwork: groovyone	I saw that and was cracking up! The wife was watching it live and I heard that and went "NOOOOOOOOO"

11-28-2008, 08:19 PM	#10
tommyboy81 Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Savannah, GA Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:93 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:2	Can alway start doing this. You got Ice'd

11-29-2008, 01:13 AM	#11
KamiAmaya Power Member Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Maryland, USA Blu-ray collection:216 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:4	That is freakin awesome.

11-29-2008, 01:17 AM	#12
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	I don't get why this was such a big deal........ or why the whole "Rick Roll" thing gained popularity in the first place

11-29-2008, 02:36 PM	#19
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