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Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"

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Guest Spot: Joe S.

Wednesday July 02, 2008 at 06:00 PM

From Joe S.'s Blog

There is a meme called RickRoll going around the video posting sites which is about posting video with people lip synching to Rick Astley songs. A meme (pronounced /miːm/) consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.  A recent on called "2 Girls, 1 Cup" highlights the depths which people will stoop to have their 15 minutes of noteriety. I wouldn't suggest looking for it because the premise is just gross.

Some believe the Rick Astley one was inspired by this episode from The Family Guy where Brian "performs" his magic on "Never Gonna Give You Up".

Enjoy!

2 Comments:
Joe S. said:
Wednesday July 02, 2008 at 07:26 PM

Hey thanks for linking the rick roll! I didn't think of that. Oh and thanks for the guest spot!

Peace,
Joe

minime c. said:
Thursday July 03, 2008 at 12:20 AM

Hahahahaa,here on my computer i see no Rick Roll.It isa comercial written
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Can i meet there Rick Astley or .....much better the Family Guy ?

The People who do this comercial are very creative when it gets about where they bring the comercials.To do this on Youtube with a video and then changing it is very very clever :-)

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