Man finds a surprise VHS tape in a thrift store
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
United States
February 12, 2020 1:39pm CST
Does anyone remember VHS tapes? Ah they were plentiful through my childhood and young adult years.
I came across this story online about a man who picked one up at a thrift story, simply titled "A Surprise" and was brave enough to watch it. For those of us too young to know knowledge of VHS tapes, VHS was a medium you could record on to. So many people had recorded shows off of tv, or assuming they had a camcorder - personal moments.
So it was a brave move for this person to play the tape.
On it? Was a video of RIck Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". That's right, almost a decade after it hit it's peak, and epic Rick Roll. lol. And for those of us too young to remember RIck Rolling was where you would send anyone an internet link to anything. …. "Shoe Sale!" …. "BIg News Now!", …. or whatever else.... and the link would actually send the victim to the Rick Astley video... an internet prank.
Were you ever Rick Rolled?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5913812/vhs-video-tape-a-surprise-rickroll-rick-astley-regret/
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18 responses
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Feb 20
That is freaking hilarious. I used to Rick Roll a lot of people when it was super popular to do it haha I am glad it is still such a good meme to do.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
13 Feb 20
@FayeHazel In highschool in my media tech class I had gotten all the people in my class who logged into their computers Rick Rolled. My teacher of that class knew what I was doing and was laughing like crazy.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
14 Feb 20
@DesirousDreamer Awesome! Way to do it! That teacher sounds cool
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
How witty! I loved the whole Rick Roll thing. I thought it was hilarious! :-D
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
12 Feb 20
True! He may have ended up watching any number of things
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
@Ajy78613 There could have been any number of … unsavory... things on that tape. lol. It was actually just a tape with Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" on there.
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@AmbiePam (93904)
• United States
13 Feb 20
@FayeHazel I forgot it was Alfred Hitchcock!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
13 Feb 20
@FayeHazel We don’t even own a VCR anymore.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Ah I do not miss fishing those VHS tapes of of the VCR
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@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Feb 20
@FayeHazel I definitely had a Computer at that time.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Let's see, I think this was around 2010 or so.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
@FayeHazel I think we do but I'm not sure.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Ah yes! Do you still have a player?
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@snowy22315 (182208)
• United States
12 Feb 20
I have some of those tapes around..not sure what I am going to do with them..I do have a VCR that plays both DVDS and VHS tapes, but it doesn't seem to be working.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Ah that was the unfortunate thing of VHS. The players and tapes seem to stop working. I recently donated a bunch of VHS tapes
@Orson_Kart (6842)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 20
Being an old guy, of course I remember VHS. And the rival format Betamax. Thank god we've moved onto streaming is all I've got to say.
I also remember the Rick Rolling. Rick is a brit, and I think this pranking was an American thing. How and why it started I don't know but it was crazy.
Rick is still going strong and belting out some real soulful music.
I'm a fan. 
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Ah yes. While the VHS tapes being nostalgia, I do not miss fishing them out of the machine once the tape got eaten.
Rickrolling, the prank got started after something called duck rolling - where people were sending around an animated duck on wheels images. How or why they chose Rick Astley, not sure. I loved the prank though.
Happy he's still making music
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Hi! No - haven't blocked you. I wouldn't want to do that. Can you not get to other post or something? Maybe it's working now. Anyway, thank you for checking with me . :-)
@dgobucks226 (35742)
•
16 Feb 20
No Rick Astley for me but I still have VHS tapes but no working VCR to play them. I'm waiting for a retro-event like they have done with vinyl LP's and record players, lol.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
20 Feb 20
LOL. You know, you're probably right. It'll make a swing back and be cool again. I was surprised to learn that there is some collector value to the old, first style Nintendo cartridge
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
26 Feb 20
@dgobucks226 Too true! I hope Beanie Babies come back around again. Oh no, sorry about your baseball cards.
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@dgobucks226 (35742)
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21 Feb 20
@FayeHazel You hold onto something long enough and it becomes a collector's item? I always feel by the time that happens I won't be around to cash in on it... Of course I'm still upset that my baseball cards wound up in the trash when I went off to college 
No just kidding I'm over it now, lol.
No just kidding I'm over it now, lol.1 person likes this
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
13 Feb 20
He was rickrolled on a VHS tape. How funny.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Very clever. I wonder how long that tape had been sitting in that store lol
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Yeah! He could've seen any number of things eeek! lol
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@samysotelo18 (7744)
• Mexico
12 Feb 20
Really????
That's such a good joke in my opinion haha
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Feb 20
How funny that is Faye
No never been pranked
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
That was brilliant of the pranksters. I wonder how long that tape was sitting there
@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
14 Feb 20
We still have ALL our vhs'. Won't get rid of them until we go through them and get movies we still want on dvd or blu ray.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
14 Feb 20
Smart plan. That's pretty much what we did
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Yup! That's the stuff. lol. I still have one, but I seldom use it.
