So, for this Endless Thread bonus episode, we thought we’d bring you a little more Rick.Īmory: Because we know (sings) your hearts been aching for more.īen: We spoke with Rick Astley on July 21st, 2021. And much of that conversation didn’t make it into our Rick Roll episode. We ended up talking with him for over an hour. A true gem, as we said in our last episode. So a billion is quite a milestone.īen: Rick was delightful. Just for comparison, I looked up Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the epic music video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is at – at least at the time we’re recording this – about 790 million views. Has that happened to you?īen: If you're lucky enough, it just starts.Īmory: You know, it just might be a record for a song of its age. Have you noticed that Amory? Have you ever noticed that? No ads in front of Rick Roll.

And it was an interesting moment for him because “Never Gonna Give You Up” was days away from hitting one billion views on YouTube.īen: Which is both not bad for a song that’s more than three decades old, and also it’s wild to think about one billion views on that youtube video. And he said, what? You haven't heard about this yet? And I said, What? What is this?īen: If you are wondering, Rick Roll? What is this?Īmory: Well then it sounds like we’ve 'gotta make you understand.' That is the title of our most recent episode, which you’ve gotta go back to if you want to understand what the heck we’re going to be talking about in this episode: the first of the bonus installments to our meme series.īen: That last episode traced the origins of the Rick Roll - the classic internet meme prank which involves using a disguised link to trick someone into watching the classic music video for the classic 1987 Rick Astley song:Īmory: A few months ago, we sat down with Rick Astley for our Rick Roll episode. Rick: And in the end, I must I must have emailed him back or something and said, what are you doing? And in the end I just called him because I just. He's a record producer and writer, and he Rick Rolled me a couple of times and I had no idea what he was doing. Rick Astley: I have a friend who's he lives in America, he's been there a long time now. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.īen Brock Johnson: How did you hear about Rick Rolling? The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio.

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