"McCain Barackrolled" is a parody video of John McCain's acceptance speech where McCain stood in front of a large video screen backdrop featuring a grass covered lawn behind his head. The McCain Barackrolled video replaces the background with Hugh Atkin's version of Rick Rolling called the Barack Roll.
Barack Roll
As a result of McCain's green acceptance speech background, Stephen Colbert issued a McCain Green Screen Challenge, calling on viewers to replace the green background with a funny backdrop for the speech. Paying homage to the viral Internet prank known as Rick Rolling, Hugh Atkin used his Barack Roll footage as the backdrop for McCain's speech. Hence the name, "McCain Barackrolled."
McCain BarackRolled Video
- YouTube Video: John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd (Time: 1:40)
References
Fast Facts
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Video creator
Hugh Atkin, he gives credit to his house mate for coming up with the ideaThe Margins of Error: John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd (September 7, 2008)
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Fact:
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Fact:
Hugh Atkin created the Barack Roll video which parodied the Rick Rolling video
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Rick Rolling
A prank where Internet users are tricked into clicking a link and are directed to a video of the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up"
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Fact:
Barack Roll version featured Obama dancing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
