Rick Rolling Ends!

Update: It seems the days of casual Rick Rolling are over. YouTube finally yanked "Never Gonna Give You Up" from it site. I can't (legally) Rick Roll you or anyone else any more.

If you've used the internet at one time or another either you've been Rick Rolled or you Rick Rolled someone else.

A timeless internet prank, of course Rick Rolling has its own Wikipedia article. There e was a guy, Rick Astley, who had a song, "Never Gonna Give You Up". He would have been yet-another one hit wonder except for this internet thing.

People link to the Rick Astley's music video and then fool you into clicking on an innocent link that plays the video. Ha ha...

April Fool's Day or not, it's a prank. Kinda like a Google Pig. You know, zonkdogfology.

Now that YouTube has taken "Never Gonna Give You Up" videos down, there's no easy way to Rick Roll those you love. If Rick and his record label were smart they'd release a legal video just to provide fodder for this timeless web prank. Are ya listening Rick???

In another case of life imitating art, Rick has setup his own YouTube presence. Here's what Mr. Astley has to say. The whole thing has even sparked a Firefox extension too.