(clicks mouse)
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
♪ (serene music) ♪
- I don't think I know this one.
- What is this?
- Is this video viral?
- I don't think I've seen this.
- I'm getting excited.
This is an internet video I haven't seen!
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up) ♪ - AAAAAAAAAH!!!
You [BLEEP]!!!
You [BLEEP]!!! - [BLEEP]!
- See, I'm embarrassed when I'm shown something
that I don't recognize right away.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪ - Oh, you are so...
- (laughs) Dang it! - Wow.
- Beautiful.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪ Ohp. Yep.
More beautiful.
♪ (serene music) ♪ (slight chuckle)
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- I didn't like that at all. Why'd you do that to me?
(Finebros chuckles softly)
Heh! I was so happy.
Morgan Freeman was talking in my head.
Now it's trenchcoats and bad decisions.
♪ (serene music) ♪
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
(suppressed laugh)
♪ (serene music) ♪ - I'm a little scared.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪ - Come on!
Come on.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Oh.
- I think we've just been rickrolled.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Okay. Oh, yeah.
I like that.
♪ (serene music) ♪
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up) ♪ - (hushed) Oh.
(laughing) I hate you so much.
- Can I put up the volume? Can I touch the button?
♪ (song plays louder) ♪
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Oh, you SONS-- NOOOOOO!
NOOOOOO!!!
I REFUSE!!! I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!
♪ (serene music) ♪
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Oh, you-- you stupid idiots!
You're laughing. You think this is funny.
You're dying over there.
I can't believe I just got rick freaking rolled in 2013!
- 2006 called.
It wants its punchline back.
- You know what?
The joke's on you because I actually really like this song.
- ♪ We're no strangers to love ♪ (singing along)
♪ You know the rules and so do I ♪
♪ A full commitment's what I'm thinking of ♪
- You know what I call this dancing? Dad dancing.
(mouthing lyrics) - ♪ Any other guy ♪
♪ Never gonna give you up ♪
♪ Never gonna let you down ♪
- This is really creepy. (laughs)
- Oh, good old Rick Astley.
- Black guy at the counter!
- He kind of looks like Doogie Howser.
- He kind of looks like you-- like a younger, pastier you.
- If you've been rickrolled, just accept it and sing the song!
That's the rule. You cannot cut away from the video.
You can't go, "Oh no, I'm not watching this."
You have to watch it. That's part of the internet rules.
- Man. - Oh my goodness.
- That was good. You guys got us good.
- Thanks a lot, dicks!
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (Finebros) So what did we just do to you? - You rickrolled me!
- You guys rickrolled me.
- I believe you rickrolled me.
- You just rickrolled me?
- You rickrolled us! - Goddamn it.
- You just rickrolled me, you ssss...
trying to find nice words to say.
- You can't-- you can't use the power of this show
to rickroll people on camera.
- I've never rickrolled anybody
because I just don't think it's polite.
- (Finebros) Had you been rickrolled prior to this?
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
- Yes, I think everyone has.
It's like HPV.
- I've been rickrolled once, like genuinely in the wild.
- You mean, like, Rick actually rolled up on you.
- Yes, exactly.
- YouTube rickrolled us.
Remember, it was a couple years ago
when there was all the videos on the homepage?
And then they had-- all of them were Rick Astley. (chuckles)
- (Finebros) What exactly is a rickroll?
- A rickroll is where you say, "Hey, AIDS has been cured!"
And you're like, "AIDS has been cured?! Let me see that.
Oh, you're the devil."
- It's the oldest prank in the world, you bastards!
- You trick someone into thinking they're getting something good,
and you give them that crap.
- (Finebros) This song was a huge hit in the '80s.
How could it go from success to the joke of the internet?
(laughing)
- Dude, maybe it was meant to be.
- It's still a good song. I mean, I think... right?
Is it good?
- We're jaded. We know we're no strangers to love.
You know the rules. So do I.
- I think it's just 'cause the video is just so ridiculous
and his little spins he does and his like...
- Seriousness over time depreciates into comedy
and becomes funnier and funnier.
- When you look back and you're like, "That was a thing?
That was-- really, we liked that? We loved denim jackets?"
(chuckling) Are denim jackets a thing still? I dunno.
