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Giving Thanks For Rick Astley

By | Stop The Presses! – Thu, Nov 27, 2008 9:46 AM EST

The "Rickrolling" craze--the act of surprising web surfers with a video of carrot-topper crooner Rick Astley--reached its peak Thanksgiving morning, when millions of unsuspecting Americans watched Rick himself bumrush the Cartoon Network's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float and start singing "Never Gonna Give You Up" alongside a cast of Rickrolled puppets.

It was not only the coolest thing Rick Astley's ever done, and the coolest thing the Cartoon Network's ever done, but the coolest thing in the history of the entire parade.

Watch it now and give thanks for this amazing TV moment:

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