…before someone filmed Paula Deen and Rachael Ray having an old-fashioned fried chicken throwdown.
Really, It Was Just A Matter Of Time…
1 April 2008 by
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…before someone filmed Paula Deen and Rachael Ray having an old-fashioned fried chicken throwdown.
Internets, you have been RickRolled.
BWAH HA HA HA HA! :-)
Happy April Fool’s Day, y’all!
I watched THE ENTIRE video. UGLY high waisted jeans and all waiting to see if there was any kind of funny Rachel and Paula throw down spoof. Nothing. Nada. Dude.
Wow, I just heard about “RickRolling” last night. You got me! Hee Hee!
You got me. Talk about taking me back in time.
OMG!!! I luuurved Rick back in the DAY! I watched a bunch of his other videos after this one. I realize it was a joke but seriously people, the 80’s were MY times! I was in my early 20’s, single, first job, first apartment. Some seriously GOOD times. The summer of ’87 my best friends and I got a cottage down the Cape and this tape (yes, I said TAPE) was played over and over, along with 10,000 Maniacs “In My Tribe”. The funny thing is that I’m getting together for lunch tomorrow with the same girls I was with that summer; maybe I’ll bring my Rick Astley tape? ;) Thanks for the prank Boo Mama, you made my day!
roflmao! You are awesome.
Oh my goodness – what an April’s Fool’s fool I was! Good trick my friend – I’d still almost pay to see Rachel Ray and Paula Baby go at it with fried chicken!
Good one! It only took me ONE FULL MINUTE to get it. No ma’am, you can’t get much past me…
I learned something new today.
And something innocent within me died today.
Now, if you please excuse me, my toddler wants to watch that video again.
I’m watching it again. :)
Thank you so much.
That made my day in a way that only being held at gunpoint or receiving a life-threatening diagnosis could.
I watched simply because I didn’t believe Racheal Ray knew anything about fried chicken!
I loved Rick when I was young…I thought for certain he and I would be “together forever…it’s true.”
Okay, I can’t believe I’m going to tell this because I’m not sure I’ve ever told this AND it is at the expense of someone who I really do like a lot!
Here goes:
Back in the late 80’s when the Rickster had this song out (which I love — had the cassette!), Travis, Angela and I were singing in a group together at our church. I distinctly remember having this conversation with The World’s Greatest Worship Leader (have to build him up before I tell this):
Me: Hey Travis, I think you sound like that guy, Rick Astley.
TC: Wow — I love him. That’s quite a compliment! Thanks!!
Yes, indeedy — it happened!
Why I would remember that I will never know. But this I know: I didn’t dream it. It happened, ya’ll!!
Blessings,
Dori
P.S. Trav, if you read this…please don’t kill me. I think Rick had one of the best voices of the late 80’s…except for you, of course!! :)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I started it over, twice, totally confused. Then, I searched on youtube for Rachael and my sweet Paula…
IT TOOK ME THAT LONG TO GET IT AND I STILL DIDN’T GET IT! Until I hit your comments and saw your obnoxious little stunt.
I bow, BooMama…and I’m totally copying this idea (and HTing you) b/c Paula and I are such close friends.
Daggum, you got me.
**giggles**
20 years ago, when John burned this album from CD to cassette for me, so I could listen to it over ans over and over and over and over and over ans over and over and over and over in my car … I knew he was the guy for me.
Thanks for the April Fools joke, and the reminder.
I think I’ll need to do something special for that guy tonight …
Don’t you just love this fun holiday! I posted a recipe on my blog that I pulled on my kiddies years ago when they were small … I couldn’t help but think of you doing this for “Howard” so you could get him good! Check it out on my blog … so fun!
You got me.
Thanks. Really. Now I’m going to go clean my ears with a wire brush. Just to try and get that song out…
Never gonna give you up
Cause you’re the best pranker ’round
Never gonna run around and
Desert you.
you da bomb boo. you got me good.
I love April Fool’s Day even more than I love Rick Astley.
This morning, NPR said Google mail recently released a feature that allows people to back-date their e-mails. So you can send an e-mail to that friend a week after their birthday and look like you sent it the day of.
This story brought to you by Google April Fool’s.
Oh, I am dim. I watched the first 30 seconds and thought, “Oh, Boo. Bless her heart. She has posted the wrong link. I’ll go to the comments and see if anyone has alerted her.” I should not be allowed out of the house without supervision.
Tooooooo stinkin funny!!!
Not only do I have the humiliation of knowing (and now sharing!) that I watched the entire video waiting for the brawl (just kiddin, I figured it out pretty quick!), but I also get to be reminded that, yes, I did indeed dress like that at one time.
And to think, that time was, in my mind, the peak of my attractiveness.
Makes you both scared and anxious to see a pic of me now, don’t it?!?!?!
Bahahahahaha! I watched the entire video waiting for Paula Deen and Rachael Ray and some chicken…never a thought that it was April fools day.
Good one :)
And why don’t I remember Rick Astley having red hair? Oh, maybe because I was like 8 when this was out :)
You got me!! But, I do like that song, so I got a little something out of it. But, I did check the link 3 times, just in case you were wondering what poor fool would be so dumb as to not think it was an April Fool’s joke and check the link 3 times and then still not get it until she came to see if others were connecting to the same wrong link.
