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White House Rickrolls Twitter Followers

John Johnson — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:04:27 CDT

OK, so they may be a year or two (or three) late from the peak of the trend, but the White House Twitter feed got in a little "rickrolling" action today. In response to this tweet from someone complaining that the press briefing was a little dull, the White House...

Oregon Legislators Rickroll Colleagues

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:34:24 CDT

From Oregon, a lesson in April Fool's Day pranks, viral videos ... and bipartisanship: A group of 12 state lawmakers managed to "Rickroll" their colleagues last year, by slipping the lyrics to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" into speeches they made on the House floor. Put the clips together,...

12 Legendary April Fool's Pranks

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:38:00 CDT

As you prepare whatever April Fools' Day prank you have in mind for your loved ones, take a look back at 12 classic jokes, courtesy of the Daily Beast : Swiss spaghetti harvest : In 1957, the BBC aired a serious-sounding report on Switzerland’s bumper crop of pasta; hundreds fell for it...

Welcome to Remedial Web Trends 101

Nick McMaster — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:04:01 CDT

When the New York Times ’ tech guru admitted on Twitter to only recently having heard of “Rickrolling”—the Internet prank in which a link promises something desirable but delivers the video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up —his followers blasted him for being “so 2006.” But it...

Google Gets Into the Spirit

Nick McMaster — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:44:00 CDT

Google continued a time-honored tradition of April Fools’ Day pranks today with foolish new email features and a mission to Mars, cNet reports. Gmail users found a new feature, “Custom Time,” which would allow emails to be sent back in time. And not to worry in case of problems, the...