Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Gets Rick Rolled

Getting Rick Rolled is sort of like losing your virginity. It’s a big haze of confusion that’s over before you know it. I have fond memories of my first Rick Roll. I was sitting in the family room when I got an instant message from my roommate, The Lobsta Mobsta, telling me new naked pictures of Marisa Tomei just hit the internet. I clicked the link only to be taken to a YouTube video of Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up.” I shouted something like, “What the hell was that?” Lobsta laughed uproariously and screamed, “Rick Roll bitch!” I was hooked. Naturally, I thought it was hysterical yesterday at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade when Cartoon Network Rick Rolled thousands of confused and hapless children and their parents.

I’ve embedded two videos below. The first is the original Rick Astley video which has surreptitiously duped millions of idiots like myself. Below that is the video from yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day Parade…

Editor’s Note: There’s no way poor Rick Astley could have ever envisioned his video becoming synonymous with deception and maddening blue balls.