Okay, it’s official. I’m old and out of the loop. I had no idea about being RickRoll’d. Thanks for making me smile!
Oh, I used to listen to that song with my hair “blowing kisses in the wind”!
Oh, man…I LOVED Rick Astley, lol!
Good one, BooMama!
You definitely got me! I had to read the comments to see if YOU had made some mistake – Was that guy lip-syncing?
I love them both, you know, but I do seriously doubt that’d be much of a Throwdown. I mean, you just KNOW Paula would mop up the kitchen with Rachael Ray in that scenario. Afta dippin’ her in seasoned buttahmilk, of cawuss. That was a bouncy little number there, though, courtesy of Mr. Rick. I had to dance a little bit in my chair. Thanks for the belly laugh, sister.
I wanted to see some fried chicken! Seriously, I’ve been craving fried chicken for the last month, about everyday, so if I hear fried chicken I need some. Why, yes, I am pregnant, why do you ask?
I hadn’t heard about rick rolling until just now…fun.
Nice one! I didn’t catch on until I clicked on the comment link. I had planned on leaving a comment that said your link didn’t work!!!
Now I know what “Rickrolling” is! Thanks!
That video still gets the 11 year old’s heart pumping in me! Thanks for the prank!
That was a great laugh. I truly expected to see the two of them cooking…it is possible…it is not impossible to believe…Thanks for getting me.
LOL!!!! That was awesome and totally unexpected…..I fell for it hook line and sinker and can’t wait to send my Paula Deen loving friend to your sight!!!!
I don’t think you’re the least bit funny. At all. Not even a smidge.
LOL!!!!
You’re hysterical! Thanks for the RickRoll!! :)
You go girl!
I fell for it, because there really IS a Paula Deen / Rachael Ray fried chicken video.
It’s right here.
Groovy is confused.
Totally got me ! ! But I was sitting here thinking, “Bless her heart! I wonder if she knows what she has done!” Loved it! I had the CD by the way.
For the record I thoroughly enjoyed getting RickRolled. I sang every word, thankyouverymuch, and I danced. K?
:)
i just want you to know that i had everyone in my library convinced that we had finally found the holy grail of online cooking because of THE BOOMAMA.
i will have to hang my head in shame when i go to work tomorrow, only because i will have to confess that it was an april fool’s day joke.
since youtube is blocked in my school’s library and all.
whatever.
just so you know, boomama, i am obviously the world’s biggest doof, because i was ALL ABOUT clickin’ on Staci at Writing and Living’s link to watch me some paula and rachael.
anybody else out there got links to things that aren’t paula deen and rachael ray cooking fried chicken?
send them directly to me.
it’ll save you time from having to post them in the long run.
Wow! I really enjoyed watching that video. It was a cool song when I was in college. I was still hungry for chicken though. So glad Staci provided the link for Paula and Rachael. It made my day.
Is it wrong that instead of being upset not to see the chicken throw down I was excited to see Rick Astley?
It brought back some teen age angst! :-)
You fooled me! I thought it was real because I remember seeing Paula and Rachael together on a Christmas special a few years ago. Paul seemed a little irritated with Rachael’s cooking style (lack of measuring etc.) So the thought of them actually having a throwdown sounded pretty interesting.
that’s twice i’ve been rick-rolled today. first ragamuffinsoul now you. i’m such a dork.
btw…i’ve been lurking your site for a while now and may i just say…i love your style girlie girl. except for the rick-rolling. not. cool.
Yah, but did you see the Muppet Rick Roll?
It’s real, and it’s cute!
http://yougotrickrolled.com/
Very Funny Mrs. Boo… or would that be Mrs. Funny Mama… Oh well… good one! My husband and I were singing to the oldies with this one!
Loved Rick Astley…wore that tape OUT!
I clicked on the muppets version and my boys ran in from all parts of the house. Their observation, “I didn’t think that guy [beaker] spoke. He only goes…meep, meep meeep”
I can’t believe it…I went almost all day without falling for an April Fool’s Joke. It is now 5:15 and here I am watching Rick and wondering “What’s up with this? Is she confused?”….Doh!!!
bwahahhahahaha! I came back to your site to tell you you made a mistake-as if!
This was a good one.
Oh, BooMama. You prankster, you!
I’m confessing, I was singing along too.
Oh, you got me! I almost went the whole day without a prank!! Then I go and visit BooMama at 9pm…
*sigh*
teehee
I’m with Robin…I watched some of the video then searched You Tube for the Paula & Rachael….this is what happens when you are online after the baby is asleep! Very funny Boo Mama!
That was great. Now I am going to be youtubing 80’s music all night. I sang every word!!! I was 9 years old again. LOL
ha ha! i get it! one question: who is “Rick Roll”?
Somehow I knew before I even clicked on it, and yet I HAD to click on it, because IT. IS. BOOMAMA. FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD. :-D
I guess age is getting to me….I was April Fooled 3 times now!!! Both of my kids at separate times got me and now you!!!
all in good fun…you gotta laugh!! :)
Now THAT was funny.
Ha! I love a ‘rickroll’. That guy has got snake hips!
Now I can say that Boomama was my first. ;)
I was totally fooled and SO EXCITED to see the fried chicken throw-down! Why don’t you suggest that one to Food Network??