# NPR just rick-rolled the Republic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527 "2010-04-27T15:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/1 "2010-04-27T15:05:00Z")
Everyone else needs to stop rick-rolling, now. NPR has won, for all time. On Morning Edition today, they ran a story on Noriega’s extradition to France. Totally vanilla “where is he now?” story, which they followed up on with a short blurb about how the US Marines used loud music to try and force Noriega out of hiding back in the day. Then the newsreader goes on to say, “And that soundtrack included this popular song …”. Yup. Rick Astley. I was rick-rolled by NPR this morning. So, too, were many thousands of others. All at the very same time. You can’t top that. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/2 "2010-04-27T15:06:25Z")
I’d say that Rickrolling ended when Nancy Pelosi got in on the act: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wtOW1CxHvNY/hqdefault.jpg "Speaker Pelosi Presents Capitol Cat Cam") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOW1CxHvNY) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/3 "2010-04-27T15:16:12Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’d say that Rickrolling ended when Nancy Pelosi got in on the act: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOW1CxHvNY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOW1CxHvNY) Hitler beat her to it: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PYi37psgGLc/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/PYi37psgGLc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/4 "2010-04-27T16:31:44Z")
Nah, I’d have to say Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade of 2007 beats that. National television and Rick Astley himself on the float. But NPR definitely comes close. Three years later. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/5 "2010-04-27T18:41:34Z")
I had the same thought as the OP this morning. I’m listening to NPR on my way to work and out of nowhere… “OMG! I’ve been rick-rolled by Renee Montagne!” ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/6 "2010-04-27T19:21:59Z")
As a Mets fan, I carry the scarred memories of various humiliations and indignities almost as a badge of pride. But not this one: at the last ever home opener at Shea Stadium in 2008, the Mets not only hosted the division rival Philadelphia Phillies who beat them for the division (and the playoffs) by one single game on the last day of the season the previous year (mounting a furious surge while the Mets floundered away a seemingly iron-clad 7 game lead with about 2 weeks left)… But got RickRolled on a “fan suggestion contest” for a new 8th-inning song. For the previous year or two, they had been playing “Sweet Caroline”, following a wide trend in sports (including the crosstown Rangers and Giants) but getting vociferous boos from the baseball fans at home, who mostly associated it with the Boston Red Sox. So they had an on-line poll for fans in the off-season to vote for a new song. With a write-in option. On the wide-open Internet. **What. Were. They. Thinking?** After Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” was miles and miles ahead of any second place, there was some debate as to whether or not they would ignore it (as “RickRolling” was by then already a fairly established phenomenon) and go on to the #2 vote-getter. I remember reading a baseball message board discussion about this, and possibly talk radio references as well. The game started well enough, with the Mets leading 2-0 going into the 7th inning, but game up 3 runs before the 7th inning stretch and another 2 runs going into the middle of the 8th inning break, now trailing 5-2. The mood in the stands was ugly. So, let’s cue the winner of the sing-along… Oh. My. Gawwwwd. (This is in Flushing, you know.) _There was Rick Astley’s song playing on the DiamondVision in center field_. Laughter, hoots and boos rained down from all corners\* of Shea Stadium. _cringe_ _facepalm__head-banging_ \*figuratively speaking; the circular bowl of Shea Stadium technically had no corners. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/7 "2010-04-27T19:40:01Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I had the same thought as the OP this morning. I’m listening to NPR on my way to work and out of nowhere… “OMG! I’ve been rick-rolled by Renee Montagne!” And, evidently, the US Marines rick-rolled Manuel Noriega. The poor bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/8 "2010-04-27T19:46:53Z")
I swear, I had the same thoughts this morning after that song got stuck in my head for a little bit. Rick-rolled by NPR, yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/9 "2010-04-27T21:31:36Z")
No likey no linky. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/10 "2010-04-27T21:37:38Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > No likey no linky. I was wrong, it wasn’t Montagne, it was that bastard Innskeep. Here you go: [Noriega Arrives In France To Face Charges : NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126297584) > [@](#): > > INSKEEP: Eleanor Beardsley is in Paris. Thanks very much. > > BEARDSLEY: Thank you, Steve. > > (Soundbite of music) > > INSKEEP: You know, when Noriega fled U.S. troops back in 1989, the U.S. military tried to blast him out of an embassy in Panama by playing loud music. And we have posted a link to a list of those songs on Twitter @MorningEdition or @NPRInskeep. They include this smash hit by Rick Astley. > > (Soundbite of song, “Never Going to Give You Up”) > > Mr. RICK ASTLEY (Singer): (Singing) Never going to give you up, never going to let you down, never going to run around and desert you… > > INSKEEP: Write us back if you can stand it. Let us know what songs would make you give up. > > (Soundbite of song, “Never Going to Give You Up”) > > Mr. ASTLEY: (Singing) Never going to tell a lie and hurt you… > > INSKEEP: This is NPR News. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/11 "2010-04-27T21:50:13Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I was wrong, it wasn’t Montagne, it was that bastard Innskeep. I love Steve Innskeep. He only trails behind Kai Rysdale as my NPR crush. While I’m glad I don’t have a morning commute at the moment, I do miss hearing Steve get tough on squirrely politicians. Then there was that memorable moment a few years back when he and one of their correspondents sang a song about eels to the tune of That’s Amore. It went something like “When an eel bites your thigh as you’re just passing by, that’s a moray…” Hearing about the rickroll made my day. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/12 "2010-04-27T21:55:12Z")
Yeah, I wasn’t serious – I’m a big fan of Innskeep and Rysdale, as well as Scott Simon (Weekend Edition). ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/13 "2010-04-27T22:32:46Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Yeah, I wasn’t serious – I’m a big fan of Innskeep and Rysdale, as well as Scott Simon (Weekend Edition). Oh, I know. I just wanted to add in my two cents and your quote was the easiest segue. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-just-rick-rolled-the-republic/537527/14 "2010-04-27T22:34:23Z")
It’s still funny. Maybe funnier now.