[Scrooge] Hey Zaz... we're coming up on a holiday...

This, though I'm sad I missed the music again.

 

. . .

 

If I knew how to respond, I would.

 

Who is that red-headed dweeb?

 

And you call yourself an amph mod?


Seriously... absolutely zero knowledge of pop culture... zero.

 

That's not an answer. Do you know, or not?

 

It's Rick Astley... also known as the antichrist.

 

I googled the video. Good ******.

 

A Description of the ?Never Gonna Give You Up? (1987) Video:

We start with a young, dweeby-looking dude in front of what appears to be a white and grey church window and behind a microphone. This is apparently Mr. Rick Astley. He?s wearing white chinos, a black and white striped Lacoste shirt, and a black blazer. He has an absurd ?conk? hairstyle...more 50's than 80's. He?s red-headed, very pale, and moves in the most white-boy way imaginable. His singing voice is considerably less weedy than you would expect.

Quick cut to: what appears to be an underground urinal. Rick is wearing a tan trench coat (for flashing?) over black. No microphone. He?s still singing, though.

Quick cut to: a tall blonde babe dressed in black, in front of the original church window. She twirls and poses.

Quick cut to: Rick dressed in prison blues and shades, in front of a wire fence. No microphone. Still singing.

Quick cut to: the blonde, now dressed in a white dress, twirling in front of a white brick wall.

Quick cut to: Rick in the prison blues again. He has the physique of a ?before? advertisement.

Quick cut to: Rick in long shot in front the church window, on a stage, with two blondes dancing, one on either side. Something I read on the ?net said that the director never held a shot on both the dancers because the one on the right couldn?t get the steps. This is scarcely why they hired her, anyway.

Quick cut to: Black bartender, wearing a white shirt and great red suspenders. He?s wiping the bar. Why is there a bar in a church?

Quick cut to: Rick and the non-dancing babes.

Quick cut to: the bartender tosses a glass in the air and catches it. He?s moving to the music.

Quick cut to: Rick in front of the window

Quick cut to: Blonde babe twirling. (She does that a lot).

Quick cut to: The urinal. More singing.

Quick cut to: Rick and the babes.

Quick cut to: The bartender. Dancing.

Quick cut to: Rick and the babes.

Quick cut to: The bartender. Dancing a lot, including flying splits.

Quick cut to: Rick, in close up. Alas.

Quick cut to: The undancing blonde babe, striking a pose currently immortalized in our banner.

Quick cut to: The urinal.

Quick cut to: Rick and the babes.

Quick cut to: Bartender, doing the Locomotion.

Quick cut to: Rick and the babes, dancing geekily.

Quick cut to: The bartender, doing a headstand from behind the bar.

Quick cut to: Rick smiling dorkily.

Quick cut to: Blonde babe twirling, and doing the pose looking over her shoulder yet *again*

Quick cut to: Close up of Rick?s unfortunate complexion.

Quick cut to: Rick?s shadow, considerably more charismatic than Rick.

Quick cut to: The singing urinal.

Quick cut to: The blonde babe in front of the white brick wall.

Quick cut to: Young blonde guy in white T shirt and grey slacks, shades and Hitler Youth haircut, in front of the white brick wall.

Quick cut to: Blonde babe rolling her shoulders in front of the white brick wall.

Quick cut to: Hitler Youth, twirling.

Quick cut to: Hitler Youth?s pointed boots.

Quick cut to: Rick in prison blues.

Quick cut to: Singing urinal.

Quick cut to: Prison blues. Rick doing the demure bit. For a wonder, he?s not singing.

Quick cut to: The bartender, in black and white striped shirt and short shorts, bounces off the wire fence.

Quick cut to: Prison blues. Singing.

Quick cut to: A shadow.

[These two shots are repeated]

Quick cut to: Rick and the non-dancing babes, in front of the window.

Quick cut to: Rick doing a modified flash of his blazer, so that we see stripes, as immortalized in our current banner. The audience is profoundly grateful it saw no flesh.

Quick cut to: Singing urinal.

Quick cut to: the bartender, doing a flip.

Quick cut to: Singing urinal.

Quick cut to: Hitler Youth, now wearing jeans, in the urinal. He does some dance moves that look...military.

Quick cut to: Bartender, who does a flip on the urinal wall. [I read on the net that he was so hungover that the first time he tried it, he fell on his head.] He does a head cock at the end that?s priceless.

 

And it's beautiful.

 

You're crazy.

 

So, how long are we keeping this banner up? Because as much as I enjoy Rick Rolling, it works best in moderation, and we're kind of edging out that territory here.

 

Don't ask me, I didn't put it up.

 

You have the ability to take it down (And if you don't know how, I can teach you how to switch them.)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr2jlCyCJBI&feature=related

The literal version of the "Never gonna give you up" video. I suggest you check it out.

I'm not "rick rollin'" you, trust me.

 

harpuah, you wanted this benighted banner, you change it back.

 

2nded. can we have standard fare amphitheatre back?

 

harps would not oblige, so I begged Grimby, who did.

Thank God. If I had to look at Rick Whomever just one more day, I'd have gone beserk...

 

Astley, Zaz. Rick Astley.

 

Um... you could have changed it back yourself.

How long have you been a mod now?

 

They changed how it was done in the recent upgrade, nimrod. [face_blowing_raspberry]

 

Uh huh... remember back when I won that game, and instead of making me a vip, you made me a moderator?

What was your excuse then, weenus?

 

Blow it out an orifice, dipwad.