24Feb
2
Today YouTube has finally taken down the original Rickroll video. This is a sad sad time and it calls for at least a moment of silence. It looks like maybe we will have to “give you up” after all Mr. Astley. It was yanked due to terms-of-use violation but the odd thing is how long it was allowed to remain. I mean, it got more than 30 million views (nearly double the album sales with the song). I wonder who finally said, “okay, I’ve had enough of this.”
Honestly I don’t know if this is more of a shock or the fact that they took down the “Charlie Bit Me” video too! Here is one of the funniest Rickrolls in my opinion, the classic CNN live call:
