Post by The Curmudgeon on Mar 15, 2010 22:36:45 GMT 2
God, Rick Rolling. Did THAT get old fast.
Every Youtube video promising dramatic content lead to the inevitable 80s drum loop and Rick dancing like he's glued to the floor. It was the same thing with those fucking "screamer" videos that promise to show a ghost if you really, really concentrate, only for some horrible image (usually Regan's smiling face from the Exorcist.. um, while she's possessed, I mean). You could almost set your watch to them they became so predictable.
So someone, somewhere, had to raise the bar. And at first it was the brave soul who decided to lose $200,000 dollars on live TV to do it. Basically, WWE had a (legit) stunt where they would phone fans on live television, if they answered the phone, Vince McMahon himself would give them a sum of money. Could be $100, could be a million. This time it was $200,000 and, well..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpmy3QQ9hxM&feature=related
Remember that episode of the Simpson's where Krusty promised the kids $40 if they watched his show? This was kinda like that, and fucking TORTURE to watch on live TV with a baying, booing live audience who could not give a shit about what was happening. Tune into a wrestling show to watch, you know, wrestling and instead get the most boring game show on TV. Go figure.
But even that Rick Roll was beaten. And this needs no explanation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnQVkGcn7Vo
And the same guy wasn't happy with that..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUB0kLLBUA
Genius.
Every Youtube video promising dramatic content lead to the inevitable 80s drum loop and Rick dancing like he's glued to the floor. It was the same thing with those fucking "screamer" videos that promise to show a ghost if you really, really concentrate, only for some horrible image (usually Regan's smiling face from the Exorcist.. um, while she's possessed, I mean). You could almost set your watch to them they became so predictable.
So someone, somewhere, had to raise the bar. And at first it was the brave soul who decided to lose $200,000 dollars on live TV to do it. Basically, WWE had a (legit) stunt where they would phone fans on live television, if they answered the phone, Vince McMahon himself would give them a sum of money. Could be $100, could be a million. This time it was $200,000 and, well..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpmy3QQ9hxM&feature=related
Remember that episode of the Simpson's where Krusty promised the kids $40 if they watched his show? This was kinda like that, and fucking TORTURE to watch on live TV with a baying, booing live audience who could not give a shit about what was happening. Tune into a wrestling show to watch, you know, wrestling and instead get the most boring game show on TV. Go figure.
But even that Rick Roll was beaten. And this needs no explanation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnQVkGcn7Vo
And the same guy wasn't happy with that..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUB0kLLBUA
Genius.
