Friday, November 7, 2008

Show Biz: Friday 11/07/08

*** Congratulations to Rick Astley. Last night at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool, England, the '80s pop star famous for his hits "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever" was named Best Act Ever, which is an award voted on by fans.

Astley's surprising resurgent popularity is due in large part to the internet phenomenon known as Rick-Rolling. It's when you provide a link to a video on a website, only to have that link take you to a Rick Astley video, instead of whatever was originally promised.

Which reminds me, have you seen the video yet of Oprah Winfrey dunking a basketball at the United Center?

Ok, so now you get the idea.

On the show, we referenced another very popular video, a variation of the Rickroll.