Cartoony Foresight of a Meme

April 2, 2009
Before "Rick-rolling" became a omnipresent Internet meme, used by mischievous "breaking-news" providers and even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Fox's Family Guy actually had a one-up on the whole "Never Gonna Give You Up" phenomenon...
For the uninitiated, Rick-Rolling is the act of embedding a link to 80's artist Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video into an unrelated piece of text or video. The really sneaky folk hide the video link in a url shortening service, such as tinyurl or snurl. Just in case you want to try this in the safety of your own home, here's a step by step video of how to implement a "Rick Roll":
How long will this last? I have no idea, but you can find a lengthy discourse on the issue here.






































