Rick Astley Rickrolls Audience

Rick Astley performed in my city last night. Astley’s career has recently been revived by the Rickroll, a popular online video bait-and-switch prank. Acknowledging that which revived him, Astley pulled a bait-and-switch on his audience by having a local celeb sing the Rickroll song, Never Gonna Give You Up.

The local celeb is named Roderick Paulate, so this became a Roderickroll. You’re a punny one, Rick.