- This is what happens with culture,
and I think it's happening faster and faster.
Obviously, I'm gonna look at myself 24 months from now and be like,
"What? Your hair and your beard?
You look like a complete idiot."
- I agree you look like an idiot. - Yeah, right.
- But you've had this for over ten years.
(all crack up)
Let's just do that today. - Okay.
- (Finebros) Any idea how this whole thing started?
How did rickrolling even begin?
I have no idea but I would love to meet the person that started it.
- 4chan?
- I feel it's probably a 4chan thing.
- 4chan's the center of all memes and everything.
- 4chan comes to mind, although I'm a little scared
to say the name for obvious reasons.
- I love you. Don't hurt me, please.
You're very powerful and I respect your power
and authority over the internet.
I love you, 4chan. (blowing kisses)
- (Finebros) How do you think Rick Astley feels about this?
- I think he's probably like, "Sweet, relevant again.
I'll take it."
- Do you think Rick actually gets rickrolled himself?
- I heard that he hated it.
- He's probably really excited because he's selling a lot more records
because of this. (laughs)
- He totally loves it because he did
the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade a couple years back.
- I've actually read an interview with him where he's like,
"Oh, I think it's fun," and he--
- Dude, he's singing, ♪ "I think it is fun." ♪
- (laughing) Yes.
- Rick himself is behind this.
- I don't think that's the story. I think he's dead.
- (Finebros) And what would you say to anyone out there
that thinks it would be funny to rickroll someone?
- Man, you're like four years late.
- You're thinking of rickrolling someone.
Too late.
- Just stop!
(pounding table) Haven't we endured enough?!
- I think rickrolling should be a thing that never dies.
- Go for it.
You know, everyone deserves a little Rick Astley in their life.
This is gonna cheer you up on a cloudy day.
- I feel like there's gonna be a whole new generation
of people being rickrolled because of this video alone
and the Fine Brothers-- you will pay.
- Let's bring it back.
Let's bring it back. 2013 is the year of Rick Astley again.
- ♪ Never gonna give you up ♪
♪ Never gonna let you down ♪
- (Finebros) Some reports have said that despite all this new notoriety
and all the uploads on Youtube that Astley himself
has only made $12.00 off of the YouTube views.
- That's the biggest rickroll of them all.
- Wow, then that makes me sad.
I mean, how is he going to buy a new trenchcoat?
- If he's going to be made fun of all the time
he should be getting money for it.
- Somebody out there is going to get a call from me
and we're gonna fix this!
- Is it fair?
No! I mean, life's not fair.
(laughs) But he was a musician in the '80s,
a time where everyone was screwed.
- He should've put in the contract
"If this gets popular on the internet, I make a lot of--"
- Except the internet didn't really exist back then.
- He should've known.
- (Finebros) Recently, there is some news about Rick Astley.
- Oh no, what happened? Did he touch someone?
- (Finebros) I'm gonna show-- (cracks up)
I'm going to show you the news report.
♪ (news report theme song) ♪
- I hope it's not sad.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- You sons-- you're a triple bastard!
(groans)
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪ - Breaking news: it's--
(snickering quietly)
- Oh. (cracking up)
I knew that breaking news thing looked too generic.
- Breaking! ♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
Wait, did you just get me again? (cracking up)
Whhhhhhy?!
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- You son of a... B-word!
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- And I've been rickrolled again. - Yep.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Oh, hey, more of this.
That's awesome.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- I can't not.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Oh, now I feel betrayed 'cause I actually thought
I was gonna watch a news clip.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- Should've seen that coming! Should've seen that--
I-- fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, I'm an idiot.
- Are you going to rickroll me again?
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
(giggling) I knew it!
- They're gonna do it again. - They're gonna do it again!
Don't you dare do it to us again.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
- I knew it.
♪ (Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up") ♪
(music stops)
- Did I just screw up your whole system here?
- (Finebros snickers) Yes. - (cracks up) Sorry!
- Thanks for watching another episode of
♪ Never gonna give you up ♪
♪ Never gonna-- ♪ it doesn't work as well
just in person. - We need Rick.
- Let us know what videos you think we should watch next, m'kay?
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- See you later, biches.
- I hope the Fine Brothers burn in hell.
(jovial laugh)
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